Episode Theme song: "Magic Still Exists" Agnes


Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy, Nicholas and Madeline vowed to stop Clayton's schemes
- Adam and Helen celebrated Christmas with Dawn
- Cheresa told Trenyce that the truth about her affair with Andrew had to come out
- Antonio continued to lust after Robin
- Sophie developed a crush on Max
- Isabelle learned she was pregnant
- Victoria was upset with Bryce for working with Frederick
- Ethan learned that he might be Leah and Jeff's son, which meant he married his sister, Paige
- Tyler was horrified to discovered Raven's Meadow in flames

Tyler's Townhouse

Tyler paces back and forth in the living room of his townhouse as he is trying to wrap his head around the fact that he got a news alert that Raven's Meadow was on fire; he raced to the hospital and saw the building in flames himself. The fireman that he spoke to noted that they were working to try to get the fire out before they could see if anyone survived, but based on what he saw, he is worried that Felicia didn't make it out of the hospital in time.

"How can this be happening?" he asks as he moves up to the bar in the living room and pours himself a scotch. He quickly takes a drink, trying to calm his nerves even though he is on pins and needles. "It is New Year's Eve; we should be celebrating the end of a year and instead I am worried that my mother may have been killed."

"I have to stay calm," he tries to tell himself. "I have to believe that she made it out of the fire; there's no other option."

Before he can say anything else, he hears a knock on the front door. He turns and moves towards the entrance. When he opens the door, he sees Leah and Jeff standing on the other side.

"Come in," Tyler tells them as they move into the living room. "Happy New Year."

"Same to you," Leah replies to him. "What is this about? I am surprised you didn't want to go out for New Year's?"

"I am guessing you don't have notifications turned on for the Twin Peaks Sun?" Tyler asks them as they shake their heads back to him. "There was a fire at Raven's Meadow," he reveals to them as Leah gasps back to him.

"Felicia?" she asks as Jeff puts his hands on her shoulders. "Is she okay?"

"I have no idea," Tyler replies to her quickly. "But the fire, it was huge…I'm trying to stay hopeful but…"

"No," Leah gets tears in her eyes as she rushes up to him and hugs him. "Our mother can't be dead; she can't be!"

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

The restaurant in the casino has been transformed into a New Year's Eve party. Antonio thought that having a party at the restaurant would be a great way to have additional revenue for the casino as he believes the partygoers will also play some of the various games within the casino.

"I brought you a glass of champagne," Adam smiles as he moves up to Helen, who is wearing a long white dress. "And, for the record, you look beautiful tonight."

Helen takes a sip of the champagne before she looks back at her ex-husband. "You are sweet," she tells him. "You look very dashing in your tuxedo as well."

"It feels like we have a lot to celebrate this year, doesn't it?" he asks her with a sly grin on his face. "We have to hell and back this year but have come out the other side."

"That's putting it mildly," Helen replies to him. "I am most grateful that Dawn is okay; I never want to see my baby in the hospital again."

"Dale's plan to get revenge failed, that's all that matters."

"He failed because of you, Adam," Helen looks into his eyes. "You were the one that knew something was off with Dale. I don't want to think about what could have happened if you hadn't been suspicious."

Adam grabs Helen's hand and squeezes it. "No matter what, I will be in your corner, Helen. You and Dawn, you mean everything to me."

"Thank you."

"Of course," he licks his lips. "This entire situation has made me realize something."

"What's that?" she asks him before she takes another sip of her champagne.

"That I never stopped loving you," Adam admits to her as they lock eyes. "I think you're my soulmate, Helen."

Helen feels her cheeks flush. For years, she had been wanting to hear that from Adam, including the entire time that he was with Robin. To hear him finally admit that he still loves her is overwhelming.

"I…I don't know what to say," she admits to him.

"You don't have to say anything," he responds to her. "I'll just show you," he continues as he leans in and kisses her on her lips. Helen responds to the kiss and they part with a smile on face.

"Happy New Year, Adam."

"Happy New Year, Helen."

***

"I am glad that you two left the hospital to celebrate New Year's," Nicholas says to Andy and Madeline as the three of stand together in the restaurant. Nicholas and Madeline are drinking champagne while Andy nurses a sparking cider. Nicholas knows that Madeline and Andy have been spending a lot of time at the hospital because of Kim's shooting, so he is glad that they are out with him tonight.

"Kim is, actually, doing much better," Andy reports to them as he looks over at Madeline. "I don't know what happened over the Christmas holidays, but she has seemingly taken a turn for the better."

"Robbie was with her on Christmas Day," Madeline reveals to them. "I don't know what happened between the two of them, but it must have left an impact on her because since then, she has been doing better."

"How do you feel about that?" Nicholas asks her quickly.

"I am relieved," Madeline replies to him. "I never wanted Kim to be hurt or to, God forbid, die, so this is a good thing. I just don't know what this means for my marriage to Robbie."

"There is time to figure that all out," Andy says back to her. "What we might not have time for, is Clayton and his lawsuit."

"I confronted him about that," Madeline reveals to them. "He claims that he is my brother."

"Well, the DNA test that I ran will prove this one way or another," Nicholas tells them. "Once we have those results, we will be able to stop Clayton in his tracks."

Madeline looks over Andy's shoulder and sees Clayton at the bar with a cocktail in his hand. "I hope so, because the last thing I want is for Clayton to continue to pull the wool over our eyes."

Meanwhile, at the bar, Clayton takes a sip of his whiskey sour before he looks over and sees Andy, Nicholas and Madeline huddled together. He arches his eyebrow at the sight.

"I'm sure they are talking about me," Clayton says with a slight grin on his face. "I will get the upper hand; I won't let them stop me."

***

Sophie stands by herself in the corner of the restaurant wondering if she made a mistake coming to the party. For starters, she can't drink yet, which is half the fun of New Year's, and secondly, she is still grieving the loss of Cory and she isn't sure that she feels like celebrating. And finally, the last thing she wants is to run into Shane or Natasha as she is still furious with her mother for lying about her fatal illness.

"Maybe I should just leave," she whispers to herself as she looks over her shoulder and happens to see Max and Isabelle talking together. She arches her eyebrow at the sight as she knows that they had been seeing each other for a while before Isabelle took interest in Jacob. And, she hopes that Isabelle isn't pursuing him again because Sophie has a crush on the photographer.

"That's my New Year's Resolution," she tells herself. "Somehow, someway, I will be with Max. No one and nothing will stop me at achieving that goal."

Meanwhile, Isabelle picks up a glass of water from a waiter before she looks back at Max, who arches his eyebrow back to her.

"Water? On New Year's?" he asks her quickly, wondering why Isabelle isn't going to celebrate the end of the year like everyone else.

"After everything that has gone on the last few week, I feel like I need to keep a clear head," Isabelle tells him, not wanting to reveal that she is pregnant with Jacob's baby just yet. She doesn't know what she will do with the baby yet, so she doesn't want a lot of people to know.

"That's fair," Max replies to her. "I still can't believe what Natasha did to you and Jacob; to pretend to be dying to get Jacob to marry you, it's crazy."

"That's why our heads are spinning," Isabelle admits to him. "I don't even know if I would be married right now if it wasn't for Natasha's lie."

"If you need anything, even just to talk, you can reach out to me," Max replies to her. "I know we didn't work out but we can still be friends."

"You mean that, don't you?"

"Of course, I do," he says as he pulls her into a hug and holds her for a moment, just as Jacob enters the party and sees his wife in the arms of his rival, which makes his blood boil.

***

"Well, it looks like your party is a huge success," Robin smiles over to Antonio, who passes her another glass of champagne as waiter passes them by.

"It is a success because I was able to convince you to get out of the house and attend," he winks back to her as she chuckles to him. "Seriously, I know that you're still grieving Cory, and you have two children at home, so I would have understood had you not wanted to come out tonight."

"I have been trying to deal with my grief, but the truth is," Robin looks back at him before she takes a sip of her champagne. "I do have to move on with my life; getting out of the house on New Year's was a good first step."

"That is a very good outlook on things," Antonio replies to her. "You are still living; and while it hurts to not have Cory with us, with you, anymore, you still have your life to live."

"That's what I'm trying to focus on, especially with everything going on with my family."

"That sounds like a story," he chuckles back to her. "Is there anything you want to share?"

"It's a long story, we should enjoy the night, Antonio," she replies to him as she thinks about all the drama unfolding with Abby and Dominick. "Thank you for letting me come tonight."

"It is my absolute pleasure," he tells her. "In case you hadn't noticed, I am rather fond of you."

"You've made that pretty clear," she winks back to him.

"Good," he tells her. "You should know because I'm not going anywhere."

"I would never ask you to leave."

Antonio chuckles back to her before he leans in and kisses her softly on the lips. The kiss only lasts a moment before she pulls back away from him.

"Happy New Year, Antonio."

"Same to you beautiful."

The Tower's, Floor Eight; Victoria & Bryce's Condo

"Are you sure you're okay with not going out tonight?" Bryce moves into the living room of the condo that his wife has lived in for years. He looks at Victoria, who is sitting on the sofa watching the Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen special on TV, as he knows that they have been through a lot the last few weeks.

"I am more than okay with it," Victoria responds to him. "I am still worried that Frederick will try to come after us."

"I don't know if you heard," Bryce replies to her as he sits next to her. "But there was a fire at Raven's Meadow; so far, they don't know if anyone survived."

"Really?" Victoria looks back at him in surprise. "Do you think Frederick is dead?"

Bryce shrugs back to her. "It's hard to say; if he was caught in the hospital…maybe?"

"I don't want o get my hopes up but if that son of a bitch is dead, I wouldn't be sad."

"I know," he looks into her eyes. "But this gives us time to focus on us, you know? I know I have to deal with this entire reveal that I might be Jeff and Leah's son, but I still want us to be together, Victoria."

"We have a lot on our plates right now," Victoria nods back to him.

"But within regards to our marriage," he continues to look at her. "Do you think we can make it? Do you think you can forgive me for everything I've done? I've … I've lied to about many things, do you think you can move past that?"

"I don't know," Victoria tells him. "I'm going to need time, Bryce. I do love you but the trust…it's gone, and I don't know if we can get past broken trust."

The Davenport House; Chris, Trenyce, BJ & Tinah's Home

"Chris is just putting Tinah down for the night," Trenyce tells Cheresa as she moves into the living room of her home with Chris. "Do you want me to get you a drink or will you head out before midnight?"

"I'll head out before midnight," Cheresa replies to her mother. "I want to be with Dawn to ring in the New Year; I think that's important considering what we just went through."

"I agree, it is important," Trenyce nods back to her. "You two should celebrate and decide if you want to plan a new wedding date."

"One thing at a time," Cheresa chuckles back to her. "I was hoping we could talk about what happened when you went into labour, Mom."

"You wanted me to tell Chris the truth," she whispers back to her. "Cheresa, we are so happy right now, I don't want to rock that boat. Not now, not when we finally have our family unit together."

"But this unit is all based on a lie," Cheresa replies to her quickly. "Mom, this lie has been going on for so long; it's time that Chris knows the truth. I need you to tell the truth and I need you to do it tonight."

"The truth about what?" Chris asks as he moves into the living room. "What are you two talking about?" he asks as Trenyce gulps heavily and uneasily looks at her daughter.

The Robertson House; Leah & Paige's Home

"I…I can't believe that this is happening," Ethan admits to Paige as he paces back and forth in the living room of the house that she lives in with her mother. Ethan's head is spinning over the fact that Paige revealed to him that he might be Jeff and Leah's long-lost child that she gave birth to in Santa Barbara all those years ago. "I…I could be your brother? And we are married?"

"I know," Paige replies to him quickly. "I know my Mom and Dad were trying to find their child for months, but I never thought that you would be their son."

"Me either," Ethan shakes his head back to her. "Thank God we didn't make love after the wedding. My God, could you imagine."

"What are we going to do, Ethan?" Paige asks him quickly. "How should we deal with this?"

"We need to figure out if this is true or not," Ethan tells her quickly. "And if it is true, we need to get an annulment. We can't stay married, obviously."

Paige uneasily nods back to him. "You're right; in the New Year, we have to find out if this story is true or not because if it is, it changes everything."

Tyler's Townhouse

"Here are some drinks," Tyler brings Leah and Jeff a scotch as they continue to stand in the living room of Tyler's home. "It might help calm your nerves."

"I just wish we would hear something about Mom," Leah replies to him as she takes a sip of her drink.

"It is New Year's Eve," Jeff tells them the obvious fact. "You might not hear until the new year."

"I hope not, we need to know something," Leah protests back to him. "After everything we've been through the last few weeks, this is the last thing that we needed."

Before anyone can say anything else, Tyler's cell phone rings. He looks over at Leah before he moves to his phone and picks it up.

"Tyler Robertson," he says as he answers his phone. "Yes, thanks, I understand. Are you absolutely sure, though? Okay, I get it. Thanks."

He hangs up the phone as he turns and looks over at Leah. "That was the fire department," he informs her and Jeff. "They don't believe that anyone survived the fire at Raven's Meadow; they believe Frederick and Felicia are dead."

"No," Leah gasps as tears flood her eyes as fireworks start exploding outside as the new year has hit Twin Peaks. "No, this can't be happening!"

Next on One Day at a Time

- Tyler shares upsetting news

- Leah & Jeff plan for the truth

- Clayton plots his next move