Episode 1234

 

Feed this Monsterous Fire
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: November 07, 2025

Episode Theme song: "we can't be friends" Ariana Grande

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Jarrod explained why he faked his death to Nicholas and then asked if he could be forgiven
- Sophie fell and was knocked unconscious in the blizzard. Meggan was worried about her and left the cabin to find her, while Logan raced to the cabin
- Daisy and Trenyce realized where Dawn was holding Cheresa hostage. Dawn, meanwhile, explained that she was behind the threatening text messages and that she killed Chantel to a horrified Cheresa
- Tyler wondered why Madeline was struggling so much when she got everything she wanted
- Cassie arrived at Stephanie's office

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I think it's time we got a few things straight, don't you?" Cassie asks as she purses her lips together as she moves into Stephanie's office at the hospital and closes the door behind her. Cassie had been with Jacob earlier when he reminded her that he and Stephanie are just friends; to prove it to her, they had passionate sex with one another. Once they were finished, Cassie left the apartment and made a beeline to see Stephanie as she wanted to discuss her friendship with her husband.

"Cassie," Stephanie slowly stands up from behind her desk. "I am terribly busy with work; can this wait? Or has something happened with Jacob?"

Cassie chuckles back to her. "You should not concern yourself with Jacob, not when he has me looking out for him."

Stephanie rolls her eyes back to Cassie. "The funny thing about being friends with someone, Cassie, is that you do care about them. I know you have taken an issue to me your husband's friendship, but I am going to tell you that I don't have time for your insecurities."

"That's why I wanted to see you," Cassie admits to her. "I think it is time we lay all of our cards on the table. No more secrets, of any kind, between you and me."

Stephanie arches her eyebrow back to her. "Secrets? What are you talking about?"

Cassie chuckles to her. "I know your secret, doctor," she whispers back to her. "I know everything…"

The Calimo Mansion

"You're really starting to scare me," Tyler admits to Madeline as they continue to face one another in Bobby's nursery in the Calimo mansion. Tyler had arrived to see his friend after Robbie explained that he was worried about her; Madeline has admitted that she is struggling with something, but Tyler has been asking her what it could be because she has everything that they have been working towards before she left town: she has Robbie, and his son, and Tyler is now engaged to Kim. "What are you struggling with Madeline? And why are you struggling now when everything we've wanted has come together?"

Madeline sighs back to him. "It's complicated Tyler," she admits to him. "I…I told Robbie that I have a form of postpartum."

"Yes, you mentioned that," Tyler reminds her of what she has already told him. "But then you kinda freaked out when I asked if you seen a doctor. Maddie, if this is a form of depression, there is help for you. And you're certainly not the first woman to experience this; there…there can be support for you."

Madeline lets a tear fall down her cheek. "This is everything I wanted," she whispers to him before she looks down at Bobby, who is still fast asleep. "I wanted to be with Robbie, and my God, we have a son now together."

"That's why I am struggling to understand any of this," Tyler admits to her. "Why are you struggling? What is it Madeline?"

"Because," Madeline looks up at him as she wipes her cheek dry. "Nothing, and I mean nothing, is what it appears. And it's all my fault."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"You've gotten quiet on me," Jarrod half chuckles to Nicholas as they continue to sit across from one another in the restaurant. They had agreed to meet to talk about Jarrod faking his death for years, which he just explained. Nicholas, has since, realized that Jarrod was as much of a victim of Melissa's as anyone, which makes him furious with his mother. "Do you think you can forgive me? Do you think we can move forward?"

Nicholas sighs back to him. "I…I don't know Jarrod," he admits to him. "This is a lot to take in. My head, it's still spinning, to be honest. First from the reveal that you're alive, and even more so after listening to your story about how my mother manipulated you."

"I want to make sure you know that I take full responsibility of my own actions," Jarrod tells him. "I know Melissa had a hand in this, but I still went along with it willingly. And for that, I am sorry."

"I appreciate that you are taking ownership of your role in this," Nicholas nods back to him. "It's just…my God, so much has passed since I thought you were died, Jarrod. I'm in a completely different place; I'm living in a new city, I have a fiancé! I've…I've moved on."

"I know all of that," Jarrod looks back at him. "But I didn't die and I am here in the same town as you. I…I just think…"

"What? What do you think?"

Jarrod leans over the table and kisses Nicholas softly on the lips. The kiss only lasts a minute before Jarrod pulls back and smiles back at him. "I had been wanting to do that all night," he admits to him as he sits back down. "I am still very much in love with you, Nicholas. And I think that this could be our chance to put things back together, the way they were before. We have been given a second chance, I don't think we should let anything or anyone stop us from having that chance, but it's up to you. So, I'll ask you again, do you think you can forgive me? And if so, do you think we could have another chance at being together?"

The Calimo Cabin

A white-knuckled Logan opens the door to the cabin and moves inside. He just finished driving to the cabin, despite the blizzard outside, because he finally received the text message from Meggan informing him that she and Sophie were coming to the cabin, as Meggan wanted time away to cope with Lukas' decision to leave town.

"Mom?" he calls out as he tries to calm his nerves from the horrible drive that he just went through. He knows that it took him twice as long as normal because of the snow. "Sophie? Where are you?"

The cabin is filled with silence. The only sound is the dwindling fire, which is close to out. "Odd, in this snow, you'd think that they'd be here," he whispers to himself as he moves closer to the fire.

He picks up a fresh log and puts it into the fire to keep it going. "Where did you two go?" he asks himself as the flames shoot up over the log before he turns and sees the empty bottle of wine that his mother drank. "And why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

***

"Sophie? Where are you? Sophie?" Meggan calls out as she walks around the grounds of the cabin, desperate to find Sophie. Earlier, they had been bickering about Meggan's drinking, when Sophie quickly left the cabin, claiming to need air. After some time, and a bottle of wine later, Meggan realized that Sophie had been gone on her walk far too long, so she left the cabin trying to find her, as she is worried about the young woman being in the blizzard.

She looks forward but doesn't see anything but a cloud of white in front of her. She turns around and sees the same thing. For a minute, Meggan doesn't know which way she came from and which is back to the cabin.

"Okay, stay calm," she whispers to herself. "I haven't been out here that long. I…I can't be too far away from the cabin. If I head back now, I'm sure…I'm sure that Sophie is already back there by now."

She goes to turn around but she happens to see something in the snow in front of her. Something pink is in the snow, so she rushes towards it and screams in horror as she realizes that Sophie is laying unconscious, with blood oozing from her head.

"Oh my God! Sophie!" Meggan bends down and moves some of the snow off the woman. "Sophie! Wake up! Sophie! Can you hear me? Oh my God! Somebody? Somebody help me! Oh my God!"

The Dockside Storage Lockers

"Dawn, please," Cheresa begs her girlfriend, as she remains tied to a chair in the middle of the Lawson storage locker. Cheresa is confused and in shock as Dawn just admitted to her that she was behind the threatening text messages; the burner phone that Cheresa found was the device that Dawn used to send herself the messages through an app that would send messages on a timer. Dawn, then, revealed that she killed Chantel weeks ago, and now, wants to kill Cheresa. Cheresa has no idea what has caused Dawn to completely snap, but she knows that she has to figure out something to save her life. "You don't have to do this! I…I love you! We can get through this!"

Dawn chuckles back to her. "I told you," she smirks back at her. "Once you get a taste of blood, the feeling of ending someone's life, it becomes…like a drug," she admits to her as Cheresa feels the blood drain from her face. "I've been wanting to kill you for weeks, if I am honest. I…I was just waiting for the right time."

"You don't want to do this!" Cheresa tries to protest. "The police, they will figure this out! You will go to jail!"

"Has the stupid detective figured out that I killed Chantel yet?" Dawn asks her with grin on her face. "No, of course not! I am going to get away with this, Cheresa, and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

Cheresa's eyes open wider in horror as Dawn pulls out a gun and aims it at her. "Say goodnight, Cheresa."

Just as she is about to pull the trigger, the door to the storage room opens. Trenyce and Daisy rush inside and see Dawn holding Cheresa at gunpoint.

"Dawn stop! This is over, this is ending now!" Trenyce yells at her as she rushes up to her and Dawn points the gun at her instead.

"Oh visitors," Dawn chuckles back to her. "Looks like I'll have three women to kill instead of one…this must be my lucky day!" she giggles as Trenyce and Daisy gulp heavily.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I don't know what you're talking about," Stephanie tells Cassie as puts her hand on her hip. "But I want you to leave my office. And if you don't, I'll be forced to call hospital security to have you removed."

Cassie chuckles back to her. "You think it's that simple, don't you? But, like I said, I know you secret. I had to do some digging, of course, but once I saw what I saw, I put the pieces together. It was rather easy."

Stephanie gulps back to her heavily. "Cassie, I am not playing with you, get out of here now!"

"Or what?" Cassie asks her. "You'll call security. Do it, I dare you. Because you and I both know that you're shaking in your cheap stilettos right now."

"What do you want from me?"

"I want you to stay away from Jacob, or I will be forced to tell him everything I know. And, how do you think he'd feel to find out that his new friend has been lying to him from the very start?"

"I haven't been lying to anyone."

"Is that so?" Cassie asks her again. "Then, he wouldn't mind knowing that you were born Stefan Clarke? He wouldn't mind knowing that you were born a man?" Cassie asks her as Stephanie looks back at her in shock and awe.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Will Logan find Meggan & Sophie?
- Madeline confesses a secret to Tyler
- What is Cassie talking about?

 
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