Episode 1036
 
Dead in the Eyes
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 17, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Cry Your Heart Out" Adele

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Jacob realized that Cassie left town with Carter, unaware Isabelle blackmailed her into leaving
- Adam and Helen started planning their wedding
- Gordy left town to go to an auction
- Sophie suggested to Robin and Natasha that they spend Cory's birthday together
- Trenyce and Chris worried when Tinah developed a fever
- Before leaving Mexico, Donovan and Sergio shared a kiss. Lukas wondered if his marriage could be repaired since they got Olly back
- Tyler and Meggan grew closer before her trip to Mexico
- Leah told Jeff she didn't want Bryce with Victoria or Ethan with Abby

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Chris is pacing back and forth in the waiting room of the hospital while Trenyce sits in one of the chairs with her hands over her face. They were at home earlier when Chris told Trenyce that Albertinah had a high fever; worried about their daughter, Trenyce insisted that they come to the hospital to ensure that Tinah is okay. Now, they are waiting for an update while the doctors investigate the cause of Tinah's high fever.

"You're pacing Chris," Trenyce finally says as she looks over at her husband.

Chris stops and runs his hand through his hair quickly. "I know," he whispers back to her. "I'm…I'm just trying to keep busy as my mind is racing about what is going on with our daughter."

"We should hear from the doctors anytime now," Trenyce stands up and moves closer to him. "We will find out soon what is going on."

"This is all my fault," Chris shakes his head back to her. "I knew that she had a fever, and I didn't rush her to the hospital myself. I…I waited for you to get home."

"This is not your fault," Trenyce pulls her husband into a hug. "We don't even know what's wrong with her yet, okay? It could just be a sinus infection for all we know."

"I hope that's all it is," Chris sighs as they exit their embrace. "I just love her so much, nothing can happen to her."

Before Trenyce can respond, Greg enters the waiting room and clears his throat causing the worried parents to rush up to him. "Greg, what's going on with Albertinah? Why does our daughter have such a higher fever?" a panicked Chris asks the doctor, who sighs back to them.

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"I'm afraid I can't stay too long, I have to get to Roboto as we are working on the pink diamonds with Rockwell Mining," Max announces to Adam, Helen, and Dawn as they all stand in the living room of the Black house living room. Adam and Helen asked their children to come over because they had a special request for them.

"That's fine, I know you two are very busy," Adam chuckles back to his son. "But Helen and I wanted to see both of you for a very special reason."

"That's right, as you know, Adam and I have been planning our wedding," Helen purses her lips together to the children.

"I still can't believe that after all this time you two are really getting married again," Dawn shakes her head in disbelief. "There was a time when I thought this would never happen."

"You can believe it," Adam replies to her before he gives Helen a kiss on her lips. "Helen and I are very much back together, in love, and getting married!"

"So, what was this special request?" Max asks his father.

"We were hoping that you'd both stand up for us at the wedding," Helen reveals to them. "Dawn, I want you to be my maid of honor."

"And son, I want you as my best man," Adam tells Max as he looks at his son. "What do you two say?"

Dawn and Max look at one another before they look at their parents with smiles on their faces. "Of course, we say yes," Dawn giggles as she hugs Helen.

"How could we say no to that?" Max asks Adam as he also hugs his father.

"This is going to be the best wedding the town has ever seen," Helen gushes as they exit their embraces, thrilled that her wedding plans are coming together so nicely.

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Lukas & Donovan's Home

"I take it Olly went down for his nap easily?" Lukas asks Donovan, who moves into the bedroom where Lukas is lying shirtless on the king-size bed that they used to share. Donovan's clothing is still in the bedroom, but he has been sleeping in a guestroom for months as he and Lukas have been estranged once his affair with Jasper was exposed.

"Yup," Donovan replies to him as he moves to his closet and opens the door. He looks inside and sees his clothing, but his mind goes back to his last day in Mexico, when he and Sergio shared a kiss in the hospital waiting room. He can still taste the police detective's lips on his.

"Uh, did you hear a word I just said?" Lukas asks as he comes up behind his husband, who turns to face his shirtless husband. "I was asking you what you had planned the rest of the day?"

"Sorry, I guess I was distracted," Donovan admits to him. "I'm going to head into Robertson; I probably have a million emails to catch up on."

"Ah, okay," Lukas notes back to him, wondering what Donovan was just thinking about. He hasn't been able to stop thinking about the fact he and Donovan worked well together to get Olly back; he was hoping that, maybe, they'd be able to repair their damaged marriage now, but he can't deny that Donovan seems distracted about something. "I guess I'll let you get to work then. I was just hoping that we could talk, I did just find out that my father died."

"I am sorry about that," Donovan tells him. "We can talk when I'm home from work, okay? Besides, you have Meggan if you need her. Just call me if Olly wakes up and needs me," Donovan tells him as he moves past Lukas, his mind still on the kiss that he shared with Sergio.

***

"I am sorry that I had to deliver the bad news about Felicia and Frederick to you and Lukas," Tyler tells Meggan as they sit next to one another in the living room of the lavish estate. "I know it's not the news you expected to receive when you got home from Mexico."

"It's fine," Meggan tries to hold her tears in. "I would rather hear from you than anyone else."

"It's still not easy."

"Before I went to Mexico, you and I, we made love," Meggan reminds Tyler as they lock eyes.

"How could I forget?" he chuckles back to her. "You're a beautiful woman, Meggan."

"With everything that has happened, I could use the release, Tyler," she admits to him as she leans over and kisses him passionately. "Make love to me?"

"With pleasure," Tyler tells her as he picks her up in his muscular arms and carries her towards the bedroom, their lips not leaving one another in the process.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"This is all good news about Dominick," Victoria tells her mother as they sit across from one another at a table in the restaurant with some lunch in front of them. Eva just told Victoria about the progress that Dominick has made with Stephanie and Will in hopes of bringing him out of his coma. "It is crazy to think that he might wake up after all this time."

"That is my hope," Eva replies to her before she takes a sip of her wine. "After everything we have been through, having Dominick could back to us would be the best thing in the world. Now, what about you? When we were reunited with Donovan and Olly, I told you to give Bryce another chance."

Victoria chuckles back to her, unaware that Leah is behind her, listening to the conversation. Leah had seen Ethan earlier and told him to stay away from Abby. She, however, is also concerned that Noah, or Bryce, is still married to Victoria. Leah believes, firmly, that her sons can do better in the women department. She is curious to find out where Bryce's marriage to Victoria stands.

"Have you given your relationship any more thought?" Eva asks Victoria.

"I have," Victoria replies to her quickly. "And I had a conversation with Bryce about it."

Eva arches her eyebrow as Leah continues to listen to the conversation. "And what this conversation about?"

"I told Bryce that I would give him another chance," Victoria reveals to her mother, who gets a smile on her face. "I told him that I would try to forgive him so our marriage could work."

"Oh darling, I'm thrilled for you," Eva gushes back to her. "I think you're making the best decision for you and for your marriage! This is going to work out, I know it will."

Behind the large plant, Leah feels her blood start to boil. "First Ethan is kissing Abby," she whispers back to herself. "And now Noah is going to make his marriage to this nutcase work? Oh no, I have to do something to get my children away from these women; but what can I do?"

The Cemetery

"This was such a nice idea," Robin tells Sophie and Natasha as she sets a bouquet of flowers down at the base of Cory's tombstone. Under Sophie's suggestion, the three women agreed to spend Cory's birthday together, so they decided to come to his tombstone to spend some time with him. "Spending Cory's birthday together, I mean."

"I agree, thank you for this idea, Sophie," Natasha looks at her daughter.

"I am glad that you two agreed to this," Sophie moves a piece of hair behind her ear. "Being the first birthday without Dad, I thought it would be nice to be together. He's still…very much…in my heart."

"He is with us too," Robin moves up to her and hugs her. "I know that we are all trying to navigate through this, but I want you to know that Natasha and I, we are here for you, not only today, but for every day."

"Robin is right," Natasha grabs Sophie's hand. "It's okay to have good days and bad days; Cory was your father and he loved you very much."

Sophie feels her eyes swell with water. "Thanks," she whispers back to them. "That's why today was so important to me. So, come on, let's celebrate Dad and the great man that he was."

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

"The rain is really coming down out there," Penny tells Cory as she moves into the living room of her farmhouse as Cory puts another log onto the fire that is raging. Cory decided to make a fire once the rainstorm hit since it was creating a chill in the air, and now the room is warm. "Thanks for building the fire."

"Of course," Cory looks back at her from the ground. "I take it that Gordy left for the auction?"

"Earlier, yes," Penny moves and sits next to him. "He likely beat the storm, which is good. I would have for him to be caught in this storm and having to drive in the rain."

"He'll be fine," Cory replies to her. "For the first time, I feel like he and I are on the same page."

Penny chuckles back to him as she knows that Gordy was having an issue with Cory being at her farmhouse, but once he learned that Antonio purposely crashed the plane, he has seen Cory in a different light. "I would agree, and it's about damn time."

"I owe a lot of that to you," Cory looks back into her eyes, as some thunder can be heard outside. "You've been such a great supporter of me, Penny."

"I'm just doing what anyone would do," Penny replies to him. "You were hurt in a plane crash, I only wanted to help you."

"You're just the best," Cory tells her as Penny's face lights up as a flash of lightening graces the sky and the fire crackles next to them. "I really mean that."

"Cory…"

Before he knows what he's doing, he's leaning into her and kissing her on the lips. They part ways for a moment before he kisses her again, this time with more force and passion.

Roboto

Max opens the door to the main office of Roboto and moves inside as he sees Jacob and Isabelle standing in the office. He is surprised to see Isabelle at the office, as she hasn't been back since she had a miscarriage. Still, he is glad to see her because it might mean that she is starting to get back to her normal self.

"Hey, I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long," Max announces to Jacob and Isabelle, who turn to him as he sets his briefcase on the desk. "I was with my Mom and Dad."

"Nah, we just got here," Isabelle responds to him quickly. "I wasn't going to come, but Jacob wanted to tell us the same thing, so I am here."

"Whatever the reason, it is good to see you," Max moves up to her and hugs her. "I hope you're well?"

"I'm getting there," Isabelle forces a smile on her face as they exit their embrace. "Thank you."

"Of course," Max nods back her. "So, Jacob, what is this all about?"

Jacob moves closer to him and his wife. "It's about your mother."

Max arches his eyebrow back to him. "My mother? What does this have to do with Cassie?"

"I ran into her at the Sugarbowl the other day," Jacob reveals to her as Isabelle moves to the bar and pours herself a glass of water. "She said that I might not see her, or Carter, for a while. When I asked her what she meant, she was very quiet."

"Alright? Maybe she just needs some time for herself?" Max suggests back to him. "This situation with you, Isabelle and Natasha has been weighting on her a lot."

"There's more," Jacob looks back at him with intent. "I went to her apartment and she and Carter were gone."

"What?" Max gasps back to him. "I was out of town for a while so I wasn't aware. Are you sure she's gone?"

"She's gone," Jacob nods back to him. "Her things, and Carter's, are gone. I have no idea where she went or when she's coming home."

Isabelle gulps heavily as she takes another sip of her water, getting a sly grin on her face thrilled that her plan to get rid of her enemy worked. Now, she can focus on retaining her relationship with Jacob, without the interference with Cassie.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Greg, please, what is wrong with Albertinah?" Trenyce asks the doctor as she stands next to Chris in the waiting room as they wait for Greg to give them information on why Tinah has such a high fever.

"You two did the right thing by brining her in as quickly as you did," Greg replies to them. "We ran a number of tests and have discovered the reason that she is so ill."

"What is it?" Chris asks starting to get worried about their daughter.

"After running some tests, I discovered that she has severe aplastic anemia," Greg reveals as the parents gasp in horror. "The good news is that we caught this very early."

"And what is the bad news?" Trenyce asks him with worry in her voice.

"The best way to cure this," Greg looks back at the parents. "Is to have a bone marrow transplant."

"My God," Chris runs his hands over his face. "This…this sounds serious."

"It is serious," Greg replies to them. "But the sooner we find a match for the transplant, the better. We don't have any time to waste, we need to action quickly."

"We will both be tested," Trenyce tells him quickly. "We must be a match, right?"

"Parents usually are matches, yes," Greg nods back to them. "I'll set up the tests to confirm that you're matches."

Trenyce moves up to Chris and hugs him as Greg leaves the room as a tear falls down her cheek. "She has to make it through this," she whispers to her husband. "She has to be okay."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Max attempts to locate his mother
- Isabelle confesses to Jacob
- Ethan tells Abby about Leah's warning

 
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