Episode 1208

 

Keep Your Eye on the Path
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 17, 2025

Episode Theme song: "Black Eye" Allie X

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Louie interrupted Shane and Natasha's wedding and had Shane arrested for killing his wife!
- Sophie wondered about her future when Max told her he had to focus on being a father
- Madeline arrived on Robbie's doorstep with a baby and claimed that they had son together. Kim and Tyler made love
- Penny realized that she had to make Robin jealous to get Cory back
- Dominick told Eva he didn't want her to help in getting Felicia away from Frederick
- Andy & Nicholas planned to elope

Twin Peaks Police Station

Shane sits in the chair across from Simona's desk as his mind recalls the last few hours. He was minutes away from remarrying Natasha when his father, Louie, interrupted the wedding. Shane was shocked to see his father, as they hadn't seen one another in decades. What was troubling to Shane is that, despite being separated after all these years, Louie still blames Shane for the death of his wife, Shane's mother, as if the accident happened yesterday. It got to the point where Louie got Simona to arrest Shane for murder.

When he got to the station, Shane was fingerprinted and then his mug shot was taken. The bright lights from the camera are still blinding him; he can't imagine how this is going to impact his career as the Chief of Staff at the hospital, but he knows that this is one big mistake.

"Sorry about the delay, I had to get some reports processed," Simona announces to Shane as she moves back into the office and moves to her desk. "Hopefully this time has given you some time to reflect on what has happened."

"What's happened?" Shane hisses back at her. "You arrested someone for an accident, detective. I want to be released, immediately."

"I need to hear what happened, the entire story," Simona replies to him. "Because your father is positive that you killed his wife, your mother. So, start talking, and we can see if we can get to the end of this, once and for all."

The Calimo Mansion

"Are you sure that there's nothing I can get you, Mom?" Sophie asks Natasha, who is looking out of the French doors into the garden from the living room of the Calimo mansion. Natasha turns to look at her daughter, with red eyes as she can't believe that Shane was arrested at their wedding.

"No, darling, I'm fine," she tells her, as she can see Louie moving to the bar to get himself a drink. "I think I need to go speak to Louie, if that's okay."

"Of course," Sophie hugs her quickly. "Just remember that I am here if you need anything."

"Thanks baby girl," Natasha forces a smile on her face.

Natasha moves past her daughter, which leaves Sophie alone. For a quick moment, Sophie feels a touch faint. She puts her hand on a chair to stop herself from calling over. "What is wrong with me?" she asks herself quickly, before she gets herself together and scurries away.

Twin Peaks Law Courts

Nicholas and Andy walk next to one another on the steps of the Law Courts as they are there to be married by a Justice of the Peace. They decided to have a smaller wedding recently because they didn't want Melissa, who is back in Twin Peaks, to try to ruin their wedding. However, they are worried about how the day will unfold since they were at Shane and Natasha's interrupted wedding.

"Are you still sure this is a good idea?" Andy stops Nicholas and turns to look at him as they reach the foyer of the building. "After the wedding we just witnessed, or didn't witness, I am worried that Melissa will try a trick."

"I want to marry you, Andy," Nicholas smiles back to him. "My mother has no idea that we are going to get married today. I…I don't think we have anything to worry about, Andy. Unless, that is, you're having second thoughts."

Andy leans forward and kisses him on the lips. "I still want to marry you more than anything else in the world," he tells him as their lips part ways. "Let's get married, and let's make sure nothing, and no one, stops us."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Eva moves into the restaurant desperate to get a drink after she witnessed the blotched wedding of Natasha and Shane. She offered her support to her daughter, but Natasha claimed that she needed some time alone, so Eva left, and now, wants nothing more than to have a strong drink. She, also, can't help but think about the fact that while she was at the wedding, Dominick sent her a text message telling her that he, or the Robertson's, don't want her help in trying to get Felicia away from Frederick. She wishes that there was something that she could do to get back in Dominick's good graces.

As she waits for the server to come, she happens to see Will sitting at the bar. She arches her eyebrow as she recalls seeing Will before the wedding, and he admitted that his entire future might be changing. He was cryptic about what was going on, but she is certainly curious.

"Looks like we had the same idea after that disaster of a wedding," Eva chuckles to him as she sits next to him at the bar, and then orders a scotch.

"How is Natasha doing?" he asks her before he takes a sip of his drink, which is a whiskey sour.

"She is in shambles," she admits to him. "She has no idea what is going to happen, and this man, this guy who claimed to be Shane's father, he was so angry. I…I have no idea how they will resolve this."

"Seems like everyone is having issues right now," Will chuckles back to her. "You and I are odds, you and Dominick, me and Paige, Shane and Natasha…"

"You know that I am sorry about what happened between us, right?" Eva admits to him before she takes a sip of her drink. "I never meant for you to feel like I used you, Will. The truth is, I care a great deal about you, I always have, and I always will."

"But Dominick has your heart, right?"

"I love him, yes," Eva nods back to him. "But that doesn't mean that I don't have feelings for you. That will never change."

Will smiles back to her. "I wish I was enough."

Eva caresses his cheek and leans in and kisses him softly on the lips. "You are enough, you always have been," she whispers to him. "You just have to start believing that."

***


At a table in the back of the restaurant, Paige sits with some herbal tea in front of her. She is trying to calm her nerves down after she told Leah and Jeff about her pregnancy earlier in the day. Her parents were shocked by her admission, which she isn't surprised by; telling them was easier than she thought, but they did have a lot of questions, but she told them she would explain in due time. Now, she is waiting for Dominick to arrive, so she can tell him the news, since she doesn't want him to find out from someone else. Her table is far away from the entrance of the restaurant, so she hasn't seen Will, or Eva, sitting at the bar.

"Do you know how much I love getting invited to a late lunch with my beautiful granddaughter?" Dominick smirks as he arrives at the table. Paige gets up and hugs him quickly before they sit across from one another.

"Hi granddad."

"You look beautiful today, you're glowing," Dominick notes back to her. "Whatever your secret it is, I hope it is a Robertson product."

Paige chuckles back to him. "You're so sweet," she tells him. "Today, this is all natural. I haven't felt like putting much makeup on lately."

"That's not like you," Dominick replies to her quickly. "What is changing your mind on this?"

"It's why I wanted to see you," Paige admits to him. "I saw my parents earlier and shared some news with them, and I needed to share it with you."

"I hope everything is okay?"

"I am fine," Paige smiles to him. "The thing is…I am…I'm pregnant. I'm going to have a baby, granddad. At least, I think I am."

"You think?" Dominick asks her quickly.

"The truth is," she whispers back to him. "I don't know what I'm going to do about this baby, but I have to make up my mind sooner than later."

"So this is what you were talking about the last time we had lunch?" he asks her as she nods back to him. "Well, my darling, my advice to you is the same; follow your heart, it will not steer you wrong, but I am excited to be a great grandfather."

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

"It sounds like the wedding was a nightmare," Penny chuckles to Cory, who is making two vodka spirtz at the bar in the living room of the penthouse, where he lives and Penny is staying with him. Cory just returned home and filled Penny in on the interrupted wedding that left Shane in police custody. She can see how dashing he looks in the tuxedo that he is wearing, even though his bowtie is gone; she, still, hasn't told him that her vision came back after they had sex a few nights earlier.

"I checked in on Sophie before I left the mansion," Cory admits to her as he moves to the sofa and passes her the drink he made. "She was going to see how Natasha was doing, but she looked rattled, to say the least."

"I can't imagine what they were going through."

"It is probably for the best that you stayed back," Cory chuckles before he takes a drink. "How are you feeling today?"

"I am great," Penny tells him with a nod. "I…I haven't been able to stop thinking…"

"Oh yea? What has been on your mind?"

"What do you think?" she chuckles to him. "You and I, and how we, finally, reconnected the other night. I…I needed that so badly."

Cory smirks back to her. "I could tell, it was great for both of us," he tells her. "But, I've been meaning to talk to you."

Suddenly, Penny can hear the front door opening. She knows that Robin has a key to the property, so she leans forward and kisses Cory again. He gets swept up in her passion, and Robin, moves into the penthouse, and is shocked by seeing Cory and Penny sharing a heated lip-lock in the penthouse.

The Sugarbowl

In the back booth of the coffeehouse, Robbie sits across from Madeline, who has the baby stroller next to her, as baby Bobby is fast asleep. Robbie is still reeling from the fact that Madeline has returned to town and revealed that she gave birth to their son while she was away.

"I certainly hope that Shane and Natasha can navigate what this means for their future," Madeline tells Robbie before she takes a sip of her latte. "How are you feeling about the wedding not happening?"

"I, mean, I feel bad for Nat, of course," Robbie replies to her. "But I want to give my sister space to figure out what she wants to do next."

"That's fair, and it gives us time to talk," Madeline tells him. "You were pretty shocked when I came back to town with Bobby; how are you feeling now?"

Robbie chuckles back to her. "I am still shocked," he admits to her. "I have thought that you were pregnant, we only had sex once on New Year's; to think that we produced this adorable baby boy, yea, I'm thrilled but still wrapping my head around it."

"I know it was a shock, but I'm hoping that we can co-parent him together, Robbie," Madeline tells him. "I know that I need to get back to work, with Shane being arrested, maybe the hospital will need me back? I don't know, but I don't want to just be a mother to him, and having you helping me with him, would achieve that."

"I will do anything for my son," Robbie smiles back to her, as Kim and Tyler move into the coffeehouse. They, immediately, see Madeline and Robbie together, and look at one another.

"Is that a baby carriage next to Madeline?" Kim asks Tyler.

"It looks that way," he responds to her. "What…what do you think that means?"

"I don't know but I intend to find out," Kim says as she starts to walk towards the back of the coffeehouse.

The Calimo Mansion

"How is that expense bourbon you're drinking?" Natasha asks Louie as she moves up to him in the living room of the Calimo mansion, which is now empty as the guests have left the mansion since the wedding didn't happen.

"It is fine," Louie tells her. "I haven't had one aged this well in a very long time."

"You shouldn't be drinking it at all, not after what you just pulled."

"You came to see me to get the truth, remember?" Louie asks her quickly. "I just found out where you were from and I took action to make my son pay."

Natasha's hand slaps Louie hard across the face. "If anything happens to Shane, so help me God, you will answer to me, Louie, because you, you've opened a can of worms that should have been shut a long time ago."

Twin Peaks Police Station

Shane finishes explaining the events that lead to his mother's death after his football all of those years ago to Simona. He just hopes that she now understands that what happened wasn't murder, so he shouldn't be addressed.

"I will have to pull the police report to confirm that the moose was the cause of death from your mother," Simona replies to him. "Because if that was in the police report, I would be baffled as to why your father believes that you killed your mother."

"Because he's a hurt man that never got over the loss of his wife," Shane sighs back to her. "It's why I ran away from my past life; my father has treated me horrible ever since that day, even though I didn't do anything. But, detective, I have to ask, what happens to me now? Am I free to go?"

"I'm afraid not," Simona reveals to him. "Not until I confirm the details of that police report, until then, you will have to remain in jail with a pending murder charge."

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