Episode 1301

 

Drive the Nail into the Coffin
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 31, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Nothing to be Scared Of" Kacey Musgraves

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Madeline told Kim that Tyler knew that Bobby was her son
- Frederick helped Dawn come out of her brainwashed state
- Simona found an earring on the pier and wondered if it belonged to the person who killed Tara
- The Judge threw out Andy's rape case after Logan testified that it was consensual
- Trenyce was thrilled that Chris got another contract, unaware he was lying
- Abby and Max had sex
- Jeff learned that Victoria framed Leah

The Calimo Mansion

Kim moves into the living room of the Calimo mansion and, immediately, moves to the bar to pour herself a drink. It has been an incredibly long day as she was in court supporting Andy during this rape charges against Logan. She is just so grateful that after Logan testified, the Judge threw the case out and scolded Meggan for bringing up false charges. Still, she could use a drink to help calm her nerves.

"How was court?" a voice calls out as Kim turns and sees Robbie walking into the room.

"Andy was cleared of any wrong doing, thank God," Kim breathes a sigh of relief before she takes a sip of her drink. "But still, it's been a long day."

"I can only imagine," Robbie tells her. "But I am happy that it all worked out. How are you feeling about the fact that Bobby is our son? I know that you haven't had much time to process this since Andy's trial happened the next day."

Kim takes another sip of her drink as she is still rattled by the fact that Madeline lied to her about miscarrying when in fact she was raising her son for all these months.

"I…I spoke to Madeline," Kim admits to him. "Well, I guess I confronted her. We had a heated conversation."

"Oh God, I should have told her to stay away from you," Robbie says knowing that they shouldn't have spoken. "I'm sorry."

"No, it's fine," Kim looks back at him with intent. "Because she told me something, Robbie. And if it's true, it's going to change everything."

"What did she tell you?" Robbie asks her quickly. "What happened now?"

The Davenport House; Chris, Trenyce, BJ, & Tinah's

Chris and Trenyce lay naked in their large king-size bed in their bedroom of the house that they live in with their children, fresh from making love to one another. Earlier, Chris returned home and told his wife to check their bank account, so she looked at their banking app and she saw a $2000 deposit. She pressed Chris where the money came from, and he revealed that he got another contract at work that will pay him well. She was so excited that she wanted to show him how much it meant to her, so they had sex.

"That was amazing Trey," Chris chuckles to her as he lays back into his pillow. "I guess I need to impress you more often."

"I told you that I would take care of you today," she purrs back to him. "It is the least that I could do to show you how much I appreciate you hustling to get the family more money."

"I told you that I wouldn't let the family, or you, down, Trey. You and the kids, you mean everything to me," he says.

"I know, and it shows," she says before she kisses him. "But, I need to shower and get to work myself. We can reconnect later?"

"Of course babe," Chris replies as she crawls out of the bed and scurries to the washroom.

Once she is out of the room, Chris sighs out heavily. He hates that he is lying to his wife about where the money is coming from, but he knows that she wouldn't understand if he told her the truth, which is why he came up with the idea of telling her that he got another contract.

"She will never need to know the truth," Chris whispers to himself. "I'll keep getting money, which will keep her happy, and everything will be fine."

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Donovan, & Logan's Home

Donovan moves to the bar in the study of the Richardson estate and pours himself a drink. His mind is racing over the fact that Jarrod kissed him recently. He has, since, lied to Sergio about the kiss, and he told Jarrod that it couldn't happen again. That being said, he hasn't been able stop thinking about the kiss, despite him trying to repair his relationship with Sergio, which is still fractured because of his affair with Lukas the previous year.

"Hey, Gloria told me that you were up here," Sergio announces as he opens the door and sees his boyfriend about to take a sip of his scotch, knowing that the Richardson maid, Gloria, told him that Donovan was in the study. "Long day?"

"It has been," Donovan nods back to him. "How about you? Out solving the world?"

Sergio chuckles back to him. "Simona and I are working on a murder case," he reveals to him. "But I can't say much more than that."

"I understand," Donovan tells him. "You must be stressed then?"

"I could use some release, that is for sure," Sergio moves closer to him and puts his hands on Donovan's chest. "Maybe we could do that together?"

Donovan leans down and kisses Sergio. Once his eyes are closed, he imagines that he is kissing Jarrod again. When he opens his eyes, he is startled to see Sergio standing in front of him.

"Donovan? Are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost?"

"I'm fine," Donovan forces a smile on his face. "Let's take this to the bedroom?"

"I'd love that," Sergio smiles back to him as they start to walk to Donovan's bedroom, as Donovan hopes that he will be able to use his personal time with Sergio to get Jarrod out of his head.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Andy sits at the bar with a bottle of champagne in front of him. He takes a sip of the bubbly drink as he is celebrating the fact that the Judge threw his case out and he criticized Meggan for getting him arrested in the first place. He just hopes that now Meggan and Jeff will leave him, and Logan, alone as they continue to navigate their relationship.

"Andy," a voice calls out from behind him. Andy turns and sees Nicholas standing there. "I…I am so happy for you."

"Nicholas, hi," Andy stands up and faces his former fiancé. "Thank you. And…thank you for being in court today. I wasn't expecting to see you there."

"It's like I told Kim, I knew that you couldn't have done what they were accusing you of," Nicholas looks back at him. "I wanted to show you, and the court, that people believed in you."

"I really appreciate that," Andy replies to him. "Do you want to sit and have some champagne with me?"

Nicholas looks over Andy's shoulder and sees the bottle of champagne on the bar counter. He hates that Andy is drinking again because he knows that is part of the reason Meggan lashed out to begin with.

"I…I had hoped that his ordeal would have made you want to get sober again?"

Andy shakes his head back to him. "I am celebrating," he tells him quickly. "You don't want to celebrate?"

Nicholas pulls Andy into a hug just as Jarrod enters the restaurant and sees the embrace. Jarrod gulps heavily at the sight before he leaves unseen. Nicholas, meanwhile, pulls out of the hug.

"I don't want to have a drink with you," Nicholas tells him. "I am happy for you, but I will not endorse you drinking."

"Suit yourself," Andy smiles back to him. "More for me."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Adam, Helen, and Cheresa all stand in a waiting room of the hospital as they got word from Frederick to meet him there. They have no idea why he summoned them but they are worried that it has something to do with Dawn; they just hope that she hasn't had a setback with her since she seemingly came back to them.

"The waiting is killing me," Helen tells her husband and daughter's girlfriend. "I keep thinking that, maybe, there was a setback with Dawn."

"Frederick didn't tell us, exactly, why he wanted to see us," Cheresa replies to her. "We have to be positive."

"I agree with Cheresa," Adam comes up to his wife. "We have no reason to think anything bad has happened to our daughter. When we saw her, she was completely back to herself. I can't imagine that something happened that set her back."

"Thanks you two," Helen forces a smile on her face. "I don't know how I would get through any of this without you."

"Luckily, you won't have too," Adam chuckles back to her as he pulls her into a hug.

"We are about to find out what's going on," Cheresa explains to them as Frederick moves into the waiting room. "Frederick, you called and we came. What is going on with Dawn?"

"Yes, how is our daughter?" Adam asks the doctor next.

"She's fine," Frederick smiles back to the group. "The reason I called you all here is because Dawn is doing so well that she is being released. Dawn will be a free woman."

"Oh my," Helen gasps as tears flood her eyes. "Our baby girl is coming home! She's really coming home!"

Twin Peaks Police Department

Simona sits in her office at the police station and looks at the earring that she found on the pier around the spot that Tara's body was found in the river. She has no idea if the earning has any significance to Tara's murder, but she has brought to the station as evidence, just in case.

As she looks at the earning, she can't help but think that she has seen it before. She is trying to think about where she would have seen the earning before, but she can't place it just yet. It doesn't look like a cheap piece of jewelry, so the owner of the earning, likely, has money to afford more custom pieces.

She arches her eyebrow when she suddenly has a memory flash; weeks earlier, Cheresa was visiting Simona to get an update on Dawn's status when she was still in the police holding cell after Dawn attacked Daisy and Trenyce. Cheresa was wearing the same earnings.

"Cheresa Lawson," Simona whispers to herself. "This might be the clue that I needed after all…"

Robertson Enterprises

Jeff sits behind the main desk in the CEO office of Robertson Enterprises and types into his computer furiously. He is back at work because he has fallen behind because of all the time he has spent supporting Logan during Andy's trial. He just hopes that Meggan and Logan are able to move on beyond this because he feels like their relationship might be strained now.

He looks up when he hears the office door open and Leah and Bryce emerge in the office. Jeff, immediately, sighs as he knows that his former wife and their son are likely there for an update on Victoria. He is still rattled by the fact that they still kidnapped him and held him hostage for days because they wanted him to find out the truth about whether or not Victoria was the one who framed Leah last year for stealing the money from Robertson Enterprises. He can't believe that his own family would go to such great lengths.

"I'm glad we found you," Leah looks at her former husband. "How is Logan?"

"He is relieved that the trial is over," Jeff replies to her. "Thanks for stopping by the courthouse. He appreciated all the support."

"Of course," Leah purses her lips together.

"You've had a lot of time to talk to Victoria," Bryce looks at his father with intent.

"Have I?" Jeff asks him quickly. "The fact is, I've been busy dealing with my son's ordeal."

"Oh come on Jeff," Leah shakes her head back to him. "You can't tell me that you haven't spoken to Victoria about her framing me. So, tell us, did she admit to it? Did she admit that she framed me?"

Jeff sighs back to her heavily. "Fine, I spoke to her, okay?" he tells her. "And yes, Victoria framed you. Victoria is the one who arranged for the money to be transferred from your laptop."

The Cascade Apartments; Max & Olly's Apartment

Max grunts out in ecstasy as he climaxes inside Abby as they just finished having sex with one another. She arrived earlier to tell him that they couldn't kiss again because she is engaged to Ethan. He admitted that he has feelings for her and told her that he thought that she had feelings for him too. He, then, kissed her and they ended up having intense sex with one another.

"God, I needed that," Max chuckles as he lays next to her and pulls the sheet over his naked body. "You're amazing, Abby."

Abby slowly opens her eyes and looks around the room. The events of what she did are starting to come to her and she can't help but feel an intense panic come over her. She looks at her hand and sees the large diamond engagement ring that Ethan gave her; she can't believe that she just slept with Max.

"Max, oh my God…"

"You felt that too, huh?"

"No, it's not that," she sits up and looks at him in shock. "We…we shouldn't have done that…I'm engaged to Ethan!"

"Clearly you wanted me just as much as I wanted you," Max looks back at her. "What we just had, it was magical, Abby."

"No one can ever find out about this," Abby looks back at him with intent. "No one, Max. And it can never happen again…"

"You said that about our kiss and look at us now," Max says. "We have something between us, Abby. We do."

Abby shakes her head. "I'm marrying Ethan," she informs him. "This … no one can ever know about this! And you, you won't say anything…or else."

"Or else?" Max asks her with an arched eyebrow. "What are you saying, Max?"

"I'm saying," Abby looks at him with intent. "If you tell anyone about this, I will tell everyone that you slept with Natasha last year. So, keep this secret, or I will expose yours."

The Calimo Mansion

Kim takes a long sip of her drink as she looks back at Robbie. "Kim, you're starting to scare me," Robbie admits to her. "What the hell did Madeline say?"

"Brace yourself," she whispers back to him. "Because you are going to be shocked to your core. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. And I have no idea if this is true."

"You're talking in riddles! Tell me what Madeline told you," Robbie says.

"She told me that Tyler knew that Bobby was my child," Kim shocks Robbie with her reveal. "And if that's true, then Tyler has to pay for not telling me the truth. I…I just have to find out if this is true."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Jarrod gets a job
- The engagement party starts
- Leah makes a confession to Tyler

 
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