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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 49: Friday, March 13, 2026
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00:06Donnell, you are my new favorite person.
00:10Okay, why?
00:13You agreed to escort my niece to Cotillion.
00:15That took a huge weight off of our shoulders.
00:18No, it's okay.
00:19It gives me a chance to take my tux out of retirement.
00:22You know, Samantha's, she's pretty fun for a kid.
00:26She told me she was working for your new business.
00:28She's like a brand rep or something.
00:32Our team brand ambassador.
00:34Right.
00:35And she told me you were in town for the dedication ceremony at the pre-clinic.
00:40I think it's really beautiful that your mom found a way to keep your dad's memory alive.
00:46Mom did that all right.
00:47How'd it go?
00:51Vinny, anyone ask? This room's closed for a private event. No exceptions.
00:54Sure thing, boss. Will do.
00:57Now we can have that conversation you want.
01:00I didn't mean it had to happen right now, although I'm happy that you're taking this so seriously.
01:05Well, clearly it's been weighing on you ever since Deanna said...
01:09What were her words exactly?
01:12Then I'm pathetic.
01:14I couldn't go six months without throwing myself at a man I hardly even know.
01:18Well, she's wrong, especially about the last part.
01:21You know me better than anyone.
01:23More than I'm comfortable with, to tell the truth.
01:25That's what I want.
01:27The truth.
01:28Even the details that you think don't matter.
01:30Why? To pass some arbitrary test of Deanna's?
01:34Deanna's comment made it more pressing, but you're right.
01:37It's been something that I've been wanting to talk about for a long while.
01:40I only held off because I knew it was an issue for you.
01:43But people who are in real relationships know these kinds of things about each other,
01:48and it helps them understand each other better.
01:51Are we having the relationship talk now?
01:54Should I be taking notes?
01:56For the next few minutes, I want this to be a no-snark zone.
02:01Agreed?
02:03Agreed.
02:05Me knowing more about you puts us on more equal footing.
02:08For example, I have no doubt that you thoroughly investigated my background when you targeted my business.
02:14You know it.
02:16Turnabout's fair play.
02:19Well, I can't argue with that.
02:21But I will say that I'm not really a believer in fair play.
02:26I play for keeps.
02:27I play for keeps.
02:31You know, at the 알아 and I'm not really one novice.
02:57You won't.
02:57And I can support it as fucks anymore in fair play.
02:57You know, I'll talk to you next time.
02:57You know that I'm using this.
02:59well if it isn't the man of the hour i still can't get over how incredible that ribbon cutting
03:04ceremony was should have been there naomi i'm sorry i hate that i missed it but i had a
03:09deposition this morning but clearly the clinic services are in high demand the line was wrapped
03:15around the block when i got there later in the day the turnout shows that we were able to get
03:19the word out even better than we'd hoped and not everybody was able to be seen by a doctor but
03:23we handled all the most urgent cases and scheduled appointments for rest nice you know when leslie
03:29came to me with the idea for the free clinic i had no idea it would turn into something so
03:35organized and efficient she was smart enough to recruit eva who has been a huge help and you
03:44heard leslie gave a speech and i gotta say it wasn't half bad but she really pulled from how tough
03:52it was
03:52to try and afford medical care back when she was struggling yeah i'm sure it was so hopefully
03:57this means she's not going to just drop the clinic like an old toy when something more exciting comes
04:01along well even if that happens i'm sure you'll be able to get another donor to replace her we could
04:08do that well yeah if you can show them the impact the clinic is having you know that they'll get
04:14a
04:14real bang for their charitable buck and given your great start it could be a real possibility
04:22well i'm in the mood to celebrate what do you say you me and jacob go out what time's this
04:27shift end
04:46we gotta find a better location to do these pickups relax shaniece and all the doctors you know have
04:52already gone home for work and ashley just left on a break in fact i'm about to go meet up
04:56with her
04:57now you need to stop wasting that girl's time
05:06hello cat wrong richardson granddad oh well this richardson is just as welcome and a very pleasant
05:13surprise grand didn't tell you i was stopping by i called her earlier to see if you two were up
05:19for
05:19visitors she told me to let myself in you'll have to forgive your grandmother son i don't doubt she
05:25really wanted to see you but uh she's already asleep and probably not long after you two spoke
05:33i'm glad she's getting some rest i know how hard that latest round of chemo was on her
05:39yeah oh and if cat is coming to visit too i can text her and tell her it would be
05:44better
05:45no need i guess you hadn't heard your sister is our new house guest
05:54maybe diana was right and i should have given her heads up about my mom and joey
05:59uh no the point of the ceremony was to honor your father and that's where the focus needed to be
06:06besides it is not your job to run interference for your mother
06:11also i'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around vanessa being romantically involved
06:17with joey armstrong i mean is there a chance you and diana misread the situation i don't know every
06:25time i turn around they're together and i just can't help but feel like there are feelings going
06:30on there exactly no i was a little relieved you didn't know about it all i was afraid the gossip
06:36would be all over town but i guess it's going to be now since diana made such a scene at
06:41uptown
06:41i never thought anything like this would happen yeah i can relate to that i mean it's not on the
06:47same level but my parents have started dating other people since their divorce and my mom is really
06:54hitting the dating scene hard she has like this whole new personality nicole after dark wow right
07:01but i am trying really hard to support her because my mom has been through it and she deserves to
07:11be
07:11happy yeah same here i'm not gonna lie though it is really hard oh very same here but i feel
07:20like
07:20even nicole after dark isn't seeing someone shady though well if it helps joey does have his good
07:27points you know i can never tell the end of this but i'm starting to kind of like the guy
07:32oh well i have a new bullet point joey really helped my family when chelsea went missing
07:40beats please uh i went to him for some information on chelsea's kidnapper and he gave me some pushback
07:47but it came through in the end wait uh joey was involved with chelsea's kidnapping oh no no no no
07:54um the kidnapper had an account with joey's escort service which meant he was able to give us access
08:02to her payment information wait uh uh sorry joey has an escort service heart attach get it
08:11are you okay i'm gonna go grab more coffee all right yeah i'll wait
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09:03our
09:03bio oh who am i kidding you know what to do love you guys
09:10i've always felt it was unwise to be too forthcoming about my past it's bad for business
09:17among other things i had hoped that by now you'd trust the last thing i want to do is hurt
09:22you
09:26what do you want to know tell me about your father we're not easing into this are we i don't
09:33know
09:33how long this window is going to stay open point taken all right the simplest way to sum up my
09:41father
09:43old school syndicate and proud of it where new york what was your relationship like
09:51i was his apprentice while other kids spent their summers playing stickball in the streets and going
09:58to amusement parks i was riding shotgun with my father while he went on his numbers route or i was
10:05being schooled in the fine art of cleansing cash did you enjoy that nobody asked it didn't matter
10:15i went where i was taken and i did what i was told until you didn't see you do know
10:22me so what
10:24happened when you mouthed off
10:29my uh my father was of the iron fist school of parenting
10:37at least with his son he hit you depended on his mood sometimes yeah other times it just seemed like
10:48i ceased to exist in his eyes he would leave me at a stop with no way to get home
10:54that son of a bitch
10:56no no my grandmother was a fine woman
11:02you know the few times and i mean very few times that i made him laugh
11:09that seemed like the highest praise i could ever receive
11:14that's how desperate i was for his approval
11:17how long did this abuse go on until i was big enough to put a stop to it permanently
11:30i won't send ashley your regard since you're supposed to be out of town
11:43look man i meant what i said leave ashley alone it's not gonna happen for you two anyway you don't
11:48know that did she ever tell you why her last relationship ended because she found out derek
11:53was lying to her she broke up with him that same night and they were engaged so what makes you
11:59think
11:59she gonna put up with your bs well she'll never know about my sidekick problem solved ashley's a smart
12:03girl sooner or later she'll see right through you just like your lawyer wife sees through you
12:08she could which is why i'm staying away until my debt is paid and why you need to end this
12:12thing
12:12with ashley if she finds out what's going on it puts all of us at risk look i'm being careful
12:17there are plenty of other pretty girls in the dmv find someone else to mess with
12:21this conversation's over
12:26you know i wish we could go out tonight but jacob's out of town doing some specialized training
12:32oh is this that that that forensics program he was telling me about a few weeks back
12:36you know he didn't really get into the details with me
12:40i guess that's why i haven't heard from him in a minute
12:43and here i was thinking it was because you guys have been spending all your time with
12:47ash and her new guy
12:49i did see the two of them recently and yes they are still going out if that's what you're really
12:55asking
12:56no i already knew that she she brought him by the clinic this morning before the ribbon cutting
13:01she wants to sign up as a volunteer
13:03see i think that's amazing that ashley is determined to support you and the clinic
13:08yeah me too it was great seeing her just not with grayson off the record what do you really
13:18think of the guy how can you be so calm when your company's making so many sales
13:23oh i am nowhere near calm ever since our first purse hit the market it never gets old
13:33um i don't say this often but enough about me i might have messed up mentioning heart attach
13:41i know joey doesn't like to blast the fact that he owns it so maybe don't share that tidbit with
13:47your mom i feel like she already knows i was telling her a story the other day about heart
13:52attach because some students on campus use it and she got all tense she said she heard about it from
14:00a garden party or something well that could be true a lot goes on behind those gates i don't know
14:05her her explanation felt a lot more like an excuse to me i feel like she might know about heart
14:11attach through joey which means she must have some idea that joey owns it is she in so deep with
14:18him
14:18that she's keeping his secrets well it could be as simple as she just really wants you to like her
14:24new boyfriend it's so weird to picture her with someone who's the complete opposite of my dad
14:29i mean folks looked up to my father well until they found out what a complete mess he made of
14:35his life right before he died uh-uh people still respect your father he was a good man and a
14:41great
14:42doctor those are the only parts of him i ever saw my mom and him they kept all the gambling
14:48and all the
14:49bad stuff hidden away now i feel like she's probably hiding more stuff from me like i'm a kid who
14:55can't
14:55handle the truth to be fair it seems like your sister's having a hard time dealing right now i'm
15:00not my sister though and it's time my mother start to recognize that when you say you stopped your
15:08father permanently i didn't kill him i'm glad you showed that much restraint he doesn't sound like
15:16very pleasant company oh no he could really turn on the charm for some people yeah with his son yeah
15:24he
15:25was a total hard ass with his wife he was the boss but had a gentler touch and with my
15:34sister
15:36i tell you there was nothing too good for daddy's little sweetheart you never told me you have a sister
15:45there's a reason for that
15:52if you've accepted ashley dating other people why are the questions about grayson i just want
15:57you to take on the guy you've spent more time around him than i have i don't really know him
16:03well
16:04but he really seems to like ashley and vice versa you notice anything odd about him
16:12no but i get the feeling you have i know this is not going to sound like some huge red
16:17flag
16:18but when ash brought him by the clinic he wandered off do you mean he left
16:27more like when exploring gave himself his own tour of the clinic and not just
16:31pop his head into the door kind of thing either when ash was ready to leave we had to go
16:36hunting for
16:37the guy maybe he was just trying to be polite give you and ashley some privacy plus there had to
16:43be
16:43other people checking the place out reporters volunteers familiarizing themselves with the layout
16:48people with a reason to be curious okay so what are you accusing him of you think he took something
16:53no i
16:55checked seriously you counted all the cotton swabs thanks no look i know it sounds like i'm being
17:03jealous or paranoid or both and trust me i have tried to talk myself out of this feeling i have
17:09about
17:09the guy what feeling just keep an eye out on ash okay that's all i'm asking of course that goes
17:21without saying
17:25hey there you are yeah sorry i'm late uh the elevator got stuck oh well remind me to tell
17:34you about the time i got stuck in that elevator you bought me a cup of coffee i i need
17:42to pay you
17:43back just get it the next time that's what you said the last time is it look i i appreciate
17:49the gesture
17:50but i can afford a cup of coffee don't make me sorry that i told you about my financial situation
17:58you can get it the next time i promise i always want you to be honest with me
18:04of course so did you hear how the clinic opening went oh yeah i was actually just reading about it
18:12it sounds like it was a huge success just so happy for derek and quite frankly a little bit relieved
18:19sounds like you were worried that he was gonna screw things up no not at all i just
18:24i'm glad he has something positive to focus on i've been getting worried about him
18:30so if i wasn't in the picture do you think you and him would have worked things out
18:37where is that coming from was your sister older or younger younger heather was a cute kid
18:45adept at getting what she wanted well i take it your father was completely smitten and she knew it
18:51yes and no i think she was a bit too much like him for his taste headstrong ambitious
19:03she wanted dad to put her talents to good use for the family business he wouldn't hear of it let
19:11me
19:11guess you would have gladly changed places with her in a heartbeat
19:17my mother wanted me to go to college and study finance and game theory i can see that my father
19:25couldn't and my mother always deferred to him so
19:31in the end i wound up studying game theory in my own way what happened to heather
19:39we lost touch you know what happened to my mother
19:45the plastic surgery i'm sorry you lost her joey
19:50she thought her beauty was the only real power she had in the world she became a slave to it
19:59and that is about as much family history as i can take for one night
20:06i hope that satisfies your curiosity i certainly feel like i know you better now
20:14and your father's lucky i wasn't around back then
20:18i would have taken that sucker out for what he did to you
20:26i love you joey i'm never going to let you go
20:37now i can understand why aunt danny's guest house might feel a little cramped what with madison and
20:43chelsea engaged and we certainly don't want cat moving in with tomas for the wrong reasons
20:49but why cat didn't just get her own place or move back home with mom
20:53i could have asked you those very same questions when you chose to move in with us
20:59when your marriage was on the rocks but gran wasn't sick then
21:05i think that's part of your your sister's reasoning she wants to be useful while your
21:11grandmother's undergoing treatment now don't get me wrong i love my baby sis but nurturing she is not
21:19but she's very good company and i'm grateful for that now tell me about how the campaign is going
21:30i have a problem and i'm not sure this is the right time to bring it up please
21:36i'm looking for something to think about other than cancer it has to do with joey armstrong
21:50has armstrong approached you with some new demand i haven't heard from him since
21:55smitty returned that campaign donation and told him to back off
21:59make no mistake joey wants you to win otherwise his leverage means nothing
22:06an information on me that he can use whenever he chooses
22:10well it's been true for a while but it didn't stop you from going forward with your campaign
22:18not this campaign but i'm thinking ahead
22:22don't worry i'm not resurrecting my presidential ambitions but the party and the support of some
22:30hefty donors they approached me last week for a possible senate run
22:36approached they were energized and encouraging and you are worried
22:43they can't afford to lose this seat and on the face of it i'm a shoe-in
22:49declining would raise quite a few eyebrows and i have joey armstrong just waiting in the wings to swoop
22:56in and demand favors donnell evening joey i'm going to leave you and your mother to catch up
23:06benny will see to it that you're not disturbed thanks for everything think nothing of it
23:17what happened with deanna i followed her to orphe james and try to talk to her but
23:23she was too angry to hear anything i had to say i hope that anger wasn't directed at you some
23:29of it
23:29was yeah um i mean she was pretty pissed at me i didn't tell her about you and joey i
23:35am so sorry
23:36you got caught in the middle of this baby especially at a time when you two need each other so
23:40much
23:40she'll calm down eventually and then i'll try again where is she now she'll be back on campus
23:49by now i made sure she got on the train safely
23:58you are the best brother and son
24:04i just think to myself what dad want me to do
24:08it makes me feel like he's still here watching over us all
24:14are you worried because i'm volunteering at derek's clinic because you know i'm only doing
24:19that because they need the extra help i don't have a problem with that believe me but when you
24:25said how much you still care about him it made me wonder
24:30hey stop wondering derek and i were just friends we tried to be something more for a long time and
24:38we couldn't make it work for a lot of reasons you have nothing to be jealous of and as for
24:46derek he
24:46knows better than to not even discuss you with me now
24:51well what about your other friends i mean they must have opinions about us well naomi and janice are
24:57just glad that that whole derek drama is over what about jacob well jacob hardly knows you
25:06yet so i don't think he has an opinion one way or the other he's away training at that work
25:13thing right
25:14uh-huh but enough about me and my friends what about you how are you you went to see your
25:22mom
25:22last night right yeah yeah yeah that's a good thing i did they are super understaffed at the
25:30assisted facility they had given her her meal but i forgot to check on her afterwards so she hadn't
25:38eaten i had to feed her the tremors in her hands have gone so bad that she can't feed herself
25:45anymore
25:47so i'm so sorry that her symptoms are getting worse you know maybe they just need to up the
25:52dosage of her medication or it could be her diet too too much protein can really reduce the efficacy
25:58of parkinson's meds yeah i mean i'm trying to stay on top of it but i'm picking up an extra
26:03shift at
26:03hospital tonight and i can't i can't even check in on her you're doing the best you can and i'm
26:13sure
26:13she appreciates it i appreciate you i hate that diana is so upset but i don't know what else i
26:27could have
26:28done short of asking joey to stay away from the dedication ceremony altogether well he offered to
26:36stay away out of consideration for diana's feelings but i mean that would have just been so unfair to
26:42him after all he has given to this clinic including cold heart cash it was his idea to dedicate the
26:51clinic to your father's memory in the first place please don't keep saying that in front of diana
26:55and she doesn't see it as some noble gesture on joey's part in fact she thinks he's being
27:01manipulative did you tell her that that's just not true no because my focus wasn't on defending joey
27:07but on making sure diana could get through this whole situation of course of course diana is the
27:13priority i just i don't think she would be taking this so hard if if she understood how kind and
27:22supportive joey has been if if you could just explain that to her all diana sees when she looks
27:28at joey is someone who's trying to take her father's place in her mother's life no one could ever do
27:34that
27:37the experiences that your father and i had getting pregnant with twins your and diana's birth raising the
27:45two of you those are experiences that will never come again and that could never be replaced i hear
27:56you but i'm not the one with the problem here well diana may hate any man you're with it definitely
28:04doesn't help that joey owns the casino where dad practically drank himself into an early grave that
28:09is not true and it is not joey's fault i get that but put yourself indiana's shoes for one second
28:17she feels like she's trading in her father who she adored her hero or some sleazy crook
28:26i'm sorry am i interrupting i hope you won't be insulted by what i'm about to say
28:33but that concern is somewhat naive how so everyone who makes it into higher office has people that he's
28:44beholden to it could be an army of small donors or a small ring of billionaires more than likely
28:55it's some combination of both the question you should be asking is who will i listen to who will i
29:06fight for
29:06my constituents obviously good if push came to shove would you be strong enough to resist the political
29:15pressure of armstrong i believe i've shown i can and i would i agree
29:23and i think armstrong's smart enough to know that too wait i i know you're not telling me i should
29:29trust that guy the one thing you can trust is that armstrong will always protect his own self-interest
29:40and right now that means protecting you what does smitty have to say about all of this
29:47i wanted to get your opinion first if you were strongly opposed to the idea of a senate campaign
29:53it wouldn't have gone any further but don't worry i will talk to my husband i've learned my lesson where
29:59smitty and secrets are concerned well there's no rush for the two of you to make this decision
30:06first call i'm guessing scudder and drayton those were the two party leaders that approached me
30:13yeah tell them right now you need to focus on winning your current election which is nothing but
30:20the truth i'm giving this race everything i have oh hi brother hey sis nice of you to pay us
30:29a visit
30:30i assume granddad told you i'm living here now i just found out i wish i would have known sooner
30:36i
30:36would have brought you a housewarming gift cat brat oh well the only gift i need is you clearing out
30:41that
30:42hideous exercise equipment from the wing where you were staying i have much better plans for that space
30:51hopefully sometime soon you'll have time for more than just a coffee break but i totally understand
30:57you have a lot of demands on your time right now soon you will too i mean you're gonna be
31:02volunteering at the clinic on top of your regular work schedule here we're just gonna have to figure out
31:08how to spend time with each other wherever and whenever we can i like the sound of that and i
31:15am
31:16very happy that you're willing to be flexible what else do you like about me well you are
31:26smart and you're funny
31:30and you're honest that is a super big green flag for me shall i go on no no no no
31:40that that about
31:40covers it okay i have to get back to mrs klein
31:54you're on the wrong floor and late coming back from your break is this thing with ashley becoming a
32:10distraction
32:14thank you
32:20that was fast
32:42i picked up some sweet treats for you and gran from caffeine fix oh thank you sweetheart but with
32:50your grandmother's appetite these days i know which is why i got her some of their hazelnut mousse
32:56it's delicious and it's easy on the stomach apple turnover for you aren't you thoughtful all right
33:05well she's asleep right now but i'll put this in the fridge and we can enjoy our treats together
33:11tomorrow hey good night good night martin ah i'm surprised you're not off headlining some campaign
33:21fundraiser i'm allowed the occasional night off to recharge and check in with family well you can
33:28rely on me to keep you updated with the grands i will be right here making sure they have everything
33:34they need oh so you're in charge now granddad and i are working on a plan to get construction to
33:41stop
33:41across the street it's much too disruptive and grant needs her rest oh bless your heart
33:47i love that you're pitching in and doing your part i just hope you're not disappointed when the
33:53rankings never change rankings no matter what you do you will never dethrone the favorite grandchild
34:04we will see about that donnell was just letting me know how deanna is feeling she's she's still pretty
34:12upset well of course she is grief can rip your heart out i think it's more than just grief though
34:18of course she's dealing with the unfairness of how her father died and and so young that's not what
34:25i meant we're all grieving we're all mad as hell but deanna's rage was on a whole different level mom
34:32i mean it was white hot and she was so harsh in a way i've never seen her act before
34:37i mean to have made that scene in public like that you're right if deanna's passionate but
34:45she normally hates drawing attention to herself yeah that's why i think there might be something
34:51else going on with her i would never let my personal life affects my work performance i think we both
35:02know
35:03better than that your personal obligations are the very reason why you need this job so badly
35:11so i suggest you focus on keeping your employer happy rather than your girlfriend
35:20i can do both no complaints so far right
35:28well if there were you'd already be dead
35:54next on beyond the gates damn gina i've been starving for weeks well maybe we should start
36:00with the appetizer then stop crossing the line you two are not going to believe who has been
36:05hijacking our wedding plans who i am a grown woman why don't you give her some space and i will
36:13leave
36:13when i am good and ready tell me what happened where is he construction on your house has been shut
36:18down
36:19you better not mean it
36:25you
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