Episode 965
 
The Line's Gone Dark
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 21, 2023

Episode Theme song: "You Signed Up for This" Maisie Peters

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Clayton received a document from Melissa that he thought could help him break up Andy and Nicholas' wedding
- Dominick overheard Abby admit to Greg that she kissed Ethan and then had his memory return
- Andrew told Antonio he would pay back his loan
- Sophie got a job at Roboto
- Cassie arrived to confront Natasha about her dying wish
- Antonio saw Cory and Robin together

St. Joseph's Church

"You look absolutely stunning today," Cory smiles to Robin as they stand in the middle of the church while guests start to find their seats for Nicholas and Andy's wedding, which is set to begin in a short amount of time. Cory knows that Robin is standing up for Nicholas since they are incredibly close. He can't help but think that she is glowing, not only because she is pregnant, but also because she is happy for her brother.

"Ah, thanks," Robin replies to him. "How are you feeling? Two days, two weddings?"

Cory chuckles back to her as he recalls how he stood up for Chris the previous day at his wedding to Trenyce, which went off without a hitch, which doesn't always happen in Twin Peaks. "It seems like there is wedding fever in Twin Peaks right now. It's nice that love is in the air."

"It certainly is," Robin nods back to him. "And, if I haven't made myself clear, I am really happy that we are giving us another shot, Cory."

Cory licks his lips and leans into Robin to kiss her lips. "I am very happy about that myself, Robin. And who knows, maybe one day this will be us getting married, again."

Robin chuckles. "You never know, huh? But honestly, I've heard worst ideas."

St. Joseph's Church

Andy hangs his tux in the small closet that is in the back room where he is able to get ready for his wedding to Nicholas. He then moves to the mirror and looks at himself before he puts a smile on his face. After he lost Reese, Andy never believed that he would be in the position to get married again. For so many weeks, months, even years, he thought that he would be alone. When Nicholas came into his life, everything changed and now he is about to be married again.

"I hope you can hear me Reese," Andy whispers to himself. "Because I want you to know that I still love you. Just because I am marrying Nicholas, it doesn't change the fact that I still love you. I always will. I just hope," he says as he gets tears in his eyes. "That you will support me and believe that I am doing what I need to keep moving forward."

"After you died, a part of myself died. But with Nicholas, I found life again and a purpose to live. So, please, stay with me Reese. And continue to guide me down the right path."

He takes a deep breath and wipes a tear away from his eye. "Okay, it is time to get ready," he says to himself. "I have to marry the man of my dreams today."

One Day House

Nicholas types quickly into his laptop as he sits behind his desk. He came to the office because he had a few things that he needed to take care of because his wedding to Andy. Now that he is almost done, he can't wait to get to the church so his wedding can begin.

"I can't believe that in a few short hours, I will have a husband," he whispers to himself as he closes his laptop and stands up from behind his desk. "Andy and I are going to spend the rest of our lives together and nothing will stop us."

He moves out from behind his desk and starts grabbing his belongings so he can head off to the church. He turns when he hears his office door open. "Hey, I'm on my way out," he begins to say as he looks over and sees Clayton standing in his office. "Clayton? What are you doing here?"

"I…I had to see you," Clayton admits to him. "I know that today is your wedding day."

"It is," Nicholas smiles back to him. "I'm just heading to the church now. So, whatever this is, it will have to wait. I am getting married today."

"This won't take long," Clayton replies to him quickly. "But I'm not leaving until you hear me out; you owe me that much, don't you think?"

Nicholas uneasily sighs back to him. "Alright, what is it? What is so important that it can't wait?"

"Well, it's this," Clayton says as he passes Nicholas a file folder. "And, after you read that, you'll understand why you won't be marrying Andy today or any day," he says with a sly grin on his face and Nicholas feels the blood drain from his face.

The River Rock Casino

"So, the good news is that the wedding went off without a hitch," Daisy tells Andrew as they sit in his suite at the casino. Daisy just finished recapping the previous day's wedding with Chris and Trenyce to Andrew, who stayed away because of his lingering feelings for Trenyce. Daisy, however, notices that Andrew seems to be thinking about something else completely. "Andrew? Is everything okay? Did you hear a word I said about Chris and Trenyce's wedding?"

"Yea, sorry, I guess I was distracted," Andrew looks back at her, coming back into reality. "I, I am glad that the wedding was nice. I hope they are happy together."

Daisy arches her eyebrow back to him. "What is on your mind? What has you so distracted?"

Andrew sighs as he recalls how Antonio offered him a second loan so he could continue to gamble at the casino; Andrew, realizing that he doesn't have the money to pay back the first loan from Antonio, turned down the offer, which is when Antonio made it clear that the first payment was due. When Andrew claimed he didn't have the money to make the payment, Antonio threatened Trenyce as he saw her talking with Andrew. Andrew is determined to ensure that Trenyce stays safe, but he has no idea what he is going to do to get the money to make the loan payments.

"Andrew? Talk to me? Maybe it is something I can help with?" Daisy asks him, noticing that he is, once again, deep in thought.

"It's…" Andrew begins to tell her. "I've gotten myself into some trouble. I took out a loan and I don't know how I'm going to pay it back."

"A loan? For what?" Daisy asks him quickly.

"It's silly," Andrew sighs back to her. "It was…well, to play blackjack. I know that it wasn't the smartest thing for me to do, but I am in the hot water now."

"I see," Daisy gulps back to him, realizing that this could be why Andrew recently told her that they should stay away from Antonio. "Well, anything I can do to help, I will. You've been there for me so much the last few weeks, this is the least I can do."

Andrew forces a smile on his face. "Thanks Daisy, I appreciate that. But I won't take money from you. I need to figure this out on my own."

Roboto

"I am still so excited that your Mom agreed to let you have a trial run at the company," Isabelle smiles over to Sophie as they stand in the corner of the main office of Roboto. Isabelle recalls how the previous evening she, alongside Sophie and Max were summoned to the Calimo mansion, where Natasha revealed that she was very impressed with Sophie's vison board for the last photoshoot and, in turn, agreed to give her a trial run at the company. Isabelle is just happy that Sophie will be working with them because she gets along well with her. "You are going to make such a great fit."

Sophie beams back to her, still on cloud nine that Natasha finally gave her the chance to work at Roboto because for a while, both her parents were not please with her after she got kicked out of boarding school. "I know, I am excited too. It will be fun to work with you and Max on upcoming photoshoots."

Isabelle notes that Sophie looks across the office at Max, who is looking at some paper work with Jacob at the desk. She gets a smile on her face. "Uh, is there another reason that you wanted to work here?"

Sophie giggles back to her as she moves some hair behind her ear. "What are you talking about?"

"Come on," Isabelle chuckles back to her. "The way that you're looking at Max…it's pretty obvious that you think he's cute."

"Well, sure," Sophie admits to her. "I do think he's a good looking guy. But I know that you two were seeing each other…"

"We aren't," Isabelle quickly tells her as she thinks about Jacob admitting to her that Natasha wants them together before she dies. She just hopes that he agrees to that because she would love that. "Max and I are friends and co-workers, nothing more."

"Oh, I see," Sophie blushes back to her as she looks over at Max and feels her heart skip a beat. "Well, I guess, maybe, there's a chance for us after all."

Meanwhile, Jacob and Max finish discussing the upcoming ad campaign before Max closes the file folder.

"It looks like we are on the same page," Max tells him quickly. "Which doesn't happen often."

Jacob chuckles back to him. "That might be an understatement," he replies to him. "Let's try to give Sophie a chance to give some of her ideas though too, okay? My mother gave her a chance to work here, I don't want it to go to waste."

Max looks over at Sophie and smiles back to him. "Yea, I think that's fine. She did have a lot of great ideas for the last photoshoot."

Jacob arches his eyebrow when he notices Max looking over at Sophie. "You can listen to her ideas and incorporate as many as you'd like, but that's where this will end, Max."

"What does that mean?"

"Stay away from my sister," Jacob warns him quickly. "Or you will answer to me."

The Calimo Mansion

"Alright, I came back today because you were too tired last night to talk," Cassie explains to Natasha as she closes the door to Natasha's bedroom door and quickly moves up to the large king size bed where her rival is laying. Cassie had arrived the previous evening to confront Natasha over her dying wish to Jacob; Cassie still can't believe that Natasha wants Jacob to be with Isabelle before she dies. When she wanted to talk to Natasha about this outrageous claim the previous evening, Natasha claimed she was too tired and asked Cassie to leave. Thinking that Natasha is dying, Cassie agreed but she came back first thing to have it out with her. "Now, we can finally lay all of our cards on the table."

Natasha sighs heavily back to her. "What is it that you want, Cassie?" Natasha asks her quickly. "I had hoped you would have been distracted by something else between last night and now."

Cassie chuckles back to her. "Very funny," she spits back to her. "You know damn well why I'm here. I know, Natasha! I know all about your dying wish with Jacob! How could you possibly want him with Isabelle?"

Natasha shrugs her shoulders and then pretends to cough a little. "I…, sorry," she says as she clears her throat and then looks at Cassie. "I just want my son to be happy. From the few times I've seen him with Isabelle, he is happy. A hell of a lot happier than he has been around you."

"You bitch," Cassie sneers at her. "I don't know what kind of game you're playing, but you won't get away with it, Natasha."

Natasha slyly grins back to her. "Jacob will make the best decision for him and his family," Natasha tells her. "So brace yourself, because if I know my son, he will do exactly what I tell him to do."

Dominick's Townhouse

Dominick slowly moves towards the bar in the living room of his house to pour himself a cup of coffee. He is desperate for the caffeine as he didn't have a great sleep because his mind was racing about everything that happened the previous day.

Bryce had come over to his house, again, and put him under hypnosis to see if Dominick could uncover the events leading up to him stopping Felicia from marrying Frederick. Once the session was over, Dominick was exhausted and took a nap. When he woke up, he came downstairs and overheard Abby admitting to Greg that she and Ethan kissed. Dominick was so stunned to hear that his wife has been kissing another man, that he ended up having a total recall and remembered the day of the interrupted wedding. He remembered Victoria coming to him and revealing that Eva was alive and was posing as Barbara Mills; Dominick and Victoria went to the Victors mansion and he was able to find Felicia and stop the wedding with the news about Eva. Felicia was so upset that she ran off, and then he and Frederick had a fight. He remembers Frederick knocking him out, but he doesn't remember anything beyond that.

"Frederick is a son of a bitch," he whispers to himself. "He knocked me out and clearly did something to me to make me forget what happened. He didn't want anyone to know that Eva is alive, only I remember now. I know that Eva was posing as Barbara, which means that Felicia doesn't need to be in Raven's Meadow."

"And Abigail," he continues to talk to himself. "She's been kissing, and God knows what else, with Ethan. She will have to answer to me, for that because I refuse to be made a fool of, especially since Eva's affair with Will."

He moves to the bar and opens a drawer looking for his phone charger. As he shuffles around, he comes across a pill bottle. "What the hell are these?" he asks himself as he looks at the label. "For Dominick, two pills a day," he reads out loud.

"You bitch," Dominick grits his teeth together. "You've been drugging me, Abby. You've been helping Frederick ensure that I don't remember that Eva is alive."

"Good morning," Abby announces as she moves into the living room. "I have some pastries from the Sugarbow. I got all of favorites."

Dominick slowly turns around and glares at his wife. "Dominick? What is it? What's wrong?"

"When were you going to tell me that you've been drugging me and sleeping with Ethan?" Dominick asks her quickly as Abby feels the blood drain from her face.

Next on One Day at a Time
- What did Clayton show Nicholas?
- Cory witnesses a close moment
- Dominick and Abby spare

 
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