Episode 11,000

Episode 11,000 is an episode of The Young and the Restless. It aired on September 1, 2016 on CBS. This special episode was heavily promoted and teased in order to celebrate the soap opera's milestone. The episode featured the return of Tristan Rogers and Michael Graziadei as Colin Atkinson and Daniel Romalotti, respectively, and marked the beginning of Nichelle Nichols's guest stint as Lucinda Winters, the estranged mother of Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John). The episode also featured a cameo from the soap's co-creator, Lee Phillip Bell. The plot revolved around Neil and Lucinda's reunion, the exposure of Phyllis Summers (Gina Tognoni) and Billy Abbott's (Jason Thompson) affair and Chloe Mitchell's (Elizabeth Hendrickson) plan to kill Adam Newman (Justin Hartley), among other stories. The episode also marked the last appearance of Hartley as Adam, whose departure had not been confirmed beforehand. Michael Fairman from On-Air On-Soaps praised the episode and called it the best episode of the year in American soap operas.