Tortured Love: The Baffling Plight of Nick Newman on 'The Young and the Restless'

Nicholas Newman has quite the history with the ladies on The Young and the Restless. And after recently discovering Sharon (Sharon Case) switched the paternity test results of Summer (Hunter King), meaning that Jack (Peter Bergman) was never her father and it was Nick all along, Nick was thrown into quite the tailspin. 

First of all, I really don't understand why Nick is being played as the complete victim in this situation. Yes, Sharon "lied" to him and somewhat messed with the life of his daughter (even though Summer isn't much, perhaps a spoiled little brat with NO perception of the real world outside her demented little brain, AND the fact that Nick continued to sleep with the mental patient who repeatedly told him she had a devastating secret. But, I digress.) In retrospect, Jack is the victim; he's the one losing a daughter, so to say, and back to having no children. Because Keemo Volien Abbott disappeared from existence decades ago, and the producers are physically incapable of casting a decent Kyle Abbott.

But back to the topic at hand -- Nick being the victim. Despite the fact that he was the one who lied in the first place for 18 soap opera-ized years. He was given his own episode in which he leaves Genoa City and heads to the country, where in a drunken stupor he encounters all the women he's had physical relationships with since 1994. These include: Amy Wilson (Julianne Morris, her first appearance in 18 years), Grace Turner (Jennifer Gareis), Sharon, Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) and of course Avery (Jessica Collins), even though she probably doesn't even know his middle name, but again, I digress. In the end, Nick decides that he needs to embrace his kids, even though he still wants to sue Sharon for sole custody of daughter Faith. 

Taking Faith away from her mother *again* really won't solve much, because Sharon switched those test results well over a year ago and has been seemingly stable for several months now. Nick has just decided that he is the victim and he needs revenge, even though he retained his relationship with Summer throughout the year they believed she was Jack's daughter. So please, if you see it, because really it's not there, how is Nick the victim in this situation?! Sure, Sharon hurt him (even though she expressed her concerns about hurting him everyday they had scenes for MONTHS, but for argument's sake I'm gonna say she hurt him), but other than that his life remains the same. 

And where is Nick now? While looking for a dog's owner, he gets his foot trapped in an animal trap and the pain causes him to pass out. Maybe karma finally came a knockin', Nick the dick! But who does the dog belong to? That would be Sage (Kelly Sullivan), the woman who's been hiding Adam Newman (Justin Hartley) after he had major reconstructive surgery. I guess all I can say is that if Nick had to be played as the victim, at least he got what was coming to him. Watch Y&R weekdays on CBS.