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Beyond the Gates - Season 2 - Episode 54: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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00:21I'm sorry you have to go through this pain, I love you.
00:31That's my prayer, I promise, my identity.
00:41I love you, Anita.
00:48Did you get the all clear text yet?
00:51By the time we're done with our frittata, she'll have her face on for us.
00:55I never imagined daddy playing bouncer at our childhood home.
00:58At least we have your little lady on the inside.
01:01Which has been good for them and for Kat.
01:04How's she doing with the roomy withdrawal?
01:07Change is not Princess Kat's first language.
01:11But faced with what grands are going through, she's snapped too.
01:17They're her entire focus.
01:19Everyone's stepping up.
01:21When Bill Hamilton showed up on mother and daddy's doorstep yesterday.
01:25And he got past daddy?
01:27He came bearing a sweetener.
01:28He had the construction stopped at Leslie's house.
01:31Ah, so he came by to preen.
01:33Daddy asked him to do it, so he did it.
01:34For now.
01:37What else did Bill do?
01:40He stopped by my place after.
01:43Hoping to get rewarded for his good deed with some of your sweetness?
01:47No.
01:49He was actually shook by how mother looked.
01:53We joked, but he's had some real distance and he was struck by the difference between the last time he
01:59saw her and now.
02:01Had him reaching back to his OG trauma.
02:04His mother's depression?
02:06Yeah.
02:07He knows it's not the same, but watching her sink to the depths, no matter how hard he tried to
02:13love her.
02:15You are not going to make me feel bad for Bill.
02:18Wouldn't dream of it.
02:20And of course he's hit.
02:22He's got an extra layer of guilt.
02:24Our parents took him in like their own son, and he repaid them by breaking your heart.
02:29Mother and daddy got the two bad son-in-law special.
02:33Mm-mm.
02:34We are not taking this to the Ted place.
02:37I am in very happy single woman mode.
02:40Now that's where I want to go.
02:42Tell me something good.
02:43Oh, do we have to?
02:45We must.
02:46We must.
03:08Max Rodriguez.
03:09He's a courier.
03:10room six there are guys waiting for him outside the main entrance and they're not packing balloons
03:15and candy he best avoided hurry up
03:57hey ladies hey yourself was the guy in six already taken down for tests
04:04no one's home rodriguez stab wound yeah that's the one uh patel wants me to rerun his blood
04:11i just processed rodriguez discharge papers now root on me this romeo what's dr patel thinking
04:18ordering new tests when the patient's already out the door
04:26good morning again i'm sorry i dozed off on you
04:31you needed the rest don't get up now we have uh we have a date with our daughters
04:38and they can wait no there's so much to do not when you're in more pain today than yesterday
04:45i can see it now i could see it when you were asleep well then i'm just gonna have to
04:50give
04:50back those shiny statues with my name on them best actress my oh
04:58that's it we're going no no if i go in the hospital i might not come out
05:11how was the drop to be determined what do you mean were you clocked not me rodriguez
05:18they put another hit on a match look all i know for sure is there were made men outside of
05:22garland
05:22i recognize one from the truck truck he's not picking up well i need to go over there i think
05:28i
05:28had a message to him you think wren already got his pound of flesh we can't have him or one
05:33of his
05:34thugs from the red market ring circle back to finish we have to get him out now wait wait hang
05:38on
05:39i asked grayson to tell max so he can find a quarter exit you told grayson about max yeah man
05:44i didn't
05:45have a choice the rashad facade works out here but on the third floor of garland they see right through
05:49it hell of a way to figure out who grayson perez really is when max's life depends on the answer
05:56patel says job by job probably was just changing i would check again will do
06:06i bet the lab's receptionist and patel's nurse just got their wires crossed
06:11oh we'll see about that max rodriguez that was fast i wouldn't normally ask for anything but
06:32this hurts like hell i'm not here with your prescription i'm here with a message
06:39a red received okay relax this is from rashad this isn't making any kind of sense there's no
06:47order for blood at all hmm well dr patel's nurse must have deleted it i'll catch grayson rodriguez
06:53doesn't need to spill more blood there's a surface elevator at the end of the hall you're gonna take
06:58that down to the loading dock from there you get on the main road and you disappear knock knock
07:04mr rodriguez i uh i'm here to rescue you from this guy hey dr patel uh deleted that additional
07:09order for blood work oh yeah thank you for catching that yeah um i'll just get a chair in here
07:14and we
07:14can wheel you out no no no no uh mr rodriguez is waiting for his prescription oh gosh of course
07:21you know what um just just give me a few minutes
07:29thanks thanks you can thank me by keeping your mouth shut if anyone finds out that i tipped you
07:36off when i both will end up back here no no you're not gonna have to worry about the guys
07:41out there
07:41i'll finish the job myself now go
07:53i let my fears get the better of me yesterday don't follow that example i'm being realistic
07:58you're refusing to see the state i'm in do you agree that you're in pain i don't want to go
08:03have you been able to keep any of your medication vernon listen to me
08:07yeah i am listening to you and what i hear is the chemo talk the hospital is the hospital is
08:13where
08:13you can get the help you need where they will manage these side effects and give you some relief
08:19please anita i it's not what i want well you can tell me how wrong i am when we're on
08:29the way
08:30but we're going all right
08:35i'll go not because i'm agreeing with you but i just don't have the energy to fight you
08:42i'll have titus bring the car around
09:02one sec i just um i need to wrap up with rodriguez uh he said his ride was here i
09:07would have
09:08pulled him to wait but he was getting anxious
09:11poor thing well i know he can get that prescription at any pharmacy but i would have
09:15wheeled him past ours on the way out well however he got stabbed must have been traumatizing
09:19he was so shaken he was glad he didn't bolt out of here in his gown
09:24yeah poor guy
09:28i thought you had the night shift
09:30yeah i just want to finish some charts the chief gave me a little nudge
09:36leah's giving you trouble
09:37yeah she just wanted to light my fire if i want to move up i have to be perfect
09:42you already are perfect
09:44but i get keeping our boss happy i should get back to the lab
09:49you can make me happy
09:52you just pulled an all-nighter
09:54i can rally
09:58rain check
09:59i got a lot more going on today than i expected
10:07max got out clean
10:08i'm gonna take him someplace safe
10:10all right yeah i'll come with
10:11no rashad you've already taken enough risk for one day
10:14look i'm still the cop here remember
10:16besides i don't need you taking any more chances
10:18i'll watch my back
10:21max is my source
10:22and he helped us i'm not gonna let anything happen to him
10:26i have to go he's waiting
10:28just take care of yourself out there man
10:37chelsea cats a little more chelsea and a little less cat right now
10:40you guys okay
10:43chelsea's on board
10:45and living in my own wing at the grands
10:48if naomi chelsea and martin weren't married or engaged
10:52all the third gen would fight to move in
10:54i'd pay to see that depree fight club
10:56i'm small but i'm scrappy
10:58yeah you are
10:59but you don't have to put on your brave face for me
11:03she just has to get through this rough patch
11:07but when you said it would be hard seeing her struggle up close
11:10i wish i'd been wrong
11:12i wouldn't trade it
11:14grand's go-to is to close ranks and not let anyone see her like this except for granddad
11:22but she's starting to get used to me being there and letting down her guard
11:28is it okay for me to say i'm proud of you
11:30i honestly feel so honored to be there
11:35i feel honored being able to talk to you like this
11:38let me be where you relax and let loose
11:41we'll do whatever you need
11:42we can go out or stay in
11:45salsa or slow dance
11:46we can work out or eat breakfast
11:48tell me what you need
11:51and i'll make it happen
11:53if carlton and kyle were cars
11:54who would you drive for a hundred thousand miles
11:56it is not a competition
11:59it is more of an exploration
12:02oh okay
12:04if andre weren't the best thing i had ever tasted
12:07i would be pulling up a chair next to you at the sexy man buffet
12:09danny
12:10where is the lie
12:11we both spent way too long on our starter husbands
12:14no
12:15no we have to be honest now
12:17in this post bill and ted's not so excellent adventure
12:19so i am checking in
12:21where's your heart
12:25intellectually
12:25physically
12:28carlton and i line up
12:30we love to see movies plays
12:32he's funny and sweet
12:34and after i see him
12:37i want to see more
12:38you know
12:39and with kyle
12:41it's like no other man exists
12:44oh
12:46conceivably you could keep both
12:48but i don't think carlton would keep his cool that long
12:51he is the one who wants to be mr nicole
12:54actually
12:55kyle made a couple of surprising moves himself
12:58in the bedroom
13:01he just signed a lease
13:02at barrington towers
13:04that new building that is oh so close to fairmont crest
13:09and he gave me a key to his place
13:12so someone ended up catching feelings after all
13:14he said it didn't have to mean anything
13:17and he just wanted me to have full access
13:20no strings
13:21no expectations
13:23just whenever i wanted
13:24just just full access
13:26sounds like there is a front runner in the nicole bracket
13:31i don't want to do carlton like that
13:33he has been good for me
13:35but
13:38kyle is giving me something that i've been looking for
13:42an open door
13:44complete with your own key
13:48mrs dupree
13:50senator what happened
13:51yesterday she hit her wall
13:54it's been worse by the hour
13:56new medication
13:57can't keep it down
13:58all right well we'll get you admitted
14:00and contact dr bauer
14:02with your permission
14:06tell me what you're experiencing
14:09the fatigue and nausea have intensified
14:12so has the pain
14:14where does the rank of the pain happen from one to ten
14:17ten ten
14:18make that a fifteen
14:22we'll get you comfortable okay
14:24dr bauer
14:25i'm on the way this office
14:27would you please stay in case he has any questions
14:30of course
14:31right behind you my love
14:40max make it out okay
14:43good
14:45but that wasn't cool dropping that on me on the elevator
14:47listen man i owe max
14:48and i couldn't make it to him without raising suspicion
14:51but you
14:52you could
14:53so no harm no foul
14:54that's not entirely true
14:56one of those guys made it inside
14:58no ashley walked in on me right after i warned him
15:00and chanice's spidey senses were going up
15:03but you handled it
15:05but this is where this ends
15:06i don't owe anyone anything
15:08look relax man
15:09everything's gonna shake out the way it's supposed to
15:11are you messing with me
15:13they didn't just nick max okay
15:14they marked him out good to teach him a lesson
15:17same thing could happen to me
15:18or worse
15:20don't stand there talking like you could stop something that's already happening
15:26daddy
15:27just tell mother to throw in some lip gloss
15:30we're at the hospital
15:31can you tell your sister
15:33she's with me
15:34what happened
15:36she had a bad night
15:38and a worse morning
15:39we're on our way
15:40don't try to stop us from coming
15:42because
15:42come
15:42but there's no rush
15:44and they're admitting her
15:45the doctor's here
15:46bye baby
15:47as you know
16:18anita asked me to consult
16:18dr bauer
16:21it comes in waves right
16:22more like squalls
16:25when it hits just inhale
16:28and exhale
16:30through the squall
16:35yeah that's it
16:38thanks
16:40your heart rate's slightly elevated
16:42bp's a little low
16:44you have a low grade fever
16:46your vitals aren't cause for alarm though
16:48no
16:49just my entire body
16:55okay
16:55virus ordered
16:56blood panel
16:57and a urinalysis
16:58plus an IV drip for fluids
17:00fever and pain
17:01I'll pull your IV and get you started
17:03if you don't want any water
17:04how about some juice
17:06no
17:07but I do need something
17:09is Vernon out there
17:10yeah he's in the hallway
17:11talking to dr mccormick
17:12I can grab him
17:13no no
17:15I have the right to update my file without anyone being informed correct
17:24yes you control what information is disseminated
17:28good
17:29because I want to sign a do not resuscitate order
17:37max is safe man you don't gotta pop off
17:40I thought I could get my mom into a good place without this thing changing me
17:44what happened
17:45I warned him
17:47I warned Max not to tell our friends outside about me
17:49come on man Max doesn't even know your name
17:51he knows my face
17:52and he knows I work at Garland
17:54Max wouldn't rat
17:56yeah the look on his face after I threatened said as much
18:00made me sick
18:01Grayson man
18:04you know
18:05I justified doing this thing
18:07by telling myself that I would never get my hands bloody for real
18:13but this is who I am now
18:16I may not have laid a hand on Max
18:18but I might as well have
18:20let me try this thing
18:23to keep track of my hands
18:24be able to
18:24go out
18:26make another point
18:27who's supposed to play
18:27go out
18:31go out
18:32go out
18:32go out
18:32go out
18:32go out
18:32go out
18:34go out
18:36go out
18:37go out
18:51We've taken blood, and that drip's starting to make her comfortable.
18:54She's miles from comfortable.
18:56The medicine takes time, but you can go hold her hand and work your own magic.
19:05Can I talk to you?
19:07Yes.
19:14I know you hate being hooked up to all these, but I hope you can see now that it was
19:22best
19:23to come here.
19:26Hiding out was no answer.
19:29We have to face this.
19:35I haven't seen that look since my sister told you no spring fling.
19:40What I wouldn't give to have those kid problems again.
19:43I was updating the forms.
19:45We have patient sign, insurance, medical history, medical directives.
19:50You don't have to mind your HIPAA with me, Shanice.
19:53Mrs. Dupree asked me to consult.
19:55She wants to change her advance directive.
19:57She wants to stop treatment and sign a B&R.
20:00And that is her right.
20:03Patients can make that choice at any time, so long as they have the capacity to understand
20:07the risks, benefits, and alternatives.
20:10Our impersonal beliefs should not be a factor.
20:13It is in my professional opinion that she was under extreme duress, and that temporary
20:17pain shouldn't determine if she stays in the world.
20:20Please, just make sure this is what she really wants.
20:24I'll do what I can.
20:26Thanks.
20:27But I want the forms on hand.
20:33Good thoughts, Sissy.
20:35She's mother.
20:35She'll be fine.
20:36Yes, she will.
20:38Oh, Kat.
20:39I don't want her to be blindsided when she shows up at home and nobody's there.
20:45Hey, Mom.
20:46Granddad had to take mother to the hospital.
20:50Did the pain get worse?
20:51Yes, but we don't know anything else.
20:54Okay.
20:55Um, should I light up the Dupree family phone tree on my way over?
20:59No.
20:59I'm with your Aunt Danny.
21:01Let us get the lay of the land first.
21:03Tell Grand.
21:06Tell her I'm on Chapter 3.
21:09And she's right.
21:11Agatha Christie is a bona fide genius.
21:13I will tell her you love her.
21:16We have rules about excessive fawning.
21:19We can make an exception.
21:21Oh, I'm about to get on the elevator.
21:24I love you, Mom.
21:26I'll keep in touch.
21:29She's in the hospital.
21:31I heard.
21:32I'm so sorry.
21:37Danny, Nicole, they're in Room 3.
21:40How's mother doing?
21:41They haven't completed the full workup yet.
21:47Senator, could I have a minute with Anita so I can assess her?
21:51Oh, my wife's not shy.
21:55Baby, go on, get some coffee.
21:57And see if Danny and Nicole are here.
22:00If it's just an exam, I...
22:02My love, I don't want you to end up in this bed with me.
22:10You think I won't jump in there?
22:12I know you will.
22:15Please, Danny and Nicole might have questions.
22:27You spoke to Shanice.
22:29First, I need to ask you some questions.
22:32I'm not going anywhere.
22:35Is the medicine reaching your pain at all yet?
22:37It is slightly less intolerable.
22:44It's going to decrease.
22:47All these years of research and we're still guessing at pain.
22:52The medicine could or should.
22:56Sometimes, you know what I know, for sure.
23:02I can't go through another day like this.
23:05I wish I could tell you that tomorrow will be better.
23:10But the pain may even get worse before you turn the corner.
23:14Well, then what's the point of putting myself and my family through that
23:18if I'm just going to die anyway?
23:21Daddy.
23:22How is she?
23:24She's, uh...
23:28Just give me a minute.
23:43Oh, thank you.
23:46Initiating a hunger strike until you get back to Mother?
23:52The Duprees are in good hands.
23:54Mine and my auntie's.
23:56I don't want to interrupt them, but I just...
23:58Go home.
23:59I'll tell them I'll call you if they need anything.
24:05I'll be texting you.
24:19You did this to help your mom.
24:20It doesn't change who you are at the core.
24:23You did the right thing.
24:24The rest was just you trying to self-protect.
24:26Don't put a shine on it.
24:28It's done.
24:28But we're not.
24:30We're still in this.
24:32And we have to rely on each other or we're both going down.
24:35One close call doesn't make us friends.
24:37Alone means you can't watch your back.
24:40Yeah, I've gone used to alone this year.
24:42You've been in this for a year?
24:44Yeah.
24:46Well, I'm still trying to figure out how deep this goes.
24:51How many people at Garland are involved in this ring?
24:55The ring's designed just so you know what you do.
24:57Nothing else.
24:59Well, you've got to have a contact there, right?
25:02I'm only contacted through text.
25:04Because that's how the guy at the top likes it.
25:06And that's the way I like it.
25:10I don't even like knowing you.
25:13I've got to get back to the lab.
25:20Granddad was so sure she'd be okay if I would have known.
25:24Hey, what could you have done that your grandfather didn't do?
25:28Since you don't know anything for sure, stop what if-ing.
25:32And focus on helping when your grand gets home, yeah?
25:37If she comes home...
25:41Cancer's a thief.
25:44Stealing every which way that she can manage.
25:48She can't read because her fingers hurt.
25:53She has to lean on me to take even a few steps
25:56because she won't use the walker.
26:00And this morning...
26:05This morning she could barely sit up at all.
26:07We're glad you got her here, Daddy.
26:10What is Dr. Bauer saying?
26:11He's not here yet.
26:14Monica's with her.
26:15Monica?
26:16Dr. Monica McCormick.
26:18She's Shanice's aunt.
26:19She's head of one of the oncology departments at MD Anderson.
26:24Oh.
26:25That's one of the largest cancer centers in the world.
26:27And this Dr. McCormick, she's given her something for the pain?
26:32Then she'll feel better.
26:34And can accept that the rest of her extraordinary life
26:38is just on the other side of this dark chapter.
26:42I'm not so sure about that.
26:48This is not the time to underestimate yourself.
26:52I keep waiting to hit bottom.
26:56That worst day.
26:59Before this turning point you mythologized.
27:03But it does not come.
27:05I had a patient who compared it to being in a holding pattern on a plane.
27:10You don't jump out of a plane because it's circling.
27:14Especially when there are still many moves to make.
27:17There are medications used with your current treatment
27:22that can mitigate the side effects.
27:25But first I want to pinpoint the cause of your pain.
27:28Pain isn't usually associated with your current regimen.
27:32So would I have some other kind of cancer or something else entirely?
27:36I mean, I don't want to know.
27:38Even if it could end this pain?
27:42I have never been more certain
27:46that the body and spirit are separate things.
27:51I have loved this body.
27:53It has served me well.
27:58This is the body I've enjoyed and employed.
28:02The one that wined and dined and traveled and ran and swam.
28:09The one that danced all over those stages and belted out all that music.
28:15The one that Vernon worshipped and gave me my children.
28:22But right now, this is a house of pain.
28:28And it's smoking me out.
28:31And heaven help me.
28:33My spirit wants to be free of it.
28:36And what about that man out there and your big, fabulous family?
28:41If Vernon keeps watching this,
28:44he will not only climb in this bed with me,
28:46he will climb into my grave.
28:48Isn't it up to him how much he can handle?
28:50Up to all of them?
28:52I can't keep watching my family hurt because I'm hurting.
28:56Like, this morning, this morning, I felt myself losing that last piece that ties me to this body.
29:18What piece is that?
29:21My, my, I tried to sing.
29:30But the chemo has left my throat raw and scorched.
29:39There was only this dry, burning whisper that used to be where my music lived.
29:50Every breath scraped across my throat like glass.
29:58My voice is me.
30:03And it's gone.
30:06I'm already gone.
30:09My family just doesn't know it yet.
30:14Now, why don't you let me see what's in that file?
30:18Are you going to continue to stand there and act like I don't know my own mind?
30:31I got Mac settled.
30:32Now he can start mending up.
30:35Thank goodness.
30:37Thank Grayson.
30:38How's he?
30:40Well, I'm tight.
30:41But I made some headway.
30:43I pressed him for some info in the hierarchy, but he told me he's completely in the dark.
30:47That he only gets his messages through text.
30:49And you don't believe him?
30:51Nah.
30:51He's been at this for a year.
30:53So I'm assuming he's met or seen his contact at Garland at least once.
30:57Well, keep working him.
31:00Something's got to give, and hopefully that's Grayson.
31:03This could just be a setback, not the setback.
31:08You're right.
31:10And you're late.
31:11You shouldn't have to sit here and watch me worry.
31:15There's no place I'd rather be.
31:18Nothing's more important than you.
31:25Wow.
31:27You called me the Anita Whisperer once.
31:32Yesterday, I tried to shout down your mother's fears.
31:36You had a fight.
31:38I was trying to lift her up, but I had the opposite effect.
31:44If mother didn't have bad days through all of this, I would be worried.
31:49This is different.
31:52Then maybe it's time we send this red devil packing and get a new medicine.
31:57It's more than that.
32:00I know that woman's will.
32:06I'm afraid she's giving up her fight.
32:12Here's the DNR.
32:14But I want to make sure that you understand what no extraordinary measures mean.
32:18If your heart stops, there is no CPR.
32:20Or any resuscitation attempts.
32:24And then there is the question of nutrition.
32:26Shanice filled me in on all the inglorious details.
32:31I had a patient, Charlotte, who had the same initial diagnosis.
32:35Her cancer metastasized.
32:37Name a cancer, she had it.
32:40And we treated it.
32:41And she fought.
32:43She was cured?
32:46Her tumor shrunk enough for her to go home.
32:48But 18 months later, they roared back.
33:01Oh, that's your idea?
33:06Of an uplifting story?
33:09Every patient wants a cure.
33:12But my goal is time.
33:15Charlotte wanted to meet her granddaughter.
33:17She made it to her first birthday.
33:21Aren't there two pre-events milestones that you want to be there for?
33:27So many.
33:29But how does that work?
33:31Me having a coughing fit or passing out while my great-granddaughter is dancing at her cotillion?
33:39I will not pull focus.
33:41So then you don't want to be there at all?
33:44It's quality of time.
33:47That matters.
33:49With any grace, I can laugh rather than grit my teeth in pain.
33:58Or I can hug instead of nearly breaking at my husband's touch.
34:03Or maybe, just maybe, I'd be able to sing at my granddaughter's wedding.
34:13What if I were to tell you that this too shall pass with certainty?
34:20Would that be worth today's pain?
34:27Charlotte had a year and a half.
34:31You could have so much more time.
34:41You're Anita Dupree.
34:43You have built your life on defying every rule.
34:47And that is a double-edged sword.
34:50Because you have broken down every barrier and then everything fell into place.
34:54And on the other side, you've been used to being the exception to the rule.
35:01Cancer does not care what your name is.
35:03We are trying to give you more time, but you need to give us the opportunity to find the right
35:10medicine, to find the right treatment.
35:13Time for you not to give up.
35:16But no guarantees, right?
35:20You'd have a chance.
35:22And you are Anita Dupree.
35:25And lady, I'd take those odds any day.
35:31Ladies?
35:33Are you all caught up here?
35:37All set.
35:39I'll check on you.
35:49Are you coming down from the pain?
35:52A little.
35:54Good.
35:58Nicole and Danny want to hug their mother.
36:01I want to hug them right back.
36:03But first, I need to talk to my husband.
36:09My love, I've made some decisions about my future.
36:20Bye.
36:22Bye.
36:27Bye.
36:36Bye.
36:39Bye.
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