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00:00Hi! Happy New Year's Eve!
00:02You look beautiful!
00:04Come on, look down here.
00:08Look at her. Hi Madison!
00:11Wow, look at all this loot!
00:13Just think of me as New Year's Eve fairy.
00:16Oh, here to spread your fresh starts
00:20and goal-setting guests before everyone's hungover?
00:23That is a really creative take on it.
00:25I'm just here to celebrate all that was wonderful in 2025
00:29and looking forward to much more of that.
00:32And what about the bad stuff?
00:34It doesn't exist tonight.
00:36Are you ready to party, sister?
00:38I most definitely am.
00:40Who are you texting so suspiciously?
00:42Yeah, you're acting weird and, like, weirder than usual.
00:45Well, remember when you ran into Lauren, Denise, and Trinita at Winterfest?
00:49Yeah.
00:50Well, they sent me the sweetest text
00:52when they found out that I was sick,
00:54and we've been catching up,
00:55and turns out they know the Ambassador of the Arts
00:58for Prince George's County.
01:00And?
01:02They got me a meeting.
01:03Oh, must be with the prince himself
01:05if he's got you this nervous.
01:07I need to be worried.
01:09Who wants a prince when they've got a princess?
01:12Anyway, where's Jacob?
01:15He's on his way, coming from work.
01:17He wouldn't miss this for anything.
01:19Ooh!
01:20This calls for some champagne!
01:22Oh!
01:23Yes!
01:24There you go.
01:25Yes!
01:26Oh, come back.
01:28Where's my phone?
01:33Uh...
01:34Nicole's nervous about her date with Carlton.
01:36She's probably needing some encouragement.
01:39It's not your sister.
01:40Oh!
01:41Happy New Year, Daddy!
01:42Yeah, we're running a bit late,
01:43but, um, we'll see you at the club soon.
01:45Hey, Danny, uh...
01:46Your mother and I aren't going to make it to the party.
01:49Is something wrong?
01:50Could you stop by the house?
01:51There's something we'd like to discuss with you and your sister.
01:52On New Year's Eve?
01:53That sounds a little ominous.
01:54I'll explain when you get here.
01:55See you soon.
01:56I'll explain when you get here.
01:57See you soon.
01:58Is something wrong?
02:23I don't know.
02:25He didn't say.
02:26Don't go to her's Eve.
02:27Have a great day.
02:29Take care.
02:30I'll see you soon.
02:31See you soon.
02:32Bye.
02:34Bye.
02:35Bye.
02:37Bye.
02:38Bye.
02:40Bye.
02:42Bye.
02:43Bye.
02:45Bye.
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02:48Bye.
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02:54Bye.
02:54Bye.
02:55it's still early enough for you to catch a countdown somewhere not this year my tradition
03:04was always to have dinner and wash the fireworks with the family at the club since i spent winter
03:09fest with the duprees for a good cause i'm going to fall back what about you will you be here when
03:17the clock strikes 12 actually i am wrapping my shift now i mean there's a party i could roll
03:23through but i am just not feeling after the day i've had right there with you
03:33nicole happy new year vanessa same to you thank you sweetie joey cheers here's to new beginnings
03:43and fresh opportunities for both of us have i told you that i'm helping someone look for a
03:49new space for the neighborhood clinic sorry it's my dad
03:57champagne
04:00well that hurdles behind us with no pushback from nicole i'd say we're in the clear for the rest of
04:06the night oh aren't you a glass half full kind of gal nicole was definitely not happy to see us together
04:13daddy i'll be right there
04:19both our girls are on their way i just hate that we have to spoil their new years
04:25there's no other time to do this not with your surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning i know i know we
04:31need to fill them in before then but i just don't want to ruin their celebrations
04:36we kept your illness secret over christmas and gave them a wonderful holiday
04:44but it can't continue nicole and danny wouldn't want to be kept in the dark anyway
04:50now they'll want to be there to support you and you need that too
04:55so glad you decided to party with us i figured why not let's end the year right dressed to kill
05:09a little pixie and tearing up the dance floor locked in same wavelength okay here uh two great memories
05:17breaking the rules and living it all the way up cheers
05:20oh you didn't just show up you were alive thank you and look who's talking ma'am you are wearing
05:29the hell out of that stop this old thing please seriously is this new i splurged i needed to uh
05:37make myself feel festive okay i have to tell you something jacob and i got our wires crossed tonight
05:44and i thought derek would be hanging with his firehouse buddies but jacob invited him here
05:49oh no worries though derek said he won't come if it makes you uncomfortable
05:55no it's fine it's you know what it doesn't matter i promise i will be way more chill than last time
06:01we were all together uh you know i saw your sister over there with madison god it's weird not calling
06:05her dr montgomery i'm gonna go say hi okay how'd that go ashley said she's fine if derek shows up
06:15tonight do you believe her i don't know if she believes her but you know what i'm not in her
06:20head okay that's what she told me so that's what i'm going with good that's very mentally healthy of
06:25you thank you i'll let derek know okay my brother just texted me he said he's not coming oh that's a
06:34letdown you know i really liked hanging out with him at winterfest is he sick no i doubt it i think this
06:40is about eva he's still hanging with her i don't think she wanted to deal with cat did i just hear
06:45my name if y'all were waiting on me to get the party started well here i am whatever you do when
06:52you leave here don't spend it like christmas i'll hold up in your tiny catfish melon hotel
06:59i haven't had any catfish to go lately oh that's a plus but remember you have to be very careful what
07:05you do tonight i do why is that the energy you bring in is the energy you carry so choose wisely
07:12oh ted i'm so glad that i ran into you i just came from visiting features and i have something
07:18important to ask you oh if it's about your mother's care i can help you or put you in touch with the
07:23doctor who's caring for your mother this is about another matter entirely niecy ted it would just take
07:31a minute okay so things are really coming along for uh eva's and my free clinic and the people in
07:46the community are getting excited oh okay you're involved in that i didn't i didn't realize that
07:55you didn't realize i was involved with the leslie thomas outreach project oh of course you named it
08:01after yourself uh-huh or your alter ego ego being the operative word how humble what's your question
08:10dana i want to do the whole thing by the book okay step one apparently is forming a steering committee
08:19with medical professionals community leaders and i mean you know this community more than
08:28i do right i mean you're more connected so i i thought that maybe i could just put you in charge
08:37wait do you want me to recruit committee members or become one well you know i'll take as much of dr ted
08:47richardson as i can get okay you two i'm here what's going on
09:06mother i heard you spent christmas in puerto rico with the fam how was that
09:26very warm and chill shouldn't you have invited cat to the island i just couldn't leave town during
09:32chelsea cat's first christmas season i would have been stressed the whole time next year i'll have
09:37everything locked down and i'll be able to take some vacation days naomi and i are going to pack
09:42ourselves into your bags and tag along christmas on the beach i never turn that down man that is a
09:47total plan i can show you guys all the spots we'd have a great time okay hey i'm headed over to the
09:53bar can i get anyone anything no i'm all good yeah i'm still nursing this one yeah can i get a way ahead of
09:58you mamacita cosmo with a lion's fist huh well i see things are going well with you two well did
10:10you see how he just knew what my favorite drink was oh he's the best life is so good okay my nurse
10:18instincts are telling me that someone is tipsy her not me chelsea camel teeth you think i'm gypsy because
10:26of a little blurred way wordplay maybe a little but you're required to get a little wild okay your
10:35secret is safe with me me too thank you nurse ashley charles you coming what yeah yes let's go right now
10:45as much as i'd like to help it's not good for either of our lives for you and me to do a project
11:01together i disagree i mean it's not like it'll be me and you in a lab alone together it would be lovely
11:09and wholesome to have a family project that we all can work on i gotta tell you i'm not feeling this dana
11:17well can you at least just sleep on it fine but since you're here there's something you should know
11:26what's that you jumped to the wrong conclusion with vernon he is not having an affair with sharon
11:34well i saw what i saw ted sharon is a vocal coach she was giving vernon singing lessons so he could
11:43surprise anita for christmas and apparently he did apparently before sharon he couldn't sing a note he
11:50had ten ear and as a member of that family for years and having sung carols beside him i can attest to
11:57the truth of that now ct i'd expect you to be better at spotting cover stories given how many you have
12:09told your entire life you need to stop spreading the rumor about vernon and sharon having an affair it's
12:17ugly and there's no truth to it simmer down right you know it sounds like you need a drink and lucky for
12:26you i'm buying oh our hotel is having a little shindig tonight for the guests yeah i'm not up for that
12:35and you should find a better way to bring in the new year than to hang around a tired anti-social grouch
12:45well i can promise you that i can find many ways to cheer you up
12:52not happening you have a good night
12:59dr fitzgerald's it's a pleasure i hope the new year is everything you want it to be
13:03thank you but if i could just find nicole right now that would do for the moment
13:07i was looking for her too i saw her earlier but now she seems to have disappeared
13:11yeah we made plans to have dinner tonight we haven't been dating that long so
13:15i'm starting to think she may have gotten cold feet well it's a big step taking a relationship
13:22public true but i can't imagine nicole ghosting you carlton she's much too well-mannered for that
13:29i hope you're right now that i think about it nicole got a call from her father earlier and
13:36looking around none of the deprees seem to be here maybe there was an emergency
13:46sorry we would have been here sooner but we were waylaid by a couple of danny's neighbors who
13:49were already in full party mode oh you know how bob and barb get when they're in their cups
13:55it's fine it's fine thanks for interrupting your new year's eve plans to get here your mother and
14:03nicole are in the living room okay the ladies could use some time alone yeah but then he's very
14:12worried well unfortunately she has reason to be come sit by me mother you're scaring me
14:27i am so sorry for the timing of this conversation
14:30i know we'd all prefer to be out ringing in the new year but it couldn't be helped because
14:36things are moving very quickly what things you're aware that i had a complete physical recently of
14:43course had the whole gamut of exams and i'm so glad i did because they caught this early early
14:52so we're talking about yes sweetheart i've been diagnosed with breast cancer
15:11out with the old then with the new huh ash is that something like happy new year yeah something like
15:17you i've been saying happy new year all day i figured i'd give it a rest
15:25and look at you with your spiffy new cane yeah it was a christmas gift from jacob and naomi
15:31nice right yeah how was your christmas it was okay bryce and aisha invited me over but then bryce got
15:40called out to a fire and i stayed behind obviously that must have been tough for you i know how much
15:46you love your work yeah it was what it was i helped their kids put together their presents their son
15:51them all got a drone gotta say that was pretty awesome how about you oh i pretty much skipped
15:58christmas i worked a double since my mom was out of town yeah i gotta say i was surprised that jan
16:03went on the cruise after the breakup i mean i figured she'd want to stay close by for you well she offered to
16:09cancel but i couldn't let her do that you know she was so looking forward to it and
16:14it turned out fine anyway after all this time i'm just now beginning to get you
16:21what does that mean like knowing that when you say something's fine but it's actually not
16:27i guess i'm late to that party but better late than never right derek happy new year what's up man good
16:34to see you and you're looking good with that new cape oh what this thing all right found it outside in
16:40the trash kidding look if i have to use one of these things i appreciate you helping me do it in style
16:46anytime how about we head over to the bar and you can show me how well it works yes
16:49everything good yep fine
17:01why are you in such a hurry i just wanted to get back to the party charles the party
17:06isn't going anywhere i didn't get a chance to put on my look laws oh my gosh look they look so cute
17:14together oh they are but you know what really got me the way you and your sister took care of your mom
17:23last year that was really something oh what do you mean just the way your family comes together in a
17:29crisis and now it makes more sense why you kept pushing me to ease up on my mother and i've accepted
17:35that you and will just don't have that same kind of relationship we don't but i wish we did
17:41and i love that you want that for me even if that means you building castles in the sky
17:48well that's what my mom taught me make sure how i want things to be and don't let it go you have such
17:54a kind heart
18:02oh chelsea with madison me with you if this moment's a sign of what's to come i'll take a million more like
18:11i can't believe you and daddy have known about this since before christmas how could you have held
18:19on to such a huge piece of news for so long we wanted to have a normal happy christmas and we did
18:28didn't we but tomorrow morning i am scheduled for surgery that's fast have you had time to consider
18:35your options this is not a mastectomy if that's what you're thinking but time is of the essence
18:42and we can't put this off so tomorrow morning they're going to put what they call a port in my
18:48chest to administer chemotherapy and the goal is to shrink the tumor before they try to remove it
18:55you said they caught it early yes and i am so grateful for that but i don't want to give you the
19:01wrong impression this is not going to be a walk in the park this particular kind of cancer this
19:08triple negative cancer is very aggressive and harder to treat than many others
19:16and it also has a higher rate of recurring
19:20okay so it's a marathon not a sprint
19:23you are the strongest person i know and you're gonna beat this
19:33yes i am i believe that especially because i have my two loving daughters and the rest of my
19:41family to rally around me oh and we will
19:43i am so sorry that you guys are going through this but i want to help any way that i can
19:55well i'm definitely going to be relying on you in the coming months understandably my focus has to
20:03be on anita you know i've got to give her all the support she needs for her to be able to fight off
20:11this disease yeah i understand danny's strong like her mother but sometimes her emotions
20:21get the best of her she'll need someone to lean on hey you can count on me to be there to make
20:29sure danny is well taken care of sir and i'm so thankful that danny finally has the kind of partner
20:37she deserves just so you know i have dibs on the catfish
20:50you don't order catfish on new year's eve you don't you get hoppin john because black eyed peas are
20:57good luck everyone knows that except me apparently and protein all that big ham hock in there should do
21:04the trick oh well thank you for enlightening me i'm going to order myself some hopping john
21:11maybe that'll turn things around for me this year it'll do more than set the tone
21:18it might just bring you exactly what you didn't know you needed
21:21you know i find this ironic what's that well i expected this country club set to be turning
21:35their nose up at me instead they are shockingly eager to describe their nasal passages and enlarged body
21:42parts i'm so sorry i put so much pressure on you to come with me to this dinner the whole thing turned
21:49out to be a bust oh i don't know i've had a ball
21:56friends i wanted to socialize with didn't even come
22:00you could have done what you wanted and gone on a romantic getaway somewhere well now it hasn't all
22:06been bad the risotto was to die for i literally i think i broke a tooth i'm kidding
22:15no regrets vanessa i'm happy to be wherever you are
22:25you have been glued to your phone all night you can set the meeting with the prince tomorrow
22:30oh look there's derek hey derek come join us y'all ready for this
22:39what's going on i know y'all are getting your groove on tonight i see
22:47but look i have a very special song that i want to sing to all the lovers here tonight
22:52no flipping way it's kenny latimore wait this is the meeting you've been worried about all night
23:00well he is the ambassador of arts come on
23:07this is for you
23:09for you i'd give a lifetime of stability anything you want of me
23:18nothing is impossible for you there are no words or ways to show my love
23:29or all the thoughts i'm thinking of
23:32because this life is not good alone since we've become one i've made a change
23:48everything i do now makes sense
23:53all roads and all i do is for you
24:06for you i share the cup of love that overflows and anyone who knows us knows
24:14that i would change all faults i have for you there is no low or higher in between
24:25of my heart of my heart that you haven't seen
24:31because i share all i've had and am
24:37nothing i've said it's hard to understand
24:45all i feel i feel deeper still
24:49and always win all this love is for you
24:58everything i do makes sense
25:01cause love is for you
25:16only for you
25:24so did you make a new year's resolution i did so share it's to get your new bird feeder installed
25:44oh well then we have a problem because i also have a new year's resolution and it is to stop
25:49that from ever happening i thought you were okay with it yeah i've reconsidered gotta face your
25:56fears your niece i'll start facing mine when we turn this thing around on you not following
26:02when are you gonna open up and start sharing your fears with me oh everyone knows my greatest fears
26:08because it came true in public having the worst thing you've ever done announced to everyone you
26:15no it's stuff of nightmares no getting attacked by birds is still far far worse you my friend
26:24still have your eyeballs i've never seen the upside of my situation you can't argue with that logic huh
26:34where's andre he said he'd meet you back at home
26:39wanted to give the four of us little time as a unit which i thought was very considerate did you
26:47tell him what's going on i filled him in mother do we have permission to share this news with the rest
26:53of the family absolutely i need you to because i also learned that you all are at a higher risk
27:01what do you mean your mother underwent genetic testing the results show that she has a variant
27:10of the brachy gene it increases your risk of getting certain types of cancer yeah i know that um
27:17angelina had it right jolie that's correct it means that you both have a 50 50 chance of having
27:25inherited it and if you did and the same is true for your children including martin yes
27:32i know this is a lot to process and i know how much you love your children
27:41and you know how much i love you which is why it is breaking my heart to think i could have passed
27:47along something that could hurt you we are going to get tested and find out hopefully we can help put
27:53your mind at ease and if not then us having this conversation right now may be what ends up saving
27:59our lives someday if we learn we have the same gene variant then we can start taking precautions
28:04don't you dare blame yourself for this mom you are protecting us just as much as you always have
28:11actually she'll be happy to know i have made a new year's resolution
28:25does it make you happy i'm sure it will eventually i'm going to get a new place oh that's great news
28:37good for you yeah the hotel was wonderful but it was never going to feel like home
28:42i should have left sooner but i was holding on to hope that nicole would change her mind take me back
28:48so it was hard to go through with signing a lease or buying someplace new
28:54yeah it would have meant picturing life without her which is exactly where i am now anyway like it or not
29:05so i need to just stop standing still and face my future head on
29:12lord you make facing your future sound like facing a firing squad i mean it doesn't have to be sad you
29:20know in fact i think you should give yourself credit for getting to this point give myself credit how
29:28affirmations in the mirror literally pat myself on the back symbolic gestures my friend symbolic gestures
29:36like
29:38throw yourself a housewarming party oh i already know what gift i would bring
29:43ah a bird feeder how did you guess
29:47i cannot believe that chelsea both is off
29:53what does she know about kenny latimore i thought she was more into meg the stallion
29:57apparently madison's spotify raft came in and that was her top song
30:01you know she's always been spontaneous but madison has turned chelsea into a true romantic
30:07i could stand to take a page out of chelsea's book that could be one of our 2026 resolutions more romance
30:13no no no i abstain from any new year's resolutions
30:16why because it's just another to-do list item in my life that is full of to-do lists
30:22but as your resident attorney i'm happy to come up with resolutions for the rest of you
30:27babe i don't think that's how that's supposed to work
30:30no no trust me my way is better i mean if you break your own resolution you have to feel all bad about it
30:36but who cares if you break someone else's
30:38okay i'm game gift me a resolution okay yours is easy i can sum it up in one word
30:43paris paris challenge accepted great who's next
30:48well i have a challenge for you karaoke
30:51i haven't heard you sing in way too long
30:54and for jacob
30:56skydiving
30:58i object i'd like to keep my man in one piece thank you very much
31:03i love you too babe
31:05derek you've been found guilty of inciting drinking
31:08all right well give me a resolution bring it
31:11i got one for you
31:12dance lessons
31:13come on guys
31:16derek's dancers weren't that bad
31:19i was about to prove it too until kenny latimore showed up and stole my thunder
31:23yeah right
31:24more like saved you from yourself
31:26the twins just sent this selfie from the party at the ski lodge
31:32oh they look happy
31:34thank god
31:35i'm glad they were able to take a break from everything
31:38absolutely
31:39i think we should get back to our own festivities
31:44really
31:46i promised you dancing
31:47you've made an abundance of sacrifices for one night
31:51come on
31:51i can keep my promises right here
31:55you don't need witnesses
31:57or anyone's approval
31:59i know that now
32:01which makes me wish i'd come to that realization before dragging you out tonight
32:06oh you did what you had to do
32:07you were testing me
32:10joey i wasn't
32:11yes you were but it's okay
32:13i get it
32:14did i pass?
32:21because i'm not the only one being skittish
32:23you?
32:25the unflappable buddha of the streets skittish?
32:28when my marriage ended
32:32badly
32:33i swear i'd never let my guard down again
32:37well i sure never anticipated you
32:40you snuck up and broke down my defenses
32:43being the exasperating
32:47irrepressible person that you were
32:50so now i'm in love
32:54it's not a damn thing i can do about it
32:58oh andre
33:07i'm so sorry for what the both of you are going through
33:13it's comforting knowing that mother has the best doctors and that it sounds like they found the tumor before it had a chance to spread
33:21yeah
33:21she's going to kick cancer's ass
33:23hey there is nobody tougher than anita dupree
33:26okay
33:27it's almost midnight huh
33:31maybe that is what we should toast to when the ball drops
33:33you're here here to that
33:35oh my god i forgot
33:38carlton it completely blew him off
33:40excuse me you two danny i'm gonna go call him
33:43of course
33:43did daddy tell you about the genetic testing nicole and i need to do
33:52yeah he told me
33:53i'm really hoping that neither you nor nicole inherit anita's bragging
33:58that way you won't have to worry about your kids
34:01oh
34:02i guess i need to fill bill in
34:04he's so protective over the girls he'd want to know
34:08yeah
34:08before i tell them
34:09did you see the girls putting on their brave faces
34:18they were marvelous
34:20dealing with something that had to be frightening to hear
34:24i know they're terrified
34:26as we all are
34:27but that's what this family is built to do
34:30to come together when
34:33any one of us is facing something that's too big
34:37to handle on our own
34:39we're gonna get you through to the other side of this
34:45we all are
34:47i am counting on that my love
35:09champagne man
35:10no thank you
35:12i'm just leaving
35:13now
35:14the fireworks are just getting about to start
35:16oh honey
35:17i am the fireworks
35:19i am happy with you
35:30all i have is for you
35:34Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, happy days.
35:44All I have is for you.
35:49Everything I do makes sense, love, cause love, love.
35:54All I do is for you.
36:04Only for you.
36:34All I do is for you.
36:39All I do is for you.
36:43All I do is for you.
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