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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 32: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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00:05Remember when Danny gave me a punch right before our wedding?
00:10Hmm?
00:11Not my first rodeo, Bill.
00:13Yeah, well, we're not making a habit of it, okay?
00:15And I'm serious, Elliot.
00:16I insist that you take the time that you need to heal and deal, okay?
00:20I'll let you work for a couple of hours, but after that, I'm taking you back to the hotel.
00:24Ugh, that was sweet.
00:26But what I need is normal.
00:29Last night, you wanted to stay in the hotel until that creek was behind bars.
00:33What changed?
00:38Morning, sissy.
00:40Is it Mother? Is she okay? Are you okay?
00:42Sometimes a drop-in is just a drop-in.
00:45Smells divine. Is that you?
00:52Oh.
00:54I haven't tried this Febreze scent yet.
00:57It's definitely living up to its name.
00:59I'm feeling amorous.
01:01Quit stalling, sissy.
01:03Fine. You got me. I'm here for reasons.
01:06How bad.
01:08I wish I didn't have to tell you, but I feel like I should.
01:10So I should pull the trigger instead of letting someone else do it, right?
01:14Usually, you are about as gun-shy as one of those hunting wives.
01:18Why is my impulsive sister suddenly putting the safety on?
01:22Because you're potentially in the line of fire.
01:27You're in the season.
01:28Yeah.
01:44I feel like I do.
01:45I do.
01:45Yeah.
01:45Yeah.
01:46Yeah.
01:47Yeah.
01:49Yeah.
01:50Yeah.
01:50Yeah.
01:50Yeah.
01:51Yeah.
01:51Yeah.
01:53Yeah.
01:57I didn't know a Valentine's could be like that.
02:01Like what?
02:02See, now there you go fishing.
02:05It's the stuff of fairy tales,
02:07complete with a dress and the prints and a happy ending.
02:11It was almost perfect.
02:13Dana, beyond sorry,
02:15but I didn't mind the way you sent her packing.
02:18Happy Valentine's Day to me.
02:20I'm going to forget that she ever happened to our night in campus.
02:24As one of the most romantic dates of my life.
02:27You want to give me the rest of your top ten?
02:29The other night are ones we have yet to go on.
02:32I don't want you peaking too soon.
02:35I love a challenge.
02:37But tell me you have to be at the hospital.
02:39I have the day off.
02:41You?
02:42A couple of follow-ups this morning,
02:45but since Carlton and I are on good terms,
02:48maybe I can get him to fill in.
02:51What would you be doing instead?
02:54You?
02:58Dr. Fitzgerald, you have imaging on line four.
03:03Hey, the Fast and the Furious.
03:05You texted.
03:06And you made record time.
03:08I have something for you.
03:10Oh, you thinking supply closet or on-call room?
03:13It was not that kind of surprise.
03:16No.
03:17Was it safe for work?
03:18I think you might still need some privacy.
03:21I think you're really going to like it.
03:25Every time I close my eyes, I see that fist coming at me.
03:29Oh, sweetheart.
03:31But patting around our hotel suite,
03:34I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror.
03:37That man has my ring
03:39and has me wearing more makeup than an actress on Broadway.
03:43He's not going to make me jump at my own shadow.
03:46Well, I mean, good job at keeping you dupes up,
03:49but we never leave ourselves open.
03:51Just because you're tired of being scared
03:52doesn't mean that mugger is tired of mugging.
03:56Listen, it's not like I'm running around wild.
03:59You drove us here,
04:00and if I get tired,
04:01I can just drive myself back.
04:03No, you're not driving yourself anywhere.
04:05And I don't want you taxing yourself either.
04:07I prefer no risks at all.
04:09There are no risks here, Bill.
04:11This is where we fell in love.
04:14Where the few people I actually trust are,
04:16where I've never, ever been hurt here before.
04:21Yeah, well, when you put it that way.
04:25So can we stop acting like this mugger
04:29is just right around the corner
04:30when he's just a thug in a haystack?
04:33Yeah.
04:34I'll track that thug down myself.
04:38Again, very sweet,
04:40but not realistic, babe.
04:44I need to do some work,
04:46and I think you should do the same.
04:54Oh, I will.
05:03I usually don't pick up
05:05until the third espresso kicks in.
05:08I don't believe that Joey Armstrong
05:10needs any sort of fortitude.
05:13That almost sounds like a compliment.
05:16So what kind of trouble
05:18have the Duprees gotten themselves into
05:20that even the ultimate fixer
05:21can't get them out of?
05:22This isn't about the Dupree family.
05:24It's about mine.
05:25And we're not in trouble,
05:27but trouble visited us.
05:29And I could use your
05:30particular brand of help to solve it.
05:37You heard about Haley, right?
05:40Ugly business.
05:42Robbery's one thing,
05:43but to mar that exquisite face,
05:45how is she?
05:47She's tiny, but mighty.
05:49You know, that punk took her rings,
05:51but I'm more concerned
05:52about what else he took.
05:53Her sense of safety.
05:55You think he'll come back for more?
05:57A return visit?
05:59Yeah.
05:59I just want to track him down, Joey.
06:01If anything like that happened
06:03to the woman in my life,
06:04I'd feel the same.
06:06Yeah, and the cops
06:07don't have any leads.
06:08That's unfortunate.
06:10Is that where I come in?
06:11Well, no one vanishes
06:14without a trace.
06:15That lowlife can't walk
06:16into a paunch-up
06:17with a rock that size,
06:18and I figured,
06:19yeah, but you would know
06:20how and where someone
06:21might try to make
06:22something like that disappear.
06:24And if I shake the rock
06:25and whoever's holding it loose,
06:27what then?
06:28Well, my wife would be safe
06:30and I'd be grateful.
06:31Grateful?
06:33In your debt.
06:36Then consider me
06:38your Harry Bosch.
06:40I see you like your mysteries.
06:42I like a satisfying ending.
06:44I'll get your man.
06:46You're here.
06:47We're all so glad you're okay.
06:50Me too.
06:52If Lynette had driven off
06:54a second sooner,
06:55if she hadn't seen
06:56the attack and yelled,
06:58I...
06:59I just don't know.
07:01Such a nightmare.
07:03Butterfly effect, huh?
07:05Pardon?
07:06The smallest action
07:08resulting in a larger
07:09consequence
07:09like you taking
07:11those papers to Lynette.
07:13Yeah, I was
07:14dropping them off
07:15just before.
07:17You're welcome.
07:20You have a problem
07:22with that, Tomas?
07:24more like I have
07:25some questions.
07:32What are we doing?
07:33Bracing myself
07:34for a seismic revelation.
07:36You know,
07:36like when you turned
07:37my nephew into
07:37my brother-in-law.
07:38I saw Shanice
07:39with Ted last night.
07:41And?
07:42I told you
07:43I ran into them
07:44at one of my dates.
07:45It's not breaking news.
07:46It was Valentine's Day,
07:48Nicole.
07:48And?
07:50And he bought her
07:51a dress that cost
07:51more than her
07:52monthly salary.
07:53I know.
07:54I caught a glimpse
07:55of it at the desk.
07:56Did you also catch
07:57that it was made
07:57of girlfriend material?
08:00I hadn't thought
08:01about it.
08:02Okay, so you're
08:03about as plugged in
08:04as TMZ,
08:05but seemingly less
08:05bothered than if your
08:06barista had bungled
08:07your coffee order.
08:08I am the one
08:09who filed the divorce papers.
08:11Doesn't mean you
08:11want to see someone
08:12you're working with
08:13eating your leftovers
08:14in front of you
08:15or in front of me.
08:16Dani.
08:17Listen,
08:17even the most
08:18well-adjusted
08:19therapist superwomen
08:21might get hit hard
08:22if they realize
08:23their ex is taking
08:24the next step
08:24with a keeper.
08:26I really am okay.
08:29Are you sure?
08:31Okay,
08:32I didn't expect him
08:33to find somebody
08:34that I actually like.
08:36But when I saw
08:37them together,
08:38I wasn't hit
08:39with regret.
08:40It was more,
08:42I don't know,
08:43wonder.
08:45I had this one
08:46vision of life
08:47with Ted and me
08:48hand in hand
08:49forever.
08:51And now when I think
08:52about my future,
08:53he doesn't have
08:54that same role.
08:55It's my kids,
08:57you,
08:57mother and daddy,
08:58my friends.
09:00I don't know
09:01whose hand,
09:02if any,
09:02I will be holding.
09:04And I have no desire
09:05to skip to the end.
09:07I'm kind of liking
09:08this part.
09:08Doesn't hurt
09:09that you have
09:10not one but two
09:11hot accomplices
09:13to accompany you
09:14on your new escapade.
09:16My point is,
09:18I am fine
09:20with Ted
09:21turning the page.
09:22And it's not about
09:23who Shanice is.
09:24It's about who
09:25she's not.
09:26She's not Leslie.
09:28I do get that.
09:30Did I mention
09:31I also ran into
09:32Leslie last night?
09:34Did she end up
09:35at the same restaurant
09:36as Ted
09:36on Valentine's Day?
09:40Well, Shanice and I
09:41tag-teamed
09:42reading her for filth.
09:43Oh, I would have
09:44loved to have seen that.
09:47It was glorious!
09:51Oh, and I almost
09:52had to give it up
09:53to Ted
09:53for not making
09:54the Leslie mistake
09:55twice.
09:57But he is moving on.
10:01You'd cancel
10:01your morning for me.
10:04I'm not ready
10:05for our date to end.
10:06Maybe a museum,
10:08a park,
10:11or maybe we can...
10:12Stop naming places
10:13when you know
10:13exactly where we're going.
10:16Let me call Carlton.
10:18Yeah, we'll hurry up then.
10:19Okay.
10:21I can't believe
10:23you've never been here,
10:24Tavia.
10:24They've got the best
10:25French toast
10:26in the DMV.
10:26I can't believe
10:28we're finally doing this.
10:31I miss that face.
10:34Oh, me too.
10:36No, your face.
10:37Not mine.
10:39On second thought,
10:40I'll take another cappuccino.
10:42Mm-hmm.
10:49I am not surprised
10:51Shanice can more
10:52than handle herself
10:53with Leslie.
10:54And Shanice isn't
10:55too close to home.
10:56She has had
10:57that cute nose of hers
10:58in everybody's business
10:59forever.
11:00And she has always
11:01been Team Dupree.
11:03And you're sure
11:03we don't hate her?
11:06You like Shanice,
11:07I like Shanice.
11:08You know,
11:09we trade compliments
11:10when we see each other
11:11kind of way,
11:11but if you say the word,
11:12I'm prepared to scalpel a bitch.
11:14You can stand down, sissy.
11:17Alrighty.
11:18Did you know
11:19she has two cousins
11:20who had pictures
11:21of moi on their walls
11:23hanging up
11:24when they were growing up?
11:25The one in the gold
11:26one-piece.
11:27Of course they did.
11:28And of course
11:29you just did.
11:30Huh?
11:32You ran into my ex
11:33and his girlfriend
11:34and somehow made it
11:35about your covergirl days.
11:37I did, didn't I?
11:38I'm not mad.
11:40My sister,
11:41the supermodel,
11:42is back.
11:43Oh,
11:43it's been more than a minute.
11:45And you're even more beautiful
11:46because now you know yourself.
11:49You are exactly
11:50where you belong.
11:52I didn't know
11:52I was missing
11:53this part of myself
11:54until I started
11:55getting it back.
11:56We've always had
11:57so damn much,
11:59but I never imagined
12:00having it all.
12:01I get to
12:02be in this world
12:03that I have loved
12:04since I was a kid.
12:05I get my girls
12:06healthy and thriving.
12:08I thought it was
12:08either or
12:09all these years.
12:10Then I get this
12:11beautiful,
12:12big-hearted man
12:13who keeps giving
12:14and giving
12:14without asking
12:15anything in return.
12:16You do know
12:17being single
12:18is now my thing, right?
12:20Who's making
12:20about themselves now?
12:23We're perfect!
12:25I will say
12:27I have taken for granted
12:29the Dupree's
12:30having so much family
12:31we can't go five minutes
12:32without running
12:32into one of us.
12:35Andre's only had
12:36Ted in you.
12:37He still has me.
12:38I know I've drawn
12:39a line in the sand
12:40when it comes to Ted,
12:43but since you and he
12:44seem to be
12:45less war of the
12:46Richardsons
12:47when it comes
12:47to your uncoupling.
12:50You want to turn
12:51Shanice and Ted
12:52into your couple friends.
12:54Only with your blessing
12:56for Andre.
12:59I'm on board
13:00for Andre
13:01and for me.
13:02The happier Ted is
13:03with Shanice,
13:04the less I have to worry
13:05about him crashing
13:05my dating game.
13:07And who is winning
13:08this game?
13:09Bachelor number one
13:10or bachelor number two?
13:16Hey, how's it going?
13:17It depends.
13:18How's your schedule?
13:19I ain't stuck on 95.
13:21With your help,
13:22I will miss the traffic
13:23entirely.
13:23Can you sub in
13:24for me this morning?
13:25Everything okay?
13:26I can use a little
13:27me time.
13:28Going some more
13:29Shanice time.
13:31Sorry, man.
13:32I can't.
13:32I got to take Cooper
13:33back to the OR.
13:34Complications?
13:35He woke up
13:36with a face full of blood.
13:37Looks like I'm
13:37going to have to go back in.
13:39Eva will rebook
13:40my morning.
13:41We can make
13:41quick work of it
13:42together.
13:43And I will appreciate
13:44your help.
13:45Happy to.
13:47I've got to admit,
13:48I was surprised
13:49you asked me out.
13:50I thought you
13:51and Cheryl...
13:52Oh, we decided
13:54we're better as friends.
13:56What about that guy
13:57you were seeing?
13:59Moved to Montana.
14:01It's too bad
14:02you and I don't
14:03work together anymore.
14:05Well, at least
14:05I'm in the same state.
14:09Finish that story
14:10you were telling me.
14:11Oh, yeah.
14:12Okay, so
14:13there was Bryce
14:16trying on a helmet
14:17full of whipped cream
14:18when the new uniforms
14:20came in.
14:21What did Bryce do?
14:22He tried to play it off,
14:24but the whipped cream
14:25started to melt
14:25down his face.
14:27Liam asked if he could
14:28have some for his coffee
14:29and the whole house
14:30erupted.
14:33Sounds hilarious.
14:34Yeah.
14:37No, you shouldn't have.
14:38I didn't get you anything.
14:40I thought it could be helpful.
14:41When health stuff
14:42hits this close to home
14:43it can be overwhelming
14:44to navigate.
14:47These are
14:47assisted living facilities.
14:49Color-coded by distance
14:50and cross-referenced
14:51by amenities.
14:55This must have
14:56taken you a long time.
14:57And I did a deep dive
14:58on cost
14:59because I know
14:59that's going to be
15:00a big nut for you.
15:05This was my first choice
15:06when mom
15:06first got diagnosed.
15:10Back then
15:11I thought
15:11we had a lot more time
15:12before I had to
15:12put on one of these.
15:14That's my pick too.
15:16The staff to patient
15:17ratio is small.
15:18The private rooms
15:19have all the safety features
15:20that she's going to need
15:21as her Parkinson's progresses.
15:23You know,
15:23they even have
15:23these whirlpool tubs
15:24that are great
15:25for aching muscles.
15:26This could be perfect.
15:31By perfect
15:31you mean useless to me.
15:34The thing is
15:35I thought Caroline
15:36was going to send
15:37those papers by messenger
15:38per usual.
15:40Lynette asked
15:41if I could bring them
15:42to her
15:42but I didn't think
15:43anything of it.
15:45Since the harassment suit
15:47we've got protocols
15:49on who makes deliveries.
15:50Not to mention
15:51getting this close
15:52to a client
15:53blurs lines.
15:54I know
15:55you've struggled
15:56to find friends
15:57in this town
15:57and if you've clicked
15:59with Lynette
15:59that's fine.
16:01Next time
16:01just loop me in.
16:03Okay?
16:04Oh, I'm sorry
16:06it fell through
16:07after I got punched
16:08in the face.
16:09Bailey, that's not...
16:10And did you just
16:11try to accuse me
16:12of being friendless
16:13and breaking office protocol?
16:14Not what I meant
16:15at all.
16:16I was just trying
16:16to save us
16:17from future miscommunication.
16:19As a paralegal
16:20you should know.
16:21You were trying
16:21to put me in my place
16:22and forgot yours.
16:25I am proud
16:26of being a paralegal
16:27but go outside
16:29and take a look
16:30at that shingle.
16:30Imagine a missus
16:32in front of the name
16:33out there
16:33and clue in
16:34what it means.
16:36Careful,
16:37junior partner.
16:39All that scraping
16:41and butt kissing
16:42you did
16:43to get yourself here
16:44might have been
16:44for nothing.
16:46You might be kissing
16:48your job goodbye.
16:50What the hell's going on?
16:58Carlton Slim?
17:00We have a patient
17:01we have to
17:01take back
17:02into the O.R.
17:04You know I get it.
17:06I will make it up to you
17:07several times
17:09and in several ways
17:10later.
17:12You just keep your head
17:13in that surgery
17:14and I'll think
17:14of the ways.
17:16Hmm.
17:17Hmm.
17:17Hmm.
17:18Hmm.
17:18Hmm.
17:18Hmm.
17:19Hmm.
17:19Hmm.
17:23Well, it's nice to know
17:24the fire helmet prank
17:25still lives on.
17:26Oh, you should have
17:27seen Todd's turn.
17:28Cold firehouse chili
17:29dripping everywhere.
17:31He vowed revenge.
17:32Todd?
17:32Yeah, he's the new probie.
17:34He's...
17:35Oh, Derek,
17:36I'm an idiot.
17:37Telling a story
17:38about the kid who...
17:40replaced me.
17:42It's okay.
17:45No one
17:46could fill your shoes
17:48or the rest
17:49of the uniform.
17:51Sorry.
17:53Oh, go ahead.
17:54Go ahead.
17:59Okay.
18:01My mother
18:03has been so good to me.
18:08But I can't get her
18:09the care that she deserves
18:10because lab techs
18:11with student loans
18:12can't afford whirlpools
18:13and low staff
18:15to patient ratios.
18:16Okay, but I bet
18:16there's a program
18:17that will offset costs.
18:18She doesn't qualify.
18:19Okay, well, then you and I,
18:20we're going to put
18:21our two big brains together.
18:22This isn't Wordle.
18:24This is...
18:25We're talking about
18:26my mother, Ashley.
18:29Do you think I would
18:30let her live
18:30in a crappy place
18:31if there was anything,
18:32anything
18:33that I could do
18:34to get her out of there?
18:35Don't you think
18:35I've exhausted
18:36every possibility?
18:38Okay, I...
18:39I overstepped, Grayson.
18:41I'm sorry.
18:41I just...
18:42I really just wanted to help.
18:47When it comes to my mother,
18:48I've got this.
18:53Boss...
18:53You rang?
18:55Bill Hamilton rang first.
18:57What does he want?
18:59Is he in for some kind
19:00of reverse ambulance
19:01chaser scheme?
19:04Haley was attacked
19:05near Uptown.
19:08But no doubt
19:09you already know
19:10all about that.
19:13We just had
19:14a little misunderstanding.
19:15Oh, now you're going
19:16to minimize my feelings?
19:17No one here
19:18would ever do that, Haley.
19:19He was accusing me
19:21of going rogue.
19:24Okay.
19:25All right.
19:25It was a big step
19:26for you to come in,
19:27but I'm calling it.
19:27We'll try again
19:28in a few days.
19:29Wait, I...
19:30I didn't even put in
19:31a minute of work, babe.
19:32I'm fine.
19:33I'm not fine
19:33seeing you upset.
19:35Caroline, I need you.
19:36Bill.
19:37Haley, if you must,
19:38you can work remotely,
19:39but you're not staying here.
19:48That's so brave.
19:50I'm okay.
19:51You want a tea or something?
19:52Or something.
19:53I need you to take Haley
19:54back to the hotel.
19:55Of course.
19:55But you have work.
19:57Nonsense.
19:58Your well-being comes first.
20:00That's the spirit.
20:02Me.
20:06All right.
20:07Later.
20:17Kill me now.
20:19My sister's sitter canceled.
20:22The twins.
20:23Go.
20:24I totally understand.
20:26Well...
20:27No.
20:29But you finally asked me out.
20:32And we didn't even begin
20:33to talk about you.
20:34We're good.
20:35Really?
20:36Always.
20:38I'll text you.
20:55Looks like you and Ted are good.
20:58I know it's not true,
21:00but sometimes it feels like
21:02I spend my whole life
21:03behind that desk
21:04watching the world go by.
21:07Last night,
21:08Ted made me feel like
21:09I wasn't watching anymore,
21:10you know?
21:12I'm happy for you, Shanice.
21:14Says the man who was just
21:15having breakfast
21:16with a fire country hottie.
21:17Yeah.
21:19Hot isn't everything.
21:21Ah.
21:21Is that why it looked like
21:22you were waiting on a root canal
21:23instead of French toast?
21:26I didn't even get to put
21:27my order in.
21:29And I'm relieved.
21:31I'm sitting here
21:31trying to put everything
21:32I can't have behind me
21:34and Havia is just going
21:35to be another reminder.
21:37All she could talk about
21:38was the firehouse.
21:41If someone ever took
21:42nursing away from me,
21:43I would be in the fetal position.
21:45Yeah, for like a week.
21:47Then you'd somehow
21:48single-handedly Shanice
21:49your way back into
21:50saving the world.
21:51Did you just use my name
21:53as a verb?
21:54Okay.
21:55Well, let's Shanice
21:56this thing then.
21:57Look at all your
21:58possibilities, Derek.
22:00Good things will happen
22:01whether it's with Tavia
22:02or someone else.
22:03And there's another job
22:05out there, too.
22:06The only one I've been offered
22:07is from Leslie Thomas.
22:08And I know I'm hard up,
22:10but I...
22:10Go for it.
22:12The woman is nuts.
22:14That's true.
22:15But she won't be hands-on
22:16with this whole
22:16free clinic thing.
22:18You don't know that?
22:19Does she look like
22:20a worker bee to you?
22:22Your whole thing
22:23is helping people.
22:24And the clinic just
22:24falls into your lap?
22:25That has to mean
22:26something, Derek.
22:28I'll think about it.
22:31Well, maybe you should
22:32give Tavia a second thought,
22:34too.
22:34You could use the boost.
22:36And she was looking at you
22:37like you were the tastiest
22:38snack she's ever seen.
22:41Don't think answer quick.
22:43You have to kick
22:44one of them out of bed.
22:45They fulfill different needs.
22:47You are no fun!
22:48I need you to be more graphic!
22:50Not happening!
22:51Why not?
22:52Why can't we swap
22:53bedroom stories
22:53like other sisters?
22:55Because you are married
22:56to my nephew.
22:57Eh, fine, fine, fine.
22:59You're sure you're good?
23:01I'm open.
23:02Maybe there's
23:03a bachelor number three.
23:05Ellie says
23:06what Vanessa says.
23:07You are not
23:08having one-night stands
23:09like Vanessa
23:10pre-Joey.
23:11You are having
23:12a lot of nights
23:13with two desirable men.
23:14I'm just saying,
23:16protect your heart.
23:17Stop worrying.
23:19I can walk
23:19and chew gum
23:20at the same time
23:21and not fall in love
23:22with the gum.
23:23That's what I thought.
23:24And then, boom.
23:26You think you can't
23:27catch feelings.
23:30Feelings have a way
23:31of catching you.
23:33I'll outrun them.
23:35Whatever you say, sissy.
23:41Hi.
23:42Hi.
23:42Thanks again.
23:43I'll look at the scans
23:44and meet you in there.
23:44Sounds good.
23:46Dr. Richardson's
23:47going to scrub in
23:47and assist.
23:49So, I assume
23:49you want OR3?
23:52Shanice informed you
23:53about our dust-up.
23:55There is no excuse
23:56that I can offer
23:56for being rude.
23:58Am I now
23:59enemy number one
24:00of the nursing staff?
24:01You are not
24:02the first doctor
24:03or nurse for that matter
24:04to let their personal lives
24:05spill all over this floor.
24:07So, how much
24:08have you heard?
24:09Oh, I've been informed
24:10of every messy aspect
24:11of your triangle.
24:12Oh.
24:15There's a thrill
24:16from going to
24:17Tide Knot
24:18to Cut Loose.
24:20You know,
24:20both you and Kyle,
24:21you're accomplished,
24:23charming,
24:24handsome,
24:25but the edge
24:27that Kyle has on you
24:28is that
24:28he's new.
24:30With you,
24:31there's
24:33expectations.
24:34And that's a lot
24:36of pressure
24:36on a woman
24:37that doesn't want any.
24:39Got it.
24:40So, what do I do?
24:43Be you.
24:44Just be less
24:46available.
24:48Try to make her jealous?
24:49Try to make her curious.
24:52Right now,
24:52you're kind of
24:53giving eager.
24:54Ouch.
24:55But fair.
24:57Thank you, Ashley.
24:59Let's get you
24:59set up with OR3.
25:00Okay.
25:02Okay.
25:03Okay.
25:09Hamilton
25:10takes a hit.
25:12The tables talk.
25:14Broad daylight,
25:16heavy foot traffic,
25:18and more importantly,
25:19near my territory.
25:22We're not dealing
25:23with some criminal
25:24savant here.
25:26Now, the mugger
25:27would have tried
25:27to offload
25:28the credit cards,
25:29if not that sparkler
25:31that Haley was sporting.
25:33Instead, crickets.
25:36Why?
25:39Maybe the
25:40purpose
25:41smarter than we think,
25:42or
25:43just passing through.
25:44That's because
25:45it is real,
25:46and it still hurts.
25:47So, back up.
25:48Dang.
25:49Nah, don't even try.
25:50There's no way
25:51you could have done
25:51that to yourself.
25:54I didn't.
25:55So, who?
25:58Haley.
25:59Why?
26:00What?
26:01Lynette was more
26:02than happy
26:03to lend a hand,
26:04or a fist.
26:06It's not the theft alone.
26:08It's the violence.
26:10Bill's beside himself.
26:13But you must be, too,
26:15given your close,
26:16personal relationship
26:17with Mrs. Hamilton.
26:23Missing your house?
26:25Oh, and all our things,
26:27and feeling safe.
26:29But I guess
26:30this is going to be
26:31the truth now
26:32everywhere we go.
26:33Oh, honey.
26:35No pity, Caroline.
26:37I've already
26:37derailed your morning.
26:39Oh, this is all Tomas.
26:40All that ambition
26:41behind those cheekbones.
26:42Maybe he hasn't quite
26:44grasped the emphasis
26:45on junior
26:45and junior partner.
26:47Um, you know,
26:48I think I might have
26:49put him in his place.
26:51Hmm.
26:52I mean, for what it's worth,
26:54I'm guessing
26:54Bill might have
26:56laid into him, too.
26:58Oh?
27:00He laid into me
27:01for allowing
27:02the mugging to happen.
27:05To quote Bill,
27:06my wife
27:07is not an office errand girl.
27:09Look, I,
27:10I never
27:11wanted to cause you
27:13any trouble.
27:13I just thought
27:14I was saving everyone
27:15some work.
27:16No good deed
27:17goes unpunished.
27:18The one time
27:19you put yourself out
27:20for your new friend.
27:22Friend
27:23might be
27:23overstating it.
27:25Gal pal, then?
27:27You even got the firm
27:28to handle her case
27:29pro bono.
27:30We had no idea
27:31what that creep
27:31would have done
27:32if she hadn't been there.
27:33She did what
27:34anyone would have done.
27:36But you're safe now.
27:40And you have
27:41the security team
27:42right outside the door.
27:44Thanks to my
27:45loving husband.
27:49It's killing Bill.
27:52That he can't
27:53wipe your memory
27:54of what happened away.
27:56So even if you
27:57were the one
27:58who took the punch,
28:00he feels it, too.
28:03You do know
28:04my husband.
28:05Yes.
28:06Yeah, well,
28:06please give her
28:07my regards.
28:08Thanks.
28:10You know,
28:11Haley came here
28:11because she thought
28:12the people that she
28:13could trust are here.
28:14And then I have to
28:14send her back to the
28:15hotel to get her
28:16away from you?
28:17My woman was hurt
28:18out there.
28:19I shouldn't have to
28:20protect her in here.
28:22Now, how do you
28:23think that makes
28:23me feel?
28:25Go ahead.
28:26Speak.
28:28That's the last
28:29thing I wanted.
28:30I felt bad that
28:32Haley got hurt
28:33delivering papers
28:34for my case.
28:35I never asked
28:36Haley to do that.
28:38I guess I just
28:39didn't have any
28:40idea how close
28:41she and Lynette
28:42have gotten.
28:48I'm really
28:49trying to move on.
28:51Oh, he's
28:51learning.
28:53Now, I am going
28:54to help you with
28:54your dating profile
28:55under one condition.
28:57Who says I'm
28:57signing up for the
28:58dating apps?
29:00Okay, what's the
29:01condition?
29:01That you put that
29:02girl Tavia out of
29:03her misery.
29:04Can't have her out
29:05here with hope.
29:07Yeah, I know
29:08you're right, but
29:09that's going to be
29:10a really hard
29:10conversation to have.
29:12But honesty is
29:13the best way to go.
29:17Hiding the truth
29:17didn't really work
29:18out well for me,
29:19did it?
29:24Do you have a
29:24minute?
29:27Sure.
29:29Okay.
29:31There's a lot we
29:32don't know about
29:33each other yet.
29:35And you just found
29:35out I can be a
29:36jerk sometimes.
29:39I think we can
29:39share that title.
29:41I went from a few
29:42dates and some
29:44trysts in the
29:45on-call room to
29:46your own personal
29:47senior healthcare
29:48consultant.
29:49Something you never
29:50asked me to do.
29:51I'd say I was the
29:52one who went to
29:53a little too fast.
29:55caring for people
29:56is your go-to.
29:59You weren't
29:59skipping ahead.
30:00You were just
30:01being your kind,
30:03generous, gorgeous
30:05self.
30:08I'm just not in a
30:09place to receive it.
30:11Too much me?
30:14More like not
30:14enough me.
30:17I don't know how
30:18to be a grown man
30:19who can't do better
30:19for his mother.
30:21You do take
30:22care of her.
30:23That makes you a
30:25good son and an
30:26honorable man.
30:27The side jobs,
30:29picking up the
30:29extra shifts here,
30:31spending every
30:31possible minute I
30:32can with her are
30:33just not enough.
30:36And I'm sorry
30:37that you were on
30:37the other side of
30:38that frustration.
30:42Can you forgive
30:42me?
30:44Of course.
30:58Just a little.
31:04Mmm.
31:05It's a breeze
31:05to reset the mood.
31:08Mmm.
31:09It smells good in
31:10here.
31:11What's up?
31:12Did you want to
31:13follow up on that
31:13referral?
31:14Your patient reached
31:16out and scheduled.
31:17Oh, good.
31:17But that is not
31:18why I texted.
31:20Okay.
31:21Something you
31:22need.
31:24I loved every
31:26single one of your
31:27adorable Valentine's
31:28Day texts.
31:30But texts do not
31:32a date make.
31:33Tell me more.
31:35I'm on the board
31:36of this little
31:37theater downtown,
31:37and they are doing
31:39one of August Wilson's
31:40Century Cycle Plays
31:41this month.
31:42If I recall,
31:43you're a fan.
31:44No one,
31:45absolutely no one
31:46centers the human
31:47existence like
31:48August Wilson.
31:49Gotta take the
31:49crooked with the
31:50straights.
31:52Well, I was
31:53thinking that we
31:54could experience it
31:54together.
31:55Tonight?
31:58I'd love to.
31:59Oh, yay.
32:01But I've already
32:02seen it.
32:03Oh.
32:04Yeah, last week.
32:06But you should
32:06absolutely go.
32:08You do not want
32:09to miss something
32:09this fabulous.
32:11Well, I've got to
32:12go.
32:12The OR should be
32:13prepped right now,
32:14and I should not
32:15keep Mr. Cooper
32:15waiting.
32:16I hope it goes
32:17well.
32:18Thanks.
32:25Hayley has every
32:26right to choose
32:27her friends,
32:28and no action
32:29that she took
32:29makes her responsible
32:30for what happened
32:31to her,
32:31but your behavior
32:32on the other hand.
32:33I never would have
32:34put Hayley in the
32:34way of that month.
32:35That is not the
32:36behavior I'm talking
32:37about, Tomas.
32:38How could you not
32:39know that she'd be
32:39triggered by you
32:40cross-examining her
32:41about what happened
32:42that day?
32:44Hey, I see now
32:45how I was in the
32:47wrong.
32:47Listen, a junior
32:49partner understands
32:49that part of his
32:50role is knowing
32:51how to navigate
32:52the key players
32:52in this office.
32:53First there's me,
32:54after me it's my
32:54wife, and I don't
32:55like her being
32:55upset.
32:56It makes my life
32:57difficult, and I
32:59pay you to make
33:00my life easier.
33:02I understand.
33:04I like you,
33:05Tomas.
33:06I handpicked you
33:07because of all that
33:07potential, but I'd
33:08hate to have to lose
33:09you because you
33:09missed a fundamental
33:10lesson.
33:11Keep Haley happy.
33:12And learn when
33:12to keep your mouth
33:13shut.
33:14Close the door
33:14on your way out.
33:15It won't happen
33:16again.
33:35Hey.
33:38Not so good.
33:39But can you meet?
33:42The sooner the better.
33:44You're the one
33:45constant.
33:46The one through
33:47line in Bill's
33:48life.
33:49You were there
33:49before me during
33:51all the good and
33:52bad years when he
33:54was with Danny.
33:55You give him
33:55order.
33:56You keep him
33:58calm, and you're
33:59on a very short
34:01list of people that
34:02he wants to keep
34:03happy.
34:04Well, he's earned
34:05my loyalty.
34:06Bill's a very good
34:08boss and friend.
34:10And you've been
34:10my friend and
34:12ally.
34:13The whole town
34:15turned their back
34:16on me when I
34:16became Bill's wife.
34:18The office might
34:19have even followed
34:20suit.
34:21But you welcomed
34:24me and even
34:25acted like my
34:26maid of honor.
34:28Well, I said it
34:29then, and I'll say
34:30it again.
34:31You brought Bill
34:32back.
34:34I know things
34:36have been
34:37nonstop drama
34:38since then, but
34:40if these few days
34:42have taught me
34:43anything, it's
34:45who the important
34:47people are.
34:50I've missed you
34:51too.
34:52When I heard what
34:54happened to you,
34:55it hurt my heart.
34:56I'm always here
34:59to be a
35:00shoulder or
35:01a cocktail
35:02companion.
35:04Thanks,
35:05Caroline.
35:06Happy wife,
35:08happy life.
35:09Preach.
35:11No, seriously.
35:13Tell everyone
35:14at the office,
35:14whether they
35:15like it or not,
35:16this wifey's
35:18here to stay.
35:21I know you
35:22told me you
35:22were messing
35:23around with
35:23Mrs. Hamilton.
35:25I took that
35:25back, Joey.
35:26Don't.
35:28Please.
35:28The less you
35:29say, the less
35:30you lie.
35:30I don't need to
35:31know what you're
35:32doing with
35:32Haley.
35:33I need to get
35:34down to business.
35:35Understood.
35:36Bill Hamilton
35:37came to me for
35:38a favor.
35:39Now, when someone
35:39like him asks,
35:40I deliver because
35:42he'll owe you.
35:43And you're gonna
35:44get me what
35:45Bill wants.
35:46What's that?
35:47Justice.
35:48Someone smashed
35:49his wife's face
35:50and took that
35:51ring off her
35:52finger.
35:54And then he
35:55just disappeared.
35:56A small-timer's
35:58probably pawned
35:58that ring down
35:59in Florida
35:59somewhere by now.
36:02I think the
36:03ring and the
36:04perp are still
36:06closer to home.
36:08And you're gonna
36:09bring him to me.
36:45»
36:46He's
36:46a
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