Neil Winters Goes Blind on Y&R | Hilary and Devon Affair | The Winters Family Plane Crash

Why did Neil Winters go blind on Y&R?

Neil Winters’ blindness storyline on The Young and the Restless became the beginning of one of the messiest Winters family betrayals in Y&R history.

This Y&R retro recap looks back at how Neil Winters lost his sight after an electrical shock at a lake house—and how Hilary Curtis and Devon Hamilton began the affair that would turn Hevon into one of Y&R’s hottest and most controversial couples.

We’ll revisit Neil and Hilary’s marriage, Devon falling in love with his father’s wife, Cane Ashby helping cover up the affair, Colin Atkinson blackmailing Devon for two million dollars, and Gwen Randall pretending to be Devon’s girlfriend.

We’ll also look at how Neil Winters’ sight slowly returned, the moment Neil caught Hilary and Devon in bed together, and why he kept pretending to be blind after discovering the truth.

The story exploded in February 2015 when Neil exposed Hilary and Devon just before the Winters family plane crash on The Young and the Restless.

After the plane went down, Neil saved Hilary’s life—but the betrayal led to Neil Winters’ relapse, his drinking with Nikki Newman, and the car accident that caused Christine Williams to lose her baby.

Kristoff St. John gave Neil Winters’ pain, anger, humiliation, and heartbreak so much emotional weight, while Bryton James and Mishael Morgan made Devon and Hilary one of Y&R’s hottest and most complicated couples.

Do you remember Neil Winters losing his sight and discovering Hilary and Devon’s affair?

Who betrayed Neil more deeply—Hilary as his wife, or Devon as his son?

And what part of this wild Y&R storyline do you remember most?

Let me know your thoughts in the comments.