History Series / OneDayAtATime2017

The series was co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, who is Cuban-American herself, and is produced by Norman lear, who developed the original series.

* {{Hipster}}: Schneider is portrayed as this, going so far as serving the Alvarez quinoa when Lydia goes missing.

''One Day at a Time'' is a [[TheRemake remake]] of [[Series/OneDayAtATime the 1970s/1980s sitcom]] of the same name, which debuted in January 2017 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. Like the original series, the remake centers around a divorced mom (played by Justina Machado) raising her two kids. While the family in the original were Italian-Americans, here they are of Cuban-Americans, and the protagonist's Cuban immigrant mother (played by Rita Moreno) is also a main character. As such, issues of race, ethnicity, and Cuban cultural heritage play a large part, and the series doesn't shy way from addressing other political topics as well. The series was co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, herself a Cuban-American.

* ComingOutStory: This is the biggest StoryArc for [[spoiler:Elena]] during the first season.

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "The Death of Mrs. Resnick", we finally find out why Penelope broke up Victor, her veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. In "Hurricane Victor", he shows up in person and tells Penelope he's [[spoiler:finally getting professional help for his issues]], but [[spoiler:that turns out to be a lie]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "The Death of Mrs. Resnick", we finally find out why Penelope divorced Victor, her Afghanistan veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. In "Hurricane Victor" he shows up in person and tells Penelope he's [[spoiler:finally getting professional help for his issues]], but [[spoiler:that turns out to be a lie]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "The Death of Mrs. Resnick", we finally find out why Penelope divorced her Afghanistan veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. Thankfully the writers don't even try to add any humor to scene where she reveals this, treating the whole thing with appropriate seriousness, which turns the scene into a huge tear-jerker.

* WritersCannotDoMath: In "A Snowman's Tale", Lydia recalls how he met her late husband Humberto in Havana in 1958, and immediately fell in love with her during a rather steamy dance the two had. Her story is accompanied by a flashback, where Lydia is clearly a grown-up already. But in the very next episode Lydia says that she fled from Cuba through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Peter_Pan Operation Pedro Pad]] in 1962, when she was only 15.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: In the episode "Strays", Rita starts suspecting Elena is "queer", because her friend Carmen spends so much time with her. Eventually [[spoiler:it turns out Carmen is spending all her time at the Alvarez' place because her parents have been deported to Mexico and she's homeless]]. However, in a later episode [[spoiler:we find out Elena is indeed gay, though Carmen is just her best friend and straight herself]].

* WritersCannotDoMath: In "A Snowman's Tale", Lydia recalls how he met her late husband Humberto in Havana in 1958, and immediately fell in love with her during a rather steamy dance the two had. Her story is accompanied by a flashback, where Lydia is clearly a grown-up already. But in the very next episode Lydia says that she fled from Cuba all by herself in 1962, when she was only 15.

* WritersCannotDoMath: In one episode, Lydia recalls how he met her late husband Humberto in Havana in 1958, and immediately fell in love with her during a rather steamy dance the two had. Her story is accompanied by a flashback, where Lydia is clearly a grown-up already. But in the very next episode Lydia says that she fled from Cuba all by herself in 1962, when she was only 15.

* EthicalSlut: Schneider often has one-night stands staying at this place, but he also considers himself a feminist (though he sometimes fails to act like one). In the episode "Strays", he firmly refuses the advances of drunken Lori, as she is married already.

* EthicalSlut: Schneider often has one-night stands staying at this place, but he also considers himself a feminist (though he sometimes fails to act like one). He firmly refuses the advances of drunken Lori, as she is married already.

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "The Death of Mrs. Resnick", we finally find out why Penelope divorced her veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. Thankfully the writers don't even try to add any humor to scene where she reveals this, treating the whole thing with appropriate seriousness, which turns the scene into a huge tear-jerker.

* SpicyLatina: Played with. Penelope has shades of this, and Lydia often goes into full "spicy" mode, but the Latina stereotype is also addressed and sometimes deconstructed.
* StudioAudience: Unlike most sitcoms of its era, ''One Day at a Time'' is taped in front of a live audience. This is particularly apparent with Lydia, played by screen legend Rita Moreno, as her first appearance in each episode tends to be greeted with loud cheering.

* EthicalSlut: Schneider often has one-night stands staying at this place, but he also considers himself a feminist, and firmly refuses the advances of drunken Lori, as she is married already.

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "One Lie at a Time", we finally find out why Penelope divorced her veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. Thankfully the writers don't even try to add any humor to scene where she reveals this, treating the whole thing with appropriate seriousness, which turns the scene into a huge tear-jerker.

* ShellShockedVeteran: In the episode "One Lie at a Time", we finally find out why Penelope divorced her veteran husband: he [[spoiler:had a serious case of PTSD, refused to get any help for it, and started acting violently]]. Thankfully the writers didn't even try to add any humor to scene where she reveals this, treating the whole thing with appropriate seriousness, which turns the scene into a huge tear-jerker.

* WritersCannotDoMath: In one episode, Lydia recalls how he met her late husband Humberto in Havana in 1958, and immediately fell in love with her during a rather steamy dance the two had. We then see a flashback of the meeting, where Lydia is clearly a grown-up already. But in the very next episode Lydia says that she fled from Cuba all by herself in 1962, when she was only 15.

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''One Day at a Time'' is a [[TheRemake remake]] of [[Series/OneDayAtATime the 1970s/1980s sitcom]] of the same name. It debuted in January 2017 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. Like the original series, the remake centers around a divorced mom (played by Justina Machado) raising her two kids. While the family in the original were Italian-Americans, here they are of Cuban-Americans, and the protagonist's Cuban immigrant mother (played by Rita Moreno) is also a main character. As such, issues of race, ethnicity, and Cuban cultural heritage play a large part, and the series doesn't shy way from addressing other political topics as well. The series was co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, herself a Cuban-American.

''One Day at a Time'' is a [[TheRemake remake]] of [[Series/OneDayAtATime the 1970s/1980s sitcom]] of the same name. It debuted in January 2017 on Creator/{{Netflix}}. Like the original series, the remake centers around a divorced mom (played by Justina Machado) raising her two kids. While the family in the original were Italian-Americans, here they are of Cuban-Americans, and the protagonist's Cuban immigrant mother (played by Rita Moreno) is also a main character. As such, issues of race, ethnicity, and Cuban cultural heritage play a large part, and the series doesn't shy way from addressing other political topics as well. The series was co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, herself a descendant of Cuban immigrants.