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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 13: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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00:05Dad, Pop, I need a new tux. Like, now.
00:09You've outgrown yours since the fall fundraiser?
00:11You haven't noticed your boy getting all swole?
00:14Muscle.
00:15Where?
00:18You don't want your kid looking all kind of dorky, do you?
00:21Explain the need for speed for a penguin suit.
00:25Well...
00:26Me, me, me, okay. Remember when me deciding to become a Deb was like bowing down to the patriarchy and
00:32somehow betraying our own people in one white dress?
00:36Well, Captain Hypocrite Bro is gonna be Jessica's arm candy when she debuts with me in the spring.
00:45It's nice of you to finally show up, Marcel.
00:47The man has to eat. I ate. Don't kill the mood.
00:51You missed the briefing for the DMV's new database.
00:54The whole department barely touched their donuts and coffee.
00:57We actually care about bringing crime down.
01:00Well, I don't need a program to tell me that perps switch territories on the regular.
01:05Cops been swapping notes across precincts since forever.
01:08And showing up early?
01:10Waste of time since my geeked-out ex-partner's busy out-urkling the room for his old man.
01:15I'm observant.
01:17Like how I noticed you're wearing the shirt that costs more than your weekly take-home.
01:22And what the hell? Is that blood on your collar?
01:24No. No blood with shit.
01:26Walking through here with an extra pep in your step.
01:29That smile on your face.
01:31No, that's lipstick.
01:34Wait, you traded a mandatory meeting for a hookup with that it's still an open case psycho Leslie Thomas?
02:07Whistlez Focus?ичxsmc
02:14Carlton for me it's for me but I'm supposed to unwrap it well I get to watch
02:26theater tickets look closer a midwinter night's dream date I'm a little behind on my Broadway but
02:37I can't say that I've heard of this one the night of Winterfest you ended up with my understudy this
02:44is about Kyle see the first time that I saw Hamilton there was a sub for Lin-Manuel and it
02:49was great but when I saw it with the original cast there is nothing that compares to the magic of
02:57the
02:57right people on stage together I would like to show you what it's like to spend the night with
03:03the real leading man hey Shanice if you're looking for Ashley she's downstairs doing the Lord's work
03:10because the flu took down two of our ER's finest that sounds like my selfless best friend but I'm
03:17actually not here for her everything all right hey Mrs. Hawthorne hey how's everyone holding up
03:25you know like Dupree's Anita's not scheduled for chemo today is she no she's home but I'm I'm
03:32actually glad I ran into you do you have a minute I've got some time before my next appointment why
03:37what's up uh just questions uh about my mom and the broca gene I'm not an oncologist but I can
03:45get
03:45you started why don't we sit I manifested you I was just thinking about you and boom you called well
03:59I hope you still feel that way when you hear the news it won't be the first or last canceled
04:06dinner plan
04:07who's canceling I'm looking forward to our dinner and dessert don't forget about dessert
04:13how about that then why the gloom tone Abelisse is closed for a private party I mean with all that
04:21money you spent at that auction you would think they will move that private party for you I already
04:25have my mouth and heart set on the famous ricotta gnocchi can you set your sights on something equally
04:32scrumptious no do tell the club has the best stake in the DMV you mean Fairmont Crest of course
04:42I meant Fairmont Crest don't ask me to tell the difference between a fish fork and a fruit fork
04:48and it's not just any country club it is the the bedrock of the Dupree dynasty
04:52your ex and her family built their legacy on the very sacred soil you make it sound like Camelot
04:59but take it from someone who lived in the castle the Duprees are just like you and me no better
05:05than
05:05anyone well and Nicole is a real girl that I'm cooked because I don't know any woman who wants to
05:10watch
05:10her ex high step on her home turf with the new woman Nicole didn't get the club and the divorce
05:16she's dating again and I'm dating again and I can bring whoever I want as a guest and I'm gonna
05:23bring
05:23you because I like you a lot and if you're not welcome there then my membership isn't worth the
05:30card it was printed on that's chivalrous as hell but the Duprees may be fine with you still being
05:37in the club but bringing a plus one who's Nicole's co-worker you let me worry about the reception I
05:42don't care if you fill all the glasses with water and play death metal for all I care hey babe
05:48uh
05:49Shanice cat just walked in dad don't baby me please explain why you invited my half-sisters try from
05:58behind all up into my business
06:07I'm sorry you're upset but when I found out my baby girl wasn't genetically predisposed to cancer
06:13I wanted to scream it from the mountaintops and yes share it with your sister you can burst with
06:19happiness with literally anyone else the mailman a waitress your friend from the fourth grade but
06:26the one person in the whole world you absolutely cannot burst with is Eva
06:34you may not like each other but one day you may need each other for what even if I needed
06:43an organ
06:44from your spare heir I'd refuse that's how little I want to do with my half-sister you get points
06:53for
06:53effort and imagination I believe in the grand gesture during times like these and what times are those
07:00when I need to erase the memory of a night with Kyle from your oh so beautiful mind
07:06Dr. Fitzgerald if I didn't know any better I would say that you were jealous
07:14what has that phone ever done to you yeah I'm so not interested oh hi
07:21you're Nicole's friend from Winterfest Vanessa and you're the orthopedic surgeon
07:28yes Kyle everything okay just got ghosted by a potential business lead again
07:35is that typical in my line of work more than you know I'm a little embarrassed
07:40you're seeing me in such a state though I guess I make a bad first and second impression
07:45what do you mean I was a bit out of sorts at Winterfest it's very unlikely to be that
07:53distracted especially when there's so much to see it happens to the best of us
07:59but anyway they're done to charm I sincerely put business fix up for you Vanessa
08:05care to put your money where your mouth is
08:13I see you like to push the boundaries around here
08:16but sleeping with that particular crazy purpose alleged you never proved her anything but innocent
08:23and I'm gonna need you to start putting some respect on Leslie's name from now on oh I'll respect
08:27the hell out of her like any act of threat allegedly and why are you losing sleep over who I'm
08:33sleeping
08:34with maybe if you got something from that fine Dupree woman you wouldn't be so damn wound up
08:42are you sure you don't want some privacy this is fine we can talk in your office or
08:47northwest stadium I'd still test positive for the brocca gene
08:56I don't know what's worse you tearing down the legacy in the first place or this convenient reversal
09:02your pop and I are just surprised I thought you'd be glad that I'm on board with the Dupree tradition
09:10we just want to make sure that you're making up your mind and not having it made up for you
09:15by your
09:15girlfriend I'm doing what I want I just happen to agree with Jessica yeah right seriously nothing
09:24has changed we're not here for the corny elitist customs then why participate it's a family thing
09:31right and you need to remember that Tyrell if you commit to this you treat the event with respect
09:37no protesting the cotillion at the cotillion or at the rehearsals either I wouldn't do that
09:44you evaded the question why go if you and Jessica are both still encamped it's complicated parental
09:52pressure beats out principles thanks Debzilla of course Jessica's parents are making her go
10:02her dad pointed out the cotillion's bigger than one night and the community hookup is for life
10:08and the worst oh my god she already put it on her UCLA application and her dad says that it'll
10:14look bad
10:14if she fails and there it is you taught us to use the tools at our disposal to work within
10:20the system
10:21yes and like your dad said if you're in you have to represent and when you suit up you're putting
10:27on
10:27the family crest i won't shame the family by bowing wrong you better not i've got this season on lock
10:35being a dub is more than just dressing up and dancing yeah yeah family history it's the first
10:41step in my history no one's gonna ruin it for me especially not my lovesick bro and his anti-cotillion
10:48girlfriend you're making too much of this i didn't share with her your diary and you told an outsider i
10:56told
10:57your sister a joyous fact that you don't carry the gene that makes cancer more likely
11:03i'm gonna say this slow in hopes that you finally hear me she's your spawn she's not my sister she's
11:13as much a genetic aberration as that gene that's got our whole family in its grip
11:18my baby girl don't mean that the hell i don't
11:24you just equated your sister with cancer cancer creeps in makes itself at home and turns your body
11:34against you replace body with family and you've got eba the temper tantrums aren't cute anymore cheating on
11:41my mother wasn't cute either but you slept with a devious psychotic bitch and expect somehow to get
11:49another well-bred princess we have come to the end of apology season have i ever been anything less
11:58than a good father to you a good father with a big old secret i have tried reason
12:04i have tried owning my wrongs for all the hurt that i've caused but i cannot lower my head for
12:12the
12:12rest of my life i am human humans make mistakes and yes fathers do now you say you're grown and
12:22act like
12:23you you have experienced love and heartbreak and all the joy now what happened with tomas is not the
12:33same no it's not and i can't take it back and because of eva i don't want to
12:42dana was a mistake eva never was she's a gift just like you just like martin
12:52you'll never know how much i love you i would tear out my own heart to spare your pain
13:00and i would do the same for eva
13:04you couldn't have said anything more hurtful to me eva cat and martin same
13:14you love her the same when you've known me my whole life and you've known her for a minute
13:23like her if you want be responsible for her if you have to but those feelings that love that's
13:30martin's in mine not hers love is not some finite thing i have love for all my children
13:41i can't just choose one over the other and i can't even look at you
14:12i don't love the idea of kyle holding your hand on a snowy carriage ride i didn't mean to
14:17blindside you you don't owe me an explanation but i have waited too long to throw the opportunity of us
14:24away doc travels a lot's not cutting in line you do realize i am not a concession stand there isn't
14:32a
14:32line leading to my heart noted it was a huge step for me to dip my toe back into the
14:39dating waters
14:40but you jumped in and the water is just fine and you have made it more than just fine carlton
14:51but this isn't just about dating it's about me owning my life and exploring what works for me
15:00and that doesn't automatically equal monogamy
15:04so part of that work is going out with other men namely kyle
15:11vanessa mcbride realty he's got a nice ring to it in relation to dr douglas mcbride he's
15:20doug was my husband i'm sorry thank you i didn't work with him personally but i hear he was highly
15:30respected in this field always nice to hear but being reminded how that feels doesn't always depend
15:39on the day does it or even in the moment you're a widower dr mcbride's number popped out on my
15:48phone
15:48quite a bit when i was kind of looking for answers my own i lost my wife to a heart
15:53attack
15:54i'm so sorry strange club we're in so you uh want to sell me a house i might have my
16:03work cut out for
16:04me since i hear you're a bit of a medical nomad uh you can say that i guess well how's
16:09the dmv been
16:10treating you well i have managed to find one or two very unexpected surprises along the way i hope
16:17they've been positive experiences no complaints on mine then why not put down some roots stay a while
16:25even if it's just a short-term rental can't quite gauge your level of commitment well when i do let's
16:33just say you'll be one of the first to know take care this is a lot to process usually the
16:42more
16:42information i have the more empowered i feel and i have all the steps that gran's taking to beat this
16:50but the steps for mom and me just seem more nebulous and i i can't seem to wrap my head
16:55around it
16:57sorry i'm not usually like this it's good to arm yourself with information but it's just as important
17:03to give yourself some space to feel can we start with the facts first and then work our way from
17:10there
17:11of course okay as i told your mother the gene raises the risks but doesn't mean i'm destined
17:17to get cancer yeah however we i have to be vigilant exactly okay i am going to refer you to
17:29an excellent
17:29genetics counselor okay um there are two names here the second is your social worker who can talk to you
17:39about your support options i don't know if news like this talking to someone outside the situation
17:46can be really grounding
18:07i just got out of the bad place the lies the distrust the sadness i need us to be
18:16different something honest i wouldn't have you any other way and i get why you might need to see
18:25what or who else is out there that is incredibly enlightened so they had on me you feeling kyle
18:35i can handle it it was refreshing going out with somebody who wasn't there for all the heartbreak
18:41a clean slate and yes he's easy on the eyes and funny and there was a spark of chemistry
18:47well that was honest so honest i don't like it but i get it and i'm no slouch when it
18:57comes to
18:58competition i didn't finish there was something there with him but he is not you there's a connection
19:08with you you had me going there kyle does have that little salt and pepper thing going though i do
19:14have some attributes that you haven't seen yet tell me about them i'm more show than tell oh is that
19:22that play i was promised no it's happening i know he's no longer your problem but i'm gonna need
19:30you to tell your ex he's not allowed to talk to me like he just did hi carlton my bad
19:35you should
19:36really think about locking your door when you have company all of these years and nobody ever taught
19:40you to knock oh wait i taught you so there's no excuse nice to see you kat same why don't
19:48we pick up
19:48where we left off at dinner should i bring my tickets absolutely bye cat
19:58you guys are sweet weird but sweet and progressing oh what did your dad do this time that got you
20:06in a
20:06twist dad is taking eva's side while the whole family is going through the big c he's right you
20:14haven't even heard what happened i don't need to my shining girl you have to stop holding on to
20:21all of this resentment it's eating away at you and changing who you are i'm not going to let anyone
20:26dim your light not even you maybe we should stay in the bubble and the club is definitely not in
20:34the
20:34bubble the bubble places where no one knows we're seeing each other and we can just
20:40get to know and enjoy each other oh are you thinking of uh making me your dirty little secret
20:49no i wouldn't say little hell i'm not doing that again i got the t-shirt the battle scars and
20:54the
20:54daughter to show for it you should never be in the bubble shenice i will never do that again i
21:01want to
21:02show you off to everyone everywhere including fairmark crest how could i complain about that
21:11okay there's just something i need to give her what's that tell nicole i don't need to give nicole
21:17a heads up i need to give her the respect to tell her face to face woman to woman friend
21:23to friend
21:25girl code got it yeah i just don't want us to end up biting over me in the nursery station
21:30that's your gig you realize it's nearly impossible not to be charmed by you
21:36i will never get used to you saying things like that
21:38that's what you get for being you all righty then till tonight till tonight
21:50did you get on that tip what tip it's funny what you miss when you're getting busy with the town
21:57pariah
21:58i got a lead that's about to break big nice of you to him and your kid and his guppy
22:02leaves no joke
22:04jacob may have delivered a chance for us to knock down the organized crime ring that cropped up here
22:14i didn't see that plot twist did you tyrell falling into formation for the cotillion
22:20i don't know what's going to happen to you oh yeah yeah who knows he might end up liking it
22:25life's full of surprises like whatever has you riveted just playing around with a new story idea
22:33hmm another human interest piece tell me whatever human you're interested in isn't as dangerous as
22:41the last one it's just a another puff piece giving my reluctant blessing to have eva in his life is
22:49as
22:49far as i go he doesn't get to give that clear and present danger any ammunition against me you think
22:56he broke a confidence and perhaps he did perhaps you don't have the gene cat that's tantamount to
23:03your father telling eva you don't have the flu let it go how come she gets to be a sensitive
23:09gangster
23:09but i'm a spoiled cat because eva is living her life fitting in at work with martin's family she seems
23:17to have something going with isaiah hawthorne she's not thinking about you but and you have tomas your
23:23business and the love of your family instead of basking in all of that you're allowing your ill will
23:29to take its toll what's that doing to your body mind and soul i take very good care of myself
23:35mom i am
23:36not talking about big cup smoothies and instagram mantras mom looking at your grandmother it's
23:42reminding me of how precious our time is i don't even know how to stop hating her something you've
23:51never had a problem with is try try a cat i didn't get your forgiveness gene i got aunt danny's
23:59scorched
24:00earth shoot up the country club and revenge gene if you keep excusing it instead of facing it
24:05your grudge against your half-sister will be with us until the second coming
24:09or eva's inevitable self-inflicted downfall whichever comes first
24:20partner hey i just looked at the follow-up to your jaw reduction you sir are an artist
24:28i can say the same about miss morrow's mini lift all that genius fueled by our mutual muse
24:35morphy jeans coffee ah best in town it's the stuff
24:42so this is what it comes to huh new normal us waxing on about coffee after how many years of
24:49friendship yeah more years than i was married but did you really think we were going to slip back into
24:55ipa nights when i was giving you advice about some woman you were dating when uh oh yeah that woman
25:01is my
25:02ex-wife i'm being a sarta
25:07you sat here and i didn't feel the urge to punch you progress
25:15we're hunting vampires a bona fide black market plasma ring in the dmv not a black market
25:22a red market i can't wait until we get to interrogation with the vampire listen blood
25:29products are the currency it may as well be liquid gold it's money and plasma big money it's a billion
25:35dollar industry that's right as much as i would like to help you stake these blood thirsty bastards
25:40i'm taking a pass clearing that mountain on my desk is my way of moving our numbers
25:44you never pass on a spotlight assignment this could be a huge win pops i know i couldn't go under
25:50again
25:50unless doc richardson gave me a new face i could give you a few names and they would be half
25:57as good
25:57as me but at least they get the job done the chief already has the right man for the job
26:05me it's not my place to tell you who to share this with naomi i appreciate that but there may
26:12be
26:12a benefit to sharing your results and facing this together as a family i need my grand to use her
26:18strength to fight cannot be a rock for me what about your mother i don't have the bandwidth to be
26:26a mom
26:26to my mom right now and your husband our marriage just got through a little quake and i don't want
26:35to shake things up again i'm sure jacob will be amazing but i just need more time understood but
26:44don't take too long and know that you are not alone in this yeah i i know and i appreciate
26:50you
26:51what a pleasant surprise oh hi what did you two just have your heads together about
27:03it's okay naomi you can tell her we ran into each other and i just had a picker brain about
27:07a case
27:08a case a legal advice for a friend thank you again i should thank you i will do research on
27:16the
27:16specifics and call you to follow up that would be helpful oh nicole it's so good to see you but
27:21i'm
27:21meeting up with mom and gran so i gotta go me too patient appointments now that makes two of us
27:27bye bye sweetie hey nicole do you have a spare minute for you always oh hold that thought dr dupree
27:37yeah i'll be right there uh there is an emergency in the er possible self-harm
27:41oh we don't want to see anyone hurt when it can be helped go it can wait i'm gonna head
27:51out you
27:52have plans i actually have a date wow you're really moving on yeah so at least the competition is down
28:01to
28:02one man for nicole too soon oh you heard about uh nicole and kyle rollins at winterfest you know him
28:14seems like a good guy met him at the orthoplastic conference in new york a few years back
28:20but nicole did seem like she was having a good time at winterfest i'm being an ass again aren't i
28:25ah don't sweat it watching my partner make a play for my ex is one thing watching him get blocked
28:31by a
28:31guy who spells his name k-i-a-l is another good luck with that i was in the neighborhood
28:41always an
28:42open door little sis smitty's in the office working on a new story and the kids are upstairs and not
28:49fighting oh that's good what's wrong it's giving eva face
28:57dad told eva about me being mutant gene free i talked to mom and she backed that up so you're
29:07mad
29:07at dad for sharing your business exactly i know i'm exhausted with myself same conversation different
29:17day same advice
29:22what i just don't see the harm in her knowing the facts how is it that no one will deliver
29:28me from eva
29:30you used to love that film and gabrielle union she was great hey maybe we should watch it with our
29:38eva
29:38i mean you guys can bond over something other than tomas oh my brother thinks he's having a hard
29:44down i'm cat when did you get here just what i needed to brighten up my life
29:52moi be demure but not self-effacing lesson number one
30:00for your societal debut that's why i'm here who wants dead lessons
30:07you can't hand this off to a rookie only from your vantage point old man i mean undercover work means
30:14you gotta hide away parts of yourself the part that wants to please daddy the part that loves that
30:21pretty wife of yours careful marcelo isn't completely off base son this is the deep end how am i supposed
30:29to
30:29get better at it if i keep getting passed over you might as well measure them for a body bag
30:33if
30:33you're gonna throw them into the vampire's crypt look you only know about this case because of me
30:37and my informant may be our most seamless way in that's got to count for something right you know
30:42it does then give me my shot at taking these sons of bitches down
30:51you're going for experience uh boy blunder here
30:57it's jacobs it's your funeral kid
31:04thanks for believing in me pops don't get cocky with this
31:08you're not punching the clock you're on a job 24 7. yes sir you have to take on the alias
31:13pull away
31:14from family and friends your whole life understand what you're stepping into and what it may cost you
31:23i want you to have options for your dress people love options just like people like having an extra
31:32daughter this is all super sweet but you're still stuck in bad system well one of these dresses will
31:43fix me i can't imagine what it's like having a surprise sister but the whole letting your parents down
31:49and sibling drama i could run a whole channel on that you clown about the squabbles but you and tyrell
31:56are closer than close and you have never disappointed your dads what about nathan so unnecessary
32:05anyways when our dads first brought us home if we were mad or sad we would freaky friday it
32:12like the movie yeah anytime the anger got too intense we would have to imagine switching places with the
32:19person that we were mad at oh i'm not switching places with eva then try someone who doesn't hate eva
32:27like grandma try the person on like a dress what would it be like to look at eva from their
32:35point of view
32:37what would it be like to not hate her and then eventually what would it be like to be her
32:44i know a
32:46little bit about forgiving someone in your family who screwed up and hurt you and that worked for me
32:54samantha your mom had issues eva made choices forgiving june it gave her back to me
33:03and it gave me back to me because i wasn't so angry anymore just saying samantha
33:12i'm sorry i have to take this codes are checked our table will be ready soon
33:21it hits different being here for dinner and with you it's different as in you want to escape or
33:30like i just i just want to take it all in i just wish i had a chance to speak
33:34with nicole first
33:36you see nicole anywhere nope it's just you and me yeah in a room full of strangers who are going
33:43to
33:43judge me you know what let's just get back to the me and you part i don't care what fork
33:50you use or what
33:51they think i care what you think i care about you in this dress and when we sit down i
33:56only want to
33:57hear you and your stories your laugh because it hits different for me too me being here with you
34:07if i forget to say it later i had a really good time tonight
34:11i don't know why i just said that i heard it in a movie once i'm nervous
34:14you're beautiful and i had a really good time tonight too ted
34:24anastasia well there was talk that you would find your way back to nicole but
34:28it looks like you traded in your thoroughbred dupree heiress for an untamed mustang
34:35i'm sorry did antiques roadshow just compare me to a wild horse it's a metaphor one of the various
34:42figures of speech oh well if i'm a horse i am a golden showstopper built for the center ring at
34:51the
34:51madison square garden you on the other hand are one of those old ornery overbred fillies and no one
34:57wants to ride anymore or should i say nag those are the really old ones right but you're the word
35:04smith
35:04i wouldn't want to get it wrong first that leslie woman and now this why i never and you never
35:13will
35:13you keep acting like that
35:19i don't think i've ever seen anyone chase anastasia away except nanny
35:25maybe you were right before maybe the country club sets just like the hospital
35:30or maybe chanice can handle herself in any room huh ah our table's waiting you ready to get your
35:37eat on i thought you'd never ask shall we this is beautiful nicole carleton long time no see
35:52uh we accidentally met for golfing and now here great minds can you stop me at the hospital this is
36:01what you want her to talk to me about i didn't want you to find out this way but here
36:08we are
36:09head and i are seeing each other
36:15you
36:39you
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