Episode 1285

 

Couldn't Make Her Smile
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: April 22, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Smaller Acts" Zach Bryan

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Meggan saw Andy kiss Logan
- Frederick started his treatment on Dawn. Felicia told the doctor she wanted a divorce
- Sophie realized if she seduced Shane it would be the perfect way of revenge on Natasha
- Will quit the hospital
- Victoria told Jeff the truth about her framing Leah
- Chris interviewed for a job at Roboto

The Sugarbowl

Chris sits at the window bar of the coffee house with a large coffee in front of him. His mind is racing over the fact that he, recently, had a job interview at Roboto and he is wondering when he will hear if he was the successful candidate. He knows that he only applied for the position because Trenyce has been pressing him to get a corporate job because his free-lancing wasn't bringing in enough cash flow for them. Deep down, he knows that if it was up to him, he wouldn't have wanted the position, but he is willing to do anything he can for his family.

"I just hope that I hear something soon from Roboto," Chris whispers to herself as he takes a sip of his coffee. "Because if I got the job, I can start earning more money right away, which would please Trenyce. And, if I don't get the job, I'll have to start hustling even more to make up for the shortage we are experiencing."

He takes another sip of his coffee just as his cell phone starts to chime. He looks at the number displayed on the large screen and realizes that it is Roboto calling him back.

"Chris Michaels," he says as he answers phone. "Yes, Natasha told me that I would be hearing from human resources. I am guessing this has to do with my interview with her?"

He pauses while the human resources coordinator replies to him. "I see, well thank you for letting me know."

He hangs up the phone and sighs heavily. "I didn't get the job," he whispers to himself. "They said I came across too eager for money. Damnit! Trey is not going to be happy; how the hell am I going to tell her that I didn't get this job?"

***

At the back booth, Paige sits alone with a latte in front of her. She is scrolling on her phone before she heads into Robertson Enterprises, but her mind is not on her Instagram feed, it is on the fact that she recently gave her baby up for adoption. She can't help but wonder how Will is handling her decision; the last time she saw him, he looked devastated that the adoption went through. From her perspective, however, she feels like she did the right thing for the child. The last thing she wanted to do was be a single mother because Will is clearly still in love with Eva, and he likely always will be.

She looks up from her phone and happens to see Will ordering a coffee from the barista. She finds herself putting her hand in the air to get his attention, which he sees her. After he grabs his coffee, he moves to the booth and sits across from her.

"I'm surprised you wanted to see me," he admits to his former lover before he takes a sip of his coffee. "We haven't been on the best of terms lately."

"No, we haven't," Paige sighs to him. "But I hope you know that I do still care about you on some level and I could tell how upset you were when the Judge allowed me to make the decision for our son."

"I…I don't think I can talk about it, not with you, or anyone," Will tells her. "It is too fresh, Paige."

"I get it," she replies to him. "Just know that I still think that this is for the best, Will. I know that, in time, you will see that too."

"This entire situation is ruining my life," he says next, which causes her by surprise. "Nothing is the same."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I quit the hospital," Will reveals to her as Paige gasps back to him in shock. "Shane was going to suspend me for the lawsuit and I just quit."

"My goodness…what are you going to do, Will?" she asks him.

"I have no idea," Will sighs to her. "But I need to find myself, somehow, someway, but I'm not sure I will ever be the same again."

Robertson Enterprises

Victoria sits behind her desk in her office at Robertson Enterprises typing into her laptop. She is reviewing some initial figures for the spring launch of RELax; while they are solid, they aren't as strong as the original numbers from last fall. In her mind, however, she knows that the original launch had a lot more behind it than the relaunch, and in springtime, less people are taking baths as the weather is nicer outside.

She, then, looks down at her finger and sees the large diamond ring that Jeff gave her when he proposed to her. Once she accepted her proposal, Jeff pressed her for the truth about framing Leah for the missing money last year at the company, and she finally admitted that it was her behind the missing funds. Jeff was rattled but he didn't say anything more; instead, they got ready and came to the office. She has no idea what else he will do with that information, but he didn't dump her, so that is a good sign.

"You look a million miles away, " a voice calls out at the doorway of her office. Victoria looks over and sees her brother, Donovan, standing in front of her. "Where were you?"

"Hello brother," she smiles back to him as she stands up to greet him. They have a quick hug before she looks back at him. "I was just looking over the RELax numbers, they are not as strong as I would have liked."

"I think we will rebound again next fall," Donovan chuckles to her. "Taking a bath in the summer is not always ideal."

"True," Victoria says back to him. "What's going on with you and Sergio? Are you back on track?"

"We are seemingly getting there, yes," Donovan nods back to her. "I think he's still learning to trust me after my affair with Lukas, but we will get there, I believe that."

"I'm happy to hear that," Victoria replies to her brother. "After everything you and Sergio have been through, you deserve some happiness."

"Speaking of, how are things with you and Jeff?" Donovan asks her before Victoria starts to flash her ring in front of him. "Wait, what? Are you serious?"

"He asked me last night, and I accepted this morning," Victoria gushes to him. "I was floored, but I am so happy. I…I just hope that I haven't done something that could ruin this happiness."

Donovan arches his eyebrow back to her. "What do you mean by that? What could you have done to ruin your happiness?"

"It's a long story," Victoria sighs back to him. "I…I guess I just don't know where Jeff stands, but I will find out, even if it's the last thing I do."

***

Meggan steps off the elevator of the company and makes a beeline towards the CEO office. She is desperate to find Jeff because she is rattled to her very core. She had been at the Pink Flamingo earlier when she saw Logan and Andy together. She has warned both of them to stay away from one another, but that has not happened. What is worse is that she saw the two men share a kiss; she is, by no ways, homophobic as Lukas, her beloved brother, is also gay, but she has no idea why Logan would be kissing Andy. After all, just a few months ago, he was expecting a child with Sophie. Regardless, she needs Jeff's help to solve this riddle once and for all.

"Thank God you're here," Meggan says as she enters the office and she sees Jeff sitting on one of the sofa's looking at a report. Jeff looks up and sees his former wife looking rattled. "We need to talk."

The truth is, Jeff's head has been spinning all morning. He knows that Bryce and Leah were determined to find out, once and for all, if Victoria framed Leah for the missing money from the company all those months ago. He never thought that Victoria actually was behind it however, but this morning, she admitted it to him, and he has no idea what to do next. Of course, this all happened after he proposed marriage to her.

"Meg, hey," he sighs back to her as he stands up. "I'm afraid this isn't a good time."

"It needs to be a good time," Meggan tells him as she puts her hand on her hip. "This is about Logan, and it can't wait."

"Logan? What is going on with our son?"

"You…you won't believe this," Meggan admits to him. "But I saw him earlier this morning, with Andy Spinnes."

"Logan and Andy? I hadn't realized that they had become close," Jeff admits to him.

"I don't like this," Meggan shakes her head back to him. "Andy is drinking again, Jeff. The last thing that Logan needs is to be around that lush!"

"Careful Meggan, you know that saying about stones and glass houses?" Jeff nervously chuckles.

"I know, I know, but there's more Jeff," Meggan insists to him. "I saw them together earlier at the casino…and…my God…"

"What? What did you see?"

"Andy and Logan…" Meggan looks back at him with intent. "They were kissing! What the hell is going on with our son?"

The Tower's; Floor One; Andy's Condo

The front door to Andy's condo flings open and Andy and Logan move inside quickly, their kissing becoming more intense as they move into the condo. Once inside, Andy kicks the door closed and, immediately, starts to undress Logan from his clothing. They had agreed to meet to have sex with one another, this time both of them sober, so Logan could see if he actually enjoyed being with a man. The last time they did this, they were both incredibly drunk, but Logan thought he felt something during the act.

Their lips part and they look into one another's eyes. "Are…are you sure you want to do this?" Andy asks Logan.

Logan nods back to him quickly. "I want to," he tells him. "I need to know if this is something I want and like," he whispers back to him. "Besides, can't you tell that I'm eager for it?"

Logan moves Andy's hand down to his crotch and lets him feel the growing member. Andy, in turn, kisses him back quickly. "I have lube and condoms in my room."

"Perfect," Logan chuckles as the two men scurry away to the bedroom, both taken over by lust for one another.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Frederick looks at his notebook quickly before he returns his attention to Dawn, who is sitting on the bed in her hospital room facing straight forward. He is back at the hospital trying to get Dawn to snap out of her brainwashed state; however, he knows that this will, likely, take many sessions as Tara truly did a number on the younger woman.

"Alright, Dawn, we…we are going to try something new today, okay?" Frederick says as he moves up to her. "I…I need you to squeeze my hand again if you feel like you are okay with me proceeding with this treatment."

He reaches out and grabs her hand. He feels the faintest of squeezes from Dawn, which results in him getting a smile on his face. "Alright, thank you," he tells her. "I'm going to place you in a trance today; when you're in the trance, I want the real Dawn to speak to me. Now, when I count to ten, you're going to close your eyes and allow yourself to go to a safe place."

He lays her down on the bed and starts to count to ten. At the fourth count, Dawn's eyes close. "Ten," Frederick says to her. "Dawn, can you hear me?"

There is silence in the room. It pains Frederick because he thought that this would work. Still, he is determined to keep trying because he knows that her life is at stake.

"Dawn, can you hear me?"

"Yyyyyyessss," a sofa voice says from her mouth. "I….Iiii…cannnn heeearrr youuuu…helllllp meeee.Helllllp meeeeeee."

"I will," Frederick says to her. "I promise you, I will."

Dominick's Townhouse

"I heard that Frederick was here, is that true?" Eva asks Dominick and Felicia as pours herself a cup of coffee from the bar in the living room of Dominick's townhouse. Eva had heard from Dominick that Frederick paid Felicia a visit the previous day, and she is curious to find out how it went.

"Yes, he stopped by to see me," Felicia responds to her. She remembers that she was rather rattled to see her husband show up at the house but she was able to hold her own against him. Not only did she slap him, but she told him that she wanted a divorce, which he wasn't pleased about.

"How did that go? How was it seeing Frederick after all this time?" Dominick asks her quickly.

"I was fine," Felicia nods back to him. "I knew that he would come by to see me eventually."

"Did he pressure you to get back together with him?" Eva asks her next.

"He wasn't happy that I didn't come rushing back to him or the mansion," Felicia explains to them. "But I told him that I knew he was drugging me and that I was healthy again."

"Wow, he must have not handled that very well," Eva takes a sip of her coffee.

"I…I slapped him," Felicia reveals to them as Dominick and Eva look at one another in surprise. "And I told him I wanted a divorce. So, what's next? How do I get a divorce from that monster? What should I do now?"

"One step at a time," Dominick moves closer to her. "Take a deep breath, yesterday was a big step for you, Felicia. But, the next step is to find a lawyer."

"I'm fine, I promise," Felicia smiles back to him. "I…I want to do this. I want to divorce that man, so let's find a lawyer so I can make that happen."

The Calimo Mansion

Sophie stands in the ensuite washroom that is attached to Shane and Natasha's primary bedroom in the Calimo mansion. The water to the shower is running, but she is standing outside of the shower. She has, finally, decided how she will get revenge on her mother for sleeping with Max at the end of last year: she is going to seduce Shane. She realizes that if she can pull this off, she will not only get back at her mother for sleeping with her boyfriend, but she will be able to ruin her mother's pending wedding to Shane.

Today is the first part of her plan. She told Rosario that the shower in her own bedroom was not working. The maid, then, told her that she could use Natasha's washroom as she was already at Roboto. However, Sophie realized that Shane was still home, so she put her plan into the next phase. She just hopes that everything goes according to her plan.

She moves closer to the door and places her ear to it. She smirks to herself when she realizes that Shane is in the bedroom, which means her timing is perfect. She moves back to the shower, shuts the water off, then grabs a towel.

She loosely wraps it around her damp body and then moves to the door. She opens the door and comes face to face with Shane. She gasps out in "surprise" and drops the towel, leaving her naked body exposed to Shane.

"Sophie?" Shane gulps as he looks at the younger woman, who is naked in front of him. "What…what are you doing?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Felicia takes the next steps to get a divorce
- How will Shane react to Sophie's plan?
- Jarrod makes a bold decision

 
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