Episode 999
 
Remember Us at Our Best
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: November 23, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Don't Forget About Us" Mariah Carey


Previously on One Day at a Time
- After the doctors revealed that they didn't think Kim would survive her shooting, Robbie asked Madeline to annul their marriage so he could marry Kim before she died!
- Adam realized that he thought he knew where Dale took Helen
- Paige told Ethan that he could do better than Abby
- Jacob and Isabelle's wedding started as Cassie raced to the mansion to stop the ceremony
- Bryce, Will, Eva & Victoria all agreed to read the Frederick's files that they stole from Raven's Meadow
- After Lukas told Meggan he saw Jeff with Leah, she told Jeff that she wouldn't marry him

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Greg paces back and forth in the hallway of the hospital just outside of Kim's room. His mind is racing over the fact that Robbie announced that he wants to annul his marriage to Madeline so he could marry Kim before she passes away. He knows that his fiancé is in a dire situation because she was shot twice and her medical staff doesn't believe that she will survive; he hates to admit it, but even he believes that her chances of survival are slim to none. Being a doctor, he was stunned by how much blood she had lost when he found in her the Lawson estate. To him, it is a miracle that she has made it as long as she has.

"Why the hell does Robbie have to marry my fiancé?" he asks himself quickly, as he runs his hands through his hair. "If anything, I should marry her before she dies!"

He pauses himself and thinks back to his first visit with Kim after the shooting; she was able to see Robbie in the hallway and she told him that she still loved Robbie. He knew that she and Robbie had a connection, but he believed that she had moved on from him.

He looks up when he sees Madeline walking towards, looking pale and exhausted. "Madeline, what's the latest? Where is Robbie?"

Madeline sighs back to him quickly. "He's getting the annulment papers drawn up," she reveals to him quickly. "He wants me to sign them so he can marry Kim before she dies."

"And, how do you feel about that? Do you really want to end your marriage so he can marry my fiancé?"

Madeline gulps back to him. "I hate this," she admits to him. "But Robbie has promised me that he will come back to me once Kim leaves us. If this will make Kim happy, then we should do it? I mean… How do you feel about it?"

Greg shakes his head back to her. "I hate this," he tells her. "I hate every single part of this."

The Robertson House; Leah & Paige's Home

"I must admit, I am still very surprised that Meggan turned your marriage proposal down," Leah tells Jeff as she pours him a glass of red wine from the bar in the living room of the house that they lived in together while they were married. They have a lot of history, and memories, in the house. Leah passes Jeff a glass of the wine as she recalls how he admitted to her that Meggan turned his proposal down; she is surprised because she had thought that they were in a good place. "I can't help but wonder why?"

Jeff takes a sip of the wine before he looks back at his ex-wife. "I was thinking about that," he admits to her. "Do you think she, somehow, found out about us? We made love while Meggan was in Mexico City."

Leah shrugs her shoulders back to him. "I didn't tell her," she tells him. "So, unless you did, I don't think she could have found out about that."

"I did not tell her," Jeff chuckles back to her. "It's just…it's the only thing that I can think of as to why she would have turned me down."

"You will have to talk to her," Leah suggests to him. "But Jeff, maybe this is a sign?"

"A sign?" he asks her in surprise. "What do you mean by that?"

Leah sighs back to him as she puts a smile on her face. "I mean, you and I, we have this pull; making love again recently is proof of that. No matter what, we are always seemingly drawn to each other."

"I can't deny that."

"Well then, maybe Meggan turning you down is a sign that you are not meant ot be with her," Leah tells him as they lock eyes. "Maybe it's a sign that you should be moving on from my half-sister."

MW Investigations

"I haven't had any more leads on Olly, but I don't want you to worry, I have all of my team working on this for you," Meggan tells Lukas as she pours a cup of coffee from the small kitchen in her office at the investigation firm. She knows that her brother is still worried about his son, who has been missing for weeks now. She had hoped that the lead that she got from Mexico City but it didn't pan out.

"Donovan actually went to his Uncle Antonio for help too," Lukas reveals to her. "I am not sure how I feel about that because Antonio doesn't always do things on the up and up; the last thing I want is for him to use some illegal way to find our son and then we get in trouble from it."

"Honestly," Meggan looks back at him. "I would not worry about that; getting Olly back has to be the biggest goal."

"That's what Donovan said," Lukas admits to her. "It's just…I am so worried, I just want Olly back."

"We will find him," Meggan tells her brother. "No matter what, we will find your son."

"God I hope so," Lukas sighs back to her. "What came of your talk with Jeff? Did you give him an answer to his marriage proposal?"

Meggan takes a sip of her coffee before she looks back at him. "After you told me that you saw him with Leah," she starts to explain to him. "I realized that I couldn't marry him. He will always go back to Leah and I can't deal with that. I can't be someone's second choice."

"I know that it hurts, but I think you did the right thing Meg," Lukas tells her as he moves up to her and pulls her into a hug. "I am sorry though."

"Thanks," Meggan forces a smile on her face. "I know it sucks but I'm used to this and that's not a feeling that I should be used too. Jeff, he has to understand that because I won't marry him, not now, not ever."

The Bellagio Hotel & Casino; Las Vegas, Nevada

"Having a pool day was such a good idea," Ethan smiles over to Paige as they sit on two loungers at the large pool at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Paige picks up her tequila sunrise and smiles over to Ethan, as she admires his toned chest that is exposed as he's only in swim trunks. Paige knows that she suggested they come to Vegas as a way to escape everything that was going on in Twin Peaks; mostly, Ethan wanted a reason to escape to try to forget his feelings for Abby. Paige, still, believes that Ethan can do much better than Abby, who she hates that is married to Dominick still. The fact that she has her grandfather's power of attorney and personal directive means that she is in control of her family and the family company, and she can't stand that.

"I'm glad you're having a good time," Paige replies to him quickly. "It's November, so it's not too hot, but just right, you know?"

"Yea, no sunscreen is required."

She chuckles back to him. "I don't know, I don't have the opportunity to ask you to do my back now," she winks back to him.

Ethan looks over at her and licks his lips. "Paige?" he asks her quickly. "Are you flirting with me? You made a comment earlier too…"

"So what if I am?" she shrugs back to him. "Abby isn't the only woman in the world."

"Very true," he chuckles back to her. "And I guess we have almost kissed before."

"Maybe it's time almost isn't in that sentence," she says as she leans over and kisses him on the lips. They part ways and look into each other's eyes. "You know what I think?"

"What's that?"

"We are in Vegas, we should do something that is, like, very Vegas!"

Ethan grins back to her. "Like what?"

"Like…let's get married by some Elvis impersonator!"

Ethan looks back at her in surprise as he laughs. "Wait, you're serious?"

Paige nods back to him. "Why not? We are here, we are both single…let's just do it! What do you say, Ethan? Prove that you want to get over Abby once and for all…."

The Calimo Cabin

"Ugh, this seems so pointless," Will groans as he puts a file down on the coffee table in the cabin before he looks over Eva, Victoria and Bryce, all of whom are also looking at some of Frederick's files that they took when they left Raven's Meadow. Together, they have been going through the files in hope of uncovering one of Frederick's secrets so Eva and Victoria can use it against him to ensure he stops coming after them. So far, though, no one has found anything of else. "These are just old patient files."

"We can't give up," Eva looks over at her former lover and tries to put a smile on her face. "We have to find something in one of these files; I have to believe that."

"My mother is right," Victoria nods in agreement. "We have to make sure that we find some information on Frederick to ensure he stops making our lives a living hell."

"What do you think we could uncover in here?" Will asks, clearly frustrated that something has been found yet. "Do you really think there is something in here that we can use?"

"We don't have any other choice," Eva looks back at him. "Frederick has tormented Victoria and I; we have to find something to counter him."

"I have to believe we will find something," Victoria tells the group. "We haven't come this far for us not to get anything back on that son of a bitch."

"Bryce?" Eva looks over at her son in law, who is reading a file. "You're quiet, are you okay?"

Bryce gulps as he looks up at the group. "I…uh…I think I found something," he tells them as he goes pale. "But I am not sure what it all means exactly."

"What does it say?" Victoria asks him quickly.

"I think it is telling me who I really am and who Leah and Jeff's other child is…" Bryce reveals as the group look at one another in surprise.

The Calimo Mansion

The guests continue to sit in the living room of the Calimo mansion as the wedding of Jacob and Isabelle continues. Natasha takes a deep breath before she looks over at Shane as the minster just asked if anyone has reason for the two not to be married; she just hopes that Cassie doesn't try to pull anything and stop the wedding. She knows that once Jacob and Isabelle are pronounced husband and wife, her and Shane's plan to remove Cassie from their son's life will have worked.

Jacob looks into the audience with a nervous smile before he looks back at Isabelle, who smiles back to him.

"Young love is a beautiful thing," the minister continues the ceremony when no one objects the wedding from happening. "It is full of life, and hope for the future. What we must remember, is while this is the start of your future, you must always enjoy the present because we are only ever guaranteed today. With that being said, the couple are ready for their vows."

"Jacob, please repeat after me," the minister continues before he looks over at the groom. "I Jacob, take thee Isabelle…"

"I Jacob, take thee Isabelle…" Jacob replies to him as he smiles back as bride.

"To be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for as long as we both shall live."

"To be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for as long as we both shall live," Jacob says trying not to get misty.

"And Isabelle, please repeat after me," the minister turns his attention to her as Antonio looks up with pride at his daughter. "I Isabelle, take thee Jacob…"

"I, Isabelle, take thee Jacob," she begins to repeat her vows.

"To be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, as long as we both shall live."

"To be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, as long as we both shall live," Isabelle repeats as tears fill her eyes.

"And now for the rings," the minister says as Natasha looks on, thrilled that the wedding is happening without interruption. "Jacob, please place the ring on Isabelle's left hand, the ring finger and repeat after me; with this ring, I thee wed."

Jacob slides the diamond ring on Isabelle's manicured hand. "With this ring, I thee wed."

"And Isabelle, please place the ring on Jacob's left hand, the ringer, and repeat after me, with this ring, I thee wed."

Isabelle moves the ring down Jacob's finger and then looks back into his eyes. "With this ring, I thee wed."

The couple look at one another with smiles on their faces as the minster continues. "By the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband wife! You may kiss your bride!"

Jacob and Isabelle's lips find each other while the audience stands up and claps. Shane and Natasha hug one another, thrilled that their plan worked. Behind them, Sophie looks at them and can't help but recall how she has seen them in bed more than once, which still baffles her. She doesn't understand how her mother, who is dying, would be sexually active with her ex-husband.

Suddenly, at the back of the room, Cassie bursts in as she tries to catch her breath! "Stop!" she screams. "Stop this right now! Jacob…please…you have to know the truth!" Cassie squeals as she moves up to the altar.

"It's too late," Natasha yells at her rival. "Jacob is married! Isabelle is Jacob's wive!"

Cassie looks back at Jacob in horror as she realizes that she's too late. "No," she shakes her head back to him. "Tell me it's not true! Tell me you didn't marry Isabelle!"

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

Adam moves into the backyard of the house that he lived in with Helen for the years that they were married. He arrived earlier was put off by the fact that it hadn't appeared that Helen hadn't been home in a few days; he knows that something is going on because there is no way Helen would just disappear when Dawn is still in the hospital recovering from the hit and run. With the added fact that Simona realized that Dale is the one that hit Dawn with his car, Adam has reason to believe that Dale has taken Helen. When he was thinking about a place that Dale could have taken Helen, he realized that the tree house in the back yard was still intact. They had the treehouse built for Dawn when she was a child; it's actually where Mallory kidnapped Dawn too, so that's why Adam believes that Dale might have taken his former wife there.

He looks up at the treehouse and arches his eyebrow when he does see something move in the treehouse. He immediately moves to the latter and starts to walk up it.

Once he arrives at the top, he peers inside and sees Helen tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth. Behind her, Dale is standing looking at something on his phone.

"That's it you son of a bitch," Adam whispers to himself. "This is going to end here and now. I won't let you hurt my family, not ever again."

Helen turns and sees Adam and makes a noise, which alerts Dale. Dale turns and sees Adam moving into the treehouse. "Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in," Dale sneers at him. "I was wondering when you'd arrive."

"This ends now, Dale," Adam sneers at him. "You won't get away with trying to kill my daughter and my ex-wife. You're going to jail for a very long time."

"I don't think so," Dale chuckles back at him as he pulls out a gun and aims it Adam. "You're going to do exactly what I say, or I'll blow your and Helen's heads off."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Alright, I got the papers," Robbie rushes up to Greg and Madeline, who are still standing in the hallway of the hospital outside of Kim's room. Robbie looks at his wife and passes her the annulment papers.

Madeline uneasily takes them from his hands and sighs back to him as tears fill her eyes. "We only just got married, Robbie."

"I know," he replies to her quickly. "But Kim, she's dying Maddie. I have to do this for her before she goes."

"You realize that I am her fiancé, right?" Greg huffs back to him, still furious that this is happening.

"You have to admit that Kim always loved me," Robbie looks back at him quickly. "I'm not trying to cause drama or trouble; I just want Kim to be happy before she dies. You heard the doctors! She could go any time, that's why this is important that I do this now."

"You promise me that you'll come back to me after she dies?" Madeline pleads with him.

"Of course," Robbie nods back to her. "I am just trying to make Kim happy before we goes…"

"Okay, I'll sign these papers," Madeline tells him as she grabs and pen and signs the annulment papers. "What now?"

"We get annulled, and I'll call a priest to come and marry Kim," Robbie explains before he looks over at Greg. "Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"I don't have a fucking choice, do I?" Greg sneers. "You have this all figured out…but…Kim did say that she loved you, so I do think that this is what she would have wanted."

"I know she wants it too," Robbie tells them. "I'll make all the arrangements."

Robbie rushes off leaving Greg and Madeline looking at one another. "What did I just do?" Madeline asks him as the realization of her ending her new marriage suddenly hits her. "I just gave my husband permission to marry another woman!"

"I know," Greg pulls her into a hug. "This is a disaster, a complete disaster."

Next on One Day at a Time

- Two wedding's take place!
- Cassie spills the beans to Jacob and Isabelle
- Adam and Dale have a heated encounter

 
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