Why Jordan must die on The Young and the Restless

This week on The Young and the Restless, Claire confronted the woman who raised and groomed her to be an accomplice in destroying the Newmans. When Claire told her grandmother Nikki and mother Victoria that Jordan was back in town—for her—and she spoke to her face to face, she had an epiphany: Aunt Jordan must die.

Claire realized that her aunt was always going to haunt them. One or all of the family would be at her mercy until the end of time due to Jordan’s obsession with them. No policeman could find her, no prison could hold her, and she left a trail of innocent victims, whether they were a means to get to the Newmans or if they were collateral damage.

Victoria and Nikki tried to talk Claire out of cold-blooded murder, but she couldn’t see any other way to get Jordan out of their lives. Reluctantly, they agreed to Claire’s plan, but not without concerns. Victoria argued that they could spend years in prison if caught, but Nikki and Claire thought it was worth the risk.

Are they overreacting? Or has Jordan really done enough to risk going to prison for her murder? The list is long, but let’s take a look at some of Jordan’s heinous crimes.

Jordan's crimes on The Young and the Restless

Stolen Childhood

Jordan kidnapped Claire at birth, letting her nephew Cole and his wife Victoria believe their baby died at birth. She then raised her as a little minion, making her life as obsessed with the Newmans and bringing them down as her crazy aunt.

Trusted Assistant

Jordan had Claire get hired at Newman Media to work as Nikki’s assistant. But it was only to gain her trust and trick her into coming to Jordan’s house — where they kidnapped her, confined her, and fed her vodka until she was officially off the wagon.

The More the Merrier

Jordan lured the rest of the Newmans to her house and gave them drugged water to make them have heart attacks (was she a nurse at General Hospital?), letting them clutch their chests while she gloated about her evil plans.

It only hurts til you die

Claire had second thoughts and kinda sorta wrecked her aunt's evil plans. In the kafuffle, Jordan slashed Nick across the chest. Of course, she left them all to die as she made her mistake.

New phone, who dis?

Jordan started tormenting Nikki by prank calling her. She would answer the phone and hear burlesque music, which would someone trigger her into wanting a drink…and it worked.

Thou shalt not heal

Jordan was not happy that the Newmans had influence and communication with Claire, and she seemed to be getting to know her parents from inside a psychiatric hospital. Jordan interrupted Claire’s intense therapy by kidnapping her and luring Nikki to join them. It wasn’t much of a girls’ weekend though, as Jordan kept wrecking the party trying to kill Nikki.

Jailhouse Rock

By now, Jordan was overdue for a jail cell, and she would have been shipped off to the big house, but she set the prison on fire and managed to escape. Again.

Unfinished To-Do List

With all that free time, Jordan was able to resume her business of going after Nikki and starting up burlesque music again. This time, Nikki sought help. She got an AA sponsor named Seth, but Jordan got her claws into him, and he wound up inspecting the grill of a passing car. Ouch.

These bars feel hot

Victoria was Jordan’s next target on The Young and the Restless. She got to Vcitor by hurting his family and burned down Victoria's house.

Daddy Knows Best

Victor had enough of Jordan Howard wrecking the lives of his family. He tried to trick, but she turned the tables, and he wound up at the wrong end of a gun. Nick saved his dad from being Jordan’s hostage but made the mistake of leaving Jordan for dead.

Surprise! She’s aliiiiiiiive

Nikki, Victoria, and Claire had the opportunity to knock off Jordan and end the nightmare once and for all. But when Jordan drank the vial of poison in front of them, Nikki caved and called the medics. Hindsight is so 20/20.

Aaaaand, she’s back. Or, he is.

Jordan switched it up with her disguises and dressed as a man to sneak around Genoa City. She kidnapped Claire, and brought Harrison Abbott along too for insurance, but they were saved.

Victor had enough

Victor managed to get his hands on Jordan and chucked her in a cage he had built in his main house basement. Everyone thought Jordan was dead until Michael and Cole found out she was in a cage. They convinced Victor to turn her in to the police, and they paid the price for making him regret not killing her before they found out his secret.

Two’s a crowd

Jordan met Ian in a prison and they realized they had common enemies. A new super couple was born, and they moved to the home of their dreams, a seedy motel room in Genoa City, while they wreaked havoc until they recently split. After killing Heather Stevens, framing Sharon, who framed Daniel, running Phyllis off the road, and drugging Sharon for months, the evil duo split up. Apparently, Jordan only kidnapping instead of killing Sharon was a dealbreaker.

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