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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 01: Friday, January 2, 2026
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00:04You have a minute.
00:06If this is about the kiss last night...
00:08It's not.
00:10But, uh, as far as first kisses go...
00:15Listening?
00:16It wasn't bad.
00:17I mean, we didn't knock heads or teeth.
00:21But hey, if you have any notes...
00:23No complaints.
00:28Something going on with you?
00:29Not me specifically.
00:32But some people I love.
00:34Yeah.
00:36I saw Nicole coming out of your office earlier.
00:39Is this about that?
00:41It is.
00:43And if it's not too much to ask...
00:45I could really use your advice.
00:50Another tequila, please.
00:53Another tequila, please.
00:56Coming in.
00:57Thanks.
00:59Got your text.
01:01What's going on?
01:03Just getting my drink on.
01:06Bartender, another tequila.
01:08And this one's for my friend.
01:10Just water for me.
01:11Thanks.
01:12Nope.
01:12Are you seriously going to make me drink alone?
01:17First, not making you do anything.
01:20Second, I left the office as soon as you asked.
01:23And I'm right here next to you, so you're definitely not drinking alone.
01:27Are you patronizing me?
01:29Of course not.
01:30It's just...
01:31When you text asking me to join you here, you didn't say anything about day drinking.
01:36And you don't want to go back to the office with liquor on your breath.
01:41That.
01:41And I also need a few brain cells to actually get any work done.
01:45Oh, well, I am so sorry for bothering you.
01:47You should just go on back to the office.
01:49I know how important it is for you to make partner.
01:53Kat, it's not as important as you are to me.
01:57Will you please just tell me what's going on?
02:01I just...
02:02I wanted a little company.
02:05I might buy that if you weren't drinking tequila, which always gives you a terrible headache the next day.
02:14Oh, I forgot about that.
02:18What I was hoping to forget is...
02:24My gran has breast cancer.
02:30Hey, what are you doing home?
02:32I was just coming to meet you at the Bell Festival.
02:35Did you forget something?
02:36I canceled.
02:38Why?
02:39You've been talking about that event for weeks.
02:42Something came up.
02:43You and Shonda have been working overtime on your visibility.
02:47A public event like this, national tradition, first day of the year,
02:51it practically screams re-election optics.
02:53I mean, what can be more important than that?
02:56Family.
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03:32hello sweetheart bill vernon is this a bad time i wasn't sure if mother would be napping or
03:39i can hear you from in here you know definitely not napping
03:48sweetheart hi what brings you both here i've wanted to come by and say in person how very
03:56sorry i am and we know that naomi and chelsea dropped by before we are so sorry that we didn't
04:01talk to them first you don't have to worry about the girls they took the news with the
04:06courage and strength i knew that they would i wish there had been a better way to tell someone
04:10you love that you have a monster living inside of you and one you may have passed on to them
04:21i'm not sure i'm the best person to weigh in on you and nicole it's not like that
04:25and i don't just want your advice as a friend but as a medical professional
04:31whatever you need ted thanks but can we do it someplace a little less central
04:45it's nicole's mother she has breast cancer and it's very aggressive oh no they're getting right
04:52to work on it which is the good news but the bad news is the cancer is a result of
04:56anita having a
04:57variant of the broca gene so nicole could carry it too which means your children could carry it as well
05:07i know there has to be a lot of testing done before anything is certain but i want to be
05:11there for them
05:11all of them of course you do you know a year ago i wouldn't have had the slightest question about
05:18what to do but now now that you're divorced you don't know what role you can play carlton used to
05:26be my go-to when i wanted to sort things out but uh under the circumstances that is no longer
05:33an option
05:35i'm sorry if i'm overstepping if you are about to apologize for turning to me you can stop that
05:40silliness right now hmm i guess you put me in my place huh friend to friend you are way overthinking
05:49this you and nicole are divorced but she is still your family same with those kids so you you're right
05:55by all of them don't let the title change get in the way i'm so sorry about your grandmother
06:06it's hard isn't even the word i can only imagine i'd like to ask you for one favor though
06:18you're right thanks hydration is your friend you must be feeling a million different things right
06:26now grand being sick those words don't even go together that woman doesn't just fill up a room
06:34she fills up a stadium she's been this force my entire life none of us would be who we are
06:41if it
06:42weren't for her and granddad and all that power and focus will help her get through this current
06:47situation and if she occasionally needs a little bit extra you and your family have strength enough to
06:54support a small nation the heart of this family is my grandmother what do we do if we lose her
07:03bill and i spoke to the girls about getting tested if i'm carrying the gene variant and they are 100
07:09on board we're not surprised when we spoke i made sure that they understood the risks well what they care
07:16about the most is you anita and seeing you through this you know they know what's important right now
07:21the same way danny and i do thank you you know all this deep conversation has me feeling parched anita
07:31i know you could use something to drink too danny come with me let's get everyone some lemonade of course
07:42hey dad listen i want to apologize again for not talking to chelsea and naomi sooner
07:48i don't want to put any more stress on mother of course not
07:54but we are both a little concerned that you brought bill here with you
08:03you're reading too much into this daddy bill and i were together when we spoke to chelsea and naomi and
08:10he wanted to come by to express his sympathy to mother personally those are good reasons
08:16but you're hoping there aren't some not so good reasons it feels like i'm seeing more of you these
08:22days than when you were married to danny well that's a bit of an exaggeration but we do keep winding
08:31up in each other's orbit lately don't we your presence was a strong and welcome one during chelsea's crisis
08:40yeah i just hate that the family's dealing with yet another crisis when i saw you in the hospital
08:46anita i had no idea you were going through all this neither did i but life comes at you so
08:52fast
08:53tell me about it and i say that as someone who was sidelined by a stroke out of the blue
08:59and look at you now i've recovered yes i have no doubt that you will too that is the hope
09:10but if i may be so bold are you ever anything but i have a little advice for you about
09:19your upcoming
09:23journey i can't wrap my head around something like this happening to anita she's always been so
09:32invincible i know and i've been clinging to that as a reason to stay positive but the type of cancer
09:42grant has is pretty damn aggressive she has a long road ahead of her a road she won't be traveling
09:49alone none of you will be especially if it turns out that one step at a time mom has to
09:58get tested
09:58aunt danny too and we just pray that the results come negative so there aren't any more questions
10:04about the next generation which includes you of course but that doesn't matter now i wish that i
10:12could have been with you when your mom fills you in on everything so do i and hearing about
10:19gran and how it impacts mom how did cat take it she's devastated and she's worried about gran and mom
10:27like we all are but i wish you were a little more worried about herself you're right about my love
10:35-hate
10:36relationship with tequila i am not looking forward to waking up tomorrow to face how much it hates me
10:44if i got news like this about my abuelita i'd be tempted to have a drink too what else did
10:51the doctor
10:52say about branch treatment um they're gonna start immediately they have to in her situation chemo
11:03surgery and then they'll see where things stand i'm sure bernan and your parents are using all their
11:11connections to make sure miss anita receives the best possible care must be handy having doctors in
11:17the family
11:24why don't you want to talk to your dad he might have news
11:28i probably shouldn't talk to anyone after those tequila shots i was pretty mean to you
11:35good point let's improve your temper by putting some distance between you and the tequila
11:42yeah can i take you home okay
11:52any luck reaching the family i tried cat but she didn't pick up well i know her phone is damn
11:59near
11:59surgically attached but it is possible that she put it down just for a moment possible yes but not
12:07likely maybe she's talking to someone right now about the situation i mean she has to be pretty
12:12anxious knowing nicole is getting tested and what a positive result would mean for her
12:19this is between us but when nicole told cat she might need to get tested too
12:25cat said she didn't want to why is that she doesn't want to know the worst if there's nothing
12:31she can do to change it i can understand that but if nicole tests positive and we all pray that's
12:37not
12:37the case cat is just sticking your head in the sand by refusing to get tested depending on the
12:42brockin mutation chances are anywhere from 45 to 70 percent that she tests positive if nicole does too
12:48those are some scary numbers and i for one am terrified it's bad enough with nicole but if cat
12:56and martin there's no need to go there yet
13:01nicole wanted me to change cat's mind about getting tested but things have been so scratchy between us
13:06since me and eva started getting close the ice finally started to thaw over the holidays but we're
13:12nowhere near where we were before and what with the distance between us and as determined as nicole
13:18made cat sound i don't even know where to begin the conversation you're selling yourself short ted
13:28you know your daughter maybe even better than nicole i have a feeling that when you see cat
13:34the words will just come
13:39oh i have to check on mrs willis i'll talk to you later chenise thank you please i just said
13:48out loud
13:49what you were already thinking no more day drinking for me can i get you anything more water yes please
14:02what's that you avoiding someone it's just the office i'll call him back later right i'm keeping
14:10you from work you should go back
14:14not until i'm sure you're okay no no i'm fine chelsea texted me while we were in the car
14:25she should be home soon and when she gets here we'll probably have a good cry about gran
14:30so you can go back to the office guilt-free it's not guilt i want to be here for you
14:37and you are
14:39you left work and you're sitting right here beside me and now you can leave
14:46i'm sorry if i was a little harsh earlier when i said becoming partner mattered to you
14:55that was the tequila talking it should matter your ambition is one of the things i love most about
15:02you you're sure you want me to leave absolutely you showed up for me today you've met your quota
15:13but tomorrow you can do it all over again and again and again
15:22i never thought cat of all people would be unwilling to face facts
15:28neither did i but something like this you never know how someone is going to react
15:34and i assume you tried to convince her to get tested for all the good that did my mom told
15:41me to back
15:42off for now and i will but at least this gives cat a little more time to reconsider and if
15:50mom's results
15:51are negative all of this is moot for you too of course but my focus is gran and mom
16:02well you are my focus so you're just gonna have to accept that gratefully accepted
16:13oh wait no i um i just remembered something oh my kisses restore memories now oh yeah thanks superman
16:22no but a few years ago i did a story on public and private sources of financing for cancer research
16:28and i developed a contact at md anderson a doctor in texas it's the largest cancer center in the world
16:35is there any chance you still you know me i never lose a contact and i would be happy to
16:40reach out to
16:41her with any questions that you or anybody might have and maybe she can give us some ammo to
16:48trying to get cat to reconsider convincing cat that's not a research thing that's a move heaven
16:55and earth kind of thing yeah but please make the call and the info you find out may help move
17:03the
17:03needle with cat and also help gran beat this thing i know that my stroke was nothing compared to what
17:14you're facing but when the reality of it first hit me i felt something very unfamiliar to me
17:24helplessness now i know that you're the great anita dupree you got that right yeah but i suspect
17:31that when you learned about your diagnosis you felt the same thing i felt however brief
17:36it go on well getting knocked down that hard that fast threw me off you know caught me completely
17:46off guard made me realize that no matter how often i hit the gym or the courts or the links
17:54no matter how much i strut around like i'm a man half my age with a woman half your age
18:01even with all that my body still ended up failing me you know i mean it was frustrating as hell
18:08thinking
18:08that i had lost all control and and the idea of having to rely on other people come on that
18:14was
18:14almost worse than the illness itself i know you well enough to know that that must be going through
18:20your mind too you worried about being vulnerable about being the one who needs rather than the one who
18:27gives and anita my advice is drop those concerns just drop them don't be as prideful and as stubborn
18:38as i was you accept every bit of help that comes your way and when it comes to your health
18:43and your
18:43inevitable recovery you get to be as selfish as you want to be and no one will think any less
18:48of you
18:50as a matter of fact there'll be even more in all of you than ever
18:55people want to help you anita let them you do not have to worry about bill or there being a
19:04bill and
19:04me again i certainly hope not frankly i expected you to lean on your new husband rather than your old
19:13one at a time like this i will be doing plenty of leaning on andre he is my rock but
19:19chelsea and
19:20naomi need both of their parents right now and that's all this is if you say so i do now
19:27let's
19:27go get some lemonade to bring back before mother and bill realize that you're being parched was a ruse
19:40dad i'm sorry for not calling first but if you're not going to answer
19:45or let me in oh sorry um i was with tomas when you called oh i suppose that's an acceptable
19:56reason for
19:57sending me the voicemail as long as that's the only reason uh when i saw the caller id i figured
20:05i knew
20:05why you wanted to talk to me mom told you everything but first things first
20:16i'm so sorry about your gran i know how hard this is on all of you
20:21i couldn't even process the words when they came out of mom's mouth it was like
20:27she was speaking a foreign language or something yeah i barely understood them myself
20:34before your mother explained all the other concerns i knew it you came here to get me to change my
20:42mind
20:42about getting tested no baby that's not even close
20:51is bill around i was out of the office for a bit so thought i should check in yes well
20:55you're not
20:55the only one who's been out of the office for a bit is everything okay of course you know it
21:03seems
21:04like the whole office has something more important to do today than to actually be here working it's new
21:10years for everybody yeah except the folks planning to make 2026 count like pauline she's practically
21:18chained her desk have you seen her billable hours that woman is gunning for partner like it's personal
21:27that makes two of us you think bill doesn't know who's here and who's not i'm here now and sometimes
21:35something comes up that's more important
21:42rowena sure hasn't lost her touch when it comes to making lemonade well danny i'll let you know when
21:47i have any conversations with the girls you better it's good to see you vernon i know there's no good
21:54time to just drop by these days but danny and i you know we just wanted to touch base and
21:59clear the air
22:00about the mix up with the girls that's all right thanks for coming over bill yep and anita i hope
22:09you'll consider what i said to you
22:24bill gave you advice don't worry i'll consider the source sweetheart i am feeling a little tired i
22:31think i'll go upstairs and lie down for a bit i'll come up with you danny you can see yourself
22:35out
22:36actually daddy if you don't mind i have something to run by you
22:42i know my way upstairs i'll just take the elevator but when you and danny are finished i i wouldn't
22:48mind
22:49a little company love you
22:56so what can i do for you i know all of this has been very right there
23:05daddy you got me alone before because you wanted to talk to me about bill
23:09now it's my turn to talk to you about you
23:17we're both crossing our fingers that your mother will test negative for this gene that's been giving
23:21your grandson much trouble and if that's the case then some of our concerns become irrelevant
23:26but if the news is bad we both know you have a choice to make and i've already made that
23:34choice
23:35which is your right as i said it is your choice not mine not your mother's not your brothers and
23:42whatever you decide we will love and support you i know how frightening this is for me i can't imagine
23:48how you feel when it's your body that's in question you have every reason to be scared
23:54i am but sometimes talking about the scary thing takes its power away
24:03baby you can always talk to me tell me what you're thinking i will always be a safe space for
24:08you
24:09i used to tell you everything i've missed that i missed that too you remember when you were little
24:19and scared of the dark you never wanted to go to bed so you developed a ritual you would walk
24:26in the
24:27bedroom with me holding my hand and then i would slay the dragon under the bed in the closet and
24:35that
24:35sneaky one behind the nightstand so i would make it safe so my little princess could fall asleep
24:45what i wouldn't give for an imaginary dragon said all of this
24:52i know you're all grown up now and you don't need your dad to slay any dragons anymore and these
24:57days
24:58you probably feel more comfortable confiding in someone your age like chelsea or tomas
25:05sometimes it's not easy even with them my point is i'm here too
25:16my point is i will always need my daddy and you will always be my princess
25:29how's vernon doing this whole thing must be rough on him too on the outside he was the granddad we
25:36all
25:37know and love the patriarch of the family the role that fits him like a glove but something was off
25:47smitty something inside it's like he was putting on a brave face for me and for her
25:54not wanting to show us that he was struggling he's facing the possibility that he might lose the
25:59person he loves most in this world who he planned on spending the rest of his life with i want
26:05to be
26:06someone he can lean on right now then you will be i'll make you a deal you worry about vernon
26:18that'll be easy
26:22and i will worry about you
26:35tomas hey were you looking for me i just wanted to check in i had to leave the office to
26:40deal with
26:40something for a bit of personal matter yeah you know i have a feeling that it's the same kind of
26:47personal
26:47matter i've been dealing with how's cat holding up honestly she's scared yeah i can imagine and not
26:55just for her grandmother either you know both my girls are pretty shaken up about the possibility of
26:59them inheriting this broca gene variant responsible for anita's cancer well hopefully we'll all get some
27:06good news soon caroline can you please pull this case for me oh it's you what's wrong with you
27:16earlier i told you i was gonna meet you at the office and here i am oh was that just
27:20today it
27:20feels like ages ago so how's danny that don't come on don't be that way when i left the house
27:29i
27:29told you it was about something important yeah without telling me why yeah because i have to get
27:33all the information first okay and i need to see my girls you know how important my kids are to
27:37me
27:40how about the the kid you were so eager to make with me look it's not a contest hayley
27:50look when you hear what i have to tell you you'll know you don't have to worry about danny
27:56mother is upstairs so you can let your shields come down
28:02and uh what shields might these be the ones you keep around yourself so you can protect the rest of
28:12us you make me sound like i should have a letter on my chest and a cape on my back
28:19not all heroes wear capes and you will always be our hero daddy even
28:29especially if you show us what you're feeling i know you are used to fixing everything for everybody
28:36else but there is a limit to even your powers don't you think i know that i do
28:44we are all rocked by what is happening to mother and we are focusing all of our energy on being
28:51strong
28:51for her and no one has been stronger than you
28:57i've been watching you too and you are holding on so tight you might break
29:06and knowing you you're gonna keep doing it because you think that's your job
29:13but mine right now is to tell you that bottling up doesn't help you or us
29:22now if you don't feel like you can show it to mother i understand but it's just you and me
29:34daddy i know i'm your baby but i am a grown woman who is strong enough
29:41to be your shoulder right now the way you have been for me all of these years
29:46you have been for me all of these years
29:49please let me
29:58nurse you go to
30:13hey dad this is a surprise a good one i hope it's me i assume martin filled you in on
30:21everything he did
30:23yeah i just left cat i hope you were able to talk some sense into her your mother wanted me
30:30to do
30:30that too but we need to remember she's an adult we need to respect her choices even if we disagree
30:36with
30:37them you can't be serious oh sorry it's the hospital i hope everything's okay it is in fact things are
30:47going better than i expected and i think that's what's going to happen here your mother and i raised
30:52two very strong-willed and intelligent children and that gives me hope that if it comes down to it if
30:57necessary cat will get tested and you will too we just have to give her the runway to get there
31:04on
31:06and your dad does have a point martin cat's never responded well to being pushed if you felt the same
31:13way cat does i would support you it's a father's job to be there for his children i know i've
31:19hurt trust between us but i'm working to rebuild it by showing you both that i am here for you
31:24no matter
31:41what's up just checking in like i said i would seriously you were just here like an hour ago
31:49doesn't mean i stopped thinking about you you are okay right you are very sweet
31:56um listen i hear chelsea coming in now so i gotta go i'll talk to you tomorrow okay
32:04anita has breast cancer oh bill and naomi and chelsea may be in danger too
32:12unfortunately yes they inherited the gene variant
32:16anita my heart goes out to them all babe i'm so ashamed for how petty i was acting please tell
32:28me you
32:28forgive me you didn't know baby you didn't know
32:37in the senate in the movement i was a fighter
32:42won most every battle i put in my mind to
32:45some folks still flinch when they hear your name
32:49i held my own in rooms filled with power
32:56but
33:00tell me there's no negotiation here no handshake no no deal to strike
33:11i don't know how to fight this you didn't know how to fight racism you didn't have a plan
33:20just conviction
33:22and you showed up day after day stood your ground
33:28you used your voice your presence and your refusal to back down
33:36and my wife was right there fighting beside me but this this time
33:46there will be days
33:47days when she is not strong enough to fight
33:52but you are not alone
33:56the daughters you you raised together
34:00the ones you taught to stand tall
34:03to push through and to throw a punch when needed
34:07we are stepping into this battle right next to you
34:12and right now i'm here daddy
34:15daddy i'm here to listen
34:19and to hold the words that you can't share with her
34:22being her husband means more to me than anything i ever accomplished
34:29and to think that i may wake up alone in this big old house one day
34:37and find that that that beautiful vibrant
34:44soulful being
34:49isn't here
34:53it's just
34:57it's just
34:58it's okay it's okay
35:01let it out daddy
35:10next on beyond the gates
35:13let the good time roll
35:16bill needs to stay in his lane and if he doesn't you put him there
35:20tell me what happened did someone hurt you
35:22armstrong isn't someone you want to cross
35:25and neither am i
35:27like to think this is the beginning of a new phase for us
35:31they were both waiting to get their blood drawn
35:33if i hear one more thing about gene testing or lab results i'm gonna have a breakdown
35:38the results aren't in yet are they
35:39they are
35:40what did you say
35:45i'm
35:46i'm
35:57i'm
35:58i'm
35:58i'm
36:01i'm
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