Episode 1199

 

She Can Run Your World
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: July 31, 2025

Episode Theme song: "Girl With No Face" Allie X

Previously on One Day at a Time
- The Judge declared that the final statements would be presented in the custody hearing
- Tyler told Kim that she could trust him
- Penny and Cory grew closer on their date
- Chris and Trenyce worried when Albertinah got another dever
- Jeff and Victoria shared another kiss
- Meggan lashed out at Frederick for his lies
- Paige kept her pregnancy a secret from Will

Twin Peaks Law Courts

"Alright, we've heard all of the witnesses," Judge Franklin Ross announces to the court room which includes, Lois, Max, Cassie, Lukas, Donovan, Josh, Abby, and Ethan. They are all waiting for the final statements in the custody case for Olly/Sonny as everyone that was going to be called to testify has done so. "We will get started with the final statements. Ms. Kam, we will start with you, and just go across the line, since it is unique that we have three plaintiffs."

"Thank you," Lois says before she looks over at Max and then she stands up. She knows that Max is hopeful to get custody of the boy that he had no idea he had until recently; she just hopes that she has presented a strong enough case to win him custody.

She moves around her desk and looks at Franklin. "As this case as unfolded, your honor, you have seen, firsthand, the flaws of the other plaintiffs trying to get custody of Sonny, or Olly, as he is also known for."

"To recap, for you, Ms. Abigail Lawson, she lied about her son's biological father," Lois continues to tell the Judge. "This was before and after she believed he was dead. What kind of woman, what kind of mother does that?" she asks, as Ethan puts his hand on Abby's to keep her calm. "Certainly, not the type of mother that is fit to raise this little boy."

"And the two father's that he has known," Lois continues. "Yes, the child knows them as his parents, but he is young enough to rebound from that. The fact is, both of these men, whether guilty or innocent, have been charged with murder. That demonstrates that they have had motive and opportunity to commit these crimes, which is enough to say that they are unfit to raise this child. And this doesn't begin to discuss how because of an affair lead to the child being kidnapped."

"So, where does that leave the best place for Sonny?" Lois looks at Franklin. "The answer is simple: his biological father, Max Black. Max has a good job, is caring, and most importantly, wants to be a father to his son. You have no other options here, Your Honor. Max is the only option for Sonny to be placed with. Thank you."

Lois moves back to her seat, where Max smiles at her, thrilled with her closing statement, as Lukas and Donovan look at one another uneasily, while Abby gives Ethan a look of worry.

The Calimo Mansion

Robbie moves to the bar in the living room of the Calimo mansion and pours himself a gin and tonic. He takes a long sip of it as he reaches out to grab his phone, where he unlocks it, and sees a picture of him and Kim. He lets out a loud sigh and, then, takes a sip of his drink, as he can't help but wonder what his wife is currently doing.

"You're probably with Tyler," he grits his teeth together as he thinks about how he saw Tyler and Kim share a kiss recently, and then he followed it up by warning both of them about getting involved with one another again. Based on their reactions, he can only assume that his pleads fell on deaf ears, and that makes his blood boil. "I won't lose you to him, Kim."

He takes another sip of his drink as he wonders what he can do to stop them from being together. "That son of a bitch has been out for us, this family, for years," Robbie sighs to himself, as he thinks about how Tyler pretended to be Johnny, the pool-boy, and he seduced Kim still when she was married to Bob. "He has always wanted to take us down, and that is his goal here. He wants to hurt me and the Calimo's, and I, I won't stand for it. I will get you back Kim, I just have to find a way to get you to forgive me. But I will; I won't lose you, especially to that Robertson."

Tyler's Townhouse

"You don't know how much I appreciate you telling me that I can trust you," Kim smiles over to Tyler as they continue to drink wine as they sit next to one another on the sofa in the living room of his townhouse. They are enjoying a nice evening together, which included Tyler cooking for Kim earlier; she just asked him if she can trust him because after everything that has happened between her and Robbie, she doesn't want to get hurt again.

"Like I told you," Tyler looks back at her with a grin on his face. "You mean a lot to me, Kim, and I am really enjoying us getting closer again. There isn't a single thing that I would do to ruin that or hurt you."

"After everything that I went through with my marriage, that is music to my ears," Kim replies to him. "I can't go through that again; I…I don't think my heart would be able to mend."

"You've been through so much," he grabs her hand. "Starting from when we lost Blake; that's part of why we are bonded, Kim. We went through something together that no two people should ever go through."

"Isn't that the truth?," she nods to him. "There's not a day that I don't think of him."

"Me too," he moves closer to her. "And the best thing about him is that we made him together. He will always be a part of us."

Kim looks back at him before she leans over and kisses him. The kiss escalates and quickly becomes more passionate.

He finally breaks free from her and looks at her with lust. "I don't want to stop this time," he whispers to her.

"Then don't," she purrs back to him before their lips connect again and he starts to crawl on top of her, as she moves to unzip his pants.

The Tower's; The Penthouse; Cory & Penny's Home

"That was a lovely dinner, thank you again for taking me out tonight," Penny tells Cory as they move into the living room of the penthouse as they just returned home from the Pink Flamingo, where they had a nice dinner together. Penny had asked Cory to take her out because she was feeling cooped up in the penthouse; secretly, however, she is trying to ensure that Cory stays with her, and not Robin, so she is trying to step up her plan to seduce him.

"It was my pleasure," Cory comes to her. "I know you have been trying to tell me to not blame myself for your current situation, but I do think I am to blame for you being blind, so anything, anything at all that I can do to help you with this situation, I am glad to do that."

"You mean that, don't you?"

"I do," Cory chuckles to her. "Taking you out for dinner is the least that I can do, Penny."

Penny moves closer to him and puts out her hand to touch him. She finds him and pulls him into a hug. "There is something that I could use," she tells him as they exit their embrace.

"Name it, Pen," he tells her as he looks into her eyes.

Penny moves her hands up to his face and caresses it. She leans up and lets her lips find his quickly. Cory pulls back quickly.

"Penny? What…"

"I need you," she whispers back to him as she kisses him again. "Please…Cory…give me what I really need…what I really need is you…" she says as she kisses him again, this time with more passion.

Twin Peaks Law Courts

Franklin finishes writing a quick note after Lois' closing remarks before he looks over at Josh and nods at him.

"You're up Mr. Levitt," Franklin announces, as Josh gives a quick nod of assurance to Lukas and Donovan, who are looking worried about how the trial is unfolding.

"Thank you, your honor," Josh begins to tell him as he moves closer to the bench. "The fact of the matter is, everyone one in this room has been a victim of a very unfortunate circumstance; that circumstance is that of this baby switch. Ms. Lawson was told that her child was dead; no woman should have to go through that. The child that my clients, Donovan and Lukas, were supposed to adopt actually died at birth. But what does this mean? It means that Donovan and Lukas have been raising Abby's child."

Josh pauses for a moment as he looks back at his clients and then back at the Judge. "And, they have done a wonderful job raising Olly. Olly adores both of his father's, and at this stage of his life, removing him from the only home that he has known, would be incredibly confusing, painful, and could hurt his development; that is not the outcome we want to have happen with this child."

"The fact of the matter is, we have all presented evidence as to why Max, Lukas, Donovan, and Abby, should not raise this child," Josh continues as he looks at Franklin. "The obvious, and only, choice to make is to leave Olly with the family he loves and knows, with Lukas and Donovan."

Josh turns and moves back to his chair, hoping that he was able to get through to the Judge, while Lukas and Donovan breath a sigh of relief, thinking that Josh did a good job pleading their case.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I wish I knew what was taking Stephanie so long with her diagnosis of Tinah," Chris sighs as he stops pacing back and forth in the waiting room of the hospital and looks at Trenyce, who is sitting in one of the chairs in the room. Trenyce was at home earlier when she realized that Tinah had a fever; with her history of being ill, she brought her daughter to the hospital, where Stephanie is looking at her.

"I know," Trenyce stands up and looks at her husband. "The waiting is killing; I just want to know what is happening with our little girl. Hopefully, it is just a bug or something."

Before Chris can respond, Andrew and Daisy rush into the waiting room. Chris and Trenyce turn to face their family.

"We got here as soon as we heard about Tinah," Daisy tells Trenyce. "How is she?"

"We are waiting for the doctor to come and give us an update," Trenyce sighs back to her Aunt as they hug quickly. "I…I bought her to the hospital because she had a fever; I didn't want to take any risks given her history."

"That makes sense, you did the right thing," Andrew chimes into the group. "Regardless of what happens, we are here to support you two. We are family, and we will get through this together."

"Thanks Andrew," Chris nods back to him. "Trey and I appreciate that a lot. We just hope that this is nothing serious."

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

"When your text message indicated that you went to see Frederick, I knew I had to come see you to find out how it went," Leah admits to Meggan as they stand together in the living room of the Richardson estate. Leah looks at her half-sister with concern as she has a vodka spritz in her hand, but that is not, currently, her main concern.

"Sophie suggested to Logan that he go see his grandfather," Meggan explains back to her before she takes a sip of her drink. "Because Logan doesn't know Frederick very well, he decided to go to the mansion. When I found out, I knew that I had to go with him."

Leah uneasily chuckles back to her. "Logan doesn't know his grandfather because Frederick continues to fake his death over and over again," Leah tells her.

"Trust me, I know that," Meggan takes another sip of her drink. "And, when I was alone with Frederick, I told him that too."

"So, you two had words?"

"You could say that," Meggan admits to her. "It was the first time I saw him since I found out that he faked Noah's death; I can't believe what he put me, what he put all of us through, and I let him know that."

"I know, I feel the same way," Leah sighs to Meggan. "And now, he's married to Felicia."

"I didn't see Felicia," Meggan replies to her. "Frederick claimed she was resting, but with him, who knows."

"Well, thanks for telling me all of this Meggan, I appreciate it."

"Of course," Meggan takes another drink of her vodka. "I think we all agree that Frederick is a no-good son of a bitch; and the sooner we can get him out of our lives, for good, this time, the better."

Robertson Enterprises

Jeff steps out of the main office at Robertson Enterprises and is about to head to the elevators when he realizes that the light in Victoria's office is still on. He finds himself moving towards the office and sees her still working hard, likely on the upcoming bath line that they have come up with.

"Another night, and you're still here," Jeff chuckles to her as he moves into her office. "I thought you'd be at court with Donovan."

"I am still hoping to head there when I am done this," Victoria looks up from her laptop. "I got some initial designs back from Trenyce and wanted to look them over."

"Oh, I didn't realize she was so fast with them," Jeff says as he moves closer to her and looks over her shoulder to see the designs on the computer screen. Immediately, he can smell her perfume and he finds himself being drawn to her.

"She sent them to me earlier today," Victoria replies to him as she points the screen. "I like the touch of the Robertson logo on the breast of the robes."

"Yea, me too," he replies to her, as he thinks about how they shared another kiss recently. "You know, Vic, I don't know if I've told you this, but this idea of yours, it's really amazing."

Victoria turns to him and they lock eyes. "Thanks Jeff," she says to him. "You've been a huge help in all of this. I…I couldn't have done this without you."

"We make a good team," he chuckles to her as he moves closer to her.

"We can't," she puts her hand on his chest. "We can't keep kissing; you're with Leah."

"But I haven't kissed you…yet."

She giggles. "What are we doing?"

"I don't know," he admits to her before he kisses her on the lips. "But I like it."

"I like it too," she whispers back to him before she kisses him again.

Twin Peaks Law Courts

"Last but not least," Franklin looks over at Ethan and at Abby. "You can present your closing remarks, Mr. Alexander."

"Thank you your honor," Ethan says as he stands up and buttons up his jacket. "Mr. Levitt was right about something he said," he begins to say as he moves closer to the bench. "And that this was all set into motion by a wicked plan of switching two babies. When my client, Abby, was told that her child was dead, she was devastated. She mourned the loss of her child for days, weeks, months, years, as any mother would."

"Interestingly enough, right after this horrific situation occurred, Donovan was allowing Abby to see Olly. Why? Because it comforted Abby, who was grieving. Why do you think this occurred? Because deep down, on some level, Abby felt connected to her son. Had this baby switch not happened, Abby would have been raising her child all this time."

"Don't you see your honor?" Ethan asks him quickly. "The only way to make this entire situation right, is to put the child back where he rightfully belongs; where he should have been the entire time: with his mother. Every single person in this room has made mistakes, Abby included, but giving birth to Sonny was not one of them. The mistake that has hurt her was that she was a key player in a baby switch, and it's up to you to make it right."

Ethan moves back to the chair and sits down; Abby grabs his hand immediately, to thank him for his words.

"Thank you all," Franklin announces. "We will have a recess and I will make my decision, which will be very difficult to make, but thank you all for your words," he says as he stands up and walks to his chambers, as Max, Lukas, Donovan, and Abby all wonder if they will get custody of the little boy that they love so much.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Franklin comes back with a decision
- Robbie is in for a shocker
- Will learns the truth

 
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