Episode 1283

 

Running Through the River
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: April 15, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Riverdance" Beyonce

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Robbie & Kim came face to face for the first time since he learned that she is Bobby's mother. Madeline told Tyler that the truth was coming out
- Dominick, Eva, & Felicia returned home from Florence
- Sophie thought about sleeping with Shane as a way to get back at Natasha
- Paige won the lawsuit vs. Will
- Jeff proposed to Victoria
- Chris got a job interview at Roboto
- Cory and Robin grew closer
- Jarrod felt disconnected from Nicholas
- Jacob and Cassie reunited

The Sugarbowl

A new day has come to Twin Peaks and Kim is sitting in the back booth of the coffee house with a large coffee in front of her. She's waiting for Robbie to join her as he is grabbing his drink from the barista. They had run into one another the previous evening at Roboto and Robbie informed her that they had to speak urgently. Because of the time of night, Kim insisted that they meet in the morning, which is why they are at the coffeehouse together this morning.

"Sorry that I couldn't stay and talk last night," Kim says as Robbie sits across from her and takes a sip of his latte. "It was just so late."

"I understand," Robbie looks back at her. He feels his heart skip a beat looking at her; he still can't believe that he is about to tell her that their son, Bobby, is alive and well. His mind is still racing over the fact that Madeline come up with this lie that Kim miscarried last year during their car accident but in fact Madeline has been raising their child as hers all this time. Thankfully, Madeline's conscious was getting the best of her and she confessed. Still, the story was so unbelievable that Robbie did a DNA test which confirmed Madeline's storyline was true. " I am just glad that we were able to meet this morning."

"Well," Kim chuckles back to him. "You made it seem like it was life and death last night. What on earth is going on with you?"

"I…I don't even know where to begin," he admits to her. "What I have to tell you, Kim, it will change everything for us."

Kim looks back at him with intent. "You have my intention, Robbie. What the heck is going on? What will change everything between us?"

 
 

Roboto

Chris and Natasha sit across from one another in the CEO office of Roboto as they are conducing their interview for the marketing executive at the company. Chris has felt rather nervous through out the process but he has tried to keep it under control as he knows how badly he needs this position.

Deep down, however, he still hates that he is even trying to go back to being a corporate employee; he much prefers the freedom of being an independent contractor, but as Trenyce as pointed out, their family and financial needs need to come first.

"Those are all the questions that I have for you," Natasha says over with a smile on her face. "Do you happen to have any questions for me that I can answer?"

"Uh, yea, I guess I do," Chris nods back to her. "The job posting, it had a salary range listed, but where would you start with the successful candidate?"

"Yes, there was a range listed," Natasha replies to him quickly. "The reason our HR department does that is because we can determined based on the experience of the individual that we offer the position too. The more experience, the higher than pay we'd offer."

"I see, that makes sense," Chris tells her. "How many others are you interviewing for the role?"

"I believe HR has set up four more interviews," Natasha explains to him. "I will be completing them all this week, and we hope to make a decision early next week because time is of the essence with this role."

"That sounds good," Chris tells her. "Look, I just want to say thank you for giving me this opportunity to be here and to have this discussion with you. I, personally, think I would be a great fit at Roboto and really hope to hear back from you soon."

"You will hear back either way," Natasha says as she extends her hand to shake his. "Thank you for interest, Mr. Michaels. We will be in touch."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"Sorry it's been so long since we hung out," Sophie tells Logan as they sit across from one another in the busy restaurant. Sophie knows that after she and Logan agreed to just be friends she purposely wanted some space between them so they could move on from any potential lingering feelings that they had. Besides, she also thought that some time away from one another would help them get over the loss of their unborn child.

"It's all good Soph," Logan says before he takes a sip of his Blood Mary. "I think we both needed some cooling down time."

"Yea, I think we did," Sophie nods back to him. "How have you been? And be honest with me?"

Logan sighs back to her as he thinks about how his drinking has increased but he has also, since, slept with Andy, and he actually enjoyed it. He isn't sure if that means that he is gay but he wants to figure that out because it is important to him.

"If you're talking about our baby," Logan looks back at her. "I still have good days and bad days. How about you?"

"Yea, same," she admits to him. "It's hard to explain how you can feel a loss to something you never really had, you know?"

Logan chuckles to her. "I get it. And I didn't think I was ready to be a father until it happened. Anyways, what's new with you?"

Sophie takes a sip of her mimosa before she looks back at him. She knows that she, finally, has come up with a way to get back at Natasha for sleeping with Max behind her back: she's going to seduce Shane, and thus, ruin her mother's wedding to him.

"I'm rather excited because I have this new project," she reveals to him with glee. "I can't say too much but I'm very much looking forward to executing it perfectly."

"Well, let's toast to that then?" Logan suggests as he raises his glass to her. "To you getting everything you want with your project."

"Cheers my friend," Sophie smiles back to him before they each take a sip of their drink.

***

At another table near the back of the restaurant, Jarrod and Nicholas face one another with some breakfast in front of them. Nicholas is enjoying the breakfast burrito while Jarrod opted for the eggs benny with hashbrowns. The mood seems a little tense between the two lovers as Nicholas continues to be thinking about Andy and his drinking. He knows that Andy is an adult and can make his own decisions, but the truth is, he can't help but blame himself for the current status of his former fiancé because Andy fell off the wagon after Nicholas decided to give his relationship with Jarrod another chance.

"You're quiet this morning," Jarrod says over to Nicholas before he takes a bite of his benny. "Anything you want to share?"

Nicholas takes a sip of his coffee before he looks back Jarrod. "I think it is just more of the same; I can't stop thinking about Andy and his drinking."

"Oh God," Jarrod groans back to him. "How many times do we have to have this same conversation? Andy is a grown man Nicholas! He can make his own damn decisions; this isn't your fault!"

"I wish it was that easy," Nicholas sighs back to him. "You know why I am feeling this way, Nicholas. Andy only went back to drinking after I left him for you."

"I've ask you this before but do you regret that decision? Do you want to end our relationship and go back to Andy?"

"No, of course not," Nicholas says back to him. "I…I wish you were more supportive of me during this time, Jarrod."

"I'm just tired of hearing you blame yourself for something you didn't do," Jarrod puts his fork down. "So do whatever you need to do to get over this because I want to move from this."

Before Nicholas can respond, Jarrod stands up and storms away from the table. Nicholas takes another sip of his coffee and wonders if his feelings will ever be valid to Jarrod or if his guilt over Andy's drinking will always come between them.

***

Stephanie sits at the bar as she is dining alone before she heads into the hospital for the day. Her mind continues to be on the fact that she suspects that Cassie might have altered Carter's paternity test results as she found out that Cassie had a DNA test completed while she was pregnant with Carter. If this is the case, she realizes that Jacob might not be Carter's father.

While she has remained torn about whether or not she should tell Jacob, she also informed Cassie that she is pregnant with her second child with Jacob. The fact that Jacob will be a father has made her wonder if she should tell him the truth or not as now another baby's life is at stake, and there is no doubt that this baby is Jacob's.

She turns her head and sees Jacob and Cassie moving into the restaurant, both having huge smiles on their faces. Stephanie sighs realizing that they must be on cloud nine with the news that Cassie is pregnant again.

"If Jacob is happy," she whispers to herself. "Then I can't tell him what I discovered. I…I just have to move on from these feelings I have for him. He's with Cassie, and he always will be."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Shane sits behind his desk in the Chief of Staff office at the hospital. He is looking over some paperwork that he has been putting off for a while. He has a smile on his face, however, as he knows that he and Natasha are, finally, back in a good place and are planning their wedding to one another.

He looks up from the paperwork when he hears a knock on his office door. "Come in," he calls out as the door opens and sees Will standing on the other side. "Ah, Will, please come in."

"Thanks," Will says as he closes the door behind himself once he is in the office. "I heard you wanted to see me today?"

"That's right," Shane stands up from behind his desk. "I…I heard that you filed a motion to prevent a patient in this hospital from making a decision about her child?"

Will looks back at him with intent. "You know why I did that," Will protests back to his boss. "That kid is mine and I didn't want the mother, Paige, to give him up for adoption."

"The Judge ruled for Paige though, correct?"

"Yes," Will nods back to him. "I'm heartbroken. This was the first time I thought I was going to be a father and it's been ripped away from me. Why are you asking me about this?"

"Because," Shane looks back at him quickly. "This is not a good look for the hospital, Will. A nurse that is employed here sued a woman and tried to take away her rights. As COS, It's my job to ensure that we are acting in the most responsible way. Trying to take away a woman's right to make her decision about her body is not how we should be conducting ourselves."

"What are you saying?" Will asks him quickly.

"I'm suspending you," Shane reveals to him. "You're going to have a three-month break from working here and then we will look at your employment here, Will. I'm taking this very seriously and need you to as well."

Robin's Townhouse

"Hang on, I'm coming," Robin calls out as she scurries to the front door of her townhouse. About ten minutes earlier, she sent her children, Dominique and Oscar, out to the school bus, and she was finishing getting ready for her day at Robertson Enterprises, when her doorbell rang. She has no idea who it could be but she hopes it's not a long visit because she is running late. She opens the door and gasps when she sees many balloons out front of her house. "What on earth is this?"

"Good morning, good morning," a man dressed in a suit starts to sing to her as he moves inside with the balloons. Robin smiles back to him. "This is a special singing telegram for you, Robin Navyyyyyyyyy!"

"What is going on?" Robin asks him quickly as Cory appears at the door.

"My delivery arrived," Cory chuckles as he moves inside. He passes the man some money as a tip. "Thank you for delivering these balloons to the love of my life."

"Have a great day!" he signs as he leaves the house allowing Cory and Robin to face one another.

"Why did you do this?" Robin asks him with a chuckle.

"I wanted to show you how much I loved you," Cory reveals. "And there's more!" he pulls out a small needle from his pocket and pops one of the balloons causing Robin to shriek a little. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, but you see, there's something special in this balloon."

"What did you put in the balloon?" Robin asks him quickly.

"This," he says as he bends down and picks up a gold ring with a large diamond in it. "I want you to marry me, Robin. I want us to spend our lives together. What do you say? Let's be together, this time forever?"

Robin looks at the large diamond ring and then at the balloons that he brought her. She realizes that he has been making a solid effort for them to be together again.

"I'd love nothing more than to be your wife, Cory," she says as she leans up and kisses him on the lips. "I love you and thank you for this."

Cory slips the ring on her finger before he kisses her again. "We are getting married!" he says as he spins her around and she starts to laugh.

The Tower's; Floor Eight, Victoria & Jeff's Condo

"Morning," Victoria says as she moves into the kitchen and she sees Jeff about to pour himself a cup of coffee. She can see that he is already dressed to head into the office, but she can't help but wonder where his head space is. The previous night he had surprised her with a romantic dinner where he proposed to her. Victoria was shocked and taken aback, and she agreed to sleep on it and they would discuss in the morning. "How'd you sleep?"

"After all that food, pretty darn well," he chuckles to her. "Do you want a coffee?"

"I'd love one," she replies to him. "I also had a decent sleep. Although, I kept dreaming about a certain engagement ring that you gave me last night."

Jeff passes her a coffee and she takes a sip of it. "It was rather late when I proposed to you, so I understand you wanting to sleep on it. But I am hoping that you've made up your mind; I'd kind of like to know your answer."

Victoria giggles back to him. "I love you, Jeff, you know that," she admits to him. "Are you sure that you don't care what your family will say about this? You know I am not Bryce, Leah, or Paige's favorite person."

"They will have to adjust," Jeff tells her. "You're in my life and that's not going to change."

Victoria nods back to him. "Alright, then I accept. I will marry you."

"Really? You mean it?" Jeff asks her as he moves up to her and kisses her.

"I mean, we are engaged!" she giggles as their lips part ways. "We are going to be married."

"I love you so much," he tells her before he kisses her again. "But there is just one more thing, Victoria. One thing that you have to do for me before we could get married."

"What? Tell me? I'll do anything for you," Victoria replies to him quickly.

"You have to be honest with me, once and for all," Jeff looks back into her eyes. "Did you frame Leah for those missing funds from Robertson Enterprises? Did you set her up so she would be forced out of the company?"

Dominick's Townhouse


Felicia takes a sip of her tea as she stands in the living room of Dominick's townhouse. She gets a smile on her face as she is loving that she is, finally, back at home. She hadn't realized how much she missed being in Twin Peaks, and close to her family, until she, Dominick, and Eva all returned from Florence. Now, she never wants to leave again because she knows how much her family means to her.

"I am so sorry Ms. Robertson," Dominick's maid says as she rushes into the living room. "I tried to stop the visitor from coming in but he insisted on seeing you."

"Who is it?" Felicia asks her as she sets the cup of tea down on the desk.

"It's your husband," Frederick's voice booms into the room and he locks eyes with Felicia. "And I'm not leaving until we speak."

"It's fine," Felicia looks over at the maid. "I'll be okay."

The maid scurries away, but she knows that she will tell Dominick that Frederick has arrived at the townhouse.

"You look good," Frederick tells Felicia with a smile on his face. "I'm a little upset that you didn't come home to me when you got back to town."

"Home?" Felicia gasps back to him. "This is my home, Frederick. Not that prison you were keeping me in."

"The Victors mansion is hardly a prison, Felicia," Frederick says back to her. "You and I, we were happy there together."

At the corner of the living room, Dominick stops himself from entering the room as he wants to see if Felicia can handle herself with Frederick. He knows that he can move in if he needs to intervene.

"We were happy because you were drugging me!" she squeals back to him. "How could do that to me? How could you think I would ever want to be married to you? You've done nothing but cause me, and my family, heartache and chaos!"

"Felicia, please," Frederick moves closer to her. "If we could just talk alone…"

Felicia slaps him hard across the face. "Don't you dare come near me," she warns him with a glare and he looks back at her in shock. "I want a divorce and I never, ever want to see you again, Frederick. Whatever you think we had, it's over!"

The Sugarbowl

"Robbie, please," Kim pleads with Robbie as they continue to face one another in the back booth of the coffeehouse. "Tell me what's going on! You're…you're scarring me."

"It's a long story," Robbie admits to her. "But it's not bad news, I promise. You'll be over the moon."

At the doorway, Tyler appears and gulps when he sees the two former spouses together. He knew that this conversation might be happening this morning when Kim wasn't at home when he woke up. He realizes that he has to stop this from happening; he just hopes that it's not too late.

"This all goes back to last year," Robbie begins to explain to her as Kim arches her eyebrow.

"Kim, there you are," Tyler rushes up to the table and interrupts Robbie's sentence. "We…we need to talk."

"We are in the middle of something here, Tyler," Robbie looks back at him with intent.

"I don't care," Tyler shrugs his shoulders. "Kim is my wife and I have to talk to her, it's critical that we speak."

Kim looks back Tyler with intent and then over at Robbie. Both men claim to have something important to tell her but she has no idea which one she should listen too first.

"Please Kim, if we can just go outside and speak, you'll understand," Tyler pleads with his wife. "What's it going to be? Are you going to come with me, your husband, or stay here with your ex-husband?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Who will Kim choose?
- Meggan gets an eyeful
- Will and Shane's conversation takes a twist

 
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