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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 24: Thursday, February 5, 2026
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03:17Bueno, Dr. Rollins, ¿shall we move this?
03:20Anywhere you want.
03:22I was thinking of you.
03:24That works, too. After you.
03:34Welcome to my humble abode.
03:37At last.
03:39I thought you could use a home-cooked meal.
03:42Oh. And out of the blue, you invited me to your place after months together.
03:48Oh, you suspect an ulterior motive.
03:50You think I'm shaken up over that client's irate husband.
03:53Well.
03:54I could have handled myself, even if Randy hadn't run interference.
03:58So you've said.
04:00But you don't seem to believe me.
04:02I'm a woman in the world, Joey.
04:04I know how to lock up, stay sharp, and make it hurt if I'm pushed.
04:09Dangerous, Vanessa.
04:09Vanessa, I like that about you.
04:15And I, like you, ready to be my dark knight.
04:19And that I've finally been welcomed into your castle for whatever reason.
04:23You know, if I thought that loser husband was a real threat,
04:30he wouldn't be anymore.
04:32And I wouldn't have to distract you with a meal.
04:36Okay, you win.
04:37Feed me.
04:38First things first.
04:40You're the expert on houses, so go ahead.
04:43Be brutal.
04:46It's exquisite.
04:49And surprising.
04:51What'd you expect?
04:52Dogs playing poker?
04:54Sinatra painted on velvet?
04:56Maybe a blackjack table, like the one we've put to such good use at the casino.
05:01I wouldn't knock any of the above, especially our table.
05:06It's warm, which some people might not expect in your home,
05:10but I know you're not afraid of sentiment.
05:14It's masculine, of course, because you're you.
05:19Sophisticated, as I figured,
05:21and thankfully less modern than most guys usually go for.
05:26What it is, is exactly what I should have expected.
05:29A reflection of you.
05:32Your warmth.
05:34Your passion.
05:36Your brilliance.
05:38My man.
05:39Forever full of surprises.
05:43I've always had an affinity for...
05:47the finer things.
05:53Sorry.
05:54I had to wait for Vanessa to leave for the evening.
05:57Did she ask you to stay late?
05:58Not at all.
06:00I'd like to spruce things up for her.
06:03Vanessa likes to have an inviting bedroom after a long day.
06:08And just in case she brings Joey home with her.
06:11Is that a regular day?
06:12Uh, it is.
06:14And I have to say, Mr. Armstrong is a dream, charm for days,
06:19and nary a crumb or smudge on a glass.
06:22Because he can't leave evidence behind.
06:26Do not make me an accomplice after the fact.
06:29Not all of us can work for the morally unimpeachable Dupree's.
06:34If you'd seen Nicole leaving for her date tonight,
06:37honey, off the shoulder, up the hip,
06:39I thought it might meet in the middle.
06:40No, not Dr. Nicole Dupree.
06:44Oh, you haven't seen her new come-hither look.
06:46Mm.
06:47I think it sounds shameless.
06:50Sometimes I think you're like one of those throwbacks, Mona.
06:53From one of those Douglas Sirach films we both love on TCM.
06:58Well, if she's doing an imitation of life,
07:00it's maybe Danny's life.
07:03Nicole was the most responsible, professional,
07:07put-together woman I knew.
07:09Oh, and now she deserves a scarlet letterer?
07:12I just mean the fallout from Ted's cheating, lies,
07:16and baby mama drama didn't end
07:18with the perfect couple blowing up.
07:21It continues,
07:22with Nicole emerging from the ashes of that marriage
07:26like some sexually liberated phoenix.
07:32So I haven't scared you off yet.
07:34Not even with my secret single behavior?
07:37I like knowing that under that handsome exterior
07:40and those magic massage hands,
07:42you're still human and guilty of leaving dishes in the sink.
07:45Oh, I would load the dishwasher for you.
07:48That sounded way hotter in my head.
07:53What you said in my office,
07:54it really stuck with me, Kyle.
07:57Well, it's like a new adventure every time I see you,
07:59so I'm guessing that it had to do with changing things up after a loss.
08:04You did it by becoming a traveling doc,
08:06and I decided to make some changes a little closer to home.
08:12I'm happy to be an inspiration.
08:15Any changes of note?
08:18Just getting to know a certain reluctant dishwasher.
08:23Well, then you actually have to answer some of my questions about you.
08:27Maybe.
08:29When I get back.
08:30Oh, I'm not moving.
08:37Did I tell you you're the most ravishing woman here?
08:42And you haven't even looked around yet.
08:45I don't have to.
08:49Oh, who's Kyle?
08:51We should say hi.
08:53Sure.
08:56Well, if it isn't my favorite nurse from the DMV.
09:02Ted?
09:03Kyle.
09:04That would mean a lot more
09:05if I didn't know you had at least ten other favorite nurses in this town alone.
09:09Well, you're out there with them all.
09:10Just don't tell.
09:12Please don't tell me you've done so much bouncing around
09:14that your fine self is forced to die in alone.
09:17I'm on a date.
09:18Oh.
09:19Who's the lucky girl?
09:24Me.
09:29I could get used to this.
09:31I'm glad you like it here.
09:33I do.
09:35And what do you have cooking in the kitchen?
09:39Ropa vieja.
09:41Translation?
09:42Shredded Cuban beef sauteed in pepper tomato sauce.
09:46It marinates all night and then simmers all day.
09:51The key is in the waiting.
09:53I do love a slow burn.
09:55It'll be worth the wait.
09:57I promise.
10:00You're different here.
10:02More relaxed.
10:03More yourself, maybe.
10:06I like this you.
10:08I haven't been completely relaxed since I was a kid.
10:13But here is as close as I will ever come.
10:17When I'm in here, I can actually imagine what my life might be like if I'd chosen a different one.
10:26And what would that look like?
10:30Well, I'd try my hand at the great American thriller, like Connelly or Leonard.
10:38And then I'd make dinner for a certain everything woman.
10:43And I'd make love to her in every room.
10:46Starting with this one.
10:50Then I could almost turn my back on the road I've taken.
10:55Just almost?
10:56Just almost.
10:59Now, this is as free and as safe as I can be.
11:03Well, it is Fort Knox up in here.
11:06I'm guessing that the rock stationed at the door is not the only one.
11:09He's not the reason I've lowered my guard.
11:13You are.
11:22You are going to look so stunning in that gown you've chosen.
11:26I agree.
11:28Thank you.
11:29But you've seen hundreds of debutantes.
11:32Well, that is why I am so certain.
11:35The line that runs through those white dresses from you to Kat to Naomi to Nicole.
11:43And I just, I can see them when they were getting ready for their debut and how excited they were,
11:48just like you are.
11:50And of course, Jessica, you are going to be gorgeous as well.
11:53I cannot wait to see you and Tyrell descending that staircase.
11:59What, is this this Gen Z stare that I've read so much about?
12:04Sorry, Mrs. Dupree.
12:06No disrespect.
12:07I'm just doing time in my ballgame.
12:10The whole Katillion thing.
12:11It's just not me.
12:12And yet, here you are.
12:14My dad is making me.
12:17So you resent your father for wanting you to have opportunities in a world that doesn't deal them out easily?
12:22Poor you.
12:24I think there are less problematic ways to make connections.
12:28I think I understand why you feel that way.
12:32I pretty much had the same opinion of Katillions until I saw one for myself.
12:38Really?
12:39So how'd they suck you into the Deb cult?
12:41Well, attending the Katillion as a guest on the arm of my husband was a wonderful experience.
12:49But I was introduced to the tradition when the Articulet sang at a Katillion afterparty.
12:55There we were, having been raised in the projects, having to fight our way through every adversity,
13:05fighting to be heard, fighting to find self-assurance, fighting to carry ourselves with poise.
13:13And then we walk into the room with all these beautiful young black women who already had all of that.
13:21They were the same age we had been when we were touring all over the place and clawing our way
13:27up the charts.
13:28Except they were already brimming with confidence.
13:32You didn't resent that they had it like that?
13:35I mean, without ever lifting a finger?
13:37All I wanted was for girls who look like me to step into the world and not have to fight.
13:45You still don't understand the value of a Katillion, do you?
13:49I guess not.
13:52It's not a prom like you're someone else's date.
13:56Or a marriage like you're someone else's spouse.
14:01It is about you.
14:04You owning you.
14:06Coming out and saying to the world, here you are.
14:10You are proud, you are beautiful, you are intelligent.
14:14I cannot think of any other tradition that affirms that more.
14:20Oh, when you put it that way.
14:23I watched those girls grow up and champion the causes that they pledged when they first came out.
14:30And they still do.
14:31Now, I know you have pledged to your new clinic.
14:36What is your cause, Jessica?
14:38It's a local organization.
14:39It helps teach kids conflict resolution.
14:41That is wonderful.
14:43If you and Samantha can accomplish half of what the debutantes I have known did,
14:48you will make yourselves very proud.
14:51I will.
14:52Me too.
14:55And I may be biased, but I think one of you two young ladies may be crowned Platinum Deb at
15:03the ball.
15:04Oh, please.
15:05Jessica doesn't even want to.
15:07Oh, I would never take that from you.
15:09As if you could.
15:11Well, it's not up to either of you.
15:13But the Barrington County Debutante Society would be lucky to have either of you beautiful young women wearing that tiara.
15:22I wouldn't count on it.
15:24My granddaughter, Francesca, is a shoo-in for that title.
15:27And there's not a damn thing Anita Dupree can do about it.
15:30So my grandchildren have teamed up to decide what's best for me now.
15:37Well, Naomi and I realized that I was selfish for taking even a moment of your time when it's time
15:44away from Gran.
15:46Now, you've already helped me with my campaign by training me every day of my life.
15:51Your gran's the one battling cancer, not me.
15:55But you haven't left her side for a moment.
15:58But it takes a toll.
16:00You have to take care of yourself, too.
16:03Taking care of your grandmother isn't a burden.
16:06It's a gift.
16:08And taking care of this family?
16:10That's my reason for being.
16:12I know.
16:13But with everything going on, no one would fault you for taking a step back.
16:21I would.
16:27Who wouldn't want a horizontal house call with the good Dr. Carlton or a roll-around with Dr. Rollins?
16:33I'm not being a church lady.
16:36Oh, but she spent her whole life with Ted.
16:39And now she's just out on the loose?
16:42Exactly.
16:43She spent her whole life with one man, that philandering jerk,
16:48repays her with a secret baby and baby mama,
16:50who, my heart goes out to Leslie, is relentless.
16:54I mean, who would begrudge Nicole a revenge makeover?
16:58You should be cheering her on, not judging her in the comment section.
17:03I hope you're right.
17:05But I pray she doesn't move too fast for her own good.
17:09Nicole, hi.
17:10This dress was made for you.
17:12And you are always fierce yourself.
17:14And I'm going to have to get an air tag for you if you keep showing up at all my
17:18dates.
17:19A small town.
17:21Great minds.
17:23Well, don't let us keep you.
17:25I'm sure Shanice could use a cocktail.
17:27Right.
17:28Let's, uh, let's go to the bar.
17:32It's not my place, but, uh...
17:34Go on.
17:36I thought you and Carlton were a thing.
17:39At least that's what Carlton thinks.
17:43Definitely not your place.
17:45Because I live every aspect of my life openly and honestly.
17:49Carlton knows about Kyle, and Kyle knows about Carlton.
17:52And they both know that I'm nowhere near ready for anything resembling a commitment because I am newly out of
17:58a marriage.
17:59Hey, I didn't, I didn't mean to.
18:01So, I believe we are all up to speed.
18:03Unless you want to ask Kyle his intentions.
18:06I'm good.
18:08Ted, I think Nicole's right.
18:10I'm thirsty.
18:11Let's see about those drinks.
18:12Kyle, Nicole, you two have fun.
18:15You two.
18:15Oh, thank you.
18:17For what?
18:18You're setting us up in the first place.
18:21I owe you.
18:23I've spent the evening convincing these girls that being a debutante is about merit, character, achievement, and sisterhood.
18:33And now you've just reduced it to nothing more than rivalry and bragging rights.
18:39You can't preach if you've never worn the robes.
18:43And you, Anita, never wore the dress or the gloves.
18:47You were never a deb.
18:49And yet you sit here holding court.
18:52While with all those lessons, Anastasia, what did you walk away with?
18:58Not an iota of decorum.
19:01Is this what you're passing down to Francesca?
19:04I am Fairmont Crest, born and bred.
19:07Insult me and your insulting, Vernon.
19:09My husband used his privilege to step into the world, helping others.
19:16And that's where he found you.
19:18Scraping and gyrating and hustling like a common...
19:21Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony Award winning, quadruple threat.
19:28I don't dabble.
19:29I dominate.
19:31Without Vernon, you, your daughters, your granddaughter, and most assuredly, your great granddaughter,
19:37who doesn't even have a drop of Dupree blood, wouldn't be allowed inside these gates.
19:43Let alone into the ranks of polite society.
19:47You have to give me the recipe.
19:55Guess.
19:58Definitely pecan.
20:00And hair.
20:02A hint of...
20:04Something savory.
20:06Pancetta.
20:08Never mind.
20:10What do you have against pancetta?
20:12Never mind about the recipe.
20:15I don't need it.
20:18I have you.
20:20You do.
20:23And you can just make those little puffs for me all the time.
20:26When I move in.
20:28You really set them up?
20:30Carlton cancelled Winterfest and I didn't want to leave my girl hanging.
20:34Huh.
20:35And you didn't mention it to me.
20:38Why would I?
20:39You claimed you've moved on.
20:42Was I wrong?
20:44Are you bothered?
20:46Why would I be bothered?
20:47Because since Nicole walked in here with that freakum dress on and that fine man,
20:51you have spent more time looking over there than you have at me.
20:55It's not like that.
20:57What's it like, Ted?
20:59I didn't put on these lashes in these heels to spend the night with a man who's still caught up
21:02on his ex.
21:08What if I told you,
21:12I need to campaign as much as you need me in it?
21:17You see, what's happening with your grandmother is terrifying, but clarifying.
21:24You see, we've touched many, many lives.
21:27Her with her music and me with my politics.
21:30I said, we want that to live on.
21:35You're not going anywhere.
21:37No, not anytime soon.
21:40Anita's music and films will be here for generations.
21:45You'll carry on for me.
21:48You're, you're my legacy.
21:51Not just me, Granddad.
21:53You have inspired so many.
21:56Then don't stop me now.
22:00All right.
22:00Oh, great one.
22:02What should I be doing that I'm not doing now?
22:09You have to put more skin in the game.
22:13You want me to cardruple my face-to-face and meet-and-greet stops leading up to the primary.
22:19You disagree?
22:21Great strategy, but wrong timing.
22:24There's no way I'm sacrificing another moment with my family, especially the kids.
22:31You and I are overdue to get a few things straight.
22:42Oh, and of course I've missed you.
22:47You drove three hours?
22:49That's so sweet.
22:51Okay, I'm leaving out.
22:52I just have to drop some knowledge on my bestie.
22:56I'll see you soon.
22:58Go.
22:59I can't be responsible for making you miss one minute of happy with Mr. Love Boat.
23:04I just have to say, if I can meet a man in the middle of the Atlantic, you can meet
23:10one closer to home.
23:11Your last man shouldn't be your last man.
23:14Get out there and live.
23:18I thought we'd come to a place of understanding.
23:22We love each other.
23:24We spend practically every night together at my place, which has all those memories.
23:30Your place could be ours.
23:33Only it's mine.
23:36Our situation's changed.
23:37Doug's gone.
23:39We're closer than ever.
23:41That picture you painted of us here together, it can be real.
23:47Your moving in here could really mean something.
23:49That you can't be apart from me.
23:53Danger.
23:55For you.
23:58If you were living here, my enemies would have no doubt how much you mean to me.
24:05And how much is that?
24:10Sometimes, words won't do.
24:19Look, Nicole and I are always going to be connected, you know, by the kids and perhaps one day as
24:25friends.
24:26But I still know her better than anyone else on the planet, and that's just not the Nicole that I
24:32know.
24:32Because she is not the same woman you once knew.
24:36Because of me.
24:38You don't get to dictate how she puts you in her rear view.
24:41Nicole is evolving, which is her right.
24:43And if you were ever really going to be her real friend.
24:47Okay.
24:48I have to check myself.
24:49Nicole is free to do whatever she wants.
24:54But I just know if she's showing out because of me, then that's on me.
25:01I saw a woman just walking in her power.
25:04Okay.
25:05Maybe I was out of bounds.
25:07And I couldn't see that.
25:09But it's going to take me a minute to get used to this evolution.
25:13Especially when she's evolving in the same room.
25:17I can get with that.
25:19But you do know they serve food and drinks in other rooms where your ex-wife isn't.
25:25She is not the only one who can evolve.
25:29Thanks.
25:31Bartender?
25:32No.
25:33I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth or up my butt like you.
25:38Oh, there she is.
25:40I've been waiting to meet the real Anita Williams.
25:45But I have earned my place in this life.
25:47I have earned my life in my marriage and in Fairmont Crest.
25:50We have created a family that has glittered behind and beyond these gates with dignity, integrity, heart, and grace.
26:01And we have passed that down through blood.
26:03But most importantly, through deed to our children, our grandchildren, and now our great-grandchildren, like this lovely young woman
26:13you see before you.
26:15Now, we may not have passed your 23andMe purity test, but yet here you are with all that privilege and
26:24opportunity.
26:25And you didn't bother to ever develop the kind of traits that truly matter.
26:31My family was giving to charities while you still were one.
26:35And what have you done with your high and mighty self with all that you have?
26:40Just crown yourself the Queen of Mean.
26:47That's all you got, Miss Egot?
26:52I would call for a standing ovation, but this isn't showtime at the Apollo.
26:59It's Fairmont Crest.
27:02Divas aren't welcome here.
27:04Have you looked in the mirror?
27:06And you might have been able to tip the scales for Nicole, Naomi, and Kat.
27:11But do not expect a four-peat.
27:14The crown belongs to my thoroughbred.
27:17Not your Samantha.
27:20It is Francesca Belle Claire's time to shine.
27:24And no Dupree will stand in her way.
27:27Well, if that is the lens through which you've decided to see this,
27:31may the best matriarch win.
27:49That woman is the exact reason Debbie Todd should just fade away.
27:54Fortunately, tradition is a living thing, and it can only flourish with new blood like yours and Samantha's.
28:03Don't throw away our history before you've experienced it yourself with an open heart and mind, Jessica.
28:11You might find you like it.
28:13I will try, Mrs. Dupree.
28:16Good.
28:17Now, I want you two to focus on being the best damn Debs you can be.
28:24Leave Miss Anastasia to me.
28:28I understand putting family before calendar.
28:32When Smitty and I got back together, I promised him that I would be there for him and the kids.
28:38We don't have that much more time before we have an empty nest.
28:42It's Tyrell's senior year, and Samantha's going through her own rite of passage.
28:47The kids are proud of what you do.
28:50I hope so.
28:52But it's not just about them.
28:54Smitty is finally getting back into the swing of his career, and I want that for him.
29:02That's a lot of change, son.
29:04You're used to being the center of their world, and now all the pieces are moving.
29:10And growing.
29:11And I can't wait to see how it all turns out.
29:16And?
29:18And I just want to push the pause button and keep us in this little perfect bubble forever.
29:24Familiar words.
29:26Anita and I used them once.
29:29Nicole said the same about you and Kat.
29:33Now my poor girl's got to grow again.
29:38Her nest's empty, and the ink on her divorce papers is dry.
29:47Has anyone ever told you you were an amazing kisser?
29:50It doesn't come from mind.
29:52They should give you a kissing award.
29:56You should be in the kissing hall of fame.
30:00They should be writing songs about your kissing.
30:03It may have come up.
30:04But I do believe other descriptors were used.
30:09Hold that, and you're funny, too.
30:11I got an idea.
30:12Why don't we keep doing this again, and I'll be inspired to find more words.
30:17No more words.
30:24When you said you wanted to get out of here, I thought you meant a different restaurant.
30:30No.
30:31What you thought, Ron?
30:32Lucky me.
30:34You're so beautiful, Cherise.
30:37Ted.
30:44I don't know if I want to kiss that spot all night.
30:47This one, and this one.
30:51You had me right up until the all-night part.
30:57We both know your mind has also been elsewhere tonight.
31:01Maybe you suddenly have to have me because you're trying to forget
31:05that Nicole's with Kyle right now.
31:25If it isn't the hero.
31:29Mona, right?
31:31You saved Vanessa McBride from that skeevy guy.
31:35How'd you hear about that?
31:37Waitress' talk.
31:39Listening's one of my things.
31:42Noted.
31:43Being a hero is not one of mine.
31:46But I refuse to stand by when a woman's in danger.
31:50Everybody says that.
31:53Not everybody walks the walk.
31:56You do surprise.
31:58How would you manage to maintain a semblance of decency
32:02while still working for that devil Joey Armstrong?
32:10Poor courses, Joey.
32:12This must have taken you all day.
32:14I love cooking for you.
32:16You know what goes great with devil's food cake?
32:19Do tell.
32:20Whipped cream.
32:22Be right back.
32:25Or I believe you were saving the bedroom for the end of the tour.
32:29I'll meet you in there.
32:42Well, ladies, we should head home now.
32:46I've got my car, but thanks.
32:48It has been an education.
32:55Do you need to sit down?
32:57Should I get someone?
32:58No, no.
32:58I'm fine.
32:59I'm fine.
33:00I just need to throw some cold water on my face.
33:02Hey, is she really okay?
33:10I hope that wannabe Berger can be watched and, like, throw off her game.
33:14Great-grand is fine.
33:15She may have never been the platinum dev,
33:18but she's the toughest woman I know.
33:24Dare I ask what cranked up that smile?
33:29What if I said it was you?
33:32I like that.
33:39You want to take this in place?
33:41Maybe my place?
33:44I am very, very tempted,
33:48but can we say to be continued?
33:52Did I blow this?
33:54Because I just assumed that we were on the same page.
33:57Oh, we're on the same page.
33:59I just haven't quite changed up everything about myself.
34:03I need to keep this at the kissing place for now.
34:07Moving locations, levels up to something a little more serious.
34:13We don't want that.
34:16I promise that I won't fall madly in love with you.
34:19As long as you promise that you won't.
34:23You are adorable.
34:26But if kissing has us here, imagine what a night together will do.
34:30Oh, I am.
34:33I am enjoying where I am right now.
34:36And I need to just stay here for a minute.
34:40No fast moves.
34:42I am enjoying keeping all of the possibilities on the table.
34:45I hope you understand.
34:48I've been where you've been.
34:51When you move, I'll move.
34:58Okay, look, don't, don't, don't go.
35:03Look, this takes time.
35:06No.
35:06I won't be someone's consolation prize while you wait for your wife or girlfriend to come back to you.
35:11I deserve much more than that.
35:13Better than that.
35:15Yes, you do.
35:17And I wouldn't have asked you out if I wasn't ready to move on.
35:21I want to believe that.
35:24It was a reflex, not interest.
35:27I should have kept my eyes fixed on you where they belong.
35:32You have brought me back from a really dark place.
35:36And we're good together.
35:38You make me laugh.
35:40And when we're not laughing, you make me want to do things I really want to do.
35:47How do I show you there's nowhere else I want to be?
35:50What do I need to say, Shanice?
35:52Just tell me and I will do it.
36:10You can start by explaining these, because if I am the one, then who do these tacky-ass panties belong
36:16to?
36:17I will do it.
36:23All right.
36:35Let's try it.
36:36Let's try it.
36:38Let's try it.
36:40Let's try it.
36:42Let's try it.
36:45You can form a single play.
36:46Let's try it.
36:47¡Gracias!
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