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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 08: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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00:05Sweetheart, I am capable of walking under my own power.
00:08No one is questioning your might, my love.
00:11I'm just following through on my promise of door-to-couch service.
00:16You promised not to treat me like a porcelain doll.
00:18I am not leaving your side until we know how you're going to respond to chemo.
00:24Aren't you tired of watching?
00:26You watched me read, you watched me nap,
00:29you watched that medicine drip into me, hopefully working its magic,
00:33all this watching.
00:34Your time could have been better spent.
00:37Where else would I have been?
00:38With the girls.
00:40I know how nerve-wracking it is waiting for these results.
00:43They were waiting for word that you got through the chemo.
00:47Any other answers are for another day.
00:50Well, Leah said today.
00:53And you haven't made a single call.
00:57I've been busy watching my favorite program.
01:00The Anita Show.
01:02Vernon.
01:05Martin called.
01:08If it was good news, you would have already shared it with me to lift my spirits.
01:12The doctor said for you to stay calm.
01:15And my husband's closed lips are preventing that.
01:18The results are in.
01:21Nicole is not a carrier.
01:22Oh, thank God.
01:26You always use your words precisely.
01:28You didn't say Danny.
01:30We always knew there was a probability.
01:34Now it's a reality.
01:37Danny has the Broca gene.
01:41A watched phone never rings.
01:43I know no such thing.
01:46What does it say about me that the people I love the most don't want me around?
01:50Father says he's fine to tend a mother on his own and my girls didn't want me to come get
01:54their blood drawn with them.
01:56And you think your presence is going to change how tired Anita will be or impact the results?
02:01No.
02:02Do you need to be there for them or be there for you?
02:06For both.
02:08My mother made me and my girls are me.
02:11Naomi and Chelsea are the best parts of me.
02:16And you think your comfort's in?
02:18As a mother, I...
02:20I would be bawling over the needle going in and they don't need that.
02:23They still need you and they want you.
02:26Even if you can't be there physically.
02:30Besides, there's a chance that they don't even get the gene.
02:32This is me, Andre.
02:34The math just doesn't math like that for me.
02:37The chips rarely fall in my favor.
02:39My girls.
02:41Hey, come on.
02:41Come on.
02:42There's no sense in getting yourself all worked up.
02:43I am trying to be positive.
02:45But my results are in.
02:47Why would I think my kids would escape the same fate?
02:50Why wouldn't you?
02:51I just keep thinking about all the choices.
02:53Maybe you should stop thinking altogether.
02:55Okay?
02:57Let me distract you.
03:01Hey.
03:03You came.
03:04You texted.
03:05I love that we're here.
03:07At Uptown?
03:09That I can text you with no notice and you show.
03:12I'm here for whatever you need.
03:14No judgment.
03:16But was this really a spontaneous text?
03:19Didn't you get the results today?
03:20Are you trying to find out if I am dying to see you or if I'm actually dying?
03:26Sorry.
03:27I can't seem to steer myself away from Gallo's humor.
03:32Yes.
03:33The results came back.
03:37Nicole.
03:37I tested negative.
03:40I don't get it.
03:42Why aren't you happier?
04:16Hey.
04:17Oh, my bad.
04:20What's up?
04:20What you need?
04:21The sticky fingers case?
04:23Akai has to sharp-nip the crew hitting some kitty smash and grab.
04:26It's an organized six-figure menace.
04:29Right.
04:29Right, right.
04:30Okay.
04:31Um, yeah.
04:32Detective Wells.
04:33He's staking the warehouse.
04:35And, um, Officer Lane.
04:38He set up a meeting with Defense Gerber.
04:41You want to let me know when you clocked in and ready to work?
04:44I was just about to review this file.
04:46But you never give me an update without thorough details.
04:49Where's your head?
04:52All my life.
04:54I've gotten blood work done more times than I can count.
04:56But this time, this could really change everything.
05:00Well, I hope you still think that knowledge is power.
05:03Because it is.
05:04The more you know, the more you can prepare.
05:07Yeah.
05:07And knowledge is time, too.
05:09Time to appreciate your health if the test comes back negative.
05:12And if it's positive?
05:15Time to make a plan and to stay out of it.
05:18You managed to peek in on your grandmother?
05:20No, only Grandad was allowed in.
05:22Grand's edict.
05:23But they just got home.
05:24And Chelsea?
05:25Same as me.
05:27Anxious.
05:28But Chelsea and Needles are not friends.
05:31So, Madison's in there holding her hand.
05:34Hey.
05:35Thank you again for getting us in there so quickly.
05:39Don't mention it.
05:40I'm just happy I can do my job.
05:42And thank you for connecting us with that new lab tech.
05:46He really has a magic touch, doesn't he?
05:48I wouldn't know.
05:49Well, you could when you go out with him tonight.
05:53Oh.
05:58When we were in med school, they framed it like it was a game of chance.
06:02Rolling the dice to see what your body was wired for.
06:06I wish my sister's luck had been different.
06:09It's just the first steps.
06:12Yes, there is an elevated risk.
06:13But it doesn't mean that Danny's going to develop cancer.
06:16And you'll be there with her along the way.
06:20I will do a Long Island iced tea.
06:22Excellent choice.
06:24Club soda for me.
06:26I'll be back with your drinks.
06:31You usually go for a lot less proof and more presentation.
06:35You knocking a classic?
06:37It gets the job done.
06:39What's the job?
06:41What happened to I'm here for you, Nicole?
06:43Whatever you need, Nicole.
06:44I am here for you.
06:46I know the science.
06:48But she is my sister.
06:52She is the first person I got to love since the day she was born.
06:58Not just love.
07:00Protect.
07:03When those results came in, all I could think was not Danny.
07:11I would trade places with her in a heartbeat.
07:14Is that what she would want?
07:17She is happy I was spared.
07:21The only good thing to come out of this is my clean test means that Kat and Martin are out
07:27of danger.
07:29And Danny's beans.
07:31Her daughters may also have inherited the gene.
07:36Anita got diagnosed with breast cancer.
07:38Oh, man.
07:41I'm sorry to hear that.
07:43Her children got tested to see if they inherited the carrier gene.
07:46And Danny's test came back positive, which puts Naomi and Chelsea at risk, too.
07:50Yeah, baby.
07:51Why didn't you tell me?
07:52Well, at least switching it to your mother.
07:55Because you always said to not act until you know all the facts.
07:58This isn't the case.
07:59I'm where you unload at the first end of trouble.
08:01And Naomi's our family, too.
08:04How's she doing?
08:06You know her.
08:07Going full on Naomi.
08:09Making playlists for Anita and blowing up her group chat with her mother and her sister and scouring the internet
08:13for info like it's her job.
08:15Any cracks in the armor?
08:16Nah.
08:18Naomi's made of Dupree Steel.
08:20I'm the one who's feeling it.
08:22This cancer thing is scaring the hell out of me.
08:26Well, Madison must have a way with her hands because you don't look phased at all.
08:30Well, not just Madison.
08:32That cute lab tech.
08:33You had me doing this breathing exercise thing.
08:35I barely felt a prick.
08:37Closest thing I've been to a threesome since I gave them up for true love.
08:41See?
08:42The hot tech's got fans.
08:44You're relentless.
08:46Go to her.
08:47You've got this, little sis.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Nurse Tia, dial me.
08:52I'll need to.
08:55Well, thanks for coming to the lab.
08:58Yeah, I couldn't leave you alone with Grayson.
09:00That man takes off his lab coat and I swear, all the nurses just stop and watch like he's Magic
09:04Mike.
09:06You did amazing.
09:08Well, now if you just hold my hand 24-7.
09:11Millions live with a variant and never get the disease.
09:14Keep reminding me.
09:16Graham getting sick, it's forced me to take a long, hard look at myself and I need to make some
09:21major changes.
09:24You are more excited about my date than I am.
09:27What?
09:27He's patient and dreamy.
09:30I like him for you.
09:31And you're basing this off what?
09:33A blood test?
09:33If my coffee date ends like that, things will have gone very, very wrong.
09:38Oh, come on.
09:40You can enjoy his excellent bedside manner, if you know what I mean.
09:45I'm just dipping my toe in the water.
09:47What is with the hard sell?
09:48You survived the first awkward run-in with Derek, did the moping and ditched the sweatpants.
09:55Ergo, you are showing signs of actually being over your ex.
09:59Isn't it time to see who else is out there?
10:03I love these shoulders, and your skin is so soft.
10:08Mine, your lips so supple and sweet are mine.
10:14Mine love you too.
10:17And I love you.
10:23I may have lost the genetic lottery, but the loved one?
10:28Baby, I ran the tables.
10:33We both did.
10:36Danny, I was out there wandering, because no place felt like home.
10:41After my parents died, I had convinced myself that I wasn't bothered, and that my life was exactly the way
10:50I wanted it.
10:52But then this magical, beautiful, insanely inspiring woman popped up.
10:59You made me stop wandering, Danny.
11:02You became my home.
11:08And here I was, thrashing around, mourning something that meant nothing.
11:16You didn't know what you were missing.
11:19And I didn't know you were coming.
11:23You're my home too.
11:30Danny's finally pulled her life back together.
11:33The boy we thought was a toy is now our favorite son-in-law.
11:36She couldn't be prouder of Naomi's success.
11:39She and Chelsea are closer than they've ever been.
11:42Her business is growing.
11:44Danny is flourishing.
11:45And now she's got to deal with my broken genes.
11:47I will not be the reason our baby girl goes off the rails.
11:51Danny's resilient.
11:52I still hear the sound of the gunshots of Danny's resilience.
11:57That was then.
11:58This is now.
12:00And you cannot possibly blame yourself.
12:03Can't I?
12:05Vernon, I don't know when it happened, but I believed our hype.
12:10I bought into the Duprees, the shiny family up on the hill.
12:15But the bloodline that we are so proud of, that's where the culprit lies.
12:19We thought we were passing on our prized family genes when I was really passing on an intruder.
12:26And that cancer that is not only threatening my life, but now Danny's and possibly our grandchildren,
12:33also kept me from being with her when she found out.
12:36It's not a curse.
12:39It touches almost every family.
12:43That's not on the name.
12:44It's not on you.
12:46It's the nature of the beast itself.
12:49Well, that beast has kept me away from my baby long enough.
12:53We can call.
12:54I need to look her in her eye and tell her I am sorry with my arms around her.
13:00After you've rested, Dr. Bauer was adamant, as am I.
13:05Vernon, this is our journey, but it is my body, and I know when I'm fine.
13:11And Dr. Bauer's instructions are not law.
13:14Nor are they mere suggestions.
13:17You've just acknowledged that Anita Dupree is human.
13:21I am being as good a patient as I am capable of.
13:26But coddling me when what I need is just a few streets away
13:29is the exact opposite of the prescription for peace.
13:34You are as stubborn as the day I met you.
13:37More!
13:41I'll have Titus bring the car around.
13:51Do you know what I hate on top of everything else?
13:54Tell me.
13:55This just reinforces the narrative.
13:59The tale of two sissies.
14:01Danny's poor Danny.
14:02The hot mess with drama around every possible turn.
14:05And I, I am.
14:07Little Miss Perfect Nicole.
14:10Aren't you poor Danny-ing her right now?
14:12Thinking you can handle cancer better than she can?
14:15Ouch.
14:15But fair.
14:18I've never seen Danny like that.
14:21But you, you're pretty flawless.
14:24Mm-mm.
14:25Mm-mm.
14:27Don't say that.
14:28I've looked at you.
14:29I've listened to you.
14:30I've kissed you.
14:32You, you should own it.
14:35I am just as messed up as everybody else.
14:41I have just learned ways to cope.
14:44It comes with the territory of the profession.
14:47Josh, can I have another one, please?
14:49Nothing for me.
14:51Life isn't a professional setting, Nicole.
14:53Doctor, heal thyself.
14:55Or maybe just be yourself.
14:58No one expects the calm and perfect veneer at all times.
15:02I expect it.
15:04Hell, just a few months ago, I called myself the family fixer.
15:08Well, my family doesn't have fixers, so what does that job entail?
15:11Making sure that nobody falls.
15:13And if and when they do, I am there.
15:18Sounds noble.
15:20And exhausting.
15:24It is.
15:28I don't need fixing.
15:31So how about you pack up all those tools?
15:34And just be real with me.
15:37You want me to be real?
15:39Yes.
15:40Fine.
15:43Take terrified.
15:45Multiply it by a million.
15:47And that is me.
15:54You do know how to distract.
15:57But now that the tell portion is over, show me the love.
16:04No words.
16:06Just hands.
16:07So hands.
16:10Lips.
16:15And...
16:16...
16:16Mm-hmm.
16:27Shh.
16:33Okay, okay.
16:36I'm gonna get that.
16:37When I come back,
16:40I'm gonna make sure the rest of the world
16:42is forgotten about.
16:46Who is that?
16:48Oh, uh, Miss Anita.
16:50Vernon, we were not expecting you.
16:52Um, please, can I get you some tea or some juice?
16:55I just need my Danny.
16:57Sure, uh, she's in the bedroom,
16:58but, uh, she may not be dressed yet.
17:02I brought that child into this world.
17:03You think I haven't seen her naked behind?
17:07You can't stop a determined Dupree.
17:11Let me get that for you.
17:12Ah, thank you.
17:13So, uh, how was chemo?
17:16Well, she seems to be tolerating it well so far.
17:20Or she could be operating on sheer adrenaline.
17:26And how are you?
17:29Everything in our family flows from her.
17:32If she's sick,
17:34it feels like we all are.
17:36And this news about Danny...
17:38Hey, just tell me, what can I do?
17:41Well, while Anita's holding her baby,
17:43maybe you and I can have a father-in-law
17:46and a son-in-law chat.
17:49Danny?
17:50Mother?
17:52You're not supposed to be out of the house.
17:54Do you think I pitched a fit with your father
17:56to come here and talk about myself?
17:59Daddy told you I have the broca gene.
18:03He did.
18:04Come here, baby.
18:12When those vials were filling up,
18:14the only thing I could think about was my kidnapping.
18:17Oh, Chelsea.
18:18This isn't about crazy Allison.
18:20It's about after.
18:21You've been doing amazing.
18:23But I've also been something else,
18:25something I've never been before.
18:27Careful.
18:28With reason.
18:29You took control of your socials?
18:31You've been teaching your Chelsea fam
18:32about online safety?
18:33Remember what I said
18:34when you asked me the meaning of life
18:36the day we met?
18:37That you're game for anything.
18:39I used to go to the airport,
18:42close my eyes,
18:43and pick a destination on the board.
18:44And you and I,
18:45we've never had a real getaway.
18:47We're busy.
18:48We live full lives.
18:49We have demanding schedules.
18:51We do.
18:52But how much of that
18:53is me just being chicken?
18:55Being spontaneous
18:56used to be my superpower.
18:58What are you saying?
19:00Graham's sick.
19:01And she's lived a lifetime
19:03of doing the right things.
19:05I think it's time for me
19:07to stop playing it so safe.
19:10What are you afraid of?
19:13Mother shouldn't be Anita Dupree.
19:15Anita Williams,
19:17she came from the poorest part of Chicago.
19:21Used her voice,
19:22led the articulats,
19:23earned an EGOT,
19:24became a philanthropist.
19:26And still, somehow,
19:27she genuinely feels
19:29that her children
19:30are her greatest accomplishment
19:32above everything else.
19:37She beat
19:38every single odd
19:41to become who she is today.
19:45What if she doesn't beat this one?
19:47She will bring
19:48all of the above
19:49to the fight.
19:51I have seen it personally
19:53with every reconstruction
19:54that I've done
19:54and you have seen it
19:55in the patients
19:56that you counsel.
19:57Mind or matter
19:59is real.
20:01She will get
20:03the best care
20:04money can buy.
20:06But Cancer
20:07doesn't care
20:07about that.
20:09It doesn't care
20:10that she is a mother,
20:12a wife,
20:13a grandmother,
20:13a star.
20:15All it cares about
20:16is taking.
20:18And the kind
20:19mother has,
20:21it is
20:22violent.
20:24Josh,
20:25can I get another drink,
20:26please?
20:27Let me take you home.
20:29What?
20:31You don't like
20:32the real me
20:33already?
20:34No, no.
20:35I just don't know
20:36that you want to share her
20:37with the whole restaurant.
20:42Being scared
20:43doesn't mean
20:43you can't also be strong.
20:45God knows
20:46if anything happened
20:47to your mother,
20:47I would be lost too.
20:49But you need
20:50to hold it together
20:51for Naomi, son.
20:53I'm trying, pops.
20:57The priests
20:57have their hands full,
20:58but mine
20:59and your mother's aren't.
21:00You know,
21:01Naomi's our family too.
21:02Lean on us.
21:05We said prayer
21:06for her in church Sunday.
21:08Or you can come with us.
21:10Yeah.
21:11Yeah, we'd like that.
21:12Good.
21:14Then go see your woman.
21:16All right.
21:17I just gotta
21:17take care of them.
21:19Hang your calls off.
21:20This mess will be here
21:21in the morning.
21:22All right,
21:22we'll debrief then.
21:25Take good care of Naomi.
21:28All right?
21:29Thanks, pops.
21:31Coffee
21:32on the first date
21:33is a tragedy.
21:34The coffee breath,
21:36the laptops.
21:37Grayson deserves better.
21:39You know what?
21:40I think you should go
21:41on this date
21:41instead of me.
21:43Or I could come with you.
21:46Come again?
21:47A double date.
21:48No.
21:52Grayson,
21:53Ashley wants
21:54to ask you something.
22:00What's up?
22:02Um, non-stop drama.
22:04Hmm.
22:05You?
22:06Low light
22:07kid with leukemia
22:08this morning.
22:09Mm-hmm.
22:09Yeah.
22:10High light,
22:11you finally agreeing
22:12to do coffee with me.
22:14Um,
22:16high light,
22:17me being able
22:18to help
22:18my bestie
22:19and her sis
22:19thanks to you.
22:21Low light,
22:22the reason why.
22:24Yeah,
22:24I could tell.
22:25They were anxious.
22:26You know,
22:27alleviating tension
22:28is kind of my gift.
22:30Oh,
22:31is it?
22:31Mm-hmm.
22:32You know,
22:32there's only one way
22:32you're going to find out.
22:38Um,
22:39would it be okay
22:40if we change plans tonight?
22:41If you need to be
22:42with your friend,
22:43though.
22:43I totally get it.
22:44I do.
22:45I do.
22:45I just want you
22:46to come, too.
22:51It's not easy
22:52to take on
22:54a Dupree.
22:55Jacob and Smitty,
22:57they, uh,
22:59they rose to it.
23:01Ted and Bill,
23:02they failed spectacularly.
23:05They forgot the secret.
23:08Which is?
23:09Appreciate their strengths,
23:12their bravado.
23:14Be the place
23:16where they can
23:17feel what they need
23:19to feel.
23:20Yeah.
23:21The soft place
23:22to land.
23:22You follow?
23:23I do.
23:25Good,
23:25because otherwise,
23:27there'd be someone else
23:28waiting
23:29to be Danny's
23:30safe space.
23:33Sweetheart,
23:34I want to apologize
23:35to you
23:36for passing on
23:37this gene.
23:38Come on.
23:39This isn't your fault.
23:40It's just
23:41sells and bad luck.
23:43I know
23:43it's beyond my control,
23:45but
23:45if I could have,
23:46I would have done
23:47anything to spare
23:48you this.
23:49Maybe if I had
23:50known sooner.
23:51How?
23:52They didn't even know
23:53this gene existed
23:54until after Nicole
23:55and I were born.
23:57You couldn't have
23:58changed the course
23:59of our lives
23:59short of making us
24:00not exist at all.
24:02And I sure as hell
24:03am glad to be
24:04in this world
24:05as your daughter.
24:09You know,
24:10when your father
24:12and I first
24:12got together,
24:14I imagined
24:15that our daughters
24:16or sons
24:17would be
24:18little versions
24:19of us.
24:20You wish I'd been
24:22more like you,
24:22I'm sure.
24:23No, no.
24:25I was delighted
24:26at how you
24:27and Nicole
24:29were not
24:29mini-me's,
24:30but your own
24:32wonderfully independent,
24:35occasionally infuriating
24:36selves.
24:38But of course,
24:39my vanity
24:40always enjoyed
24:41seeing those little
24:41bits of us in you.
24:43Some of that fire
24:46definitely
24:47came from me.
24:49But I never thought
24:51that I would
24:52pass on something
24:53that could hurt
24:53my baby girl.
24:54No.
24:56What you feel
24:59is exactly
25:00what I'm feeling.
25:02The guilt.
25:03The bargaining.
25:06Because that thing
25:07in you
25:08that might be
25:09in me,
25:11I might have
25:12passed down
25:12to my girls.
25:15And that feeling
25:16is worse
25:16than being sick
25:17myself.
25:19I will find
25:20this a table
25:21while you guys
25:22get the apps
25:22and cocktails.
25:23Ashley is just
25:24so very thirsty.
25:29Yeah,
25:32sorry about that.
25:33She's usually
25:33not so
25:34mad matchmaker.
25:36And I know
25:37that bringing
25:37my bestie
25:38on our first date
25:39is breaking
25:39pretty much
25:40every role.
25:40I get it.
25:41I get it.
25:42Besides,
25:42she's got me
25:43from coffee
25:43to drinks
25:44some hot bubble
25:45date.
25:46Maybe she's
25:46my best friend.
25:47Hey, babe.
25:48Hey.
25:49Aren't we supposed
25:50to be curled up
25:50binging reality TV
25:51right now?
25:52There's just been
25:53so much sad
25:54this week.
25:55I couldn't miss
25:56a chance
25:56to do some healing.
26:05Do you remember
26:06Long Islands
26:07can also sneak up
26:08on you?
26:08Boo!
26:10I'm not scared.
26:12I just want
26:13to make sure
26:14you don't feel
26:14like the Long
26:15Island Express
26:15train hits you
26:16in the morning.
26:17Wouldn't be
26:18my first hangover.
26:19Besides,
26:20I am in my own
26:21home with my
26:23own liquor cabinet,
26:24which means
26:24the highest quality.
26:27And it's not like
26:28I am leaving
26:30and driving.
26:31Worst case,
26:31I might do some
26:34internet shopping.
26:35Nicole.
26:37One night,
26:38just one night,
26:39I don't want
26:40to have any answers.
26:41I want to let
26:42my hair down
26:42just one night,
26:43Carlton.
26:45I thought you
26:46were the guy
26:47that I could
26:47let loose with.
26:49Turns out
26:49that you are
26:50all sentiment
26:51and no follow-through.
26:52You know what?
26:52You have been kind.
26:54You brought me home.
26:55You can leave now.
26:57Maybe you can take
26:58Miss Perfect out
26:59when she returns
27:00to her factory settings.
27:01That is,
27:02if she still wants
27:03to go out with you.
27:03Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
27:07I would not dream
27:08of letting you
27:09drink alone.
27:16I thought you
27:17were going to say
27:17we should start jogging
27:18or cut back on steak.
27:20You know,
27:21things that actually
27:22prolong life.
27:23Living on the edge
27:24sounds like the opposite.
27:26Close your eyes.
27:27Why?
27:28Do you trust me?
27:30Yes,
27:31then close your eyes.
27:38I want to do
27:38much more of that.
27:40Well, that makes
27:41two of us.
27:42But, and I don't need
27:43to take some big
27:44physical risk, okay?
27:45I just want to feel
27:46at home in my skin again.
27:48Even if that means
27:49sharing my body
27:50with this evil gene.
27:52I want to kiss
27:53my girlfriend
27:53in the middle
27:54of a hospital.
27:55I want to fill up
27:56that map on my phone
27:57with so many pins
27:58that you can't even
27:58see map.
27:59I want to learn things
28:00from strangers.
28:03And this
28:04ticking gene bomb,
28:06it may be just that.
28:08But it's also a gift.
28:10It reminded me
28:11of what I'm missing.
28:14Do you get
28:14what I'm trying to say?
28:16Yeah.
28:17Yeah, I do.
28:18And I want you
28:19to be with me
28:19every step of the way.
28:21This adventure,
28:22it isn't just mine,
28:23okay?
28:23It's ours.
28:27I thought you might
28:29enjoy an Aperol spritz.
28:31Slightly less aggressive
28:32than the Long Islands
28:33you love.
28:36Yum.
28:37You thought right.
28:45Do you remember
28:46this one?
28:47How could I forget?
28:49Certified classic.
28:52I enjoyed dancing
28:54with you
28:54at our indoor picnic.
28:56Then maybe
28:57we should do it again.
28:59Nothing I'd like more.
29:07Would you like that
29:09more?
29:14Nice.
29:15Oh, I'm sorry.
29:17Is this version
29:19of me not to your liking?
29:20No, no, no, no.
29:21I want every version
29:23of you, Nicole.
29:26But tonight
29:27isn't our night.
29:29I want you to choose me
29:30when you aren't
29:30taking time off
29:31from being yourself.
29:34Look at me.
29:36I don't want to be
29:37your escape, Nicole.
29:40I want to be
29:41your real life.
29:46I'm looking at
29:47these bottles of scotch
29:48and I'm trying to figure
29:49out why none of them
29:50are together
29:51with their friends.
29:53Friends?
29:54Yes.
29:55But then
29:55I realized that
29:57the bartender
29:58organized them
29:59by size and shape
30:01as opposed to
30:02type,
30:03which I think
30:03is much cooler
30:04and
30:06you think
30:07is lame.
30:08Interesting.
30:10Now,
30:10most men
30:11don't have that
30:12attention to detail.
30:14Well,
30:14does it help
30:15that I also
30:15noticed that
30:16that bottle
30:16of cognac
30:17has a
30:18sexy shape?
30:20And?
30:21And yours
30:21is even
30:22sexier.
30:22Okay.
30:25What?
30:26How many times
30:27have you used
30:27that line?
30:28Just a few times.
30:29Yeah,
30:29maybe a couple,
30:30you know.
30:31But you're
30:32the first woman
30:33to call me out
30:34on it.
30:34The others
30:35are being polite.
30:36And you're
30:36being honest.
30:38Mistake?
30:39If honesty
30:40scares me,
30:41then yes,
30:42but spoiler,
30:44it doesn't.
30:46That was
30:46definitely a scoop.
30:47You saw that?
30:48I saw the scoop,
30:49babe.
30:50And I also see
30:51that new couple
30:51friends alert
30:52going off in your head.
30:53But remember,
30:54Ashley has to
30:54like the new puppy
30:55before we adopt him.
30:56Well,
30:57she's definitely
30:58attracted to
30:58the new puppy.
30:59So what do you
31:00do to relax?
31:02Um,
31:04read.
31:05Work out.
31:07Okay, fine.
31:08I'll admit,
31:08I like to clean
31:09and organize.
31:10But now it seems
31:11like I'm saying
31:11that just to
31:12impress you.
31:14I'm just
31:15very detail-oriented.
31:17You see,
31:18I'm a guy
31:18who really
31:19enjoys details.
31:20Hmm.
31:22Like the way
31:23you naturally
31:24tilt your head
31:25so when I come
31:25in for that
31:26first kiss.
31:27No head-butting.
31:28How very
31:29conscientious of you.
31:30Actually,
31:30bumping noses
31:31is the number
31:32one cause of
31:32injuries
31:33in first kisses.
31:34Hmm.
31:36If that's your
31:36way of saying
31:37you're an expert,
31:39maybe you
31:40should initiate
31:40things.
31:42I mean,
31:42what if I go
31:43in for the first kiss?
31:44No.
31:44Have you ever?
31:48Actually,
31:50no.
31:50Hmm.
31:57Okay,
31:57I was about
31:59to go in for it,
32:00but Naomi's
32:02watching.
32:02Oh,
32:03you're going
32:04to let that
32:04stop you,
32:04huh?
32:04Uh-huh.
32:05Yep,
32:05I am.
32:05I'm going to
32:05let that stop me.
32:06I'm going to
32:07take a step back
32:07and I'm going to
32:08stay professional
32:10in front of my
32:11friends.
32:11If that's what
32:12you want.
32:14But I was
32:15wondering.
32:16Yeah?
32:17You know how
32:18some people can
32:19tie a knot
32:19in a cherry stem
32:20with their tongues?
32:23You offer
32:23you to do that?
32:24Well,
32:24I can't do all
32:25the work.
32:26I'm initiating
32:27the first kiss.
32:30Okay.
32:31Deal.
32:33Right here.
32:34Now.
32:35My apartment.
32:37In the time
32:38it takes to get
32:38there.
32:40Let's go.
32:44Now.
32:46Where were we?
33:16You know I enjoy
33:17acting like we're
33:18body language
33:18experts with TMZ,
33:20but is there any
33:21chance we're on
33:21Ashley's date
33:22because you wanted
33:22to skip out
33:23on your hospital
33:24visit?
33:25Nope.
33:26Grayson has
33:26excellent hands.
33:29Naomi,
33:30listen.
33:30This jean thing
33:31is like a loaded
33:32gun being waved
33:33around your family.
33:34It doesn't have
33:35to go off
33:35for you to
33:35feel the trauma.
33:37Grayson isn't
33:38the only one
33:38with hands,
33:39shoulders,
33:39and ears
33:40here for you.
33:41And knowing
33:42that is part
33:42of the reason
33:43I haven't
33:43fallen apart yet.
33:45But can we
33:45please not
33:46worry about
33:47things we
33:47can't control?
33:49Sure.
33:49Anything you
33:50want.
33:51I want
33:52to put all
33:52my energy
33:53into getting
33:53grand better,
33:54making sure
33:55my friend
33:56is happy,
33:56and right
33:57now being
33:57third and
33:58fourth wheels
33:59with my
34:00husband.
34:01Okay.
34:02Grayson,
34:03this is my
34:03husband,
34:03Jacob.
34:04Thanks for
34:05letting us
34:05crash.
34:05Hey,
34:06happy to
34:06meet Ashley's
34:07people.
34:09don't hate
34:10us,
34:10but we're
34:10going to
34:11take off.
34:12Where to?
34:15Ashley's
34:15going to
34:15show me
34:16how she
34:17organizes
34:17her place.
34:20You're
34:21welcome.
34:22Thanks,
34:23Naomi.
34:23I really
34:24need it
34:25tonight.
34:25Me too.
34:28Okay.
34:29Good to
34:29meet you,
34:30Jacob.
34:30You as
34:30well.
34:32How are
34:33my
34:33granddaughters?
34:34Better
34:34than their
34:35mother.
34:36blood tests
34:37are done,
34:37now just
34:39waiting
34:39and praying.
34:42And you
34:42scheduled
34:43your follow-up?
34:44If the
34:44worst happens,
34:45you need
34:46to act
34:46quickly.
34:47I will.
34:47I will.
34:48I just need
34:48a minute
34:49to process.
34:50Only a
34:51minute.
34:54Thanks
34:54for coming,
34:55Mom.
34:56You are
34:57exactly
34:58what I
34:58needed.
35:00You
35:01always
35:01are.
35:07not
35:07only
35:07do
35:08you
35:08have
35:08to
35:08watch
35:08for
35:09Danny's
35:09demons,
35:10you
35:10got
35:11to
35:11look
35:11for
35:11the
35:11one
35:12waiting
35:12in
35:12the
35:13wings,
35:13too.
35:14Yeah,
35:15I remembered
35:16your warning
35:16earlier today
35:17when that
35:17demon showed
35:18up in
35:18Danny's
35:18room,
35:19comforting
35:20her.
35:20I know
35:21Bill
35:21Hamilton
35:22is lurking.
35:23Oh,
35:23but I
35:23drew a line.
35:25I told
35:25Bill that
35:26Naomi
35:26and Chelsea
35:26might need
35:27him,
35:27but Danny
35:28doesn't.
35:29She already
35:30has a
35:30husband,
35:30and that's
35:30me.
35:31Good
35:32man.
35:33allow
35:34me to
35:34ease
35:34your
35:35worries
35:35where
35:35Danny's
35:36concerned,
35:36sir.
35:37There
35:37is
35:37nothing
35:38or
35:38no
35:38one
35:38more
35:38important
35:39to
35:39me
35:39than
35:39she
35:39is.
35:41Losing
35:41Danny
35:41to this
35:42disease
35:42or to
35:42someone
35:43else
35:43is
35:43not
35:44happening.
35:45Hernan,
35:46it's
35:46time to
35:46go
35:46home.
35:47Are
35:47you
35:47tired,
35:48my
35:48love?
35:49Relieved.
35:51I see
35:51exactly
35:52what I
35:52hoped
35:52I'd
35:53see.
35:54Our
35:54daughter
35:55is
35:55the
35:55same
35:55capable
35:56woman
35:56today
35:56as
35:57she
35:57was
35:57yesterday.
35:58Like
35:59mother,
35:59like
35:59daughter.
36:01this
36:01road
36:02may
36:02be
36:02tougher
36:02than
36:02we
36:03thought,
36:04but
36:04then
36:04so
36:04are
36:05we.
36:05And
36:06no
36:06one
36:06needs
36:06to
36:07pity
36:07either
36:07of
36:07us.
36:09Cancer
36:09simply
36:10is
36:10no
36:10match
36:11for
36:11two
36:11formidable
36:12Dupree
36:13women.
36:14And
36:14that's
36:15that.
36:32do
36:46one
36:48make
36:49the
36:49last
36:49do
36:49do
36:49good
36:49to
36:49and
36:49I
36:49not
36:49I
36:49want
36:49to
36:49go
36:49and
36:49I
36:49want
36:49to
36:49I
36:49want
36:49to
36:49have
36:49to
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