Liveblogging "The Young & The Restless": A very special episode

Today's The Young & The Restless promises to give us Phillip coming out to Jill and Kay. Will "lessons be learned"? Will people "grow and share"? Will we get through it with a straight face?

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12:35PM EDT: Cane is bartending when Phillip comes and they have a tense talk about Cane just beginning to like his life, and the life he had "never existed". Phillip says "that's just how I felt when I decided to leave this place forever".

12:37PM EDT: Kay is getting ready to leave the hospital and she and Jill have a "discussion" about Phillip and the reasons he left. Nina (who knows the real reason) looks ready to explode.

12:40PM EDT: Mary Jane is still in the shack behind the mansion and having conversations with her stuffed cat. In one hilarious scene, she props the cat up to use as a pillow. I have to give Stacy Haiduk all the credit in the world for getting through that scene. Meanwhile, Adam is on the phone with a doctor trying to coordinate the fake sonogram (Ashley has miscarried thanks to Adam, and believes she's still pregnant).

12:45PM EDT: Phillip finds out that Kay is on her way home, and decides to meet her there. Unfortunately the mansion apparently amplifies his telepathic ability, allowing him to hear everyone's voices from the hospital.

12:50PM EDT: Nina is the first to arrive back, and she warns Phillip that everyone suspects something, and he needs to come out. Kay and Jill enter, and Nina says "are you ready to hear the whole story"?

12:55PM EDT: Mary Jane has a mini-paranoid freak-out, and when the doctor arrives to give Ashley her sonogram, he contemplated telling her the truth, but eventually goes through with the fakery.

1:00PM EDT: It's Phillip's big moment! He tells Kay and Jill "I was never going to be the man you wanted me to be, because Phillip Chancellor III couldn't possibly be ...GAY!" Kay has a look on her face like Phillip just farted in church, while Jill rolls the word around her tongue a few times ...."GAAAAY"?

1:05PM EDT: Okay, I am so loving this. Kay says "but you and Nina had a child, so did you ....", and Phillip says "yes, because I was drunk". Um, Nina is standing right next to you, Mr. Sensitive.

1:10PM EDT: Jill says "why did you hide it?" and Phillip says "it was the late 80's, and I had big hair, and you can say you would you have accepted it, but you wouldn't have." to which Kay responds "we're not bumpkins". Jill asks him if there was ever "someone", and Phillip sadly shakes his head and says "No. I ate the loneliness. As long as I stayed here, I knew I'd have no life ".

1:20PM EDT: Kay says "why didn't you just move away? Why did you send a charlatan in your place?" Phillip tells them "I sent you the Phillip you always wanted". Jill is furious, saying "you didn't even give us a chance. You left because of how you thought we'd respond". She and Kay get up in Phillip's face (uh-oh), and Kay says "you sent us a stain to take your place!" Huh? Oh wait, I think she meant "Cain". Kay starts to cry (oh hell!) and says "two bloody years of happiness with Cain versus twenty years of loss? Do you really think that's a fair trade?"

1:25PM EDT: Adam visits Mary Jane in the potting shed, and brings her supplies. He finally notices her stuffed cat, and she says "he sleeps a lot". Adam offers to bring the cat some Tender Vittles. This is officially my favorite scene of the show (and I love the creepy score they have going, which I guess is the "potting shed" soundtrack".)

1:29PM EDT: Jill tells Phillip "you should have told us!", and Phillip says "if you say so". As he turns to leave, Thom Bierdz delivers a sort-of half-smile. Seriously, a half-face smile. It was very ... odd.

PREVIEW TIME: No Phillip, but Adam finds out the truth about his potting shed guest.