Episode 1210

 

This Love's Possessing Me
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 24, 2025

Episode Theme song: "supernatural" Ariana Grande & Troye Sivan

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Before he could marry Natasha, Shane was arrested for murdering his mother, as Louie stopped the wedding
- Dawn received another threatening text message
- Robin saw Penny kiss Cory
- Stephanie revealed that Andrew fathered Albertinah
- Jeff and Victoria agreed to keep their affair a secret
- Bryce agreed to help Leah get Felicia away from Frederick

Robertson Enterprises

Tyler sits behind the large desk in the main office of Robertson Enterprises typing into his laptop as he is reviewing some of the latest updates from Jeff and Victoria on the upcoming bath line that they are working on. He is annoyed with them because they missed a meeting the previous day to give him an in-person update, and instead sent an email that was three hours after their scheduled meeting.

"Sorry we are late," Jeff announces to Tyler as he and Victoria move into the office. "We got caught up in some of Trenyce's latest designs."

"This seems to be a pattern," Tyler huffs back to them as he stands up from behind his desk. "You blew off the meeting we had scheduled yesterday, and now today you're late. What is going on?"

Victoria and Jeff uneasily look at one another as they know that they missed the meeting because they were having sex with one another; it was the second time that they made love, and they've realized that for it to continue, they have to keep it a secret from everyone, including Tyler, so now they will have to come up with a lie.

"Yesterday was my fault," Victoria finally breaks the awkward silence in the room. "I had forgotten about our meeting because we were meeting with chemist that is working on the soaps and incense. It was my bad since I didn't check my calendar very well."

"And today we just lost track of time as we were excited by Trey's new designs," Jeff looks back at Tyler. "What's important here is that we have a really great line coming, Tyler. That's what we will focus on?"

"Yes, I am pleased with the progress of the line," Tyler agrees with them. "But you will not be late or skip anymore meetings with me. I am the CEO of this company and my time is valuable."

"Of course, we are sorry," Victoria tells him. "It won't happen again, will it Jeff?"

"Victoria is right," Jeff nods. "Now, let's hear your thoughts on the designs from Trenyce?"

The Claus House; Leah, Jeff, & Paige's Home

"Thanks for stopping by today," Leah welcomes Bryce into the living room of the house that she lives in with Jeff and their daughter, Paige. She invited her son over today to discuss how they can get Felicia away from Frederick, which Bryce has agreed to do.

"Of course," Bryce replies to her quickly. "I know that this is a pressing issue for you."

"Do you mind me asking you what made you agree to help us?" Leah asks him with an arched eyebrow. "Because you've been such a supporter of Frederick for so long; this…this seems like it is coming out of nowhere."

Bryce sighs uneasily before he looks back at her. "I had a conversation with Frederick," he reveals to her quickly. "I asked him about Felicia, and he got very defensive with me. It left me thinking that he might be up to something; I…I can't place it, but something left a bad taste in my mouth, so that's why I agreed. Worst case scenario, we get Felicia away from him, and she wants to be with him; but if that doesn't happen, then we've done the right thing."

Leah smiles back at him. "Thank you for helping us," Leah says. "You have no idea how much of an asset you will be to help us."

"What is the first step?" Bryce asks her quickly.

"We have to find the perfect time to get Felicia out of the mansion," Leah tells him. "We need to get out away from Frederick, and the sooner this happens, the better."

The Victors Mansion; Frederick's Lair

Frederick knocks softly on Felicia's bedroom door in the mansion that they are living in together. Frederick wanted to check in on his wife to ensure that she was doing okay; he was concerned because of Bryce's questions about her. He doesn't know why his grandson was suddenly asking him about Felicia's wellbeing, but it didn't sit well with him.

"There's my beautiful wife," he smiles as he moves into her bedroom and sees his wife writing in her journey. "How are you feeling?"

"Oh Frederick," Felicia closes her book and looks back at him. "I was going to come downstairs shortly and have some tea."

"I can have some tea waiting for you," he tells her. "What were you writing down?"

"Just that it was nice to see Dominick and Leah recently," Felicia admits to him. "I really love when my family stops by to see me."

"I know you do," Frederick says back to her. "But you know that I am your family now, right? We are husband and wife, Felicia."

"Yes, but I do miss my family Dominick," Felicia admits to him. "I wish there was a way for all of us to be together; that's what family's do, they are there for one another when we need them, and I, I need them."

Frederick picks up her hand and moves it to his mouth, where he kisses the top of it. "You're a very special woman," he tells her. "And I am right here, and I will never go anywhere, okay?"

Twin Peaks Police Station

"I can't say that I am happy that you've been receiving these messages for weeks and this is the first time I am hearing about it," Simona admits to Cheresa and Dawn as the two young women sit across from her in her office at the police station. In her hands is Dawn's cell phone, where Simona has read the number of threatening text messages from an unknown number, the most recent coming a few days earlier.

"I know, and I am sorry about that," Dawn sighs heavily back to the detective. "The truth is, I was convinced that Chantel was behind the messages."

"Chantel White?" Simona asks with an arched eyebrow. "Why would Chantel send you these messages?"

"Because of me," Cheresa admits to her. "You see, I was involved with Chantel when Dawn came back to town, and when the two of us got back together, we believed that Chantel might have been bitter and jaded."

"I see."

"But as you can see, the last text message," Dawn continues to explain to Simona. "It was sent just a few days ago; after you found Chantel's foot in her car and opened the murder case. So…it couldn't have been Chantel, right?"

"Chantel would have had motive," Simona tells her. "Who else would send these to you?"

"I have no idea," Dawn's lower lip quivers at the thought of someone else out there wanting to hurt her. "I can only think of two theories."

"And those would be?" Simona asks her quickly.

"That either the same person that hurt Chantel wants to hurt me next," Dawn says as Cheresa grabs her hand for support. "Or that Chantel isn't dead - maybe Chantel is making it look like she was killed but she is still out there and is coming after me."

"You think Chantel might be alive? You…you never told me that," Cheresa looks at her girlfriend in shock.

"I guess it feels like a long shot," Dawn replies to her. "But it would make sense, right? Chantel could be alive and still coming after me; the question is, where is she? And how do we stop her?"

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

"Penny is with her nurse maid having a sponge bath," Cory announces to Robin as he moves into the living room of the penthouse, where Robin is pouring herself a drink from the bar. Cory is happy to see Robin as it has been a few days since they connected, however, he knows that he is still on the fence about telling her that he and Penny slept together.

"Oh good, that means we are alone," Robin looks back at him before she takes a sip of her white wine. "I think we have to talk, Cory."

"Uh, okay?" Cory uneasily chuckles back to her. "Did I do something wrong?"

"You tell me, did you?" Robin asks him, as she recalls when she arrived to the penthouse, she saw him and Penny sharing a kiss on the sofa. "I saw you earlier, Cory. You and Penny - you were kissing, right there on that sofa!"

"I am sorry that you saw that," Cory admits to her. "I know how it must have looked…"

"You were kissing the woman that you were sleeping with for months Cory," Robin hisses at him. "What was I supposed to think?"

Cory looks over his shoulder hoping that Penny, or the nurse maid, can't hear their conversation. "She kissed me, Robin; it just happened, but don't worry, I will make sure that it never happens again."

"I don't want to go down this path again Cory," Robin tells him. "I thought we were at a stage of our lives where we could just be in love and that would be enough; please tell me that I am not going to have to worry about you and Penny moving forward?"

"You have my word," Cory says back to her. "I love you, and only you, Robin."

She pulls him into a hug as Cory gulps heavily, wondering how he will ever tell Robin that he and Penny had sex just a few nights earlier, or if he should keep it to himself.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I…I just don't understand how this happened," a shaky Trenyce admits to Daisy as they sit across from one another in the cafeteria of the hospital. They just learned from Stephanie that Andrew is in fact Albertinah's father, which is how he has been able to donate bone marrow to her, twice now. Trenyce and Chris were on cloud nine because after they did a DNA test, it confirmed that he was the father, so they are all lost in confusion right now as to what happened.

"You have to listen to me," Daisy tells her niece as they look eyes. "The most important thing is that Tinah is going to make a full recovery; all of this other, stuff, it's non-sense."

"I am not sure about that," Trenyce feels her eyes swell with water. "The fact is, Chris only agreed to give me and our marriage another chance because that DNA test said he was Tinah's father. Now, I worry that we will go back to where we were when he thought Andrew was the father; lost in the hurt and devastation of our affair."
"Chris is the only father Tinah knows," Daisy reminds her. "That has to mean something."

"But what?" Trenyce asks her quickly. "I have a very hard time believing that Andrew is just going to let Chris raise his little girl. Oh Daisy, this is a mess, one big mess, and I have no idea how will clean it up."

***

Chris slowly opens the door to Andrew's hospital room and moves inside. The sight of the younger man, immediately, makes Chris' blood boil as he knows that he fathered Tinah. All these months, the lies of his affair with Trenyce are coming back to haunt all of them, and Chris feels like his family will never be again.

"You must be proud of yourself," Chris breaks the awkward silence in the room. "You're a father after all."

"I don't think proud is the right now," Andrew tells him. "I am in just as much shock as you are; I had no idea that this was going to happen."

"But it has," Chris sighs to him. "And it's all because you had to fuck my wife."

"Chris," Andrew begins to tell him. "I…I don't want to fight with you. I thought we, the four of us, you, me, Trey, and Daisy, I thought we were in a good place."

"That's before I knew that your affair knocked up my wife and that I've been raising your little girl for years," Chris shakes his head back at him. "So, forgive me if I am pissed off right now."

"I know and I am not proud of what Trey and I did," Andrew tells him. "But if you want me to say that I am sorry that Tinah is my little girl, I won't do that. Not now, not ever."

The Sugarbowl


"I wanted to meet with you today, but I didn't want to be at the police station," Natasha tells Sergio as they sit across from one another in the back booth of the coffeehouse. Natasha is desperate to find out what Sergio, or Simona, know about Shane's arrest. Natasha still can't believe that Louie interrupted her wedding to Shane and had him arrested for the murder of his wife, Shane's mother, all those years ago.

"That's understandable," Sergio replies to her before he takes a sip of his coffee. "This has to do with Shane's arrest, I am assuming."

"It does," Natasha nods back to him. "I need you to be honest with me, detective."

"I will do what I can, but I have to tell you, Ms. Calimo, the investigation is still on-going, so I might not be able to share too much."

"What happened to Shane's mother was an accident," Natasha informs him. "I just need to know that these charges, they will be dropped once that is proved. Please tell me that Shane will be a free man again."

"I wish I could," Sergio sighs back to her. "The truth of the matter is, we need to wait to see what the original police report says; if it collaborates Shane's story, then, yes, I believe he will go free. But if it doesn't…"

"He will be charged with murder?" Natasha shakes her head in horror, realizing that this is all her fault since she is the one who brought Louie back into their lives. "My God, please let that police report show that it was an accident, please let Shane get out of jail."

Twin Peaks Holding Cells

In the back of the police station, there are some holding cells, where Shane is currently being held. He is still on a cot in the single cell and his mind is racing over the fact that his father, Louie, crashed his wedding to Natasha and demanded that he be arrested for the murder of his mother. Shane knows that what happened to his mother was an accident, so the fact that he was arrested is shocking to him.

"I see you're making yourself at home," Louie says as he slowly moves up to the cell where his son is sitting.

Shane looks behind the bars and sees his father standing there. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Louie shrugs uneasily back to him. "I wanted to see for myself that you were actually locked up," he reveals to him. "I've waited years to see this unfold, Derek."

"My name is Shane," Shane stands up and moves closer to the bars that separate him from his father. "I left you, and Derek Rainer, a long time ago."

"Yes, and apparently never looked back," Louie huffs back to him. "You killed your mother and then abandoned the rest of your family."

"I didn't kill my mother!" Shane yells back to him. "Why can't you understand that it was an accident? A horrible, horrible, accident!"

"You've never been one to take ownership of anything, Derek," Louie remains calm back to his son. "But I'm here to give you a warning."

"And what's that?"

"I won't stop until you pay for taking my wife away from me," Louie whispers back to him. "Welcome to your private hell, Shane, because I am going to make all of your nightmares a reality."

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- Will Andy & Nicholas marry?
- Cory shares some news with Penny

 
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