Episode Theme song: "Arcadia" Lana Del Rey

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Nicholas saw Melissa's phone number on Clayton's phone and realized his mother was involved in his marriage
- Helen learned that Simona was running a test to see if the paint chips from Dale's car matched the ones found at the scene of Dawn's accident
- Abby told Ethan that she had to stay away from him
- Donovan was devastated when Lukas and Meggan returned home without Olly
- Daisy admitted to Andrew that she is a hooker and that's how she got money to pay back his loan
- Will and Bryce went to the Calimo cabin to try to find Eva and Victoria
- Jeff proposed to Meggan, who was stunned

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

Lightning flashes across the sky which illuminates the window in the Black house as Helen turns when Dale enters the living room, having heard her talking to herself. She looks at her fiancé and studies him for a moment, still wondering if he could have been the one that tried to kill Dawn. She knows that Simona is running a test to see if the paint chips on Dale's vehicle match the chips found at the scene of Dawn's hit and run.

"Did you hear me?" Dale asks her as another loud thunderclap occurs outside. "You were asking yourself what you were going to do?"

"Everything is such a mess right now," Helen replies to him quickly.

"Did something happen with Dawn? Has there been a change in her recovery?"

"No," Helen shakes her head back to him. "But Simona was here earlier. She…she's running some tests."

Dale arches his eyebrow back to her as he moves closer to her as another loud thunder boom echoes throughout the house. "What kind of tests?"

"You're not going to like this," Helen sighs back to him. "She's going to see if the paint chips on your damaged car match the paint found at the scene of Dawn's accident."

Dale feels the blood drain from his face at Helen's revelation. "Why the hell would she do that? What is she trying to do?"

"She's trying to figure out who tried to kill my daughter!"

"And she thinks I did?" Dale yells back at Helen in frustration. He can feel the walls closing in and he is starting to panic about what Simona is going to uncover. "What motive would I have to hurt Dawn?"

"That's what I asked," Helen tells him as more lightning flashes across the sky. "And Adam had a theory."

"Fuck Adam!"

"Dale!" Helen yells back at him. "He thinks that you wanted revenge for Mallory's death. He thinks that you tried to kill my daughter to get back for your own daughter's death! Is it true? Did you try to kill Dawn? Answer me!" she cries to him as Dale feels his blood start to boil.

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

Jeff remains on his bended knee in the foyer of the mansion that Meggan lives in with Lukas, Donovan and their children, with the large diamond engagement ring in his other hand. He came over to the house during the rainstorm because he wanted to propose to Meggan; he couldn't wait another second to ask her to be his wife.

Meggan, meanwhile, looks back down at Jeff and feels her head spinning. The last thing she thought would happen this evening is for Jeff to propose to her; everything between them had been going so well, she almost doesn't want to jinx it.

Jeff finally chuckles back to her. "You're, uh, not saying anything," he tells her. "Are you going to answer me? Do you want to marry me?"

Meggan pulls Jeff up off the ground and looks back at him. "I'm…I'm just surprised; I didn't expect you to propose to me tonight, Jeff."

"I hope it's a good surprise," Jeff tells her quickly, as his cell phone starts to ring. He pulls it out of his pocket and sees Leah's name on his screen. Immediately, he thinks back to how he and Leah had sex while Meggan was in Mexico. "It's Leah; she would only call at this hour if something was wrong," he tells her as another loud thunder bolt blasts through the sky. "Leah, hi."

Meggan watches Jeff talk to his former wife. "My God, yes, I'll be right there," he says as he hangs up the phone.

"What is it? What's happened?" Meggan asks him as Jeff looks back at her.

"It's Cory Calvin," Jeff replies to her quickly. "He's dead."

The Young Estate; Boston; Melissa & Phil's Home

Nicholas slowly walks up to the front door of the large house that his mother lives in. He hasn't been to the house in a few years, but he recalls how he was able to crack into Clayton's phone and he saw that his husband had spoken to Melissa on the phone days before his wedding day to Andy. Nicholas, then, caught the first flight to Boston to come and talk to Melissa; he is determined to get the upper hand on Clayton, so he can try to get out of his shame of a marriage.

He takes a deep breath before he knocks on the front door of the house. Soon, the Young butler, Norman, opens the door and greets Nicholas.

"I'll tell your mother that you're here Mr. Young," Norman tells Nicholas, who stands in the foyer of the lavish home.

Within a few minutes, Melissa is walking into the foyer and gasps at the sight of her son. "Nicholas, darling, what on earth are you doing here? I had no idea that you were coming tonight."

"Hi Mom," he replies to her as they share a quick hug with one another. "This was a spur of the moment trip. I had to see you."

"I trust everything is alright?" Melissa puts her hand on her hips.

"No, nothing is okay right now," Nicholas tells her quickly. "I know that you and Clayton have been talking, and I need to know why. I'm not leaving here until I get all the answers that I need, Mom, so start talking."


Twin Peaks General Hospital

The elevator doors open and Andrew emerges into the hospital. He came to the hospital to see Cheresa because he knows that his friend is going through a difficult time with Dawn being in the hospital after her hit and run accident.

He moves through the hospital towards the waiting room, where he sees Cheresa sitting next to Chris and Trenyce. He sighs heavily at the sight of Trenyce; he still hasn't, completely, gotten over her, but he is trying as he knows that she married Chris. He has to put their affair behind him, even though the feelings that he has for her still linger.

"Cheresa," he calls out as he moves into the waiting room. "I came as soon as I heard. How are you?"

Cheresa stands up and hugs Andrew, while Trenyce looks over at the younger man. "There's no change; thanks for coming."

"Of course," he replies to her as he locks eyes with Trenyce. "I wouldn't be anywhere else."

Cheresa and Andrew exit their embrace and she immediately recalls how she overheard Andrew and Trenyce discussing their affair; she wonders if it is awkward for them to be together right now but she tries to push those thoughts out of her mind as she appreciates their support while Dawn is in the hospital.

"Do you want to go see Dawn? I can walk with you?" Trenyce comes up to her daughter, as she continues to look at Andrew.

"Maybe we could all go?" Andrew suggests to the group.

"I'd like that," Cheresa forces a smile on her face. "I'd like that a lot."

The River Rock Casino

Daisy stands at the back of the casino with some of the other call girls as they wait for their prospective clients that will pay them in exchange for sexual services. Her mind is racing about how she wanted to stop this type of work as she had realized that she was using the sex to numb herself from the pain that she was experiencing after she aborted her baby that she had with Vinny. She, however, has to continue to sleep with men until she has enough money to help Andrew finish paying back the loan that he took from Antonio, and the money that she owes the casino owner as he wants to be paid back for all the clothing that he has purchased for her.

"This will be the last time," she tells herself as some men approach the line of women. "Then I can focus on getting the hell out of here."

Daisy makes eye contact with one of the men and he winks back to her. Soon, Daisy's arm is wrapped around his and they move towards the staircase of the casino.

***

Meanwhile, Antonio sits in his office at the casino thinking about the phone call he got earlier in the evening regarding Cory's travel plans. He only hopes that his goon was able to work his magic; he continues to believe that without Cory in his way, he would be able to have a future with Robin.

"Don't screw this up," he whispers to himself as another loud clap of thunder booms in the storm outside. "If this works, Robin will be mine; the way that it always should be."

Before he can say anything else, there is a knock on his door. "Come in," he says as the door opens, and Donovan appears. "Donovan, this is a surprise, please come in."

"Thank you Uncle," Donovan replies as he closes the door behind him and moves closer to Antonio's desk. "I'm sorry it's been so long since I saw you."

"No need to apologize," Antonio stands up from his desk and looks at his nephew. "I know that your son is still missing."

"He is and the longer Olly is missing, the more worried that I get that I will never see him again."

"Can I help with anything?" Antonio asks him quickly.

"Actually," Donovan looks back at him with intent. "That's why I'm here. I'm hoping you can use your connections to help track down my son? Please, Antonio, I'm desperate here. Can you help me?"

***

Ethan sits at a table in the Pink Flamingo with another gin and tonic in front of him. He is on his third drink of the evening as he is upset over the fact that earlier in the evening, he and Abby agreed that they should keep their distance from one another because it could cause complications for her marriage to Dominick. If he is honest, however, he is upset by this decision because he is very attracted to Abby; he has enjoyed their kisses that they have shared and would gladly take it further if he could.

"Looks like we had the same idea," Paige says to him as she moves to his table and sits across from him. "I need a drink."

Ethan chuckles back to her. "I bet you do," he tells her as he recalls how he broke up a fight between her and Abby earlier in the evening after Abby slapped her across the face. "You and Abby got heated earlier."

Paige rolls her eyes back to him as she feels her blood boil. "I can't believe that she hit me," she admits to him. "She has a lot of nerve."

"You know what I think?" Ethan asks her as they lock eyes. "I think you and Abby need to avoid each other; you two are like oil and water."

"I wish I could avoid her," Paige tells him. "But she's interjected herself into my family and my family's company, so she is going to have to deal with me."

"I suppose that's fair," Ethan replies to her. "I, on the other hand, don't have that issue and Abby and I, we aren't going to be hanging out together anymore."

Paige looks back at him in surprise. "Really? Why? You two seemed, uh, close?"

"She is worried about how it will look and she doesn't want anyone, like you, to think she is betraying her marriage," Ethan reveals to her. "It sucks because Abby, she was one of my first friends in town."

"I am sorry about that," Paige tells him. "Maybe you and I can be friends? We have worked well together at Robertson? I know I'm not Abby but I can have fun sometimes."

Ethan chuckles back to her. "Get a drink and let's see how fun you are," he winks back to her as Paige chuckles with him.

"Deal."

The Calimo Cabin

"I brought up another bottle of wine from the basement," Eva announces to Victoria as she moves back into the living room of the Calimo cabin while another loud thunder bolt booms in the sky outside.

"Oh perfect," Victoria replies to her as she puts one of the files that she and her mother took from Raven's Meadow down and grabs a glass to get some wine. "The best way to get through these files is with some wine."

Eva chuckles back to her as she starts to open the wine. "Have you found anything of interest in those files yet?"

"Nothing so far," Victoria replies to her quickly. "But I am determined to find something that we can use to help counter Frederick. I am sure that we can find something in these files."

"Oh!" Eva jumps when there's another loud thunderclap outside. "That storm is something else."

"I can't believe that it's raining in October," Victoria admits to her. "I just hope everyone is being safe out there."

Before Eva can say anything back, they both hear some noises coming from outside of the cabin. The women look at one another as they think they hear footsteps outside the door.

"Do you think that's Frederick?" Eva whispers to Victoria, who sets her wine glass down.

"I don't know," Victoria whispers back to her as she stands up and moves over to the fireplace. She grabs one of the fireplace poker and moves closer to the door.

"Be careful Victoria," Eva tells her daughter, as she moves closer to the front door.

Victoria opens the door and then immediately raises her arms with the fire poker in her hand as Bryce and Will stumble into the cabin!

"Bryce? Will?" Victoria gasps back to the men, who are soaked. "What the hell are you doing here? How did you find us?"

The men look at one another in surprise before they look back at Victoria, who slowly puts the fire poker down as she starts to wait for their answers.

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"Please answer me," Helen pleads with Dale as another loud crackle of thunder can be heard. "Did you try to kill Dawn? Have you been plotting revenge on me and my family because of Mallory's death?"

Dale runs his hand through his hair. "I can't believe you're asking me this! How could you?"

"I, I don't know," Helen cries back to him. "I am just so worried about Dawn and I want to find the person responsible for her accident! So, tell me, was it you? Did you hit my daughter with your car? This is your chance to be honest with me because the police will find out the truth!"

Lightning flashes which illuminates Dale's face. "You want the truth?" he asks her as he moves closer to her. "Fine I'll tell you the fucking truth! Did I hit Dawn with my car? Yes, I ran her down and I'm not sorry about it! I did this all for Mallory and I'm just getting started," he tells her as Helen feels the blood drain from her face.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Kim and Tara continue to have their confrontation
- Dale makes a power play
- Cory's death continues to impact the citizens of Twin Peaks