Baseball legend Yogi Berra once stated, "It ain't over till it's over," and on The Young and the Restless we get the feeling that Jordan's (Colleen Zenk) reign of terror won't ever cease until the villain is six feet under. We don't mean to sound morbid, but Jordan has already proven prison can't hold her when she burned hers down to escape and continue tormenting the Newmans.
With that being said, during the week of March 11 on The Young and the Restless, Victor (Eric Braeden), with an assist from Michael (Christian LeBlanc) and Nick (Joshua Morrow), enacted the final stage of his plan to capture Jordan. While she met with Victor thinking she had the upper hand, in the end, he ultimately proved you don't cross The Great Victor Newman, and he locked her away in a room that she meant for him.
By the episode airing on March 18, Victor hasn't murdered Jordan or called the authorities. Instead, he just mentions to Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) that he has her still sitting in the room. When Nikki inquires from her husband if he plans to call the authorities to apprehend Jordan, he confirms that he does. Although the Newman matriarch thinks prison is too good for Jordan considering all the evil she's done, Nikki is at least thankful this nightmare is almost over.
But Nikki is missing closure. She stresses to Victor that in order for her to attain that, she needs to meet with Jordan before the authorities apprehend her. Naturally, Victor is vehemently opposed to the idea and refuses to give his wife Jordan's location. Additionally, he calls Victoria (Amelia Heinle) to the ranch to talk some sense into her mother.
Unfortunately for Victor, when Victoria and Claire (Hayley Erin) arrive on the scene, they side with Nikki and even want to go with her to see Jordan. Victor thinks the ladies in his family are just asking for trouble with their request. He tries his best to dissuade them, but he eventually grants his permission. As seen in the following promo clip for the episodes airing the week of March 18, Nikki, Victoria and Claire all meet with Jordan.
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Now it's been teased that this confrontation is going to go horribly wrong. While there is a chance that this could mean that Jordan escapes yet again, we are more inclined to believe that this meeting ends in Jordan's unexpected death.
Looking at history as any indicator, it's rare that a violent enemy of the Newmans is just sent off to prison. Ashland Locke (Robert Newman) was murdered by Nick, Nikki's abusive father Nicholas Reed (Quinn Redeker) was murdered by Nikki herself and while Nick would have likely killed Cameron Kirsten (Linden Ashby), Sharon (Sharon Case) did the job.
We originally suspected Victoria would wind up killing Jordan. Not only did Jordan kidnap Victoria's daughter and raise her to hate the Newmans, but Jordan also ensured that Victoria's mother struggled with her sobriety. Plus, the deranged woman burned down Victoria's house.
In the episode airing on March 19, it looks like our suspicions about Jordan's murder proved incorrect. Instead of a Newman killing her, Jordan attempts to take her own life. She whips out a vile of poison she's been hiding under the mattress in the room and guzzles it down after first verbally sparring with the Newman women.
As she lay on the bed and goes out of consciousness, Nikki, Victoria and Claire look on trying to decide if they should save Jordan's life by calling 9-1-1, or if the world would be better off with her dead.
So is really the end for Jordan?
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