Episode 1276

 

Stepping on a Dream
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 22, 2026

Episode Theme song: "That's Life" Lady Gaga

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Tyler switched Robbie's DNA test that he was running on Kim and Bobby to confirm Madeline's story was true
- Leah told Daisy that Dominick and Felicia were returning to Twin Peaks
- Cassie and Jacob came face to face after she learned that she was pregnant
- Will and Paige testified in court
- Trenyce suggested to Chris that he get a corporate job to make more money
- Donovan and Sergio made love

The Cascade Apartments; Cassie, Jacob, & Carter's Home

Smell of fresh coffee fills the kitchen in Jacob and Cassie's apartment as a new day has arrived in Twin Peaks and before they get going, the couple needs to have their caffeine fix. The previous evening, Cassie returned home and told Jacob that she was at a doctors appointment; immediately, Jacob was worried that something was seriously wrong with his wife and he grilled her about why she was at the hospital. Thankfully, it was late so Cassie explained that she was exhausted and that they would finish their conversation in the morning.

"The bus just picked up Carter for school," Cassie says as she pours herself a cup of coffee as she sees Jacob moving into the kitchen.

Jacob is already wearing a suit and tie as he is heading into Roboto in a little while. "Great, that means we are alone."

"Yes, it does."

"We can finish our conversation from last night then," Jacob says before he takes a sip of his coffee. "You were at the hospital; why, Cassie? What is going on with you?"

"I'm fine," Cassie says as she takes a deep breath. "If something was seriously wrong, I would have told you about it last night."

"Well that makes me feel a little bit better," Jacob nods back to her. "I…I still want to know what's going on with my wife."

"I do have news," Cassie says with a smile on her face. "I'm pregnant, Jacob. We are going to have a baby."

Jacob feels the blood drain from his face and he looks back at her in shock. "I'm sorry, what? I…I don't think I heard you correctly? We are going to have a baby?"

 
 

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

Trenyce picks up the empty breakfast plates from the table in her house and moves them towards the sink in the kitchen. She is clearing up after her and Chris had a late breakfast together, which they do on a regular basis after the kids are at school. Now, she will clean up before she heads into Robertson Enterprises, where she is busy working on some minor tweaks for the spring launch of RELax.

Inside the kitchen, she sees Chris about to pour himself another cup of coffee, but she continues to go to the sink, where she places the dishes.

"I meant to ask you," she says as she puts some dish soap into the sink. "Have you given anymore thought to the idea of you getting a corporate job?"

"Yea, I have," Chris nods back to her before he takes a sip of his coffee.

"Well? Do you think that is an option?" Trenyce asks him as she puts her hands into the water and starts cleaning the plates. "We keep saying we need more money but nothing ends up happening."

Chris chuckles back to her. "I do think that these things take time," he informs her. "We both know that money doesn't grow on trees."

"That's for sure," Trenyce giggles back to him. "That would solve all of our problems! But seriously, the corporate route might be a good idea?"

"I know you believe that," Chris says. "But the truth is, it is my last resort. I…I like the flexibility of being an independent contractor, and it allows me to do a lot more of the school activities with the kids, like meet the teachers and what not."

"That's all true," Trenyce looks back at him as she dries her hands with a towel. "But we could work around that; I could get more time off and what not. I…I think that our family's needs should be top priority."

"Let me continue to hustle for more contracts and nothing pans out, I'll start looking," Chris tells her. "Cause like I said, that would be my last resort."

The Sugarbowl

Donovan sits in the back booth of the coffeehouse with a latte and a muffin in front of him. He is having a light breakfast before he heads into the office for the day. Across from him is Sergio, who is also having pastry and peppermint tea. The previous evening, they had a romantic dinner which resulted in them making love, and they are still basking in the glow.

"Last night was really great," Sergio looks over at Donovan before he takes a bite of his scone. "I…I had missed being with you that way."

Donovan winks back over to his lover. "I had missed it too," Donovan admits to him. "Part of the reason why I am glad that we are back on the same page, Sergio."

"Me too," Sergio smiles back to him. "It feels like we are back to how we were."

Donovan nods back to him. "There is something I need to say though and….and I hope you'll hear me out."

"Of course."

"This…uh…jealousy…you have to get that under control," Donovan locks eyes with him. "I will still be friends with Andy, Jarrod, Nicholas…and other guys. You can't be upset every time you see me with someone else. You…you have to trust me that I'm with you and only you."

Sergio gulps heavily back to him. "That's fair," he nods back to him. "Just go easy on me as learning to trust again won't happen overnight. But I will get there, I know I will."

***

At the window seats, Daisy and Frederick sit next to one another with coffees in front of them. Daisy asked her father to meet her this morning so she could give him an update on Dominick and Felicia's decision to come back to Twin Peaks. On top of that, she really wants to know how Andrew is doing, since he has returned to his winery in Santa Barbara to run the estate.

"Thanks for coming into town this morning," Daisy tells him before she takes a sip of her coffee. "I know the Victors mansion is out of town."

"I needed to get some things anyways," Frederick replies to her. "And it gives me a reason to get out of the mansion. While I've lived there for years, I have always found it rather stuffy."

"That's an understatement," Daisy chuckles back to him. "One of the reasons I wanted to see you is about Andrew; I…I heard that he went back to the winery in Santa Barbara?"

"Yes, that's correct," Frederick takes a sip of his coffee. "He came to me and was looking for a change of pace, or a new direction. I happened to suggest that no one was actively working at the winery and that he could take that on. I had no idea that he would actually accept the position."

"I see."

"I…I think it will be good for him," Frederick continues to tell her. "I know he just found out that Tinah is his daughter but I think this will be a good change for him."

"I hope you're right about that," Daisy sighs back to him. "I guess deep down I was just hoping that he and I would work things out."

"And maybe that will happen one day. On another note, have you been able to match my condition on helping Dawn Black?"

"That's the other reason I wanted to see you," Daisy nods back to him. "I had no idea where Felicia had gone, so I went to Leah and Bryce and asked them to bring her home."

"And? Is my wife coming back to Twin Peaks?"

"She is," Daisy says as Frederick grins back to her. "Felicia and Dominick should be back in Twin Peaks by the end of the week. So, Frederick, please, start to help Dawn because I lived up my end of the agreement, and it's time that you help Dawn before it's too late."

Twin Peaks Law Courts

"Sorry I am late, traffic was a little bit of a nightmare," Paige tells Ethan as she moves up to him outside the court room. They are back at the courthouse today as the Judge has come back with a ruling in Will's petition to stop Paige from giving their newborn son up for adoption. Paige has no idea how the Judge is going to rule, but she hopes that he won't take away her ability to make decisions about her body and baby.

"It's all good, we haven't been called in," Ethan looks back at her. "How are you feeling?"

"Nervous," Paige admits to him. "After all this time, it's going to come down to a simple decision from someone that has no idea what I've been through. It…it doesn't seem fair. What are you thinking?"

"I am thinking that we have an excellent chance at winning this case," Ethan tries to reassure her. "I don't know for certain what the Judge will say or do, but I have to believe that he will rule with the mother in this case."

"I hope you're right," Paige says before she peers over his shoulder and she sees Will and his lawyer, Josh, huddled together whispering back and forth. "Because Will getting to take away my rights is not something I will stand for."

Before Ethan can say anything, the doors to the courtroom open and the Bailiff arrives. "The Judge is ready for you now," he announces as the four parties look at one another before they start to enter into the courtroom.

Tyler's Townhouse

Tyler paces back and forth in the living room of the townhouse that he lives in with Kim. He barely slept the previous night as he knows that he did something that he shouldn't have: he went to the hospital at the same time that Robbie was going to have a DNA test run on Bobby and Kim to confirm that they are mother and son; once the test was over, he swiped an access card from the nurses station and went to the lab, where he switched the test results to confirm that they were not a match. He did this because he is worried that if the truth does come out, he will lose Kim to Robbie, and he doesn't want to do that. However, he also knows that what he did was wrong, and with Madeline pressing to tell everyone the truth, it might still come out.

"What's gotten you so worked up this morning?" Kim asks as she emerges from the bedroom ready to head into the office.

As soon as Kim asks the question, Tyler stops pacing and looks back at her. "Sorry, I didn't hear you come out of the room."

"It's okay, I only just got here, but you already had paced 5 steps or so," Kim chuckles to him as she moves up to him and kisses him on the lips. "You tossed and turned all night too; is everything okay?"

Tyler takes a deep breath as he knows that he has to lie to her again. He hates lying to Kim, but he has no other choice. "Yea, it's just work stuff," he tells her. "It'll be fine once I come up with a permanent solution to a very difficult problem."

"You will," Kim kisses him again. "Because you're brilliant."

"You're too good to me," he manages a smile back to her. "I love you, Kim. More than you'll ever know."

"And I love you," Kim looks back at him. "Don't worry Tyler, no one or nothing will ever come between us again."

The Calimo Mansion

Madeline moves into the living room of the Calimo mansion just as Robbie is about to pour himself a cup of coffee from the bar. She quickly recalls how the previous night she saw a close moment between Robbie, Kim, and baby Bobby; part of her knows that's how it should always have been: the three of them as a family. Only her quest to keep Robbie for herself got in the way of that, and she made a disaster of this situation.

"Morning," she finally breaks the silence between them as she moves closer to him. "How was your night?"

"It was fine," Robbie replies to her. "I…I did something that you should know about."

Madeline arches her eyebrow back to him. "What's going on now?"

"I am having a DNA test run," Robbie reveals to her. "I want to know the truth about Bobby and Kim."

"You told me that as much before," Madeline recalls their previous conversation. "I already know what the results will say, but if you need that confirmation, I understand."

"If it's true," Robbie glares back at her. "If you really did steal my and Kim's child, my God, Madeline, there will be hell to pay."

Madeline gulps back at him. "I know that too," she says as her lip quivers. "The truth is, Robbie, I'm ready for all of this to be over, so whatever those consequences maybe, I am ready to face them."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

In the lab, Stephanie looks over some of the pending tests. She, then, picks up the next file, which has Robbie's name on it. She opens the file and looks at some of the results with an arched eyebrow. She wasn't the one who administrated the test, but from what she can see, it was a DNA test with two different parties.

"Interesting," she whispers to herself. "They used a coffee cup and a strain of hair," she reads the file carefully. "Only, this doesn't make sense. These results…they didn't come out correctly, I can tell by the data inputs. I better run this again before we call Mr. Calimo with the results. We wouldn't want another mixed up DNA test," she chuckles to herself as she recalls the fiasco with Trenyce, Chris, Daisy, and Andrew.

She puts the folder back in the pending file and carries on with her day, as she knows that a nurse will be in shortly to run the tests again.

The Cascade Apartments; Cassie, Jacob, & Carter's Home

"You…you heard correctly," Cassie slowly moves closer to Jacob as they continue to face each other in the kitchen of their apartment. "We are going to have a baby."

"How….how the hell did this happen?" he asks in surprise. "We were always on birth control?"

Cassie shrugs back to him. "I guess accidents happen," she replies to him. "It happens all the time, Jacob."

"I don't believe this," Jacob says as he runs his hands through his hair. "I just finished telling you that I didn't want more kids, and now this happens? This is unbelievable."

"Jacob, it's…it's a miracle," Cassie tells him as she tries to get him to understand. "We are going to be parents again."

"I…I need some air," Jacob tells her as he grabs his briefcase and jacket and storms out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

Cassie is left alone in the apartment with tears filling her eyes. "He will come around," she whispers to herself as she puts her hand on her stomach. "He has too."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Meggan asks Logan some serious questions
- Dominick, Felicia, & Eva return to Twin Peaks
- The Judge rules in Paige vs. Will

 
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