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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 63: Monday, April 6, 2026
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00:03Previously on Beyond the Gates
00:07Jennifer Holliday
00:08Anita Williams
00:09Get over here girl
00:10Bring it in
00:12Joey was arrogant
00:14He even insulted my family
00:16You're just another Dupree
00:17Baptized in the same self-righteous water
00:20And that's why you came over last night
00:22Just give me the damn bag
00:23So we can go
00:24Every action has a consequence
00:27That someone must pay
00:29And if Joey has already figured us out
00:31Bill won't be too far behind
00:33Okay, chill out
00:34We need to kill Bill already
00:36And get the hell out before he can ruin us
00:42Man
00:43I've never been so happy to get a text from an unknown number
00:48It's not proof of life
00:49Until you hug your big brother
00:51Tell mom I'm okay
00:53I shouldn't even be in your face right now
00:55I thought it was being a good son
00:56But I was fumbling
00:58Asking Naomi to set up a call for you and Ma was not the move
01:01You meant well
01:02Naomi's just holding on right now
01:03She was so upset
01:05Yeah, I realized real quick that I messed up
01:07And then Ma laid into me double
01:09The do not disturbs, the family mandate
01:11I was out of step
01:13Per usual
01:14That's not true, bro
01:15Ma, you know I'm the reason we're one blue blood shy of our own CBS cop show
01:20Okay, now that's true
01:21But seriously, Isaiah, we're good
01:24Any idea how much longer?
01:27I'm closer
01:28No one wants this wrapped up more than I do
01:30Yeah, I know you're missing Naomi
01:31Especially today
01:40Happy anniversary, Naomi
01:42Happy anniversary, Jacob
01:54Hey
01:54Hi
01:56How are you holding up?
01:58For better
01:59After last night
02:00Whoa, Jacob came home?
02:02I went to him
02:03The no-tell motel
02:05So hot it's like out of a movie
02:07Yeah, cheap, tacky movie, maybe
02:09But all that washes away when I see him
02:14Well, please tell me it won't be so long until the next time
02:17It's day by day
02:19And right now, he's on standby
02:21They, God, whoever they are
02:25Want him at the ready
02:26For what?
02:28Jacob can't tell me
02:30I mean, we've kept cases from each other before
02:32But this is different
02:35Please, no pity today
02:37Okay
02:39Have a presence
02:42What?
02:47Ashley
02:49You did not keep our wedding favors from all these years
02:53No, no
02:53I gobbled up those troubles even before you threw the good pay
02:56But I went to the same confectioner with a picture and
03:01Ashley
03:03Ugh, I thought I could make it through this day without crying
03:07Happy anniversary, Naomi
03:08Teen PB
03:11salaries, who came from me
03:13And I thought she didn't have a boyfriend
03:14No, no, no
03:19I've talked about that
03:19It was a rape
03:19Especially me
03:19Oh, no
03:26I only have any friendships
03:28But it's actually never met haze
03:28I know a girlfriend
03:28I have a wife
03:28To join a Fate
03:29And protect me
03:29Hmm, my right
03:42It's just too pretty.
03:44I want to wait to share it with Jacob.
03:46Yeah.
03:50Which is why I've got two.
03:52Okay, now I'm going to have to hurt you.
03:54You're welcome.
03:55Ashley, you want me to come by after work?
03:59Maybe.
04:00I'm heading to mom's now.
04:02She's pretending she just happens to need some company.
04:04You're doubting.
04:06I'll be lucky if there isn't a recreated wedding cake when I get there.
04:10She and dad pressed at brunch about Jacob being gone for so long.
04:15I couldn't keep my game face.
04:17And now their minds are heading straight to divorce court.
04:20Well, better that than knowing what he's really doing.
04:23We should have come up with a better cover story than training sessions.
04:26Nope, it wouldn't have mattered.
04:28It's a step too far for anyone to believe that you or Jacob would miss your anniversary.
04:34There wouldn't be an anniversary if you hadn't nudged so hard.
04:37I don't know.
04:39You would have found a way.
04:40Or we might never have happened if it weren't for you, bestie.
04:44I'm done.
04:45I'm way too cute and way too accomplished to be waiting around for Hottie Cop.
04:49You are so not done.
04:52And besides, Hottie Cop made the first move.
04:55Yeah, and ever since I did not give him my number at the coffee shop, he got gun shy.
05:01He'll flirt with me all he wants to at the courthouse, but he won't pull the trigger.
05:05And today, I literally said I'd give him my number if he promised to use it.
05:09And he bolted.
05:11But get this.
05:12You know that cute bailiff?
05:14Hmm, JT.
05:15Oh, he is gorgeous.
05:18He overheard, and he offered himself up.
05:21Said he'd worship those digits and the goddess who gave them.
05:24Okay.
05:25Mega points for JT.
05:28Yeah.
05:29He wants to take me to a monster truck rally.
05:33You snob.
05:34You know what?
05:35Next time you see JT, you give him my number because I'm going to go places.
05:39Yeah.
05:39To Paris, not the Manassas truck pole.
05:42I can't.
05:44And there's something about Hottie Cop.
05:47Hmm.
05:48The fact that he's hot.
05:50And he hasn't once asked me what my sign is.
05:53He's funny, and I just have to let it go.
05:57Or you could make Hottie Cop's day.
06:00You could ask him out.
06:02Yeah, and when he turns me down, I'll have to look at him on the daily.
06:05And when I'm right, and you two fall madly in love, I'll buy you a coffee.
06:11I hope you win the love of your life, and all I get is a latte.
06:15Yeah, that's nowhere near enough.
06:18I'm getting you a cookie, too.
06:20Okay.
06:26So how come you had time to see me, and not your wife?
06:29I'm kind of on call today.
06:31I don't want to bring Naomi here.
06:32I have to bail.
06:33If you're hitting the home stretch, you want her nowhere near.
06:37Can I jump in with a little brotherly support?
06:40Uh-oh.
06:41College man's about to start philosophizing.
06:43Did you boys ever say anything about lovers separated by crime solving?
06:46You know, it actually goes with bell hooks.
06:48When we choose love, we choose to move against fear.
06:52Damn, man.
06:54Let me get your new girlfriend inspired with that?
06:56Maybe.
06:57Did Pop say anything?
06:58Just that Ma and Eva had their own very special meet-the-parent moment.
07:02You know Darlene Hawthorne don't play.
07:04She probably thought I was showing up with a debutante like you did.
07:06But Eva is so not that, and so right for me.
07:10You ain't right in history?
07:12Ma didn't like Naomi either.
07:14But none of that mattered to me.
07:16I mean, from what I remember, you said you showed up with your Issa Rae with a law degree.
07:20How could anyone in our fam have a problem with that?
07:23Yeah, right, man.
07:23Try me.
07:24Her last name alone was almost a red flag.
07:28I can't believe you know Orphie Jeans.
07:30How many times have we been in the same room without knowing it?
07:33Trust me.
07:34If we were in the same room, I would have noticed.
07:40You know, we just found out that you were at the same Issa concert as me last month.
07:45You know, now that I think about it, I did feel very handsome that night.
07:48Was that you?
07:51Like a buddy of mine, Moonlight's had a dive bar over on the wharf.
07:54And she likes to drop in sometimes, so maybe we could...
07:58Hmm, I wonder if JT likes her too.
08:02The Bayless?
08:04Okay, fine.
08:05I deserve that.
08:06I should have asked you out.
08:08And you still didn't.
08:10I asked you.
08:11Well, you're the one who curbed me at that bougie coffee shop over on Marshall.
08:15Wait, that is not fair.
08:16We had never said a word to each other.
08:18I wasn't going to give my number to some stranger just because he was a cop.
08:22This was different.
08:24Fine.
08:25But look, you know you're fine.
08:27And you're brilliant.
08:29And my ego can handle both, but you're also a Dupree.
08:33But you can't handle that?
08:35It's not about what I can handle.
08:37It's about what your family name means.
08:40Black American royalty.
08:42Being a Dupree isn't what you think it is.
08:45Oh, let me guess.
08:46It's better?
08:47Different.
08:48We're about blazing our own path.
08:50And that path doesn't have to be fancy.
08:53Just has to be something good.
08:56Something additive.
09:00Sounds more like a mission.
09:02I don't need the fancy.
09:04I've attended balls and I've worn designer clothes.
09:07And I'm not knocking it or returning it.
09:10But what I want out of life is something good.
09:15Inside the courtroom, man out.
09:18I'm sure you have one hell of a closing argument.
09:21You sure this isn't some way station on the way to the White House?
09:24I don't know.
09:26I could have taken a place at my dad's firm or used my gran's fame to launch a singing career.
09:33Wait, you can sing?
09:35Oh, uh-uh.
09:36You're not getting to that base yet.
09:40I'm a public defender.
09:42Not some nepo baby.
09:44That's how I Dupree.
09:46You know, I want to do the same.
09:48To do good.
09:49And cop families have a legacy of their own.
09:53I'm sorry.
09:54Here I am riding you because you're a Dupree.
09:57But I'm following in my father's shiny service shoes.
10:01Would I still be a cop if it wasn't for pops?
10:04Maybe.
10:04Do I think he's my personal superhero?
10:07Absolutely.
10:08My family has been friends of the station forever.
10:11And they speak highly of the chief.
10:14You must be really proud.
10:18Oh, shoot.
10:20Judge Henson is not a fan of tardiness.
10:23Please.
10:24Henson's a pussycat.
10:26In what universe?
10:27Since he was my scoutmaster.
10:30I'll tell him I held you up.
10:34You're an actual boy scout?
10:36Let's get you to court, shall we?
10:38Come on.
10:40Did he ever show you those married badges?
10:42I helped him earn a few new ones, too.
10:45I'm pretty good at earning badges and bad behavior.
10:48Well, no wonder Darlene gave you the side eye.
10:51I don't think it would have mattered how I behaved.
10:53No one was good enough for her boys.
10:56When it came to Jacob and his ma, my last name was a strike against me.
11:01You know, it's funny.
11:02We haven't properly met before.
11:04Oh, we met?
11:06You and your sister nearly ran over me at the police charity ice skating fundraiser.
11:10You were dressed like princesses.
11:12You were adorable.
11:14But it's never too early for home training.
11:18My gran would agree.
11:20Sounds like good southern manners.
11:22Where is she from?
11:24Chicago, originally.
11:26My people came from South Carolina.
11:29I'm guessing you're not familiar?
11:31Oh, actually, my soar and I, we spent spring break in Mount Pleasant.
11:35I was completely southern charmed by the people and the sunset.
11:39That zip code is nothing but luxury.
11:44I'm sure your hometown's lovely.
11:47Where are you from?
11:48Where the real people live.
11:52Mrs. Hawthorne, I didn't mean to.
11:54Oh, I may not have gone to a fancy school or been a part of some sorority, but I'm proud.
12:02Well, you should be.
12:04Being a dispatcher is one of the most valued jobs, period.
12:08It takes nerves of steel, which can't be taught.
12:11My wife's the woman you want on your side for any crisis.
12:15And not everyone needs college.
12:18Indulge me.
12:19Who in your circle didn't go to Cal?
12:21Ma, really?
12:23My mom and grandmother.
12:26Gran made it from Cabrini Green all the way to the top of the charts without stepping on a campus.
12:33That's quite a rise.
12:34And my mom, she stepped off the runway to raise us and help my dad start his firm.
12:40You know, scouting clients and designing the offices.
12:43Behind every good man, there's a woman pulling the strings.
12:46Is that what you're planning for our son?
12:50I like Jacob.
12:52Just as he is.
12:53Thank you, baby.
12:55Ma, seriously?
12:57Come on.
13:04Hang on, man.
13:05I got a tin of this.
13:10Listen, man.
13:10If you want Eva to stick, she's going to have to rise above Ma's shade.
13:14Noted.
13:16All right, man.
13:17I'm out of here.
13:18Hey, don't be a hero.
13:20Or do.
13:21Just come home.
13:24Hey, man, can you do me a favor?
13:30Sparkling cider for me.
13:32Dr. Ahn suggested I keep my alcohol count low for Baraka reasons, which I have been doing consistently every sixth
13:38Tuesday of the month.
13:39But since you didn't inherit the demon DNA, you want real bubbles?
13:45No, I like these bubbles, too.
13:47That's fine.
13:48Okay.
13:49To my perfect baby and her perfect mate, happy anniversary.
13:55Thanks, Mom.
13:58You know, I knew you were always in our corner from day one.
14:02Well, almost.
14:04But once in, you were all in.
14:06I was just protective because I had never seen you crushing so hard.
14:09Oh, except when you fell for what's-his-name.
14:13Um, you encouraged me to run away with what's-his-name.
14:16Because I thought you were going to use that voice that you inherited from your gran to pick up the
14:21mic and change the world in that band of his.
14:24But you decided to use your voice for other reasons.
14:27Yeah.
14:27To help those who don't have one.
14:30Proud of you.
14:31Thanks, Mom.
14:32Whatever happened to what's-his-name?
14:35He's still backing big bands and on the road.
14:38And you are exactly where and with exactly whom you belong.
14:44Yeah.
14:44I just needed you to make the case.
14:48Okay.
14:49Be brutal.
14:50It's flawless.
14:52Why are you doubting?
14:53After Winterfest dress gate last year?
14:55Your father waited until we got home to imply that my outfit was a hot mess.
15:00Well, Amy, you were just too hot, period.
15:02That was rude.
15:03Okay, my lawyer daughter.
15:05Just tell me if I need to be protected from this dress.
15:08Trust your sartorial gut, not Dad's.
15:12And speaking of my personal protective detail at Winterfest, I need an extra ticket.
15:19For Jacob.
15:21Someone is leveling up?
15:23Does he know that showing up on your arm means something to the family, to society?
15:29If the Fairmont Crest ladies need something to gossip about, they should be kiki-ing over Jacob and me, cohabitating.
15:39Well, he's at my place or I'm at his every night.
15:42Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
15:43Don't act like this decision is being made from up here when we both know it is coming from a
15:48place that's much lower.
15:49Mom.
15:50Your heart, dirty girl.
15:54You said that you wouldn't take this step unless you were sure.
15:59Well, Mom, I love him.
16:03And he loves me.
16:05Ah!
16:08Your parents always want the next generation to have it better.
16:11And I gotta say, my girls are killing it.
16:14Jacob is such a good man.
16:16He's never disrespectful.
16:17Boy was raised right.
16:18Mm-hmm.
16:19Whatever Elon and Darlene did, their boys show up for their women.
16:23Mm-hmm.
16:24You got a different set of skills from your father.
16:27Such as?
16:28How to make a deal.
16:29Mm.
16:30Do you remember when you moved in with Jacob?
16:32You had those plans more laid than some people's edges.
16:35You even mapped out proper plate placement in the dishwasher.
16:38Okay, first of all, I learned a lot from my supermodel mom, and I thought prepping would keep the nerves
16:45at bay.
16:46Did it work?
16:47Not even a little.
16:49Why did this pizza hit different in a new apartment?
16:52Babe, you have another sauce on your...
16:55Hmm?
16:55Where?
16:56No, no, no, I'm not there.
16:57Here?
17:01Mm-hmm.
17:07Here, let me take that.
17:10The air mattress!
17:11Okay, we'll bring this back to your mom as soon as our furniture arrives tomorrow, okay?
17:15Yeah, make sure you thank her for us.
17:17Sure.
17:20Sure, look at that boy.
17:22I know.
17:24Can I stay and help you unpack?
17:26Mm-hmm.
17:29Oh, he's not wasting any time.
17:31You know what?
17:33I'm gonna leave you two to, uh, christen.
17:36No, please stay.
17:37You can be our first dinner guest.
17:40Hawaiian.
17:41Mm-hmm.
17:41It's one of those soft top mattresses.
17:43Nice.
17:44Well, duh.
17:45Miss private school here hasn't even ever slept on an air mattress.
17:47Oh, wait, that is not true.
17:49I was the queen of sleepovers.
17:52I felt like I was raving Simone in Princess Diaries, too.
17:55Mm.
17:55The princess sleepover when she and Julie Andrews sing,
17:58and then they slide down that massive ramp into a pile of mattresses.
18:01These pillows, you don't know what we're talking about.
18:04I don't, but I'm sure this is gonna be even better.
18:07Because you're here now.
18:09Yep.
18:11Well, my work here is done.
18:13Bye.
18:14Bye.
18:17Hmm.
18:18You want another slice?
18:20Uh, I think I want to test out that air mattress.
18:24Mm-hmm.
18:25Okay.
18:26Not so fast.
18:28Hmm.
18:49Do you remember when the reverend was supposed to say,
18:51who gives this woman to this man, and he left it out?
18:54Yeah, I thought he just got nervous and forgot.
18:58It was your dad.
19:00Fothering.
19:01He thought it was barbaric.
19:03Oh.
19:04That is so funny.
19:06Because I told Jacob he couldn't ask Dad for my hand
19:08because it would be an affront to my agency.
19:11Oh, poor Jacob.
19:13Caught between two very stubborn Hamiltons.
19:16Not the way your detective handled it.
19:17Or would have handled it.
19:21Mom?
19:21Mm-hmm.
19:22What does that mean?
19:24What?
19:25Mom.
19:27Did Jacob circle back and ask Dad for a secret blessing?
19:32No.
19:33He asked for mine.
19:35You want a scotch?
19:37Well, at least sit down.
19:42Is Naomi okay?
19:44I just wanted to let you know
19:45what an incredible woman you've raised.
19:49Didn't do it myself.
19:50I know she loves her dad.
19:52But I'm here to talk to you.
19:55Naomi and Chelsea, they're...
19:57They're a testament to you.
19:59Their ambition, their generosity,
20:01their kindness.
20:04And I want to let you know
20:06that I'll only be additive to that equation.
20:10Whatever dreams Naomi has and wants to pursue,
20:13I'll champion.
20:17I'll never stand in her way.
20:20I wouldn't imagine anything different.
20:22Okay.
20:23So did you two have a fight?
20:26Don't tell me you stepped out on my daughter.
20:27No, no, no, no, no.
20:28Of course not.
20:29Then what's with all the hopes and dreams, Jacob?
20:32Well,
20:33I want to make Naomi's come true.
20:35And mine.
20:39Wait.
20:40Sorry, sorry.
20:43Okay.
20:45I'd like to ask for your daughter's hand.
20:50Of course.
20:52Yes, Jacob.
20:54Oh.
20:56Welcome to the family, baby.
20:59Why tell me now?
21:01I thought you needed to hear
21:02how wonderful Jacob is today.
21:05Unless you don't think it's wonderful.
21:06No, it was.
21:08And he is.
21:10Jacob wanted you to know
21:12that he was offering me a future
21:13where he never, ever
21:15took anything away from me, like...
21:17Like your dad took from me.
21:21Your man kept his word.
21:24You knew before anyone else
21:25that I was getting married
21:26and you actually kept the secret all this time.
21:29And I helped plan the proposal.
21:31Even though you did everything
21:32in your power to blow it up.
21:38Babe.
21:42Look, I know it's just Ashley,
21:43but you gotta throw on a dress.
21:45Ugh.
21:46I already begged off.
21:47I had an awful day in court.
21:48Well, maybe talking it through
21:49with your best friend will help.
21:51I just want to curl up with my man
21:54and the second season of our show.
21:56And what about Ashley?
21:58Well, she's already seen season two.
22:01Okay, baby, listen.
22:04You said you didn't want to be
22:05one of those women
22:06who gets into a relationship
22:07and avoids her friends, right?
22:09Besides, Ashley doesn't want you
22:11to start telling her things
22:12like how much of an asshat
22:13Judge Faraday was this morning.
22:15No.
22:15Come on.
22:16Let go.
22:18Listen, part of being a bestie
22:20is the freedom to say
22:21you're too tie-tie.
22:22And part of being a girlfriend
22:24is knowing when her boyfriend
22:25is being totally sus.
22:28Okay, well, did it ever occur to you
22:29that I just might have plans myself?
22:32No, because we share
22:33that adorable eye cow.
22:34Well, I didn't put it
22:35in the adorable eye cow.
22:37Well, then, by all means,
22:39if you have someplace to be,
22:40don't let me stop you.
22:41Jeez.
22:41You know what?
22:44Fine.
22:56Jacob.
22:57Shh.
22:58Just relax.
23:01Have you
23:02lost your damn mind?
23:05Yeah.
23:13You want to know
23:14what my plan was?
23:20I'm supposed to be wearing a tux
23:22right now at Brookside Gardens.
23:24The sun coming down behind me,
23:27lighting you up
23:27as you're walking on a path,
23:29strewn with yellow roses.
23:30Your favorite.
23:33And there I am,
23:34standing there,
23:35waiting for you,
23:36all while this song is playing.
23:38But I guess now
23:39we'll have to improvise.
23:41Jacob?
23:43Naomi Hamilton,
23:44I've never met anyone
23:46more infuriating,
23:48more stubborn,
23:50and more beautiful than you.
23:53And I know this isn't what I planned,
23:55but I couldn't wait another minute
23:56without asking you this question.
24:01Naomi, you caught me by surprise.
24:04I had this whole plan
24:06laid out for my life.
24:07I was good.
24:09But the second I laid my eyes on you,
24:11you blew all that up.
24:13I had to talk to you.
24:15I had to hear your voice.
24:17And as soon as I met you,
24:19I realized you were more than I could ever
24:21have imagined for myself.
24:23More than anything I could dream of.
24:25More than the poets
24:26and the writers
24:27and the singers could ever say.
24:29You were prettier,
24:31kinder,
24:32brighter,
24:33smarter.
24:34and somehow
24:36you liked me too.
24:38More than liked me.
24:40I couldn't fathom how somebody like you
24:42could choose me.
24:44But you did.
24:45And you continue to choose me
24:46each and every day.
24:48Naomi,
24:48you came along
24:49and blew my heart wide open.
24:51I love you more than anything
24:53in this world, baby.
24:55I love you too.
24:57Do you choose me now?
24:59Do you choose me forever?
25:03Naomi Hamilton,
25:05will you marry me?
25:12Yes,
25:13I will marry you.
25:14Okay.
25:14Oh, I did that backwards, didn't I?
25:16That's okay.
25:17It still counts.
25:18It still counts.
25:20Oh,
25:22I love it.
25:23Yeah,
25:24my mom gave me
25:24my grandmother's necklace
25:25and I melted it down
25:26and added that stone.
25:28I've never seen
25:29anything like it.
25:31Wait,
25:32your mom knows,
25:33which means
25:34my mom has to know,
25:35which means
25:35and Ashley and Chelsea.
25:37Baby, relax.
25:38Everybody's in your mom
25:39and dad's living room
25:40right now
25:40waiting with champagne.
25:42And Ashley too?
25:44Oh no,
25:44she's actually at the park
25:45with her phone
25:46waiting to capture the moment.
25:47I was just about to text her.
25:48All right,
25:49I'm calling her.
25:50All right,
25:50well do it while you get dressed.
25:54No,
25:55no,
25:55no,
25:56Jacob Hawthorne,
25:57you did not propose
25:58to me with my bonnet on.
26:00Baby,
26:00you've never been more beautiful.
26:03Well,
26:04if you didn't love him already,
26:05that proposal
26:06would have clinched it.
26:07Oh,
26:08the heart and timing
26:09on that boy.
26:10I swear he could have been
26:11a poet
26:11or a lead in a rom-com.
26:13No,
26:14my man was born
26:15to be a detective
26:16cracking cases.
26:18Like he cracked you?
26:19I couldn't
26:20ever imagine
26:21someone getting past
26:23these walls,
26:24let alone setting up
26:26permanent residence.
26:31this mystery training
26:33needs your husband
26:34stepping it up
26:35as a detective,
26:36doesn't it?
26:37Jacob pledged
26:38he'd never hold me back
26:39from my dreams.
26:41So how can I hold him
26:42back from his?
26:43Doesn't mean it's easy
26:44being the one
26:45sitting by the phone,
26:46Naomi.
26:47But isn't that
26:48what love is?
26:49You know,
26:50supporting your person
26:51as they become
26:52who they're meant to be?
26:55My wise girl.
26:59I didn't know that
27:00my first go-round.
27:02But I know it
27:03this time with Andre.
27:05Maybe I learned it
27:06from the two of you.
27:13Why don't you
27:13just stay over?
27:15You're trying to keep me
27:16from my wedding albums.
27:18I know you stole
27:19the tradition
27:19from the Grams,
27:20but it can wait
27:21until...
27:21how we remember
27:22where we've been
27:23and to think about
27:24where we're going.
27:26There's another reason
27:27you should look
27:27at those pictures.
27:28And what's that?
27:30So you can remember
27:31who was at your wedding
27:32because that day
27:33you two only had eyes
27:34for each other.
27:37Guilty as charged.
27:39You said I opened
27:40your heart.
27:41But I was the one
27:43stumbling around
27:44closed off.
27:46Emotions
27:47aren't my first language.
27:49But with you,
27:51the words
27:52just came
27:53tumbling
27:54and part of me
27:55wondered if I said
27:57too much.
27:58Naomi.
28:00But there you were
28:01just receiving,
28:04making me feel
28:06protected
28:07and seen
28:09and heard.
28:12We made this place
28:14a place.
28:16A place
28:16where the love
28:16goes both ways.
28:19Jacob Hawthorne,
28:20you are my safe place.
28:23You are my happy place.
28:26You're my whole heart.
28:28I vow to spend
28:30the rest of my life
28:31making sure
28:33you feel
28:33just as safe
28:34and happy
28:35as we search
28:37for new joys
28:37each and every day.
28:40Naomi,
28:41a partner
28:42is steadfast.
28:44He communicates
28:45his needs
28:46and anticipates
28:47yours.
28:48He has integrity.
28:51If it gets tough
28:52or if things
28:53go haywire,
28:55he always
28:55has your back.
28:57I promise
28:58to give you
28:59my heart.
29:00Jacob.
29:01I didn't know
29:02life could be
29:03this full.
29:04I didn't know
29:05this level
29:05of happiness
29:06existed.
29:08It's always you,
29:09Naomi Hamilton.
29:11I pledge
29:12myself to you
29:12today,
29:14tomorrow,
29:15and forever.
29:17And I now
29:18pronounce you
29:19husband and wife.
29:21Jacob,
29:22you may kiss
29:22your bride.
29:30Take care of
29:31my girl now.
29:32Baby,
29:32it was so beautiful.
29:34I will, sir.
29:35I'm so happy,
29:36Mom.
29:36I can see that.
29:38Aww.
29:39Looking sharp.
29:40Pops?
29:40Yeah.
29:42Nice sneaks.
29:44I'm here,
29:45ain't I?
29:45Less formal
29:46than the cater waiters.
29:48The groom's not
29:49noticing my footwear.
29:51Maybe.
29:52But he couldn't
29:52miss that you
29:53opted out of
29:54standing by him
29:54today because
29:56you wouldn't
29:56wear a monkey suit.
29:58Why would you
29:59deprive your mother
30:00of seeing her
30:00sons line up
30:01together in the pictures?
30:02like a real family.
30:03Huh.
30:04But one of these
30:05things is not
30:06like the other.
30:07So this is payback
30:09for calling you
30:10out on things
30:10that you should
30:11be embarrassed about.
30:13You think I didn't
30:14want to stand up
30:14for Jacob?
30:16No,
30:16I just couldn't
30:17stand you.
30:19You're a heat-seeking
30:20missile targeting
30:21every which way
30:21it's a point.
30:22You have the snake
30:22fits.
30:23All you had to do
30:24was be a man
30:25for once.
30:25What the hell
30:26with that?
30:27And with you.
30:29Turn your back
30:30on your back.
30:32This is not how
30:34Hawthorne's behave.
30:36Jacob deserved
30:37one day.
30:39One.
30:40My God.
30:41I'm so sorry
30:42that my son
30:43bought his
30:43insolence.
30:45Son, this is not
30:46that kind of party.
30:48This is a family
30:49matter.
30:50Well, we're all
30:50family now.
30:52You want to talk
30:52to me, Isaiah?
30:54I'm not exactly
30:55feeling the love.
30:57I'm out.
30:58Oh, stay.
31:00Think of your
31:01brother.
31:02I am.
31:03I am.
31:05Okay, he doesn't
31:06need to see this.
31:08Isaiah.
31:08No, no.
31:09Let his ass go.
31:13He doesn't belong.
31:22I'm late, bro.
31:23But happy to
31:24suit up now.
31:32I just wanted
31:33to see how
31:33you're doing.
31:35Listen.
31:38I've kept
31:39my mouth shut.
31:40But this
31:41so-called
31:42training that
31:42Jacob is doing,
31:43I don't...
31:43Where was this
31:45father-in-law
31:45concerned when
31:46you convinced
31:47Jacob to arrest
31:48Mom?
31:50Naomi...
31:50You know what
31:50you asked of him?
31:52sent Jacob and
31:53me spinning
31:54while you moved
31:55forward with your
31:56honeymoon plans.
31:57No, you knew
31:58better than anyone
31:58how I feel about
31:59my father
32:00and what he did
32:01to my mother
32:01and then you...
32:02Did my job.
32:03You executed
32:04his sneak attack.
32:05That's what you did.
32:06How do you expect
32:07me to trust you
32:08after that?
32:09Because right now,
32:10I don't recognize
32:10the man that I
32:11married.
32:13I should have
32:14made a different
32:14call.
32:16Naomi, I know
32:17something can
32:18fester between
32:19a couple, okay?
32:20And if mistakes
32:21were made...
32:22Jacob and I
32:23aren't you and
32:24Mom.
32:25Pro tip,
32:27sleeping with
32:27your daughter's
32:28best friends
32:28is not great
32:29for marital health.
32:32I just want
32:33you and Jacob
32:33to do as I
32:34say and not
32:34as I did.
32:37I could have
32:37stuck my head
32:38in the sand,
32:38but Jacob
32:40was the one
32:41to force the
32:42issue until
32:42it wasn't
32:43an issue anymore.
32:45He is
32:46lovingly relentless.
32:47When we got
32:48married, I meant
32:49every word of my
32:49vows.
32:51I did too.
32:53For better
32:53or for worse,
32:54right?
32:55Along with all
32:56those other
32:56things, we're
32:57supposed to be
32:58there for each
32:59other through
32:59the good and
32:59the bad,
33:00the hard and
33:00the easy.
33:03The day I put
33:03this ring on
33:04your finger,
33:05I signed up
33:06for the full
33:07ride.
33:09That's all I
33:09know.
33:13That's all I
33:14know.
33:15Me too.
33:18Jacob's not
33:18making an
33:19excuse to
33:19stay away,
33:21okay?
33:22We are
33:22missing each
33:23other like
33:23crazy right
33:24now.
33:29I know I
33:30came down
33:30hard on you,
33:31but I'm
33:32glad you
33:32stopped by.
33:33Well, I
33:33can be
33:34lovingly
33:34relentless
33:35too.
33:36Sweetheart,
33:36you know
33:36your wedding
33:37is still
33:37my pinnacle.
33:38Not either
33:39of your
33:40own?
33:40No, not
33:41too many
33:41nerves at the
33:41first one,
33:42too many
33:42bullets at
33:43the second.
33:44All compliments
33:45of your
33:45mother.
33:47No, no,
33:47I shouldn't
33:48laugh.
33:50I've said
33:50my piece.
33:51You tell
33:52Jacob that
33:53his favorite
33:53father-in-law
33:54sends his
33:54regards,
33:55okay?
33:56I will.
33:57Bye.
33:58Bye, Dad.
33:59Bye.
34:00Bye.
34:03Bye.
34:05Bye.
34:06Bye.
34:07Bye.
34:08Bye.
34:10I think
34:12I'm
34:12broken
34:13into
34:16too many
34:18parts
34:19I lost
34:21Jacob.
34:22Jacob.
34:26Bye.
34:30Bye.
34:31Bye.
34:32Bye.
34:33Bye.
34:40I hope you're reading this wearing my t-shirt and you're upon it.
34:44You know how much that gets me going.
34:47Everything came at us this year and kept coming.
34:51When we said I do, we were so sure we could love our way through whatever.
34:56But now we've lived it and proved it.
34:59And we should be honoring it right now.
35:01We should be looking at our wedding album, curled up on the couch with that bottle of wine we've been
35:06saving.
35:07But I promise, baby, we'll make it all up.
35:12Maybe we finally use our trip to Mexico.
35:15You know what? No. No more maybes.
35:18We will. Soon.
35:21And now, I need you to tap into your imagination.
35:26I need you to imagine I'm there with you.
35:30Holding you.
35:32And I'll be imagining the same thing.
35:35My arms are around you.
35:38My breath's on your neck.
35:40I kiss that spot you love and you can imagine all that comes next.
35:45Well, not that part.
35:47The part where I tell you I love you.
35:50I love you, Naomi.
35:52Just keep imagining it until I can wrap my arms around you for real.
35:57Because that's where we are, baby.
35:59We're the realest thing in the whole world.
36:03I need you, I need you, I need you, now.
36:09I need you, I need you to show me how.
36:16I need you, I need you, now.
36:22I need you, I need you, now.
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