Episode 727
 
The Ripples of Black
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 15, 2021

Episode Theme song: "Zodiac Black" Goldfrapp

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Simona got news of the explosions at the Victors mansion and rushed the victims to the hospital
- Andy moved back into his condo but suffered from a lack of sleep as he was scared to see Reese again. Not thinking straight, he dumped Nicholas
- News of Eva and Will's affair spread after Cassie leaked the story to the Twin Peaks Sun
- Jacob admitted to Shane he was thinking of proposing to Paige
- Donovan and Lukas had a rough encounter at the adoption agency when a woman recognized Lukas from his rape charges
- Robin stunned Adam by admitting that she is pregnant

Adam's Townhouse

"I'm pregnant," Robin quickly blurts out the words just as fast as she thought them. She takes a deep breath and looks back at Adam, who looks shocked by what she just said.

"You're pregnant?" Adam asks her, still floored by her admission. He had assumed that she was going to be upset with him and Helen hugging earlier in the day when he told his ex-wife he had to keep his distance from her because of the catfight that resulted in Robin falling down the stairs. But now to hear that Robin is pregnant, it's the last thing he said.

"Yea, I am," she nods back to him realizing that she has to tell him more because Shane gave her 48 hours to tell him the truth or he would. "I found out after I fell down the stairs at Helen's house."

"I…I don't believe this," Adam admits to her. "You and I, we were estranged for so long, we hadn't made love in weeks."

"I know," Robin bites her lip back to him.

"What is it? What is that look on your face about?" he asks her back, noticing that she doesn't look happy. "You're not happy about this baby?"

"I'm thrilled about the baby," Robin replies to him quickly. "I couldn't be happier, especially considering my history."

"Then what is it? Why don't you look happy about this news?"

"Because," she looks him in the eyes as water fills her own. She knows that he his word is about to be shattered. "You're not the father, Adam."

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

Andy looks at the clock and realizes that it's getting pretty late. Still, he is dreading the idea of going to sleep because he knows that if he sleeps, he might see Reese again. The idea of seeing his dead husband scares Andy to death; he has no idea why he has been seeing Reese again lately but he hates it. It brings up so many bad memories for him.

"I need to have another coffee," he says to himself as he stands up and moves into the kitchen. He opens a cupboard door and pulls out the coffee. Behind the coffee, however, he sees a bottle of whiskey. He freezes at the sight of the alcohol.

He quickly closes the cupboard door and turns around to put some water in the coffeepot when he sees Reese standing before him.

Andy shrieks out in horror. "You scared me," Andy quivers back to the vision of his dead husband. "Why are you here Reese? What do you want? Why are you in my condo now of all places?"

"I…" Reese begins to whisper back to him. "I want you to join me Andy. Come with me…"

Andy shakes his head in disbelief as Reese seemingly reaches out to grab him. Andy rushes out of the kitchen and back into the living room. "Go away! Leave me alone!" Andy yells as he puts his head into a pillow.

He removes his face from the pillow and looks around the quiet condo. "Reese? Are you still there?"

There's no response. Andy slowly stands up and moves back into the kitchen, which is now empty. Tears stream down his face as he wonders why his husband is haunting him.

"What is happening to me?" he cries to himself in the empty apartment.

BarCode

Nicholas sits at the bar and watches as another tequila shot is poured from Shelley, who is working the bar.

"Looks like you've had a rough day," Shelley tells him as she passes him his drink. "It's not often many people come in and drink tequila straight."

Nicholas takes a sip of the strong drink and makes a face as it is harsh going down. "Yea, I've had a long day. My boyfriend dumped me today."

"Damn, I'm sorry to hear that kid," Shelley replies to him. "I guess there's no chance of you two getting back together?"

Nicholas shrugs back to her. "I wish I knew. This came out of left field."

"Really? These things usually have some warning signs coming."

"He did just move out of my place recently," Nicholas admits to her. "But we have been so solid. It all started when he began hearing this noise and now he is seeing his dead husband."

Shelley looks back at him in surprise. "Sounds like a story there," she quips back to him. "I'll be back, I just gotta help another customer."

"Take your time," Nicholas tells her as he takes another sip of his drink. "I'm not going anywhere."

The Park

"It really is a beautiful night for a walk outside," Paige tells Jacob as they stroll through the park, with the stars shining brightly above them. "It's nice to walk with you after a long day at work."

"I couldn't agree more," Jacob smiles back to her. "After being cooped up in the office all, fresh air is exactly what the doctor ordered. Especially since it will be winter before we know it."

"Ugh, please don't say those words to me," Paige chuckles back to him. "I much prefer summer."

"Me too, especially if it means you in a bikini," he winks back to her.

Paige turns to face him and kisses him passionately. "I'm sure that could be arranged."

"I'm so excited by that," he winks back to her. "You know that I have fallen in love with you, right?"

Paige moves a piece of her hair behind her ear. "I do, and I have grown to love you too Jacob. I really cherish what we have together."

"Good because I don't want this to end Paige. Not now, not ever."

"What are you saying, Jacob?"

Paige gasps as Jacob bends down on one knee and pulls out a large black box from his pocket. He opens it and reveals a large diamond ring inside. "Marry me Paige. Say you'll be my wife?"

Paige gets tears in her eyes. "Of course I'll marry you Jacob! Yes, I say yes!"

The Pampa Grill

"How'd you feel at the adoption agency this evening?" Lukas asks his husband as they sit across from each other in the busy restaurant with a bottle of red wine on the table. He knows that Donovan was upset with their first appointment because a woman recognized Lukas from his recent rape charges. Lukas felt horrible but they agreed to try to put it behind them.

"I thought it was great," Donovan nods back to him. "I can't believe that the mother is going to give birth in November. That is so soon."

"Yea, not much time for us to plan," Lukas smiles back to him. "Thanks for going to the meeting, Donovan. I know the first attempt wasn't picture perfect."

"It wasn't," Donovan admits to him. "But having this baby means something to you and it means something to me, so I'm going to give it my all. Now, we have to decide on a nursery!"

"I was thinking, do you want to stay at the estate? Or should we get our own place? Having a baby and Logan there might be a lot?"

Donovan shrugs his shoulders back to him. "Something to discuss and maybe mention to Meggan to see her thoughts?"

Before Lukas can reply, his cell phone rings. "Lukas Richardson … what? Yes, my God, I'll be right there."

"What is it?" Donovan asks him as Lukas slams back his wine.

"Meggan, she was in an explosion at the Victor mansion. We have to get to the hospital."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"You are all very lucky," Shane tells Meggan, Brad and Daisy as they lay in the same hospital room after being checked out following the explosions at the Victors estate. "The bombs could have been far worse for all of you."

"My leg is killing me," Daisy replies to him as she looks at her leg, which is in a cast.

"Your leg is broken in three places," Shane replies to her. "Once the cast comes off, you'll have to do some rehab. Brad, same goes with your dislocated shoulder.

"I guess I got off lucky with some scratches," Meggan looks over at her two roommates. "Where's Victoria? Is she okay?"

"And what happened to Vinny and Brett?" Daisy asks the doctor.

"Victoria is in a private room," Shane replies to her. "She should be fine but considering her mental health, we wanted to run some more psychiatric exams with her to ensure she is fine. Physically, she has a broken arm and a broken toe."

"Thank God," Brad breathes a sigh of relief.

"As for the Victors twins, one of them is dead and the other is in a coma. We are running a DNA test to confirm which one died and which one is alive," Shane explains back to her.

"I hope Vinny is dead," Daisy says to everyone, as none of them are upset to hear that Vinny might be dead. "After everything he did to me, he deserves to be rotting in hell."

***

Eva slowly leaves Victoria's hospital room and covers her mouth to prevent herself from crying. She can't believe that her daughter survived an explosion, thankfully she should make a full recovery. Of course, she still has to pass the mental exams to ensure her personalities haven't returned again.

"Damn you Vinny," Eva whispers to herself. "You will pay for this, you can mark my words on it."

"You little bitch," a voice comes up to Eva, who turns around in shock and sees Felicia standing in front of her. Felicia's hand moves up and slaps Eva hard across the face. "How could you?"

"You have a lot of nerve!" Eva gasps back to her as she holds her face with her hand. "How dare you!"

"How dare I?" Felicia chuckles back to her. "You cheat on your husband and you think I have nerve? You're lucky I'm not slapping you again!"

Eva feels the blood drain from her face. "What did you just say?"

"You heard me you slut," Felicia spits back to her. "Everyone knows that you're sleeping with Will Coutts!"

Eva shakes her head as she feels her eyes swell with water. "Don't even try to deny it," Felicia continues to rattle her cages. "It was all of the Sun this evening!"

"My daughter almost died tonight," Eva whispers back to her. "Forgive me if I haven't read the paper, Felicia. But, you have no idea what you're talking about…there has to be some kind of mistake."

"So you're denying it then?" Dominick's booming voice says from behind his wife. Eva turns and sees her husband, who is fuming. "You're not having an affair with Will?"

"Dominick," Eva lets another tear fall down her cheek. "I…I can explain!"

"So it's true," Dominick moves closer to her. "You are cheating on me!"

"I'm so sorry," Eva tells him. "It … it just happened." She moves up to him put he throws her off of him.

"Get off me," he yells at her. "You're never going to touch me again, do you understand me?"

Adam's Townhouse

"What do you mean I'm not the father?" a shaky Adam asks Robin, who just revealed she is pregnant but he isn't the father. "Who else would be the father of your baby?"

"I know this is hard to hear," Robin tells him quickly. "But I just need you to listen to me, okay?"

Adam runs his hand through his hair. "I feel like I was just sucker punched."

"It only happened once," Robin says back to him. "It was after I thought you stood me up in Paris. I thought you didn't want to be with me!"

"So you fucked a French guy?"

"No," Robin shakes her head back to him as at tear falls down her cheek.

"Then who was it?"

"Shane!" Robin yells back to him. "I slept with Shane! He fathered my baby!"

Adam feels the blood drain from his face. "I don't fucking believe this!" he yells back to her as he grabs his keys and rushes to the door.

"Adam, please! Don't go, stay here and talk to me about this!" she pleads with him but the front door slams behind Adam. "Adam!" Robin yells as more tears fall from her eyes.

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

Andy returns to the kitchen after searching his entire condo for any sign of Reese, which he didn't find. There was a window open in the bedroom, which he doesn't opening, but considering how hot it has been this summer, it's not odd that it was open.

"I have to stop seeing Reese," he says back to himself. He finds himself returning to the cabinet with the whiskey in it. He opens the cupboard and pulls out the bottle of whiskey.

He lets a tear fall down his cheek. "Maybe this is a sign," he says to himself. "That I should have a drink. I can't see my husband if I'm passed out, right?"

He moves to the bar and pours a whiskey into a glass. He picks it up and smells the booze. Then, he puts the glass to his lips and slowly takes a drink with his shaking hands. As soon as he's done swallowing the liquid down, he puts the glass back to his lips and takes another drink.

Next on One Day at a Time
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- Chris drinks heavily to cope from his loss from Treynce
- Tyler gets a shocker

 
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