Episode 1038
 
They Work My Nerves
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 24, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Break My Soul" Beyonce

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Nicholas remained rattled over killing Clayton while Madeline wondered why he seemingly disappeared
- Sophie, Natasha and Robin spent Cory's birthday together
- Antonio and Robin made love while Cory's memory came back after he kissed Penny
- Chris and Trenyce learned that Albertinah would need a bone marrow transplant
- Will helped Stephanie with Dominick's recovery but worried he would lose Eva as a result
- Leah learned Victoria and Bryce reunited. Bryce, meanwhile, remembered Chantel from the baby switch
- Madeline saw a close moment between Kim and Tyler

The Young Mansion

The fresh crisp spring air feels good in Madeline's lungs as she makes her way up to the front door of the Young mansion. After months of winter, spring has finally sprung in Twin Peaks, which makes everyone happy. As Madeline waits for the front door to open after she presses the doorbell, she can't help but wonder why she hasn't heard from Clayton again. She knows that she was furious with him once the truth came out that he really isn't a Wilkins, but she thought that they would be able to mend fences over time. But he has now disappeared, and no one has heard from him in a few weeks.

"Madeline, good morning," Andy says as he sees his sister-in-law standing there. "Come in, the butler just brought a fresh pot of coffee."

"Thanks, that sounds nice," Madeline replies to him as she moves into the living room, where Nicholas is pouring a cup of the coffee. "Morning Nicholas."

"Morning, coffee?" Nicholas asks her as she nods back to him.

"Thank you," Madeline takes the cup of coffee and has a drink of it. "I barely slept last night; I kept thinking about Clayton and how he has disappeared."

Nicholas and Andy uneasily look at one another. "We still believe he left town after he was exposed for being a liar," Andy tells Madeline, who looks back at him as he stands by the sofa.

Suddenly, however, something catches the corner of Madeline's eye and she arches her eyebrow. "What's that?" she asks the men as she moves to the sofa and bends down.

"What are you looking at?" Nicholas asks her as Madeline stands back up with a watch in her hands. "What is that?"

"It's…Clayton's watch," Madeline replies to them as she looks at Andy and then Nicholas. "Why is his watch under your sofa?"

"He actually told me that he had lost his watch still when he was living here when we were married," Nicholas quickly lies to her, trying to cover the fact that Clayton probably lost his watch the night he died. "It's been under the sofa for weeks, I guess."

Madeline uneasily nods back to him, not realizing the lie. "It's just a reminder that he's gone and…this entire thing just feels off. I don't like how we left things."

"Maybe one day you can," Andy tells her. "But for right now, we need to focus on moving forward, do you think you can?"

"I don't have much of a choice," Madeline takes another sip of her coffee. "I just wish I knew where he was, that's all."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"Here you can put these in your work bag," Eva tells Will as she passes him a couple of flash drives as some soft jazz music plays in the restaurant. She purses her lips together as she watches Will accept the flash drives and he places them into his bag. "Those are the recordings that Stephanie wanted from the family."

Will nods back to her as he recalls how Dominick's specialist wanted some recordings from his family as she believes that this will help bring him out of his coma. "Thanks, I'll let Stephanie know and we can use them in our next session with Dominick."

"I am praying that this works and that Dominick will finally wake up from this coma," Eva admits to him. "It's what we all want."

Will uneasily looks back at her. "You know that I'm doing this because you asked me too," he reveals to her. "But if I'm honest with you, Eva, I am nervous about the idea of Dominick waking up."

"Nervous? Why are you nervous?"

"Because," he sighs to her. "If he wakes up, I don't know what will happen to you and me," he tells her. "The last thing I want is to lose you, again, when I just got you back."

"Oh Will," Eva grabs his hand and squeezes it. "I appreciate everything you're doing, but helping Dominick is the right thing to do, I know it is."

***

Leah moves into the restaurant hoping to grab a quick bite before she heads into Robertson Enterprises for the day. She spies Eva and Will sitting together and realizes that she could get an update on Dominick but before she can make her way to the table, she happens to see Victoria at the bar about to pay for her bill and leave. She can't help but remember finding out that Victoria has agreed to give her marriage to Bryce another chance. The thought of Noah being with Victoria, who has had many mental issues in the past, scares Leah to her very core. The last thing she wants is for Noah to be trapped in a marriage with Victoria, or for Ethan to start romancing Abby; Leah realizes that she has to do something to prevent her sons from being these relationships.

Leah finds herself quickly moving up to Victoria. "Leah, this is a surprise," Victoria turns when she leaves the bar stool.

Leah uneasily chuckles back to her. "I'm surprised you're not with your Mom, she's here with Will."

"I didn't see her when I got here," Victoria admits to her. "But I'll say hi before I leave."

"Before you go," Leah grabs her arm which causes Victoria to look back at her in surprise. "We need to get a few things straight."

Victoria arches her eyebrow. "A few things straight? What are you talking about?"

"I heard you tell my son that you were going to give him another chance," Leah reveals to her. "You and Noah, you're going to give your marriage another chance?"

"That's correct," Victoria nods bac to her. "We are going to give our marriage a real shot; for the first time, we have no secrets between us."

Leah chuckles again. "Well, make sure you don't hurt my son," she warns her as Victoria looks back at her in surprise. "I just got him back and I'll be damned if I let anyone, including you, hurt him again."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Bryce opens the door to the file room and moves inside where he already sees Chantel busy typing at the computer. He can't help but recall that he pieced together that she is the woman that is involved with the baby switch that he did because Vinny blackmailed him all those years ago. After he realized that, he spoke to Chantel about the baby and she admitted that she was in a rough place after she gave her baby up for adoption, not realizing that her child actually died.

"Busy morning?" Bryce asks breaking the silence in the room.

Chantel pauses from her typing and looks back at Bryce. "Very, I'm glad you're here," she tells him. "We don't want to lose the momentum that we have built up."

"That's true," Bryce nods back to her. "I'll go grab some more files and help out. Before I go though," he pauses and looks back at her. "I…I hope I didn't cross any lines last time we talked."

Chantel uneasily chuckles back to him. "Nah, we are all good," she tells him. "We both knew that we recognized one another, so it made sense that we connected."

"Well I'm glad," he nods back to her. "I know that giving up your baby wasn't easy, so I wanted to make sure I didn't cross any lines."

"It's gotten easier with time," Chantel admits to him. "At first it was difficult, but I have no regrets, and that's all that matters."

Bryce gulps back to her wondering how she'd react if she actually knew that her child was dead and not being raised by Donovan and Lukas; he knows, however, that no one can ever know that. "Alright, I'm going to get those files."

***

"We got here as soon as we heard," Daisy announces as she and Andrew move into the waiting room of the hospital, where they see Trenyce pacing back and forth as they found out that Albertinah has severe aplastic anemia, which means that she might need a bone marrow transplant. "How are things?"

"Chris is getting tested right now," Trenyce says as she hugs her Aunt. "I was already tested to see if I can be a match for Albertinah, but I haven't heard back yet."

"That's good," Andrew replies to her. "Daisy and I, we will both get tested as well. Between all of us, someone should be a match."

Trenyce feels her eyes swell with water. "I hope you're right," she tells her family. "I…I just can't believe that this is happening."

"Andrew is right," Daisy tries to remain positive with her niece. "You and Chris caught this early and we will get the transplant, I have faith in that."

Before Trenyce can respond, Chris comes back into the waiting room. "Hey guys," he says as Daisy and Andrew move to embrace him. "Thanks for being here."

"We wouldn't be anywhere else," Andrew tells him. "And we just told Trey that we will also get tested to see if we can donate to Albertinah."

"Thanks, we appreciate that," Chris tries to put a smile on his face. "We need all the support we can get."

"We are all in this together," Daisy tells her family. "Trust us when we say that we won't leave here, not until Albertinah is healthy again."


Roboto

"It sounds like you, Robin and Natasha had a really nice time celebrating your Dad's birthday," Max smiles to Sophie as he pours himself a glass of water from the bar in the main office of Roboto. He is pleased to hear that Sophie was able to celebrate Cory's birthday despite his death last year.

"We did," Sophie moves closer to him. "There was no drama, you know? Just the three of us hanging out and remembering some of the good times we had with him."

"And it was your idea," Max takes a sip of his water. "That must feel nice for you, to have that idea to celebrate your father?"

"It does," Sophie nods back to him. "And to be honest, I owe it a lot to you, Max."

"Me?" he asks her in surprise. "What did I do?"

Sophie chuckles back to him as she playfully swats his arm, which she notes how muscular it is. "You gave me the advice not to stay mad at my mom, remember?" she asks him as he nods back to her. "I took that to heart and then I reached out to her and Robin about spending the day together. I'm not sure that I would have had it not been for our talk."

"Well, I won't take all the credit, but you're welcome Sophie," Max winks back at her, which causes her to feel her heart flutter.

"It just means that you'll have to give me more advice on a more regular basis," she giggles back to him.

Max chuckles back to her. "In that case, I'll start sending you a bill."

"And I'll have to find a creative way to repay you," she winks back to him as he looks at her in surprise, both realizing that they are playfully flirting with one another.

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

"That was some storm last night," Penny tells Cory as the move into the kitchen of her small farmhouse as they just finished feeding the animals. Penny hangs her coat and starts to take off her rubber boats as the rain made the yard pretty muddy.

"You can say that again," Cory tells her as he moves to the table and sits down and begins to pour a couple cups of coffee. "Last night was pretty intense all around."

Penny moves to the table and sits next to him. "You're talking about the kiss that we shared, aren't you?"

"That and the fact that the kiss helped my memory return," he winks back to her. "I…I just can't believe that I remember everything."

"What are you going to do now that you remember?" Penny asks him before she takes a sip of her coffee. "I mean, you remember your life, you remember Antonio, everything Cory."

Cory shrugs back to her as he sighs to her. "Honestly, I have no idea what I'm going to do," he tells her. "This place, this farm, being here with you, it's…it's changed me. Life back home was always so filled with drama. This has been so refreshing."

"You can stay here as long as you want," Penny replies to him as they lock eyes. "And if there's a day when you're ready to go home, you can make the call, but you shouldn't feel pressure."

The Tower's; The Penthouse; Robin's Home

"You didn't have to surprise me with that latte from the Sugarbowl," Robin giggles to Antonio as she moves back into the living room of the penthouse after she just put Oscar down for his nap. "How did you know I needed one though?"

"I can read your mind," Antonio smiles back to her as he moves up to her and kisses her. "How are the children today?"

"Oh, they are fine," Robin replies to him. "Oscar had a busy morning so he fell right asleep."

"That's good," Antonio nods back to her. "That means that we have some time alone, right?"

"That we do," Robin says back to him. "Did you have something in mind on how to pass the time?"

"I think you know what's on my mind," he winks back to her as he moves up to her and kisses her again. "But that can wait, I have to ask you something first."

"Ask me something? Now I'm curious," she purses her lips back to him. "What's going on?"

"The latte wasn't the only thing that I brought you today," he reveals to her. "Something that will show you how much you mean to me."

Robin arches her eyebrow. "Okay?"

Before she knows what's happening, Antonio is bending down on one knee and reveals a black box that was in his jacket pocket. He opens the box and, inside, there is a large diamond ring, which makes her gasp.

"You've captivated me, Robin," he looks up into her eyes as she covers her mouth in shock. "And I don't want that feeling to ever leave me, to leave us. So please, tell me that this can be forever. Be my wife, Robin? Spend the rest of your life as my wife?"

The Cemetery

"Thanks for meeting me today," Kim tells Tyler as she wears a pair of large black sunglasses as they stand in front of a tombstone. She feels her eyes swelling with water as she knows that today is the anniversary of Blake's death; it is still one of the worst days of her life. The ice storm that created the accident happened man years ago, but losing Blake is still something that Kim, and Tyler, deal with on a daily basis.

"This is our day to remember and celebrate Blake," Tyler replies to her. "We lost our little boy too soon."

Kim kneels down and reads the tombstone that has Blake's full name on it. She reaches for it and caresses it slowly, as Tyler kneels next to her. "It…just feels like yesterday that I found out I was pregnant," she whispers to him as she tries to not get choked up. "And then giving birth to him."

"He was a very special little boy," Tyler agrees with her. "We were so lucky to have him in our lives."

"I miss him," Kim admits to him as they stand up again. "I miss him each and every single day."

"Me too," Tyler pulls her into a deep hug. "Me too, Kim."

Across the way, Madeline stands watching Tyler and Kim embrace. After visiting Andy and Nicholas, Madeline decided to come to the cemetery to visit Reese's grave; the last thing she expected was to see Kim and Tyler together, again, after she just saw them together at Pink Flamingo. Without thinking, she pulls out her phone and takes a picture of Kim and Tyler embracing.

She then sends it to Robbie via text message with the caption. "Looks like your wife is getting cozy with her ex."

After she presses send, Madeline gets a sly grin on her face. "Maybe this is how I can get my revenge on them," she whispers to herself.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Nicholas discuss Clayton's watch
- The Davenport's learn who is a match to help Albertinah
- Frederick learns some information

 
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