Episode 973
 
Brought You Down to Your Knees
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 06, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Angels Like You" Mylie Cyrus

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Dominick suffered a stroke and fell into a coma. Madeline told his family that he might never wake up. Paige blamed Abby
- Dale realized that someone went through his office
- Tara continued to plot against Robbie, Greg, Kim and Cheresa
- Lukas and Meggan went to Mexico City to follow up on a lead on Jasper and Olly
- Daisy sold her body for more money to help Andrew pay back his loan to Antonio
- Robin went into labour but she and Cory got trapped in an elevator
- Victoria and Eva agreed to hide out at the Calimo cabin. Will, meanwhile, found the passage that the women used to escape Raven's Meadow

Twin Peaks General Hospital

As sweat forms on her forehead, a worried Robin looks at Cory as the elevator that they are in has seemingly lost power and is no longer moving, despite the fact that she is in labour. They had been at his home talking about how Cory saw Antonio kiss her hand at Andy and Nicholas' wedding; the discussion caused Robin's water to break, so they came to the hospital, but the elevator's lights flickered and then it stopped moving. So, they are trapped in the elevator and her baby is on its way.

"Cory," Robin tells him as she tries to keep her breathing under control. "What's…happening? Please…we…have…to get….to a…doctor."

Cory continues to play with the buttons on the elevator panel but none of them are working. He pulls his cell phone out of his pocket, but he quickly realizes that he doesn't have any service because he is in the elevator.

"I don't know what to tell you," Cory looks back at her. "But, we are stuck in here."

Robin let's out a loud groan as she has another contraction. She then looks at Cory with worry. "This baby is coming, Cory!"

"Alright, lay down," Cory instructs her. "I'll help you, okay?"

"Ahhhhh," Robin groans again. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"We don't have a choice," Cory looks back at her. "I won't leave you, Robin. I"ll be right here helping you with this. Now, push!"

The Tower's, Floor One; Andy's Condo

"I am really sorry to hear about this mess with Nicholas," Donovan tells Andy as they stand facing each other in the condo that Andy lives in. Andy just finished telling his friend about how Nicholas left him at the altar because he married Clayton instead. Donovan can't believe that Nicholas would have married another man on his wedding day to Andy; he feels awful for what Andy must be going through. "Can I do anything to help?"

Andy shakes his head back to him. "Thanks, I'm hanging in there. I am hoping that you can tell me about your life so I can forget about mine for a while," he chuckles to Donovan. "Has there been any update on Olly?"

Donovan arches his eyebrow back to him. "Interestingly enough, there is lead," he reveals to Andy, who opens his eyes in surprise. "Lukas hired Meggan to look into the kidnapping since Simona Lopez hasn't been able to find our son."

"Oh, that was a good idea. I take it that Meggan was able to get a lead?"

"Yup," Donovan nods back to him. "There was a guy that fit Jasper's description in Mexico City."

"Mexico City?" Andy asks him. "How did Jasper manage to get out of the country?"

"That we don't know," Donovan tells him. "But Lukas and Meggan went to Mexico to see if it was Jasper. And, I have to tell you, waiting for an update is killing me."

Andy pulls Donovan into a hug. "I know it's been weeks since Olly disappeared, but you have to stay positive. Meggan and Lukas, they will find Jasper and Olly if they are in Mexico City, just remember that, okay?"

"I'm trying," Donovan sighs back to him as they exit their embrace. "I just want to see my son again. I would give up anything to have that happen."

The River Rock Casino

Daisy moves up to the door of Andrew's suite at the casino and prepares to knock on it. She recalls how earlier, she slept with another man for some money. Now that she has the money, she wants to give it to Andrew so he can start to pay off the loan that he took from Antonio. She realizes that she the sooner they can pay the loan off, the sooner they can both leave the casino and get out from being under Antonio's thumb.

Andrew opens the door only wearing a pair of grey sweat pants. Daisy looks at his toned chest and, immediately, thinks about the couple of kisses that they have shared.

"Daisy," he says as she moves into the suite. "What brings you by? Not that I don't enjoy seeing you."

Daisy turns and looks back at him as Andrew closes the door behind her. "I came to give you something," Daisy replies to him as she opens her purse and passes him an envelope.

Andrew takes the envelope. "What's this?" he asks her as he looks inside and sees cash. "Daisy? Where did you get this money?"

"That doesn't matter," she waves her hand back to him. "What is important, is that you can give it to Antonio as payment to your loan."

Andrew looks back at her in surprise. "This is a lot of money, it will likely cover more than just the payment."

"Perfect," Daisy purses her lips back to him. "I'm not going to take no for an answer, Andrew. You're going to take that money and use it towards your loan. You have no other options."

Andrew licks his lips back to her. "I was thinking of trying to gamble again."

"No," Daisy shakes his head. "You can't fall back into that trap, okay? Promise me, Andrew! Promise me you won't gamble again."

"Alright," he nods back to her. "I promise. I'll use this towards my loan. But Daisy," he says as their eyes lock. "Thank you."

***

Meanwhile, downstairs in the Pink Flamingo restaurant, Dale and Helen sit across from one another with some lunch on the table in front of them.

Dale looks at his fiancé as she takes a bite of her Buffalo chicken salad and studies her for a moment. He can't help but think about how he believes that someone was going through his office as various items were misplaced. He has no idea who would be going through his belongings, but he is determined to find out. A part of him can't help but wonder if it was Helen since he knows that Adam and Dawn have been less then thrilled with their engagement.

"How is the salad?" he asks her before he takes a bite of his grilled turkey sandwich.

Helen finishes chewing before she takes a sip of her chardonnay and then looks over at Dale. "It's one of my favorites on the menu," she tells him. "I wonder if we could get smaller portions to be served at our wedding?"

Dale chuckles back to her. "That's an idea for sure," he tells her. "Although, I'm rather troubled about something."

Helen puts her fork down and looks across the table. "Troubled? About what, Dale?"

Dale sighs back to her. "Remember how I went to my office yesterday?" he asks her as she nods back to him. "Well, someone had been in my office."

"What? Who could have been in your office? And why?"

Dale looks back at Helen and realizes that it wasn't his fiancé. He can tell by her reaction that she is genuinely shocked by his news.

"That's what I need to find out," Dale replies to her. "Who would want to break into my office and what were they hoping to uncover?"

***

At another table, Paige sits with a large glass of wine in front of her. She came to the restaurant to try to get her mind off the fact that Dominick has had a stroke and is laying in a coma; she, despite her family telling her to calm down, still believes that Abby is to blame for her grandfather's medical crisis. She wishes that she knew what Dominick and Abby were talking about when he suffered a stroke.

"That is a big glass of wine," a voice calls out from her table, causing her to look up and sees Ethan standing there. "Is everything okay?"

"Nothing is okay right now," she replies to him as he sits across from her. "I am guessing you haven't heard?"

Ethan arches his eyebrow back to her. "Heard what? What's happened?"

"My grandfather," she looks back at him. "He had a stroke. He's in the hospital."

"What? My God," Ethan gasps back to her. "How is Abby?"

Paige rolls her eyes back to him. "She's putting on a show," she reveals to him. "She's playing up the victim card as the concerned wife but I know better."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, I think she is to blame for all of this," Paige reveals to him. "Abby is the one who caused this stroke to happen."

Ethan looks back at her in surprise, as he quickly thinks about the various times he and Abby have shared a kiss. He only hopes that she is okay during this difficult time.

"Did you hear a word I just said?" Paige asks him as she realizes that he is lost in space. Ethan looks back at her and nods to her. "Abby could have killed my grandfather, and I have to prove it. I need to get that viper away from my family forever."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"So, when Madeline Wilkins first looked at Dominick, she told me, and the rest of our family, that she didn't think that my husband would ever wake up again," a shaky Abby reveals to Shane as they sit in his office at the hospital. Abby is desperate to get a second opinion on Dominick's status because she can't accept that he could be in a coma for the rest of his life. "And, that isn't acceptable to me. My husband, he has to come back to me."

"I can appreciate that you want the best for Dominick," he nods back to her.

"So, Dr. Glubbs, have you looked at my husband's medical file? Can you please give me your opinion on his status?"

Shane uneasily nods back to her as he leans over his desk. "I have had the chance to look at his file," he reveals to her.

"Okay," Abby gulps back to him. "And, what is your opinion? Please, tell me that Dominick will wake up. Please tell me that he will make a full recovery."

"I wish I could," Shane explains to her. "My assessment is the same as Dr. Wilkins; I don't think that Dominick will ever open his eyes again. I am sorry, Abby, I know this is painful to hear," he says as she starts to weep. "But, it might be time to start thinking about your next steps."

Raven's Meadow

"How are you feeling, Mom?" Tyler asks Felicia as he sits with his mother in her hospital room at Raven's Meadow. He hasn't been to the hospital to see his mother in a while, but after everything that has happened with Dominick, he realized that he needed to come and fill her in on the latest.

Felicia, who is laying on the small bed, blankly looks forward, as she is heavily medicated, due to the medication that Bryce has been giving her.

"I know that you're going to get better," Tyler whispers to her. "We need you right now, more than you'll ever know."

He pushes some of her red hair out of her face as he looks at his mother. "You should know," he continues to talk to her. "That Dominick had a stroke; he's in the hospital. We are all praying that he will make a recovery but it isn't looking good. That's why we need you to get better; we can't lose both you and Dominick at the same time, okay? So, Mom, I know you can hear me, please get well. Please come back to us, we need you more than you know."

***

Will, meanwhile, slowly creeps through the vent of the hospital. The space is small and tight so he is moving at a slower pace than what he would like.

As he moves through the vent, he recalls how he opened the door to the padded cell where Victoria and Eva were being held by Frederick, and that's when he found the opening to the vent. He realized that the vent is how Victoria and Eva must have escaped the padded cell, which is why he is now in the same vent; he is hoping that he will be able to find Victoria and Eva. His main goal is to keep them safe but also, he wants to reunite with Eva.

Will looks forward and sees another opening coming up. He tries to move quicker to see what is on the other side of the opening.

When he reaches, he puts his head through the opening and he can see the secret office that Victoria and Eva had discovered.

"What the hell is this?" he asks himself as he crawls into the opening and then manages to get his feet to the ground. "Another office in the hospital?"

He looks around and sees a hair clip on the floor. "Victoria and Eva must have been here," he says as he looks at the clip. "I'm on the right track. Hang on Eva, I am coming. I will find you and protect you."

The Calimo Cabin

"Are you feeling any better?" Eva asks Victoria as they sit together in the small living room of the cabin, where they are hiding from Frederick after they escaped Raven's Meadow. Eva knows that her daughter was struck with a lot of bad memories when they first arrived at the cabin and she just hopes that Victoria is feeling better about things.

Victoria sighs back to her mother as she moves a piece of hair behind her ear. "I mean, this entire situation has been such a mess," she tells her mother. "Frederick has been nothing but a monster to me. Last year, he tried to kill me by giving me a lobotomy and now, he has kept you hostage for months and then locked us up together. I…I just hope he doesn't find out where we are."

"Look at what we were able to accomplish together, Victoria," Eva grabs her hand to squeeze it. "We managed to work together to escape the padded cell at Raven's Meadow; we were able to get out of the hospital and make our way here. I think, together, we will be able to stop Frederick, no matter what he tries to do."

"I hope so," Victoria looks back at her. "You know, the worst part about all of this is that Bryce must have been involved in this somehow. He has worked at Raven's Meadow for months; he had to have known what Frederick was doing."

"Oh darling, you don't know that."

"I do," Victoria lets a tear fall down her cheek. "My husband was helping the man that has been so cruel to us, and I, I don't know how I am going to get over that."

The Lawson Estate; Greg, Kim & Cheresa's Home

"I am glad that you were able to see Andy and support him," Greg tells Kim as he passes her a glass of wine as they sit together in the living room of the lavish estate that he owns. He knows that Kim has been supporting her brother since Nicholas left him at the altar because he was off marrying Clayton. "I can't imagine what he's going through right now."

"You know what?" Kim looks at her fiancé as he sits next to her. "I don't want to talk about Andy and Nicholas anymore today. I would much rather focus on you."

"Me?" Greg smiles back to her. "What about me?"

"Is it wrong that I want to be with my fiancé?" she asks him quickly before she leans in and kisses him on the lips. "Can we skip the wine and head upstairs before dinner?"

Greg chuckles back to her. "Uh, yea, I can definitely make that happen," he winks to her as they stand up and scurry off to the foyer, where the staircase is to the second floor.

Once they are out of the living room, Tara, who is still posing as Traci, emerges from the kitchen and quickly moves to the coffee table, where Kim left her cellphone.

"Alright, let's see if there's anything worthwhile on here," she whispers to herself as she picks up the phone and unlocks it. She starts scrolling through text messages when she hears someone clear their throat behind her. Tara slowly turns around and sees Cheresa standing behind her with her hand on her hip.

"What the hell are you doing with Kim's phone?" Cheresa asks her quickly.

"It, uh, it was ringing but I missed answering it," Tara lies to her quickly as she sets the phone down, hoping that she was able to cover.

"Put the phone down, Traci," Cheresa instructs her, as Tara does. "This isn't the first time I've seen you snooping around, so, what the hell is going on here? What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish?"

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Ahhhhhh!" Robin screams out in pain as she pushes again while she is laying on the floor of the elevator in the hospital, while Cory is huddled between her legs.

He looks up at Robin. "You're almost done, Robin. I think another couple of pushes and you'll be done."

"I don't think I can…" Robin admits to him as she feels the sweat drip down her face. "I'm so tired, Cory."

"I know Robin, but you're doing great. Come on, push!" he encourages her, as Robin follows his instructions.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" she groans as the sound of a baby crying can be heard.

"Robin, you did it," Cory says with a smile as he holds her baby in his hands. "You have a beautiful baby boy."

"A boy?" Robin says as she gets tears in her eyes. "I have a son?"

Cory nods to her as he passes her the baby and places him in her arms. Robin looks at her son as she gets tears in her eyes, just as the elevator starts moving again.

"I have a son," she says looking at her baby. "Hello my beautiful boy."

"We are going to be alright," Cory tells her. "Everything is going to be fine."

"Thanks Cory, I couldn't have done this without you," Robin replies to him as he leans down and kisses her forehead, before they both turn their attention to the new child in her arms.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Shane meets his son
- Madeline and Clayton chat
- Dawn makes a decision

 
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