Episode 1271

 

One Degree of Separation
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 04, 2026

Episode Theme song: "Taste" Sabrina Carpenter

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Meggan returned from rehab
- Andy & Logan avoided talking about their hookup
- Leah asked Dominick to bring Felicia back to Twin Peaks so Frederick would help Dawn
- Dominick admitted he still loved Eva
- Stephanie was Cassie's doctor at a routine checkup
- Victoria was rattled when a missing Jeff reappeared

The Tower's; Floor Eight; Victoria's Condo

Sunlight creeps through the curtains in the living room of Victoria's condo as a new day has come to Twin Peaks. Victoria moves into the living room and sets her coffee up down on the coffee table before she opens the curtains fully, allowing the sunshine into the space. She takes a deep breath before she picks up her coffee again and takes another sip. She barely slept as the previous evening Jeff appeared on her doorstep. She had been worried sick as he had been missing for close to two days. It was rather late, so they ended up going to sleep, but Victoria didn't get much rest.

"Morning," Jeff says as he walks out of the bedroom only wearing a pair of grey sweatpants. "Is there more coffee? I could use a cup today."

"There is a full pot in the kitchen," Victoria replies to him. "You were out like a rock last night, you must have been exhausted."

"I was tired," Jeff says as he takes a sip of the coffee. "Ah, I needed that."

Victoria chuckles back to him. "Good, have another sip, because you and I, we have to have a serious conversation."

Jeff arches his eyebrow back to her. "Alright, I'm listening. What do you want to talk about?"

"Where have you been the last couple of days, Jeff?" Victoria asks him as she puts her hand on her hip. "And why the hell didn't you call or text me back?"

The Calimo Mansion

Sophie sits on the sofa in the living room of the Calimo mansion with her IPad on her lap. She is playing some riddle game but her mind is actually on the fact that she still can't believe that Natasha and Max slept together. The thought of her mother sleeping with her boyfriend still makes her blood boil. Of course, since, she and Max have broken up, and she doesn't believe the affair is still carrying on, but she still can't believe that her mother would do that to her.

"Ms. Sophie," Rosario announces as she comes into the living room from the foyer. "There is a Ms. Meggan Richardson to see you."

Sophie sets her IPad down and stands up as Meggan comes into the living room. Sophie and Meggan make eye contact as an awkward silence creeps into the room.

Meggan finally makes the first move towards the younger woman. "Hi," she says.

"Hello," Sophie replies to her quickly. "I…I didn't realize you were home?"

"I got in yesterday," Meggan explains to her.

"Logan must be happy to have you home."

"He is," Meggan nods back to her. "Listen, Sophie, I…I want you to know that I went to rehab, and I'm sober now."

"Good," Sophie replies to her quickly. "I think that is what is for the best."

"Yes, it is, I agree with you," Meggan says as she gets tears in her eyes. "I…I want to thank you for forcing me to go because you…you saved my life."

"I was just doing what I thought was right," Sophie admits to her. "What happened at the cabin, it was an accident, but I did take advantage and force you to get help."

"About the cabin," Meggan whispers. "It was my fault, Sophie. My drinking, it…it drove you out of the cabin in that storm. Had I been sober, you wouldn't have run away. And for that, I am very, very sorry. I know that it doesn't make up for what happened, but I am sorry."

Sophie pulls Meggan into a hug as a tear falls down her cheek. "It's okay, it will all be okay," Sophie tells her. "I'm just glad that you're sober."

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

"Hang on, I'm coming," Andy calls out from the kitchen of his condo as he can hear a knock on his front door. He sets down his coffee, which is laced with whiskey, on the counter and moves to the door. He's only wearing a pair of basketball shorts, so his toned chest is exposed. He opens the door and sees Logan standing on the other side. "Logan, hi."

"Hey, can I come in?" Logan asks as Andy lets him into the apartment. "And … can I get a drink?"

Andy chuckles back to him. "Sure, I'm having a specialty coffee, want one?"

"Yea, that sounds good," Logan says as he moves into the living room. A short time later, Andy comes into the living room and passes Logan his coffee, which he takes a sip of immediately. "Ah, that tastes great."

"I've been having them every day," Andy admits to him. "But what's going on? Why do you feel like you need a drink?"

"It's my mother," Logan reveals to him quickly. "She's home; she's back from rehab."

"Ah, so she's sober again?"

Logan nods back to him. "Very sober, which is great for her," he tells Andy. "But that means that I can't drink nearly as much around her because she will not be happy about it."

"The judgement of others is the worst," Andy groans back to him. "You can come here anytime to drink and chill, Logan. I hope you know that."

"I do know that," Logan smiles back to him as he suddenly looks at Andy's chest.

"Uh, since you're here," Andy says noticing Logan is checking him out. "Maybe now is a good time to talk about what happened with us? You know, the night we had sex?"

Logan gulps back to him. "Yea, that might be a good idea, lets sit down and talk about what happened."

The Sugarbowl

The sounds of glasses clinking together behind the counter of the Sugarbowl while the latest Lady Gaga song plays on the sound system. In the back booth, Daisy and Cheresa sit across from Leah and Bryce as they gathered this morning to get an update from Leah on their decision to bring Felicia back to Twin Peaks. If they are able to get Felicia back to town, Frederick will agree to help Dawn come out of her brainwashed/catatonic state.

"Thanks for meeting with us this morning," Daisy says as she puts her hand on Cheresa's legs to comfort her. She can tell that Cheresa is still upset about Dawn's current status. "We are eager to hear how the conversation with your family went."

"And we aren't the only ones," Cheresa chimes in. "Adam and Helen are in town, and they are also very taken aback by Dawn's current status."

"I didn't realize Adam and Helen were back in town," Leah says before she takes a sip of her latte. "But it makes sense; I know I would with Paige if she needed me."

"We did speak to our family," Bryce tells everyone. "And Leah actually called Dominick, who is with Felicia."

"Okay, and what did Dominick say?" Cheresa asks quickly.

"He wanted to think about it," Leah reveals to everyone. "We all worked so hard to get Felicia away from Frederick, we don't want that to be for nothing if she comes back."

"Please," Cheresa says as water fills her eyes. "Please do whatever you can; without Frederick, I am worried that we will lose Dawn forever, and I….I can't bare that thought."

The Moretti Estate; Florence, Italy

"Felicia went to the market with her therapist," Eva announces to Dominick as she moves into the living room of the Moretti estate. They are still in Florence, Italy, as this is the location they came to go get Felicia away from Frederick. The good news is that Felicia is on the mend and stronger than ever before. "She is going to get some fresh pasta for dinner."

"That sounds delicious," Dominick replies to her. "I guess that means we are alone?"

"It does," Eva nods back to him. "Why, is something going on?"

"I had a phone call yesterday," Dominick tells her as he moves close to her. "It was Leah. We had an interesting discussion."

"Is everything okay with Leah?" Eva asks him out of concern.

"She is fine, yes," Dominick starts to explain to her. "But apparently, Dawn Black was involved in some sort of brainwashing and she is rough shape now."

"What?" Eva asks him in surprise. "That sounds awful. That poor girl."

"Yes, exactly," Dominick continues. "I guess Dawn's family believes that Frederick is the only doctor that can help Dawn. But he only said he would help her on one condition."

"That man always has an agenda," Eva shakes her head back to him. "What was that condition? Or do I even want to know?"

"It is Felicia," Dominick explains to Eva. "He wants her back in town; if that happens, he will help Dawn."

"Of course," Eva huffs back to him. "I should have guessed!"

"Well, what do you think?" Dominick asks her quickly. "Do you think it's wise that we go home with Felicia?"

Eva arches her eyebrow for a second as she thinks this through. "To help Dawn, yes, I do think we should go home," Eva admits to him. "The truth is, Felicia is strong again, Dominick. And just because Felicia is in Twin Peaks, doesn't mean she will be living with Frederick. She can stay at your townhouse. We can still keep her away from Frederick, but we ensure Dawn gets help."

"I like the way you think," Dominick winks back at her. "Thanks for helping me through this."

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

Jacob opens the door to his apartment and ushers back inside. He just got back from dropping Carter off at school and he wants to quickly grab his briefcase and head into Roboto. He knows that they are all working hard on coming up with a new line that will counter Robertson Enterprises RELax launch, which was very successful.

"How was the drop off today?" Cassie asks her husband as she comes out of the bedroom wearing a pale pink suit. She also has to head to the hospital as she has to see some clients later on in the day.

"Easy peasy," Jacob replies to her quickly before he moves up to Cassie and gives her a quick kiss. "He's a pro at it now."

"He's growing up too quickly," Cassie chuckles back to him. "Thanks for dropping him today, by the way. I have to get to the hospital to see some clients today."

"Hey, it's all good, that's what makes us a good team," he winks back to her. "By the way, something happened that I thought you should know about."

Cassie arches her eyebrow as she sets her bag down on the table. "What happened?"

"I…I ran into Stephanie the other day at the hospital," Jacob reveals to her. "Literally."

"What does that mean?" Cassie asks as she feels her blood start to boil.

"She wasn't watching where she was going and we kind of collided into each other," Jacob tells her. "We just talked for a few minutes and then we went on our ways. It was all innocent, but I wanted you to hear it from me."

"I appreciate you telling me," Cassie pulls him into a hug. "It makes me realize that I can trust you, Jacob. So, thank you for that."

"Of course, Cassie," he smiles as they exit their embrace. "I love you."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Stephanie quickly walks towards the nurses station as she has a million things today so she doesn't have a lot of time to waste. She keeps her eyes focused as the last thing she wants to do is run into someone else as a few days earlier she had run into Jacob. After the shock wore off, they ended up sharing a close moment, which made Stephanie realize that she had to tell him the secret that she discovered about Cassie: she had a DNA test run on Carter while she was pregnant, which means that she always knew that Jacob might not be the father of Carter; it also means that she might have been able to alter the second and third tests that were run on Carter.

"Hey, do you have those test results that I ordered on my patients yesterday?" Stephanie asks the nurse as she arrives at the station.

"Yes, they are all here for you," the nurse passes Stephanie some files.

"Thanks, appreciate that," Stephanie smiles back to her. She looks through the files and sees Cassie's name. Quickly, she recalls how she ran some standard tests on Cassie for her physical because Cheresa has taken some personal time away.

She takes a deep breath and, then, opens the file. She gasps in shock by what she reads. "Oh my God…" she whispers to herself. "It can't be…it can't be."

The Tower's; Floor Eight; Victoria's Condo

Jeff looks back at Victoria, who still has her hand on her hip. He knows that he can't tell her the truth about where he was because if she finds out that Bryce and Leah kidnapped him and held him hostage, she will want to go to the police. Deep down, Jeff has realized that they just want the truth, and he will try to get that from Victoria, but he doesn't want his family to suffer any legal ramifications for what they did.

"Cat got your tongue?" Victoria finally asks him, breaking the silence between them. "Are you going to answer me, Jeff?"

"Yea, of course," Jeff nods back to her. "I…I just don't like the tone you're giving me, if I am honest."

"Tone? You think I have tone?" Victoria asks him in surprise. "I have been worried sick about you Jeff. I have every right to be upset about this! I…I went to Simona Lopez thinking something serious had happened!"

"You went to Simona?"

"I did," Victoria nods back to him. "I didn't know what else to do, Jeff. You weren't answering any of my calls or texts. What was I supposed to do?"

"I'm sorry it got to this point," Jeff sighs back to her. "The truth is, I had to go on a business trip. It was last minute and it was out of the county, so I didn't have proper coverage to check my phone."

"A business trip?" Victoria asks him with an arched eyebrow. "Why didn't I know about this?"

"I don't know," Jeff tells her. "But I'm asking you to believe me, and to accept my apology. I will never go away again without telling you first. I promise."

Jeff pulls her into a hug and holds her for a moment, as Victoria wonders why something doesn't feel right. She can't place her finger on it but she gets the feeling that Jeff is lying to her, but she doesn't know why he would. But, she knows that she is going to find out why.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Logan and Andy talk about their night together
- Jarrod has a confession for Donovan
- Ethan shocks Abby

 
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