Episode 1232

 

This Way Through the Fire
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: November 05, 2025

Episode Theme song: "yes and" Ariana Grande & Mariah Carey

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Nicholas & Jarrod agreed to talk about their history together
- Sophie continued to dislike how much drinking Meggan was doing at the cabin
- Daisy pleaded with Trenyce to help her find a missing Cheresa, while Dawn told her captive girlfriend she was going to kill her
- Tyler went to visit Madeline and asked her what was going on with her
- Cassie & Jacob made love

The Dockside Storage Lockers

"I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago," Dawn sneers at Cheresa as she moves closer to her in the middle of the storage locker, tied to a chair, as Dawn kidnapped her. "I'm going to kill you! I'm going to end your life, once and for all."

"Dawn!" Cheresa screams back at her. "What the hell has gotten into you? This…this isn't you! This isn't the woman I love! What happened to you?"

Dawn chuckles back to her. "I'm finally seeing things in the perfect light," Dawn tells her. "And that means that I'm going to kill you…just like…"

"Just like what? Cheresa asks her, trying to stall Dawn until she can think of a way to escape this craziness. "What are you talking about?"

Dawn stops and looks at her. "I…I guess I can tell you since you're about to die."

"Yes, tell me! I…I want to know," Cheresa pleads with her.

"Let's just say, you're not the first person that I am going to kill," Dawn replies to her quickly. "I am the one who killed Chantel," she reveals to Cheresa, whose eyes open wider in horror.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Stephanie sits in her office looking over some files of patients. Her mind, however, is still racing over the fact that earlier, she texted Jacob and told him to keep Cassie under control. Stephanie still hates that Cassie threatened her because she is insecure about her friendship with Jacob.

"I am standing up for myself," Stephanie whispers to herself. "I won't let Cassie tell me who I can and can't be friends with."

Stephanie picks up her phone and sighs when she doesn't see another new message from Jacob; she had hoped that he would have responded to her, but she's hoping that Jacob will keep his wife in check.

"I know that Jacob is married, but if he was single, I would make a move," she tells herself. "But I will respect that and just be his friend; I would rather have Jacob in my life as a friend than not at all."

She pauses when she hears a knock on her office door; she looks up and arches her eyebrow when she sees Cassie standing there. "Hello doctor, I think it's time we got a few things straight, don't you?"

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"You're right, these cocktails are delicious," Jarrod smiles over to Nicholas as they sit across from one another in the restaurant. They agreed to meet so Nicholas could try to understand why Jarrod faked his death all those years ago; Nicholas has been reeling since learning that with Melissa's help, Jarrod was able to pretend to be dead and allowed Nicholas to mourn him for years.

"I wouldn't steer you wrong there," Nicholas replies to him. "But, uh, you know that I didn't want to meet you to chat about your Moscow Mule."

Jarrod uneasily sighs back to him. "I know," he nods back to him. "And Nicholas, I have to thank you again for agreeing to see me. I know that seeing me at the Justice of the Peace was shocking for you."

"I thought you were dead," Nicholas feels his eyes swell with water. "You have no idea how devastated I was when I thought you were gone, Jarrod."

"I know and that is my fault," Jarrod replies to him quickly. "I made such a mess of things."

"Then why?" Nicholas locks eyes with him. "Please tell me why you thought it would be better for me to think you were dead?"

The Calimo Mansion

"You know me so well," Madeline uneasily smiles over to Tyler as they continue to face one another in the nursey in the Calimo mansion while baby Bobby is fast asleep in his crib. Tyler arrived at the mansion to check on her because when he saw Robbie he noted that he was concerned about the mother of his child. He just asked Madeline how she is really doing because he can tell that something is going on with her.

"Despite us not being together romantically anymore, I still care about you, Madeline," Tyler replies to her. "We…we worked together to try to get Kim and Robbie apart, and we have succeeded at that. I…I wouldn't be engaged to Kim right now if you hadn't slept with Robbie on New Year's and had his baby."

"It's amazing how things work out, huh?"

"Yea, it is," Tyler replies to her. "And now, here you are, a mother to this new baby. It's amazing. And yet, when I look at you, I can tell that something is wrong."

Madeline's hand starts to tremble as she looks down at Bobby. "You're right," she says as a tear falls down her cheek. "I am struggling Tyler, more than you, or anyone knows."

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

Logan looks into the flames of the fire that is roaring the in the fireplace. He is starting to get worried about his mother, and Sophie, because he hasn't heard from either of them all day. He is pausing to reflect on the fact that Sophie had asked him to cut back on his drinking; he ended up snapping at her and telling her to mind her business.

He sighs heavily as he runs his hands through his hair. "You're not even answering my text messages," Logan tells himself as he looks at his phone and sees a couple of texts that he sent to his friend, but they haven't been read yet. "I hope I didn't cross a line, Soph. You mean too much to me for that to have happened."

He then pauses to think about how at the engagement party the previous night, Jeff told him that he should watch the amount that he is drinking.

"Have I been drinking too much?" he asks himself as he turns to face the bar in the living room and eyes the bottles of booze. "And as a result, have I pushed Sophie away?"

The Calimo Cabin

Sophie peers outside and continues to see the heavy snowfall coming down from the sky. She wishes that the storm would stop because she knows that the cabin, already, has spotty cell phone service, but with the snow, it is next to impossible to get a signal. She longs to reach out to someone because she is worried about being around Meggan, who is continuing to drink heavily. Earlier, Meggan warned her about trying to pour the alcohol down the drain because she called the booze her friends.

"I have good news!" Meggan announces as she exits the kitchen and back into the living room, which causes Sophie to turn from the window and look at her. "I've switched from vodka to red wine; I thought, this chilly cold day deserves a red to keep up me warm!"

"Good for you."

"You don't sound happy, what's wrong Sophie? I thought this trip to the cabin would be a good escape for us; you know that I was feeling down after Lukas made the decision to leave town."

"I remember," Sophie replies to her. "The fact is, I was sold on the idea because I thought Logan was coming. But with this weather, we can't reach him. And…I don't know, I'm not feeling comfortable anymore."

"Uncomfortable? But why?" Meggan asks her before she looks at her hand and sees the wine glass. "Oh God, not the drinking thing again? You need to lighten up little girl!"

Sophie groans loudly back to her. "You know what? I'm going to get some air…I think that's what I need right now."

"Some air? In this weather? Sophie…wait…"

But it's too late, Sophie grabs her parka and leaves the cabin, slamming the door behind her.

"Don't be out there too long," Meggan says in a whisper as she realizes that Sophie won't be able to hear her. "It's a crazy storm out there."

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

"I…I will…of course…help you find Cheresa," a nervous Trenyce looks back at Daisy, who showed up at her niece's home to express concern about Cheresa, who hasn't returned Daisy's call. Cheresa had called Daisy the night before to tell her how worried she was about Dawn, and Daisy called her back but never heard back. Despite Andrew, Chris, and Trenyce being furious with Daisy for switching Tinah's DNA test results, Daisy arrived to tell Trenyce about Cheresa. "But I think we might be jumping the gun. Like I said, my daughter is busy."

"Okay, fair," Daisy says back to her. "The thing is, I…I told Cheresa that I had a theory about what could have happened to Dawn."

Trenyce arches her eyebrow back to Aunt. "What is this theory?"

"Remember when I was in prison when everyone believed I killed Antonio?" Daisy asks her as Trenyce nods back to her. "This was the same time that Dawn was working on that report for the hospital about mental health on inmates."

"Yes, I remember Cheresa telling me about it."

"Right," Daisy explains to her. "Well, one of the inmates that Dawn saw was Tara, the woman that kidnapped Cheresa and shot Kim."

"What?" Trenyce gasps back to her. "I…I thought she was in a higher security area?"

"She was, she probably still is," Daisy tells her. "But that means that she and Dawn would have been alone."

"I'm not sure I understand?"

"I don't think I do either," Daisy admits to her. "But what if, somehow, Tara was able too, I don't know, brainwash Dawn? What if Dawn is doing things that she normally wouldn't do because Tara programmed her to do it?"

"My God," Trenyce gasps back at her in horror. "If it's true, then we have to find Cheresa, because there's no telling what Dawn could do!"

Next on One Day at a Time

- Trenyce and Daisy work together to find Dawn
- Tyler asks Madeline why she's struggling
- Logan gets Meggan's text message

 
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