Episode 1260

 

We'd Be Just Fine
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: February 03, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Folie a Deux" Lady Gaga

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Madeline was haunted by guilt pains as Robbie raced to the cabin
- Kim learned that Andy fell off the wagon. Andy and Logan, meanwhile, drank together
- Cheresa pleaded with Daisy to do whatever she needed to help Frederick so he would get Dawn better
- Stephanie wrestled with her conscious about looking at Cassie's medical file
- Someone followed Jeff
- Trenyce kept a secret from Chris

The Calimo Cabin

Tears stream down Madeline's eyes as she sits on the sofa in the living room of the Calimo cabin. She came to the cabin in hopes of getting her mind straight from the fact that she stole Kim and Robbie's child last year and has been raising Bobby as her own. She has been racked with guilt and has been hearing voices in her head telling her that she is a horrible person and that she is going to hell for what she has done. She had hoped that being alone at the cabin she would be able to figure out a way to get over this guilt because Robbie has started to get suspicious about her actions. However, since she has been alone at the cabin, the voices have continued, and she feels like she is going to lose her mind.

"How am I going to make these voices stop?" she asks herself as she stands up and looks around the room. "I need peace …. I need to make these voices stop!"

She rushes into the kitchen and looks around. She has no idea what she is looking for, but she will know when sees it. She has no idea what she can do to stop the voices from haunting her, but she needs to escape them. She opens one of the cupboards and starts looking through them. She, finally, sees some medication that has Natasha's name on it; she recalls how years ago Natasha was hooked on drugs, and Madeline realizes that this must be some of the drugs that have been left over from that time. She is surprised that no one else found them, but they were at the very back of the cupboard.

She moves back into the living room with the bottle of pills in her hands. She walks up to the bar and picks up a bottle of vodka.

"The combination of booze and pills… this might the best way for me to get some rest," she whispers to herself, as the front door of the cabin opens and Robbie appears.

"Madeline, thank God," he says as he looks at the woman that he believes is the mother of his child. "What are you doing? Why do you have a bottle of pills and vodka in your hands?"

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Jeff is alone in the parkadge of the hospital as he fumbles with his SUV keys in his hand. He is on his way back to the condo that he shares with Victoria; he had been at the hospital most of the day supporting Paige as she finally gave birth to her son. He is still having mixed emotions about this as she has decided to give the child up for adoption.

"Damn it," he whispers to himself as he drops his keys on the concrete floor. As he bends over to grab his keys, he doesn't see the figure, dressed in all black, approach him. He stands up and sees the figure moving up to him. "What the hell is this? Who are you? And what do you want?"

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

"That was some visit with Andrew," Chris tells Trenyce as he passes her a glass of wine and then sits next to her on the sofa in the living room of the house that they share with their children. Earlier, Andrew was visiting and revealed that Frederick offered him a job to run the estate at the winery and that he was considering it. They were surprised because Andrew is still getting to know Tinah, but Andrew said he wasn't sure what he was going to do.

"He has been without a job for a while," Trenyce reminds him. "This might be the change that he needs, although, I do think he would miss Tinah."

"Yea, all this talk that he wants his daughter in his life, and he might leave town," Chris huffs back to her. "But it's his decision."

"Speaking of work, how are things going?" Trenyce changes the subject with Chris. "I know you said after the holiday season things calm down, but are you getting more contracts?"

"I wish I could say I was, but I'm in a bit of a dry spell," Chris admits to her. "Why? Where is this coming from?"

Trenyce sighs heavily back to him. "I was looking at our bank account the other day," she remembers looking at her phone and the banking app. "We were in the red until I got paid, but based on our current expenses, we need to make more money, Chris. We aren't just supporting ourselves, we have two children."

Chris nods back to her. "I noticed that too but was nervous to talk to you about it."

"I've been biting my tongue as well," Trenyce tells him. "But my salary is solid and steady from Robertson Enterprises; because you're an independent contractor, it can come in waves, but we need a more consistent income."

"I don't disagree," Chris tells her. "This upcoming week, I promise I'll hustle to get some more work. I won't let you and our family down, I promise."

The Sugarbowl

Daisy sits in the back booth of the coffeehouse with her mind reeling over her visit with Cheresa. She told Cheresa that Frederick would agree to help Dawn get out of her brainwashed state, as long as she could help Frederick with something; Daisy, however, claims that Frederick's request is almost impossible. Cheresa, then, pleaded with Daisy to do whatever she had to help Frederick as he could be Dawn's only hope to get back to being normal.

"I know Cheresa is desperate but Frederick's request…I wouldn't even know where to begin," Daisy sighs to herself. "But Cheresa is right; I have to try my best; I have to do whatever I can to get Frederick to help Dawn. Frederick might be the only resource to do that."

She opens her large Gucci purse and finds her phone. She starts a new message between her, Leah, and Bryce.

"Hey you two, I need to see you ASAP, this is urgent. Can we meet tonight, please?" Daisy says as she types into her phone and then she pushes send. "Please let them be available tonight. This can't wait, it just can't."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Stephanie gets a sly grin on her face when the bartender presents her with a martini. She had been at her office struggling to come up with an idea on how she can get the upper hand against Cassie, who continues to blackmail her into staying away from Jacob because she found out that she is a transwoman. What Stephanie is truly worried about is that this secret would impact her career, and she will refuse to allow that to happen; she has worked far to hard on becoming a doctor, and her reputation as a good doctor at that.

At first, she had the idea to review Cassie's medical file; she knows that it is a long shot that there would be a secret in there, but she thought it might be a starting point. However, she realizes that it would be a breach of her medical license since it would be a break in doctor-patient confidentiality. That being said, she has no other ideas on how she could get the upper hand against Cassie.

As she takes a sip of her drink, she turns her head and peers into the dining room, immediately losing any appetite that she might have had as she can see Cassie and Jacob having a romantic dinner together. She rolls her eyes and takes another sip of her drink.

"What the hell am I going to do? I don't know how many more of these sightings I can stomach," Stephanie whispers back to her. "I can't keep seeing Jacob and Cassie together; I have to stop that woman, I have too."

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

"I'm glad that you had more alcohol here," Logan says as Andy unlocks the front door of his condo and the two men move inside. Andy was at Barcode drinking his sorrows away when he saw Logan and they ended up connecting. The bartender, however, realized that Andy was drunk and cut him off and that is when he suggested that he and Logan decided to come back to his condo.

"Oh man, I'm stocked right up," Andy chuckles to him. "Why don't you get settled in the living room and I'll get some bottles. Do you want ice?"

"Depends, what do you have?"

"What do you want?"

Logan chuckles. "You have that much alcohol?"

"I have vodka, whiskey, wine…name your poison," Andy winks back to him.

"You seem to be the expert, why don't you surprise me?" Logan suggests back to him.

"Make yourself at home and I'll work on your surprise," Andy tells him. "I won't be long."

"Good, cause I'm thirsty," Logan says back to him.

"I bet you are," Andy winks back to him. "I bet you are."

Tyler's Townhouse

"So, you got confirmation that Andy is drinking again," Tyler heavily sighs to Kim as they sit next to one another in the living room of the townhouse that they live in together. Tyler knows that Kim thought she saw Andy drinking at the Pink Flamingo a few days earlier, but when she and Nicholas paid him a visit, she got confirmation that Andy has fallen off the wagon. Tyler knows that this is alarming to Kim because the last time Andy was drinking, Savannah ended up dying, even though it was an accident. "How are you feeling?"

"I…I don't know," Kim admits to him. "Obviously, I am concerned about my brother, but I don't know what I can do to stop this."

"Do you have any idea what caused Andy to fall off the wagon? He's been sober for so many years."

"Well, I was with Nicholas," Kim reminds him of her visit to Andy. "And Andy really unleashed on Nicholas for deciding to go back to Jarrod; he blamed Nicholas for him falling off the wagon."

"That couldn't have been easy for Nicholas to hear," Tyler tells her. "But really, at the end of the day, it was Andy's decision to drink, not Nicholas'."

"Oh, I completely agree," Kim nods back to him. "But the fact is, you can't tell Andy that because he's not in the right mind because of the drinking."

"I can tell that you're so upset by this," Tyler grabs her hand and squeezes her hand. "I wish there was something I could do to help."

"You're doing it by letting me talk to you about it," Kim forces a smile on her face. "I love you, Tyler, and appreciate all of your support."

"Whatever you need, I'm here Kim, you have to know that," Tyler smiles back to her. "You're my wife, I will support you with anything you need."

The Calimo Cabin

"Answer me, Madeline," Robbie rushes up to her and grabs the pills from her hand. He reads the label and realizes that she Natasha's old medication. "Jesus, these were the pills that Natasha was on! Where did you get these?"

"I…I found them in the cupboard," Madeline gets tears in her eyes. "I…I…"

"Were you going to take them with vodka?" Robbie asks in her concern. "My God, Madeline, what is going on with you? This is so dangerous…you could have…you could have overdosed!"

"I wouldn't have!" Madeline cries back to him. "I…I just needed something to calm my nerves!"

"What the hell is going on with you?" Robbie demands to know. "This is more than postpartum; I need to know what is going on! Please, tell me what is happening?" he asks as Madeline lets a tear fall down her cheek.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I asked you something," Jeff grits his teeth together as the figure in black continues to stand in front of him. "What the hell do you want?"

The figure doesn't say anything; instead, reveals that there is a baseball bat behind his back, causing Jeff to gulp heavily. "What…the…hell…" Jeff says as he grabs his phone and tries to call 9-1-1.

Instead, the figure uses one swift move and the baseball hits Jeff's head, which causes him to fall to the concrete ground unconscious. The figure grabs Jeff's phone and then looks at Jeff.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Will Madeline finally tell Robbie the truth?
- Andy and Logan have a heart to heart
- Cheresa is in for another surprise

 
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