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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 02: Monday, January 5, 2026
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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates
00:06We've been hooking up
00:07All satisfaction, no strings
00:08What if I'm okay with a few strings?
00:11Leslie Thomas came by the casino today
00:14What did she want?
00:15A backer for a non-profit clinic
00:17I hope you told her yes
00:19I've been diagnosed with breast cancer
00:21It's called the BRCA gene
00:23It can be passed down
00:25From generation to generation
00:27And there is something you can do
00:29About Kat?
00:31She won't get tested even if I test positive
00:35How long are they going to make us wait?
00:37My stomach is eating itself from the inside out
00:39You didn't have breakfast?
00:41Hello, they're drawing blood
00:43You have to fast
00:45Not for genetic tests
00:46I wish someone had mentioned that
00:48While I was dreaming of pancakes
00:50For the last 12 hours
00:51Quick, get me something out of your secret sash
00:55What the hell is this?
00:57Cardboard masquerading as food?
00:59It's one of Ted's favorites
01:01That tracks
01:02His taste in snacks and side pieces
01:04Equally trash
01:05What are you doing with these?
01:07Don't tell me you're making that drawer
01:09Into some kind of divorced woman's shrine
01:11In the hierarchy of things that I need to deal with
01:14Office snacks land somewhere below
01:15World peace in scheduling my hair appointment
01:17Clearly
01:18But I did see him yesterday
01:21We talked about Kat and the testing
01:23Your co-parenting is reasonable
01:25Except for the part where I wound up in his arms
01:30You really captured something
01:33Make the practice look like a retreat
01:36That's the whole point though
01:37Right?
01:38We want to sell serenity
01:39And snatch cheekbones
01:40If these new ads don't bring out
01:43The rich aunties with the black cards
01:45I don't know what will
01:46Thank you
01:47I should be the one thanking you though
01:49Needed the distraction
01:51Tell me about it
01:54Anita Dupree
01:55Yeah
01:56With breast cancer?
01:57I'm still letting that settle in
01:58I know Nicole and Danny are getting tested today
02:02Any word yet?
02:04Um
02:06Nah
02:06I'm still waiting
02:08Nicole came to me yesterday
02:10Worried sick about how this might affect Martin and Kat
02:13Oh yeah?
02:14Okay
02:14I think that's cool that she was comfortable coming to you
02:17And yeah
02:17Yeah
02:18I hear it
02:19Me being cool with you
02:21Comforting Aunt Nicole
02:22Meanwhile I would have
02:23Flipped one of these tables
02:24If Danny returned to her ex
02:26Well
02:28Love makes hypocrites of us all
02:30Nephew
02:31When Danny gets scared for the people she loves
02:34She turns to what's familiar
02:36And unfortunately
02:37That's Bill
02:40Pump the brakes
02:41Did you trip over medical equipment?
02:43Was there some earthquake I missed?
02:45I was asking Ted to talk some sense into Kat
02:47Even if I test positive
02:49She doesn't want to get tested
02:50So she doesn't want to spend her life constantly
02:52Looking over her shoulder
02:53Waiting for cancer to come knocking
02:55That girl has lost her mind
02:57Ted and I
02:58Were talking about
02:59How scared we are
03:01I broke down a little
03:03Ted was being all
03:04Ted-like
03:06And one thing led to another
03:09And finish the story
03:10I did
03:12Nothing else happened
03:14Good
03:15That's it
03:16No lecture
03:18I don't want to get struck by lightning
03:20For being a hypocrite
03:22Because when I heard the news about Mother
03:25I went to Bill
03:30I don't want to get hurt
03:31I don't want to get hurt
03:34I don't want to get hurt
03:35I don't want to get hurt
03:37I don't want to get hurt
03:38I don't want to get hurt
03:39I don't want to get hurt
03:40I don't want to get hurt
03:41I don't want to get hurt
03:42I don't want to get hurt
03:42I don't want to get hurt
03:42I don't want to get hurt
03:43I don't want to get hurt
03:45I don't want to get hurt
03:45I don't want to get hurt
03:47I don't want to get hurt
03:47I don't want to get hurt
03:48I don't want to get hurt
03:50I don't want to get hurt
03:53I don't want to get hurt
04:04go away can a girl suffer in peace afternoon thought you could use a pit meal
04:14why are you so cheerful did someone slip happy pills into your coffee guess it's just my natural
04:21boricua charm well can you transfer some of that flavor to this what died in here it's not that bad
04:30and it'll knock that headache right out this looks like something the hulk would drink to maintain his
04:36complexion i don't think i can do it without gagging just pretend it's tequila you handled that just
04:41fine he should be a comedian or a professional torturer drink up mi amor
04:52you're not gonna fight me last week you literally tried to stab me with your fork for looking at your
04:57sauce of drama sorry i'm not hungry i've got a lot on my mind ever since ever since you found
05:04out about
05:04your grandma's cancer by walking into a blind and you had to sit through the conversation about genetic
05:10testing with your parents i understand i just hate that i couldn't be there for you and have your back
05:15when you needed me you've been working nights it's fine i thought taking you out the house tonight
05:20would help clear your mind trudy told us to work on our communication so how about we take what we
05:26learned and put it into practice hey babe are you here to be with your mom during the blood draw
05:33um actually i came for you do you have a sec of course let's take a look i don't want
05:41to leave you
05:41you look so peaceful and plus you've been stressed sleep is important for maintaining immune system
05:48function during times of emotional upheaval madison light of my life yes oh i need to turn my doctor brain
05:55um the opposite actually i don't follow you are literally the most amazing partner
06:03but right now i don't need my girlfriend i need a doctor
06:18now what did that poor little fake plant do to you tried to get your attention but you're
06:22standing there looking all goofy-eyed and everything what or more importantly who put that ridiculous
06:28grin on your face your mother seems to be doing better you better not be daydreaming about my teddy
06:36all right and let me make this crystal clear to you miss thing i got eyes right back at you
06:44honey
06:46well it was nice of you to put this in peach's room i mean it did bring some color to
06:51the space
06:53uh figured you might want to put it in storage you know in case you want to be gifted next
06:57year
06:58holiday season of course you should know that i genuinely enjoy spending time with her
07:05before and after visiting hours when certain people aren't lurking around
07:10well good thing those hours don't apply to my boo in fact i'm headed to see him now
07:17oh i hate to be the bear of bad news no well that's a damn lie you got that right
07:22your boo isn't in
07:23his office ted had a meeting off-site business of pleasure hmm i forget it i doubt that and why
07:33are
07:33you keeping track of ted's schedule i mean that seems kind of obsessive don't you think oh says the
07:40stalker and i'm not keeping track of anything ted told me himself he volunteered it when he stopped
07:44by to see me earlier now if you'll excuse me some of us have lives
07:52so you're worried about danny and bill reconnecting
07:57i won't front like the idea hasn't crossed my mind
08:01they have a lot of history can they share children yeah who are facing a potentially life
08:07altering crisis and it's kind of hard to compete with that kind of foundation when we're still
08:12building ours let me tell you about that foundation they had a front row seat every time bill broke our
08:20heart with his affairs and danny would keep going back well bill had her convinced that his version
08:28of love was the best she could expect and she should be grateful for every scrap of affection he threw
08:33away we never thought she'd break free of that toxicity but she did with you for now
08:44so are you waiting for the right moment to read me for filth about going to bill
08:49why would you assume that because i know you like i know my own reflection and i can practically
08:54see the gears grinding in that head of yours we are both living in the world's most fragile glass
09:01houses but honestly turning to the people who have been in our lives for that long it's only natural
09:08especially given the emotional tornado we're living in you develop a shorthand
09:13one look they know exactly what storm you're weathering
09:17bill knows what chelsea and naomi mean to you because he helped create them
09:22jintad knows what martin and kat mean to you for the same reason
09:27that's why we went to them because of our children not because we want them back heavens no
09:34no andre's amazing and i love him more than i ever could have imagined being possible after bill
09:43but it does make you wonder if we will ever be free of those relationships yeah all right enough
09:51existential crises for one afternoon was ted able to change kat's mind about testing i haven't heard
09:58a peep which probably means no i wish she would understand that getting tested is for her own good
10:06there are preventative measures she can take ways she can stay ahead of this thing instead of just hoping it
10:10never catches up to her when i was kat's age the decisions i made weren't exactly rooted in logic
10:17hell i married bill because i thought love conquered all well you are older now presumably wiser slightly
10:25older marginally wiser give yourself some credit you have learned from your mistakes have i though
10:33with all this so-called experience i still don't know what i'm going to do if i test positive for
10:38that gene
10:42i don't even want to see a shot tequila and i are officially broken up and blocked but thank you
10:52for taking me home when i was a complete mess yesterday and for this disgusting but apparently effective smoothie
11:03that's what i'm here for smoothie delivery and damage control yeah i wish my puerto rican prince had
11:09something to make me feel better about gran's cancer and maybe take away your fears about being a carrier
11:20how did you did chelsea say something actually it was bill
11:27why were you and bill hamilton of all people discussing my medical history it's not like that
11:34after i dropped you home i checked in with bill when i got back to work and told him i
11:38was out dealing
11:39with a personal matter which could be anything he assumed i met your grandmother's cancer and started
11:45talking about how scared naomi and chelsea were about potentially being carriers oh and you probably had no
11:54idea what he meant talk about a deer in headlights why didn't you say something i thought we were
12:03confiding in each other i know and i'm sorry i i just didn't want you to go all lawyer on
12:10me and try
12:11to convince me to have the test why would i need to convince you to do something that's in your
12:16best
12:16interest because if my mom tests positive i'm not having it i don't want to know if i'm a carrier
12:24or
12:25not everyone keeps putting on this brave face and going out of their way to reassure me that everything's
12:31okay it will be and now you're doing it too what i need is for somebody just give it to
12:37me straight
12:37no chaser no sugar coating can you doctorsplain the situation without trying to protect my feelings
12:47okay but full disclosure i'm not an oncologist i'm not as familiar with triple negative breast
12:53cancer as i am with neurological conditions but you've been researching i got up to get water last
12:59night and i found you on the couch surfing cancer websites you weren't supposed to see that i didn't
13:06want to scare you we're past that i'm a big girl so give me the cold hard facts on what
13:14my grandmother
13:14is going through and what i'm up against if i test positive for this gene grand showed chelsea and me
13:22where they put the port in their chest for the chemotherapy and that really drove it home like
13:30seeing actual proof that my always healthy grandmother is about to have poison pumped through
13:35her bloodstream baby but that's the plan is to make her sicker than she's ever been before
13:41they're gonna feel her body full of chemicals that'll steal her hair and her appetite and energy
13:48all the things that make her who she is like make that make sense cancer doesn't exactly follow the
13:53rules of fairness or logic but when i can say yes and it is about to have the strongest support
13:58system
13:59on the planet that's what i've been thinking about i want to be there for graham 24 7.
14:09so i'm considering taking time off of work okay wait you really think she's gonna let you do that
14:18no you're probably right i can hear her now telling me to take my behind back to where i belong
14:24look there are plenty to praise that could be there for her around the clock just like how they'll
14:29be there for you if you test positive i promise you won't go through any of this alone
14:35isn't that your ex-partner
14:45vernon spoke to me ah yeah the father-in-law talk vernon has a way of making his expectations
14:52clear without actually threatening you yeah i had that talk too but this one was different
14:59it was about danny and bill oh that talk he wants me to keep her from leaning on him
15:05during all this cancer stuff but i'm not sure how to do that without stepping on his place
15:11as chelsea and naomi's father i mean what am i supposed to say hey bill i know your ex-wife
15:17is
15:17worried about getting cancer and your daughters are scared but if you don't mind stepping aside so i
15:22can husband properly i learned the hard way about marrying you to this family the duprees have their
15:28own ecosystem rules even their own way of handling a crisis you tell me something i don't know
15:35you have to respect that hierarchy but you cannot let them run roughshod over you and that includes
15:41bill he was her rock long before i ever came into the picture she's kind of hard competing with that
15:47history so don't she's your wife bill needs to stay in his lane and if he doesn't you put him
15:57there
15:59i am assuming you have calculated every possible outcome run all the simulations through that big
16:05grain of yours you remember that remember growing up i couldn't talk you into a bad idea to save my
16:13life you would always weigh all the pros and cons and factor in what mother and daddy might think
16:19and then walk away it didn't stop you 99 of the time except that one time when i convinced you
16:27to
16:27go to romi's house party because you told me it was a study group i ended up watching you tongue
16:32wrestle
16:32three different guys while sitting in a corner studying the periodic table whatever point is we
16:37survived because i mapped out an escape route and thank god i was sober enough to drag you out of
16:43there when the cops showed up to shut it down and i am eternally grateful so miss human supercomputer
16:53what's our exit strategy this time honestly i just keep thinking about the kids the test results
16:58could give them choices cat could decide she wants children one day if she's a carrier she should have
17:06the option of freezing her eggs we could all be in the clear there's still a chance that neither of
17:11us
17:11has that gene and a chance that we both do why even put that in the universe because i am
17:17a doctor
17:18not a vision board i deal in facts not glitter glue and good vibes well i am choosing to remain
17:23a
17:23positive pete for daddy seeing what this is doing to him watching mother deal with this diagnosis
17:33he has carried all of us on his back for decades it's time we carry him for once
17:42detective are you ready to see what i'm packing dear don't tempt me into arresting you for indecent
17:50exposure this time it's contraband
17:58could it be uh illegal goods stolen evidence i could go on or you could just tell me well i
18:07don't know where
18:07the fun is in guessing i mean you could just interrogate me and and make it all official you know
18:16i do promise though to be very good today bad bad cops
18:25well give me a hint okay it's a treat and you are gonna have to work very hard for it
18:35look at them
18:37whispering like they're brokering a drug deal leslie is chaos incarnate but she has calmed down lately
18:44is that your definition of calm no yeah no they look like they're a few steps away from soft core
18:53right
18:56i see that i'm disappointed in my girlfriend look on your face
19:00can you blame me i thought we'd finally got into a place where we don't keep secrets where we're
19:05actually building something real instead i'm getting the details about your family's medical
19:11crisis from my boss i know how much you want to impress him and how important it is for your
19:17career
19:17to stay in the loop on family stuff can't stop this isn't about my career or impressing anyone
19:22i didn't rush over here to give you some lecture about how i don't want to look like a fool
19:27in front
19:27of bill i came here because i love you i want to be your person the one you can talk
19:34to about anything
19:36the one you can lean on when the world gets heavy that's who you are for me
19:42and now i feel like complete garbage and it's not because of the headache
19:48then talk to me what's really going on it wasn't about not trusting you or shutting you out
19:57i just need some time to figure out what all this means before i can explain it to someone else
20:03i get that baby but why do you have to figure it out on your own that's just how i
20:07process things
20:11um and i still think i just need some alone time at least until i can figure all of this
20:19out
20:22alone tomas no i i get it feel better okay and when you're ready you know how to reach me
20:46the lab's more backed up in the toilet at home coming weekend so i'm doing the blood draw here
20:52vip style tapping us like maple trees to see if we've won the cancer jackpot it's no biggie
20:59you okay doc looking a little green around the gills it's just
21:05once we do this there's no going back to not knowing we already crossed that bridge when mother
21:12dropped the genetic bomb the longer we wait the paper daddy is going to wear that hole in the carpet
21:21all right countess i'm ready drain me dry triple negative breast cancer affects black women at a higher
21:31percentage that's not reassuring you ask for the facts yes the numbers look scary if you're a female
21:39carrier of the brachy gene you have a higher chance of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer
21:44for men it's prostate and pancreatic cancer yeah i know martin is at risk too
21:50the key word though is if there's still a chance you won't test positive even if your moms do
21:55genetics isn't like passing down family heirlooms it's more random than that so i might dodge the
22:01bullet and early detection is everything your grandmother's was caught because she's conscientious
22:07about getting her annual mammogram you mind if i check with a colleague in oncology get a rec for when
22:13you should start getting screened oh by all means awesome and i'll go with you we can make it a
22:19thing
22:19wear matching outfits and even rate the waiting room magazines it sounds more like a girl's trip
22:27despite the deep dive this isn't my first breast cancer rodeo i lost an aunt to invasive ductal
22:36carcinoma a few years back alicia she was my mom's younger sister i'm so sorry my mom convinced alicia
22:46to listen to her when it came to treatments instead of the oncologist i found oh no so what happened
22:55things got worse instead of better and then she died is that where the tension with your mom comes from
23:04dr mcgomery the results you're waiting for came in thanks janiece
23:10you're the best babe i'll let you get back to work
23:31so detective are you going to use your investigative skills to id this treat
23:37or should i say hard contraband woman you keep talking like that you're gonna make me spill this
23:46that ain't all you're gonna spill or maybe we should find somewhere more private
23:54what's wrong you worried about your little brother in blue over there
24:01brother's got your back that boy's less brother in blue and more like daddy's favorite tattletale
24:08then maybe we should disappear before you're self-controlled
24:15you keep touching my leg like that and i won't be responsible for what happens next oh baby i'm counting
24:23on it
24:26check please now i'll be at the bowman waiting
24:30i'll be at the bowman waiting for you to be at the bowman waiting for you to be at the
24:58bowman
24:58boy scout
25:02hey today almost forgot my treat you mean my treat the jury is still out on it now you ready
25:12to show me that uh
25:14concealed weapon sit you was bragging about
25:17oh don't wait up for your ex-partner this inspection might take all night
25:26could have been you
25:31find out what's going on between them i don't even think i want to know
25:35well i got a text while you were over here and sister emergency you think you can drop me off
25:40at
25:40the club i gotta go sweat off whatever the hell that was yeah sure also promise me that if the
25:47family
25:47does gather for the test results you'll let me be there from now on i don't want to leave your
25:53side
26:08have i heard that sweet little shit oh baby no not even close
26:12this first time doesn't leave me wanting more there won't be a second
26:16i love the way you make me work for everything even though we both know you all mine
26:21that's kind of presumptuous don't you think maybe i'm just using you for your considerable
26:27talents for me break me if you can challenge accepted tomas you leaving out right when i get
26:37here i just put in enough work for the both of us got to get my mind right after the
26:41day i've had
26:42yeah i feel that naomi just dropped me off so she could meet with chelsea so i figured i'd get
26:46some reps in while they do their thing cat could use the company she wasn't feeling too hot is she
26:51all right now better but real talk i think all the dupree's got their emotions running wild right now
26:57i don't want to speak out a turn about my girl but if anyone's going to understand it's you yeah
27:02definitely man what's on your mind sometimes i find it hard to be the supportive boyfriend that
27:07girl is so independent so stubborn i want to be there for her but she keeps putting off these walls
27:12welcome to the club man all the dupree women are like that independence runs in their dna naomi
27:19yeah she's been real quiet lately and usually when she gets like that she's about to do something i'm
27:24not gonna like martin couldn't make it had urgent congressional business which translation
27:33he's probably stress eating at a bougie restaurant while complaining to smitty about how the world doesn't
27:39revolve around his schedule well i hope he's not knocking back tequila shots because if so this family
27:46needs a serious intervention very funny chelsea i needed to self-soothe okay finding out your grandmother
27:55has cancer and you might be predisposed to the same thing tends to make a girl reach for the bottle
28:01i was just trying to lighten the mood i know it's just everything is so overwhelming tomas was trying
28:10to get me to open up but i couldn't even find the words you know same energy with me jacob
28:16it's like my
28:17brain hit a glitch well that's why i sent the text i figured we all needed to be together right
28:23now
28:23and if anybody understands what we're going through with each other yeah misery does love company
28:30have either you checked in with our moms last i checked they were both waiting to get their blood
28:36drawn hug i cannot what headache again no it's this look i love you guys but if i hear one
28:43more thing
28:44about gene testing or lab results i'm gonna have a breakdown okay well we can't just go full-on
28:49ostrich and pretend like nothing is happening says who
28:54madison told me about her aunt who had cancer
29:00she didn't do anything about it and now she's gone we have to be vigilant with this stuff
29:09and i want us to grow old and sit on somebody's porch in our matching tracksuits arguing over which
29:17season of insecure was peak isa and and who's gonna make the snack run we all want that chels
29:26it's from mom she and aunt nicole finally got their blood drawn samples are off to the lab
29:34now all we can do is wait ah there's my warrior yeah i got just your post battle refreshments ready
29:44you know standard post blood draw protocol how did i get so lucky how'd the test go the actual test
29:52was
29:52nothing it's this waiting is going to destroy me yeah well at least you got it over with oh and
29:58i got this
29:59souvenir to commemorate the occasion only you would manage to make some medical supplies look fashionable
30:06just because you're getting blood drawn doesn't mean you can't serve a look
30:10yeah here let me oh i got you i am loving this bedside manner yeah you'll love this
30:21even more come here therapeutic distraction sex as much as i would love to since you didn't get
30:32much sleep last night what you need is a nap
30:49damn woman you exceeded all expectations
30:55you sound like a supervisor giving a performance review
30:59leslie you demonstrate great initiative and exceed quarterly goals
31:05well let me rephrase that i was expecting a tigress but i got a honey badger instead
31:13well we are known for our aggressiveness and the ability to take on a very large prey
31:22oh i noticed
31:25so what's your soon-to-be ex-wifey's animal comparison like she's a little kitten compared to you
31:33hmm you know it is a shame all these sexy strong men staying with these boring women who treat sex
31:43like it's a chore
31:44for her well i'm staying for financial reasons wanted to keep my pension intact
31:51she's leaving anyway taking half of it with her
31:54hmm sounds like you need to make up for lost time
31:58i want your donut to refuel
32:02later
32:06well this is the most beautiful sight on the entire floor huh
32:12did you practice that line on the elevator on your way up
32:14uh that is pure charisma no rehearsal necessary
32:18uh-huh
32:19anything interesting happening
32:22not unless you include people asking me where the bathroom is every five minutes
32:26good i've got a rib removal consultation in an hour hopefully i can keep things peaceful until then
32:32a rib removal
32:34you know some people have nothing better to spend their money on
32:37yeah i know how it sounds but those vanity surgeries fund my charity work for every social
32:42life who wants a tiny waist as a child whose smile i can restore or whose face i can rebuild
32:48after trauma
32:50i stand corrected you just went from zero to superhero in one sentence it's nothing
32:57speaking of using our gifts i know a mutual friend who can benefit from that kind heart of yours
33:03who
33:05nicole she's in her office and she's going through it
33:10okay thank you uh oh um early dinner it's uh quesadilla day in the cafeteria
33:19yeah as long as i'm gonna have buffalo chicken and blue cheese on mine count me in
33:25madison just texted the lab is backed up you can't even give us a ballpark for when the results
33:30will be in great more waiting this emotional roller coaster will kill me before any genetic
33:37mutation gets the chance which is why i choose not to think about it not thinking about it takes just
33:43as much energy as thinking about it i am incredibly adept at the fine art of
33:48selective ignorance i didn't think about having sex every single minute of every single day for
33:54years but you eventually did and look what happened i got a phd in mental gymnastics trying to figure out
34:03if i was doing it right you're the one who told me not to overthink it i'm not overthinking i'm
34:09not
34:09even close to figuring out what i'll do if mom does positive but i do want to be informed if
34:16and when
34:17that day comes it's called being an adult so we'll have fun with that
34:23well you've been awfully quiet sis anything to add not today
34:32come in uh little birdie told me you needed a friend today actually scratch that uh she'd hate that
34:41i called her a bird chanice yeah may i unless you're too busy saving lives to see your devastatingly
34:51handsome ex-husband devastatingly handsome that's what we're going with i'm just stating facts i got
34:59the studies to back this up you're ridiculous but yes i could use the company oh until these results
35:07come in we are suspended in dna limbo yeah i spoke to martin and katt i didn't advise them to
35:15get
35:15tested it's not my place so what did you tell them that i'll be there for them same goes for
35:23you
35:24we're not married anymore but i'll always care what happens to you i'd like to think this is the
35:31beginning of a new phase for us as friends
35:39is that your stomach i hear growling uh i was talking to chanice about quesadillas and now i can't
35:46stop thinking about them here this will tide you over
36:11i got you i got you i got you always
36:21i got you
36:23i got you
36:44i got you
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