The Young and the Restless Shocker: Claire’s Dark Secret Could Destroy the Newmans and Abbotts!

We’ve talked a good deal, haven’t we, about the fact that overnight The Young and the Restless’ Claire went from cold and cunning to sweet as pie. It just didn’t make sense. Once she learned the truth about the lie her parents were told — that she had died — she could be remorseful for her actions, sure. But to completely shed every aspect of her personality and adopt one that is as innocent as Snow White didn’t track.

Unless it does. Suppose the 180 Claire pulled wasn’t genuine at all but part of a master plan. Suppose she’s still acting on Crazy Aunt Jordan’s™ orders, playing the long game. Were that the case, Claire’s personality transplant would be a stroke of genius, one that allowed her to get in good with not only the Abbotts but the Newmans as well. And it’s worked, too. She’s been embraced by her birth family is seen as a voice of reason around the Abbott mansion.

What that means is that, whenever Crazy Aunt Jordan™ wants, she can pull the trigger on her secret weapon, Claire, and annihilate both clans. How easy would it be for her to put on her best Pollyanna act and say that she wants to cook a peace-making dinner for her family as well as boyfriend Kyle’s? After a day in the kitchen — and a little arsenic added to every dish — she could make her aunt’s every nightmarish dream come true.