Episode 1041
 
No End & No Beginning
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: April 03, 2024

Episode Theme song: "20 Minutes" Years & Years

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy worried when Clayton's watch seemingly turned up under the sofa in the Young Mansion
- Isabelle told Max what happened the night of her miscarriage
- Jacob and Natasha remained at odds after she faked her illness to keep him and Cassie apart
- Andrew donated bone marrow to save Albertinah
- Dominick awoke from his coma while Abby worried about what he would remember
- Leah told Bryce that he could do better to Victoria
- Madeline thought of a plan of revenge against Kim and Robbie

Twin Peaks General Hospital

A million things are racing through Abby's mind as she paces outside of Dominick's hospital room. She is almost in disbelief that Stephanie and Will have been able to bring Dominick out of his coma; she is now wondering what he will wake up remembering because when he suffered his stroke, he was confronting her over the fact that she was drugging him to keep him from remembering the fact that they both knew that Eva was alive and well. On top of it all, Dominick had learned that she had kissed Ethan, who has since been revealed to be Dominick's grandson.

"If he remembers, my entire life could change," she whispers to herself. "Please God, please, don't let him remember anything. Please…"

She turns around when she hears the door to his hospital room open and she sees Stephanie emerge. "Doctor, how is he?"

"He's doing well," Stephanie tells Abby. "He's weak, but that's understandable."

"Is he speaking or saying anything yet?" Abby asks her quickly, hoping that he's not.

"He is talking," Stephanie reveals to her. "That's why I'm here. He's asking to see you, Abby."

"Me?" Abby gulps back to her.

"Yes, of course," Stephanie chuckles back to you. "You must remember, when he suffered the stroke, he believed you two were married. He has no idea that you and he aren't legally married anymore, so he's asking for you because you, in his mind, are his wife."

"Right," Abby nods back to her. "Alright, I'll go see him and I'll pretend that I'm still his wife. Can you let Eva know that I'm in when she gets back?"

"I will," Stephanie replies to her. "And Abby, don't say or do anything that might upset Dominick. He needs to stay as calm as possible right now."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"How are you holding up?" Daisy asks Trenyce as she passes her niece a cup of coffee as she sits next to her in the waiting room of the hospital. Earlier in the day, Andrew was taken to donate some bone marrow to Albertinah, who has come down with severe aplastic anemia. Everyone was surprised that Andrew, who is not a blood relative, was the one who matched to donate to Albertinah, as typically parents are the ones that are the match. Now, they are waiting to hear if the donation was a success and if Albertinah will be okay.

"As well as to be expected," Trenyce sighs back to her. "Chris went to get some air, which is good. He was pretty riled up that he wasn't the one that could donate to Tinah."

"At least we found someone to donate," Daisy replies to her. "I still believe that all of this happened in such a quick amount of time that it means that Tinah will be fine."

"She has to pull through," Trenyce looks at her with red eyes. "I…I don't know what I would do if my little girl didn't make it."

"She will make it," Daisy pulls her into a hug. "I know that she will make it, we just have to have faith."

Before they can say anything else, Dawn comes into the waiting room. "Sorry to interrupt, but I just wanted to tell you that Andrew is out of the procedure and he's resting. You can go see him if you'd like."

"Thank you Dawn," Daisy replies to the nurse, who turns to leave.

"Dawn, wait," Trenyce stands up and looks at her. "Did it work? Will Albertinah be okay?"

"I'm afraid I don't know," Dawn admits to her. "You two head to see Andrew and I'll send Dr. Lawson to his room and he can fill you in on the latest."

Trenyce looks at Daisy with worry on her face. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Trenyce asks with a trembling lip.

The Young Mansion

Andy frantically walks down the hallway of the Young mansion looking pale and out of breath. He opens the door to the master bedroom that he shares with Nicholas and rushes inside but when he turns to close the door, a hand stops him! The door opens and Clayton's dead, dirty face appears!

"Aaannnddddyyyyy," Clayton's voice says as his dead body moves closer to him. "Annnnnddddddyyyyyy."

"No! No!" Andy yells back to him. "Please get away from me! Please!"

"You killed me, Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddddddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy!"

"Ahhhhhh!" Andy screams in horror before he jumps up in the bed and looks around, realizing that he was having another nightmare about Clayton's death. He grabs the glass of water on the nightstand and takes a large sip of it, as Nicholas rushes into the bedroom.

"I heard you scream, are you okay?" Nicholas asks him as he sits on the bed next to him.

"No," Andy shakes his head back to him. "I had another nightmare about Clayton! This is getting out of control, Nicholas!"

"Andy, please," Nicholas grabs his hand and squeezes it. "You have to stay calm! Remember, no one knows what happened that night; we did this because you thought no one would believe you when you accidently dropped that vase on Clayton's head, we have to stay calm!"

"I don't know how to stay calm when I'm seeing a zombie version of Clayton every time I shut my eyes!" Andy tells him. "I know what I said that night, but I didn't think this would haunt me this way!"

Nicholas pulls him into a hug. "I'm sorry," he whispers to Andy. "I wish I could say or do something that could help you. We will get through this Andy, I promise you that."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Madeline quickly moves up to the nurses station and drops some files on the desk. She has had a busy day so far but in her mind, she has been able to stop thinking about how she saw Tyler and Kim in a close encounter the other day; she ended up sending a picture of the embrace to Robbie, but she never did hear back. She hasn't been able to wonder if Tyler or Kim still have feelings for one another.

"You don't look like your mind is on those files that you just put down," Greg comes up next to her. "What's going on?"

"I've had a busy morning," she tells him. "How about you?"

"Just did a bone marrow transplant," he replies to her. "I'm about to go to the parents to give them the update."

"Good luck," Madeline looks at him. "And for the record, my mind has been other things other than work. I…I've come up with a way that I think I can get back at Robbie and Kim for turning my life upside down."

Greg uneasily looks back at her. "Really? You have? I wasn't sure that you were serious about that when we spoke last."

"That son of a bitch promised me that we would get back together and he took that away from me, from us," Madeline grits her teeth together. "And for that, I want Robbie, and Kim, to pay. So yes, I'm still going forward with this plan of revenge, especially now that I have a concrete idea."

Greg nods back to her. "Well, I could help you with this idea, if you need it. Because like you, I'm fuming over what they did to us."

Madeline gets a sly grin on her face. "Perfect, we'll be in touch Greg."

Roboto

Natasha opens the door to the main office at Roboto and scurries inside as she has a million things to do with the Pink Roses, the collaboration between her company and Rockwell Mining as the launch is coming up later in the spring. As soon as she enters the office, she sees Robbie and Kim huddled together on the sofa looking over some files.

"I hope those files pertain to the Pink Roses launch," Natasha tells her brother and sister-in-law as she sets her briefcase down on the desk.

"They are," Kim replies to her. "We are making some good headway, but there is still so much to do."

"Yea, Nat," Robbie looks over at his sister. "We could really use someone else to help with the workload."

Natasha purses her lips together. "I know, and I have the perfect person in mind to help us."

Kim and Robbie look at one another in surprise as the office door opens again and Jacob appears. "Oh darling, your timing is absolutely perfect," Natasha moves up to her son and hugs him.

"Your text made it seem important," Jacob tells her. "Hey Uncle Robbie, Aunty Kim."

"Jacob," Kim replies to him as she squeezes Robbie's leg.

"The reason I asked you here today is to tell you that Roboto is on the verge of a huge success," Natasha smiles to him. "We have partnered with Rockwell Mining to create some pink rose diamonds; there will be three large rings for sell, and the images will be used in our next perfume ad, the Pink Rose."

"Wow, that sounds incredible," Jacob tells her quickly.

"The only problem is," Natasha tells him. "We still have a million things to do and not the manpower. So, I was hoping that you'd come to work for Roboto, your family company. We need you Jacob, more than ever. So, what do you say? Come work with your family, where you belong? Help us make this launch the best it can be?"

***

Meanwhile, in the breakroom, Max and Sophie are sitting with some coffees at the small table.

"Thanks for having a coffee break with me today," Sophie smiles over to the man that she is crushing on. "It means a lot that we can hang out and talk."

"Happy to break with you," Max replies to her. "It's nice to take your breaks with a friendly face."

"Is that what I am?"

"Of course," Max chuckles back to her. "It's been nice getting to you know, Sophie. I mean that."

"I feel the same way."

"And now, I feel even more connected to you," he admits to her. "Because, like you, I've also lost a parent"

Sophie slowly nods her head back to him. "Right, because Cassie left town. There's still no word from her?"

Max shakes his head to her. "I've called, texted and nothing. There's no response. I…I don't understand why she has been ghosting me."

Sophie shrugs her shoulders. "This all happened right around the time Isabelle had her miscarriage, right?"

Max nods back to her. "My Mom and Isabelle were fighting when Isabelle fell down the stairs. She left town shortly after."

"Do you think they're connected?"

"I know they are," Max replies to her quickly. "I just have to figure out how and why."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Did you hear the news? Our grandfather has awoken from his coma," Ethan tells Bryce as they slowly walk down the hallway of the hospital together. Ethan is at the hospital to help support Abby, who is visiting Dominick currently, while Bryce had a shift in the file room as a part of the re-organization. They realized they were both there at the same time and decided to catch up; despite all of the head spinning revelations lately, the best thing that has come from it, is that they have formed a bond.

"I did hear," Bryce replies to him. "Our mother paid me a visit at home earlier."

"She did? And what did Leah say?"

Bryce uneasily chuckles back to him. "You won't believe this," he looks back at his brother. "But she actually warned me about making my marriage work. She wanted me to end my marriage to Victoria once and for all."

"Whoa, really?" Ethan shakes his head. "That's funny because she warned me about getting involved with Abby Lawson."

"My sons together," Leah smiles as she approaches them, unaware they were just talking about her. "This is a pleasant sight."

"Leah, hi," Ethan replies to her quickly.

"I assume you've heard the good news? Your grandfather is out of his coma! Isn't that wonderful?" Leah gushes to them.

"Yea, we heard," Bryce tells her.

"Well, I'm here to check on him. Do you two want to come and see him? He doesn't know your family, but that's not important. The more family he has around him is the best thing for him right now," Leah tells them. "Come on, I'll show you his room."

"I'm actually on a shift," Bryce stops her. "I need to get back to the file room. Maybe another time."

Leah sighs when Bryce turns and walks away and nodding to Ethan. "And, I'm actually here to support Abby; her visit with Dominick might almost be over, and she might need me."

"I thought…"

"Don't go there Leah, not right now," Ethan cuts her off, knowing she was about to tell him to stay away from Abby again, and that's the last thing he wants to hear. He, then, walks away from her, leaving her all alone.

Leah runs her hand through her hair. "I will get my sons back in my life and away from those bitches," she whispers to herself. "But how?"

***

Abby slowly opens the door to Dominick's hospital room as she feels her heart racing a million miles a minute. She can see that the man she thought was her husband is laying in his bed, wide awake, but looking weak. She slowly moves up to him.

"Dominick," she says, despite her mouth being dry. "You're…you're awake."

Dominick's eyes dart to his left and he gets a smile on his face. "Abbbbbbby," he whispers to her. "You're hereeeeeeee."

"Of course, I am."

"I….I….loovvvvveeeee youuuu," Dominick grabs her hand and squeezes it.

Abby gets tears in her eyes, realizing that he has no memory of the events leading up to his stroke. She bends down and hugs him, as a tear falls down her cheek. "I love you too," she whispers into his ear.

***

Trenyce and Chris open the door to Andrew's hospital room and usher insider. Andrew is sitting up in his bed resting, but he is awake.

"Andrew, hi," Trenyce moves up to him. "How are you feeling?"

Andrew nods back to her. "I'm…I'm okay," he admits to her. "A little weak, but I just feel like it's nothing a good nights sleep can't fix."

"We are relived to hear that," Chris replies to him. "Thank you, again, for doing this for Albertinah."

"I just hope it worked," Andrew says back to the parents.

Trenyce and Chris turn when they hear the door open and Greg appears holding a file, which he is reviewing.

"Doctor, please tell us you have good news?" Trenyce eagerly asks him. "Tell us that this bone marrow transfer helped Albertinah?"

"It's still early," Greg smiles back to her and Chris. "But so far, yes, it looks like the donation was a success. I think Albertinah will make a full recovery."

"Oh thank God," Chris says as he and Trenyce pull each other into a hug with tears in their eyes, while Andrew smiles in his bed, glad that he was able to help Albertinah.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Cory learns of Robin's engagement
- Eva visits Dominick
- Bryce heads to the Victors mansion

 
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