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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 20: Friday, January 30, 2026
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00:11And then Chelsea and I could book you as our spokesmodel.
00:15You could be our Mr. Man purse.
00:18Seems like your family's determined to make me change careers.
00:21We just want you to realize that a handsome, talented guy like you has options.
00:27Much appreciated.
00:28But I'm perfectly happy where I am at Bannigan.
00:32Oh, come on.
00:34Hey, babe.
00:35Hey, yourself.
00:37Why don't you come join us?
00:43Don't mind me.
00:45No, I won't.
00:46I am so sorry for interrupting what I'm sure was a fascinating conversation.
00:51Although I generally think you're sorry, I'm sure you're not sorry about interrupting.
00:58What I think you are is pathologically insecure.
01:01I'm sure.
01:02I'm sure.
01:02I'm sure.
01:04I'm sure.
01:27I'm sure.
01:30You don't, I can think it's hard to do.
01:38It's close to me, but I think it's close to me.
01:53I think you're good.
01:53It's close to me.
02:06you can't keep texting me and expecting me to drop everything i'm doing to come see you
02:11tell me about it when i didn't hear from you after i told you i needed a plan to expedite
02:17my beloved
02:17husband truth to me jesus it reminded me i can't rely on you nah don't be like that now you
02:24know
02:24i'm exceptionally reliable yeah when someone else is giving the orders but you know i just
02:30suppose it it wasn't fair of me to ask so much of you you know as much as you get
02:35a kick out of
02:36putting me down you have to admit there are a lot of smart brothers out there yeah bill hamilton esquire
02:41may be book smart but he is completely clueless about his sweet loving wife which is what made it
02:49so easy for me to come up with a quick and dirty way to take him out of commission fast
02:56i've been
02:58increasing the doses that i've been giving the mountain man in his teeth damn it hayley how much
03:05a lot oh don't look at me like that i'll be sobbing at his turn all along before he knows
03:12something's
03:12wrong well i hope that this is the start of a new trend you know doctors scheduling appointments
03:20outside of business hours and i guess having a doctor who's in a relationship with your daughter
03:26has its privileges mr hamilton the reason for this evening's appointment is professional
03:31not personal i moved this exam up several weeks because i'm planning on taking a sabbatical from
03:36seeing patients oh yeah what's going on is everything okay with you with your family
03:42just taking some time away to focus on research and i didn't want to have another neurologist take
03:47over your case without doing a thorough examination first oh okay well i appreciate that but are you
03:52sure that there's nothing else going on not a thing okay well you're the consummate professional
03:59dr montgomery thank you you're welcome and as much as i'll miss having you as my doctor i know that
04:06it's in humanity's best interest for you to use that brilliant brain of yours to develop new treatments
04:12so um how long will you be on leave for the rest of the year probably oh that long huh
04:20well i hope that
04:22i'll have the pleasure of seeing you at the occasional family gathering or maybe just dinner with you and
04:26chelsea sorry but no the research facility is in copenhagen so i'll be leaving the country
04:36i can't believe you were so insistent about this dinner tonight honestly i think you consider me too
04:42weak or far too diminished to even step outside the house let alone keep up appearances in front of a
04:49restaurant full of people i heard you loud and clear about me stepping back from worrying and hovering
04:58i just thought a change of scenery and cuisine was in order boy now don't make it sound like i'm
05:05tired
05:06of rowena's cooking instead of you always asking her to make something healthy
05:12i fully accept blame for all of everything and being agreeable and amiable is not going to work
05:20not when i am still justifiably annoyed
05:26well that's odd the club is usually meticulous about sending out an email when the restaurant
05:33is closed for a private function what the just when i was determined to show you a nice night out
05:41i'm gonna track down eugene find out exactly what's going on my father built this club
05:47no dupree should ever be denied access well it's not necessary to make a scene we can have dinner at
05:54the house our family has an obligation to make sure that this club's service is top notch
06:00my little chat with eugene will be to everyone's best interest vernon wait
06:15did you buy out this entire restaurant hoping to charm your way out of the doghouse
06:26is it working
06:34extravagant apology gestures
06:37i am looking forward to seeing how far the extravagance goes you know i am very very angry
06:44with you you've got a lot of work to do my love we've been married too long for you to
06:51pretend
06:52you haven't already forgiven me who says i'm pretending as you will see this is no ordinary date night
07:02tonight we'll be playing a little game
07:04what kind of game taboo
07:09for the length of this lovely evening neither one of us is going to make reference to
07:14the zodiac sign that starts with c you mean uh
07:20the crab
07:22correct
07:23correct
07:25thank you vernon this means more to me than all the sparkling cider and chilean sea bass on this earth
07:33anything my anita wants
07:37but i'm not sure you can live up to it
07:40do you know how to have a conversation
07:43with me about anything other than the crab
07:49oh ye of little faith
07:53do you think i rented out this whole restaurant so that the two of us could just sit around talking
08:02here you were just bragging about how smart you are
08:08so explain to me how you can go and do something so damn stupid
08:14bill hamilton has sawed his way through my last nerve
08:18the extra doses will just hurry things along and i can start shopping for an extra lung coffin
08:24cuz i'm trying to protect you
08:26but you hurrying things along that's just screwing the whole thing up
08:31i'm still following the plan
08:32you upped the dose
08:34so what
08:36when bill passed out in the office
08:38you kept telling me that the toxins won't show up in the labs
08:41they won't
08:42okay so then what's the problem
08:44okay
08:45the toxins won't show up
08:47sure
08:48but my guy told me at too high a dose
08:50that there may be some obvious medical changes
08:58he's fine
09:00looks fine
09:01feels fine
09:04internal changes
09:05smart one
09:07changes that only a doctor might notice
09:10now since your husband had a recent stroke
09:13doesn't he go to the doctor all the damn time
09:17chelsea didn't say anything about you leaking out of the country
09:21well this opportunity just came up
09:23it was unexpected
09:24and it is too good to turn down
09:27okay
09:29look i'll be honest
09:30i'll be honest here
09:30all right
09:32i know you and chelsea have been having problems
09:35madison
09:37i don't mean to pry
09:38but
09:39are those problems behind your sudden decision to leave
09:42are you sure you two can't work things out
09:45with all due respect mr hamilton
09:47in this room we are doctor and patient
09:50i'd like to keep those boundaries clear
09:52duly noted
09:54okay i know you had blood work done during your last visit
09:57but as a precautionary measure
09:59i just want to make sure everything is still within normal ranges
10:02okay
10:03okay go ahead
10:04since my stroke i've gotten used to being treated like a pen cushion
10:32i just want to make sure everything is fine
10:33tonight's too
10:51oh my
10:57come on baby
10:58take that bang
11:06oh
11:07this feels
11:09good
11:10better than good
11:11this feels normal
11:15you know just what i need
11:16i try
11:23dad i'm afraid i really can't talk right now
11:25well i think you want to find the time
11:28madison just told me that she's going to be moving to copenhagen for the first time
11:38i'm sorry
11:39i'm sorry things didn't work out the way you wanted but for what it's worth i thought the two of
11:48you made a great couple
11:50yes so did i
11:51i would think that someone who hangs around where she's not wanted was the insecure one
11:58i mean why else would you try to undermine me every chance you get
12:01that
12:01so a simple conversation between isaiah and me is enough to undermine you
12:06is enough to undermine you
12:07very secure
12:08look
12:09look nothing was going on between kat and me
12:11don't even bother trying to explain she's never going to believe you
12:15and the sad part is it's not even her fault
12:19isaiah you're an academic advisor
12:21so i'm sure you've seen
12:23plenty of poor
12:26unfortunate kids
12:27like eva
12:28terrible upbringing
12:29if you could even call it that
12:30with no one but her menace of a mother to guide her
12:34i'm used to
12:37civilized company
12:38you and your never ending sniping at me
12:41is that what you mean by civilized company
12:43what does that say about the way you were raised
12:48you see
12:49even an innocent conversation
12:52with a guy that she's been hanging out with is enough to trigger her base impulse to attack
12:58if you really believe that then you will realize the smartest thing for you to do
13:02would be to stay far away from your wild animal of a sister
13:05so why don't you just go join your bff chelsea
13:12something's wrong
13:13she does look like she needs to talk
13:15okay bye then
13:16um
13:18call me
13:18anytime you need more advice
13:27and why were you asking cat for advice
13:30it's not like she inherited the therapy gene from nicole
13:35i am so glad you wanted to get together tonight
13:38so am i
13:40oof
13:42you look incredible
13:43so you approve of my new look
13:45that is the understatement of the century
13:49nicole
13:50i have always been captivated by your beauty
13:53but this
13:56this takes things to a whole new level
13:58emphasis on
13:59the new
14:01if i may ask
14:04what inspired the change
14:06oh you could say i
14:08i
14:08had an epiphany
14:10my whole life has transformed
14:13so i realize i need to change too
14:15and for the better
14:31that brought back memories
14:33one of danny's teen birthday parties comes to mind
14:38she was mortified
14:40oh that ball
14:42for my first swearing in ceremony
14:45well the first time senator and mrs dupree danced the night away
14:49oh we showed them how to do it didn't we
14:52yes we did
14:53even though that cabinet secretary kept trying to cut in
14:58well he was well within the rules of etiquette
15:00so was i when i made it clear politely
15:04that there was one gorgeous woman in that room that he had no business touching
15:09you have got to be the sweetest talker ever vernon dupree
15:14well i don't just talk the talk
15:16i walk the walk
15:19or should i say i dance the dance
15:22when i told you to get out of the house and give me some space did you buy me a
15:26gift
15:28multitasking is my middle name
15:31now why don't you open the box
15:38oh vernon is this the pair
15:41that you kept hinting about at christmas
15:45you were listening
15:48i listen
15:50not just listen you hear
15:53these are beautiful sweetheart
15:55jewels
15:56from my jewel
16:00fortunately
16:02that outfit is perfect for where i'm taking you tonight
16:04ready to share our destination
16:08obelisk
16:10shall we
16:13it is so thoughtful of you to go through all of that trouble
16:18and i always appreciate your consideration
16:22but
16:24there's a little problem
16:27tell me
16:29i don't know if i'll be able to sit at that elegant restaurant through an entire meal
16:34when all i'm really hungry for
16:37is you
16:39well with you looking like this
16:42that feeling is entirely mutual
16:52what if the stroke put the fear of god into him
16:56and the very next sniffle he gets he goes running to get it checked out
17:01not when his loving wife keeps assuring him that he's just as big and strong as he ever was before
17:15i don't know
17:16i don't know
17:17i don't know
17:19stop stressing
17:21okay you piping this up for no reason
17:24all i have to do is keep his daughters and that damn danny from hovering him and noticing something's wrong
17:32i'll stop the doses by his appointment and by then the fatal damages
17:40done
17:41all right i have the results of your blood work
17:44that was quick
17:46and there's this lab tech grayson who's very fast and thorough
17:49he had them expedited
17:51oh great
17:52but let me guess
17:53they're exactly the same as my past few visits right
17:57i'm glad you'll be able to leave here knowing that everything is
18:00perfectly fine with me just like it's been since i recovered from my stroke
18:03i mean you've taken great care of me madison
18:07actually
18:09there's an issue
18:11what are you kidding me
18:13i mean there's been no change for months what are we talking about here
18:18your carbon dioxide levels are low
18:20and your anion gap which is the measure of the difference between positively and negatively balanced electrolytes
18:26is higher than it's been in the past
18:29okay what does any of that mean
18:31it might not mean anything
18:33it could be an error or some other discrepancy from the lab
18:36or sometimes perfectly healthy people have test results outside of the norms
18:41i hear but something's gotta cause that right
18:45this could be attributed to many factors
18:47stress diet or even time of day can affect test results
18:51but to be on the safe side i'll have these tests run again
18:53okay so are you saying that i don't have any reason to worry
18:58i'm saying there's no reason to panic
19:00but i'm going to recommend that your new doctor run additional tests
19:10so what's wrong did something go down at the spa
19:15the woman that i love is leaving me to practice hygge in copenhagen
19:21madison is moving to denmark since when
19:24since tonight apparently
19:26but what really hurts is that she didn't even tell me
19:28i had to find out through my dad of all people
19:31it just goes to show how little i actually mean to her
19:34i think it means the complete opposite
19:37she probably didn't tell you because she just couldn't
19:40she's probably in so much pain over the situation she could have bare to face you
19:45or my impromptu marriage proposal made her want to flee the country
19:49so much for the stereotypes of lesbians being clingy
19:53hey you don't fit into any stereotypes and neither does she
19:57knowing what i know about her though and your relationship
20:01she probably is happiest when she's curled up on the couch wearing sweats
20:06knocking out sudoku puzzles with her boo
20:10she probably thinks you're too much of a wild child to ever enjoy a life slowing down like that
20:15but i like those things too
20:18did you tell her you were retiring your party girl ways
20:23i wasn't gonna lie
20:24okay so you've been indulging those other parts of yourself
20:30which isn't wrong
20:32which is fine we love all of the parts of you
20:36but i think madison needs some reassurance that the chelsea she fell in love with
20:42is still in there somewhere
20:45why didn't she just say that instead of leaving the country
20:48madison is a noble person who dedicated her life to helping other people
20:54which means
20:55she puts other people's needs before her own
21:01so
21:02she probably is trying to give you what you said you needed
21:07space to be wild and free without judgment
21:12i don't want that kind of freedom if it means losing madison
21:16i want to spend the rest of my life with her cat
21:19then you need to tell her that
21:22well what about the text you sent about giving her space
21:25okay well i was wrong i give terrible advice okay
21:29it wasn't like i deliberately went to cat for advice
21:31okay she happened to be here when danny offered me a job
21:35why would danny need to hire an academic advisor
21:38she wants me to try out modeling
21:42well i guess you're certainly fine enough
21:46but i thought you were really into your job at banneker
21:49i am
21:50and i gave danny a hard no
21:52but maybe i should at least entertain the possibility
21:56everybody could use some extra cash on the side right
21:58plus how how hard can it be to just stand there and hit a
22:03right a little something like that
22:08yeah i can see it
22:10the cat knows a lot about both danny and the fashion industry
22:13i just asked for her opinion that's all
22:16and what was cat's opinion
22:18she thought i should go for it
22:20give modeling a try
22:21i actually even joked a little bit about
22:23about what?
22:26it was some silly little idea about me being mr man purse for her and chelsea's company
22:30that greedy little princess
22:32she just has to lay claim to everything
22:34i'm telling you it was just a joke
22:37cat never jokes around when it comes to her digging her expensive manicure into every part of my life
22:43she has the nerve to say that i'm like some kind of animal
22:47with no home training
22:49but she's the one around here acting like a stray dog looking to steal my scraps
22:53i hope by scraps you don't mean me
22:56because i pride myself on being a prime piece of wagyu
23:01i've told you about how cat has treated me since the day we met
23:06about how low and worthless she has made me feel
23:10but i guess my feelings are just another joke to you
23:20very nice
23:21i try to stay in shape
23:23oh you succeed
23:27baby let me demonstrate
23:29i could put you on cloud number nine make you levitate
23:34tonight i wanna celebrate
23:37like a birthday cake
23:39i'ma need more than just a taste
23:41and i won't be a minute late
23:44i'ma take my sweet time with your mind let it stimulate
23:48come get all this love i've been saving for you
23:54i want you to be in my arms tonight
23:59we gon' take it real slow
24:02baby tell me which way you wanna go
24:05as long as you end up in my arms
24:18thank you
24:20i have one more surprise for you
24:22oh lord what now a magician a step show
24:25maybe next time
24:27now this one involves your sweet tooth
24:31not that chocolate truffle cake from that
24:35little bakery in chicago
24:38oh my god i have been craving that
24:40you have no idea how difficult it was to get that
24:45recipe to our chef so he could make it here
24:47how many favors did you call in?
24:49numerous
24:51i'll let our server know it's time to bring in the cake
24:57i'll let our server know it's time to bring in the cake
24:58i've been making it all right
25:00i wanna get closer
25:04so baby
25:05i've been making it all right
25:10i've been making it all right
25:16i wanna get closer
25:19and closer
25:21so baby
25:27i'm not laughing at you or your feelings okay i was just trying to get you to relax
25:31like i said the conversation between kat and me it wasn't remotely serious you're working
25:36yourself up and i i don't think it's that deep let's leave her out of this and focus on us
25:41i get that you chatting with kat was just kidding around to you but you don't get that it wasn't
25:47to
25:47me and i thought that you'd be a little bit more sensitive to my feelings
25:52i opened up to you i shared things with you that i never had with anybody else and i thought
25:59that
25:59you understood me in a way that nobody else did that we had a real connection we do well i
26:06guess
26:06it's a pretty shallow one if it won't stop you from chasing after the princess of fairmont crest
26:11eva are you jealous
26:15i am so glad i let you into my inner sanctum not half as glad as i am
26:21but it's not like tonight was our first night together although it was off the charts
26:28i was referring to my bedroom oh oh right
26:33the first time we made love i kept things in the living room because i wasn't ready for
26:40this level of intimacy and here i thought you couldn't wait the 10 seconds it took to get to
26:45your bed tonight you were definitely worth the wait
26:52you are the first person that i've been with besides ted in this bed
27:01i didn't think about that i was concerned about being with somebody else in a space i so closely
27:08associated with my marriage and i don't just mean sex i'm talking about the years of closeness
27:14that we shared and then all the nights that i laid here alone remembering it all
27:25but you have helped me exercise all of the demons that i've had this is my room now
27:32and i very much enjoyed sharing it with you
27:41i'm glad to hear that and since we have proved that we are so compatible
27:46and we missed our reservation tonight how about we finally have that dinner on saturday
27:58oh
27:59there you are you're still here this is where you got me all hot and bothered
28:06why don't we pick up where we left off i hope you're prepared to be up all night long baby
28:15because
28:15all that anticipation has given me quite an appetite i'm sorry baby but
28:23i'm just not in the mood right now is something wrong maybe according to my doctor
28:38not happening i am not about to let you disappear to the land of the midnight sun
28:42without even saying goodbye denmark isn't never mind how did you
28:49your father told you and good thing he did so why are you abandoning your patients
28:54i'm not abandoning anyone i got an opportunity to do some important research something that'll
29:00make a real difference you make a big difference here and if this research is so important why
29:05have i not heard of it before i got a sudden unexpected opportunity to do a fellowship at a
29:10prestigious medical institute it's something i've always wanted to do i've just never happened to
29:14mention it would you be taking this fellowship if things between the two of us were good
29:20hypotheticals are a waste of time and you're avoiding the question which is how you handle
29:24everything that you find difficult you and your mom don't see eye to eye so you cut her out of
29:28your
29:28life completely you disapprove of me partying so you want to break up with me but i'm not about to
29:34allow you to avoid me and slink out of town i'm here to fight for the woman i love
29:44i'm not jealous i'm just disappointed that you seem to enjoy cast company so much
29:50i thought you had better taste than that i thought you wanted to keep things casual
29:55has that changed for you do you want something else now no you're right we're totally casual so you
30:05can go flirt or whatever to your heart's content in fact knowing one of those women that you like to
30:12spend time with this cat tells me everything i need to know if your standards are that low
30:19then that just proves that you being attracted to me didn't mean a damn thing at all eva eva don't
30:25be
30:25like that eva
30:38ah i take it evo was being her usual calm and collected self she took something i said the exact
30:45opposite of
30:45way it meant it i'm sorry isaiah but now you see for yourself what i've been talking about
30:51she's in constant attack mode it must be exhausting dealing with a woman who keeps you walking on eggshells
31:00waiting for her to snap you've got to have a saint level patience to deal with that
31:09i certainly want to keep seeing you carlton and i definitely hope we have a lot more nights like
31:15this one but i feel like i have spent my whole adult life planning my life down to the millisecond
31:25living by my calendar and my to-do list that is the life of a doctor unfortunately professionally that's
31:33true but one of the changes that i want to make in my personal life is to be a lot
31:39more spontaneous
31:41so instead of scheduling our next date i would prefer to play things by ear
31:49if that's what you want that's what it's going to be
31:57but be warned you may be getting some spontaneous are you up text from me
32:05i certainly hope so and in the spirit of being in the moment i'm ready for round two
32:14this spontaneity thing is growing i mean more and more by the second
32:22haven't you been feeling well i didn't know you had a doctor's appointment yeah i don't i wasn't
32:28supposed to see madison for a while yet but she rescheduled at the last minute says she's leaving
32:33the country for the rest of the year oh that's a shame you know you've been raving about how she's
32:42been
32:42monitoring your care and i don't suppose any other doctor will be as diligent as her yeah thank god
32:50she has been you know she just found an anomaly in my blood work what kind of anomaly apparently my
32:58electrolytes are all out of whack and my carbon dioxide levels are low oh well maybe it's just an
33:04after effect of the stroke bit she says she's never seen that in any of her stroke patients
33:09babe you look healthy and strong to me well you know i i did feel a little off when i
33:17was with you
33:18earlier and when i got to the club but by the time i got to madison's office i felt fine
33:22then it's
33:24probably nothing you know i bet if everyone got their blood taken as often as yours the doctors
33:31would find all sorts of anomalies and fluctuations yeah i guess you know madison did say that the
33:39blood work may have been caused by a number of factors so look there you go babe no need
33:47for concern yeah but to be on the safe side she's scheduling me to be tested for everything under the
33:53sun you know so whatever's going on with me my new neurologist will have some answers soon
34:01there is nothing to fight for we're through will you stop being a coward you know just as well as
34:07i
34:07do that we have the type of love that could last a lifetime and i know i know i jumped
34:12the gun by
34:13bringing up marriage and i'm sorry but i will not apologize for daring to dream about our future
34:18chelsea there's no point and i know and i know that on paper we don't make any sense and in
34:24some
34:24ways we're complete opposites and sometimes things won't be easy or simple with us but things in life
34:31that are worth living are always difficult like like becoming a doctor or starting a company or falling
34:37truly madly deeply in love i'm just a girl standing in front of a girl asking kurt not to get
34:46on that plane
34:49the chef insists on bringing in the cake himself and i told him it was a surprise so vernon i'm
34:57so
34:57sorry i hate to do this but i think we're going to have to cut the evening short i'm i'm
35:02not feeling
35:02very well what's wrong uh i know we weren't going to discuss it tonight so let's let's just say i
35:09i need
35:09to go home right now can we just leave it at that whatever you need my love yeah i'll have
35:14the chef box
35:15up the cake and send it to the house okay i'll be outside okay
35:46next on beyond the gates you're moving in here could really mean something that you can't be
35:53apart from me danger you should be in the kissing hall of fame if i am the one then who
36:00do these tacky
36:01ass panties belong to i just hoped that i wouldn't look in the mirror and have to see a cancer
36:07patient
36:08staring back at me well but ever since i had my stroke my wife here has been forcing me to
36:14drink tea
36:14non-stop bill flat out told him that giving up on you was a huge mistake i kissed bill
36:39do
36:49you
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