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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 19: Thursday, January 29, 2026
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00:04You
00:05Will Martin Richardson end the Dupree political dynasty?
00:10Like hell. Guess who? Oh, who else but my best girl?
00:15Always the politician
00:17Always the father. You were hedging your best girl could be me Nicole or mother
00:23That a story about Martin it's more like a hatchet job
00:30Reporter thinks he's sly insulting you and Martin at the same time. He's talking about Martin being primaried in June
00:37How's my girl? She doesn't want you to drop this even though politics isn't her first language is
00:43Martin's campaign manager counter messaging no doubt
00:48Thank you, you just miss Martin
00:51This second he left this new piece went live you think it has legs?
00:56Yeah
00:5924-hour news cycle cuts both ways
01:02You can stomp down one crisis and only to have another one pop up
01:07When faced with digital whack-a-mole, you don't fight it. You outlast it
01:12They'll taught me that
01:15Is it conceited to look at my own work and be all damn girl
01:19You know how I feel about that word you and mom filled the swear jar on a regular back in
01:25the day
01:27The objectionable word here is conceited
01:30Use um use confident or crazy cool. Whatever. Just be proud
01:34I am
01:35Well, thanks not just for the compliment before the crazy cool hookup slash best present ever
01:41Lauren Fenmore is like the first lady of department stores
01:44It would have taken Kat and me forever to get a meeting
01:47You would have gotten there eventually, but since Michael Baldwin owed me a favor
01:51I figured why not support your enterprise all you have to worry about is meeting the moment
01:55I know
01:55That's on her way, and I'm working on a presentation for the Fenmore buyer
02:00Having our bags and her stores all across the country
02:04It's gonna be purse game-changing. Yeah, yeah, I know
02:07And not to mention the e-commerce and the social media shops and the verticals on those
02:12You're gonna have more eyes on your bags than them
02:14You added the business of fashion to your morning news rotation
02:18Well, you know, I keep up with my baby girl's passions
02:21Uh-uh
02:22Well, your mother gets credit for my fashion vocab
02:26I mean, I was married to one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet
02:34Oh
03:05Sorry, sorry, we were having issues with the install of a new LiPo machine.
03:10Far be it for me to stand in the way of Fairmont Crisp nips and sucks.
03:16What did you order for me?
03:18I was waiting.
03:20What?
03:21Usually when I'm this late, you order for the both of us.
03:24I mean, how many times have you ordered zucchini fries when you know I hate zucchini?
03:28Everyone should love them.
03:30They're delicious.
03:33You're letting me choose?
03:35And you have that look.
03:39Why do I feel like you're being this week because you've done something dreadful?
03:45The only time I've ended up in the ER, I thought I had enough balloons to float a chair up
03:50into the sky.
03:51Yeah, but I only had enough to tip it and me onto the driveway and I broke my arm on
03:59it.
03:59Aww.
04:01Well, you were a kid trying to impress a girl.
04:03Is it working?
04:05Ash, you got a minute?
04:08Um, I'm up to here with work, so I...
04:11Working or working it?
04:13Excuse me?
04:14You mind just coming back another time?
04:16Derek.
04:17I'm so sorry, Grayson.
04:19If you could just move it along, Gray.
04:21It's Grayson.
04:23And you should know that by now because somehow you're always here where I am.
04:27Step off, bro.
04:28I could bench press three of you.
04:30Look, I don't have the bandwidth for your rebound boy right now, okay?
04:33Hey, listen, I'm not your bro.
04:35Actually, it's not your girlfriend anymore.
04:37And if there's anyone who needs to step off, I think it's you.
04:40Or what?
04:45How are we back to you accusing me of every past, present, and future crime under the sun?
04:52I mean, what'd I do this time?
04:54Oh, there's this big old volcanic eruption somewhere this week.
04:59Was that me, too?
05:01If it happened to affect a certain articulate in our whole entire family, I wouldn't put it past you.
05:08I wish I could give you a real assist.
05:11I was tearing the pages out of Mother's Vogue magazine, plastering them on my walls,
05:16and dreaming of walking the runway in New York and Paris instead of learning at your knee.
05:20All of that political knowledge, and I didn't drink my fill.
05:23Meanwhile, Nicole was there, eyes wide, singing along to Schoolhouse Rock as they taught us how to change a bill
05:29into a law.
05:30That song was catchy.
05:31For a minute, I thought Nicole was gonna follow you into Congress.
05:35Ah, Nicole was destined to help people in a whole other way.
05:40You came into the world. I knew you couldn't be more gloriously different from one another.
05:46I came in howling, and Nicole came in so quiet Mother was worried something was wrong.
05:51But still, you became the best of friends. Each other's sissies.
05:56On the chocolate to her peanut butter.
05:59Your closeness gives us comfort. But don't you underestimate your strategic acumen.
06:07Your business has as much intrigue and jockeying as mine.
06:13And a whole lot more stilettos.
06:15Yeah, my baby girl. Yeah, you did a lot more than dream.
06:21You hustled your way onto that Vogue cover. You broke ground with your beauty and your brains.
06:29I did. For one brief, luminous moment.
06:33And you're ascending again. Making a big comeback. Wow.
06:39We've never been prouder. Watching you step into your power.
06:45Finally, you're free of that deadwood Bill Hamilton.
06:50Baby, you know that context is the mother of all misunderstandings.
06:54Shh. I know exactly what kind of father you are. It's okay.
07:00Hmm. Is that the kind of it's okay that gets me benched from the bedroom?
07:05You were just using Danny to make up for lost ground with your kid.
07:09Or am I missing some of that context?
07:13Yeah, you know how to read me. It was just a dad-daughter pep talk.
07:17You know, Chelsea and Kat finally have a date and time for the Fenmore's meeting.
07:20Hmm. So why apologize for being a good daddy?
07:24Come on. Are we gonna pretend that you didn't hear me call Danny beautiful?
07:29Why downgrade the compliment? The words you used were one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet.
07:39I hate this. I'm just gonna pay an Etsy witch to increase my techie skills and poof.
07:46Okay, why aren't you all about our make or break Zoom? Are you okay?
07:50I was with Gran earlier and she didn't even blink at the mom situation.
07:53Oh, you mean how Aunt Nicole is getting her groove back.
07:57You mean taking somebody else's groove?
07:59I didn't even recognize her. I should have sent you a picture.
08:03Okay. Our brand is about empowering women to be and wear whatever they want.
08:08How can you not want her to flex? She's a newly single smoke show.
08:12Why aren't you backing her up?
08:14Because she's not acting like herself. She's got two guys on the hook at the same time.
08:22Gasp. Throw a woman in there and I would call that paradise.
08:26Well, I would, BFM.
08:28BFM? Like the crime show with those fine mafia brothers?
08:33Okay, that's BMF. Black mafia family.
08:36I mean BFM. Before finding Madison.
08:39Oh, right. Y'all good again?
08:43You know how I can sometimes overshoot?
08:47Girl, what did you do?
08:49I proposed to Madison in the least romantic way.
09:00Oh, my God. Why did you let me go on like that when you were sitting on our very first
09:04proposal?
09:05Okay, where's the ring?
09:07No ring.
09:09You can't propose without a ring.
09:12You've got to set the tone for like your whole life.
09:15No wonder it wasn't romantic. You didn't have my help.
09:18What did you say? What did she say?
09:20Did you get a video?
09:21Oh, we need champagne.
09:22Okay, hey. No champagne. No ring. No yes.
09:26And I didn't tell you right away because I spent all night trying to figure out how to take it
09:31back.
09:33Okay, all right, all right. Down, boy.
09:36What, me?
09:36Yes, you. If you came here looking for a fight, you're going to get one.
09:40With security.
09:43Sorry, Grace. This isn't about you.
09:47Something happened today.
09:50And I...
09:50Ash and I may not be together anymore, but...
09:53She's still the person I need to tell things to.
09:56If she'll let me.
09:57After the...
09:58Way I just showed out.
10:01Well, I think it's up to Ashley.
10:05I'd like to hear him out.
10:07All right.
10:08You text me if you need me.
10:09Yeah.
10:11Nurse Tina to bed, 632.
10:14I thought we were getting to a good place.
10:16A friend place.
10:17But this isn't me backsliding.
10:18Well, then you better tell it to me quick.
10:20Because the guy who just hulked out, he's going to be hauled out.
10:22He can't be here.
10:23I had my fit for duty eval today.
10:26Oh, Derek.
10:28Okay, so, um...
10:30When can you fight fires again? Another few months?
10:33Never.
10:35They're forcing me to retire.
10:39You're lighting up the room.
10:41At the risk of being old-fashioned, I'm going to give Andre a little bit of credit.
10:47He's earned it.
10:47But today is all Giles.
10:50Best massage of my life.
10:52Deep tissue with a seaweed wrap chaser.
10:55Your mother might like a massage.
10:59But it has to be gentle.
11:01Is Giles oncology trained?
11:03I'll ask.
11:04You know, I'd like to be at Mother's next chemo treatment.
11:07I can be quiet.
11:08Or not quiet.
11:10I'd pay to see you quiet.
11:12You know, there may be a little something we can do for Mother.
11:15Even if it's a bit woo-woo.
11:17I'm listening.
11:18What about Reiki?
11:19It's not actually a body massage.
11:22More like an energy shift.
11:24So the practitioner lays their hands above you or barely touches.
11:27And the idea is that they're balancing the energy and maybe relieving some discomfort.
11:31Helping you to tap into something bigger than you.
11:34Hmm.
11:35Well, the practice of laying on of hands has been around for centuries.
11:39There's no guarantee it'll help, but...
11:41There are no guarantees, period.
11:43Except our family's love.
11:46Hmm.
11:46I'll run it by your mother.
11:48Thanks.
11:48Anytime.
11:50Oh, I hate to have to go, but I have to see a man about a runway.
11:55Okay.
11:56You crashed last night and slipped out without waking me this morning?
12:02Don't tell me we're already so married that you're no longer going to surprise me with the big ol'
12:08You were lying there looking so damn gorgeous I didn't want to disturb you.
12:14I had an early client meeting, but tonight I'm all yours.
12:18That's not good enough.
12:20You're still mad about the Danny thing.
12:24Why put off for tonight what we can do right now?
12:31Mmm.
12:34No harm has been done to a dupree by me.
12:40Not to Nita or your precious ex-fairy godmother Nikki or even your demon half-sister kitty cat.
12:49I'm not buying that you woke up all happy like that.
12:53Medicine that's extreme for years.
12:56Is there no universe where your mama is just putting out joy?
13:02No.
13:04Look at me, baby.
13:05I am rich.
13:07I'm gorgeous.
13:09And I'm on the verge of having everything I want.
13:13Then what is missing?
13:18Locking down the man of my dreams.
13:24You cannot be catching feelings for Old Spice Hardy Shaft.
13:30I am tapping Marcel short term, okay?
13:33Now he is here to protect and serve an itch.
13:38Okay, your father will always be goals.
13:41Okay, but to use Marcel?
13:43Ew.
13:45Lesser of two evils.
13:46You know, most kids, they actually want their parents to get back together.
13:51What's wrong with you?
13:52Well, you and dad wrecked each other.
13:54We made you.
13:56That has to come from someplace good.
13:59Well, pearls come from oyster inners and diamonds come from two regular old rocks pressed together.
14:06I know the hell you didn't just call your mama an old rock.
14:09The point is, dad is with Shanice, okay?
14:12And it seems like they're sticking.
14:14All right, look.
14:17I knew there'd always be a Shanice, all right?
14:21Not specifically this ratchet candy striper.
14:25But a palate cleanser between good girl and bad girl.
14:29Between past and future.
14:32And here she is.
14:33And yes, she's light and she's tart and she's destined to pave the way for forever the main course.
14:45Which is mwah.
14:47And if dad takes too long with his meal?
14:50Then I guess you'll just have to enjoy my teddy bear while it lasts.
14:56Because I am sure he is drafting up her eviction notice.
15:02Unless she's gonna run first.
15:07Why would she?
15:08Oh, honey, please.
15:09Romances around this time of the holidays, they don't last long.
15:14I mean, maybe up until Valentine's Day.
15:17Cuffing season and all.
15:20You were telling the truth about not messing with the Dupree's.
15:23You've done something to Shanice instead.
15:29Just tell me if I should be worried about cuffing season or hand cuffing season.
15:34He he.
15:36I panicked.
15:37She was a breath away from saying bye forever.
15:39I had to pivot.
15:40But she's crazy about you.
15:42Was.
15:43Until she started thinking that I would choose party favors over her, which I wouldn't.
15:49How do I fix this?
15:50Uh, well, you and Madison had just gotten started when you went through some heavy trauma.
15:56Maybe she's just afraid you'll return to your original factory settings.
16:02When you are a lot more multiple choice in your love life.
16:07She did mention that.
16:09Like she thinks my party girl self is my authentic self.
16:13No shade.
16:14But is it so ridiculous to think that maybe a part of you misses those multiple choice days and nights?
16:23Hey.
16:24Hey.
16:29Hey, what the hell is your mom doing with Jacob's brother?
16:35Hey.
16:37Are you trying to kill me?
16:41You're the boss.
16:43Take the rest of the day off.
16:47Well, you just might be the boss right now.
16:50Well, then come home and let me take care of you.
16:56Baby, baby, hey, hey.
16:59Okay, wait, wait, okay.
17:03You can be the boss later.
17:06Baby, I need a minute.
17:11Okay.
17:14Oh, God.
17:23I'm always the boss.
17:25I'm always the boss.
17:50I need you in top form.
17:53Okay?
17:54You're not going to sleep on me tonight.
17:57Yes, ma'am.
18:04God, I'm still that kid who was just standing outside the firehouse searching for a purpose.
18:09I just, I never thought I'd find myself back on the outside looking in.
18:15Well, you can appeal, right?
18:17No.
18:18There's no room for anyone who can't pull their own weight.
18:21Okay, well, with a little more PT, you're going to get back out there and-
18:25Look, it's not going to fix my spine, Ash.
18:28I'm out of place.
18:29We're going to think of something.
18:32We?
18:35Even if we're not together anymore, it doesn't mean I don't still care about what happens
18:41to you.
18:44Fightin' fires.
18:47No job's ever going to replace that.
18:50And I sure as hell can't replace you.
18:52A year ago, if you'd asked me who I was, I'd say, I'm a firefighter who's in love with
18:59Ashley Morgan.
18:59Derek.
19:01I'm sorry, this is so not your problem.
19:04I just, God, I've never been this lost.
19:09I caught you.
19:11Why even bother changing if my own daughter doesn't believe me?
19:15No one goes cold turkey.
19:16And there isn't exactly an AA for attempted murderers.
19:21Well, consider me your AA.
19:22And if you ever feel yourself backsliding, I am where you come.
19:26Will you give out those little coins?
19:29I'll have them made up.
19:33I keep thinking that now that you've got all this money, I can keep the boogie mama away.
19:38But you've had to hustle for so long, maybe you don't know how to stop.
19:41Will you quit, Freddie?
19:44The good Lord has come through for me at last.
19:48And he's going to deliver to me what's due me.
19:52Even if I have to give him an occasional nudge.
19:56Come on, God.
19:57Come on.
19:58Okay.
19:58Well, as much as I want to keep shouting to the void.
20:02Uh, it's okay.
20:04You going on a date with that tall baby Lenny Kravitz?
20:08Oh, listen.
20:09We are barreling toward destiny, baby.
20:12So, how do you feel about a double wedding?
20:16Later, mama.
20:21I was surprised when you popped on my phone.
20:23I'm not exactly sure where a Venn diagram overlaps, besides my brother.
20:27My proposal doesn't involve Jacob, but it could involve you not getting out of bed for less than what you
20:33made all last semester.
20:35I took an offer that sounds a lot like this one once.
20:38And I could have ended up in a cage if my old man and a friend hadn't run interference.
20:41How do you feel about nudity?
20:43Modesty could be a deal breaker.
20:46What now?
20:47I want you to sign with my modeling agency.
20:50Cologne brands do love bare buns in their ads.
20:58Okay, my big bro got me good.
21:01This is not your brother razzing you.
21:04This is all about your riz.
21:08Isaiah Hawthorne, you could be a top model.
21:14Your mom just felt up Jacob's brother.
21:18My mom's not the only one letting her freak fly fly.
21:21Uh, okay, I can't take back my proposal, but you can take that back.
21:25My mom has worked too hard for her happily ever after to get her freak on when anybody else split
21:30her a little heavy.
21:32Oh, look at you, you're crushing.
21:34You're so great when you love.
21:36You're right, okay.
21:37But not too long ago, our moms were married to our dads.
21:41And they were boring and reliable, and I loved it.
21:45But now their marriages have blown up.
21:47I have a half-sister who I hate.
21:50And Grant has cancer.
21:53When did our family drama go from zero to Shakespeare overnight?
22:03Hello, Bill.
22:04Goodbye, Bill.
22:05I don't run off so fast.
22:10Are you okay?
22:13Yeah.
22:14Yeah.
22:15Yeah, you know, I've just been...
22:17I've just been reminiscing, you know.
22:20I remember the first time you brought me in here.
22:23Showed me all the pictures on the wall, all the Dupree history.
22:28I thought you'd honor what came before.
22:30And then you invited me to play squash.
22:35My ignorant butt didn't know the difference between squash and racquetball.
22:39But I thought, hey, with my height and my youth, I'd have an edge.
22:44Gave it my all, and I still didn't measure up.
22:48Squash is no joke.
22:50You also pointed out how more deals are made between ball bounces than in all the story
22:55rooms in this town.
22:58I lived for our weekly game.
23:01I did.
23:03It took me forever to master it because I wanted so much to impress you.
23:07You didn't think you deserved my respect.
23:10That was always your biggest problem.
23:13Son, I can't tell if you let me win or if your head was just somewhere else for the whole
23:19game.
23:22Son, I don't think I'll ever get tired of you calling me that.
23:25Well, you must be used to it by now.
23:30What's all this melancholy?
23:33Well, you know, hurting from that loss for one.
23:36But I just, you know, sometimes I just wonder, you know,
23:41like, who would I be if I had the luxury of being raised by you instead of that sorry?
23:48Some men aren't meant to be fathers.
23:51But at a certain point, a man makes himself.
23:56You made yourself, Bill.
23:59I'm damn proud to call you son.
24:02Don't you forget that.
24:05I mean, I'm the person I am because of you.
24:09You actually think that's a compliment.
24:16Vernon, would you just wait, please?
24:20You remember the first time I brought you here.
24:23I remember the last.
24:26Right.
24:28Yeah, the night before I left Danny.
24:31All the time you knew.
24:33Yeah.
24:36I just knew you wouldn't, you would never look at me the same way again.
24:41You know?
24:42I mean, Vernon, I needed that last memory.
24:44So we laughed, made plans, hugged.
24:51And all the while, you know that come morning, I'd play the fool.
24:58Maybe everything would have been different if I explained it all to you that day.
25:02I guess.
25:03You put Danny on a pedestal to keep her from shining and then crashed her back down to earth
25:13when you were done with her.
25:14That's not what I set out to do.
25:16But that's what you did.
25:18You broke all our hearts.
25:22You're not the son I never had.
25:25You're a liar and a disappointment.
25:32I tried to make the marriage work, Vernon.
25:35You came this close to swallowing our family whole.
25:42But you have no power over us anymore.
25:46If it's absolution you're looking for, you won't find it here.
25:53Not from me.
25:55Okay.
25:57Yeah, I understand.
25:58I don't blame you.
26:01Look.
26:03I know forgiveness is too big and ask.
26:06You know, and I don't have the right to say this to you, but I need to tell you that,
26:11you know, I think that, um...
26:15I think I made a mistake leaving Danny.
26:20Damn straight you did.
26:22And you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that everything that was happiness,
26:27everything that was love was yours.
26:33And you let her slip away.
26:52So what do you say?
26:54I'm very flattered.
26:56But for real though, I'm no model.
26:59Let the OG be the judge.
27:01I'm modeling since I'm 17.
27:02And you're what now?
27:0428?
27:0529?
27:06And there he is.
27:07How's that?
27:09A model has to sell a bill of goods.
27:11You can do that, Isaiah.
27:14Not only have the gods blessed you, your face tells a story.
27:19And what's it say?
27:22That Banneker was an easy place to fall with a little penance thrown in.
27:27Something tells me that as fine as you are, you haven't received nearly the celebration
27:34that you should have or could still get.
27:39So call me when you're ready for your close-up.
27:49My mom is beautiful and happy and laughing with a cute guy despite having a gene mutation
27:55that could kill her.
27:56I am in love with a woman who loves me back.
27:59I just said the wrong thing at the wrong time.
28:01If my mom can rise up from what's bringing her down, so can I.
28:06We're Dupree's.
28:07If anyone can find a way to rebrand your proposal so that you don't break your heart and mad-
28:12You are proposing?
28:13Where?
28:14When?
28:15And what does heartbreak have to do with it?
28:17Okay, short story, I threw a hail marry me proposal.
28:21Baby!
28:22Oh, okay.
28:23And before you give me those mother of the bride eyes, I blew it.
28:26Madison turned you down?
28:28It's more like she didn't believe I was serious.
28:32Oh, Chelsea, I'm so sorry.
28:34Oh, I don't need your pity.
28:35I need a plan.
28:37Then no spin.
28:40Honesty and kindness are the way.
28:42Speaking of, can you tell us what was going on with our not-relative hottie over there?
28:48Just, you know, ease my mind.
28:49You don't owe us any explanation.
28:52Since when does your mind take a shortcut to the bedroom?
28:55Oh?
28:56The only interest I have in easy-on-the-eyes Isaiah over there is his modeling potential.
29:02Told ya.
29:03If we get a yes, he's our Tyson Beckford meets Alphadia.
29:07I can see it.
29:08Okay, we need a comfab.
29:10I'll cancel with Pamela, and we can rehearse what you're gonna say to Madison.
29:13Mom, don't.
29:14I think I just need a little me time to clear my head.
29:19But, you could give me a pep talk on my way to the car.
29:22Deal.
29:23Cat.
29:23Coming?
29:24You go.
29:25I'm gonna untangle that slide presentation you were working on, and I'll meet you at the house.
29:30Okay.
29:31Bye, sweetie.
29:32Bye.
29:38Lynette?
29:39Damn.
29:40Look at that.
29:41Us crossing paths again.
29:44It might be the stars lining things up.
29:51You're in my walking papers.
29:55You may not know who you are right now, but I do.
30:00You are so much more than the job.
30:04You're so much more than the man I loved.
30:07Derek, you are a good man.
30:10With so much heart to offer, you're just gonna have to find a new way to put it out into
30:14this world.
30:16How?
30:17I mean, how do I even start to do that?
30:22Well, if I couldn't be a nurse anymore, I would think about all of the reasons that I love this
30:27job,
30:28and I would try to find another one that offered as many of those perks as possible.
30:33Physically, I can't fight fires anymore, so what?
30:38Become a smoke jumper or something?
30:39You fought fires because you're brave, and you love working as part of a team,
30:45and you really enjoy saving people.
30:48See, that's the irony.
30:50I didn't even get to go out a hero.
30:54I gotta tell people in interviews that I lost my job because I crashed my bike.
31:01Yeah.
31:05Just tell me, what am I supposed to do with the rest of my life?
31:09Live it, and enjoy the hell out of it.
31:13Come here.
31:23Hey, sweetheart.
31:24I booked a quick spa treatment, and then it's back to work prepping for the Fenmore's meeting.
31:28Okay.
31:28All right, that's good. That's good.
31:32You look like you lost your bestie.
31:36I was more like the father I always wanted but never had.
31:40Granddad?
31:42Yeah.
31:43Yeah.
31:43It turns out he was humoring me from the jump, like every other Dupree.
31:48I'm a Dupree too.
31:50No.
31:50Your half.
31:51And it's your other half that allows you to still forgive me.
31:56What's with all this happy energy today?
31:58I've got it.
31:59You've got it.
32:00Yeah, well, mine's a long time coming, baby.
32:02What's so different about today?
32:04Yeah, I don't know.
32:05I'm just, I'm just really bothered by how much I screwed up with your mother.
32:09You know, I'm trying to make up for it.
32:12Although your grandfather is not having it.
32:15I don't blame him.
32:17I see you're trying.
32:20I don't think it has anything to do with me being a Dupree or a Hamilton.
32:25It's me realizing just how very messy life and I can be.
32:31Oh, come on now.
32:33My Chelsea bears never hurt anybody.
32:35Not intentionally.
32:36See, and that's the thing.
32:37No one intends to hurt someone, but if they feel unloved or disrespected by something you said or did, that
32:44hurt is still on you.
32:46And if I can't find a way to make things right with Madison, my relationship is going to end up
32:51exactly where yours did with mom.
32:53Dead and buried.
32:55Let me help you.
32:58I don't want to miss my appointment.
32:59I need to relax my body so I can clear my mind and find a way to fix this.
33:03Well, hey.
33:04My money's on you, sweetheart.
33:07Thanks, Dad.
33:08You know what?
33:09What?
33:10I love you.
33:12I love you, too.
33:13No.
33:17Dang, girl.
33:18Did you have to get the beans from Columbia?
33:20You're snapping a little bit.
33:23Marriage problems?
33:24No, I'm good.
33:25I was just asking a question.
33:27Don't mind me.
33:28Just passing through.
33:30My friend and I already claimed this table.
33:32Friend!
33:33What'd you do?
33:34Pick her up on eBay?
33:36I have plenty of friends.
33:38And she looks so realistic.
33:41Excuse me.
33:42Well, you have to be one of those AI-generated bots.
33:44Now, I thought those were only used for naughty reasons, but I have read that there are some pathetic rich
33:50people who need to buy friends.
33:57I think she might be broken.
33:59No, just fangirling.
34:01When I was younger, I saw you in a magazine and I wanted to be you.
34:05I mean, you were the...
34:07You are the prettiest woman I've ever seen.
34:11Aren't you sweet?
34:13Hard too sweet to be mixed up with this one.
34:15What's your name, honey?
34:17I'm Lynette.
34:18I'm one of the firm's new clients.
34:20It's bad enough you force-friended Caroline.
34:23Now Bill's pimping out his actual clients?
34:26Or does Bill know?
34:27It's not just his firm.
34:29I'm the firm's paralegal and you no longer need to concern yourself with how we run our business.
34:35That firm is my daughter's inheritance.
34:37Like it or not, we are entangled forever.
34:41Lynette, a little warning.
34:43I'm sure right now it's all gossip and pedicures.
34:46But pretty soon, she'll have her hands all over something to care about.
34:53Lovely to meet you.
34:55Nice to meet you.
34:58You weren't kidding.
35:00The claws are out around here.
35:03Buy you a third espresso if you take a break with me.
35:07Happy to stop staring at admission essays.
35:10Long time, Kat.
35:11Isaiah.
35:13You know, you wouldn't be going through this torture if you were on the runways of Milan.
35:20Dani filled you in on her indecent proposal.
35:22What's indecent about it?
35:25Turning my back on years of work just to auction off my body and design her lighting.
35:30A runway isn't a plank.
35:32It's a diving board toward a bigger life.
35:36Make a lot of money to help a ton of kids if that's your thing.
35:40Or, just help yourself.
35:43Now, you really know how to sell just about anything.
35:45You're not playing detective for my big bro.
35:48So you gonna take Aunt Dani up on her offer?
35:50I didn't say all that.
35:52But you and your aunt gave me a lot to think about.
35:54Mmm, so my power of persuasion is still intact?
35:58Was there any doubt?
36:00Well, I was just telling Chelsea about how the world's upside down.
36:07But, talking to you, I realized that some things are eternal.
36:11Like bending people to your will?
36:14Exactly!
36:16I'm telling you, you would be a really good model!
36:46Until next time,
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