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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?
04:17hey oh my bad what's up what you need the sticky fingers case
04:22a kai has to shop at the crew within some kitty smash and grab it's an organized six-figure
04:28menace right right right okay um yeah detective wells he's staking the warehouse and um officer
04:37lane he set up a meeting with the fence gerber you want to let me know when you clocked in
04:42and
04:43ready to work i was just about to review this file but you never give me an update without thorough
04:48details where's your head all my life i've gotten blood work done more times than i can count but
04:56this time this could really change everything well i hope you still think that knowledge is power
05:03because it is the more you know the more you can prepare yeah and knowledge is time too time to
05:09appreciate your health if the test comes back negative and if it's positive time to make a
05:15plan and to stay out of it you managed to peek in on your grandmother no only granddad was allowed
05:21in
05:22grand's edict but they just got home and chelsea same as me anxious but chelsea and needles are
05:30not friends so madison's in there holding her hand hey thank you again for getting us in there so
05:38quickly don't mention it i'm just happy i can do my job and thank you for connecting us with that
05:45new lab tech he really has a magic touch doesn't he i wouldn't know well you could when you go
05:51out
05:52with him tonight
05:58when we were in med school they framed it like it was a game of chance rolling the dice to
06:03see what
06:04your body was wired for i wish my sister's luck had been different it's just the first steps yes there
06:12is an elevated risk but it doesn't mean that danny's going to develop cancer and you'll be there with her
06:18along the way i will do a long island iced tea excellent choice club soda for me i'll be back
06:27with your drinks
06:31you usually go for a lot less proof and more presentation you knocking a classic it gets the job done
06:39what's the job what happened to i'm here for you nicole whatever you need nicole i am here for you
06:46i know the science but she is my sister she is the first person i got to love since the
06:56day she was
06:57born not just love protect when those results came in all i could think was not danny
07:11i would trade places with her in a heartbeat is that what she would want
07:18she is happy i was spared the only good thing to come out of this
07:24is my clean test means that kat and martin are out of danger
07:29and danny's beans
07:31her daughters may also have inherited the gene anita got diagnosed with breast cancer
07:40man i'm sorry to hear that her 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
07:51why didn't you tell me or 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 i'm where you unloaded the first hand of trouble and naomi's our family too
08:04how's she doing
08:06you know her going full-on naomi making playlists for anita and blowing up a group chat with her
08:12mother and her sister and scouring the internet for info like it's her job
08:15any cracks in the armor
08:17nah naomi's made of dupree steel
08:20i'm the one who's feeling it this 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 that cute lab tech you had me doing this breathing exercise thing
08:35i barely felt a prick
08:36closest thing i've been to a threesome since i gave them up for true love
08:41see the hot tech's got fans
08:43you're relentless
08:46go to her
08:47you've got this love sis
08:49yeah
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
09:07well now if you just hold my hand 24 7
09:11millions live with a variant and never get the disease
09:14keep reminding me
09:16grand getting sick it's forced me to take a long hard look at myself and
09:20i need to make some major changes
09:24you are more excited about my date than i am
09:27what he's patient and dreamy i like him for you
09:31and you're basing this off what a blood test
09:33if my coffee date ends like that things will have gone very very wrong
09:38oh come on you can enjoy his excellent bedside manner if you know what i mean
09:44i'm just dipping my toe in the water what is with the hard sell
09:48you survived the first awkward run in with derrick
09:51did the moping and ditched the sweatpants
09:54ergo 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
10:08and 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
10:26but the loved one
10:28baby i ran the tables
10:33we both did
10:36danny i was out there wandering
10:38because no place felt like home
10:41after my parents died
10:44i had convinced myself
10:47that i wasn't bothered
10:48and that my life was exactly the way i wanted it
10:52but then this this magical beautiful
10:56insanely inspiring woman popped up
10:58you made me stop wondering danny
11:02you became my home
11:07and here i was
11:10thrashing around
11:12mourning 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
11:35is 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
11:50danny's resilient
11:52i still hear the sound of the gunshots
11:55of danny's resilience
11:57that was then this is now
12:00and you cannot possibly blame yourself
12:03can't i
12:05vernon i don't know when it happened
12:08but i believed our hype
12:09i bought into the duprees
12:12the shiny family up on the hill
12:15but the bloodline that we are so proud of
12:17that's where the culprit lies
12:19we thought we were passing on our prized family genes
12:23when i was really passing on an intruder
12:26and that cancer that is
12:28not only threatening my life
12:30but 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
12:52we can call
12:54i need to look her in her eye
12:57and tell her i am sorry
12:58with my arms around her
13:00after you've rested
13:02dr bauer was adamant
13:04as am i
13:05vernon
13:06this is our journey
13:07but it is my body
13:09and 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
13:19anita dupree is human
13:21i am being as good a patient as i am capable of
13:25but 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
13:43thank you
13:50do you know what i hate on top of everything else
13:54tell me
13:55this just reinforces the narrative
13:58the tale of two sissies
14:00danny's poor danny
14:02the hot mess with drama around every possible turn
14:05and i i am
14:07little miss perfect nicole
14:09aren't you poor danny-ing her right now
14:11thinking you can handle cancer better than she can
14:15ouch
14:15but fair
14:18i've never seen danny like that
14:21but you
14:23you're pretty flawless
14:27don't say that
14:28i've looked at you
14:29i've listened to you
14:30i've kissed you
14:31you you should own it
14:35i am just as messed up as everybody else
14:40i have just learned ways to cope
14:43it comes with the territory of the profession
14:46josh
14:47can i have another one please
14:49nothing for me
14:50life 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
15:01i 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
15:15i am there
15:18sounds noble
15:21and 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
15:42take terrified
15:44multiply it by a million
15:48that
15:48is me
15:54you do know how to distract
15:57but now that the tell portion is over
16:00show me the love
16:04no words
16:06just hands
16:10lips
16:13and
16:31okay okay
16:34i'm gonna get that
16:37when i come back
16:40i'm gonna make sure the rest of the world
16:42is forgotten about
16:43who is that
16:47oh uh
16:48miss anita
16:50vernon we were not expecting you
16:52um
16:52please can i get you some tea or some juice
16:55i just need my danny
16:56sure
16:57uh she's in the bedroom
16:58but
16:58uh she may not be dressed yet
17:01i brought that child into this world
17:03you think i haven't seen her naked behind
17:07you can't stop a determined dupree
17:10let me get that for you
17:12wow thank you
17:12so uh
17:13how was chemo
17:15well she
17:16seems to be tolerating it well
17:19so far
17:20or she
17:21could be operating on sheer adrenaline
17:26and how are you
17:29everything in our family flows from her
17:31if she's sick
17:33feels like we all are
17:35and this news about danny
17:38just tell me what can i do
17:40well while anita's holding her baby
17:43maybe
17:43you and i can have a father-in-law to 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 to come here and talk about myself
17:59daddy told you i have the brocca gene
18:03he did
18:05come here baby
18:12when those vials were filling up
18:14the only thing i could think about was my kidnapping
18:16oh chelsea
18:18this isn't about crazy allison
18:20it's about after
18:21you've been doing amazing
18:22but i've also been something else
18:25something i've never been before
18:26careful
18:28with reason
18:29you took control of your socials
18:31you've been teaching your chelsea fam about online safety
18:33remember what i said when you asked me the meaning of life the day we met
18:37that's your game for anything
18:39i used to go to the airport
18:41close my eyes and pick a destination on the board
18:44and you and i we've never had a real getaway
18:47we're busy
18:48we live full lives
18:49we have demanding schedules
18:51we do
18:51but how much of that is me just being chicken
18:55being spontaneous used to be my superpower
18:58what are you saying
19:00gran's sick
19:01and she's lived a lifetime of doing the right things
19:05i think it's time for me to 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 articulat
19:23earned an egot
19:24became a philanthropist
19:25and still somehow
19:27she genuinely feels that her children are 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 be this one
19:47she will bring all of the above to the fight
19:51i have seen it personally with every reconstruction that i've done
19:54and you have seen it in the patients that you counsel
19:57mind or matter is real
20:02she will get the best care money can buy
20:06the cancer doesn't care about that
20:09it doesn't care that she is a mother
20:11a wife
20:12a grandmother
20:13a star
20:14all it cares about
20:16is taking
20:18and the kind mother has
20:20it is
20:21violent
20:24josh can i get another drink please
20:26let me take an hour
20:29what
20:30you don't like
20:32the real me
20:33already
20:34no no
20:34i just don't know that you want to share her with the whole restaurant
20:42being scared doesn't mean you can't also be strong
20:45god knows if anything happened to your mother i would be lost too
20:49but you need to hold it together for naomi's son
20:53i'm trying pops
20:57the priests have their hands full but mine and your mother's are
21:00you know naomi's our family too lean on us
21:05let's say a prayer for her at church sunday
21:08or you can come with us
21:10yeah
21:11yeah we like that
21:12good
21:14then go see your woman
21:16then go see your woman
21:16all right i just gotta take care of
21:18hang your calls off this mess will be here in the morning
21:21all right we'll debrief then
21:25take care of you
21:26take care of you all right
21:29thanks pops
21:31coffee
21:31on the first date is a tragedy
21:34the coffee breath the laptops
21:37grayson deserves better
21:39you know what
21:40i think you should go on this date instead of me
21:43or i could come with you
21:46come again
21:46a double date
21:47no
21:52grayson
21:53ashley wants to ask you something
22:00what's up
22:02um non-stop drama
22:04you
22:06low light kid with leukemia
22:08this morning
22:09yeah
22:10highlight
22:11you finally agreeing to do coffee with me
22:14um
22:15highlight
22:17me being able to help my bestie and her sis thanks to you
22:21low light the reason why
22:24yeah i could tell they were anxious
22:26you know alleviating tension is kind of my gift
22:30oh is it
22:31you know there's only one way you're gonna find out
22:38um
22:39would it be okay if we change plans tonight
22:41if you need to be with your friend though i totally get it
22:44i do
22:45i just want you to come too
22:51it's not easy to take on a dupree
22:56jacob and smitty they uh
22:59they rose to it
23:01ted and bill they failed spectacularly
23:05they forgot the secret
23:08which is
23:10appreciate their strengths their bravado
23:14be the place where they can
23:17feel what they need to feel
23:19yeah
23:21the soft place to land
23:23you follow
23:24i do
23:25good because otherwise
23:27there'd be someone else
23:28waiting to be danny's safe space
23:33sweetheart i want to apologize to you for passing on this gene
23:38come on this isn't your fault it's just
23:41cells and bad luck
23:43i know it's beyond my control but
23:45if i could have i would have done anything to spare you this
23:49maybe if i had known sooner how
23:52they didn't even know this gene existed until after nicole and i were born
23:57you couldn't have changed the course of our lives short of making us not exist at all
24:02and i sure as hell am glad to be in this world as your daughter
24:09you know
24:10when your father and i first got together
24:13i imagined that our daughters or sons would be little versions of us
24:20you wish i'd been more like you i'm sure
24:23no no
24:25i was delighted at how you and nicole
24:29were not mini-me's
24:31but your own wonderfully independent occasionally infuriating selves
24:38but of course my vanity always enjoyed seeing those little bits of us and you
24:43and some of that fire definitely came from me
24:49but i never thought that i would pass on something that could hurt my baby girl
24:54no
24:56what you feel
24:59is exactly what i'm feeling
25:02the guilt
25:03the bargaining
25:06because that thing in you
25:08that might be in me
25:11i might have passed down to my girls
25:15and that feeling is worse than being sick myself
25:19i will find this a table while you guys get the apps and cocktails
25:23ashley is just so very thirsty
25:31yeah sorry about that she's usually not so mad matchmaker and i know that bringing my bestie on
25:38our first date is breaking pretty much every role i get it i get it besides she's coming from coffee
25:43to drinks and hot bubble date maybe she's my best friend hey babe hey aren't we supposed to be
25:50curled up binging reality tv right now there's just been so much sad this week i couldn't miss a
25:56chance to do some healing
26:05do you remember long islands can also sneak up on you
26:08boom i'm not scared i just want to make sure you don't feel like the long island express train
26:16hit you in the morning wouldn't be my first hangover besides i am in my own home with my own
26:23liquor
26:23cabinet which means the highest quality and it's not like i am leaving and driving worst case i might
26:32do some internet shopping nicole one night just one night i don't want to have any answers i want
26:41to let my hair down just one night carlton i thought you were the guy that i could let loose
26:48with
26:49turns out that you are all sentiment and no follow through you know what you have been kind you
26:54brought me home you can leave now maybe you can take miss perfect out when she returns to her
27:00factory settings that is if she still wants to go out with you hey hey hey hey i would not
27:08dream
27:08of letting you drink alone
27:16i thought you were gonna say we should start jogging or cut back on steak you know things that actually
27:22prolong life living on the edge sounds like the opposite close your eyes
27:27why do you trust me yes then close your eyes
27:38i want to do much more of that well that makes two of us but and i don't need to
27:43take some big
27:44physical risk okay i just want to feel at home in my skin again even if that means sharing my
27:49body with
27:50this evil gene i want to kiss my girlfriend in the middle of a hospital i want to fill up
27:56that
27:56map on my phone with so many pins that you can't even see map i want to learn things from
28:01strangers
28:03and this taking gene bomb it may be just that but it's also a gift it reminded me of what
28:12i'm missing
28:13do you get what i'm trying to say yeah yeah i i do and i want you to be with
28:19me every step of the way
28:21this adventure it isn't just mine okay it's ours
28:27i thought you might enjoy an aperol spritz slightly less aggressive than the long islands you love
28:36yum you thought right
28:44do you remember this one how could i forget certified classic
28:52i enjoyed dancing with you at our indoor picnic
28:56then maybe we should do it again nothing i'd like more
29:07would you like that more
29:15oh i'm sorry is this version of me not to your liking no no no no i want every version
29:23of you
29:26but tonight isn't our night i want you to choose me when you aren't taking time more from being
29:31yourself look at me i don't want to be your escaping the cold i want to be your real life
29:46i'm looking at these bottles of scotch and i'm trying to figure out why none of them are together
29:51with their friends friends yes but then i realized that the bartender organized them
29:59by size and shape as opposed to type which i think is much cooler and
30:06you think is lame interesting now most men don't have that attention to detail
30:14well does it help that i also noticed that that bottle of cognac has a
30:18sexy shape and and yours is even sexier okay
30:26what how many times have you used that just just a few times yeah maybe a couple you know it
30:31but you're the first woman to call me out on it the others are being polite and you're being honest
30:38a mistake if honesty scares me then yes but spoiler it doesn't
30:46that was definitely a scoot you saw that i saw the school babe and i also see that new couple
30:51friends alert going off in your head but remember ashley has to like the new puppy before we adopt him
30:57well she's definitely attracted to the new puppy so what do you do to relax
31:03um read work out okay fine i'll admit i like to clean and organize but now it seems like i'm
31:11saying
31:12that just to impress you i'm just very detail oriented you see i'm a guy who really enjoys details
31:22like the way you naturally tilt your head so when i come in for that first kiss no head
31:27budding how very conscientious of you actually bumping noses is the number one cause of injuries
31:33in first kisses if that's your way of saying you are an expert maybe you should initiate things
31:42i mean what if i go in for the first kiss have you ever
31:57okay i was uh i was about to go in for it but um naomi's watching oh oh oh you're
32:04gonna let that
32:04stop you uh-huh yep i am i'm gonna let that stop me i'm gonna take a step back and
32:08i'm gonna stay
32:08professional in front of my friends and if that's what you want but i was wondering yeah
32:17you know how some people can tie a knot in a cherry stem with their tongues
32:23you offer you to do that well i can't do all the work i'm initiating the first kiss
32:30okay deal right here now my apartment in the time it takes to get there let's go
32:45now where were we
33:16you know i enjoy acting like we're body language experts with tmz but is there any chance we're on
33:21ashley's date because you wanted to skip out on your hospital visit
33:25nope grayson has excellent hands
33:29naomi listen this gene thing is like a loaded gun being waved around your family
33:34it doesn't have to go off for you to feel the trauma
33:37grayson isn't the only one with hands shoulders and ears here for you
33:41and knowing that is part of the reason i haven't fallen apart yet
33:45but can we please not worry about things we can't control
33:49sure anything you want i want to put all my energy into getting grand better
33:55making sure my friend is happy and right now being third and fourth wheels with my husband
34:01okay hey grayson this is my husband jacob thanks for letting us crash hey happy to meet ashley's people
34:08uh don't hate us but we're gonna take off we're two
34:15ashley's gonna show me how she organizes her place
34:20you're welcome thanks naomi i really need it tonight me too
34:28okay good to meet you jacob you as well
34:32how are my granddaughters better than their mother blood tests are done now just
34:39waiting and praying and you scheduled your follow-up if the worst happens you need to act
34:46quickly i will i will i just i just need a minute to process only a minute
34:53thanks for coming mom you are exactly what i needed you always are
35:06not only do you have to watch for danny's demons you gotta look for the one waiting in the wings
35:13too
35:14yeah i remembered your warning earlier today when that demon showed up in danny's room comforting her
35:20yeah i know bill hamilton is lurking oh but i drew a line yeah i told bill that naomi and
35:26chelsea
35:27might need him but danny doesn't yeah she already has a husband and that's me good man yeah allow me
35:34to ease your worries where danny's concerned sir there is nothing or no one more important to me than she
35:39is
35:41losing danny to this disease or to someone else is not happening hernan it's time to go home
35:47are you tired my love relieved i see exactly what i hoped i'd see
35:54our daughter is the same capable woman today as she was yesterday like mother like daughter
36:01this road may be tougher than we thought but then so are we and no one needs to pity either
36:07of us
36:08cancer simply is no match for two formidable the pre-women and that's that
36:17you
36:22so
36:31so
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