Episode 1219

 

Usually So Unproblematic
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 24, 2025

Episode Theme song: "The Boy is Mine" Ariana Grande

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Clayton asked Lukas to leave town with him
- Sophie tried to tell Logan that she was pregnant with his baby
- Cheresa worried about Dawn when she went missing from the mansion
- Madeline admitted to Robbie she thought she had postpartum
- Shane remained cold at Natasha for bringing Louie back into their lives
- Paige and Will clashed over her pregnancy
- Leah told Dominick that Eva could help them with Felicia

The Calimo Mansion

The large dinning room table has been set for a family dinner in the Calimo mansion. After her last discussion with Shane, in which he was still upset with her for bringing Louie back into their lives, Natasha thought a family gathering could be the way to start to melt the ice between them.

"The setting looks amazing, Nat," Robbie comes up to his sister and hugs her. "You've outdone yourself."

Natasha chuckles back to him. "What can I say, Rosario is a dream," she tells him. "I just hope that this family dinner is well received. After everything we've all been through, it would be nice for us to get together and just be together."

"I couldn't agree more," Robbie nods back to her. "By the way, thank you for being so supportive with Madeline and baby Bobby moving into the mansion."

Natasha pulls her brother into a hug. "You have no idea how happy I am for you that you're finally a father," she tells him as they exit their embrace. "After all this time, you finally get to be a Dad."

Robbie smiles back to her. "I know, I almost can't believe it," he chuckles too her.

"And Bobby, he is so cute! And I love that Madeline chose to honor Dad with his name."

Robbie grabs his sister's hand to squeeze it. "Me too, Nat, me too. He'd be proud of us, you know?"

Natasha feels her eyes swell with water. "I know, he's watching us, I feel him all the time."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Sophie looks at her phone and realizes that she has to head back to the Calimo mansion as Natasha has planned a family dinner. She hopes that the dinner goes off without a hitch as she knows that her family can have a lot of drama.

As she stands up to leave, she happens to see Logan and Meggan at the bar, drinking together. She sighs heavily as she knows she has tried to tell Logan, a few times, that she is pregnant with his baby, but he has always seemingly had a drink in his hand when she went to talk to him. The last thing that she wants is to tell Logan about the baby while he is under the influence.

A short time ago, she suggested to him that, perhaps, he is drinking too much, and Logan lashed out at her for the suggestion. She hates that this is, seemingly, coming between her and her friend, but she can't deny that she is worried about the amount that he is drinking.

"Somehow, I will have to tell you about this baby," she whispers to herself as she puts her hand on her belly, while she hears Logan and Meggan start to laugh with one another, before they both take another sip of their drinks.

The Sugarbowl

Leah sits at in the back booth of the coffeehouse with a peppermint tea in front of her. She is thinking about the fact that she and Bryce met with Dominick earlier in the day to tell him their plan on how they want to get Felicia away from Frederick. Dominick did give them a couple of suggestions to tighten up their plan, which they took to heart.

Something, though, is still not setting well with Leah. She knows that she was with Dominick when Eva approached them and suggested that she help them with Felicia. Dominick, however, has refused to allow Eva to help them, because he is still upset with her for not telling everyone months ago that Felicia was wit Frederick. Instead, Eva allowed the Robertson's to continue to believe that Felicia was dead.

"I…I still think that Eva could help us," she whispers to herself before she takes a sip of her tea. "If I ask Eva to help us, will Dominick be furious with me?"

She shakes her head back to herself. "I don't care if he's upset with me," she continues to tell herself. "This is about saving my mother, and I have to do anything, and everything, I can to get Felicia away from Frederick."

She pulls her cell phone out of her purse and dials a number. "Eva, hi," she says into her phone. "It's Leah, do you have time to meet with me? It's important; it's about Felicia."

The Park

In the park, Paige sits on a bench that overlooks the flowing river. Her mind is lost in the rushing water as she is still trying to decide what to do about her pregnancy. The last time she saw Will, he was upset with her when she admitted that she was still deciding what to do about the pregnancy. The fact remains, though, she is torn because her and Will will never be together again, because she knows that he is still in love with Eva.

"You look lost in thought," Will says as he comes up to the bench. He had been on an afternoon jog when he saw his former lover sitting by herself. "Thinking about our baby?"

Paige looks up at the sweaty man and nods back to him. "I still don't know what I want to do, but I am running out of time."

"I've made my side pretty clear," Will sits next to her. "I think we should talk about this and come to a mutual decision."

Paige uneasily locks eyes with him. "The thing is, Will, I…I don't want you to have any part of this child's life. If I decide to keep my child, I don't want you involved in their life."

Will feels the blood drain from his face at her words. He can't believe that he is going to be a father and now, Paige, is telling him that he won't be in the child's life.

"You…you don't mean that…"

"I do," Paige firmly stands by her decision. "If I decide to keep this child, you will not be a part of his or her life, and that is something I will not change my mind about."

The Lawson Estate; Cheresa, Dawn, Abby, Ethan, & Georgina's Home

Cheresa continues to pace back and forth in her bedroom as she wonders where Dawn is. Dawn had come home to have a nap, but when Cheresa went to check on her girlfriend, she was missing. Considering all of the threatening text messages that Dawn has been receiving, Cheresa is worried about what could be going on with her.

"This doesn't make sense," Cheresa whispers to herself as she runs her hand through her long hair. "Where could you have gone, Dawn? And why haven't you responded to any of my text messages or phone calls?"

She feels like she has a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach wondering if Dawn is in some type of danger.

"What can I do to help you?" she asks herself as she continues to fret. She moves to the end table on Dawn's side of the bed and opens the drawer. She has no idea what she is looking for, but she feels like she has to do something to try to help Dawn.

As she riffles through the drawer, she picks up another phone that she finds. With an arched eyebrow, she looks at the device. "What is this? And why do you have another phone, Dawn? What is going on?"

Bar Code

Lukas and Clayton sit across from one another in the bar, each with a beer in front of them. They are meeting to discuss Clayton's stunning question for Lukas to leave town with him.

"Have you given any more thought to the idea of us skipping town together?" Clayton asks him with a giggle before he takes a sip of his beer.

"I have," Lukas nods back to him. "It's been a welcome distraction from all of this stuff going on with Olly."

"I can only imagine," Clayton looks back at him. "I know that losing your son hasn't been easy on you, or Donovan for that matter."

Behind them, Sergio appears, as he came into grab a beer after his shift at the police station. He takes a seat at the bar, but he is able to hear the conversation between the other two men unfolding.

"It has been the worst thing I've ever gone through," Lukas admits to him. "And that's why I have been considering leaving Twin Peaks with you, Clayton. But before I agree to this…I…I have to be honest with you about something."

Clayton arches his eyebrow back to him. "Alright, what is going on? What do you have to be honest about?"

Lukas sighs back to him before he takes a sip of his beer. "I…I slept with Donovan," Lukas admits to him, as Sergio's eyes open wider in surprise at the bar. "It was during the trial, you and I, we had been seeing one another, but it was still new. We…we just had this big victory in court, and one thing lead to another…"

Clayton looks back at him in shock. "Let me get this straight?" he asks him with intent, as Sergio stands up and rushes out of the bar, furious with what he just overheard. "You and Donovan slept together, only a few weeks ago, and this is the first time I'm hearing about it?"

"That's right," Lukas nods back to him. "Now that you know the truth, Clayton, does that change your mind about us leaving town together? Do you still want to leave town with me?"

The Calimo Mansion

In the nursery, Madeline peers into the crib and sees baby Bobby fast asleep. She gets a smile on her face at the sight of her son looking so comfortable. She knows that Robbie has been concerned over the fact that she has struggled to pick up some of the basics of motherhood, but she is hoping that she can still be a mother to her son.

"I will make this work," she whispers as she caresses his face while he sleeps. "I don't have a choice, do I? No, no, I don't, because I am your mother, and nothing will ever change that."

She stands up and takes a deep breath before she exhales. "And Robbie is right, if I am struggling with any sort of postpartum, I should look into help; it might help me be the best mother I can be to my precious little son."

***

Downstairs, Robbie moves back into the living room to grab a glass of wine while Natasha's dinner party is finished being set up. He is so glad that Natasha has been so welcoming to his son as he, and the rest of the family, are still in surprise that he is a father.

As he pours a glass of wine, he can't help but wonder about Madeline and how she is coping becoming a mother, as he knows that she claimed she was struggling to get used to it. He also hopes that, if she does, have postpartum that she can seek out help for it.

"What's all this?" a voice calls out as they move into the living room, having seen Rosario hustling back to the dinning room. Robbie looks up and sees Kim moving into the room.

"Kim," he says looking back at his former wife.

"Robbie," Kim looks back at him with a gulp. She still feels awkward about the fact that he has moved Madeline and their son into the mansion where they all live, but she knew that this was bound to happen: she couldn't stay away from him forever.

"How are you?" they both say in unison before they chuckle to one another. "What's going on?" she asks him back. "What is Rosario up too?"

***

A short time later, the dinner party begins starts as Rosario finishes putting the final food items on the table. Natasha then stands up and looks at Jacob, Sophie, and Shane, who are all seated at the table in an awkward silence.

"Robbie is just checking on Bobby, but we can begin without him," she tells her family. "I…I wanted us to get together for a meal so we can be reminded that we are a family, and despite some of our issues, we all love each other very much."

Natasha locks eyes with Shane before she raises her glass to a toast. Sophie, then, starts to pick at her roast beef as she is still thinking about Logan and Meggan and how they are always drinking; she still has no idea how she is going to tell him that she is pregnant with his baby, and to get through this dinner, she wishes that she could have a glass of wine.

Across from her, Jacob sits and takes a long sip of his wine. He is thinking about how he ran into Stephanie earlier and she revealed to him that Cassie threatened her; he has no idea what his wife was thinking, but he realizes that she crossed a line. He dreads the conversation that he is going to have with her because he won't tolerate her speaking to his friends that way.

Natasha sits back down and looks at Shane. "Shane, darling, how was your day at the hospital?"

"Fine," Shane coldly replies to her, still upset with her for bringing Louie back into their lives.

"Is that all you can say?" Natasha asks him as she sets her fork down. "I went out of my way to make this lovely family meal, and all you can is fine?"

"What do you want me to do, Natasha?" Shane asks her as he throws his napkin down and Jacob and Sophie uneasily look at one another. "Pretend that everything is hunky dory because you put together a meal? That's not how this works!"

"I'm trying to build a bridge between us, between all of us! We have become so fractured! I just want us to go back to normal, the way we used to be," Natasha explains to him.

"It's going to take more than one fucking meal to do that," Shane yells at her. "You know what? I've lost my appetite. I will see you around."

Natasha watches as Shane storms out of the dining room, leaving her alone with her children. She, quickly, forces a smile on her face before she picks her fork back up. "The roast beef is wonderful, isn't it?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Jarrod come face to face
- Chris sees something that makes his blood boil
- Robbie and Kim catch up

 
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