Episode 1100
 

You Saw a Unicorn
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 27, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Handstand" Mylie Cyrus

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Paige told Victoria that she didn't know what she was going to do about Abby marrying Dominick
- Leah was pleased when Bryce arrived at the church for the wedding
- Madeline and Greg took the stand in her lawsuit against Robbie
- Simona had the river scraped for the gun that was used in Antonio's death
- Chris and Daisy agreed that their lives were a mess right now
- Natasha didn't approve of Sophie and Max's budding romance
- Meggan crashed her car while drinking

St. Joseph's Church

The warm sunlight moves through the stained glass window in the bridal room of the church, where Abby is looking at her wedding dress, as her wedding to Dominick is set to take place in a few hours. She almost can't believe that this day is finally here; after everything she and Dominick have been through, she never thought that they would be about to be married again. Of course, she can't help but think about the fact that she is pregnant with Ethan's child; she needs Dominick to make love to her tonight if she still wants to pass the child off as his, instead of his grandson's.

"You look a million miles away," a voice calls out at the doorway. "What are you thinking about?"

Abby turns and sees her father standing there with a smile on his face. "Daddy," she stands up and moves up to him to hug him. "I…I didn't know if you were going to make it. I know the trial is today."

"I requested to testify first," Greg reveals to her as they exit their embrace. "I wouldn't miss this day for the world, you have to know that."

"I love you so much."

"I love you too," he winks back to her. "Now what were you thinking about when I walked in here? You're not having second thoughts, are you?"

"No, no, of course not," Abby waves her hand back to him. "It's just…I guess it's complicated."

"What is complicated?" Greg asks his daughter. "You're about to marry the man you love, it shouldn't be complicated, Abby."

"I…I need to tell you something," Abby gulps back to him as they lock eyes. "Something you can't tell anyone else."

"You're scaring me, what's going on?" Greg asks her quickly. "Tell me everything."

The Calimo Mansion

"I was thinking," Natasha says as she pours two glasses of white wine at the bar in the living room of he lavish Calimo mansion while Shane sits on the sofa with his IPad in his hands. The two of them have started planning their own wedding, which they agreed too after Natasha reassured her fiancé that she still wanted to marry him, despite Cory coming back from the dead. "We could save some money on the venue if we just got married here."

Shane chuckles back to her as she moves around and sets the wine down on the table in front of them. "Are we really worried about a couple of dollars?"

"No, but I also have been married enough times that I don't think I need to get married in a church," she giggles back to him.

"That's a good point, it's not my first trip down the aisle either," he tells her. "I just can't help but think about the last wedding here."

Natasha takes a sip of her wine as she recalls how she was opposed to Robbie and Kim marrying a few years earlier; she decided to scare them into not getting married by pulling a gun on them at their wedding, however, Sophie had switched the blanks with real bullets, and Natasha accidently shot Kim.

"I don't want to think about," she waves her hand in the air. "Robbie, Kim, Sophie, and I, we've all come so far."

"I am assuming that you'll ask Sophie to be your maid of honor?"

"Yea, I was thinking that," Natasha nods back to him. "You'll ask Jacob?"

"I mean, I could," Shane replies to her. "But I was also thinking about Max."

"Max? Why the hell would you ask Max to be your best man?" Natasha asks him in confusion.

"Well, he did just save Sophie's life, and I don't know, I get the feeling that they like one another. It could be cute, no?"

"No," Natasha quickly replies to him. "I do not want Sophie to be with Max; they can be friends, sure, but anything else is out of the question."

"Oh Nat," Shane puts his IPad down and looks over at her. "Please don't get involved in Max and Sophie's business, please? Whatever happens between them, just let it unfold."

"If they remain friends, I will be fine," Natasha takes another sip of her water. "But if he wants something more with my daughter, it will not end well for him. And that, I can promise."

The Victors Mansion; Frederick's Lair

Meggan moves into the living room of the Victors mansion and looks around. The house has so many horrible memories for her, but she also knows that this is where Frederick was living before he died in the fire at Raven's Meadow. With everything that has happened the last few months, she felt like she needed to be closer to her father.

"If I'm going to be here, I'm going to need a drink," she whispers to herself as she moves to the bar. She pours herself a whiskey before she turns and looks around.

"Dave and Vinny, they held me hostage here for years," she recalls her past. "I was…I was sober, and Dave threw that bottle at me. Of course, I drank it. It's what started the end of Noah, or what I thought was the end."

"I still can't believe that you faked his death!" she screams, as Frederick peers through the hidden passageway at his daughter. "You're a son of a bitch for doing that!"

Frederick runs his hands through his hair. "She's drinking again," he sighs to himself. "This can't end well; damnit Meggan! Why did you have to fall off the wagon?"

"Do you hear me?" Meggan continues to yell at the empty room. "You lied to me about Noah being dead for years! Do you have any idea how fucked up that is?" she asks before she throws her drink against the wall, which scatters everywhere. She starts to cry before she shakes her head. "No! I won't let you win! I won't!"

Frederick watches in despair as Meggan moves back to the bar and pours another drink, swallowing all of the alcohol in one drink. "What am I going to do?" he asks himself. "I have to do something to help you, but what?"

The Sugarbowl


Andrew sits in the back booth of the coffeehouse looking at the screen of his phone, which has some pictures of Albertinah, that he took the other day when Trenyce allowed him to see her. He still believes that he is her father, but they haven't had a chance to get confirmation of this yet because they have been wrapped up in Antonio's murder. The good news, he thinks, is that he asked Trenyce if she shot Antonio and said no.

"And that is a good thing," he whispers to himself as he looks at Albertinah's pictures. "Because you need your Mommy, don't you? We just have to find out if I really am your Daddy or not."

He looks up and sees Chris moving into the coffeehouse. He sighs heavily as he knows the last time that he and Chris saw one another they almost came to blow because Chris is still furious for his affair with Trenyce coming to light. They were interrupted, however, by Simona dragging them down to the station to question them about Antonio's death. He quickly shuts off his phone, which hides the pictures of Albertinah.

"Chris, look man," Andrew says as he moves up to the man he once thought was his father. "I know I'm the last person you want to see."

"And yet, here you are, right in front of me," Chris rolls his eyes back to him.

"I just think that we have to put aside our differences right now," Andrew admits to him. "With Simona asking all of us so many questions about Antonio's death, I think we, as a family, need to stand together. I'm willing to try if you are."

"Easy for you to say," Chris huffs back to him. "You're the one who was lied and betrayed too."

"I don't know how many ways to say I'm sorry."

"That being said," Chris sighs back to him. "I agree with you; we do have to stand together right now. It won't be easy, but I will try."

The Pier

Daisy cozies herself into her large jacket as the crisp fall air nips at her. She moves towards the bench by the river and looks out at the flowing water. Her mind is racing over everything that has happened recently; mostly the fact that Antonio was shot dead the night of his engagement party to Robin. Moreover, she was grilled by Simona about how her relationship with Antonio and how she would have had access to Antonio's gun that was in his office at the casino.

"Thank God Ethan agreed to represent me," Daisy whispers to herself as she continues to look at the water. "The way Daisy was questioning me, I…I don't know how I would have handled it."

She takes a deep breath as she gets tears in her eyes thinking about the situation. "At least you're gone," she says as her hand forms a fist as she thinks about Antonio and all the hell he put her through. "Because Antonio, you got exactly what you deserve. I'm glad you're dead; I'm glad you're not here to make any more trouble for me or anyone that I love."

Twin Peaks Police Department

"You look like you're on cloud nine," Sergio announces to Simona as he moves into his sister's office and sees her with a huge smile on her face. He can only assume that the smile represents the fact that she has made a breakthrough in the case that she's working on.

"I am," she tells her brother as she stands up from her chair and moves towards Sergio. "I had the river scraped for the murder weapon in Antonio's death."

"Ah," Sergio looks back at her. "And? Did you find the gun?"

"We did," Simona grins to him. "The gun was in the water, just like the video showed us. I'm having the gun tested for prints now. We should have the results shortly."

"That is fantastic news," Sergio replies to her. "You could have a lead on who killed Antonio."

"That's exactly what I'm hoping for Sergio," Simona says to him. "Finally, I'm going to make a huge break in this case; nothing will stop me now."

Twin Peaks Court House

Kim looks at Josh with a hopeful look on her face. He gives her a reassuring nod as Robbie is being sworn into testify in Madeline's lawsuit against him. Kim knows that both Greg and Madeline have given pretty damaging testimony so far, so she is hoping that Robbie will be able to turn the tide in their favor.

"You may be seated Mr. Calimo," Judge Franklin Ross tells him as Robbie sits in the witness chair. The Judge then turns to Josh. "Your witness councilor."

"Mr. Calimo, we have already heard from Ms. Wilkins the story of your courtship with her," Josh says to him. "Unless there's anything else that you want to add, for the sake of time, I'd like to skip that part of the questioning."

"That's fine," Robbie says as he clears his throat. "What Madeline said about how we got together, it was all true."

"Alright," Josh moves closer to the witness stand. "So, let's move to November when Kim was shot. How did you feel when you heard that your former spouse had been injured that way?"

"I…I was devastated, of course," Robbie explains to him and the Judge. "Despite Kim and I being divorced, I never stopped caring for her. Madeline, on some level, had to know that. When we got together, I had just got divorced from Kim, even though I had fought for our marriage to work."

"And the doctors, they all believed that Kim was going to die from the injuries she sustained?"

"Yes," Robbie nods to him. "You see, it was hours before anyone found her after the shooting. The damage the bullets did being in her so long and the amount of blood she lost, everything we all heard was that she only had days to live."

"That's when you had this idea to marry her before she died?"

"Right," Robbie replies to him. "Like I said, before Kim and I got a divorce, I was fighting to save our marriage, but she wanted it to be over. Deep down, I think she still loved me, the same way I still loved her. So, I asked Madeline to annul our marriage so I could marry Kim before she died. I really believed, with everything in me, that Kim would have wanted that. Considering we are still married today, I'd say I was correct in my thinking."

"But then, a miracle happened and Kim lived, so what happened then?"

"I mean, I was thrilled when she started to get better," Robbie tells the court. "How could I not be happy that someone lives instead of dying? But we both realized that we had a lot of decisions to make, because I had told Madeline I would reunite with her once Kim passed. And, at the time, Kim was engaged to Greg Lawson."

"How did you two decide to stay together?" Josh asks her next.

"We both looked in our hearts and realized that we still loved one another; we have been to hell and back together, Kim and I, nothing will keep us from being together or happy," he says as Madeline rolls her eyes. "I understand that we hurt Madeline and Greg, and we are both incredibly sorry about that, but the truth of the matter is, Kim and I love one another, and we shouldn't be penalized for realizing that."

"Do you think Madeline is entitled to the 7 million dollars she is requesting?"

"No, I don't," Robbie replies quickly. "She's doing this as an act of revenge; her family was incredibly wealthy, and she's a doctor, she doesn't need my money. The sole purpose of this entire lawsuit is to try to make Kim and I pay for being in love, and the court needs to realize that it's not more than a petty act of revenge."

St. Joseph's Church


Bryce moves into the foyer of the church and looks around thinking that the setting is beautiful for a wedding. He just left the Groom's room, where he was with Dominick, Tyler, and Ethan, and now, he wanted to see if Leah needed any final help with the preparations. The door to the church, however, opens and Victoria emerges, getting a smile on her face as she sees her husband in his tuxedo.

"Well, don't you look dashing," she says as she moves upto him and wraps her arms around him before she gives him a kiss.

"Thanks babe," he smiles back to her as their lips part. "You look incredible yourself."

"This old thing?" she chuckles back to him. "This place looks incredible. It is a beautiful day for a wedding."

"That it is," he nods back to her. "It makes me think that you and I, we never had a real wedding. You married me in the hospital after Vinny shot me."

"Are you saying we should renew our vows?"

"Would that be so bad?" he asks her. "I mean, I am more in love with you today and ever before, Vic."

"I love you too, Bryce. I really believe that nothing, and no one, will ever come between us," she tells him.

"Then it's settled? Let's renew our vows?" he asks her quickly as she nods back to him.

"I'd love nothing more, Bryce," she smiles again before she leans in and kisses him.

***

Paige freezes when she sees Victoria and Bryce embracing one another in the foyer. She feels her heart skip a beat at the sight because Victoria recently told her that Abby slept with Ethan. Paige knows that if she reveals that secret to Dominick, the wedding that is about to happen would be stopped. Paige hates the idea of Abby being Dominick's wife, again, but she is worried that if she reveals the secret, her family will be in turmoil again.

"This wedding is going to happen in a few minutes and I still have no idea what I'm going to do," Paige whispers to herself. "I…I need to see Abby one more time. Maybe seeing her will give me the insights on what I need to do."

She turns and heads towards the bridal room. When she gets there, she finds the door slightly ajar; she pauses, however, when she hears voices inside.

"You have my attention Abby," Greg looks back at his daughter. "What is going on?"

"I'm… there's no easy way to say this," Abby replies to him quickly. "I'm pregnant, Daddy. I'm going to have a baby."

Paige feels the blood drain from her face, having heard Abby admit that she's pregnant. Inside, Greg pulls Abby into a hug and holds her tightly.

"This is wonderful news," he says as he holds Abby, who starts to weep.

Meanwhile, Paige takes a deep breath. "She's pregnant…I…I have to tell Dominick the truth…he has to know that she's carrying another man's baby."

Next on One Day at a Time
- The Wedding Begins
- Kim takes the stand
- Simona gets the results on the gun

 
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