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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 04: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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00:03Hey guys look who's here. Morning Nicole.
00:09Gentlemen, devices away.
00:12We'll pick this up later. Bye.
00:14I brought breakfast. Sweet, what did you bring?
00:17Mini quiches, but don't I go to kiss hello first?
00:20Sorry, good morning grandma.
00:22Good morning to you too. Where's your sister?
00:25Still dead to the world. I didn't mean to say that like that.
00:30No, it's um, it's fine. It's a figure of speech, I get that.
00:34And as a psychiatrist, I understand that sometimes metaphors can bring up unexpected emotions.
00:40But now what? My visit this morning isn't about death or the dreaded C word.
00:47What's it about? I mean, besides mini quiches.
00:51The F word. And F stands for family.
00:57I love their French toast. Sadly, my waistline doesn't.
01:02Anything appeal?
01:04I think I'll just have coffee this morning.
01:08I don't have much of an appetite.
01:11I'm not surprised.
01:13I mean, with everything your family's going through.
01:17Nicole filled me in on Anita's diagnosis and that you'll all need genetic testing.
01:22That's a lot. And Nicole.
01:24Being strong for everybody?
01:25Always.
01:27She'll have to let us be there for her too.
01:30I've only been trying to convince her of that my whole life.
01:33Well, you both can count on me.
01:35How are you coping?
01:38Daddy's beside himself with concern for mother while being his usual patriarch stoic.
01:43Chelsea and Naomi are obviously stunned and worried for their gran,
01:47and they may have to get this testing too.
01:50I didn't ask how the other Duprees were coping.
01:54I asked about you, Danny.
01:56See you then.
01:57Bye guys.
02:01Bye.
02:30Of course I'm happy for you, Mom. I just can't talk right now.
02:34Because I have the early shift and I'm behind the desk, yes.
02:38I will call you later. Thank you.
02:43Sorry about that. My mom just had to call to tell me about a man she met on her cruise.
02:48That's fine.
02:50Well, I know the bigwigs don't like when we take personal calls on duty, so...
02:54Eh, it's not so bad as long as it doesn't compromise.
02:56It's patient care.
02:57Well, that is not what you said a few days ago when you were laying into the student nurses.
03:02Different circumstances.
03:04So if a head honcho comes in and catches me in the act, you're just gonna...
03:07I'll remind them that we are more than just our jobs.
03:10And we nurses deserve the right to live a little, too.
03:15Okay, I'm sorry, but who are you and what have you done with Shanice Johnson, RN?
03:21You've been up all night?
03:23Usually women don't come floating in here before lunch.
03:26Just to kill.
03:28I don't kill, son, unless it's absolutely necessary.
03:34I'm looking for your boss.
03:36Is he expecting you, Miss...
03:39Thomas.
03:40And he sure as hell better be expecting me, since he's the one who called this meeting.
03:45Well, Miss Thomas, I will let him know you're here.
03:48You do that, sport.
04:01Don't mind if I do.
04:09A little early for scotch, isn't it?
04:14Time zones were invented for a reason.
04:18And it's always five o'clock, some of it.
04:25If I were you, I would take the win and move on.
04:28Celebrate me feeling generous this morning.
04:32Whatever you say, boss.
04:36So, tell me about Jan's new cruise, boo.
04:40I've been afraid to ask.
04:41Why?
04:43Because my mom goes overboard.
04:46No pun intended when it comes to having crushes on guys.
04:48I mean, she just, she gets so intense, you know?
04:51Like, smothery intense.
04:53And then she gets her heart broken when the latest man runs for the hills.
04:56Well, maybe this guy will be different.
04:58I'm happy for her that she met somebody.
05:00You know, I guess they don't call it the love boat for nothing.
05:03I gotta call Mona and get the whole story.
05:05Since mom tells her bestie all the juicy details, she leaves out with me.
05:09You are Rita.
05:11Skeptical.
05:12It all just seems a little too good to be true.
05:15And why?
05:16Don't tell me you believe in love at first sight.
05:19Just make sure you monitor while she's in the car.
05:21First sight?
05:22No.
05:24But I am a big believer in finding it in unexpected places.
05:29You're here to bring many quiches and give us a lecture on the value of family.
05:34I'm confused.
05:36I certainly didn't intend to lecture.
05:39We know that, don't we, Martin?
05:43Tyrell, why don't you put those in the oven to warm up?
05:46Sure.
05:47And no sampling.
05:50You're having issue with my choice of words?
05:53Just clarifying.
05:54You're not here to discuss the C word.
05:57But with Gren's diagnosis and the implications, two generations down, who could think of anything else?
06:05And it's not like you to distract yourself.
06:07There are plenty of people in this town who would bury their heads in the sand in a crisis.
06:12I am not one of them.
06:13I have always believed in facing facts head-on.
06:16You know that about me, Martin.
06:18You're right.
06:18I do.
06:19I walked in and saw three people connected to their devices.
06:23Not a family.
06:24We can't let this diagnosis make us more insular.
06:28Now, more than ever, we need to be engaged with each other.
06:32I stand corrected.
06:33And I'm starting to see your strategy.
06:36Hence the delicious mini quiches.
06:39A gesture.
06:40Breaking bread together.
06:41A bond.
06:43I love that you worry about me.
06:45And trust me, I know how serious Mother's diagnosis is.
06:49But this breakfast gesture wasn't about being sad for your grandmother.
06:53It's about taking the time to see each other.
06:56And show that we care.
06:58How can we help?
07:00By remembering that long before she was the magnificent Anita Dupree reigning over Fairmont Crest.
07:07She was Anita Williams, a scrappy little black girl from the streets of Chi-town who sang lead for one
07:15of the most popular girl groups of all time.
07:19We need to believe in her.
07:21We need to know that cancer came for a warrior.
07:26And it's about to find out just how tough she is.
07:29Now you see what you made me do.
07:31It wasn't my intention to make you test the limits of your waterproof mascara, darling.
07:36Just looking for some honesty.
07:38Honestly, I am somewhere between composed and cracking.
07:41And now that I've said that out loud, I feel not one bit better proving honesty is overrated.
07:46You don't believe that at all.
07:48It's what you love about your relationship with Andre.
07:52Stop being right.
07:53Can't help it.
07:53I happen to have spectacular judgment in real estate and friends.
07:58And since you and Nicole are the best friends a gal could have, I'm proving you don't have to put
08:03on a fabulous face for me.
08:06Nicole and I are very lucky to have you on our side.
08:10And not for nothing, so is Joey Armstrong.
08:15You brought up his name and it isn't a reprimand.
08:18Usually you're pointing out how he's not right for me.
08:21Which is still true, but so is this.
08:24Joey hit the jackpot with you.
08:27And I just hope he's smart enough to see it.
08:31What's this for?
08:33The hooch.
08:35Your money's no good here.
08:37Unless you're gambling.
08:39These days I'm more into a sure bet.
08:42Is that right?
08:44Indeed.
08:46Since you asked me here, I'm hoping that that's a sign that you have some good news for me.
08:55Well, unless you're one of those sadistic types who gets awful and giving bad news face to face.
09:04Now, if I have bad news to deliver, I have people for that.
09:10That way I don't disturb my wah.
09:14Heaven forbid.
09:15Now what the hell is wah?
09:17It's a Japanese concept meaning peace, harmony, and balance.
09:21Well read.
09:23And well traveled.
09:24Noted.
09:25He gets around, so do I, and I'm here because.
09:34I'm going to partner with you on financing that free clinic of yours.
09:39I knew it!
09:41Don't touch me.
09:43Okay.
09:45Now, if I'm going to do you this solid, I'm going to want something in return.
09:55I'd be a nervous wreck if I had to stand around waiting for those test results.
09:59Same.
10:00Your great-grandmother isn't standing around.
10:03She is getting on with her life, which is the point.
10:07It is exactly what she wants the family to do.
10:09And we're back to the F word.
10:11Exactly.
10:12Family and tradition.
10:14Which brings me to the important task that I do not want to give short shrift.
10:20Namely, the tradition of Dupree women being presented.
10:26To what?
10:27Your grandmother is talking about the cotillion.
10:30Where Samantha will be presented before polite society.
10:33Polite society?
10:35That sounds a little Downton Abbey-ish.
10:38A little, but it is so much more than that.
10:41But you and Martin had just started dating when Kat had her debut, so you didn't attend.
10:45I wish I had.
10:48Really, I'm just starting to learn about all the moving parts, but it seems like an impressive event.
10:53Tyrell, I can't wait for you and, of course, Samantha to see what the cotillion experience means to a young
10:59black woman on the precipice of her future.
11:02Yeah, that'll be something.
11:04Tyrell, would you please go upstairs and wake up your sister?
11:07Samantha and I have a lot of work to do.
11:10Did Mrs. Lansing rest well?
11:13She did.
11:14The nurse I assigned to her was just in administering her latest round of pain meds.
11:18She's healing nicely. Stitches intact.
11:20Excellent. I'll check on her a little later.
11:23Oh, and, uh, thank you for your advice about Nicole.
11:28You were right as usual. She was in need of a friend.
11:32You're a very insightful person, Nurse Johnson.
11:35Careful, doctor. Such high praise might go to my head.
11:39Hmm.
11:41I should pop by Mrs. Lansing's room before the pain meds and knock her out.
11:54You need a throat logins or something?
11:56Uh, no. I need you to tell me what's going on between you and Dr. Richardson.
12:05I think maybe you better elaborate so there's no misunderstanding.
12:11Gladly. I don't think I need to remind you just how expensive an endeavor like this would be for the
12:18both of us.
12:19Well, that much is understood, and it's for a worthy cause.
12:26Nevertheless, if I'm going to pony up the kind of money that you're talking about,
12:32I'm going to need a substantial return on my investment.
12:37Oh, I get where this is going.
12:39Do you?
12:40You're not the first man I've encountered who suffers from the Madonna whore complex.
12:48Come again?
12:51See, you want a nice, bred-in-society lady like Vanessa on your arm and out in public.
13:01And yet, you want a freak in the sheets, like me.
13:08My Ted T-Bear was the same way.
13:11And listen, I really wouldn't have minded setting up arrangements like that with you, Joey,
13:17if I hadn't already started something new.
13:21Oh, you snooze, you lose, big boy.
13:28Well, I'm starting to see how you managed to sink your talons into Nicole Dupree's husband.
13:35I guess your tetti didn't stand a chance, did he?
13:39No, he didn't.
13:41In fact, most men don't when it comes to Dana Leslie Thomas.
13:46Good thing I'm not most men, and I don't need a tug and a tickle.
13:51Now, what I need is something more substantive.
13:55Such as?
13:58That free clinic of yours being dedicated to the memory of the late Doug McBride.
14:10I don't know whether to be touched or annoyed that you're still finding time to worry about my relationship.
14:16I mean, with everything your family's facing.
14:19If you make me cry again, this friendship is over.
14:21Okay, okay.
14:22I will not say anything else that will cause more waterworks.
14:26But at least tell me you are finding comfort in the sculpted arms of that gorgeous young husband of yours.
14:33Andre has been great.
14:35Beyond great.
14:37Caring, encouraging, attentive.
14:40It's like he has this sixth sense for when I need him to be right next to me, holding me
14:43tight, and when I need space.
14:46And Bill's been wonderful, too.
14:48Wait, of all people, he doesn't need a cameo in this conversation.
14:52He is the girl's father, and he has been great with them.
14:55Very present.
14:56Mm-hmm.
14:57What?
14:58Oh, come on, Dani.
14:59You and I both know Bill Hamilton's happier than a pig in...
15:02How'd you used to say it when our kids were small?
15:04Stressed, hormonal, irritable, and tired.
15:06Yes.
15:07That.
15:08Happier than a pig in that when he's able to be your personal Mr. Fix-It.
15:11Okay, so the role comes second nature to him.
15:14He was always the one to pick me up and put me back together.
15:17Which would have been nice if he hadn't always been the one who broke you.
15:20No argument there.
15:22Which begs the question, does your new husband know the OG models back to playing Night in Shining Armor?
15:30Dr. Richardson, Ted, was just totally flirting with you.
15:34Can you lower your voice, please?
15:36Okay, so now you want to be discreet when the gossip is about you.
15:39There is absolutely nothing to gossip about.
15:41Bull.
15:42Excuse me?
15:43You didn't even blink when he was flirting with you.
15:46Actually, it was like you weren't surprised at all.
15:50Hold up.
15:52Are you and Ted?
15:54Don't you have some work to do, a little Miss thing, with all the ideas?
15:57Actually, I'm all caught up on my work.
16:00Oh, not anymore.
16:08Arnon.
16:10Hey, uh, good to see you.
16:12How are you holding up?
16:14I've had my moments.
16:16I'm just doing what I can to be there for Anita and the family.
16:20Yeah.
16:21I suppose you're doing the same for Martin and Cad.
16:24I am.
16:25I just wish there was more I could do while we're anxiously waiting to get the BRCA gene
16:29test results back.
16:31No, we won't have to wait a whole lot longer.
16:35I just pray the family is strong enough.
16:38Come what may.
16:41These quiches were delicious, Nicole.
16:44Ah, it lives.
16:46Ha ha, you're hilarious, Bob.
16:48Good morning, Sleeping Beauty.
16:50Morning, Dad.
16:52Hi, Grandma.
16:53Your grandmother brought breakfast?
16:55Mmm, I'll get some later.
16:57Oh, no, you don't.
17:00Mmm, Grandma.
17:01Up you go.
17:02Early bird catches the worm.
17:04I'm having flashbacks.
17:06Did you ever get to sleep in?
17:07With Nicole Dupree as a mother?
17:09Rarely.
17:10I heard that, Martin.
17:12Why are we talking about worms so early in the morning?
17:15It's an idiom genius, and it's almost noon.
17:19We let you sleep in because your holiday break is almost over, but your grandmother wanted to
17:24see you.
17:24That's right.
17:26We have to buckle down on our cotillion planning.
17:33You should have just lied with that.
17:35Our upcoming debut is all anyone can talk about in the cotillion's group chat.
17:40Pretty sure the whole town is watching, and I'm glowing.
17:44Not gonna lie, I get total aura.
17:46Excellent.
17:47I knew you would be just as excited as I am once you found out why I was here.
17:51I haven't seen a Deb as pumped as you since your Aunt Kat.
17:57I was totally locked in, Grandma, but I feel kind of guilty.
18:04Guilty?
18:05Why?
18:06Because of great-grandma.
18:09Isn't it, I don't know, kind of frivolous to be worried about a cotillion when she could
18:14be dying of cancer?
18:19Did I hear this right?
18:21You want to dedicate our new venture, our new community health facility, to your girlfriend's
18:28dead husband.
18:31That surprises you?
18:32Hell yeah, it surprises me.
18:34You must really feel guilty about what went down with McBride.
18:45Andre is not concerned about Bill.
18:48He doesn't do jealousy, and I don't give him reason to, which is very refreshing after being
18:53married to Bill.
18:54That man had the audacity to police every innocuous exchange I had with any male.
19:00Well, it's usually the cheaters who think everyone else is cheating.
19:04Exactly.
19:04And it was Bill who was being constantly unfaithful.
19:07Glad you haven't forgotten his armor's more rust than shine.
19:10And none of it's charming.
19:12Oh, I remember.
19:14Listen, I know how good I have it with Andre, and I do not intend to mess that up.
19:19Good.
19:19Now, I've got to get going.
19:21Tell Joey I said hello.
19:24And what I said before about him being lucky still stands.
19:31I find guilt to be the most useless emotion the gods have saddled us with.
19:37Why?
19:39You let poor, dim-witted Dr. Doug rack up a gambling bet in this very casino.
19:47Then he drove himself into a ravine, three sheets to the wind, on booze from your bar.
19:54And then you started getting busy with his widow.
20:01And where'd you hear all that?
20:03Oh, I have my sources, Joey.
20:06So you're telling me you're not the least bit remorseful?
20:10We all make choices.
20:12Doug made his.
20:14He overestimated his luck, and he underestimated the amount of alcohol he consumed.
20:20Now, it's not like I owe you any explanation.
20:24But my acknowledging him with this gesture has nothing to do with guilt.
20:29It's about honoring the father of Vanessa's children.
20:33You really do care about her, don't you?
20:36She's your kryptonite.
20:38No, I'm no superman, and Vanessa knows that.
20:41Now, do we have a deal or not?
20:45How about a compromise?
20:49What if I name a room in the Leslie Thomas outreach project after the dearly departed Dougie?
21:00I'm sure finding out that her latest flame has done such a lavish honor,
21:07Miss Vanessa will be won over with major brownie points.
21:20I was just in with the hospital chief of staff.
21:24Oh, Leah.
21:25It's good people.
21:26Yeah.
21:26The lab was backed up, so...
21:29Mm-hmm.
21:30She offered to make a few calls to see if she can get things moving along.
21:35Normally, I wouldn't ask for special treatment.
21:38Well, you didn't ask.
21:38She offered.
21:39And I hope you would accept.
21:41I know how proud you, Dupreeze, can be.
21:44Sometimes it's true.
21:46I know Nicole will be relieved once the test results come back.
21:49She's been putting on a brave face for the kids and the grandkids.
21:53But I know she's not going to breathe easy until she's certain that Martin and Kat are in the clear.
21:58It is quite remarkable to see you still showing up for Nicole and the kids.
22:05I will never stop showing up.
22:07Your daughter will always be my family.
22:12Believe me, Samantha.
22:14The last thing your great-grandmother wants is for you to feel bad about enjoying your debutante season.
22:19You really think great-grand wouldn't mind?
22:22Honey, your great-grandmother's family couldn't afford for her to be a debutante or much else when she was growing
22:28up in Chicago,
22:29even if she had been available for it.
22:31She was already on the road with her girls group by the age she would have come out.
22:35And then she met your great-grandfather, moved to Fairmont Crest,
22:39and he took her to her very first cotillion.
22:42One of his cousins was being presented.
22:47Now, of course, at this point, she was the Anita Williams.
22:52Former lead singer of the Articulettes, current jazz stylist extraordinaire.
22:57She knew all about glamour at this point.
22:59Even still, she said she was so mesmerized by all the sheer, unadulterated black excellence on display at that cotillion.
23:07What do you mean?
23:09She told Annie and me that she saw young black women who didn't have to go off and sell gold
23:13records like she did for their shot at upward mobility.
23:17They gained poise, leadership skills, had access to educational and philanthropic opportunities through the debutante program.
23:25So it's less about pageantry and more about a path to power.
23:30Mother swore from that moment on that if she ever had daughters,
23:35she would make sure that they had the experience she wasn't afforded,
23:38which is why she wanted Danny and me to have our debuts.
23:42Now, of course, Danny didn't because she was off modeling.
23:45So was Chelsea.
23:45Chelsea, but Naomi had her cotillion.
23:48And mom passed that tradition down to Kat.
23:51And now I am passing it down to you.
23:53Give me a break.
23:55Oh, son, have you lost your mind?
23:57Hold on, Martin.
24:00Go on, Tyrell.
24:03Tyrell?
24:03It's not just that.
24:05You guys are sitting here talking about debutantes and cotillions when real people could care less about those sort of
24:10things.
24:11I'm not real people.
24:13I mean, regular people.
24:15Ones who don't have house managers or live in pretentious gated communities.
24:19Tyrell.
24:20Seriously, Ty?
24:21Apologize to your grandmother right now.
24:23Calm down, Martin.
24:25And that goes for everyone.
24:26I asked Tyrell for his opinion and he's giving it.
24:31I don't mean any disrespect, Grandma.
24:33And I know how hard you and the rest of the Dupree's work for everything you have.
24:37It's just Samantha and I had life way worse than great-grand ever did.
24:43And there was no singing group to save us.
24:47If Pop and Dad hadn't adopted us, those kind of people that debuted at cotillions wouldn't want two kids who
24:53have a drug addict for a mother and an absentee father anywhere near them.
24:58That's why they live behind the gates.
25:06That was fast.
25:07Really, Shanice, you think I'm going to forget that you didn't answer my question?
25:11Which was...
25:12What is going on between you and Dr. Richardson?
25:15I will not be spilling any personal tea while on duty.
25:18Since when?
25:20I may like to indulge in other people's tea, but when it comes to my own, I don't share as
25:24much as a teaspoon.
25:25Come on, please.
25:26I am stranded on a deserted, loveless island right now.
25:29At least let me live vicariously through your love life.
25:31Okay, fine.
25:32If you must know, Ted and I met up for New Year's Eve.
25:38New Year's.
25:40Did you guys kiss?
25:42No comment.
25:43Oh, you totally did.
25:44Was it good?
25:46No complaints.
25:48Are you going to go on another date?
25:50It wasn't a date, exactly.
25:53Anyway, things might get tricky because I encouraged him to spend time with his ex.
25:56Now, why on earth would you play matchmaker to Nicole and Ted when you were so obviously into him?
26:03Nurse Ashley, I need you to check the results of some blood work Dr. Ahn ordered.
26:07Okay, just going to keep making up work for me to do to avoid my questions.
26:12Work is what we get paid to do here.
26:15Yes, ma'am.
26:18Patient name?
26:21There are two.
26:24The name's Dupree.
26:26Nicole and Danielle Dupree.
26:32So, you weren't ignoring my question.
26:34You were respecting HIPAA laws.
26:38What's the test?
26:40It was a multi-gene panel for BRCA1 and 2.
26:43Oh, my God.
26:44Yeah.
26:45Here I am, complaining about my love life, and Naomi's family's going through something like this.
26:49I feel like a horrible friend.
26:51You had no way of knowing that.
26:53But now you do, so you can be there for your girl.
26:58Here's my ever-busy youngest.
27:01What are you up to?
27:02Agency biz.
27:04Has to be done and keeps my mind off.
27:07Well, everything.
27:09And how about you?
27:10Did you get a squash game in?
27:11I hear it's a great stress reliever.
27:12Sometimes it is.
27:14But, no, this was a swimming and infrared sauna kind of afternoon.
27:20What's on your mind, huh?
27:22Besides the obvious.
27:24Vanessa.
27:25She was admonishing me for telling Bill about what's going on.
27:29Oh, Danny.
27:30I know.
27:31You gave me some more advice about leaning on my new husband, not my old one.
27:36What God hath brought together, let no man, especially Bill Hamilton, put asunder.
27:42There's a reason they put that in the wedding vows.
27:45Daddy, be serious.
27:47All right, all right.
27:49Bill feels comfortable, like an old pair of well-worn shoes.
27:56Meanwhile, Andre is a shiny new pair of those high-end designer heels that you and your mother like.
28:05Louboutins.
28:06Hamilton is a ratty old pair of sneakers that should have been tossed out decades ago.
28:12And Andre is Louboutins, high-end.
28:17Slip your feelings into him, sweetheart.
28:21Thank you, Dad.
28:22Anytime.
28:25Hello, beautiful.
28:27We celebrating something?
28:29I am expanding my reach in the DMV.
28:33And not only do I have the Duprees asking me for my help for their high-fueless charity events,
28:40now I am partnering with Mr. Joey Armstrong on my free clinic.
28:48You might want to rethink their partnership.
28:51Armstrong isn't someone you want to cross.
28:54And neither am I.
28:57The first thing we're going to be changing is that name.
29:02Guess who?
29:04What do I get if I guess right?
29:06I'd tell you, but it might get us arrested in at least six days.
29:17I'll take my chances.
29:23No, I'm sorry, Dad, but I am sick of him speaking for me.
29:27Tyrell, we may have the same origin story,
29:30but just because you want to wear it like some tragic martyr's badge of honor doesn't mean that I do.
29:36Grandma, I would be honored to follow in your Naomi and Kat's footsteps.
29:41So maybe I wouldn't have had the chance to become a Deb if we had stayed in foster care.
29:48But I was blessed to be adopted by this family.
29:51And I do have the opportunity, so why shouldn't I take it?
29:56Here, here.
29:57Of course you'd take her side.
29:59I'm not taking anyone's side.
30:01But unlike you, I'm well-versed in what it means to be a Deb in the life of a young
30:06Black woman.
30:06You guys keep emphasizing Black women.
30:10But didn't bougie Black people copy the cotillion culture from Europeans?
30:14It's as if they thought copying white society would give us the respectability we deserve.
30:19How is that working out for us?
30:21You're right, Tyrell.
30:23What you're talking about is called respectability politics.
30:26Yes, that, right there.
30:28Our cotillions do have certain similarities to those of our white counterparts.
30:33But there is one significant difference.
30:36What's that?
30:38Our history.
30:39Our story.
30:41The story of a people held down by hundreds of years of slavery.
30:45By Jim Crow, by systemic racism.
30:48Having to flee the South during the Great Migration.
30:51Enduring white flight to suburbia, which crippled inner cities.
30:57Even through all of that tragedy, we still managed to triumph.
31:02Our ancestors built schools and communities, raised respectable children, educated themselves, and, against seemingly insurmountable odds, achieved the American dream.
31:17Beautifully said, Nicole.
31:19And I hope you were listening closely, Tyrell.
31:22I was.
31:23Okay, that may be true.
31:25But do we still need cotillions and fraternities or sororities today?
31:29Don't they just continue classicism?
31:32It's an us versus them, haves versus have-nots mentality.
31:35I've never heard you talk like this.
31:37Where is this coming from?
31:38Straight from the mouth of Jessica.
31:45Tyrell's sweetheart Jessica was supposed to be a dev this season, but she's barely been to any of the meetings.
31:52You're so obsessed with her that you're living in a headcanon, she wrote.
31:56Spoken like a true elitist in training.
31:58I bet once you move behind the gates, you'll forget about all the people from our old hood.
32:03That is so not true.
32:05Tyrell, I'm curious.
32:06Have you or Jessica done any research into how organizations like the Barrington County Deputant Society,
32:12My Divine Nine sorority, or your pop's fraternity give back to the community?
32:17Not really.
32:18Well, maybe you should.
32:20We also give scholarships to young women who can't afford the fees associated with being a dev,
32:25as well as scholarships to college and a lifetime of networking opportunities.
32:30And I can't believe you, Tyrell.
32:33Jessica has your nose wide open.
32:35I get that, though.
32:37When I met your pop, he had my nose wide open.
32:41But being the curious type, I question him.
32:44I push back.
32:45But first you decide that you're interested in UCLA because Jessica's going there.
32:50And now her beliefs are your beliefs.
32:53Have you lost all ability to think for yourself?
32:57Tyrell, you have given me a lot to think about.
33:01Yeah?
33:01Yes.
33:02Specifically how something like a cotillion can feel to someone who wasn't raised around that sort of thing.
33:09Maybe a little closed off.
33:10Even unwelcoming without trying to be.
33:14Right.
33:14That's all I was saying.
33:15And I'm hoping that I have given you a different perspective regarding the legacy and strides of the organizations that
33:23the Dupree's a part of.
33:25You got me thinking, but honestly, I don't think I'll be able to change Jessica's mind.
33:31Well, then maybe you should have her give me a call.
33:33I could find out what's bothering her and maybe I can ease her mind.
33:37You do that for her?
33:38Of course, it's not a problem.
33:40My generation could learn a lot from yours and vice versa.
33:44That is, if both sides seize the opportunity to listen more than they speak.
33:50You've given me a lot to think about, Daddy.
33:52And I promise I will.
33:55Happy to help.
33:57Especially since there's not much I can help with in life right now.
34:04I better get home to your mother.
34:08Love you.
34:09Love you.
34:20Hmm.
34:22Wait, before you make me forget, I have news.
34:26Don't leave me in suspense.
34:30You're looking at Leslie Thomas's new partner, God help us.
34:34Yeah, she is something.
34:37But I'm going to finance her new free clinic with her.
34:42Joey, I am so proud of you.
34:45Not only is it respectable, it will help a lot of people.
34:49I promise you won't regret this.
34:52Hmm.
34:54That sounds an awful lot like a confession.
34:57Well, a confession would imply that I have done something wrong.
35:01But I'm a law-abiding citizen with a squeaky clean record.
35:06Now, being a law-abiding citizen and having a squeaky clean record is two separate things entirely.
35:12Then what am I confessing it to?
35:14Being linked to a known shady individual.
35:18Well, just make sure Joey's funding your clinic with funds from one of his legit businesses, if you want to
35:25keep that squeaky clean record of yours from being soiled by association.
35:32Well, I don't mind getting a little dirty every now and again, if it's with the right person.
35:40That's good to know.
35:42That's why I need you.
35:43That's why I need you.
35:46Like holy water.
35:49Give me a call when you get this.
35:52Okay.
35:54Going down?
35:56Oh, I am taking the stairs from here on out, remember?
35:59That won't always be practical.
36:01What if there's an emergency?
36:06Maybe you should take a chance.
36:08Maybe you're right.
36:10You're right.
36:48Maybe you're right.
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