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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 01: Friday, January 2, 2026
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00:04You have a minute.
00:06If this is about the kiss last night...
00:08It's not.
00:10But, uh, as far as first kisses go...
00:15Listening?
00:16It wasn't bad.
00:17I mean, we didn't knock heads or teeth.
00:21But hey, if you have any notes...
00:23No complaints.
00:28Something going on with you?
00:29Not me specifically.
00:32But some people I love.
00:34Yeah.
00:36I saw Nicole coming out of your office earlier.
00:39Is this about that?
00:41It is.
00:43And if it's not too much to ask...
00:45I could really use your advice.
00:50Another tequila, please.
00:53Another tequila, please.
00:56Coming in.
00:57Thanks.
00:59Got your text.
01:01What's going on?
01:03Just getting my drink on.
01:06Bartender, another tequila.
01:08And this one's for my friend.
01:10Just water for me.
01:11Thanks.
01:12Nope.
01:12Are you seriously going to make me drink alone?
01:17First, not making you do anything.
01:20Second, I left the office as soon as you asked.
01:23And I'm right here next to you, so you're definitely not drinking alone.
01:27Are you patronizing me?
01:29Of course not.
01:30It's just...
01:31When you text asking me to join you here, you didn't say anything about day drinking.
01:36And you don't want to go back to the office with liquor on your breath.
01:41That.
01:41And I also need a few brain cells to actually get any work done.
01:45Oh, well, I am so sorry for bothering you.
01:47You should just go on back to the office.
01:49I know how important it is for you to make partner.
01:53Kat, it's not as important as you are to me.
01:57Will you please just tell me what's going on?
02:01I just...
02:02I wanted a little company.
02:05I might buy that if you weren't drinking tequila, which always gives you a terrible headache the next day.
02:14Oh, I forgot about that.
02:18What I was hoping to forget is...
02:24My gran has breast cancer.
02:30Hey, what are you doing home?
02:32I was just coming to meet you at the Bell Festival.
02:35Did you forget something?
02:36I canceled.
02:38Why?
02:39You've been talking about that event for weeks.
02:42Something came up.
02:43You and Shonda have been working overtime on your visibility.
02:47A public event like this, national tradition, first day of the year,
02:51it practically screams re-election optics.
02:53I mean, what can be more important than that?
02:56Family.
02:58Family is more important.
03:04Family is more important.
03:04Family is more important.
03:11Family is more important.
03:13Family is more important.
03:16Family is more important.
03:17Family is more important.
03:18Family is more important.
03:19Family is more important.
03:20Family is more important.
03:20Family is more important.
03:21Family is more important.
03:21Family is more important.
03:21Family is more important.
03:22Family is more important.
03:23Family is more important.
03:32Hello, sweetheart.
03:34Bill?
03:35Vernon?
03:36Is this a bad time?
03:37I wasn't sure if Mother would be napping or...
03:39I can hear you from in here, you know.
03:42Definitely not napping.
03:48Sweetheart?
03:49Hi.
03:50What brings you both here?
03:53I've wanted to come by and say in person how very sorry I am.
03:57And we know that Naomi and Chelsea dropped by before.
04:00We are so sorry that we didn't talk to them first.
04:02You don't have to worry about the girls.
04:04They took the news with the courage and strength I knew that they would.
04:08I wish there had been a better way to tell someone you love
04:11that you have a monster living inside of you
04:13and one you may have passed on to them.
04:21I'm not sure I'm the best person to weigh in on you and Nicole.
04:24It's not like that.
04:25And I don't just want your advice as a friend,
04:27but as a medical professional.
04:31Whatever you need, Ted.
04:33Thanks.
04:34But can we do it someplace a little less central?
04:45It's Nicole's mother.
04:46She has breast cancer.
04:48And it's very aggressive.
04:50Oh, no.
04:51They're getting right to work on it, which is the good news,
04:54but the bad news is the cancer is a result of Anita
04:56having a variant of the BRCA gene.
05:00So Nicole could carry it too, which means...
05:03Your children could carry it as well.
05:07I know there has to be a lot of testing done
05:09before anything is certain,
05:10but I want to be there for them.
05:11All of them.
05:12Of course you do.
05:14You know, a year ago,
05:16I wouldn't have had the slightest question about what to do,
05:19but now...
05:20Now that you're divorced,
05:22you don't know what role you can play.
05:25Carlton used to be my go-to
05:26when I wanted to sort things out,
05:29but under the circumstances,
05:32that is no longer an option.
05:35I'm sorry if I'm overstepping you.
05:38If you are about to apologize for turning to me,
05:40you can stop that silliness right now.
05:42Hmm.
05:44Guess you put me in my place, huh?
05:46Friend to friend.
05:47You are way overthinking this.
05:50You and Nicole are divorced,
05:51but she is still your family.
05:52Same with those kids.
05:53So you,
05:54you're right by all of them.
05:56Don't let the title change get in the way.
06:01I'm so sorry about your grandmother.
06:04It's...
06:05It's hard.
06:07Isn't even the word.
06:09I can only imagine.
06:11I'd like to ask you for one favor, though.
06:18You're right.
06:20Thanks.
06:21Hydration is your friend.
06:24You must be feeling a million different things right now.
06:27Grand being sick.
06:29Those words don't even go together.
06:32That woman doesn't just fill up a room.
06:34She fills up a stadium.
06:36She's been this force my entire life.
06:39None of us would be who we are
06:41if it weren't for her and Granddad.
06:43And all that power and focus
06:45will help her get through this current situation.
06:48And if she occasionally needs a little bit extra,
06:52you and your family have strength enough
06:54to support a small nation.
06:55The heart of this family is my grandmother.
06:59What do we do if we lose her?
07:03Belle and I spoke to the girls about getting tested
07:05if I'm carrying the gene variant,
07:08and they are 100% on board.
07:11We're not surprised.
07:13When we spoke,
07:14I made sure that they understood the risks.
07:16Well, what they care about the most is you, Anita.
07:18And seeing you through this,
07:20you know, they know what's important right now,
07:21the same way Danny and I do.
07:25You know, all this deep conversation
07:28has me feeling parched.
07:30Anita, I know you could use something to drink, too.
07:33Danny, come with me.
07:34Let's get everyone some lemonade.
07:37Of course.
07:42Hey, Dad.
07:44Listen, I want to apologize again
07:45for not talking to Chelsea and Naomi sooner.
07:48I don't want to put any more stress on Mother.
07:50Of course not.
07:53But we are both a little concerned
07:56that you brought Bill here with you.
08:03You're reading too much into this, Daddy.
08:06Bill and I were together
08:07when we spoke to Chelsea and Naomi,
08:09and he wanted to come by
08:11to express his sympathy to Mother personally.
08:14Those are good reasons.
08:16But you're hoping
08:17there aren't some not-so-good reasons?
08:20It feels like I'm seeing more of you these days
08:23than when you were married to Danny.
08:26Well,
08:28that's a bit of an exaggeration,
08:30but we do keep winding up
08:31in each other's orbit lately, don't we?
08:33Your presence was a strong
08:35and welcome one
08:36during Chelsea's crisis.
08:39Yeah.
08:40I just hate that the family
08:42is dealing with yet another crisis.
08:44When I saw you in the hospital,
08:46Anita,
08:46I had no idea
08:48you were going through all this.
08:49Neither did I.
08:51But life comes at you so fast.
08:53Tell me about it.
08:55And I say that as someone
08:56who was sidelined
08:57by a stroke out of the blue.
08:59And look at you now.
09:02I've recovered, yes.
09:03I have no doubt that you will too.
09:06That is the hope.
09:10But if I may be so bold...
09:13Are you ever anything but?
09:16I have a little advice for you
09:18about your upcoming journey.
09:24I can't
09:27wrap my head around
09:28something like this
09:29happening to Anita.
09:30Anita, she's
09:31always been so...
09:33Invincible.
09:34I know.
09:36And I've been clinging to that
09:38as a reason to stay positive.
09:40But the type of cancer
09:42Grant has
09:43is pretty damn aggressive.
09:45She has a long road
09:46ahead of her.
09:48A road she won't be traveling along.
09:50None of you will be.
09:52Especially if it turns out
09:54that...
09:55One step at a time.
09:57Mom has to get tested.
09:58Aunt Danny too.
10:00And we just pray that the results
10:02come negative
10:02so there aren't any more questions
10:04about the next generation.
10:06Which includes you.
10:08Of course.
10:09But that doesn't matter now.
10:10I wish that I could have been with you
10:12when your mom fills you in on everything.
10:16So do I.
10:18And hearing about Grant
10:19and how it impacts mom?
10:22How did Kat take it?
10:24She's devastated.
10:25And she's worried about Grant and mom
10:27like we all are.
10:29But I wish you were a little more worried
10:32about herself.
10:34You're right about my love-hate relationship
10:36with tequila.
10:38I am not looking forward
10:40to waking up tomorrow
10:42to face how much it hates me.
10:45If I got news like this
10:46about my abuelita
10:48I'd be tempted to have a drink too.
10:50What else did the doctors say?
10:53About Grant's treatment?
10:56Um...
10:57They're gonna start immediately.
10:59They have to
11:00in her situation.
11:02Chemo, surgery,
11:03and then
11:05they'll see
11:06where things stand.
11:08I'm sure Vernon
11:09and your parents
11:10are using all their connections
11:11to make sure Miss Anita
11:12receives the best possible care.
11:15Must be handy
11:16having doctors in the family.
11:24Why don't you want to talk to your dad?
11:25He might have news.
11:28I probably shouldn't talk
11:30to anyone
11:31after those tequila shots.
11:33I was pretty mean to you.
11:35Good point.
11:37Let's improve your temper
11:39by putting some distance
11:40between you and the tequila.
11:42Yeah.
11:43Can I take you home?
11:46Okay.
11:52Any luck reaching the family?
11:54I tried Kat
11:55but she didn't pick up.
11:57Well, I know her phone
11:58is damn near surgically attached
12:00but it is possible
12:02that she put it down.
12:03just for a moment.
12:04Possible, yes.
12:06But not likely.
12:08Maybe she's talking
12:09to someone right now
12:09about the situation.
12:11I mean, she has to be
12:11pretty anxious
12:12knowing Nicole is getting tested
12:13and what a positive result
12:15would mean for her.
12:19This is between us
12:21but when Nicole told Kat
12:23she might need
12:24to get tested too,
12:25Kat said she didn't want to.
12:28Why is that?
12:29She doesn't want to know
12:30the worse if there's nothing
12:31she can do to change it.
12:33I can understand that
12:34but if Nicole tests positive
12:36and we all pray
12:36that's not the case,
12:38Kat is just sticking
12:38her head in the sand
12:39by refusing to get tested.
12:41Depending on the
12:42broken mutation,
12:43chances are anywhere
12:43from 45 to 70%
12:45that she tests positive
12:46if Nicole does too.
12:48Those are some scary numbers.
12:49And I for one
12:50am terrified.
12:53It's bad enough
12:54with Nicole
12:55but if Kat and Martin
12:57There's no need
12:57to go there yet.
13:01Nicole wanted me
13:02to change Kat's mind
13:04about getting tested
13:05but things have been
13:05so scratchy between us
13:06since me and Eva
13:08started getting close.
13:09The ice finally started
13:11to thaw over the holidays
13:12but we're nowhere near
13:13where we were before.
13:14And what with the distance
13:15between us
13:16and as determined
13:18as Nicole made Kat sound
13:20I don't even know
13:22where to begin
13:22the conversation.
13:25You're selling yourself
13:26short, Ted.
13:28You know your daughter
13:29maybe even better
13:30than Nicole.
13:32I have a feeling
13:33that when you see Kat
13:34the words will just come.
13:39Oh, I have to check
13:41on Mrs. Willis.
13:42I'll talk to you later.
13:43Shanice.
13:46Please.
13:48I just said out loud
13:49what you were already thinking.
13:53No more day drinking for me.
13:55Can I get you anything?
13:56More water?
13:58Yes, please.
14:02What's that?
14:03You avoiding someone?
14:05It's just the office.
14:07I'll call him back later.
14:08Right.
14:09I'm keeping you from work.
14:11Isha, go back.
14:14Not until I'm sure
14:16you're okay.
14:18No, no.
14:19I'm fine.
14:22Chelsea texted me
14:23while we were in the car.
14:24She should be home soon
14:26and when she gets here
14:27we'll probably have
14:28a good cry about Grant.
14:30So you can go back
14:31to the office
14:32guilt-free.
14:34It's not guilt.
14:36I want to be here for you.
14:38And you are.
14:39You left work
14:40and you're sitting
14:41right here beside me.
14:43And now you can leave.
14:46I'm sorry
14:47if I was a little harsh
14:49earlier
14:50when I said
14:52becoming partner
14:53mattered to you.
14:55That was the tequila
14:56talking.
14:57It should matter.
14:59Your ambition
15:00is one of the things
15:01I love most
15:02about you.
15:04You're sure
15:05you want me to leave?
15:07Absolutely.
15:09You showed up
15:10for me today.
15:11You've met your quota.
15:13But tomorrow
15:14you can do it
15:16all over again.
15:17And again
15:18and again.
15:22I never thought
15:23Kat of all people
15:25would be
15:25unwilling to face facts.
15:27Neither did I.
15:29But something like this
15:31you never know
15:32how someone
15:33is going to react.
15:34And I assume
15:35you tried to
15:36convince her
15:37to get tested?
15:38For all the good
15:39that did
15:40my mom told me
15:41to back off
15:42for now
15:42and I will.
15:44But at least
15:45this gives Kat
15:47a little more time
15:48to reconsider.
15:49And if mom's
15:50results are negative
15:52all of this
15:53is moot.
15:54For you too.
15:55Of course.
15:56But my focus
15:57is Grant and mom.
16:00well
16:02you
16:03are my focus
16:05so you're just
16:07going to have to
16:07accept that.
16:08Gratefully
16:09accept it.
16:13Oh
16:14wait no
16:15I um
16:16I just remembered
16:17something.
16:17Oh
16:18my kisses
16:19restore memories
16:20now.
16:20Oh yeah
16:20thanks Superman.
16:21no but
16:23a few years ago
16:24I did a story
16:24on public
16:25and private
16:26sources of
16:27financing for
16:27cancer research
16:28and I developed
16:29a contact
16:30at MD Anderson
16:31a doctor
16:32in Texas.
16:33It's the largest
16:33cancer center
16:34in the world.
16:35Is there any chance
16:36you still...
16:37You know me
16:37I never lose
16:38a contact
16:38and I would
16:39be happy
16:40to reach out
16:40to her
16:41with any
16:41questions
16:42that you
16:42or anybody
16:44might have
16:44and maybe
16:46she can
16:46give us
16:47some ammo
16:47to try
16:49to get
16:49Kat to
16:49reconsider.
16:50Convincing Kat.
16:52That's not
16:53a research thing
16:54that's a move
16:55heaven and earth
16:56kind of thing.
16:56Yeah.
16:57But
16:58please
16:59make the call
17:00and the info
17:01you find out
17:02may help
17:03move the needle
17:04with Kat
17:05and also
17:05help Gran
17:06beat this thing.
17:11I know
17:11that my stroke
17:12was nothing
17:13compared to
17:13what you're facing
17:15but when the
17:16reality of it
17:17first hit me
17:18I felt something
17:20very unfamiliar
17:21to me.
17:24Helplessness.
17:25Now I know
17:26that you're
17:26the great
17:27Anita Dupree.
17:28You got that right.
17:29Yeah but
17:30I suspect
17:31that when you
17:32learned about
17:32your diagnosis
17:33you felt the same
17:33thing I felt.
17:35However brief.
17:37Go on.
17:39Getting knocked
17:40down that hard
17:41that fast
17:44threw me off.
17:45Caught me
17:46completely off guard.
17:48Made me realize
17:49that no matter
17:50how often
17:51I hit the gym
17:51or the courts
17:52or the links
17:53no matter
17:54how much
17:55I strut around
17:56like I'm a man
17:57half my age.
17:58With a woman
17:58half your age.
18:01Even with all that
18:02my body
18:04still ended up
18:04failing me.
18:05You know?
18:06I mean it was
18:07frustrating as hell
18:08thinking that I
18:08had lost all control
18:09and the idea
18:10of having to rely
18:12on other people
18:13that was almost
18:14worse than the
18:15illness itself.
18:17I know you well
18:18enough to know
18:19that that must be
18:19going through your
18:20mind too.
18:22you're worried about
18:23being vulnerable
18:25about being the one
18:25who needs
18:26rather than the one
18:27who gives.
18:28And Anita
18:30my advice is
18:32drop those concerns.
18:34Just drop them.
18:35Don't be
18:36as prideful
18:37and as stubborn
18:38as I was.
18:39You accept
18:39every bit of help
18:41that comes your way
18:41and when it comes
18:42to your health
18:43and your inevitable
18:44recovery
18:44you get to be
18:45as selfish
18:46as you want
18:47to be
18:47and no one
18:48will think
18:48any less of you.
18:50As a matter of fact
18:51there'll be even
18:52more in all of you
18:52than ever.
18:55People want to
18:55help you
18:56Anita
18:58let them
19:00You do not
19:01have to worry
19:02about Bill
19:02or there being
19:04a Bill and me
19:05again.
19:06I certainly hope
19:07not.
19:08Frankly I expected
19:09you to lean
19:10on your
19:10new husband
19:12rather than
19:12your old one
19:13at a time like this.
19:14I will be doing
19:15plenty of leaning
19:16on Andre.
19:17He is my rock.
19:19But Chelsea and Naomi
19:20need both of their
19:21parents right now
19:21and that's all
19:22this is.
19:23If you say so.
19:24I do.
19:26Now let's go
19:27get some lemonade
19:28to bring back
19:28before Mother
19:29and Bill
19:29realize that
19:30your being
19:30parched
19:31was a ruse.
19:39Dad?
19:41I'm sorry
19:42for not calling
19:42first but if
19:43you're not
19:43going to answer
19:45or let me in
19:47Oh sorry.
19:49Um
19:50I was with
19:51Tomas
19:52when you called.
19:53Oh
19:54I suppose
19:55that's an
19:55acceptable
19:56reason for
19:57sending me
19:57the voicemail
19:59as long
19:59as that's
20:00the only
20:00reason.
20:01Ah
20:02when I saw
20:03the caller ID
20:04I figured
20:05I knew
20:05why you
20:06wanted to
20:06talk to me.
20:07Hmm.
20:08Mom
20:09told you.
20:10Everything.
20:12But first
20:13things first
20:16I'm so
20:16sorry about
20:17your gran
20:17I know
20:18how hard
20:18this is
20:19on all
20:19of you.
20:21I couldn't
20:22even
20:23process
20:23the words
20:24when they
20:24came out
20:25of Mom's
20:25mouth
20:25it was
20:26like
20:26she was
20:27speaking a
20:28foreign language
20:29or something.
20:30Yeah I
20:30barely understood
20:32them myself
20:34before your
20:35mother explained
20:35all the other
20:36concerns.
20:37I knew it.
20:39You came here
20:41to get me to
20:41change my mind
20:42about getting
20:43tested.
20:44No baby
20:45that's not
20:46even close.
20:51Is
20:51Billerona
20:52was out of
20:52the office
20:53for a bit
20:53so
20:53thought I
20:54should check
20:54in.
20:54Yes well
20:55you're not
20:55the only
20:56one who's
20:56been out
20:57of the
20:57office
20:57for a
20:58bit.
20:59Is
20:59everything
21:00okay?
21:00Of
21:01course.
21:02You know
21:03it seems
21:04like the
21:04whole office
21:05has something
21:06more important
21:06to do
21:07today than
21:07to actually
21:08be here
21:08working.
21:09It's
21:10New Year's.
21:11For
21:12everybody
21:13yeah
21:13except the
21:14folks
21:14planning to
21:14make
21:152026
21:15count
21:16like
21:16Pauline.
21:17She's
21:18practically
21:18chained
21:19her desk.
21:20Have
21:20you seen
21:21her billable
21:21hours?
21:22That
21:23woman is
21:23gunning for
21:24partner
21:24like it's
21:25personal.
21:27That
21:27makes
21:28two of
21:28us.
21:30You
21:30think
21:31Bill
21:31doesn't
21:31know
21:31who's
21:32here
21:32and
21:32who's
21:32not?
21:33I'm
21:34here
21:34now
21:34and
21:35sometimes
21:36something
21:36comes
21:36up
21:37that's
21:37more
21:37important.
21:41Rowena
21:41sure
21:43hasn't
21:43lost
21:43her touch
21:44when it
21:44comes
21:44to
21:44making
21:44lemonade
21:46but
21:47Danny
21:47I'll
21:47let
21:47you know
21:47when I
21:48have
21:48any
21:48conversations
21:48with the
21:49girls.
21:49You better.
21:51It's good
21:51to see you
21:52Vernon.
21:53I know
21:53there's no
21:53good time
21:54to just
21:55drop by
21:55these days
21:55but Danny
21:56and I
21:57we just
21:58wanted to
21:58touch base
21:59and clear
21:59the air
22:00about
22:01the mix
22:01up
22:01with the
22:02girls.
22:03It's
22:03alright.
22:04Thanks
22:05for coming
22:05over
22:05Bill.
22:06Yep.
22:07And
22:07Anita
22:08I hope
22:09you'll
22:09consider
22:10what I
22:10said
22:10to you.
22:24Bill
22:24gave you
22:25advice?
22:26Don't
22:27worry
22:27I'll
22:27consider
22:27the
22:28source.
22:29Sweetheart
22:30I am
22:30feeling
22:30a little
22:30tired
22:31I think
22:31I'll
22:31go upstairs
22:32and lie
22:32down
22:32for a
22:33bit.
22:33I'll
22:33come up
22:34with you.
22:34Danny
22:35you can
22:35see
22:35yourself
22:35out.
22:36Actually
22:37daddy
22:38if you
22:39don't
22:39mind
22:39I
22:39have
22:40something
22:40to run
22:40by you.
22:42I know
22:43my way
22:43upstairs
22:44I'll
22:44just
22:44take
22:44the
22:44elevator
22:45but
22:45when
22:46you
22:46and
22:46Danny
22:46are
22:47finished
22:47I
22:48wouldn't
22:48mind
22:49a little
22:49company.
22:51Love you.
22:55So
22:56what can
22:57I do
22:57for
22:57you?
22:58I
22:59know
22:59all
22:59of
22:59this
23:00has
23:00been
23:01very
23:01right
23:02there.
23:05Daddy
23:05you
23:06got me
23:06alone
23:06before
23:06because
23:07you
23:07wanted
23:07to
23:07talk
23:07to
23:08me
23:08about
23:08Bill.
23:09Now
23:10it's
23:10my
23:10turn
23:10to
23:10talk
23:11to
23:11you
23:11about
23:12you.
23:17We're
23:18both
23:18crossing
23:18our
23:18fingers
23:18that
23:19your
23:19mother
23:19will
23:19test
23:20negative
23:20for
23:20this
23:20gene
23:20that's
23:21been
23:21giving
23:21your
23:21grandson
23:21much
23:22trouble.
23:22And
23:23if
23:23that's
23:23the
23:23case
23:23then
23:23some
23:24of
23:24our
23:24concerns
23:24become
23:25irrelevant.
23:27news
23:27is
23:27bad
23:28we
23:29both
23:29know
23:29you
23:29have
23:30a
23:31choice
23:31to
23:31make.
23:33And
23:33I've
23:33already
23:33made
23:34that
23:34choice.
23:35Which
23:35is
23:35your
23:35right.
23:36As
23:36I
23:36said
23:38it
23:38is
23:38your
23:38choice
23:39not
23:39mine
23:39not
23:40your
23:40mother's
23:40not
23:41your
23:41brother's
23:41and
23:42whatever
23:42you
23:42decide
23:43we
23:44will
23:44love
23:44and
23:44support
23:44you.
23:45I
23:46know
23:46how
23:46frightening
23:47this
23:47is
23:47for
23:47me.
23:47I
23:47can't
23:48imagine
23:48how
23:48you
23:48feel
23:48when
23:49it's
23:49your
23:49body
23:49that's
23:49in
23:50question.
23:51You
23:51have
23:57but
23:57sometimes
23:58talking
23:58about
23:59the
23:59scary
23:59thing
23:59takes
24:00its
24:00power
24:00away.
24:03Baby
24:03you
24:04can
24:04always
24:04talk
24:04to
24:05me
24:05tell
24:05me
24:05what
24:05you're
24:05thinking
24:06I
24:06will
24:06always
24:07be
24:07a
24:07safe
24:07space
24:08for
24:08you.
24:09I
24:10used
24:10to
24:10tell
24:10you
24:10everything.
24:12I've
24:13missed
24:13that.
24:14I
24:15missed
24:15that
24:15too.
24:17You
24:17remember
24:17when
24:17you
24:18were
24:18little
24:19and
24:19scared
24:19of
24:19the
24:19dark
24:20you
24:20never
24:20wanted
24:21to
24:21go
24:21to
24:21bed.
24:22So
24:22you
24:23developed
24:23a
24:24ritual.
24:25You
24:26would
24:26walk
24:27room
24:27with
24:27me
24:28holding
24:28my
24:29hand
24:29and
24:29then
24:30I
24:31would
24:31slay
24:31the
24:31dragon
24:32under
24:33the
24:33bed
24:34in
24:34the
24:34closet
24:34and
24:35that
24:35sneaky
24:35one
24:36behind
24:36the
24:36nightstand.
24:39So
24:39I
24:39would
24:39make
24:40it
24:40safe
24:40so
24:41my
24:41little
24:41princess
24:42could
24:42fall
24:43asleep.
24:45What
24:45I
24:46wouldn't
24:46give
24:46for
24:47an
24:47imaginary
24:48dragon
24:49said
24:50all
24:50of
24:50this.
24:52I
24:53know
24:53you're
24:53all
24:53grown
24:53up
24:54now
24:54and
24:55you
24:55don't
24:55need
24:55your
24:55dad
24:56to
24:56slaney
24:56dragons
24:56anymore
24:57and
24:57these
24:57days
24:57you
24:59probably
24:59feel
24:59more
25:00comfortable
25:00confiding
25:01in
25:01someone
25:01your
25:01age
25:02like
25:02Chelsea
25:03or
25:03Tomas.
25:05Sometimes
25:06it's not
25:06easy
25:07even
25:07with
25:08them.
25:09My
25:10point
25:10is
25:11I'm
25:12here
25:12too.
25:16My
25:17point
25:17is
25:18I
25:20will
25:20always
25:20need
25:21my
25:21daddy
25:23and
25:23you
25:24will
25:24always
25:24be
25:25my
25:25princess.
25:29How's
25:29Vernon
25:30doing?
25:31This
25:31whole
25:31thing
25:32must
25:32be
25:32rough
25:32on
25:32him
25:32too.
25:33On
25:33the
25:34outside
25:35he
25:35was
25:36the
25:36granddad
25:36we
25:36all
25:37know
25:37and
25:37love.
25:38The
25:39patriarch
25:39of
25:40the
25:40family.
25:41The
25:41role
25:41that
25:42fits
25:42him
25:42like
25:43a
25:43glove.
25:45But
25:45something
25:45was
25:46off.
25:47It's
25:48maybe
25:48something
25:48inside.
25:49it's
25:50like
25:50he
25:50was
25:50putting
25:51on
25:51a
25:51brave
25:51face
25:52for
25:53me
25:53and
25:53for
25:53her.
25:54Not
25:54wanting
25:55to
25:55show
25:55us
25:55that
25:56he
25:56was
25:56struggling.
25:57He's
25:57facing
25:57the
25:58possibility
25:58that
25:58he
25:59might
25:59lose
25:59the
25:59person
25:59he
26:00loves
26:00most
26:00in
26:00this
26:00world.
26:02Who
26:02he
26:02planned
26:03on
26:03spending
26:03the
26:03rest
26:04of
26:04his
26:04life
26:04with.
26:05I
26:05want
26:05to
26:06be
26:06someone
26:06he
26:06can
26:07lean
26:07on
26:07right
26:08now.
26:09Then
26:10you
26:10will
26:10be.
26:13I'll
26:13make
26:13you
26:14a
26:14deal.
26:16you
26:17worry
26:18about
26:18Vernon.
26:19That'll
26:19be
26:19easy.
26:22And
26:23I
26:24will
26:25worry
26:25about
26:25you.
26:34Tomas.
26:35Hey.
26:36Were
26:37you
26:37looking
26:37for
26:37me?
26:37I
26:38just
26:38wanted
26:38to
26:38check
26:38in.
26:39I
26:39had
26:39to
26:39leave
26:39the
26:40office
26:40to
26:40deal
26:40with
26:40something
26:41for
26:41a
26:42personal
26:42matter.
26:44I
26:45have
26:45a
26:45feeling
26:46that
26:46it's
26:46the
26:46same
26:46kind
26:47of
26:47personal
26:47matter
26:47I've
26:48been
26:48dealing
26:48with.
26:49How's
26:49Kat
26:50holding
26:50up?
26:51Honestly,
26:52she's
26:53scared.
26:54Yeah,
26:54I can
26:54imagine.
26:55And not
26:55just for
26:55her
26:56grandmother
26:56either.
26:56Both
26:57my
26:57girls
26:57are
26:57pretty
26:58shaken
26:58up
26:58about
26:58the
26:59possibility
26:59of
26:59them
27:00inheriting
27:01this
27:01BRCA gene
27:02variant
27:02responsible
27:03for
27:03Anita's
27:03cancer.
27:04Well,
27:05hopefully
27:05we'll
27:06all get
27:06some
27:06good
27:06news
27:06soon.
27:08Caroline,
27:09can
27:09you
27:09please
27:09pull
27:09this
27:10case
27:14what's
27:14wrong
27:15with
27:15you?
27:16Earlier
27:17I told
27:17you I
27:17was
27:17going
27:17to
27:17meet
27:17you
27:18at
27:18the
27:18office
27:18and
27:18here
27:18I
27:18am.
27:19Was
27:19that
27:19just
27:20today?
27:20feels
27:20like
27:20ages
27:21ago.
27:23So,
27:24how's
27:24Danny?
27:25Don't,
27:26come on,
27:26don't be
27:27that way.
27:28When I
27:28left the
27:28house I
27:29told you
27:29it was
27:29about
27:29something
27:30important.
27:30Yeah,
27:31without
27:31telling
27:31me why.
27:32because I
27:33have to
27:33get all
27:33the
27:33information
27:33first,
27:34okay?
27:35And I
27:35need
27:35to see
27:35my
27:36girls.
27:36You
27:36know
27:44not a
27:44contest
27:44Haley.
27:48Look,
27:50when you
27:51hear what
27:51I have
27:51to tell
27:52you,
27:52you'll
27:52know
27:52you
27:53don't
27:53have
27:53to
27:53worry
27:53about
27:54Danny.
27:56Mother
27:56is
27:56upstairs,
27:58so you
27:59can let
27:59your
27:59shields
28:00come
28:00down.
28:02And
28:05what
28:05shields
28:06might
28:06these
28:06be?
28:08The
28:08ones
28:08you
28:09keep
28:09around
28:09yourself
28:09so
28:10you
28:11can
28:11protect
28:11the
28:11rest
28:11of
28:12us.
28:13You
28:13make
28:14me
28:14sound
28:14like
28:14I
28:14should
28:15have
28:15a
28:15letter
28:16on
28:16my
28:16chest
28:16and
28:17a
28:17cape
28:17on
28:17my
28:18back.
28:19Not
28:19all
28:19heroes
28:20wear
28:20capes.
28:21And
28:22you
28:22will
28:22always
28:23be
28:23our
28:23hero,
28:24Daddy.
28:25Even
28:28especially
28:29if you
28:30show us
28:30what you're
28:31feeling.
28:32I
28:33know
28:33you
28:34are
28:34used
28:35to
28:35fixing
28:35everything
28:36for
28:36everybody
28:36else,
28:37but
28:37there
28:37is
28:37a
28:37limit
28:37to
28:38even
28:39your
28:39powers.
28:40Don't
28:40you
28:40think
28:40I
28:40know
28:41that?
28:41I
28:41do.
28:44We
28:44are
28:44all
28:45rocked
28:45by what
28:46is
28:46happening
28:47to
28:47Mother.
28:48And we
28:49are
28:49focusing
28:49all of
28:50our
28:50energy
28:50on
28:51being
28:51strong
28:51for
28:51her.
28:52And no
28:53one
28:53has been
28:54stronger
28:54than you.
28:57I've
28:58been
28:58watching
28:58watching
28:58you
28:58too.
29:00And you
29:00are
29:01holding
29:01on
29:01so
29:02tight
29:03you
29:04might
29:04break.
29:06And
29:07knowing
29:07you,
29:08you're
29:08going to
29:09keep
29:09doing
29:09it
29:09because
29:10you
29:11think
29:11that's
29:11your
29:11job.
29:13But
29:13mine
29:14right
29:14now
29:15is to
29:16tell you
29:16that
29:17bottling
29:17up
29:17doesn't
29:18help
29:18you
29:18or
29:20us.
29:21Now
29:22if you
29:23don't
29:23feel like
29:23you can
29:23show it
29:24to mother
29:24I
29:25understand
29:27but it's
29:28just you
29:28and me.
29:32Daddy
29:34I know
29:35I'm your
29:35baby
29:37but I
29:37am a
29:38grown
29:38woman
29:39who is
29:40strong
29:40enough
29:41to be
29:42your
29:42shoulder
29:43right
29:43now
29:44the way
29:45you have
29:45been for
29:45me
29:46all of
29:46these
29:46years.
29:49Please
29:50let
29:50me.
29:59nurse
29:59you
29:59go to
30:00ICU.
30:13Hey
30:14dad
30:14this
30:15is
30:15a
30:16surprise
30:16a good one
30:18I hope
30:18it's me
30:19I
30:20assume
30:20Martin
30:21filled
30:21you
30:21in
30:21on
30:21everything
30:22he
30:22did
30:23yeah
30:24I
30:24just
30:24left
30:24cat
30:26I
30:26hope
30:26you
30:26were
30:27able
30:27to
30:27talk
30:27some
30:27sense
30:28into
30:28her
30:29your
30:29mother
30:29wanted
30:30me
30:30to
30:30do
30:30that
30:30too
30:30but
30:31we
30:31need
30:32to
30:32remember
30:32she's
30:32an
30:33adult
30:33we
30:34need
30:34to
30:34respect
30:34her
30:34choices
30:35even
30:35if
30:36we
30:36disagree
30:36with
30:37them
30:37you
30:38can't
30:38be
30:38serious
30:41sorry
30:42it's
30:42the
30:42hospital
30:43I
30:43hope
30:44everything's
30:44okay
30:45it
30:45is
30:46in
30:46fact
30:46things
30:47are
30:47going
30:47better
30:47than
30:47I
30:47expected
30:48and
30:49I
30:49think
30:49that's
30:49what's
30:49going
30:50to
30:50happen
30:50here
30:51your
30:51mother
30:51and
30:52I
30:52raised
30:52two
30:52very
30:52strong-willed
30:53and
30:54intelligent
30:54children
30:55and that
30:55gives
30:55me
30:55hope
30:55that
30:56if it
30:56comes
30:56down
30:57to
30:57it
30:57if
30:57necessary
30:58cat
30:59will
30:59get
30:59tested
31:00and
31:01you
31:01will
31:01too
31:02we
31:02just
31:02have
31:03to
31:03give
31:03her
31:03the
31:03runway
31:03to
31:04get
31:04there
31:04on
31:04her
31:05own
31:06your
31:06dad
31:06does
31:07have
31:07a
31:07point
31:07Martin
31:08cats
31:09never
31:09responded
31:10well
31:10being
31:10pushed
31:12if
31:12you
31:12felt
31:13the
31:13same
31:13way
31:13cat
31:14does
31:14I
31:14would
31:14support
31:14you
31:15it's
31:15a
31:15father's
31:16job
31:16to
31:16be
31:17there
31:17for
31:17his
31:17children
31:17I
31:18know
31:18I've
31:18hurt
31:19trust
31:19between
31:20us
31:20but
31:20I'm
31:20working
31:20to
31:20rebuild
31:21it
31:21by
31:22showing
31:22you
31:22both
31:23that
31:23I
31:23am
31:23here
31:24for
31:24you
31:24no
31:25matter
31:25what
31:41what's
31:42up
31:42just
31:43checking
31:43in
31:43like
31:44I
31:44said
31:44I
31:44would
31:44seriously
31:46you
31:46were
31:46just
31:47here
31:47like
31:47an
31:47hour
31:48ago
31:48doesn't
31:49mean
31:49I
31:49stopped
31:49thinking
31:50about
31:50you
31:51you
31:51are
31:52okay
31:52right
31:53you
31:53are
31:54very
31:54sweet
31:55um
31:56listen
31:57I
31:57hear
31:58Chelsea
31:58coming
31:59in
31:59now
31:59so
31:59I
32:00gotta
32:00go
32:00I'll
32:00talk
32:00to
32:01you
32:01tomorrow
32:01okay
32:03Anita
32:04has
32:04breast
32:05cancer
32:07oh
32:07bill
32:08and
32:08Naomi
32:09and
32:09Chelsea
32:09may
32:10be
32:10in
32:10danger
32:10too
32:11well
32:12unfortunately
32:13yes
32:13they
32:14inherited
32:15the gene
32:15variant
32:17my heart
32:18goes out
32:19to them
32:19all
32:21babe
32:23I'm
32:23so
32:24ashamed
32:24for how
32:25petty
32:25I was
32:26acting
32:27please
32:28tell me
32:28you
32:28forgive
32:28me
32:30you
32:31didn't
32:31know
32:31baby
32:33you
32:33didn't
32:34know
32:37in
32:37the
32:37senate
32:38in
32:39the
32:39movement
32:39I
32:40was
32:40a
32:40fighter
32:42won
32:43most
32:43every
32:43battle
32:43I
32:44put
32:44in
32:44my
32:44mind
32:44to
32:44some
32:45folks
32:46still
32:46flinch
32:46when
32:47they
32:47hear
32:47your
32:47name
32:49I
32:50held
32:50my
32:50own
32:50in
32:51rooms
32:51filled
32:52with
32:52power
32:56but
33:00tell
33:01me
33:03there's
33:04no
33:04negotiation
33:04here
33:06no
33:07handshake
33:08no
33:08no deal
33:09to strike
33:11I don't
33:12know how
33:12to fight
33:12this
33:14you
33:15didn't
33:15know
33:15how
33:15to
33:15fight
33:15racism
33:17you
33:18didn't
33:18have
33:18a
33:18plan
33:20just
33:20conviction
33:22and
33:22you
33:23showed
33:23up
33:23day
33:24after
33:25day
33:25stood
33:27your
33:27ground
33:28you
33:29used
33:29your
33:29voice
33:30your
33:30presence
33:32and
33:32your
33:33refusal
33:33to
33:34back
33:34down
33:36and
33:37my
33:37wife
33:37was
33:38right
33:38there
33:38fighting
33:39beside
33:40me
33:40but
33:41this
33:42this
33:43time
33:46there
33:46will
33:47be
33:47days
33:48when
33:49she
33:49is
33:49not
33:50strong
33:50enough
33:51to
33:51fight
33:52but
33:53you
33:53are
33:53not
33:54alone
33:56the
33:56daughters
33:57you
33:57you
33:58raised
33:58together
34:00the
34:00ones
34:01you
34:01taught
34:01to
34:01stand
34:02tall
34:02to
34:03push
34:04through
34:04and
34:04to
34:05throw
34:05a
34:05punch
34:06when
34:06needed
34:07we
34:08are
34:08stepping
34:09into
34:09this
34:09battle
34:09right
34:10next
34:10to
34:10you
34:12and
34:12right
34:12now
34:13I'm
34:14here
34:14daddy
34:16I'm
34:17here
34:17to
34:17listen
34:19and
34:19to
34:19hold
34:20the
34:20words
34:20that
34:20you
34:21can't
34:21share
34:21with
34:21her
34:22being
34:23her
34:23husband
34:24means
34:24more
34:25to
34:26me
34:26than
34:26anything
34:26I
34:27ever
34:27accomplished
34:29and
34:30to
34:30think
34:30that
34:31I
34:31may
34:31wake
34:32up
34:32alone
34:32in
34:33this
34:33big
34:33old
34:34house
34:34one
34:34day
34:37and
34:38find
34:38that
34:38that
34:40beautiful
34:41vibrant
34:44soulful
34:45being
34:49isn't
34:49here
34:53it's
34:54just
34:57it's
34:58just
34:58it's
34:59okay
34:59it's
35:01okay
35:01let it
35:02out
35:02daddy
35:10next
35:11on
35:12beyond
35:12the
35:12gaze
35:13let
35:14the
35:14good
35:14time
35:15grow
35:15bill
35:16needs
35:17to
35:17stay
35:17in
35:17his
35:17lane
35:18and
35:18if
35:18he
35:18doesn't
35:19you
35:19put
35:19him
35:19there
35:20tell
35:20me
35:21what
35:21happened
35:21did
35:22someone
35:22hurt
35:22you
35:22Armstrong
35:23isn't
35:24someone
35:24you
35:24want
35:24to
35:25cross
35:25and
35:26neither
35:26am I
35:27like to
35:28think
35:28this is
35:28the
35:29beginning
35:29of a
35:29new
35:30phase
35:30for
35:30us
35:31they
35:31were
35:31both
35:32waiting
35:32to get
35:32their
35:32blood
35:32drawn
35:33if
35:33I
35:33hear
35:33one
35:34more
35:34thing
35:34about
35:35gene
35:35testing
35:35or
35:36lab
35:36results
35:36I'm
35:37gonna
35:37have
35:37a
35:37breakdown
35:38the
35:38results
35:38aren't
35:39in
35:39yet
35:39are
35:39they
35:39they
35:40are
35:40what
35:41did
35:41you
35:41say
35:46they
35:46are
35:46they
35:46they
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