Episode 1050
 
Fallen into Emptiness
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 06, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Gasoline" the Weeknd

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy agreed to move in with Nicholas
- Penny told Gordy that Cory got his memory back
- Daisy told Andrew that Antonio was blackmailing them into staying at the casino and pressed him about his secret
- Ethan was upset over the fact that he was lusting over Abby, who agreed to marry Dominick
- Tyler and Madeline had sex
- Frederick blackmailed Bryce into helping him with his plans

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Victoria picks up her wine glass and finishes the mouthful of rose that remains. She just finished having lunch with Eva and Donovan, where her mother informed her that Dominick revealed that he wants a divorce so he can remarry Abby. Victoria knows that her mother had hoped that her marriage would work out, so the fact that Dominick wants a divorce is a devastating blow to her.

"Maybe there's a way, for Dominick to get past her fling with Will," Victoria whispers to herself as she starts to collect her belongings. "I mean, if I can forgive Bryce and give our marriage a chance, maybe Dominick can get past her affair with Will?"

She stands up and prepares to leave but she freezes when she sees Ethan sitting at the bar alone, with a drink in front of him. She arches her eyebrow as she knows that she has seen Ethan and Abby together on more than one occasion, and that Paige had wondered if there was something going on between the two of them.

"Do you mind if I have a drink with you?" she asks as she moves up to him and sits at the bar.

"Uh, of course not," Ethan replies to her. "I'm Ethan Alexander."

"Victoria Franky," she informs him as she purses her lips together. "We are related by association."

Ethan chuckles to her. "Oh boy," he says. "With this revelation that Leah and Jeff are my parents, I feel like I'm learning something new every day."

Victoria giggles back to him. "I'm Eva's daughter, she's married to Dominick, your grandfather."

"Ah, right," Ethan replies to her. "Yea, I just told Dominick earlier today that I'm his grandson."

"I kinda feel for him, to be honest," Victoria says before she takes a sip of her martini that she ordered. "He was in this coma for months, and so much has happened. He might feel like his head is spinning."

"He can join the club," Ethan admits to her. "Between learning who my parents are and Dominick announcing that he wants to remarry Abby, I feel like I've been put through the ringer."

"Why would Dominick wanting to marry Abby be upsetting to you?" Victoria asks him with intent. "Wait, you have feelings for her, don't you? You and Abby are closer than anyone realizes, right?"

Tyler's Townhouse

Madeline and Tyler lay next to one another in his large king-size bed with a fresh coat of sweat glistening their bodies as they just finished having passionate sex with one another. Everything, seemingly, happened quickly as Madeline surprised Tyler with a kiss when they met earlier, then he invited her over as neither one could stop thinking about the kiss, and they ended up in bed together.

"Wow," Madeline chuckles as she leans over and looks at him. "I was not expecting this to be my morning."

"Uh, I think it's afternoon now," he winks back to her. "I guess time flies when you're having fun."

"You can say that again," she purrs back to him. "I'm not complaining though."

"Neither am I," Tyler tells her. "I, uh, should tell you though, that I was casually seeing someone else, but it wasn't anything serious," he reveals to her, as he thinks of Meggan.

"Like I said earlier," Madeline looks back at him. "We are both adults, we can make our own choices. This was a choice for both of us."

Tyler nods back to her. "I guess the question is, what now? Where do we go from here, Madeline?"

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

Gordy pours himself another cup of coffee as he stands in the small kitchen in Penny's farmhouse. His mind is racing over the fact that his fiancé told him that while he was away at the auction, Cory's memory returned. Gordy, however, has no idea why Cory wouldn't have rushed home to his friends and family as soon as he got his memory back, or at least, want to confront Antonio, the man who orchestrated the plane crash.

"I know that look on your face," Penny chuckles as she moves closer to her fiancé. "You're thinking about something, what's going on?"

Gordy sighs back to her. "You know me too well," he winks back to her. "But yea, I guess I haven't been able to stop thinking about Cory getting his memory back. I mean, it's baffling to me that he hasn't left yet. What is holding him back?"

"Did I hear my name?" Cory asks as slowly moves into the kitchen, as he is still feeling ginger from his fall earlier in the day.

"Hey, come sit down," Penny rushes up to him, which annoys Gordy. "You are still limping a little."

"I'll be fine," Cory replies to her quickly. "I think the more I move, the looser it will become. I don't want my back to get too tight."

"Okay, just don't overdo it."

"So, what were you talking about?" Cory turns his attention to Gordy. "What's up?"

"Penny just told me that you got your memory back while I was at the last auction," Gordy informs him as Cory nods back to him.

"That's true, it was the night of the rainstorm," Cory tells him.

"My question to Pen was, I don't get why you're still here then? If it was me, I'd be a hurry to get home back to my family and friends, and to get justice for the guy that wanted the plane to go down. So, what's keeping you here, Cory?" Gordy asks him, before he looks at Penny, as he can't shake the feeling that something more is happening between them.

Cory chuckles back to him. "There's many reasons why," he admits to him. "I'm…I'm still trying to get my thoughts and feelings together about everything that is happening at home, and Penny, well, she was nice enough to tell me that I can stay here as long as I need too."

"Did she now?"

"I did," Penny turns to Gordy and looks back at him. "Cory has helped me so much around here, I thought it was the least that I could do."

"I'm just stating what I feel and that is that this is messed up," Gordy sighs back to him. "You should be with your family, Cory, not hanging around this farm and my fiancé and nothing you say will make me change my mind on that."

The River Rock Casino

"Have you been able to piece together this secret that Antonio knows about you?" Daisy asks Andrew as she pours two glasses of wine in his suite at the casino. She just finished telling him that Antonio is blackmailing them into staying at the casino, and potentially, working for him again. He is threatening to tell everyone that Daisy was a hooker for him, and he threatened to expose Andrew's secret; Daisy, however, has no idea what Andrew's secret is and has been pressing him to reveal it to her.

Andrew accepts the glass of wine from his lover and takes a sip of it. "I have been trying to think about what he could know about me, and I'm drawing a blank. I mean, it's not like I have a million secrets that I'm keeping."

"There must be something," Daisy looks at him with intent. "I mean, could it be something from when you were working on the winery in Santa Barbara?"

"I mean, maybe? I was so young then," Andrew tells her. "I don't know what secret he could be referring too."

"Damnit Andrew!" Daisy raises her voice at him, which takes him by surprise. "Our futures are depending on this! We thought getting this money from Vinny would save us and now, Antonio is blackmailing us! I need you to focus and think about your secret, because Antonio knows something that could blow your life up! What have you done? What is he holding against you?"

The Victors Mansion

"I have given you the details on how you can become ordained," Frederick tells Bryce as he sets his empty glass of bourbon down on the bar and then turns to his grandson, whom he just told he wants to get ordained so he can marry people. This is all part of Frederick's master plan that he needs Bryce's help with; of course, Bryce was skeptical about helping him but after Frederick reminded him that he knows about the baby switch, which changed Bryce's mind about helping him. "The next steps are up to you, but do not waste time with this."

"I will do my best," Bryce replies to him quickly. "But I do have a full-time job and I am married."

"For the love of God," Frederick sighs back to him. "Do not let that pesky wife of yours find out what you're up too. That woman has caused me enough problems over the years."

"How could I forget?" Bryce looks back at him with intent. "You almost killed her!"

Frederick chuckles back to him. "Minor details," he tells his grandson. "Just don't keep me waiting on this."

"Like I said, I will do it as quickly as I can, but I have a lot on my plate now. Especially at work."

"Why? What is going on at the hospital?"

"I'm…well, I'm working on special project at the hospital and one of my coworkers is someone that I never thought I'd see again," Bryce admits to him.

"Who is this person? You are rattled by him or her?" Frederick notes back to him.

"Her name is Chantel," Bryce tells him. "It was her baby that died the night of the baby switch; I gave her dead baby to Abby Lawson and Abby's baby to Chantel, who adopted the child out."

"I see," Frederick whispers back to him. "Keep your cool around her," he guides him. "Because if she starts to suspect anything, your entire future could go up in smoke."

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

Andy steps off the elevator and moves towards his condo. He is at his place to get some of his belongings as he has agreed to move in with Nicholas. He knows that he has been having horrible nightmares about Clayton haunting him ever since the night he accidently killed him. He realizes that killing Clayton was self-defense, but he still believes that no one would believe him because of the sorted history between them.

"I just hope that by moving in with Nicholas, these nightmares will stop," he whispers to himself as he reaches his door. He starts to fumble for his keys inside his bags. "Because I'm not sure how much more I can handle of these damn nightmares."

He finally gets his keys and unlocks the door. He moves inside his condo and prepares to walk into the living room but freezes and gasps out loud.

"Oh my God…." he says in horror as the blood drains from his face.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"I can tell by the look on your face that I'm right," Victoria purses her lips together as she looks back at Ethan, as she just guessed that he and Abby are closer than anyone realizes. "I am not judging you, Ethan. But you should know that right now, this could be your last chance."

"What do you mean by that?" Ethan asks her in confusion.

"Well, right now, my mother is still married to Dominick," Victoria reminds him. "So, if you really want to be with Abby, now is the time to fight for her. Because once Dominick and Eva are divorced, he will remarry her, and you would have lost your chance with her."

Ethan takes a sip of his drink. "Just think about it, okay? You don't want to regret not taking this chance to be with the woman you love, Ethan. Consider this some friendly advice," Victoria tells him, as she wonders if she can still, somehow, save her mother's marriage.

Next on One Day at a Time
- What did Andy see in his apartment?
- Will Ethan take Victoria's advice?
- Tyler and Madeline discuss their future

 
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