Young and the Restless brings Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) back and in need of a bone marrow transplant to save his life because he has aplastic anemia. And according to official Y&R spoilers, very soon Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) proves himself to Lily Winters (Christel Khalil).
So, I think these two storylines may intercept and overlap each other. We’re going to talk about how Cane may finally be able to redeem himself in Lily’s eyes and in the eyes of a lot of people in Genoa City. And it may all tie back to Malcolm’s return.
Lily Can’t Donate To Malcolm on Young and the Restless
All right. So, this week we’ve got Lily totally crushed when she finds out that she’s not a viable candidate to donate bone marrow to Malcolm because of her own past cancer treatment. This is a bad time for Lily because she’s already hurt by how angry that Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) is with her.
If you remember, he chewed Lily out for faking her kidnapping to help Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). And because of Devon’s anger, Lily doesn’t feel like she can talk to him. But Cane could see that something was upsetting her and he tried to talk to Lily despite his promise that he’s done with her. But she wouldn’t talk to Cane.
And instead, Lily heads over this week to the Abbott mansion and opens up to Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland). She tells her about Malcolm’s illness. And Lily says she wanted to be the one to save Malcolm. But she can’t. Then Lily gets a call from Malcolm and goes to meet him.
And that’s when he tells Lily he knows she can’t donate because of her cancer. Dr. Stephanie Simmons (Vivica A. Fox) already told Malcolm so Lily doesn’t have to, which is good. But Malcolm says there’s another chance to save his life. There’s somebody else.
Holden Novak Is Lily’s Brother on Y&R
And then he stuns Lily and he drops the huge bombshell that she has a brother. And Malcolm says he just found out he’s got a son and it’s none other than Holden Novak. (Nathan Owens). So Lily is absolutely stunned. You know, I will say these days Holden and Lily are more civil than they were, but they don’t really get along because Holden works for Cane and because of all the Damian Kane (Jermaine Rivers) stuff.
If you remember, Holden was really salty and had a falling out with Damian when Lily was dating him before his tragic murder. And Holden was also kind of a lot rougher around the edges back then. He’s definitely mellowed and chilled out a little because before he was very angry, very hostile, thought the world owed him something.
So, Lily isn’t so thrilled to find out that this guy is her brother. Not only does she not want Holden to be her brother, but she doesn’t want him donating and saving Malcolm. Not because she doesn’t want her biological father saved, but just the idea of it being Holden.
But better Holden than nothing. So, I do think that Lily is going to try to get her twins, Charlie and Maddie, to get tested to donate because that’s preferable to her. That’s probably going to happen off-screen, but I suspect they will not be a match.
Young and the Restless: Holden Nor a Match?
And Holden already goes and gets tested this week, even though he’s shell shocked that his mom, Stephanie Simmons, lied to him about his dad’s identity his whole life. And of course, it’d be easy peasy if Holden turned out to be a match for his new dad, Malcolm. But because it’s so easy peasy, that’s not soapy. So, I suspect that Holden also will not be a match for him.
And of course, everybody is going to be scared and worried that they are going to lose Malcolm, especially since, you know, Neil is still on everybody’s mind. His loss is still devastating for the family. And right now, Holden is still reeling from these reveals. And I think he’s also, like Lily, going to feel really bad that he can’t save his father, Malcolm.
Could Cane Save Malcolm on Young and the Restless?
And then back to this spoiler about Cane proving himself to Lily. It’s kind of wild because he claims he hates her right now for conspiring with Victor and letting him think that she and their kids were in danger. Plus, Lily’s mad at him about the AI, about sleeping with Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), about being Dumas, just a whole laundry list of things.
So, it’s kind of hard to imagine how Cane could even ever prove himself to Lily and be redeemed in her eyes. But if Cane is the one who saves her bio dad Malcolm, you know, that is a game changer for sure.
And obviously, word’s going to spread and Cane’s going to find out that Malcolm has this blood disease. Probably he could hear it from Holden because he still works for Cane and they get along. I can see Holden opening up to Cane that he’s Lily’s sister because that makes Cane his ex brother-in-law, right?
And Holden might even ask Cane about Malcolm because Holden doesn’t know anything about his new dad and Cane is more likely to talk to him than Lily right now. And of course, Cane’s going to be thrown for a loop by all of this.
But once he wraps his head around Holden being Lily’s brother, Cane could find out that Holden is not a match for Malcolm and that Lily can’t donate. And then Cane might go get tested to see if he’s a match. And he might be. Bottom line is he’s not going to want Lily or their kids to lose Malcolm.
Cane an Anonymous Donor on Y&R?
But if Cane is a match, I tend to think he might donate his marrow anonymously because he doesn’t want to be accused of being manipulative or pulling anything. And he and Lily are at this strange impasse with anger going both ways. But lately, Cane is less awful. I mean, he still wants revenge on Phyllis and Victor, but they’re terrible. So, that’s fine.
I also don’t think he would tell anybody that he’s a match. And of course, if he is, obviously, he would donate to save Malcolm’s life, but I could see Stephanie finding out the anonymous donor is Cane because she is Malcolm’s doctor. And doctor-patient confidentiality could tie Stephanie’s hands. But I think Malcolm might find out. And even though he doesn’t like Cane, I think he’d be so grateful that he would turn around and tell Lily that Cane saved his life on Young and the Restless.
Young and the Restless: Lily Learns the Truth
Now, I don’t think Lily is going to find out any of this from Cane if it goes this way. I think he would keep it under wraps. My guess is that if it’s going to go this way, it’s going to happen in May sweeps. Malcolm is back for a short run right now.
And then Shemar Moore just filmed more scenes that are supposed to air during May sweeps, which by the way runs April 23rd to May 20th. So, we could see Malcolm leave and then come back for the bone marrow transplant, you know, because maybe the donor is in Genoa City.
After that, I think Lily will find out. Not from Cane, though. And I think she’ll be floored. The spoiler for his proving himself for her is for April and towards the end of the month is when Sweeps kicks off.
So, it could be right at the end of the month. And of course, there’s a chance the spoiler is overblown. And it just refers to Cane getting tested to see if he can be a donor. But I don’t think that’s enough to prove himself to Lily.
Cane’s Redemption Arc on Young and the Restless
I see Cane as a wildcard donor. I think it would be a really soapy twist and then Malcolm and Lily and the other Winters would all have to forgive him. So, we’ll see if this is how Cane’s redemption happens. It’s way too easy for it to be the twins or Holden to be a match.
So, I feel like there’s got to be some more soapiness about this. And we all know despite Cane saying he’s done with Lily, he still loves her. So, I do think we could see Cane redeem himself and then he and Lily reboot their romance.
Because now, he would be doing something selfless for a change, not for recognition or profit because he would do it anonymously. Even better, saving Malcolm’s life would also redeem Cane in his kids, Maddie and Charlie’s eyes.
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