Episode 1268

 

Poison on the Inside
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: February 18, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Disease" Lady Gaga

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Madeline told Tyler that she told Robbie the truth about baby Bobby. Robbie and Kim came face to face
- Donovan vowed to make Sergio realize that he was the only man for him
- Stephanie and Jacob reconnected at the hospital
- Will asked the Judge to see his case early to stop Paige from giving their child up for adoption
- Leah and Bryce told Jeff they kidnapped him and would let him go if he agreed to get Victoria to admit she framed Leah for the missing funds from Robertson Enterprises. Victoria, meanwhile, went to Simona as Jeff was missing

Roboto

Robbie gulps heavily as he faces Kim in the main office at Roboto. He had been working alone when Kim showed up and poured herself a cup of coffee. It is the first time Robbie has come face to face with his former wife since Madeline revealed to him that Bobby is really his son with Kim; he has told Madeline that he wants a DNA test to confirm that this is true, but now that he is facing Kim, he finds himself wanting to tell her the truth.

Kim takes a sip of her coffee. "You have always been dramatic," she giggles back to him. "What is it that you have to tell me that can't wait, Robbie? What is so urgent?"

Robbie gulps back to her. His mind is racing a million miles per minute. On one hand, he wants to scream out the truth to her: Bobby is their son! He didn't die after all, and this was all apart of Madeline's master plan to try to get them back together. But on the other hand, the last thing he wants is to get her hopes up; because if Madeline's claim isn't true, he would have hurt her all over again.

"Robbie?" Kim looks back at him with intent. "You just told me that you had something to tell me, and now you're silent? What is wrong? You're…you're starting to scare me….what's going on?"

"Sorry," he shakes his head coming back into reality. "I…I do have something to tell you and it can't wait. But Kim…please…brace yourself. Because what I'm about to tell you, it will change everything."

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Donovan, & Lukas' Home

Upstairs in the study, the room has been transformed into the setting of a romantic dinner. There is a large fire roaring in the fireplace, with a table in the middle of the room. On the table, there is a bottle of champagne chilling, two red roses, and a meal for two.

Across from the table, Donovan and Sergio are enjoying the champagne and the food that the chef has prepared for them while soft jazz music plays in the background.

"This is all very nice," Sergio tells Donovan as he takes a bit of his medium-rare steak. "I didn't realize you were going to go to all of this trouble when you asked me for dinner."

Donovan chuckles back to him. "The truth is, I wanted to surprise you, Sergio," he tells him before he takes a sip of his champagne. "I really wanted to show you with more than words how much you mean to me and how much I mean it when I say that Jarrod and I are just friends."

"I appreciate the gesture," Sergio admits to him. "I do think that sometimes actions speak louder than words, and this is one of those times."

"I know that I'm still working to regain your trust," Donovan says back to him. "But I hope that you will continue to give me the chance to do that."

"I am willing to do that," Sergio smiles at him. "Now, how about you come over here and give me a kiss?"

Donovan smiles back to him as he stands up and moves over to the other side of the table, where he bends down and kisses Sergio passionately. "Suddenly, I think I'm in the mood for dessert," Donovan winks back at him.

"I thought you'd never ask," Sergio purrs back to him as they start to kiss again and they make their way to the sofa that is in the study.

***

Meanwhile, downstairs, Logan opens the front door of the house and moves inside. He had been at the Sugarbowl earlier and he came face to face with Andy; the previous night, they had been drinking, heavily, and they ended up having sex. When they came face to face, however, neither one of them spoke about it; in fact, they acted like nothing had happened. On one hand, Logan is grateful that he didn't have to speak about it because he doesn't know what to make of it. All of his life, he has believed he was straight, but the previous night proved otherwise. But, he still would have liked to hear Andy's thoughts on what happened between them.

"I need a drink to clear my head," he whispers back to himself as he makes a beeline towards the living room. Once he gets to the living room, however, he freezes when he sees someone looking out the large bay window.

"Mom?" he calls out in shock as Meggan slowly turns around and faces her son.

"Hello Logan," Meggan replies to him as she purses her lips together. "I'm home, and I'm here to stay!"

Twin Peaks Law Courts

Paige wraps her jacket around her to keep the cold air from nipping at her as she walks up the concrete stairs towards the Law Courts. She is furious over the fact that Will was able to get a last minute court junction to hear his side of her decision to give their child up for adoption. The fact is, she still believes that it is her decision to make and she is furious that Will has gone to this length. Beyond that, she had to get released from the hospital early so she could attend the court hearing.

She freezes when she gets to the foyer and sees Will talking to his lawyer, Josh Levitt. She sighs and moves up to him quickly.

"I hope you're happy," she sneers at Will, who looks back at her. "I was barely able to get the doctors to discharge me to even show up to this fiasco."

Will arches his eyebrow back to her. "I thought you told me that you were going to get released today or tomorrow?"

"The doctors wanted to do another round of tests to ensure I was healing from the c-section," Paige informs him. "That was put on hold because I told them what you were trying to do."

"I would say I'm sorry but it would be a lie," Will admits to her. "I am doing what I think is best for my son."

"This is my decision!" Paige yells at him. "You won't take that away from me! I won't let you!"

"Okay, let's stay calm," Josh comes between them. "The Judge will hear both sides and make his decision…"

"You won't get away with this," Paige warns Will as she glares at him. "I won't let you!"

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Stephanie sits behind her desk at the hospital with her mind racing over the fact that she and Jacob just saw one another. Well, she and Jacob just ran into each other, literally, as she wasn't paying attention to where she was going and she collided into him. After they both realized that they were not injured, they spoke and admitted to one another that they still cared for each other. However, Stephanie told him that they still couldn't be friends because she knows that she has to deal with Cassie's looming threat of exposing her as a transwoman.

However, Stephanie knows that she might have figured out one of Cassie's secrets: she uncovered that Cassie had a paternity test completed on Carter while she was still pregnant with him. This means that Cassie would have suspected, all along, that Jacob wasn't Carter's father, and she would have known the truth with the second and third DNA tests were completed on Carter. What this all means is that Jacob might not be Carter's father.

"I was torn about telling Jacob the truth," Stephanie whispers to herself. "Because I don't know anything for certain; but after talking to him and hearing him admit that he still cares for me, I have to tell him the truth. He has ever right to know that Carter might not be his son."

Twin Peaks Police Station

Victoria tapes her foot over and over on the concrete floor of the police station as she sits in one of the plastic chairs that is outside of Simona's office. Victoria is back at the station to see Simona to see if she has any updates on Jeff's whereabouts; Victoria still hasn't heard from Jeff and she is really starting to worry that something horrible has happened to him. She knows that it is not like him to have gone this long without reaching out to her.

"Victoria, hi, thanks for waiting, please come in," Simona says as she opens the door to her office. Victoria stands up and quickly moves insides the detective's office before Simona closes the door behind her. "Sorry for the delay."

"It's fine," Victoria sits across from Simona. "I am just hoping that you have an update on Jeff's whereabouts.? When I was earlier, you said that you would open a case for his disappearance."

Simona nods back to her. "I have done that, yes," she reveals to her. "I did that on an exception since it was before the time period of a missing person."

"I appreciate that," Victoria says.

"I have looked into his banking, he hasn't made any large purchases to suggest he left town," Simona tells her. "I do want to wait until he is an official missing person before I contact his family, just to ensure we don't create unnecessary worry."

"Okay, but please, as soon as that time comes, contact anyone and everyone," Victoria pleads with her. "I need to find him, I need to know where Jeff is."

The Dockside Storage Lockers

Bryce and Leah open the door to the storage locker and move inside quickly. Leah closes the door quickly to ensure no one sees them. Once the door is closed, they look at another and given an unsettling nod. They, then, start to walk to the middle of the locker, where Jeff remains tied to a chair. They had kidnapped Jeff and brought him to the locker room because they want him to help them prove that Victoria set Leah up with the missing funds from Robertson Enterprises. They both hope that if Jeff can prove that Victoria framed Leah, he will realize that she is a monster and it will break the two of them up.

"We are back," Leah tells Jeff as she removes his mouth gag. "Do you want some water?"

Jeff nods back to her as his throat is too raw to speak before he has water. Leah opens a bottle of water and puts it to his mouth; he quickly drinks it down quickly before she looks back at Bryce.

"Have you thought about our proposal?" Bryce asks his father. "Will you help us prove that Victoria framed Leah?"

"I…I still think you two have lost your minds," Jeff groans back to his family. "You kidnapped me to get me to help you? I could go to Simona Lopez and press charges!"

"You won't do that," Leah shakes her head back to him. "Because deep down, you want to know the truth about Victoria as well, Jeff. You should know the truth about the woman you're sleeping with."

"I know the truth," Jeff shakes his head back to her. "Victoria wouldn't do this, but I will ask try to get the truth from her."

"You made the right decision," Bryce tells his father. "And now, we will let you go, but if it was this easy for us to kidnap you this time, we can, and will, do it again if you betray us."

"Don't threaten me," Jeff says. "Now, I agreed to help you, untie me! I need to get out of here!"

Robertson Enterprises

Tyler feels the blood drain from his face as he sits next to Madeline on the sofa in the CEO office of Robertson Enterprises. He arrived to work and saw Madeline waiting for him; Madeline, then, revealed to him that she told Robbie the truth about baby Bobby: she induced Kim's labour, delivered her baby, lied to her that she miscarried, and has been raising the child as her own ever since. Tyler realizes that if Kim learns the truth, his marriage could be over because this could push her and Robbie back together.

"I…I don't think I heard you correctly," Tyler manages to finally tell her. "You…you told Robbie the truth?"

Madeline uneasily nods back to him. "I did," she tells him. "The guilt was driving me insane, Tyler. I…I was hearing these voices in my head telling me how horrible I was and that I was going to hell. That's why I left and went to the cabin; I…I was trying to get rid of these voices."

"Do you feel better now?"

"I do, actually," Madeline says back to him. "The voices, they stopped as soon as I told Robbie the truth. I…I needed to set myself free from this nightmare."

"Well that's fine and dandy for you," Tyler grits his teeth back to her. "But the fact is, Madeline, you dragged me into this months ago by telling me the truth! If Kim finds out that I knew about this and didn't tell her, my marriage will be over!"

"Just stay calm," Madeline tries to tell her former lover. "I never mentioned your name to Robbie; no one knows that you knew about this Tyler, and no one ever has to know."

"You better hope so," Tyler warns her. "Because I won't lose my marriage, I won't lose Kim."

Roboto

"Well, what is it? What do you have to tell me, Robbie?" Kim asks her former husband as they continue to face one another in the main office of Roboto. She sets her coffee cup down, which Robbie eyes.

"Robertson Enterprises," Robbie breathes a sigh of relief. "They had a huge win over the holiday season with their bath line. We…we need to counter that, Kim. I'm hoping you can work with some of our staff to come up with a new idea that will put us back on the top."

Kim uneasily chuckles back to him. "I suspected you'd say that," she tells him. "And I already have some ideas. Actually, I have an appointment with some people in marketing to go over these initial ideas."

"Oh, fantastic. I look forward to hearing these ideas."

"I'll write up a proposal and let you know."

Robbie watches as Kim leaves the office. Once the door is closed, he runs his hand through his hair. He knew it wasn't the time to tell her the truth; he needs to have concrete evidence first. He returns his gaze to the coffee cup that Kim was drinking from.

"This will have her DNA now," he tells himself. "I can use this to run a test on Bobby, and once and for all, I can get the truth. My God, Bobby might be ours, Kim."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Jeff visits Logan
- Leah tells Dominick about Dawn's ordeal
- Andrew says goodbye to Tinah

 
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