Something felt off on the April 4 episode of Young and the Restless, and no, it wasn’t just the vibes at GCAC. While Diane was doing her best to comfort a clearly shaken Traci, something eerily symbolic hung in the air.
The kind of “uh-oh” moment soaps love to plant when a storm’s about to hit. And with all signs pointing to Alan maybe being Martin (hello, red flags!), you have to wonder, were Traci’s worries about making Diane a target more than just momentary panic? Was is foreshadowing?
Is Diane in Danger?
Let’s not forget that Martin’s (Christopher Cousins) got a pattern. He’s obsessed with women who’ve made their fair share of enemies and questionable choices (Sharon, Phyllis…ring any bells?).
Diane (Susan Walters) fits that bill perfectly. She’s reformed, sure, but only after being presumed dead and dragging half the town through emotional whiplash. If Martin is lurking under the Alan disguise, maybe he’s ready to “correct” one more woman who refuses to admit she’s still got baggage.
Oh, The Damage Martin Could Do!
Let’s have some fun with this. Imagine Martin abducts Diane and one of her oldest foes – Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), Ashley (Eileen Davidson), Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), take your pick – and locks them in a room demanding they “forgive each other…or else.”
Would Diane and her enemy fare as well as Phyllis and Sharon did? Oh, probably not!
Even more intense? Martin could go after the Diane-Kyle bond, thinking he’s helping heal a mother-son relationship he sees as fractured. Except, in true deranged villain fashion, his therapy methods come with a blindfold, zip ties, and a ticking clock.
That April 4 scene between Traci and Jack might not just be about protecting her…it could be the writers warning us that someone else, someone unsuspecting like Diane, is actually next.
Woman In The Mirror
What if he isolates Diane entirely, forcing her to relive her misdeeds and try to “atone” while being psychologically tormented? That would be so very Martin.
She could be forced to look in the mirror and truly sit with her past. Would she come out of that room a very different person?
And yes, we can’t rule out the darkest theory of them all. What if Diane stumbles too close to the truth and gets silenced for it. If that happens, April 4 may go down as the moment of warning before everything in the Abbott family changes forever once again.
