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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 54: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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00:21I'm sorry you have to go through this pain, I love you.
00:31That's my prayer, I promise, my identity.
00:41I love you, Anita.
00:48Did you get the all clear text yet?
00:51By the time we're done with our frittata, she'll have her face on for us.
00:55I never imagined daddy playing bouncer at our childhood home.
00:58At least we have your little lady on the inside.
01:01Which has been good for them and for Kat.
01:04How's she doing with the roomy withdrawal?
01:07Change is not Princess Kat's first language.
01:11But faced with what grands are going through, she's snapped too.
01:17They're her entire focus.
01:19Everyone's stepping up.
01:21When Bill Hamilton showed up on mother and daddy's doorstep yesterday.
01:25And he got past daddy?
01:27He came bearing a sweetener.
01:28He had the construction stopped at Leslie's house.
01:31Ah, so he came by to preen.
01:33Daddy asked him to do it, so he did it.
01:34For now.
01:37What else did Bill do?
01:40He stopped by my place after.
01:43Hoping to get rewarded for his good deed with some of your sweetness?
01:47No.
01:49He was actually shook by how mother looked.
01:53We joked, but he's had some real distance and he was struck by the difference between the last time he
01:59saw her and now.
02:01Had him reaching back to his OG trauma.
02:04His mother's depression?
02:06Yeah.
02:07He knows it's not the same, but watching her sink to the depths, no matter how hard he tried to
02:13love her.
02:15You are not going to make me feel bad for Bill.
02:18Wouldn't dream of it.
02:20And of course he's hit.
02:22He's got an extra layer of guilt.
02:24Our parents took him in like their own son, and he repaid them by breaking your heart.
02:29Mother and daddy got the two bad son-in-law special.
02:33Mm-mm.
02:34We are not taking this to the Ted place.
02:37I am in very happy single woman mode.
02:40Now that's where I want to go.
02:42Tell me something good.
02:43Oh, do we have to?
02:45We must.
02:46We must.
03:08Max Rodriguez.
03:09Yes, he's a courier.
03:10Room six.
03:11There are guys waiting for him outside the main entrance and they're not packing balloons and candy.
03:15He best avoided.
03:21Hurry up.
03:31D joj.
03:48R experimenting with minnipies.
03:48I don't quote the description's only one.
03:49Oh, I'm alto.
03:51I don't know what a problem would be.
03:51I don't know how to speak.
03:57hey ladies hey yourself was the guy in six already taken down for tests
04:04uh no one's home rodriguez stab wound yeah that's the one uh patel wants me to rerun his blood
04:11i just processed rodriguez discharge papers now riddle me this romeo what's dr patel thinking
04:18ordering new tests when the patient's already out the door good morning again i'm sorry i dozed off
04:30on you you needed the rest don't get up now we have uh we have a date with our daughters
04:38and they can wait no there's so much to do not when you're in more pain today than yesterday
04:45i can see it now i could see it when you were asleep well then i'm just gonna have to
04:50give
04:50back those shiny statues with my name on them best actress my oh that's it we're going no no
05:02if i go in the hospital i might not come out
05:11how's the drop to be determined what do you mean are you clocked not me rodriguez
05:18they put another hit on a match look all i know for sure is there were made men outside of
05:22garland
05:22i recognize one from the truck driver he's not picking up well i need to go over there
05:27i think i got a message to him you think wren already got his pound of flesh we can't have
05:33him or one of his thugs from the red market ring circle back to finish we have to get him
05:37out now
05:38wait wait hang on i asked grayson to tell max so he can find a quarter exit you told grayson
05:43about
05:44max yeah man i didn't have a choice the rashad facade works out here but on the third floor of
05:48garland they see right through it hell of a way to figure out who grayson perez really is
05:52when max's life depends on the answer patel says job by job probably was just changing i would check
06:00again will do
06:06i bet the lab's receptionist and patel's nurse just got their wires crossed
06:12we'll see about that
06:26max rodriguez that was fast i wouldn't normally ask for anything but this hurts like hell i'm not
06:33here with your prescription i'm here with a message
06:39a red received okay relax this is from rashad this isn't making any kind of sense there's no
06:47order for blood at all hmm well dr patel's nurse must have deleted it i'll catch grayson rodriguez
06:53doesn't need to spill more blood there's a surface elevator at the end of the hall you're going to
06:58take that down to the loading dock from there you get on the main road and you disappear
07:02knock knock mr rodriguez i uh i'm here to rescue you from this guy hey dr patel uh deleted that
07:09additional water for blood work oh yeah thank you for catching that yeah um i'll just get a chair in
07:14here and we can wheel you out no no no no uh mr rodriguez is waiting for his prescription
07:20oh gosh of course you know what um just just give me a few minutes
07:29thanks thanks you can thank me by keeping your mouth shut if anyone finds out that i tipped you
07:36off when i both will end up back here no no you're not gonna have to worry about the guys
07:41out there
07:41i'll finish the job myself now go
07:53i'd let my fears get the better of me yesterday don't follow that example i'm being realistic
07:58you're refusing to see the state i'm in do you agree that you're in pain i don't want to go
08:03have you been able to keep any of your medication vernon listen to me i am listening to you and
08:09what i
08:10hear is the chemo talk the hospital is the hospital is where you can get the help you need
08:15where they will manage these side effects and give you some relief
08:19please anita
08:23i it's not what i want
08:26well you can tell me how wrong i am when we're on the way but we're going
08:32all right
08:35i'll go not because i'm agreeing with you but
08:38i just don't have the energy to fight you
08:42i'll have titus bring the car around
09:02one sec i just um i need to wrap up with rodriguez
09:05uh he said his ride was here i would have pulled him to wait but he was getting anxious
09:11poor thing
09:12well i know he can get that prescription at any pharmacy but i would have wheeled him past ours
09:16on the way out
09:17well however he got stabbed must have been traumatizing
09:19he was so shaken
09:21i was glad he didn't bolt out of here in his gown
09:24yeah poor guy
09:28i thought you had the night shift
09:30yeah i just want to finish some charts
09:33the chief gave me a little nudge
09:36leah's giving you trouble
09:37she just wanted to light my fire
09:39if i want to move up i have to be perfect
09:42you already are perfect
09:44but i get keeping our boss happy
09:48i should get back to the lab
09:49you can make me happy
09:51lunch
09:53you just pulled an all-nighter
09:54i can rally
09:58brain check
09:59i got a lot more going on today than i expected
10:07max got out clean
10:08i'm gonna take him someplace safe
10:10all right yeah i'll come with
10:11no rashad you've already taken enough risk for one day
10:14look i'm still the cop here remember
10:16besides i don't need you taking any more chances
10:18i'll watch my back
10:21max is my source
10:22and he helped us i'm not gonna let anything happen to him
10:26i have to go he's waiting
10:28just take care of yourself out there man
10:37chelsea cats a little more chelsea
10:38and a little less cat right now
10:40you guys okay
10:43chelsea's on board
10:45and living in my own wing at the grands
10:48if naomi chelsea and martin weren't married or engaged
10:52all the third gen would fight to move in
10:54i'd pay to see that depree fight club
10:56i'm small but i'm scrappy
10:58yeah you are
10:59but you don't have to put on your brave face for me
11:03she just has to get through this rough patch
11:07but when you said it would be hard seeing her struggle up close
11:10i wish i'd been wrong
11:12i wouldn't trade it
11:14grand's go-to is to close ranks and not let anyone see her like this except for granddad
11:21but
11:23she's starting to get used to me being there and
11:25letting down her guard
11:28is it okay for me to say i'm proud of you
11:31i honestly feel so honored to be there
11:35i feel honored being able to talk to you like this
11:39let me be where you relax and let loose
11:41we'll do whatever you need
11:42we can go out or stay in
11:45salsa or slow dance
11:46we can work out or eat breakfast
11:48tell me what you need
11:51and i'll make it happen
11:53if carlton and kyle were cars
11:54who would you drive for a hundred thousand miles
11:56it is not a competition
11:59it is more of an exploration
12:02oh okay
12:04if andre weren't the best thing i had ever tasted
12:07i would be pulling up a chair next to you at the sexy man buffet
12:09danny
12:10where is the lie
12:11we both spent way too long on our starter husbands
12:14no no we have to be honest now
12:17in this post bill and ted's not so excellent adventure
12:19so i am checking in
12:21where's your heart
12:25intellectually
12:25physically
12:28carlton and i line up
12:30we love to see movies
12:32plays
12:32he's funny and sweet
12:34and after i see him
12:37i want to see more
12:38you know
12:39and with kyle
12:41it's like no other man exists
12:44oh
12:46conceivably you could keep both
12:48but i don't think carlton would keep his cool that long
12:51he is the one who wants to be mr nicole
12:54actually
12:55kyle made a couple of surprising moves himself
12:58in the bedroom
13:01he just signed a lease
13:02at barrington towers
13:04that new building
13:06that is oh so close to fairmont crest
13:09and he gave me a key to his place
13:12so someone ended up catching feelings after all
13:14he said it didn't have to mean anything
13:17and he just wanted me to have full access
13:20no strings
13:21no expectations
13:23just whenever i wanted
13:24just just full access
13:26sounds like there is a front runner in the nicole bracket
13:31i don't want to do carlton like that
13:33he has been good for me
13:35but
13:38kyle is giving me something that i've been looking for
13:42an open door
13:44complete with your own key
13:48mrs jupri
13:50senator what happened
13:51yesterday she hit her wall
13:54it's been worse by the hour
13:56need medication
13:57can't keep it down
13:58all right
13:59we'll get you admitted
14:00and contact dr bauer
14:02with your permission
14:06tell me what you're experiencing
14:08the fatigue
14:10and nausea have intensified
14:12so has the pain
14:14where does the rank of the pain happen
14:16from one to ten
14:17ten ten
14:18make that a fifteen
14:22we'll get you comfortable okay
14:24dr bauer
14:25i'm on the way this office
14:27would you please stay
14:28in case he has any questions
14:30of course
14:31right behind you my love
14:41max make it out okay
14:42max make it out okay
14:43good
14:45but that wasn't cool dropping that on me on the elevator
14:47listen man i owe max
14:49and i couldn't make it to him without raising suspicion
14:51but you
14:52you could
14:53so no harm no foul
14:55that's not entirely true
14:56that's not entirely true
14:56one of those guys made it inside
14:58no ashley walked in on me right after i warned him
15:00and janice's spidey senses were going up
15:03but you handled it
15:05but this is where this ends
15:06i don't owe anyone anything
15:08look relax man
15:09everything's gonna shake out the way it's supposed to
15:11are you messing with me
15:12they didn't just nick max okay
15:14they marked him out good to teach him a lesson
15:17same thing could happen to me
15:18or worse
15:20don't stand there talking like you could stop something that's already happening
15:26daddy
15:27just tell mother to throw in some lip gloss
15:29we're at the hospital
15:31can you tell your sister
15:33she's with me
15:34what happened
15:36she had a bad night
15:38and a worse morning
15:39we're on our way
15:40don't try to stop us from coming because
15:42come
15:42but there's no rush
15:44and they're admitting her
15:45the doctor's here
15:46bye baby
15:47as you know anita asked me to consult
15:50dr bauer
15:51is unavailable at the moment
15:53but he'll be here as soon as he can
15:55i'm so grateful
15:56to have someone of your expertise
15:58on anita's team
15:59what can you tell me
16:00well until we get the blood work
16:01and run scans
16:02you know more than i do
16:03fill me in
16:04i i need to see anita
16:07we can talk
16:08while you take me to her
16:09yes
16:14hi
16:16we'll get you hooked up to some pain meds
16:18as soon as possible
16:21it comes in waves right
16:23more like squalls
16:25when it hits
16:26just inhale
16:28and exhale
16:30through the squall
16:35yeah that's it
16:38thanks
16:40your heart rate's
16:41slightly elevated
16:42bp's a little low
16:44you have a low grade fever
16:46your vitals aren't
16:47cause for alarm though
16:48no
16:49just my entire body
16:55okay
16:55virus ordered
16:56blood panel
16:57and a urinalysis
16:58plus an ivy drip
16:59for fluids
17:00fever and pain
17:01i'll pull your ivy
17:02and get you started
17:03if you don't want any water
17:04how about some juice
17:06no
17:07but i do need something
17:09is vernon out there
17:10yeah he's in the hallway
17:11talking to dr mccormick
17:12i can grab him
17:13no no
17:14no
17:15i have the right to
17:18update my file
17:19without
17:21anyone being informed
17:22correct
17:24yes
17:24you control what information
17:26is disseminated
17:27good
17:29because i want to sign
17:30and do not
17:31resuscitate order
17:37max is safe man
17:38you don't gotta pop off
17:40i thought i could get
17:41my mom into a good place
17:42without this thing
17:43changing me
17:44what happened
17:45i warned him
17:47i warned max
17:48not to tell our friends
17:49outside about me
17:49come on man
17:50max doesn't even know
17:51your name
17:51he knows my face
17:52and he knows
17:53i work at garland
17:54max wouldn't rat
17:56yeah the look on his face
17:57after i threatened
17:58said as much
18:00made me sick
18:02grayson man
18:04you know
18:05i justified doing this thing
18:07by telling myself
18:08that i would never get my hands bloody for real
18:13but this is who i am now
18:16i may not have laid a hand on max
18:18but i might as well have
18:44i ought to uczest
18:46i might as wellah
18:48i might as wellah
18:48as we can see
18:51we've taken blood and that drip's starting to make her comfortable
18:54she's miles from comfortable the medicine takes time but you can go hold her hand and work your
19:00own magic can i talk to you yes
19:14i know you hate being hooked up to all these
19:19i hope you can see now that it was best to come here
19:26hiding out was no answer
19:29we have to face this
19:35i haven't seen that look since my sister told you no spring flame
19:40what i wouldn't give to have those kid problems again
19:42i was updating the forms we have patient sign insurance
19:47medical history medical directives you don't have to mind your hip-hop with me chanise
19:53mrs dupree asked me to consult
19:55she wants to change her advance directive she wants to stop treatment and sign a dnr
20:00and that is her right patients can make that choice at any time so long as they have the
20:06capacity to understand the risks benefits and alternatives
20:10our impersonal beliefs should not be a factor
20:13it is in my professional opinion that she was under extreme duress and that temporary pain
20:18and that temporary pain shouldn't determine if she stays in the world
20:21please just just make sure this is what she really wants
20:24i'll do what i can
20:26thanks
20:26but i want the forms on hand
20:32good thoughts cissy
20:34she's mother
20:35she'll be fine
20:36yes she will
20:38oh cat
20:39i don't want her to be blindsided when she shows up at home and nobody's there
20:45hey mom
20:46granddad had to take mother to the hospital
20:50did the pain get worse
20:51yes but we don't know anything else
20:54okay um should i light up the dupree family phone tree on my way over
20:58no i'm with your aunt danny let us get the lay of the land first
21:03tell grand
21:06tell her i'm on chapter three
21:09and she's right
21:11agatha christie is a bona fide genius
21:13i will tell her you love her
21:15we have rules about excessive fawning
21:19we can make an exception
21:21oh i'm about to get on the alligator
21:23i love you mom
21:26i'll keep in touch
21:30she's in the hospital
21:31i heard
21:32i'm so sorry
21:37danny
21:38nicole
21:38they're in room three
21:40how's mother doing
21:41they haven't completed the full workup yet
21:46senator
21:48could i have a minute
21:49with anita so i can assess her
21:51oh my wife's not shy
21:55baby
21:55go and get some coffee
21:57and see if danny and nicole are here
22:00i mean if it's just an exam i
22:02my love
22:05i don't want you to end up in this bed
22:08with me
22:10you think i won't jump in there
22:12i know you will
22:15please danny and nicole might have questions
22:27you spoke to chanice
22:29first i need to ask you some questions
22:32i'm not going anywhere
22:35is the medicine reaching your pain at all yet
22:38it is
22:40slightly
22:41less
22:43intolerable
22:44it's going to decrease
22:48all these years of research
22:49and we're still
22:50guessing at pain
22:51the medicine
22:53could
22:54or should
22:55sometime
22:58you know what i know
22:59for sure
23:01i can't go through another day
23:03like this
23:05i wish i could tell you
23:07that tomorrow
23:08will be better
23:10but the pain may even get
23:12even get worse
23:13before you turn the corner
23:14well then what's the point
23:16of putting myself
23:17and my family through that
23:18if i'm just going to die anyway
23:21daddy
23:22how is she
23:24she's uh
23:28just give me a minute
23:43oh thank you
23:46initiating a hunger strike until you get back to mother
23:49borderly to 415
23:52the duprees are in good hands
23:54mine and my auntie's
23:56i don't want to interrupt them but i just
23:58go home
23:59i'll tell them i'll call you if they need anything
24:05i'll be texting you
24:19you did this to help your mom
24:20it doesn't change who you are at the core
24:23you did the right thing
24:24the rest was just you trying to self-protect
24:25don't put a shine on it
24:28it's done
24:29but we're not
24:30we're still in this
24:32and we have to rely on each other
24:33we're both going down
24:35one close call doesn't make us friends
24:37alone means you can't watch your back
24:40yeah i've gotten used to alone this year
24:42you've been in this for a year
24:44yeah
24:46well i'm still new
24:48and i'm still trying to figure out how deep this goes
24:51how many people at garland are involved in this ring
24:55the ring's designed just so you know what you do
24:57nothing else
24:59well you've got to have a contact there right
25:02i'm only contacted through text
25:04because that's how the guy at the top likes it
25:06and that's the way i like it
25:10i don't even like knowing you
25:13i gotta get back to the lab
25:21granddad was so sure she'd be okay
25:22if i would have known i
25:24hey what could you have done that your grandfather didn't do
25:28since you don't know anything for sure
25:30stop what if-ing
25:31and focus on helping when your grand gets home
25:34yeah
25:36if
25:37she comes home
25:41cancer's a thief
25:44stealing every which way that she can manage
25:48she can't read because
25:50her fingers hurt
25:53she has to lean on me to take even a few steps because
25:57she won't use the walker
26:00and this morning
26:05this morning she could barely sit up at all
26:07we're glad you got her here daddy
26:10what is dr bauer saying
26:11he's not here yet
26:14monica's with her
26:15monica
26:15dr monica mccormick
26:18she's seanice's aunt
26:19she's head of one of the oncology departments at md anderson
26:24oh
26:24that's one of the largest cancer centers in the world
26:27and this dr mccormick she's given her something for the pain
26:32then she'll feel better
26:34and can accept
26:35that the rest of her extraordinary life is just
26:38on the other side of this dark chapter
26:41i'm not so sure about that
26:48this is not the time to underestimate yourself
26:52i keep waiting to hit bottom
26:56that worst day
26:59before this turning point you mythologized
27:02but it does not come
27:05i had a patient who compared it to being in a holding pattern on a plane
27:10you don't jump out of a plane because it's circling
27:13especially when there are still many moves to make
27:17there are medications used with your current treatment
27:22that can mitigate the side effects
27:25but first i want to pinpoint the cause of your pain
27:28pain isn't usually associated with your current regimen
27:32so would i have some other kind of cancer or something else entirely
27:36i mean i don't want to know
27:37even if it could end this pain
27:41i have never been more certain
27:46that the body and spirit are separate things
27:51i have loved this body
27:53it has served me well
27:58this is the body i've enjoyed and employed
28:02the one that wined and dined and traveled and ran and swam
28:09the one that danced all over those stages and belted out all that music
28:15the one that vernon worshipped
28:18and gave me my children
28:22but right now
28:24this is a house
28:26of pain
28:28and it's smoking me out
28:31and heaven helped me
28:33my spirit wants to be free of it
28:36and what about that man out there
28:38and your big fabulous family
28:41if vernon keeps watching this
28:44he will not only climb in this bed with me
28:46he will climb into my grave
28:48isn't it up to him how much he can handle
28:50up to all of them
28:52i can't keep watching my family hurt
28:55because i'm hurting
29:00this morning
29:04this morning
29:05this morning
29:08i
29:11felt myself
29:13losing that last piece
29:15that ties me to this body
29:18what piece is that?
29:21my
29:25i
29:26i tried to sing
29:30but the chemo has left my throat
29:32raw
29:35and
29:36scorched
29:39there was only this dry
29:41burning whisper
29:44that used to be
29:46where my music lived
29:51every breath
29:52scraped across my throat
29:53like glass
29:58my voice
30:00is
30:01me
30:03and it's gone
30:06i'm already gone
30:09my family just doesn't know it yet
30:13now
30:15why don't you let me see
30:16what's in that file
30:18are you going to continue to stand there and act like i don't know my own mind
30:31i got back settled
30:33now he can start mending up
30:35thank goodness
30:37thank Grayson
30:38how's he
30:40well i'm tight
30:41but i made some headway
30:43i pressed him for some info on the hierarchy
30:45but he told me he's completely in the dark
30:46that he only gets his messages through text
30:48and you don't believe him
30:50nah
30:51he's been at this for a year
30:52so i'm assuming he's met or seen his contact at garland at least once
30:57well
30:58keep working him
31:00something's gotta give
31:01and hopefully that's Grayson
31:03this could just be a setback
31:05not
31:05the
31:06setback
31:08you're right
31:09you're right
31:10and you're late
31:11you shouldn't have to sit here
31:14and watch me worry
31:15there's no place i'd rather be
31:19nothing's more important than you
31:26you called me the
31:28anita whisperer once
31:32yesterday i tried to shout down your mother's fears
31:36you had a fight
31:38i was trying to lift her up
31:41but i had the opposite effect
31:44if mother didn't have bad days through all of this i would be worried
31:49this is different
31:52then maybe it's time we send this red devil packing and get a new medicine
31:57it's more than that
32:00i know that woman's will
32:05i'm afraid she's giving up her fight
32:12here's the dnr
32:13but i want to make sure that you understand what no extraordinary measures mean
32:17if your heart stops
32:19there's no cpr
32:20or any resuscitation attempts
32:24and then there is the question of nutrition
32:26chanice filled me in on all the inglorious details
32:31i had a patient charlotte who had the same initial diagnosis
32:35her cancer metastasized
32:37name a cancer
32:38she had it
32:40and we treated it
32:41and she fought
32:42she was cured
32:46her tumor shrunk enough for her to go home
32:48but 18 months later they roared back
33:03oh that's your idea
33:06of an uplifting story
33:08every patient wants a cure
33:12but my goal is time
33:15charlotte wanted to meet her granddaughter
33:17she made it to her first birthday
33:21aren't there two pre-events
33:23milestones that you want to be there for
33:27so many
33:30but how does that work
33:31me having a coughing fit
33:33or passing out
33:35while my great-granddaughter is dancing at her cotillion
33:39i will not pull focus
33:41so then you don't want to be there at all
33:42it's quality
33:45of time
33:46that matters
33:49with any grace
33:51i can laugh
33:53rather than
33:55grit my teeth in pain
33:57or i can hug
33:59instead of
34:01nearly breaking at my husband's touch
34:03or maybe
34:06just maybe
34:09i'd be able to sing at my granddaughter's wedding
34:13what if i were to tell you
34:17that this too shall pass with certainty
34:20would that be worth today's pain
34:28charlotte
34:28had a year and a half
34:30you could have so much more time
34:34the operative word there is
34:36could
34:41you're anita dupree
34:43you have built your life on defying every rule
34:47and that is a double-edged sword
34:50because
34:50you have broken down every barrier
34:53and then everything fell into place
34:54and on the other side
34:56you've been used to being the exception to the rule
35:00cancer does not care
35:02what your name is
35:03we are trying to give you more time
35:06but you need to give us the opportunity
35:08to find the right medicine
35:10to find the right treatment
35:12time
35:13for you not to give up
35:17but no guarantees
35:18right
35:20you'd have a chance
35:21and you are anita dupree
35:25and lady i'd take those odds any day
35:32ladies
35:33are you uh
35:34all caught up here
35:37all set
35:39i'll check on you
35:41thank you
35:49are you coming down from the pain
35:51a little
35:54good
35:58nicole then
35:59danny want to hug their mother
36:01i want to hug them right back
36:03but first
36:05i need to talk to my husband
36:09my love i've made some decisions about my future
36:20my love i've made some decisions about my future
36:31i want to hug them to hug them
36:31i want to hug them to hug them
36:31i want to hug them to hug them
36:32i want to hug them to hug them
36:32i want to hug them to hug them
36:32i want to hug them
36:32i want to hug them
36:33i want to hug them
36:33i want to hug them
36:35i want to hug them
36:36i want to hug them
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