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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 78: Monday, April 27, 2026
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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates
00:06He's not answering my calls, he's not home, he's not at the hospital
00:09Which means there's a possibility he's in the one place I told him to stay far away from
00:13Grayson, Grayson
00:14I think something real is happening between us
00:17I just need to know that I'm not by myself and feeling it
00:20My wedding anniversary is coming up and you are trying to distract me by taking me out
00:24I don't want there to be bad blood between us
00:26And I think we want what's best for Nicole
00:29And you're assuming that that's you
00:31Every person involved has something to lose
00:33Priorities shift, Grandad
00:35Self-preservation doesn't
00:37What do you mean it's gone?
00:39You've got your briefs twisted over a little savings account I closed
00:43Why would you do that without telling me?
00:55Vanessa, mind if I join you for a minute?
00:59Have a seat
01:04I have something I'd like to ask you, but it's kind of sensitive
01:13What are you looking for?
01:15Oh, nothing important
01:16I am glad I ran into you
01:19Is that not music to my ears?
01:21Aha
01:23Hmm
01:24Uh, what do you have against my lip gloss?
01:26Well, I was hoping that you were looking for a certain key
01:29Like the one that I gave you to my place
01:32Nope
01:33But I did just spend the last hour thinking about you
01:37In fact, I was imagining your hands all over my body
01:50Oh
01:53Hey
01:54How'd you sneak up on me?
01:56A flight on my feet
01:58Or
01:59Maybe my devastatingly brilliant husband is too focused on his next legal triumph
02:04Well, the Edgar case can wait
02:07Especially since my very sexy paralegal is here on the job
02:12Hmm
02:12Well, the job will have to wait as well
02:15Because I have something you're going to die over
02:19Girl, the big deal
02:22What is that?
02:27Ta-da!
02:30Hmm
03:06Hey, Shanice.
03:07Hey, Sveti.
03:08I assume you're here to take pictures with Martin
03:10and kiss the baby foreheads and such.
03:12That's what happens at these photo ops, right?
03:15Martin's here?
03:16Well, by now, he's probably in the cafeteria
03:17for that pastries with politicians thing.
03:20Hopefully he had it catered,
03:21because the usual croissants they serve us?
03:24Hockey books, you hear me?
03:25Yeah, I think the event's called Coffee with Candidates,
03:27so no slap shots required.
03:31I'm actually here to talk to Ashley.
03:33Oh, she's not scheduled today.
03:35I'm sorry you made the trip.
03:37All right, it's all good.
03:40Hey, um,
03:42do you maybe have a few minutes to spare?
04:02Okay, all right, you're okay.
04:03You're okay.
04:04Hey, you're safe.
04:05You're here in my apartment.
04:08It's starting to hurt again.
04:10Yeah, well, that makes sense.
04:11You haven't had any more ibuprofen
04:12since before you fell asleep.
04:13Are you feeling any pain
04:15other than where the wound is?
04:16No, it's pretty localized.
04:18Okay, good.
04:18That means the infection
04:19is probably not spreading.
04:21Your latest temp I took a little while ago,
04:24your fever was pretty high.
04:27Your bandage is holding up.
04:30Is this okay?
04:33You can never hurt me.
04:34I can give you more over-the-counter meds,
04:36but I am really worried
04:38that whatever gave you this wound was dirty.
04:40I'm, this fever is really concerning me.
04:42Hey, hey, how can you expect my temperature
04:44not to go up
04:45when I have such a hot girlfriend?
04:48That's so not funny, Grayson.
04:51Look, if you get any worse,
04:52I'm gonna have to take you to a hospital.
04:54No, that's not happening.
05:01Who is Rashad?
05:02Rashad?
05:04So I'm here about blood and plasma.
05:09That's an odd topic,
05:11especially for a non-medical professional.
05:14Yeah, but not for a recorder
05:17who is doing a piece on blood drives and donations.
05:20Hmm.
05:21Yeah, the higher-ups at the paper,
05:22they want to increase public engagement
05:24and support for the program,
05:25so they sent me to get some color
05:27and some texture on the piece.
05:29Oh, well, the color is red
05:31and the texture is wet.
05:34I've got you.
05:36I'll do anything I can
05:37to help get the word out.
05:38We are in short supply in both,
05:40especially plasma lately.
05:42So how long has that been a problem?
05:44And is that only with certain blood types?
05:47Oh, you have to get specifics from the lab.
05:49But I can tell you this,
05:51getting blood drawn is not high
05:52on people's to-do list.
05:54Although, the cookies in OJ
05:55are pretty tasty.
05:57Hmm.
05:57So what is the screening process like for blood donors?
06:02I would imagine that you want people that are healthy.
06:04So did doctors examine them?
06:06Oh, please.
06:07We don't have the staff for that.
06:08If there are no visible symptoms,
06:10we pretty much have to take people's word for it
06:13that they're healthy enough to donate.
06:14But the FDA does have mandates
06:15all hospitals have to follow
06:17before screening a potential donor.
06:19But I thought Garland kind of does its own thing.
06:23Other than being in compliance
06:24with the AMA, FDA, and other legal requirements?
06:27I'm not implying that the hospital's
06:29doing anything wrong.
06:30I just thought that, you know,
06:33maybe it's a little different.
06:36And what would give you that idea?
06:39It was a lab tech.
06:41Her name was Rachel Lewis.
06:46Her name sounds familiar.
06:48But then the labs had high turnover rate
06:50this past year.
06:51Is that so?
06:52Dealing with bodily fluids day and night
06:54isn't as glamorous as you may think.
06:57You said Rachel Lewis was her name?
06:59Yeah, that's right.
07:01Well, as much OT as she's been baking up,
07:04she ought to have a better lay of the land around here.
07:08Were you thinking about what I did
07:10the last time that we were together?
07:14No, but thank you for putting that
07:17in the forefront of my mind.
07:19Anytime.
07:21I did have my standing weekly massage appointment,
07:24but my usual masseuse called in sick.
07:27And that substitute didn't have my magic hands.
07:30Could anyone?
07:32I was wondering.
07:34About the other thing that we did
07:36on the second time or the third time?
07:38As much as I am enjoying
07:40this multi-sensory memory engagement.
07:42God, I'm loving the shrink talk.
07:45What did you and Carlton
07:46have your heads together about yesterday?
07:49And are you spying on me,
07:51or is that Carlton?
07:52Neither.
07:53And since you love my shrink talk,
07:55you should know evasiveness
07:56is never a good strategy.
07:58Huh.
07:59What's in it for me?
08:00I mean, that is, if I tell you,
08:03maybe an hour long special session.
08:05Just an hour?
08:07That is not very ambitious of you.
08:10Hmm.
08:11We were talking about that
08:13we both had feelings for you
08:14and the fact that we were not going up.
08:18Well, we weren't going anywhere,
08:19unless you said otherwise.
08:22So, we did what men do.
08:26I am not a fan of violence
08:29or find it amusing.
08:31Hmm.
08:31Neither do I.
08:32So, we shot hoops.
08:36Did the best man win?
08:39It was a tie.
08:42Imagine that.
08:44First, I'd like you to know
08:45that my question
08:46is a little...
08:48delicate.
08:49I can handle that.
08:51Normally,
08:52I wouldn't even approach you about this,
08:53but you're really
08:54the only person I can ask.
08:56Well, let me make this easier for you.
08:58I think I might know
08:59what this is about.
09:00You do?
09:02Kat.
09:03You want to talk to someone
09:04close to her,
09:05but not her mother,
09:06because that would be too awkward.
09:07I'm afraid I can't offer
09:08any insight there.
09:10It's not Kat.
09:11You were working with Lynette
09:13Wise on a real estate deal, right?
09:16I was.
09:17Emphasis on the past tense.
09:20I put a hell of a lot of work
09:21into that, too.
09:22I even used a long-standing
09:24business connection
09:25to grease the wheels
09:25because her lack of documentation
09:27raised some red flags,
09:28all for her to vanish on me
09:29at the last minute.
09:31She just went
09:32completely no contact?
09:34She sent me a text
09:35after I called and texted her
09:36a dozen times.
09:38What did it say?
09:40Basically,
09:40that she was leaving town.
09:43What about the penthouse?
09:44Where does that stand?
09:45Tomas,
09:45you're getting a penthouse?
09:48Wow!
09:49Caroline gets a Benz,
09:50Haley gets
09:51pretty much whatever
09:52her grubby little heart desires,
09:54including an impressive
09:55new ring set,
09:56from what I hear.
09:58Has Bill lost his sense
09:59and complete control
10:00of his checkbook?
10:01What the hell is going on
10:03at that law firm?
10:05I decided to bring you
10:06a taste of St. Bart's
10:07here in D.C.
10:09You made this?
10:10Well, I could have.
10:13I went to a hole-in-the-wall spot
10:14instead.
10:16Hey, give them a try.
10:17You're going to feel like
10:18we're back in our village.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Well, these do look
10:21pretty tasty.
10:23Mm.
10:24Mm.
10:25Wow.
10:26Where'd you get them?
10:27Capitol Grove.
10:28What?
10:42Oh, my God.
10:43Dad!
10:44Are you okay?
10:46Yeah, I'm fine.
10:47Well, if you weren't
10:48pounding on him that hard,
10:49he'd probably have
10:49his breath back already.
10:51I don't think
10:51you're helping, Naomi.
10:53What the hell
10:54did I just walk in on?
10:55I was just bringing
10:56a bit of St. Bart's
10:58to your father
10:59by choking him to death?
11:02Here, honey.
11:03Small sips, okay?
11:04And would you two
11:05please stop fussing?
11:06I am perfectly fine.
11:08There's no need
11:08to overreact.
11:10Well, some of us
11:11didn't act at all.
11:15Did you miss more
11:16than just my magic hands
11:18while I was away?
11:19I particularly
11:21missed your thumbs.
11:23They work wonders
11:24on the tension
11:25in my neck.
11:25Hmm.
11:26Is that all?
11:27I mean, because my ego
11:28was shrinking
11:29with every word.
11:31If you must know...
11:33Oh, I must.
11:35I missed your company.
11:37Now that you're living here,
11:39I'm getting used to you
11:40being just a short drive away.
11:41Hmm.
11:42But I assume
11:43that was your plan
11:44all along?
11:46It depends.
11:47Is it working?
11:58Who is he?
11:59Does he have something
12:00to do with why you're hurt?
12:03I wish I could tell you everything.
12:05I really think
12:05we're past the stage
12:06where you only show me
12:07the things you want me to see.
12:08I know.
12:09And I probably
12:11screwed things up first,
12:12which is the last thing
12:13that I ever wanted.
12:13You haven't!
12:15But what I want
12:16is for you to trust me.
12:17I thought you showing up
12:18at my place last night
12:19meant you could.
12:20This isn't about trust for me.
12:20It is for me!
12:23I'm trying to protect you.
12:24There are things
12:25that you were better off
12:26not knowing.
12:26I am stronger
12:27than you think I am.
12:29I know you're strong.
12:29I'm not questioning
12:30your capabilities,
12:31but there are things, Ashley.
12:32There are people in my life.
12:33If anything ever happened to you,
12:35I don't know
12:35what I would do with myself.
12:36But something
12:36has already happened to you!
12:39You're worried about me.
12:44I'm really feeling it.
12:45Okay, I'm getting you
12:46prescription antibiotics.
12:48I want answers from you,
12:49but I need you alive more.
12:51I'll be back soon.
13:02Yo, man, what's up?
13:04I've been trying to reach you
13:05all night.
13:05What the hell happened?
13:06What did you hear?
13:07That Wren delivered a message.
13:09That was Wren.
13:10Let's come back,
13:11skipped the introductions
13:12and went straight
13:13to the stabbing.
13:15Stabbed?
13:16I knew it was worse
13:17than bruised ribs,
13:18but damn.
13:19Okay, okay, um...
13:21All right, where are you?
13:22And please don't tell me
13:23you're at Ashley's.
13:26I'm somewhere safe.
13:28I don't want to end up
13:29like Max,
13:29so I'm staying out of sight.
13:30Nah, that can't happen.
13:32You got to surface.
13:33We got a drop today
13:34and it has to go
13:34according to schedule.
13:36Or we're both dead.
13:42Did you speak
13:43to your boys today?
13:44I texted with Connor earlier
13:46and I was on the phone
13:48reaching out to Noah
13:49and his guitar
13:50answered the phone for him.
13:53Getting his 10,000 hours
13:54in early, huh?
13:55Well, I'm just glad
13:56that he's refining his talent.
13:58I mean, if you would have
13:59heard him 10 years ago,
14:01it's, you know what,
14:03better yet that you didn't.
14:04That bad.
14:05Let's just say I used
14:07to hide earplugs
14:08in every room
14:09just in case he started playing.
14:11Martin went through
14:12a brief drum phase.
14:14Ooh.
14:15Mm.
14:15I always encouraged
14:16my children
14:17to pursue their dreams,
14:18but Ted and I...
14:20Well,
14:22let's just say
14:23we weren't upset
14:23when Martin came home
14:24and said he was over drums.
14:26I share your parental relief.
14:30I haven't had the chance
14:32to meet Martin.
14:33Oh, he is really busy
14:35on the re-election campaign.
14:37I think you have
14:38nothing to worry about.
14:39He's got a good platform.
14:41I will relay
14:42your compliments.
14:43You know,
14:44I'd like to do that myself.
14:45I look forward to having
14:47the opportunity
14:48to cross paths with Martin.
14:50And the next time
14:51my boys are in town
14:51visiting,
14:52I'd like for you all
14:53to meet.
14:54It's about time
14:55they get to meet
14:55the famous Nicole Dupree.
14:58You told them about me?
15:01I'm sorry?
15:01Did I share
15:02the unspoken rule?
15:07I'm surprised Rachel
15:08gave you that
15:09erroneous information.
15:10That makes the hospital
15:11look bad.
15:11I'm gonna have to have
15:12a talking with her.
15:13Don't.
15:13I probably just
15:14misunderstood what she said.
15:16So there are other people
15:17in the lab
15:17who have been here
15:18longer than a mere
15:19four months.
15:19You should interview them.
15:20I will get right on that.
15:22Good.
15:23Anything you need
15:24for this interview
15:25you can give me a call.
15:26I've told Naomi
15:27that I would love
15:27to be an expert witness
15:28in court.
15:29But being an expert
15:30in the court
15:31of public opinion
15:31is almost as good
15:32to help me build my brand.
15:34Oh, I think
15:35that your brand
15:35is pretty strong.
15:36People around here
15:37hang on your every word.
15:39As they should.
15:40Hey, Shanice.
15:51Hey, Ashley.
15:52You just missed Smitty.
15:53Oh.
15:54He was looking for you
15:55but I think
15:56I got him what he needed.
15:57Okay, fine.
15:59Well, you're not
15:59on the schedule today.
16:00What's going on?
16:02I know you don't love
16:03this place that much.
16:04I swapped with Ginny.
16:05You see,
16:05that Ginny is working
16:06my last good nerves
16:07with all these
16:08last minute switcheroos.
16:09I need to know
16:10these things beforehand.
16:11Uh, this one's on me.
16:12Don't blame her.
16:14I'm surprised you took
16:15an early morning shift.
16:16Didn't that hunky man of yours
16:18keep you up late last night?
16:21He sure did.
16:22Oh, I know
16:23my chicken recipe slaps.
16:24What'd he rate it?
16:25Anything less than
16:25a 10 out of 10
16:26is unacceptable.
16:28Sorry, you know what?
16:29Um, when I start
16:30a shift behind schedule,
16:31it just really throws me off.
16:33Yeah, I hear you.
16:33Even after all this time,
16:35just when you think
16:36you have a handle on things,
16:37life shows you otherwise.
16:40I know Bill's been feeling
16:42his own mortality lately,
16:43but that's no reason
16:44to go all Oprah giveaway on us.
16:47Tomas, has Bill been exhibiting
16:48signs of having another stroke?
16:50Has he been walking
16:51around the office
16:51thinking he's smelling toast?
16:53I promise you,
16:54the boss is very much
16:56at the top of his game.
16:57Amusing as this all is, Danny.
16:59That's not what Tomas
17:00and I were discussing.
17:01Bill's not giving me anything.
17:03Least of all, a penthouse.
17:04We were talking about
17:05a client who ghosted me.
17:07And this concerns you how?
17:08That was going to be my question.
17:09Talk faster next time.
17:11I knew her as well,
17:12and I'm getting the feeling
17:14she hasn't been
17:14entirely forthright with me.
17:16A client?
17:17Misleading their attorney?
17:19Well, wonders never cease.
17:20Vanessa, when did you last see her?
17:23She disappeared right after
17:25I showed her
17:26the Logan Circle property.
17:27Oof, gorgeous neighborhood.
17:29Seems your real estate wraith
17:30wanted nothing but the best.
17:32Tomas?
17:33Your turn.
17:34You know why she hired me.
17:36Why did she hire Bill's firm?
17:39You know, I can't tell you that.
17:41But I can't say that
17:42the charges were dropped.
17:43Does this woman have a name?
17:44Lynette Wise.
17:46Lynette Wise.
17:47I think she was facing
17:48some pretty serious
17:49embezzlement charges,
17:50which were dropped
17:51by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
17:54How much heavy lifting
17:55did that take?
17:56Quite a bit.
17:57Danny, how did you find
17:58that out so fast?
17:59Married to one attorney,
18:00birthed another.
18:01I know a few tricks
18:02of the legal trade.
18:03I thought something
18:04seemed a little off with her,
18:06but her whole lease-to-buy
18:08proposal checked out.
18:09So then she did tell you
18:11that Hayley was buying
18:12the place as an investment option
18:13and would let her live there?
18:16No.
18:17She didn't.
18:19Hayley, being generous?
18:21Knowing.
18:22That woman doesn't do anything
18:24out of the goodness
18:24of her tiny little heart.
18:30Naomi, I was in shock.
18:33You arrived just as I was
18:34coming out of it.
18:35You look pretty still to me.
18:38Hayley said that she got
18:39this breakfast from Capitol Grove.
18:42Capitol Grove?
18:43That's a pretty shady part of town.
18:45Yeah, that's what caught me off guard,
18:47especially given certain
18:48recent incidents.
18:50Babe, I didn't mean to worry you.
18:52I was in and out of the restaurant
18:53in just a few minutes.
18:54You weren't safe
18:55for even a few seconds over there,
18:57especially since we still
18:58don't have a location
18:59on your attacker.
19:00Come on.
19:01I was just trying
19:02to do something nice for you.
19:03I am so sorry
19:05that I was focused
19:06on making you happy.
19:07I didn't think about
19:08my own safety.
19:10I hate how much
19:11this mugging has taken away from me.
19:13In more ways than one.
19:16Meaning?
19:17Look, if this is about
19:18Lynette, please.
19:20We don't have to worry
19:21about her ever again.
19:23You sound pretty certain.
19:26Yeah.
19:27Why is that?
19:34No.
19:35No rules broken.
19:37I'm just a little surprised, Kyle.
19:39You know, what you and I have
19:41isn't exactly formal.
19:45And my boys aren't
19:46into formality,
19:48just like their dad.
19:50I just want to even the scales.
19:52I mean, our first date,
19:53I feel like I was
19:54at a sea of Dupree's.
19:56I met the entire family.
19:59I mean, not to mention
20:00that I got to meet your ex
20:01and the other gentleman
20:04who was competing
20:04for your attention.
20:06I never meant for you
20:08to feel surrounded
20:09or unsettled.
20:10I'm nothing but at ease
20:12when I'm with you.
20:14This is just me
20:15giving my boys a heads up.
20:17It's just,
20:18well, I feel when I'm with you
20:20and I'm not talking about you
20:22with them,
20:23I feel like I'm just
20:23hiding something from them.
20:25I guess it's only fair.
20:28I wouldn't hide the fact
20:29that I'm seeing you
20:30from my children.
20:32But you,
20:33introducing your sons to me,
20:34it wasn't that long ago
20:36that they lost their mother.
20:38Some days feel like forever ago.
20:40And others,
20:43our lives didn't end
20:44when their mothers did.
20:45And my boys understand that.
20:47They just want to see
20:47their old men happy.
20:49What have you told them about me?
20:52I told them that I met someone
20:53that makes me want
20:54to run in place for the moment.
20:57They were sold.
20:59Sight unseen.
21:01Hmm.
21:03I wish all kids
21:03could be as understanding
21:04after losing a parent.
21:07Hey.
21:09Where'd you go just then?
21:10Oh.
21:10I'm sorry.
21:11I was thinking about Deanna.
21:13You want Deanna
21:14to show the same grace
21:15to Vanessa
21:15that my boys gave me?
21:17I do.
21:18And then,
21:19maybe I don't.
21:21I knew Lynette
21:22had a benefactor,
21:23but I didn't realize
21:24it was Hayley.
21:26Why would she,
21:27of all people,
21:27be buying a place
21:29for Lynette to lease?
21:30She saved Hayley
21:32when she was being attacked.
21:33Maybe Hayley felt like
21:35she owed her something.
21:36A handwritten thank you?
21:38Sure.
21:39Maybe a hefty gift card,
21:40but a penthouse?
21:41I still can't believe
21:42she was attacked
21:43outside here
21:44and in broad daylight at that.
21:45The two of them
21:46became close afterwards.
21:48Or she latched
21:49onto the poor woman
21:50because she was trying
21:50to increase
21:51her friend count to one.
21:52But you know what?
21:53I have much better
21:54things to do
21:55with my life
21:55than to waste
21:56my brain space
21:56on Hayley.
21:57She is beneath
21:58my bandwidth.
21:59Nope.
22:01Absolutely
22:02do not care.
22:05You're trying to find
22:06more information
22:07on Lynette, aren't you?
22:07Something stinks.
22:09Much like Hayley's
22:10abysmal perfume.
22:11Let's see what
22:12we can find.
22:13I mean,
22:13maybe it's nothing.
22:14Hayley gets mugged,
22:15she meets this woman,
22:16they become instant BFFs.
22:18Wait.
22:20What?
22:23I've met
22:24your mutual client.
22:26Bill,
22:27I already told you.
22:28Lynette texts me
22:29that she's leaving town.
22:31So she's
22:32really gone?
22:34Never to be seen again.
22:36We can all
22:37move forward.
22:38Okay?
22:39Now,
22:40I have an appointment
22:41so I will leave you
22:42to...
22:43to...
22:43whatever.
22:49These brats
22:50keep getting
22:51in my way.
22:53I can't wait
22:53till that whole
22:54damn family
22:54is out of my head.
22:56I really don't want
22:57to get into another
22:57argument about my wife
22:58with my daughter.
22:59I'm still getting
23:00my breath back
23:01from nearly choking
23:03to death.
23:04Dad,
23:05don't joke
23:05about that.
23:06I mean it.
23:11Here's to you
23:12to Ben 7-12.
23:28I wasn't sure
23:29if you'd show.
23:31I had to.
23:33I used my
23:34one warning already.
23:35Yeah, me too.
23:37Thanks.
23:40Doing this for you
23:41as much as I am
23:42for myself.
23:45Damn, man.
23:46You look like hell.
23:48I'll live.
23:49I think.
23:52You left Ashley
23:53out of this
23:53like I told you, right?
23:56I would never
23:57let her get her
23:58because of me.
24:10Oh, well,
24:11if it isn't
24:12our favorite
24:12ab tech.
24:14Yeah,
24:15I can't believe
24:16that pun
24:17caught on
24:17the way it did
24:18in certain circles.
24:20Have you
24:21seen
24:22Leah around?
24:23No,
24:24but the chief's
24:25always around
24:25someplace.
24:27So
24:28about your
24:28dinner last
24:29night
24:29on a scale
24:30from one
24:30to ten
24:32Grayson,
24:33you don't
24:33look so good.
24:40Grayson,
24:41what a
24:42nice surprise.
24:44What's going on
24:45here?
24:46That's what
24:46I would like
24:46to know.
24:47Did you mess
24:48up my recipe?
24:49Because Grayson
24:49looks like he
24:50needs to be
24:50in a bed
24:51in exam room
24:51three.
24:52No,
24:53I followed
24:53your recipe
24:54to the letter.
24:54I think we
24:55just,
24:56I think we
24:56enjoyed a
24:57little too
24:57much wine
24:57with it.
24:59Well,
24:59it doesn't
24:59look like
25:00a hangover
25:00to me.
25:03My head.
25:07Well,
25:07as long
25:07as it was
25:08the red
25:08wine and
25:09not my
25:09red sauce
25:10to blame.
25:11Ashley,
25:11you ready
25:11to get
25:12started?
25:13Oh,
25:13you know,
25:14funny thing,
25:15Ginny and
25:15I,
25:15we got our
25:16wires crossed
25:17and she's
25:17going to come
25:18in for the
25:18shift after
25:19all,
25:19so I think
25:19I'm just
25:20going to
25:20go home.
25:21What?
25:22Wires
25:23crossed?
25:24Okay,
25:24it sounds
25:25like Grayson
25:25isn't the
25:26only one
25:26who overindulged
25:27last night.
25:28You don't
25:28need to drink
25:29that brand
25:29ever again.
25:30Yeah.
25:36What the hell
25:37are you doing
25:37here?
25:38I said I
25:38would get
25:38you what
25:39you need.
25:40Yeah,
25:41I had a
25:42run-in with
25:42Hayley and
25:43this Lynette
25:44woman.
25:45She was
25:45totally
25:45fangirling.
25:46It was
25:46glorious.
25:47I'm sure.
25:47But it
25:48wasn't
25:48all ego
25:49on my
25:49part.
25:49It was
25:50also
25:50the steam
25:51coming out
25:52of Hayley's
25:52ears as
25:53Lynette gave
25:53me my
25:54flowers.
25:55So you
25:55saw them
25:56hanging out
25:56together.
25:56That's not
25:57so surprising
25:58since they're
25:59obviously close
26:00enough for
26:00Hayley to pay
26:01for Lynette's
26:01living arrangement.
26:03When did
26:03you see them
26:04together?
26:05Hmm.
26:06I had an
26:06impromptu meeting
26:07with a client,
26:08so that would
26:08have been
26:09late January,
26:11early February,
26:11the latest.
26:12That means you
26:13saw them together
26:14before Hayley
26:15was mine.
26:17Now you
26:17have my
26:18full attention.
26:20Naomi,
26:20it was just
26:21a joke.
26:22Jokes about
26:22life and
26:23death are
26:23just not
26:24funny,
26:24Dad.
26:24Okay,
26:26sweetheart.
26:26What's
26:27wrong?
26:28It's just
26:29been a
26:30rollercoaster,
26:31and I came
26:32here to discuss
26:32the motion
26:33on Madison's
26:33case.
26:34I think we
26:35need to
26:35flesh out
26:36her affidavit,
26:37and I've
26:37got some
26:38ideas.
26:38Back and
26:39wait.
26:39What's
26:40going on?
26:40Are you
26:40stressed out
26:41because Jacob
26:42is still
26:42away?
26:43Training?
26:44Okay,
26:45you didn't
26:45have to
26:45say it
26:46like that.
26:47Besides,
26:47we've
26:47talked this
26:48into the
26:49ground.
26:49And we'll
26:50keep talking
26:50about it
26:50until I
26:51understand
26:51what's
26:51going on
26:52with you.
26:52Well,
26:52don't,
26:53because this
26:53isn't about
26:54me or
26:54my life.
26:55And why
26:55is it
26:56every time
26:56your wife
26:57does something
26:57you want
26:58to turn
26:58the conversation
26:59around to
26:59my marriage?
27:00Wait,
27:00that is not
27:01what I'm
27:01doing.
27:02And I
27:02can't pretend
27:03that I
27:03don't see
27:03what's
27:03playing this
27:04day.
27:05Really?
27:06That's
27:06funny,
27:07because when
27:07it comes
27:07to your
27:08own marriage,
27:08you seem
27:09to be
27:09blind
27:10as a
27:10bat.
27:17Is
27:18Grayson
27:18going to
27:18be okay?
27:20I have
27:20to believe
27:20so,
27:21because as
27:22bad as
27:22he looked,
27:22he was
27:22still able
27:23to make
27:23the drop.
27:24He must
27:25have a lot
27:25on the
27:26line.
27:26We all
27:27do.
27:29I think
27:30you're
27:30planning to
27:30get him
27:30to trust
27:31you.
27:31He's
27:31working.
27:32Yeah,
27:33sometimes I
27:33think that
27:33too,
27:34but he's
27:34still not
27:35dropping
27:35any names.
27:36Dragging
27:37himself to
27:37the hospital
27:38to do
27:38the drop
27:38just shows
27:39how invested
27:39he is
27:40at staying
27:40alive.
27:41We can't
27:41assume it's
27:41anything more
27:42than that.
27:43Grayson did
27:43really come
27:44through for
27:44us when
27:45we needed
27:45to warn
27:45Max.
27:47Maybe now
27:47that he's
27:48put a target
27:48on his
27:48own back,
27:49if you
27:49talk to
27:49him outside
27:50of the
27:50hospital,
27:50he might
27:51come clean
27:51about who
27:51he's
27:52reporting
27:52to.
27:53Yeah,
27:54maybe,
27:54but my
27:55take is
27:55he's
27:56still holding
27:56firm to
27:56that.
27:57But we
27:58have to
27:58take the
27:58impaler
27:58down before
27:59it's
27:59too late
27:59for
27:59everybody
28:00and
28:00somebody
28:00ends
28:00up
28:01getting
28:01killed.
28:02Shanice
28:03at the
28:04hospital,
28:04she said
28:04that Rachel
28:05Lewis is
28:07logging some
28:07serious
28:08overtime,
28:09which coincides
28:10with the
28:10debt that
28:11she's juggling.
28:12And she's
28:13been working
28:13at the lab
28:13for four
28:13months.
28:14Yeah,
28:15but Grayson's
28:15been moving
28:15plasma for
28:16almost a
28:16year,
28:17so his boss
28:18in the ring
28:18wouldn't have
28:18to have been
28:19there for
28:19at least
28:19that long.
28:20Rachel still
28:21might be
28:21involved.
28:22Maybe she
28:22came to
28:23Garland
28:23from another
28:24place.
28:25I'll run
28:25the hire
28:26dates from
28:26the list
28:27that I found
28:27on Nicole's
28:28computer.
28:30What are
28:31you thinking?
28:32I feel like
28:33the walls
28:33are closing
28:33in,
28:34man.
28:34This job
28:35is taking
28:35way too
28:35long.
28:37During my
28:37first stint
28:38as an
28:38investigative
28:39reporter,
28:39I could
28:40feel when
28:41a case
28:41was about
28:41to bust
28:42wide open.
28:43And I
28:44feel that
28:44now.
28:45Garland
28:46is going
28:46to lead
28:47us where
28:47we need
28:47to go.
28:48It better,
28:49because there
28:50are only
28:50two outcomes
28:51here.
28:52Either your
28:53story sees
28:53the light
28:53of day,
28:56or I
28:57don't.
29:09nurse
29:10Johnson to
29:10bed,
29:10651.
29:19Nurse
29:20Morgan,
29:21you're not
29:22supposed to
29:22be here.
29:30Um,
29:30hi,
29:31chief.
29:31What do
29:31you mean?
29:32I didn't
29:33see your
29:33name on
29:34the schedule.
29:35I swapped
29:35shifts with
29:36Ginny.
29:37Oh,
29:37or I
29:37thought I
29:38did,
29:38but it
29:38turns out
29:38that we
29:39got our
29:39dates
29:39confused.
29:41I see.
29:42Well,
29:43since you're
29:44here,
29:44we can use
29:45you.
29:46But I...
29:47I'm glad
29:47that worked
29:47out.
29:48Get back
29:48to work.
29:55I need
29:56you to
29:56take
29:56these
29:57antibiotics
29:57and my
29:58keys and
29:58go back
29:58to my
29:58place,
29:59okay?
30:01I think
30:01it's better
30:02if I
30:02stay.
30:02You need
30:03to rest.
30:04You need
30:04to trust
30:05me on
30:06this,
30:06and we
30:07cannot
30:07discuss
30:07this here.
30:09Did the
30:10person who
30:10did this
30:10to you
30:11work here?
30:12At
30:12Carland?
30:13Back to
30:14work,
30:14people.
30:15Lots
30:16to do.
30:17Morgan,
30:18go check
30:19on that
30:19drift in
30:2033.
30:21It should
30:21be just
30:22about done.
30:23I'll do
30:24that.
30:25I'll get
30:26to the
30:26lab.
30:34Your
30:34little
30:34girlfriend
30:35better not
30:35know a
30:36damn
30:36thing.
30:38I'm not
30:39stupid.
30:41Could have
30:41fooled me.
30:43You
30:43look like
30:44crap.
30:44Go
30:45home.
30:47Don't
30:47worry
30:48about
30:48Ashley.
30:49I'll
30:50keep my
30:50eye on
30:51her.
30:53You
30:54know,
30:54I've
30:54heard some
30:54serious
30:55stories about
30:56Joey
30:56Armstrong.
30:58Is there
30:59any of
30:59them
30:59true?
31:00Whatever
31:01you have
31:01heard is
31:02probably
31:03just the
31:03tip of
31:03the
31:03iceberg.
31:05But
31:05I am
31:06trying not
31:07to say
31:07things like
31:08that
31:08anymore.
31:09Since
31:09I agreed
31:10to back
31:11off of
31:11my
31:11disapproval
31:12of
31:12Joey,
31:14hopefully
31:14Deanna can
31:14get through
31:15to her
31:15mother.
31:16I don't
31:17believe that
31:17Deanna will
31:18be a fan
31:18of the
31:18Joey-Vanessa
31:19romance
31:20anytime soon.
31:22This last
31:23year has
31:24been a
31:25change for
31:25all of
31:26us.
31:27I was at
31:28my daughter's
31:28birthday party
31:29recently and
31:29I realized
31:30my life looks
31:32completely
31:32different than
31:33it did.
31:34It's the
31:35new normal.
31:36Do me a
31:37favor.
31:37anything.
31:38As long
31:39as it's
31:39not
31:40distance
31:40time I
31:40can
31:41always
31:41give
31:41you.
31:42Next
31:43time I
31:43verbally
31:43meander,
31:44just stop
31:45me.
31:47I
31:47understand
31:48my
31:48assignment
31:49and I
31:49just want
31:49you to
31:50know
31:50that I
31:50take
31:50my
31:51chief
31:51distraction
31:52officer
31:53job
31:53very
31:54seriously.
31:55Well then
31:55how about
31:56we get
31:57out of
31:57here and
31:57find
31:57something
31:58more
31:58exciting
31:58to
31:59do.
32:15Jacob,
32:16are you
32:16okay?
32:18I am.
32:19I just
32:20need you to
32:21know I
32:21love you.
32:22I love
32:23you too.
32:24Are you
32:24sure you're
32:25okay?
32:26I'm
32:27fine.
32:27I just
32:28need you to
32:28know that
32:29I'm doing
32:29everything in
32:29my power
32:30to make
32:30it home
32:30to you.
32:31Back to
32:32our bed,
32:32our light,
32:34our love,
32:35completely out
32:36of the shadows
32:36that I've
32:36been hiding
32:37in.
32:38This is
32:39scaring me,
32:39Jacob.
32:41Don't
32:41let it.
32:42I feel
32:43like I'm
32:43getting close
32:43to solving
32:44this thing.
32:45The closer
32:46you get
32:46to your
32:47goal,
32:48the higher
32:48the risk
32:50for all
32:50of us.
32:57Is it
32:58safe to
32:59enter?
33:00Yeah.
33:01I have a
33:02lot to
33:02catch up
33:02on.
33:03I would
33:04have brought
33:04you a
33:04sweet treat
33:05but it
33:06didn't seem
33:06wise under
33:07the circumstances.
33:12Hope that
33:13didn't take
33:14your breath
33:14away.
33:15Well,
33:15at least
33:16not in a
33:16bad way.
33:17No,
33:18I'm just
33:19fine.
33:20Okay.
33:21What did
33:22Naomi have
33:23to say?
33:24Well,
33:25she managed
33:25to say
33:26nothing
33:26and a
33:27whole damn
33:27lot all
33:27at the
33:28same time.
33:29Did
33:29Naomi and
33:30Jacob have
33:30a lover's
33:31spat?
33:32It's more
33:33than that.
33:34Well,
33:34I'm sure
33:35they'll work
33:35through
33:36whatever's
33:37going on.
33:39But,
33:40back to
33:41us.
33:42Listen,
33:43as badly
33:44as that
33:44might have
33:45turned out,
33:46I sprained
33:48that St.
33:49Bart's
33:49Island-themed
33:50breakfast
33:50on you
33:51this
33:51morning
33:51for a
33:52reason.
33:53The reason
33:54being?
33:55We need
33:56an actual
33:56vacation,
33:57Bill.
33:58Not just
33:58one night.
34:00Even our
34:02makeshift
34:02Island lovemaking
34:03in our own
34:04house was
34:05interrupted by
34:06your former
34:07father-in-law.
34:08Well,
34:08now's not the
34:09time,
34:09Haley,
34:10okay?
34:11There's too
34:11much going
34:12on around
34:12here for
34:12us to
34:13take a
34:13vacation.
34:14Even
34:14you have
34:15to recharge
34:15sometime.
34:16Haley,
34:17like I
34:17said,
34:18now is
34:19not the
34:19time.
34:20There are
34:21threats to
34:21my family
34:22happening
34:22all around
34:23me,
34:23and I
34:23won't
34:23stand
34:24for it.
34:27I'm
34:27sorry,
34:28I shouldn't
34:28be bothering
34:29you with
34:29this.
34:29Like you
34:29said,
34:30Danny,
34:30you have
34:30much
34:30better
34:31things
34:31to do
34:31with
34:31No,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:32no,
34:33no,
34:33no,
34:33get to
34:34pull
34:34back.
34:34I
34:35just
34:36meant
34:36that
34:36I
34:36got
34:37to
34:37get
34:37back
34:37to
34:37work.
34:37You
34:38know,
34:38my
34:38boss
34:38is
34:38a
34:38real
34:39hard
34:39ass.
34:39Lucky
34:39for
34:40you,
34:40I
34:40have
34:40it
34:40in
34:40with
34:40that
34:41guy.
34:42So,
34:43what does
34:43Bill
34:43think
34:44of his
34:44child
34:45brides
34:45embezzling
34:46bestie?
34:49You
34:49can do
34:50this
34:50the easy
34:50way
34:51or
34:52the
34:52hard
34:52way.
34:55He's
34:55worried
34:56that
34:57Lynette's
34:57been
34:57taking
34:58advantage
34:58of her
34:59and
34:59he
34:59asked
35:00me
35:00to
35:00look
35:00into
35:01it.
35:02That's
35:02why
35:02you
35:02were
35:02asking
35:03me
35:03all
35:03those
35:03questions.
35:04But
35:04why
35:04would
35:04Lynette
35:05disappear
35:05when
35:05she's
35:06about
35:06to
35:06score
35:06a
35:07new
35:07life
35:07courtesy
35:07of
35:08the
35:08happy
35:08Hamiltons?
35:10Maybe
35:11because
35:11there
35:11was
35:11a
35:11little
35:12more
35:12going
35:12on
35:12there?
35:13No.
35:14Bill
35:15may be
35:15a
35:15serial
35:15cheater,
35:16but
35:16a
35:16thruple
35:17is
35:17way
35:17too
35:17much
35:18emotional
35:18work
35:18for
35:19my
35:19ex.
35:19Okay,
35:20we've
35:20gotten
35:20a
35:20little
35:20off
35:21point
35:21here.
35:21Here's
35:21my
35:22point
35:22whatever
35:23you
35:23dig
35:23up
35:24you
35:24share
35:24with
35:24me.
35:25No
35:25way.
35:26Yes
35:26way.
35:27Haley's
35:28not
35:28innocent.
35:29Not
35:29now,
35:30not
35:30ever.
35:31And
35:31whatever's
35:31going
35:32on
35:32or
35:32went
35:33on
35:33with
35:33Lynette
35:34might
35:35blow
35:35back
35:35on
35:35my
35:35family.
35:37I
35:37need
35:37to
35:37be
35:38able
35:38to
35:38see
35:38what's
35:38coming.
35:52A
35:55lot
36:20of
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