Episode 1207

 

With Perfect Timing
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 15, 2025

Episode Theme song: "Levi's Jeans" Beyonce

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Abby and Max both arrived at the Richardson Estate wanting to take Olly/Sonny home
- Louie interrupted Shane & Natasha's wedding
- Dawn went to Chantel's car while Cheresa worried about her whereabouts
- Chris and Trenyce were rattled when Stephanie revealed that Chris couldn't be the father of Albertinah
- Eva asked Dominick and Leah to help with getting Felicia away from Frederick
- Will learned that Paige is pregnant

The Calimo Mansion

Shane feels the blood drain from his face at the sight his father, Louie, standing in the back of the living room as his wedding to Natasha is unfolding. The minster just asked the crowd if anyone had reason for the two not to be married, and that is when Louie made his appearance. For a moment, Shane looks at his father and can see that he has aged; he hasn't seen his father in years, but he would still know him anywhere.

"Derek, aren't you going to say hello to your father?" Louie asks as he moves down the aisle closer to Shane and Natasha.

"Your father?" Jacob asks Shane in confusion. "This man is your dad?"

"He is," Shane looks back at his son before he looks at Natasha. "I can explain to you after, son. Right now, I have to put an end to this once and for all."

"What are you doing here, Louie?" Shane asks him as he locks eyes with him.

"My son is getting married, you don't think that I would want to be here?" Louie asks him quickly. "Hello, Natasha, nice to see you again."

Natasha gulps back to him, knowing that she is the reason that Louie back in their lives right now, stopping their wedding. "This isn't the time or place for a scene, Louie."

"Me? Make a scene?" he chuckles to her. "Why would I do that? This punk, he's just the reason that my wife is dead!"

"What happened to my mother was an accident," Shane grits his teeth together back at his father. "I…I want you to leave, now!"

"I'm not going anywhere," Louie shakes his head back to him. "Not until you pay for killing the love of my life, and that's going to end right now."

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

"You are all crazy, you know that?" Max nervously chuckles as he continues to stand in the foyer of the Richardson estate facing Donovan and Lukas. He arrived earlier to get Sonny as the Judge ruled in his favor in the custody case, however they have been very resistant to turn the child over. Now, Abby and Ethan have, also, arrived and she claimed that she wants her son. "None of you won custody of my son! He is coming home with me today, and that's final."

"You're a son of a bitch," Donovan hisses back to him. "You have no idea the confusion you're about to install on my son."

"That's why I am suggesting we all talk to him together," Max replies to him quickly. "There is a way for all of us to work at this together, instead you two are putting up every wall possible."

"And Abby," Lukas looks at her in surprise. "You're the last person that should be here; the Judge could barely look at you with all the lies you told!"

"You have no right to judge me," Abby tells him back. "The truth of the matter is that I was told my son was dead when he's alive; I am his mother, and I will not be shut out of his life, for another day."

"You're all forgetting one thing," Max yells at the room hoping to end this once and for all. "And that is that I got custody of my son; now, he is coming home from me; don't make me do anything that you will regret."

"Like what?" Lukas asks him with a chuckle. "What do you think you can possibly do?"

Max pulls out his phone and dials a number. "It's me," he says into his phone. "I'm going to need your help getting my son; can you come to the Richardson estate? Perfect, see you then."

"Who was that?" Abby asks Max quickly.

"You'll see, you'll all find out very soon," Max says with a grin on his face. "Someone is coming that will ensure you all follow the Judge's rules."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Paige sits at a table feeling nervous as she is waiting for her parents to arrive to join her. She knows that Will has discovered that she is pregnant with his child, which means that she has to tell her parents the truth because, the last thing she wants, is for them to find out from Will, or someone else.

"There's our beautiful girl," Jeff smiles as he and Leah move up to her table. Paige stands up and hugs her father and her mother before she sits back down.

"Mom, Dad, thanks for coming," Paige says as they all take their seats. "How are things going?"

"I have been swamped," Jeff sighs back to her. "Victoria and I we are working on a new line at Robertson Enterprises and it is keeping us very busy."

Leah rolls her eyes back to him, as she still believes, very strongly, that Victoria is behind the missing money from the company. However, Leah hasn't been able to prove this, and thus, she is still unemployed. Hearing Jeff talk about working so closely with Victoria makes her blood boil, especially since he has been spending so much time together.

"That is exciting," Paige finally responds to him.

"Yea, it's been a fun project," Jeff uneasily says, knowing that he and Victoria had become lovers. They have agreed that no one, especially Leah or Bryce, can know about this, but they can't help but be drawn to one another. "What's up with you? Why did you want to see us?"

"Can't a girl want to have lunch with her parents?" Paige asks with a sly grin on her face. "In all honestly, I do have something to tell you two. But I need you to promise me not to freak out."

Leah and Jeff look at one another in concern before they look back at Paige. "You have our attention," Leah tells her daughter. "What is going on?"

"There's no easy way to say this," she whispers back to them. "But…I'm…I'm pregnant. I'm going to have a baby, and if I am honest, I have no idea what I am going to do about it," she reveals to them as Jeff and Leah look at her in absolute shock.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Please answer the question doctor," Trenyce puts her hand on her hip as she continues to stand in Stephanie's office with Chris. next to her. They just found out that Albertinah is recovering nicely from her second bone marrow transplant, but they are still reeling from Stephanie's bombshell that Chris wouldn't be the father. "If Chris isn't the father of my little girl, does that mean that Andrew is? Is that why he is the one that has been able to donate bone marrow to her?"

"That is a very good question," Stephanie finally replies back to the couple. "The truth is, I don't know. I can run some tests to verify that information for you."

"But you said that I couldn't be the father," Chris reminds her about their conversation. "How did you determine that?"

"Just based on Albertinah's file and your DNA, Chris, which is recorded in her file because you tested to see if you could donate bone marrow the last time this happened," Stephanie explains to him. "There is no evidence that you two are related in anyway."

"Then I want you to run the tests," Chris tells her. "I want you to confirm if Andrew is the father of Albertiah; the sooner we know the truth, the sooner we can all try to move on with our lives."

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

"I don't know who you called or who you think you are, but this scare tactic isn't going to work," Lukas glares back at Max, who just made a phone call asking for help in getting his son out of the house. "Our son is not leaving, not today; not until I know that he is going to be okay."

"Daddy, what is all the yelling about?" Olly asks as he moves into the room.

Donovan and Lukas move up to the child to guard him from Max and Abby, who seem desperate to see him. "It's just a misunderstand," Donovan tells him, trying to keep him calm. "They are all leaving until we can come to a general consensus."

"What is going on here?" a voice asks at the doorway.

Donovan looks back and sees Sergio moving into the mansion. "Sergio? What are you doing here?"

"I'm here on official police business," Sergio replies to him. "Max asked me to come and ensure we are following the Judge's ruling."

"You called the cops?" Lukas glares back at Max, who nods back to him.

"I told you, I'm doing whatever I can to get my son," Max replies to him as he moves closer to Olly. "Hey buddy, my name is Max, and you're going to come with me for a little while."

"Why? You're not my dad!" Olly asks him quickly, as Donovan and Lukas look at one another in shock.

"I know, but it'll be fun, I promise. We can have pizza, and watch cartoons, doesn't that sound fun?" Max asks him quickly.

"Yea, I guess so," Olly tells him before he looks back at Donovan and Lukas. "Is it okay if I go?"

Sergio puts his hand on Donovan's shoulder, who feels his eyes swell with water. "It's okay," Donovan whispers back to him. "We will see you soon, okay?"

Max grabs Olly's hand and they leave the mansion, leaving Lukas, Donovan, and Abby in shock that Max actually was successful in taking his son away from Lukas and Donovan, the only parents he has ever known.

The Calimo Mansion

Eva sits nervously in her chair as she watches the confrontation unfold between Shane, Natasha, and Louie. She hopes that everything works out for her daughter because she knows how much she wants to get married to Shane.

As the conversation continues, she pulls out her phone from her purse and looks at the screen, which has an unread message from Dominick.

"Me and my family do not want your help with Felicia," the message from Dominick reads, as she knows that she recently told Dominick that she would help get Felicia away from Frederick. "Stop asking, it will never happen."

She sighs as she puts her phone back into her purse. "I will get you back, Dominick. I don't know how or why, but I will."

***

Dawn scurries through the back of the room and finds herself moving to the free chair, which is next to Cheresa. Cheresa looks over at her girlfriend and breathes a sigh of relief; she had been worried about Dawn's whereabouts since the wedding started a while ago, and with Dawn still receiving threatening texts, she was concerned that something might have happened.

"What's happening?" Dawn whispers to her.

"Shane's father just arrived," Cheresa explains to her. "Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you."

"Sorry," Dawn replies to her quickly. "I just lost track of time," she tells her, not wanting to say that she went to Chantel's car. "It won't happen again."

"It's fine," Cheresa tells her. "I was just scared because you are still getting those messages."

***

"What are you talking about?" Shane asks Louie, who just informed him that he wants to make Shane pay for killing his wife. "I told you, so many times, that the accident was just that - an accident. How, all these years later, can you still think I did anything wrong?"

"Because you did," Louie hisses back at him. "You killed my wife!"

"Hey, that's enough yelling," Natasha looks back at Louie. "I told you, this isn't the time or place for any of this!"

"That's too damn bad," Louie tells her, as Simona emerges at the back of the room. Louie turns and sees the police detective. "Perfect timing, Ms. Lopez. This is the man, this is the son of a bitch that killed my wife."

Natasha's mouth opens in shock as Simona moves up and puts Shane in handcuffs as she starts to read him his rights. "This is wrong," Shane yells at Simona and Louie. "You won't get away with this, I promise you that!"

Next on One Day at a Time

- Will Shane stay in jail?
- Penny takes action
- Andy and Nicholas plan their futures

 
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