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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 188: Thursday, December 11, 2025
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00:06It feels light, doesn't it?
00:07It's the weight of a whole life.
00:09Mr. Gerson's last will and testament.
00:12May he rest in peace.
00:14I'm sorry he passed.
00:17He was a pisser.
00:19Listen.
00:21Our clients trust us from the cradle to the grave.
00:24Which means some pretty brutal conversations while they're still alive.
00:28You know, from their first marriage to their best marriage.
00:30Through divorces, businesses.
00:32We help them in every step of life and all the steps after.
00:35We basically give them the legacy that they want to leave behind.
00:39Hmm. Sounds like some kind of calling.
00:40Well, that's because it is.
00:42You know, we're therapists, advisors, executioners.
00:46We have to tell the heirs who gets left out of the story.
00:49It's not just any contract.
00:50I hear you.
00:52Good.
00:53Gerson's daughter wants us to continue handling the estate,
00:56starting with her own will, which I want you to draft.
01:00I appreciate the faith you're putting in me.
01:06Well, color me surprised.
01:11Stop by and put your hands in the dirt again, Congressman.
01:14The community garden's popping.
01:15I will.
01:16I'm guessing you need more funding.
01:17We have all the volunteers and dirt that we need, but everything else?
01:22Let's see what we can do.
01:26We're lucky to have you.
01:27And it's a blessing to serve the community.
01:30Keep coming to the polls.
01:31It's on the garden calendar.
01:33Oh, thanks again.
01:34Please excuse me.
01:36Got your text.
01:38If you just wanted my vote, you could have sent me a robocall.
01:42But no, you wanted to do this in person so you could read me the riot act.
01:47Right.
01:48Okay.
01:49Spill.
01:51What?
01:53I know she's my mom, but you can tell me how awkward it was when I left you with her
01:57at Winterfest.
01:59Look, I am the creator of this completely cringe situation that I found myself in, so I had to live
02:05in it.
02:05I am the one who made the grand declaration to Andre knowing full well he was married to your mother.
02:10I mean, you didn't know that they had gotten that serious.
02:12Well, we all do now.
02:14Look, Fanny made it crystal clear.
02:18I needed the closure.
02:20Wow, that is amazingly healthy of you.
02:25Well, that's me.
02:27I'm just getting healthy all over the place.
02:29I'm glad to see you back on your feet, man.
02:31Yeah, I still got this cane.
02:33It suits you.
02:34Yeah, the hockey stick suited me until Shanice took it away.
02:37A hockey stick?
02:38Yeah, don't ask.
02:40I'm guessing Shanice told you not to push too hard too soon.
02:42Yeah, she also told me to celebrate your wins, which is why we're here.
02:46Thank you, bro.
02:47You've been in my corner every step of the way, even when I screwed things up with...
02:52Oh, my God.
02:53Oh, my God.
02:56Oh, my God.
02:59Oh, my God.
03:05Oh, my God.
03:07Oh, my God.
03:09Oh, my God.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:11Oh, my God.
03:11Oh, my God.
03:11Oh, my God.
03:11Oh, my God.
03:12Oh, my God.
03:15Oh, my God.
03:16Oh, my God.
03:18Oh, my God.
03:34you don't have to worry my mom is not with me you don't get to tell me that all i've
03:40been is
03:41worried since your mom got in my face before winter fest she thinks she can just hit a
03:45refresh on her threats after she stole months of my life i am so sorry all i do is look
03:53over my
03:53shoulder every minute of every day i hold my keys in my hand when i'm walking to the car
03:58i keep telling myself that what she did had nothing to do with me that she's too much to
04:05lose now that she has money but you know what all that's done is make her think that she's above
04:09the
04:10law how long until she circles back and snuffs out this loose end you strike me as a man who
04:18likes
04:19chocolate this is thomas guilty as charged what do i owe this unexpected pleasure no just a special
04:28delivery of donuts for dc's finest pun very much intended
04:38i hated the way things escalated i met with dad yesterday and he drilled down on some things
04:45you got advice from dad what did he say he told me to focus on family
04:51well that's good for smitty and the kids and for you you're my family i was protecting samantha but
04:58doing it at your expense it was not okay well i said some not okay things too
05:06except for the eva parts i refuse to take back the eva parts that's a conversation for another day
05:12all that matters is that i get my little sister back well that's very generous considering considering
05:20what uh what happened between me and samantha which was i just released her from punishment tell me
05:28it wasn't too soon
05:34we can go you know what i can't hide i meant what i said about closure and derek did say
05:41he was going
05:42to try the friend thing look we can just go to obg's come on none of us should have to
05:48give up
05:48our favorite place
05:57too early to start coming to friend's theme
06:00oh so cringe it hurts
06:02but you're smiling
06:04you know you two can sit down if you swear there's no singing involved
06:09scott's honor
06:13i won't keep you an apology latte for keeping you up so late i felt terrible hearing you leave
06:19for work when we barely got into bed
06:21you're so thoughtful i wouldn't have slept anyways if we hadn't talked
06:25me either we handled it pretty well didn't we
06:30i thought we'd go through weeks of missing each other
06:33not really knowing how to bridge the gap but you'd already made the leap i was ready to beg for
06:40forgiveness but you didn't try to make me suffer despite having every right
06:46glad i realized how lucky i am to be dating someone who cares about having a good relationship with my
06:52family even if i'm still working on getting there with them myself i'm sorry i botched it and hurt you
06:58and so so thankful that you still see me as the woman who loves you even though i made a
07:04mistake
07:06look i am sorry for what happened to you your mom happened to me mama is really working on herself
07:14look she's rude to a lot of people but just because she's rude to you doesn't mean she's
07:18actively coming for you you saw how well behaved she was at winterfest were you ever even alone with
07:24her that's because the deprees hired someone to make sure of it hold up are you saying detective
07:31marcel was paid to watch my mom i can't have you stepping up in here looking like you look and
07:37expect me to keep it professional i can't have you uh stirring up the rumor mill again again you have
07:45a reputation that i need some educating about well i'm rumored to be the best cop in here
07:50and i don't need them questioning what i did to receive such a bounty well i guess you can share
07:58with your brothers and sisters in blue even if they didn't put in the work the work yeah you rescuing
08:06me from those bougie snobs and bringing some much needed heat to winterfest you have no idea the heat i
08:16can bring this is not the time or place and i don't need them donuts to get back to my
08:22wife
08:23you do remember i have one the real question detective is do you
08:36classic pauline is that a flash mob no it's a baller move that's what it is
08:41her fiancee set up an orchestra union station surprised her with a ring and hundreds of red
08:46roses and it looks like it's gone viral she loves a grand gesture surprised he didn't propose with a
08:52marching band in the office yeah the haley and i were at the save the reefs charity gala where they
08:58met his name's jared finance guy morehouse man his family's one to know in atlanta wasn't that gala
09:06just a couple of months ago they're already engaged yeah well when you know you know why waste time
09:11haley's turned you into a romantic well maybe so but the law is an influence game and pauline just
09:18doubled her reach with her fiance way to change the narrative what narrative well pauline was front
09:25runner for partner before you came along you better watch out she might snatch that position right from
09:30under you i never want to stifle the chelsea in you even when it steps on who you are well
09:40let's
09:40try to avoid that please i wouldn't have blamed you for walking away
09:48before i would have because i would have assumed you didn't understand me and never would
09:56what made you give me a second chance
10:00i feel safe to be myself with you maybe more myself than ever
10:07that is exactly how a good relationship is supposed to make you feel safe enough to lay every part of
10:13yourself out on the table secure enough to know that i am not going anywhere
10:20i never want to fight with you again actually i'm glad we did
10:27are you really surprised the deprees take care of their own
10:32i know i was once a part of that and i still feel terrible for the role i played in
10:37breaking up ted and
10:38nicole and i feel guilty that i get to have my dad mainly because i cost him the love of
10:43his life
10:45okay i was so used to it just being me and mama versus everybody i get that i was raised
10:52by my dad
10:53when my mom passed away so i know that one parent love when it's you and them against the universe
11:01you and ted really looked like you were having a nice time at winterfest
11:08i used to daydream about him being there for my big moments
11:13like winning the spelling bee in the third grade double dutch championship school plays
11:20winterfest winterfest can't make up for all of it but man that night i felt like his princess
11:29i do that too my mom passed away when i was six and even now i still feel like
11:37i can't help but wish that she could be here for the good times or even when things are bad
11:45i am happy you're getting to make some new memories with ted
11:51i know they'll be happier than the ones you have with your mom
11:57this is where i say i don't want you to make too much about a glass of champagne and
12:01me walking you to your car because of your wife she's not my concern and since you talk more about
12:08your boat than your woman i wonder if she's much of a concern to you either i mean we do
12:15cross paths
12:16a lot that has to mean something well in my line of work there is such thing as coincidence
12:23oh well say whatever you have to say for our audience just blink twice if i'm right
12:33you're tempting fate you know there's a lot of people in here would love to put some new jewelry on
12:41you
12:43fine i'll go maybe next time you can bring me a pressy oh we could play good cop bad cop
12:52and then you
12:53could put some of that clean jewelry on me hope you like chocolate too we left you one
13:13what the hell's going on with you and our attempted murder suspect
13:18you know when dad had his stroke he made his cane into a statement piece
13:21you should upgrade i'd agree i know a guy who could take one of your firefighter axes
13:26and turn the handle into a cane it'd be one of a kind yeah you think i could pull that
13:31off oh
13:32absolutely but do you see what our best friends are doing here they're talking canes so that we
13:37don't have to talk about the big old breakup elephant and we love you guys for it but it is
13:43completely
13:46unnecessary we've already talked everything out and we are moving on we're good now we're friends
13:54in fact chanice actually told me that one of us already has a new friend
13:59huh uh cheryl made a move didn't she i wasn't surprised that she'd swoop in
14:05um i just i always knew that she was bringing a crush on you
14:18uh no comment oh gosh uh right none of my business um make it fair ask me something personal quick
14:27i i i don't want to play that game i'm not ready for your answer oh come on d we're
14:32all friends
14:33here right yeah and we're moving forward yeah but it is gonna be a process but we're committed right ash
14:43right and you know it doesn't have to all happen today us sitting down together is a win and a
14:48yeah
14:48and every time after this will be less awkward way less awkward because how do you even go from
14:56um you know ashley and i have to get going thank you but this was great this was great jacob
15:03i'll see you at trudy's later for our appointment yep
15:05okay
15:15sorry bro that went all wrong being good together is one thing but working through something big
15:23with respect even through hurt feelings that's a whole other level you are so much better for me
15:30than anyone i've ever been with there's no egos no blame shame no no power plays exactly we got to
15:39the other side but how we got there that's how i know we're made to last and i'd love to
15:46see how
15:46long you last later tonight i'd say right now but ah you're stuck here saving lives
15:56now dr montgomery isn't your patient arriving at any minutes an hour late makes them a no-show
16:02and the paperwork can wait
16:09playing hooky for a hookup when did you get so bad
16:19i rolled up on samantha and eva with their heads together it sounded like eva was offering to
16:25help samantha get on birth control what calm down that wasn't what she was doing not even close
16:33then how did you by jumping to conclusions i was thinking sex they were talking thermometers
16:40samantha's working on this whole idea for a free clinic yeah i know completely innocent but of
16:47course i flew off the handle and made a total fool of myself oh god being wrong is bad enough
16:53but
16:54being wrong in front of eva torture i didn't realize samantha was so serious about this clinic
16:59but why go to eva well her snake of a mother is very newly wealthy remember samantha thought
17:08leslie could help financially did i miss something here when did leslie become a philanthropist she's
17:15not she's a delusional psycho with a checkbook who's using charity to make herself look good cat but
17:23this time eva was miraculously guilt-free so samantha checked me said i was changing that i shouldn't be in
17:32competition with eva that i used to be her favorite aunt implication being i'm not anymore she's a kid
17:39you know she loves you if everybody's telling you about yourself that you're moving a certain way
17:46at what point do you believe them look i don't like how i get around eva i've spent so much
17:54time
17:55trying to tell you guys how twisted she and leslie are but what is it getting me argument after
18:04argument with family and and i feel like i'm ruining things with tomas sorry tomas i need to take this
18:23eva
18:26were you really gonna sit down and pretend i wasn't here oh sorry i guess i didn't see you
18:32everything all right why wouldn't it be i noticed that carly vazi is finally dropping his new novel
18:39next week not sure if you're still into it of course i am i'm glad you didn't give up on
18:46the series
18:47oh you thought because we bonded over the books that i would never touch them again
18:51the ego you thought the same thing about me if i'm still into it yeah uh-huh now who has
18:58the ego
19:00i need to find out how the story ends in the new series after everything she went through
19:05the queen deserves a happy ending yeah sometimes happy looks different than you think
19:14hello eva hi later tomas
19:22you two seemed close he was a friend your friends can be trouble listen you may have questions about my
19:33work-life philosophy but you gotta know man breaking my niece's heart is the absolute last thing you want
19:39to do if you're aiming for partner
19:52little mama do i have news for you me first i ran into laura i don't like it she could
19:59be pushing up on
20:00you to get dirt on me she's not the one digging but i know who might be security gigs are
20:06usually
20:06the result of donor delivery she's not even supposed to know you looking she clocked me so i took the
20:12charm offensive still not to move it is if you want a perk to confess so when did this go
20:17for a security
20:18gig some kind of investigation when the opportunity fell right in my lap jacob couldn't get the job done
20:24so i thought i'd help him close the book on leslie thomas
20:33jacob should get the chance to put the cuffs on hurry himself because he called dibs or because
20:38he's your son carefully but don't confuse being a good man with being a good cop and you should
20:44thank me for making progress for the department while i was technically being employed by anita dupree
20:54that cop chatting you up wasn't just doing some moonlighting according to laura he was hired to
21:00keep you away from her hmm so not only is he dapper he's clever too mama anything you say to
21:07marcel can be used against you okay so he may have an angle but that doesn't mean that i don't
21:13have
21:13one of my own the duprees have a cop in their damn family so why can't we have one in
21:19our back pockets
21:21you don't stop even now you think because we got a little money that we still don't have to think
21:29for ourselves we wouldn't even be in this club if it wasn't for my black girl matching again eva and
21:37i
21:37are just friends good from what i've seen of how much cat hates eva you'd be setting yourself up for
21:43battle of danny versus haley 2.0 only worse since eva and cat are actually sisters no worries there
21:51because i'm happy with cat our future will be stable solid prove it because what i just witnessed
21:59between you and your friend doesn't exactly inspire confidence i have some pictures of us from our first
22:07vacation together the first of many to come a weekend trip isn't exactly the same as putting a
22:14ring on it tomas i'm ready to move in together cat isn't she's the one who keeps putting on the
22:21brakes
22:22how could you be ruining your relationship you just took your first trip together right we did and it
22:28was amazing tomas even brought up the idea of moving in together that's great why isn't that great
22:36because we haven't been together that long cat you've always known what you've wanted something
22:43serious the real deal that leads to happily ever after the dress the ring all of it so what's the
22:50real problem well maybe i was being naive before i feel like i'm on a speeding train barreling toward
22:58living together because it's the next step but according to who and what plan it's just it's just
23:03happening way too fast have you told this to tomas well i told him that i needed to slow down
23:09he it seemed like he understood but i could see his disappointment
23:16moving back in with smitty finding our groove again after everything that happened with us
23:21we had to fight hard and put in a lot of effort and you could do that as well if
23:28you want i want but
23:31i can't help but think what if he really knew me like the real me maybe he wouldn't like me
23:45anymore
23:56you're wearing the necklace we got you thanks again you guys it looks nice i knew it would
24:01this is good being here together it feels familiar and normal in a week that has been anything but
24:13thanks for the second round i need to spike it a year ago we were all so happy
24:21it's like i broke up the four musketeers maybe forever i'm so sorry naomi i ruined us by breaking up
24:29with derek was it me or was ashley feeling some kind of way about me and cheryl nope don't get
24:38back
24:38on that roller coaster the last time we hung you were pissed at ashley for making a run at andre
24:43right
24:43after she broke things off with you and now you're back to hoping she secretly still wants you i'm
24:51consistent look it killed me to confirm she had those feelings for andre and those feelings are what
24:57started our demise so of course i i want to know where she is now yeah but you can't have
25:02it both ways
25:04wishing and hoping while pretending to be her friend i'm not pretending listen man sometimes when
25:11you really love someone the best thing you can do for them is let them go what's wrong with still
25:17hoping that ashley gives a damn about me somehow you've gotten away with everything and you've
25:24gotten us here from that little tiny apartment in chicago but the means matter mama and today i had
25:31to look the means in the eye and it wasn't pretty she was terrified because of you and one day
25:36this will
25:37catch up to you you are flying too close to the sun mama which is why i need marcel to
25:45protect
25:45and serve me is that what you're calling this i am calling it strategy boat i'll know what's going
25:53on in that station and you will know what's going on through your new bff lora have you ever thought
26:02about what this is like for me at all do you know how hard it was to talk her down
26:07oh baby you did it
26:09because you were so good at it this isn't a joke mama laura is scared because you scared her she
26:19could
26:19have died you could be in jail how can you turn around and torture her with your little games you
26:26know what you should be kissing the ground thankful that you've been given a second chance do something
26:32good with it kat tomas loves you how would moving in together change that you lived with me you should
26:42know the right man will think you are formidable except he doesn't like when i go off on eva or
26:51can't
26:52let things go if we're living together he's gonna see the pure hatred i have for her is always taking
26:58up space he'll see it and he's gonna run for the hills isn't getting to know each other at the
27:03point i mean he will see the real cat and find many more reasons to love you yeah right when
27:11have
27:11you ever had trouble seeing how amazing you are is he digging at your confidence because if he is
27:19i can talk to him no it's nothing like that then let him see all of you how adorable you
27:25are when
27:26you doze off on a show and start complaining when you wake up because it doesn't make any sense or
27:32how
27:32you make sure that the coffee is set up before whoever wakes up first or how you do crossword
27:38puzzles in ink okay he might find that last one pretentious i'm just saying you are more than the
27:46challenges on the surface you're a thoughtful confident honest person but he'll never see that if
27:55you don't let him in thanks martin i really needed to hear that i miss us having these talks
28:04me too but it's nice to having you back and that's all that matters
28:13maybe if kat isn't ready to commit then you've given her a reason to doubt you
28:20i think her dad cheating altered her view of love yeah probably so when i left danny i left scars
28:30on all the dupree women look i know that from where you're sitting things may not seem fair me wanting
28:38your personal life to be so stable when mine is the public mess that we're all still recovering from but
28:42between my divorce and the sexual harassment case with mike i demand stability at my law firm
28:51i would never do anything to embarrass the firm but i i just don't understand why my romantic
28:57life has to be tied to my professional one our clients need to trust us and our judgment but i
29:04never told myself wait wait hold on answer this for me okay who will clients take two more
29:11the young attorney who's on a serious path or the single guy who can't seem to make up his mind
29:17and
29:17is juggling two sisters i will not let people's personal issues become vulnerabilities for my law firm
29:22again message received good but since you're the expert on the dupree women maybe you can tell me how
29:32i'm supposed to convince kat that we're ready for the next step
29:39don't you apologize for being brave enough to choose the life and love that you want
29:45this is a necessary pause but we were each other's emotional support couple and now we're uncoupled
29:52and we can't even sit at the same table we're friends whether you're together or not
29:57and jacob and i aren't perfect either never thought we'd have to go to couples counseling
30:03man it's like our breakup created a rift in the time-space relationship continuum and now okay
30:09breakups aren't contagious what jacob and i are going through has nothing to do with you and derek
30:16it 100 has to deal with us talking about the whole kid thing we're all growing and dealing with our
30:24stuff
30:25no you and i don't have stuff right oh i'm never gonna quit you once that bond was formed we
30:33were
30:33locked in baby who would have thought my childhood best friend would be at the same community fair
30:38setting up her legal advice booth next to my blood drive yeah no we're solid whether we're married
30:47single or anything in between come here i love you i love you thank you
31:00what's in between look i'm not trying to get you riled up you and ashley will always own a piece
31:06of each other's heart and if we can learn to trust again maybe we can build our way back
31:14you don't think we should get back together what matters is ashley doesn't she took off your ring
31:19bro why do you get to fight for your happily ever after and i'm just supposed to give up because
31:23you
31:23went to a desperate place trying to hold on to it look man i just want you to face the
31:28facts and see if
31:29there's anybody else out there who can treat you better or make you feel better or feel more secure
31:34about being your best self like cheryl maybe are you interested i don't know i i had cheryl in the
31:43friend zone if i take her out maybe there'll be a spark you feel me i just want to make
31:49sure you're
31:50not rushing out of one fire and into the next i know you and if you think you can reignite
31:56ashley's
31:56feelings by making her jealous about cheryl i'm begging you please don't do that
32:02listen man if you go into this thing with cheryl with the wrong intentions
32:06you'll be bringing mess to the very same place that you love which is work
32:12yes sir you have my word
32:19you should try one of these they're delicious too busy actually working
32:24i just promised the mayor that i will bring up our arrest rate was that lip service
32:29it depends did leslie thomas actually tell you something you can use
32:33nah but the fact that she circled the block means she's on the hook
32:39is she the only one
32:42you think there's anything more going on than a hard-working detective doing his job
32:47while he saves up to sell off he was crazy as a lady who brought these donuts
32:54i'm the architect of our second chance me and the scheming you claim to deplore give credit where
33:01credit is doable you told dad you wanted to be a better person were you just trolling him and me
33:08or are you just dreaming up a new version of yourself that's even more slick
33:13when in rome or shall i say when in fairmont crest you blame the things you did on what we
33:20didn't have
33:20now we have everything and we can really do some good with it mama are you talking about that free
33:26clinic again it wasn't too long ago that we were the ones living paycheck to paycheck
33:32bills piling up charging everything on a credit card honey i don't even know where to start
33:38we would start by choosing a location that's the first step huh good thing i know just two to go
33:48to
33:49that family has high standards tomas okay and if cat has put up walls it's your job to climb them
33:55she's gonna test you man over and over again to see if you're there for the real her to see
34:00if she
34:01can trust you with her entire heart cat knows i'm all in with her and her only it doesn't sound
34:06like
34:06she does listen whatever demands she makes whatever obstacle she throws your way just handle it like
34:13a leader all right show her you're not going anywhere dating a dupree woman man the ride is crazy
34:19but nothing compares to the satisfaction of winning one over from the second mom and dad brought you home
34:27i thought they had gotten you for me to teach you to protect you and at some point you started
34:34teaching me
34:35we used to not go a day without a call or a text i know and then i got busy
34:40with the campaign smitty and
34:42the kids and i'm sorry i stopped checking on you same between chelsea cat and tomas
34:51maybe this is just what adulting is or you just kept leaving things to chance without putting it on your
34:58calendar i've had my assistant put my personal time on my calendar and that personal block is non-negotiable
35:09just as much as having a meeting on the house floor hmm that's a good idea so maybe that's what
35:15we need
35:15to do so we can carve out some brother and sister time okay can we start now you have my
35:23undivided attention
35:24for the next hour okay and you have you need to take that nope it's not a priority
35:42so
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