Young and the Restless TWIST: Mariah & Patty’s Psych Ward Connection Revealed in Stunning Turn?

Young and the Restless has Crazy Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) heading back to Y&R soon, and I suspect she may play a part in Mariah Copeland‘s (Camryn Grimes) mental health storyline that’s going to be ongoing for a while.

We’re going to talk about how Patty might cross paths with Mariah in Fairview Psychiatric Hospital. This may all have a big Ian Ward (Ray Wise) twist coming.

Mariah Copeland Reaches Rock Bottom on Young and the Restless

Right now, Mariah is pretty much at rock bottom, and everything’s about to catch up with her. She pushed away her wife, Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks), who’s filing for divorce and is already moving on with Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei). Plus, Mariah abandoned their daughter, Aria Porter Copeland, and has gotten freakishly obsessed with Dominic Chancellor (Ethan Ray Clark) and has kidnapped him.

Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) and Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) are searching for her and Dominic. Mariah’s planning to leave the country with the kid. Dominic is starting to ask a lot of questions. And I think pretty soon he’s going to get scared.

We can see that Mariah has had a complete break with reality. She’s hallucinating Ian Ward. And she believes Dominic is actually her son and should have been ever since she gave birth to him when she was the surrogate who carried him for Abby and Devon, who are his biological parents.

Christine Williams Returns to Defend Mariah Against Kidnapping Charges on Y&R

Right now, Mariah is headed to Mexico. But Detective James Burrow (Matt Cohen) and Abby, Devon, and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) are planning to hop in the jet and intervene to catch her before Mariah gets too much further away with Dominic.

Now, we also know that Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) is back soon to represent somebody who’s in legal trouble. It seems like she may be the one who’s trying to keep Mariah out of a prison sentence of life behind bars. It won’t be too long—should be by the end of Sweeps—that Detective Burrow slaps cuffs on Mariah and they get Dominic away from her and back to his parents.

We know Mariah is going to face serious consequences. But I mean, she’s not a criminal mastermind. She’s not a repeat offender. She is a deeply unhinged woman in the middle of a deep mental health crisis. Clearly, what she needs is long-term professional help as an inpatient at a secure psychiatric hospital, not prison.

Stacy Haiduk Returns to Young and the Restless as Patty Williams in March

I suspect Christine negotiates some sort of long-term stay for Mariah in Fairview Psychiatric instead of going to the state prison. I would expect an insanity plea. And I think Devon and Abby would agree to that. Because they were just saying this week that this is not the sane Mariah they know and love.

Devon and Abby are going to want Mariah to get the psychiatric help she needs. And this could be where “Crazy” Patty Williams comes into the story. We know Stacy Haiduk is back as Patty. She’s the younger sister of former police chief Paul Williams (Doug Davidson).

Her first air date as Patty is set for March after a 10-year absence from Y&R. Stacy’s last appearance was 2016. Last we heard, Patty is in a psychiatric hospital for her various criminal deeds. I suspect we could see Mariah sent to the same psych hospital as Patty, most likely Fairview. Because those are the sets they have.

If you’re a Days of Our Lives viewer, you will know Stacy Haiduk, who plays Kristen DiMera and her doppelganger, Susan Banks, over on the Peacock soap. What’s interesting is Stacy plays those roles and they were once played by Eileen Davidson, who of course plays Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson) on Y&R. Stacy was her recast. And now we’ve got her returning as Patty.

The Dark History Between Sharon Newman and Patty Williams on Y&R

The timing of it coming right after February Sweeps has me thinking that Mariah is going to wind up in the same psych ward as Patty. That means things could get really wild. Because both Mariah and Patty have a history with Ian Ward.

Mariah’s mom, Sharon Newman, has a dark and complicated history with Patty. If you don’t remember, back when Sharon was with Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton), she suffered a miscarriage and then she had a breakdown. She was in Fairview and she was gaslit by her psychiatrist into thinking she was still pregnant.

This shrink at Fairview was tormenting Sharon because that woman hated Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow). Because of a high school incident. In the end, it was actually Patty who alerted Nick to the fact that Christian Newman (Alex Wilson) was alive and that Sharon was keeping his son from him. Patty had a major storyline last time that tied into this same group of people. Paul’s sister Patty was also once married to Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). But he did her dirty. Over the years, Patty had several mental health issues and nervous breakdowns.

Is Ian Ward Alive or a Hallucination for Mariah?

We know how much Josh Griffith loves mental health storylines. He’s even done multiple ones at the same time. So, that’s kind of what I’m expecting with Patty’s return. Of course, the viewers know that Ian is alive. After Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) shot him, he was declared dead at the ranch.

But Ian came back to life in the ambulance and he hasn’t been seen again in the flesh. Mariah has been seeing him for quite a while. But that’s been a hallucination. But not only could we be getting Patty back, we also may be getting Ian back alive and in person, not just a figment of Mariah’s tormented mind.

If Ian is alive, we may find out that he was already in touch with Patty or he may get in touch with her soon. If you were watching back in the mid-2010s, you may remember that Ian was presumed dead back then in a fire at Newman Tower that he had started. But Patty saved Ian’s life and they wound up running off together.

Patty Williams and Mariah Copeland: A Wild New Young and the Restless fans Mental Health Storyline

At some point, Ian bailed on Patty. It kind of feels out of nowhere that they’re bringing back Stacy Haiduk to Young and the Restless. I love the actress. But just storyline-wise it’s like, okay, why? But if they are going to carry over Mariah’s storyline beyond the kidnapping and keep her around, especially with hallucination Ian lurking, I feel like Patty has logically got to be part of that storyline.

If you remember, they’ve had Ian in a priest collar the whole time he’s been visiting Mariah at the Boston clinic and while on the run while she’s imagining him. It would be really wild if Ian is alive and really masquerading as a priest to visit patients at Fairview, including Patty, who really likes him.

Ian Uses Patty to get to Mariah?

Ian might even plan to use Patty as some sort of conduit to get his hands on Mariah again. Because Ian’s alive and nobody knows it but the viewers, I fully expect him to slither back and start doing bad things. Because nobody’s looking for him. Victor’s certain he’s dead and so is everybody else.

What would be really terrible is if the doctors at the psych clinic are finally able to convince Mariah that Ian’s a hallucination. But then it turns out she’s seeing the real Ian. Mariah might see him and assume, “Okay, I’m imagining Ian.” That would be wild.

If Mariah tells Sharon, she would probably also assume Mariah is imagining things. Because Sharon is also convinced that Ian’s dead and gone. I know that if Patty is in the same psych hospital where Mariah is sent after she’s caught, that would horrify Sharon. Because of their twisted history.

The bottom line is Patty would be a horrible influence on Mariah if they wind up in a psych ward together. With Stacy Haiduk’s air date in March, that gives time for Mariah to be caught with Dominic by the end of February Sweeps and then for Christine to make a plea deal for a psych hospital instead of prison. Then Mariah is sent to the psych ward and—bam—there’s Patty. We have a whole new storyline of mental health stuff that goes off the rails.

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