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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 19: Thursday, January 29, 2026
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00:04You
00:05Will Martin Richardson end the Dupree political dynasty?
00:10Like hell. Guess who? Oh, who else but my best girl?
00:15Always the politician
00:17Always the father. You were hedging your best girl could be me Nicole or mother
00:23That a story about Martin it's more like a hatchet job
00:30Reporter thinks he's sly insulting you and Martin at the same time. He's talking about Martin being primaried in June
00:37How's my girl? She doesn't want you to drop this even though politics isn't her first language is
00:43Martin's campaign manager counter messaging no doubt
00:48Thank you, you just miss Martin
00:51This second he left this new piece went live you think it has legs?
00:56Yeah
00:5924-hour news cycle cuts both ways
01:02You can stomp down one crisis and only to have another one pop up
01:07When faced with digital whack-a-mole, you don't fight it. You outlast it
01:12They'll taught me that
01:15Is it conceited to look at my own work and be all damn girl
01:19You know how I feel about that word you and mom filled the swear jar on a regular back in
01:25the day
01:27The objectionable word here is conceited
01:30Use um use confident or crazy cool. Whatever. Just be proud
01:34I am
01:35Well, thanks not just for the compliment before the crazy cool hookup slash best present ever
01:41Lauren Fenmore is like the first lady of department stores
01:44It would have taken Kat and me forever to get a meeting
01:47You would have gotten there eventually, but since Michael Baldwin owed me a favor
01:51I figured why not support your enterprise all you have to worry about is meeting the moment
01:55I know
01:55That's on her way, and I'm working on a presentation for the Fenmore buyer
02:00Having our bags and her stores all across the country
02:04It's gonna be purse game-changing. Yeah, yeah, I know
02:07And not to mention the e-commerce and the social media shops and the verticals on those
02:12You're gonna have more eyes on your bags than them
02:14You added the business of fashion to your morning news rotation
02:18Well, you know, I keep up with my baby girl's passions
02:21Uh-uh
02:22Well, your mother gets credit for my fashion vocab
02:26I mean, I was married to one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet
02:57I don't know
03:05Sorry, sorry, we were having issues with the install of a new LiPo machine.
03:10Far be it for me to stand in the way of Fairmont Crisp nips and sucks.
03:16What did you order for me?
03:18I was waiting.
03:20What?
03:21Usually when I'm this late, you order for the both of us.
03:24I mean, how many times have you ordered zucchini fries when you know I hate zucchini?
03:28Everyone should love them.
03:30They're delicious.
03:33You're letting me choose?
03:35And you have that look.
03:39Why do I feel like you're being this week because you've done something dreadful?
03:45The only time I've ended up in the ER, I thought I had enough balloons to float a chair up
03:50into the sky.
03:51Yeah, but I only had enough to tip it and me onto the driveway and I broke my arm on
03:59it.
03:59Aww.
04:01Well, you were a kid trying to impress a girl.
04:03Is it working?
04:05Ash, you got a minute?
04:08Um, I'm up to here with work, so I...
04:11Working or working it?
04:13Excuse me?
04:14You mind just coming back another time?
04:16Derek.
04:17I'm so sorry, Grayson.
04:19If you could just move it along, Gray.
04:21It's Grayson.
04:23And you should know that by now because somehow you're always here where I am.
04:27Step off, bro.
04:28I could bench press three of you.
04:30Look, I don't have the bandwidth for your rebound boy right now, okay?
04:33Hey, listen, I'm not your bro.
04:35Actually, it's not your girlfriend anymore.
04:37And if there's anyone who needs to step off, I think it's you.
04:40Or what?
04:45How are we back to you accusing me of every past, present, and future crime under the sun?
04:52I mean, what'd I do this time?
04:54Oh, there's this big old volcanic eruption somewhere this week.
04:59Was that me, too?
05:01If it happened to affect a certain articulate in our whole entire family, I wouldn't put it past you.
05:08I wish I could give you a real assist.
05:11I was tearing the pages out of Mother's Vogue magazine, plastering them on my walls,
05:16and dreaming of walking the runway in New York and Paris instead of learning at your knee.
05:20All of that political knowledge, and I didn't drink my fill.
05:23Meanwhile, Nicole was there, eyes wide, singing along to Schoolhouse Rock as they taught us how to change a bill
05:29into a law.
05:30That song was catchy.
05:31For a minute, I thought Nicole was gonna follow you into Congress.
05:35Ah, Nicole was destined to help people in a whole other way.
05:40You came into the world. I knew you couldn't be more gloriously different from one another.
05:46I came in howling, and Nicole came in so quiet Mother was worried something was wrong.
05:51But still, you became the best of friends. Each other's sissies.
05:56On the chocolate to her peanut butter.
05:59Your closeness gives us comfort. But don't you underestimate your strategic acumen.
06:07Your business has as much intrigue and jockeying as mine.
06:13And a whole lot more stilettos.
06:15Yeah, my baby girl. Yeah, you did a lot more than dream.
06:21You hustled your way onto that Vogue cover. You broke ground with your beauty and your brains.
06:29I did. For one brief, luminous moment.
06:33And you're ascending again. Making a big comeback. Wow.
06:39We've never been prouder. Watching you step into your power.
06:45Finally, you're free of that deadwood Bill Hamilton.
06:50Baby, you know that context is the mother of all misunderstandings.
06:54Shh. I know exactly what kind of father you are. It's okay.
07:00Hmm. Is that the kind of it's okay that gets me benched from the bedroom?
07:05You were just using Danny to make up for lost ground with your kid.
07:09Or am I missing some of that context?
07:13Yeah, you know how to read me. It was just a dad-daughter pep talk.
07:17You know, Chelsea and Kat finally have a date and time for the Fenmore's meeting.
07:20Hmm. So why apologize for being a good daddy?
07:24Come on. Are we gonna pretend that you didn't hear me call Danny beautiful?
07:29Why downgrade the compliment? The words you used were one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet.
07:39I hate this. I'm just gonna pay an Etsy witch to increase my techie skills and poof.
07:46Okay, why aren't you all about our make or break Zoom? Are you okay?
07:50I was with Gran earlier and she didn't even blink at the mom situation.
07:53Oh, you mean how Aunt Nicole is getting her groove back.
07:57You mean taking somebody else's groove?
07:59I didn't even recognize her. I should have sent you a picture.
08:03Okay. Our brand is about empowering women to be and wear whatever they want.
08:08How can you not want her to flex? She's a newly single smoke show.
08:12Why aren't you backing her up?
08:14Because she's not acting like herself. She's got two guys on the hook at the same time.
08:22Gasp. Throw a woman in there and I would call that paradise.
08:26Well, I would, BFM.
08:28BFM? Like the crime show with those fine mafia brothers?
08:33Okay, that's BMF. Black mafia family.
08:36I mean BFM. Before finding Madison.
08:39Oh, right. Y'all good again?
08:43You know how I can sometimes overshoot?
08:47Girl, what did you do?
08:49I proposed to Madison in the least romantic way.
09:00Oh, my God. Why did you let me go on like that when you were sitting on our very first
09:04proposal?
09:05Okay, where's the ring?
09:07No ring.
09:09You can't propose without a ring.
09:12You've got to set the tone for like your whole life.
09:15No wonder it wasn't romantic. You didn't have my help.
09:18What did you say? What did she say?
09:20Did you get a video?
09:21Oh, we need champagne.
09:22Okay, hey. No champagne. No ring. No yes.
09:26And I didn't tell you right away because I spent all night trying to figure out how to take it
09:31back.
09:33Okay, all right, all right. Down, boy.
09:36What, me?
09:36Yes, you. If you came here looking for a fight, you're going to get one.
09:40With security.
09:43Sorry, Grace. This isn't about you.
09:47Something happened today.
09:50And I...
09:50Ash and I may not be together anymore, but...
09:53She's still the person I need to tell things to.
09:56If she'll let me.
09:57After the...
09:58Way I just showed out.
10:01Well, I think it's up to Ashley.
10:05I'd like to hear him out.
10:07All right.
10:08You text me if you need me.
10:09Yeah.
10:11Nurse Tina to bed, 632.
10:14I thought we were getting to a good place.
10:16A friend place.
10:17But this isn't me backsliding.
10:18Well, then you better tell it to me quick.
10:20Because the guy who just hulked out, he's going to be hauled out.
10:22He can't be here.
10:23I had my fit for duty eval today.
10:26Oh, Derek.
10:28Okay, so, um...
10:30When can you fight fires again? Another few months?
10:33Never.
10:35They're forcing me to retire.
10:39You're lighting up the room.
10:41At the risk of being old-fashioned, I'm going to give Andre a little bit of credit.
10:47He's earned it.
10:47But today is all Giles.
10:50Best massage of my life.
10:52Deep tissue with a seaweed wrap chaser.
10:55Your mother might like a massage.
10:59But it has to be gentle.
11:01Is Giles oncology trained?
11:03I'll ask.
11:04You know, I'd like to be at Mother's next chemo treatment.
11:07I can be quiet.
11:08Or not quiet.
11:10I'd pay to see you quiet.
11:12You know, there may be a little something we can do for Mother.
11:15Even if it's a bit woo-woo.
11:17I'm listening.
11:18What about Reiki?
11:19It's not actually a body massage.
11:22More like an energy shift.
11:24So the practitioner lays their hands above you or barely touches.
11:27And the idea is that they're balancing the energy and maybe relieving some discomfort.
11:31Helping you to tap into something bigger than you.
11:34Hmm.
11:35Well, the practice of laying on of hands has been around for centuries.
11:39There's no guarantee it'll help, but...
11:41There are no guarantees, period.
11:43Except our family's love.
11:46Hmm.
11:46I'll run it by your mother.
11:48Thanks.
11:48Anytime.
11:50Oh, I hate to have to go, but I have to see a man about a runway.
11:55Okay.
11:56You crashed last night and slipped out without waking me this morning?
12:02Don't tell me we're already so married that you're no longer going to surprise me with the big ol'
12:08You were lying there looking so damn gorgeous I didn't want to disturb you.
12:14I had an early client meeting, but tonight I'm all yours.
12:18That's not good enough.
12:20You're still mad about the Danny thing.
12:24Why put off for tonight what we can do right now?
12:31Mmm.
12:34No harm has been done to a dupree by me.
12:40Not to Nita or your precious ex-fairy godmother Nikki or even your demon half-sister kitty cat.
12:49I'm not buying that you woke up all happy like that.
12:53Medicine that's extreme for years.
12:56Is there no universe where your mama is just putting out joy?
13:02No.
13:04Look at me, baby.
13:05I am rich.
13:07I'm gorgeous.
13:09And I'm on the verge of having everything I want.
13:13Then what is missing?
13:18Locking down the man of my dreams.
13:24You cannot be catching feelings for Old Spice Hardy Shaft.
13:30I am tapping Marcel short term, okay?
13:33Now he is here to protect and serve an itch.
13:38Okay, your father will always be goals.
13:41Okay, but to use Marcel?
13:43Ew.
13:45Lesser of two evils.
13:46You know, most kids, they actually want their parents to get back together.
13:51What's wrong with you?
13:52Well, you and dad wrecked each other.
13:54We made you.
13:56That has to come from someplace good.
13:59Well, pearls come from oyster inners and diamonds come from two regular old rocks pressed together.
14:06I know the hell you didn't just call your mama an old rock.
14:09The point is, dad is with Shanice, okay?
14:12And it seems like they're sticking.
14:14All right, look.
14:17I knew there'd always be a Shanice, all right?
14:21Not specifically this ratchet candy striper.
14:25But a palate cleanser between good girl and bad girl.
14:29Between past and future.
14:32And here she is.
14:33And yes, she's light and she's tart and she's destined to pave the way for forever the main course.
14:45Which is mwah.
14:47And if dad takes too long with his meal?
14:50Then I guess you'll just have to enjoy my teddy bear while it lasts.
14:56Because I am sure he is drafting up her eviction notice.
15:02Unless she's gonna run first.
15:07Why would she?
15:08Oh, honey, please.
15:09Romances around this time of the holidays, they don't last long.
15:14I mean, maybe up until Valentine's Day.
15:17Cuffing season and all.
15:20You were telling the truth about not messing with the Dupree's.
15:23You've done something to Shanice instead.
15:29Just tell me if I should be worried about cuffing season or hand cuffing season.
15:34He he.
15:36I panicked.
15:37She was a breath away from saying bye forever.
15:39I had to pivot.
15:40But she's crazy about you.
15:42Was.
15:43Until she started thinking that I would choose party favors over her, which I wouldn't.
15:49How do I fix this?
15:50Uh, well, you and Madison had just gotten started when you went through some heavy trauma.
15:56Maybe she's just afraid you'll return to your original factory settings.
16:02When you are a lot more multiple choice in your love life.
16:07She did mention that.
16:09Like she thinks my party girl self is my authentic self.
16:13No shade.
16:14But is it so ridiculous to think that maybe a part of you misses those multiple choice days and nights?
16:23Hey.
16:24Hey.
16:29What the hell is your mom doing with Jacob's brother?
16:35Hey.
16:37Are you trying to kill me?
16:41you're the boss take the rest of the day off you just might be the boss right now
16:50well then come home and let me take care of you
16:56baby baby hey hey okay wait wait you can be the boss later
17:06baby I need a minute
17:23I'm always the boss
17:50I need you in top form okay you're not going to sleep on me tonight
18:04I'm still that kid who was just standing outside the firehouse searching for a purpose
18:09I just I never thought I'd find myself back on the outside looking in
18:15well you can appeal right no there's no room for anyone who can't pull their own weight
18:21okay well with a little more PT you're going to get back out there and fix my spine Ash
18:28I'm out of place we're going to think of something
18:32we
18:35even if we're not together anymore it doesn't mean I don't still care about what happens to you
18:44fighting fires
18:47no job's ever going to replace that
18:50and I sure as hell can't replace you
18:52a year ago if you'd asked me who I was I'd say
18:56I'm a firefighter who's in love with Ashley Morgan
18:59Derek
19:01I'm sorry I
19:02this is so not your problem I just
19:05God I've never been this lost
19:08I caught you
19:11why even bother changing if my own daughter doesn't believe me
19:15no one goes cold turkey
19:16and there isn't exactly an AA for attempted murderers
19:20well consider me your AA
19:22and if you ever feel yourself backsliding
19:25I am where you come
19:26will you give out those little coins
19:29I'll have them made up
19:32I keep thinking that now that you've got all this money
19:35I can keep the boogie mama away
19:38but you've had to hustle for so long
19:40maybe you don't know how to stop
19:41will you quit fretting
19:44the good lord has come through for me at last
19:48and he's going to deliver to me what's due me
19:52even if I have to give him an occasional nudge
19:56come on God come on
19:57okay well as much as I want to keep shouting to the void
20:02uh it's okay
20:03you going on a date with that tall baby Lenny Kravitz
20:07oh listen we are barreling toward destiny baby
20:12so how do you feel about a uh double wedding
20:16later mama
20:20I was surprised when you popped on my phone
20:23I'm not exactly sure where a vandairogram overlaps
20:26besides my brother
20:27my proposal doesn't involve Jacob
20:29but it could involve you not getting out of bed
20:32for less than what you made all last semester
20:35I took an offer that sounds a lot like this one once
20:38and I could have ended up in a cage
20:39if my old man and a friend hadn't run interference
20:41how do you feel about nudity
20:44modesty could be a deal breaker
20:46what now
20:47I want you to sign with my modeling agency
20:50cologne brands do love bare buns in their ads
20:57okay
20:58my big bro got me good
21:01this is not your brother razzing you
21:04this is all about your riz
21:07Isaiah Hawthorne
21:10you could be a top model
21:14your mom just felt up Jacob's brother
21:18my mom's not the only one letting her freak fly fly
21:21uh okay I can't take back my proposal
21:24but you can take that back
21:25my mom has worked too hard for her happily ever after
21:28to get her freak on when anybody else
21:30split her a little heavy
21:32oh look at you're crushing
21:34you're so great for you
21:36you're right okay
21:37but not too long ago
21:38our moms were married to our dads
21:40and they were boring and reliable
21:43and I loved it
21:45but now their marriages have blown up
21:47I have a half-sister who I hate
21:50and Grant has cancer
21:53when did our family drama go from zero to Shakespeare overnight
22:03hello Bill
22:04goodbye Bill
22:05I don't run off so fast
22:11are you okay
22:13yeah
22:14yeah you know I've just been
22:17just been reminiscing
22:18you know
22:20I remember the first time you brought me in here
22:22showed me all the pictures on the wall
22:25all the Dupree
22:27history
22:28I thought you'd honor what came before
22:31and then you invited me to play squash
22:35my ignorant butt didn't know the difference between squash and racquetball
22:39I thought hey
22:40with my height and my youth
22:41I'd have an edge
22:43gave it my all
22:45and I still didn't measure up
22:48squash is no joke
22:50you also pointed out
22:51how more deals are made between ball bounces
22:54than in all the story rooms in this town
22:59I lived for our weekly game
23:00I did
23:02it took me forever to master it
23:04because I wanted so much to impress you
23:07you didn't think you deserved my respect
23:09that was always your biggest problem
23:13son
23:13I can't tell if you let me win
23:16or if your head was just somewhere else
23:18for the whole game
23:22son
23:23yeah I don't think I'll ever get tired of you calling me that
23:25well you must be used to it by now
23:30what's all this melancholy
23:33oh you know hurting from that loss for one
23:36but I just
23:38you know sometimes I just wonder
23:40you know
23:41like who would I be
23:42if I had the luxury of being raised by you
23:45instead of that sorry
23:48some men aren't meant to be fathers
23:51but at a certain point
23:53a man makes himself
23:56you made yourself Bill
23:59I'm damn proud to call you son
24:02don't you forget that
24:05I'm the person I am because of you
24:09you actually think that's a compliment
24:16Vernon would you just
24:18would you just wait please
24:19you remember the first time I brought you here
24:23I remember the last
24:26right
24:28yeah the night before I left Danny
24:31all the time you knew
24:33yeah
24:33I just knew you wouldn't
24:38you would never look at me the same way again
24:40you know
24:41I needed that last memory
24:44so we laughed
24:46made plans
24:48hugged
24:51and all the while
24:52you know that come morning
24:53I'd play the fool
24:58maybe everything would have been different
25:00if I explained it all to you that day
25:01I guess
25:03you put Danny on a pedestal
25:06to keep her from shining
25:08and then
25:10crashed her back down to earth
25:13when you were done with her
25:14that's not what I set out to do
25:16but that's what you did
25:18you broke all our hearts
25:22you're not the son I never had
25:25you're a liar
25:26and a disappointment
25:32I tried to make the marriage work Vernon
25:35you came this close
25:37to swallowing our family whole
25:42but you have no power over us anymore
25:46if it's absolution you're looking for
25:50you won't find it here
25:53not from me
25:56okay
25:57yeah I understand
25:58I don't blame you
26:01look
26:03I know forgiveness is too big
26:05and ask
26:06you know
26:07and I don't have the right to say this to you
26:08but I need to tell you that
26:11you know
26:12I think that
26:12I think I made a mistake
26:17leaving Danny
26:20damn straight you did
26:22and you'll have to spend the rest of your life
26:24knowing that
26:25everything that was happiness
26:27everything
26:29that was love
26:30was yours
26:33and you let her slip away
26:52so what do you say
26:54I'm very flattered
26:55but for real though
26:57I'm no model
26:59let the OG be the judge
27:01I'm modeling since I'm 17
27:03and you're what now
27:0428?
27:0529?
27:06and there he is
27:07how's that?
27:08a model has to sell a bill of goods
27:11you can do that Isaiah
27:13not only have the gods blessed you
27:16your face tells a story
27:19and what's it say
27:22that Banneker was an easy place to fall
27:24with a little penance thrown in
27:27something tells me that as fine as you are
27:31you haven't received nearly
27:33the celebration that you should have
27:36or could still get
27:40so call me
27:42when you're ready for your close-up
27:49my mom is beautiful and happy
27:51and laughing with a cute guy
27:53despite having a gene mutation that could kill her
27:56I am in love with a woman who loves me back
27:58I just said the wrong thing at the wrong time
28:01if my mom can rise up from what's bringing her down
28:04so can I
28:06we're Dupree's
28:07if anyone can find a way to rebrand your proposal
28:10so that you don't break your heart and Madison
28:12you are proposing?
28:13where?
28:14when?
28:15and what does heartbreak have to do with it?
28:17okay short story
28:19I threw a hail marry me proposal
28:21baby!
28:22oh okay
28:22and before you give me those mother of the bride eyes
28:25I blew it
28:26Madison turned you down?
28:28it's more like
28:30she didn't believe I was serious
28:32oh Chelsea I'm so sorry
28:34oh I don't need your pity
28:35I need a plan
28:37then no spin
28:39honesty and kindness are the way
28:42speaking of
28:43can you tell us what was going on
28:46with our not relative hottie over there?
28:48just you know
28:48ease my mind
28:49you don't owe us any explanation
28:51since when does your mind take a shortcut to the bedroom?
28:55oh
28:55the only interest I have in easy on the eyes Isaiah over there
28:59is his modeling potential
29:01told ya
29:02if we get a yes
29:04he's our Tyson Beckford meets Alpha Diaz
29:07I can see it
29:08okay we need a comfab
29:10I'll cancel with Pamela
29:11and we can rehearse what you're gonna say to Madison
29:13mom don't
29:14I think I just need
29:15a little me time
29:17to clear my head
29:19but
29:20you could give me a pep talk on my way to the car
29:22deal
29:22cat
29:23coming
29:24you go
29:25I'm gonna untangle that slide presentation you were working on
29:28and I'll meet you at the house
29:30okay
29:31bye sweetie
29:32bye
29:38Lynette?
29:39damn
29:39look at that
29:41us crossing paths again
29:44it might be the stars
29:45lining things up
29:52you're my walking papers
29:55you may not know who you are right now
29:58but I do
30:00you are so much more than the job
30:04you're so much more than the man I loved
30:07Derek you are a good man
30:10with so much heart to offer
30:12you're just gonna have to find a new way
30:14to put it out into this world
30:16how?
30:17I mean
30:17how do I even start to do that?
30:20well
30:22if I couldn't be a nurse anymore
30:25I would think about all the reasons
30:27that I love this job
30:28and
30:29I would try to find another one
30:30that offered as many of those perks as possible
30:33physically I
30:34can't fight fires anymore
30:36so what?
30:38become a smoke jumper or something?
30:39you fought fires because you're brave
30:41and
30:42you love working as part of a team
30:45and you really enjoy saving people
30:48see that's the irony
30:50I didn't even get to go out a hero
30:54I gotta tell people in interviews
30:55that I lost my job
30:57because I crashed my bike
31:01yeah
31:04just
31:05tell me
31:06what am I supposed to do
31:07with the rest of my life?
31:09live it
31:10and enjoy the hell out of it
31:13okay
31:23hey sweetheart
31:24I booked a quick spot treatment
31:25and then it's back to work
31:26prepping for the Fenmore's meeting
31:27okay
31:28that's good
31:29that's good
31:32you look like you lost your bestie
31:36I was more like the father
31:38I was one but never had
31:40granddad?
31:42yeah
31:42it turns out he was humoring me
31:45from the jump
31:46like every other Dupree
31:48I'm a Dupree too
31:50no
31:50your half
31:51and it's your other half
31:53that allows you to still forgive me
31:56what's with all this happy energy today
31:58I've got it
31:59you've got it
32:00yeah well mine's a long time coming baby
32:02what's so different about today?
32:05yeah I don't know
32:05I'm just
32:06I'm just really bothered
32:07by how much I screwed up
32:08with your mother
32:09you know
32:10I'm trying to make up for it
32:11although your grandfather
32:13is not having it
32:15I don't blame him
32:17I see you're trying
32:19I don't think it has anything to do
32:21with me being a Dupree
32:22or a Hamilton
32:24it's
32:25me realizing
32:26just how very messy
32:29life and I can be
32:31oh come on now
32:33my Chelsea bear's never hurt anybody
32:34not intentionally
32:35see and that's the thing
32:38no one intends to hurt someone
32:39but
32:40if they feel unloved
32:42or disrespected
32:42by something you said or did
32:44that hurt is still on you
32:46and if I can't find a way
32:47to make things right with Madison
32:49my relationship is gonna end up
32:51exactly where yours did with mom
32:53dead and buried
32:55let me help you
32:58I don't wanna miss my appointment
32:59I need to
33:00relax my body
33:01so I can clear my mind
33:02and find a way to fix this
33:03okay well hey
33:04my money's on you sweetheart
33:06thanks dad
33:08you know what
33:09what
33:10I love you
33:11I love you too
33:17dang girl
33:18did you have to get the beans
33:19from Columbia
33:20you're snapping a little bit
33:23marriage problems
33:24no I'm good
33:25I was just asking a question
33:27don't mind me
33:28just passing through
33:29my friend and I
33:31already claimed this table
33:32friend
33:33what'd you do
33:34pick her up on ebay
33:36I have plenty of friends
33:38and she looks so realistic
33:41excuse me
33:41well you have to be one of those
33:43AI generated bots
33:44now I thought those were only used
33:45for naughty reasons
33:46but I have read that there are
33:49some pathetic rich people
33:50who need to buy friends
33:57I think she might be broken
33:59no just fangirling
34:01when I was younger
34:03I saw you in a magazine
34:04and I wanted to be you
34:05I mean you were the
34:07you are the prettiest woman
34:09I've ever seen
34:11aren't you sweet
34:13hard too sweet
34:14to be mixed up with this one
34:15what's your name honey
34:17I'm LeMet
34:18I'm one of the firm's new clients
34:20it's bad enough
34:21you force friended Caroline
34:23now Bill's pimping out
34:24his actual clients
34:25or does Bill know
34:27it's not just his firm
34:29I'm the firm's paralegal
34:31and you no longer need
34:33to concern yourself
34:34with how we run our business
34:35that firm is my daughter's
34:36inheritance
34:37like it or not
34:38we are entangled forever
34:41Lynette
34:41a little warning
34:42I'm sure right now
34:44it's all gossip and pedicures
34:46but pretty soon
34:49she'll have her hands
34:50all over something
34:50to care about
34:53lovely to meet you
34:55nice of you
34:55you weren't kidding
35:00the claws are out around here
35:03buy you a third espresso
35:05if you take a break with me
35:07happy to stop staring
35:08at admission essays
35:10long time Kat
35:11Isaiah
35:13you know
35:15you wouldn't be going
35:16through this torture
35:17if you were on
35:18the runways of Milan
35:19Dani filled you in
35:20on her indecent proposal
35:22what's indecent about it?
35:25turning my back
35:25on years of work
35:26just to auction off
35:28my body
35:28and design her lighting
35:30a runway isn't a plank
35:32it's a diving board
35:34toward a bigger life
35:36make a lot of money
35:38to help a ton of kids
35:39if that's your thing
35:40or just help yourself
35:43now you really know
35:44how to sell
35:44just about anything
35:45when you're not
35:46playing detective
35:46for my big bro
35:48so you gonna take
35:49Aunt Dani up
35:49on her offer?
35:50I didn't say all that
35:52but you and your aunt
35:53gave me a lot
35:54to think about
35:55so my power
35:56of persuasion
35:57is still intact?
35:58was there any doubt?
36:00well
36:01I was just
36:02telling Chelsea
36:03about how
36:04the world's
36:05upside down
36:07but
36:08talking to you
36:09I realized
36:10that some things
36:11are eternal
36:11like bending people
36:13to your will?
36:14exactly
36:16I'm telling you
36:18you're a really good model
36:19I'm telling you
36:21like
36:23oh
36:23oh
36:23oh
36:30oh
36:33oh
36:35oh
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