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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 93: Friday, July 18, 2025
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00:04So it's true? You left Smitty and the kids?
00:08It's not exactly like that.
00:10Don't prevaricate, Martin Richardson. I spoke to Smitty.
00:13What did he say?
00:14To come to you for answers. So here I am. What happened?
00:19You're right. Smitty asked me to leave.
00:23And honestly, I don't blame him.
00:26What is going on?
00:30Yo, Pops.
00:33Tell me about that robbery victim at Stance Park.
00:35Nothing to tell. John Doe looks like robbery homicide.
00:40Well, they're going to identify the body, though, right?
00:42Sure, in time.
00:44Sure, in time? You act like it's not important.
00:49He's a person, Dad, a dead person.
00:51Yeah. Then no one seems to be missing.
00:54Which means we should want to know who he is, even if it's just to identify as next of kin,
00:58right?
01:01Is there something else you're attempting to say right now?
01:03You're right.
01:36hey dad hey sweetheart do you have a minute for you always what's up
01:50are you ever gonna let pop come back home it's not about me letting martin do anything
01:57and he understands that he's my husband and i love him but
02:04i can't live with him after all that he's done at least not right now
02:11that's not what i was hoping you would say
02:15i don't think secluding ourselves was necessary i just wanted to give you the space to speak
02:20freely now honey tell me what could you have done that was so bad that smitty would kick you out
02:26of
02:26the house oh martin you were unfaithful were you of course not i wouldn't cheat on smitty that's a
02:35relief it shouldn't be what i did was a hell of a lot worse
02:46certainly the two of you have had your differences what couple doesn't
02:49but for the most part you and smitty have a close and loving relationship or so i thought you did
02:54we do well we did what's changed
03:01has whatever this is been going on for a while
03:07some trouble that i know nothing about
03:10martin i am your mother i could have helped why didn't you tell me
03:14there were some considerations on your part
03:20someone in this family think i was too delicate or damaged
03:22it's not like that
03:23then what other reason could there possibly be that i wasn't told what this thing is
03:29this issue that is so serious you packed your bags
03:32and moved out of your home with your husband and your children
03:37daddy what is this about and who made the decision i shouldn't be informed
03:45nicole sweetheart i think everyone was just trying to give you some space
03:50because of everything that you've been through
03:52i was hurt that doesn't mean i don't need to know what's going on with my own son
03:57and mother i'm more surprised at you at exactly how long have you been back
04:01how about did it even occur to you to call your daughter
04:05nicole not to reveal some deep dark secret but simply to say hi i'm back i'm home
04:10darling there's been a lot going on give your mother some grace
04:14for for the family situation that's unfolding right now
04:21it's serious and complex and yes you've been kept in the dark long
04:37it's because i'm your father doesn't mean that all protocol flies out the window
04:40i'm also the chief of police no question my authority jigger i'm not questioning your
04:45authority dad i'm just asking about the victim in the park
04:48don't we give you enough to do around here
04:49yeah but we should all keep our eyes open right pitch in
04:52of course
04:53look we'll pursue all the usual channels
04:56run the prints dna tests check missing persons all that
05:00but son this is not your case so not your problem
05:04copy that
05:04and speaking of people
05:06sticking their noses where they don't belong
05:08has your reporter friend agreed to back off with detective malone
05:13marcel is the one who discovered the body in the park right
05:16man and nothing i was just being curious
05:21rain that in detective
05:22i don't know why you're harping on this but you should stop
05:26before you get hurt
05:30blow on this because it is hot
05:36oh you put marshmallows in it
05:37is there any other way to drink hot chocolate
05:42you know i'm not trying to be cruel right
05:45i guess
05:47from where you're sitting i know that it could seem harsh
05:50and i don't want to upset you more than i already have but
05:53you and i have always been honest with each other
05:57and i i don't want to give you any empty promises
06:01i don't want that either
06:04i just wish that everything could go back to the way that it was
06:08me too
06:10more than you know
06:12but samantha this isn't
06:14a new thing
06:15i mean that assault that your
06:16pop told you about that happened two years ago
06:19i know
06:20and
06:22he never once told me about it
06:25it
06:25it started with
06:27these nightmares
06:28yeah
06:30um
06:31i remember him yelling in his sleep
06:33but then they got worse
06:36they changed
06:37they
06:38became these
06:39waking visions
06:40almost like hallucinations
06:42that sounds so scary
06:44i didn't know that
06:45well
06:46i didn't want to worry you
06:49but
06:50isn't that the same thing
06:52pop didn't tell you about kenny because he didn't want you to worry
06:56no samantha
06:57it's not the same
06:59you see
06:59we are your parents
07:01it is our job to protect you
07:03you didn't have to know about those nightmares
07:06but by martin not telling me and confiding in me he put us in a dangerous situation
07:12he didn't tell me what the nightmares were about
07:14he didn't tell me about that incident two years ago
07:17he didn't tell me that there was a violent man in town
07:21so do you see how it's a bit more complex
07:23how the situation's a little different
07:26sort of
07:28our marriage
07:29it's been really strained
07:30because of this
07:33for a while i would
07:34beg him to tell me
07:36and he would just say that nothing was wrong
07:39he had so many chances
07:41and the saddest part is
07:43is if the circumstances didn't force his hand
07:45i don't think that he would have come clean
07:47so at the risk of oversharing
07:50i wanted you to know
07:51why my decision
07:52is what it is
07:54i just i can't
07:56i can't be around him knowing all that
08:02come here
08:08okay
08:08i'm all ears
08:09the floor's yours
08:11why would smithy
08:12who i've always known to be pretty level-headed
08:14kick you out of your own house
08:16it's a lot mom
08:18and as much as i want to tell you all of it right now
08:20i just
08:22i just need to step away from the situation
08:25clear my mind
08:27i'm exhausted and i
08:30i'm just drained
08:31i haven't had anything to eat
08:34i can have rowena make you something
08:38i'd rather go out and grab a bite somewhere
08:40i could use the fresh air
08:42all right
08:43well
08:43vernon will go with you
08:45to the country club
08:46won't you dear
08:47yes
08:47and uh
08:48i will explain everything
08:49to your mother
08:52oh baby
08:54martin
08:54i am your mother
08:56you have to know that whatever problems you're facing
08:58you can come to me
08:59i know
09:00and you're amazing
09:01and you're already going through a lot
09:04and yet you're here seeing about me
09:07and i know i can come to you
09:08and i will soon
09:10but
09:11i'm just drained with this
09:13fight with smithy
09:14and i don't have the bandwidth
09:16to go through the horrible story again
09:17okay don't worry martin
09:19i will walk your mom through everything
09:22are you going to be all right
09:26honestly
09:27i don't know
09:30gran will walk you through
09:33and we'll talk later
09:36okay
09:36i understand
09:49what's this
09:50hot toddy
09:53you do know that i'm a professional right
09:55people come and tell me hard things on a daily basis
09:58well those people unburdening themselves are not your own family
10:02please mother can you just simply get to the point without all the theatrics
10:06just be honest with me
10:07when have i not been honest
10:08you want a list
10:10now i know you are
10:12bitter because of what
10:13what was kept from you so many years
10:18you can say his name
10:20it's ted
10:21and he lied to me
10:23and yes i am bitter about it
10:24well this is not that
10:26so don't conflate your marriage with this situation
10:29and i have always tried to be honest with you
10:32let's test out that theory then
10:34tell me
10:35is it personal
10:36is what personal
10:37what makes people think
10:39that they can hide things from me
10:41nicole
10:43am i cold
10:43distant
10:44unapproachable
10:45what possibly
10:46makes people think that i can't handle the truth
10:49no one thinks that
10:50because let me tell you
10:51it is
10:52insulting
10:53diminishing
10:54and i've had just about as much of it as i can take
10:58this is my family as well as yours or martin's or daddy's and i want to know what is going
11:06on
11:07now
11:08i am so sorry for what has happened
11:16is happening with you right now martin
11:20thanks grandad
11:21i just wish i could snap my fingers and it would all be lifted from your plate i am
11:27so i am so sorry i am so sorry you have no reason to keep apologizing
11:34you have been my rock through all of this if you hadn't been there and done the things you've done
11:40in the last two years
11:41might have been a much worse situation
11:45i don't think
11:47anyone
11:48outside of you and i would understand
11:51the horror and fear from that night
11:54so maybe
11:56you're the only one that will understand my biggest regret
11:59which is
12:02not telling smitty
12:04but even if you had told him earlier
12:06you might have ended up in the same situation
12:09feeling the same way
12:11or even worse
12:13be in the situation without a job
12:16without constituents to think about
12:18we need you here
12:20to help the greater community
12:22but you know the worst thing about all of this
12:26smitty and the kids are who i would turn to when
12:30i was feeling down
12:32but i can't even do that now
12:34it's killing me to be away from them granddad
12:40i'm not saying take him back
12:42from everything that you've been through
12:44i get that that's a lot
12:45like
12:45a lot a lot
12:47i just
12:48want you to keep talking
12:50to keep trying to find a way through everything
12:53we're a family
12:54and we love each other
12:57that's what you told tyrell and me when you brought us home
13:00do you remember that
13:02yeah
13:03i remember
13:08we're gonna get through this dad
13:10and i know that it won't be easy
13:12and i know that it won't happen overnight
13:13but if we keep trying
13:15we can find a way to
13:16being us again
13:19that's my biggest hope
13:22i know that you may be too hurt to hear this
13:24but you need to
13:27papa's hurting too
13:28and when he's hurting
13:30there's nobody that he needs more than us
13:32and family
13:34so i want you to promise me
13:38promise me that you won't completely give up on him
13:41that you'll keep trying
13:45why did you get so grown up
13:49born this way
13:50anybody ever tell you you're wise beyond your years
13:54yeah you and pop tell me that all the time
13:59promise me dad
14:10i promise
14:12yeah that's right
14:14because there might be security footage at the back entrance and i'd like to see it
14:18you would
14:20all right i owe you a coffee at orfie jeans
14:23all right
14:27very proud of you son
14:29you are
14:30yes
14:31you are a cop's cop
14:34interesting delineation
14:35but what's a cop's cop
14:36you're smart
14:37you're thorough
14:39stubborn when you need to be
14:40and occasionally when you don't
14:42and i like to think that
14:44marcel taught you some of that
14:46marcel
14:47yeah i don't think he's the role model you think he is
14:50sorry to interrupt chief
14:52i have that footage of congressman richardson
14:54at the press conference that you wanted
14:55thank you mills
14:56no problem sir
14:59martin had a press conference
15:01about what
15:03i'll find out
15:04but you know politicians are always looking for attention
15:07probably a whole lot of hoopla about nothing
15:15without smitty and the kids i feel
15:19adrift
15:21smitty is who held me together when i woke up from those nightmares
15:25he's the one who taught me the breathing techniques to help me get through it
15:31lost without him granddad
15:33if i could offer a little wisdom
15:36from a man who's been married a long long time
15:40sure
15:40what else do i have to lose
15:42well your marriage if you can't see the longer view
15:47you have to believe in something
15:49larger than your present circumstances martin
15:53but what if those present circumstances are smacking you in the face
15:58then you have to remember the love you and smitty have for each other
16:02you're still a team
16:05i'm not too confident in that
16:07i know it may feel like the whole world is crashing down on your marriage
16:14but feelings are just that feelings
16:17you know when you learn to separate feelings from reality
16:22that's when you win
16:24what do you see when you look at our present circumstances
16:29i mean what are the redeeming qualities here
16:31but that the relationship between you and smitty is solid
16:35it has been from the beginning
16:38how you were when
16:39when you adopted the kids
16:41how
16:41how you agreed that
16:43this is how your life would work
16:46he sacrificed so much for me
16:49and he didn't do that for anyone else but you
16:55his love for you is very deep
16:58and you wouldn't be here all out of sorts
17:01if your love for him wasn't equally strong
17:05still
17:06you didn't see smitty earlier
17:08you didn't see how he looked at me
17:11what did you see
17:13the end
17:15of everything
17:17and it
17:18it cut like a knife
17:21he didn't just ask me to leave because i lied to him
17:24it was what the lies were about
17:29the murder
17:30yes
17:32so i hear you
17:34but the truth is
17:36i don't know if there's any way to get back to us
17:42i didn't expect to see you again so soon
17:44i didn't expect to hear that martin abruptly called a press conference at orphy jeans earlier
17:48only to call it off before he could explain what it was about
17:51what's your point jacob
17:53funny thing is you left that part out
17:55when you were supposed to be confining in me
17:57your cop friend about all these supposed conspiracies
18:02up until now you haven't had to deal with the hardships in life that make you tough
18:08seriously
18:10what about my miscarriages the implosion of my decades-long marriage
18:14what i'm saying is you have always followed the straight and narrow
18:18done everything we all expected of you
18:21so somehow it's my fault that i followed guidelines that were set in front of me
18:27no no no i'm just trying to put it into context sweetheart
18:31you have built a beautiful career
18:34involved yourself with charity work
18:36sought to be of service
18:39you were kind and generous and delicate as a bouquet of flowers
18:45your life has always been wonderful and pristine
18:51so your take is that i can't handle hard truths because i've had a soft life
18:56you have not known the hardships that your father and i have known
19:00now maybe we sheltered you too much i i don't know
19:03mother for the love of god can you just get to it
19:07not until you prepare yourself
19:10because what i'm about to tell you
19:13will demand not only your attention
19:15but your willingness to confront the aftermath
19:18in all its ugliness
19:29wait
19:30you're saying that this isn't about smitty and martin's marital problems
19:36yes
19:42it was two years ago
19:46your sweet baby boy and vernon were coming back from a political event
19:51they were driving down a deserted country road
19:56they got a flat
19:58when martin got out of the car to change the flat tire
20:01a pickup truck pulled up behind them
20:05at first they thought it was someone who had stopped to help but
20:10they soon became disabused of that notion when
20:14two men
20:16white men
20:20they approached them
20:23one of them asked
20:25what color is your money
20:29they taunted them
20:31they must have seen the congressional plates
20:35all they cared about was that they were black
20:39unprotected
20:40and on what they considered their turf
20:44and that no one was around to witness
20:48anything they might do
20:54they wanted to rob your father and martin
20:57but not before making them pay
21:00for what i don't know
21:02being in the wrong place at the wrong time
21:06fixing a tire while black
21:08horrifying
21:09they began calling them
21:11spook
21:12and boy
21:13what did daddy do
21:15your father isn't new to this kind of
21:18situation
21:19he tried to deescalate
21:21everything
21:23he just wanted to get himself and martin home safely
21:26but those men only had one thing on their minds
21:31one man went for vernon's pockets
21:33and when vernon tried to defend himself
21:37mother no
21:38now your father takes care of himself but
21:41he is in no shape
21:43to defend himself against
21:45a couple of
21:47racists
21:48clearly up for blood
21:51that man
21:52punched him so hard
21:54he knocked him down
21:55and martin witnessed it all
21:58seeing his grandfather treated like
22:00they were in the jim crow south
22:03ignited something in martin
22:04he wasn't gonna stand by
22:06and allow his granddaddy his hero
22:09to be brutalized like that
22:12what did he do
22:13martin was still holding the tire iron
22:17the other man pulled out a gun
22:20martin struck him with the tire iron
22:23with all of his might
22:24he hit him
22:25hard
22:28and the man laid there
22:31not moving
22:33not breathing
22:36martin killed him
22:40then the brother
22:41we found out later that
22:42they were brothers
22:46came at martin in a rage
22:47martin hit him in the ribs
22:49he crumbled
22:51fell to the ground
22:54and martin kept hitting him
22:56over and over
22:59and over
23:00and over
23:01and over
23:02my god
23:03finally
23:04vernon got him to stop
23:08there was blood everywhere
23:12martin disfigured that man's face
23:15yes
23:18mother
23:19did he kill the other man too
23:23no
23:27vernon went into crisis mode
23:29and he called ted
23:31ted
23:31ted
23:32took the man to his clinic and performed
23:36reconstructive surgery
23:39and that is the man who has been stalking martin
23:43insinuating himself into martin's life
23:46getting a job at the country club
23:49connecting with tyro and samantha under false pretenses
23:53and martin didn't recognize him because of the surgery
23:57the man eventually made himself known and demanded martin pay him for his silence
24:02ted performed the surgery and i never knew
24:07yes
24:08martin killed a man
24:12and i never knew
24:16how could you all have kept this from me
24:19vernon and i didn't want anyone to know what happened on that horrible night
24:24i am not just anyone
24:26i am martin's mother
24:29did it occur to you and daddy that maybe just maybe i could have helped him cope
24:34all of the strain he was under
24:38the nightmares
24:39no
24:41i wasn't allowed to help my own son
24:44because you and daddy decided to play god
24:50i understand
24:51the world
24:53in which we live
24:55i understand
24:58that no matter how much progress we've made
25:02a black man defending himself against a racist attack
25:05will most likely end up in the system
25:08so no
25:09i am not apologizing
25:13and in that moment
25:14vernon could not get past protecting his grandson
25:18which is why i signed on to keep this quiet for the very same reason
25:23and how did that all turn out
25:25my son was plagued by nightmares
25:29harassed
25:31stalked
25:31god knows the psychological damage he's suffering
25:37my god mother
25:42explain to me why martin caught off his press conference
25:44around the same time a body was found in the park
25:47you expecting me to think that was a coincidence
25:49i am not sure what you think i know
25:52cause i wasn't there i have kids to deal with remember
25:56i didn't even know the press conference was happening
25:58why do i feel like you know more than you're telling me
26:01if you have something to say jacob
26:03spit it out
26:05what was martin planning to say at orphygians tonight
26:07again i don't know
26:08check it out smitty you came to me
26:10alright
26:12you pressed me about the bank accounts
26:13the deposits the payoffs my partner
26:15all of it
26:17you were the one that wanted to know what happened to trigger it all
26:19and all of a sudden you're acting like it's not important anymore
26:24circumstances have changed
26:26martin's in this isn't he
26:28he's not just a victim of a
26:29unfortunate stalking situation
26:32martin's involved and it's everything you ever feared
26:38fine
26:39stay quiet
26:40but i'ma tell you what this looks like
26:43martin was gonna say something tonight
26:45maybe he's starting to feel guilty
26:47and you know what it usually means when people feel guilty
26:51they are
26:54my son
26:55has blood on his hands and to make matters worse
26:59the person whose face he destroyed was reconstructed by his own father of all people
27:04so the circumstances
27:05of how this all happened means nothing to you
27:08you are all unbelievable
27:10yes
27:11we went to extreme measures to protect this family
27:14and maybe we simply should have called the police
27:17but have you heard one word
27:20of what i just told you
27:24Vernon and i fought what we always think
27:27to protect this family no matter what
27:29such a noble justification for telling lies and keeping secrets
27:34we did it for the family
27:35you sound like a crime syndicate a mobster
27:39you and daddy put my son through two years of hell
27:43so we almighty duprees could save face
27:47that is not noble
27:49it's disgusting
27:55look martin
27:57i've believed in your marriage since day one
28:01smitty is loyal
28:04committed
28:05deeply ethical
28:07and you will survive this
28:09but you're gonna have to find the fight
28:13i hear you
28:15and i will consider it
28:17but the way i'm feeling i
28:18i couldn't even fight a fly
28:22come on
28:22let's get out of here cause
28:23i need to lie down
28:26this may be hard to believe
28:29but this too will pass
28:33you're gonna be alright my son
28:35and your family's gonna be alright too
28:42is that what you think about this family this family
28:45who has supported you
28:47and elevated you
28:48and stood by you through thick and thin
28:50this is what you say when things get difficult
28:52that's what this is?
28:54a difficulty?
28:56no
28:56finding out my husband has a child the same age as our own
29:00is a difficulty
29:01this?
29:02this is
29:03i don't even know what this is
29:05okay i know you're angry
29:07i get it
29:07and maybe vernon and i deserve your contempt
29:10and that's just the price we all have to pay for the decisions we made that night
29:14amongst others
29:15but you are completely wrong
29:18if you think we give a damn
29:20about how what happened made us look
29:23this was never about saving face
29:25this was about protecting martin and nothing else
29:29i am sure that's what you have to tell yourself so you can sleep at night
29:32nicole wait
29:34nicole don't go like this
29:44i think you should leave jacob
29:47it's getting late and the kids are sleeping
29:48i have more questions
29:50well you're not gonna find your answers here
29:51come on smitty at least meet me halfway
29:53what do you think halfway is?
29:55your family
29:56i wouldn't do anything to hurt you or martin
29:59i just want to get to the bottom of this mess once and for all
30:03well i can't help you
30:05you and i worked together closely for weeks don't quit now
30:10you know jacob you're a good detective which means you know the law
30:14including the definition of spousal privilege
30:16oh man don't go there
30:18the protection of confidential communication between spouses really?
30:21well it also applies to police questioning before a trial in D.C.
30:26so legally i don't have to answer your questions
30:29funny thing is you just did
30:35look whatever happened smitty i'm sorry i really am
30:54i'm sorry if you have a question
31:10but not i'm good at the fact
31:10once you've seen her on the list
31:10i have a question
31:10i don't think are you
31:17I got gummy bears, cookies, juice pops, and these chips that are supposed to explode in your mouth with flavor.
31:24Whoa, whoa, whoa. Pump the brakes. Did you get anything that is remotely healthy?
31:29Did I screw up already?
31:32They are going to love it. They are going to love everything about this place.
31:38I'm grateful we got approved.
31:40Wait, was that even a concern? You are going to be an amazing dad.
31:47Pop. I want them to call me Pop. That's what my grandfather used to call his dad.
31:52Deal. Pop.
31:54And you?
31:56I think I'll be good old-fashioned dad.
31:59Okay.
32:00How's that? Pop and dad.
32:03Are you ready to begin the best chapter of the rest of our lives?
32:08From here on out, every day gets sweeter and sweeter.
32:11I like the sound of that.
32:30Tyrell, wake up. Tyrell.
32:32What? What?
32:34I know I probably shouldn't have, but I was eavesdropping on dad and Jacob talking.
32:39Okay, you woke me up for what?
32:42I think you're right.
32:44I think that there's more to what happened than what they've been telling us.
32:51We're back.
32:53I'll start getting settled.
32:55I had your bags taken up to the bedroom in the garden wing and unpacked.
33:01And when Tyrell and Samantha come over, they can have the extra two bedrooms if they want to stay over.
33:10Thanks, Karin.
33:11Don't mention it.
33:13No.
33:14I mean thank you for all of it.
33:18For loving me, protecting me, and letting me stay here while I figure things out.
33:29You are my heart, baby.
33:32And I will do anything for you.
33:35And you can stay here as long as you need.
33:47Are we horrible people?
33:52Nicole lashed out.
33:56She said we were protecting ourselves with no regard for her son.
34:02We know that's not true.
34:06Danny will probably think the same thing when we tell her what we were hiding.
34:12I was just sitting here, wondering, how do our children really see us?
34:23Granted, we could have.
34:25Maybe this mess we're in could have been avoided.
34:30We used to call situations like this the chickens coming home to roost.
34:35Call it what you may.
34:37But I am not going to let you sit there and doubt our intentions for a second.
34:45Intent isn't impact.
34:48No.
34:50But we were protecting our grandson in the only way that seemed feasible at the time.
34:58How is he really?
35:03Haunted.
35:05Hurting.
35:07And ashamed.
35:09He's exhausted.
35:13Oh, Vernon.
35:15What are we going to do?
35:19What do we always do?
35:23We'll hold this family together until it heals.
35:28What about that dead man?
35:34May God have mercy on his soul.
35:39And mine.
35:48Next, on Beyond the Gates.
35:51I've been calling you for hours.
35:53I cannot believe that you put us in this position.
35:55I know how this looks.
35:56Then you will understand why I'm taking these next steps.
35:59I could lose my family for good.
36:02Eva wouldn't go after Tomas when she knows you're seeing him.
36:04That's not who she is.
36:05I have never been more proud to be a Dupree when I'm defending us.
36:09And last time I checked, you were one of us.
36:11I think you need to prepare for this.
36:14May not stay covered for long.
36:15I'm the one that saved your baby boy.
36:18I am the fixer now.
36:20I'm the one that saved your baby boy.
36:50I am the one that saved my baby boy.
36:50I can see her.
36:51I'll be right back.
36:51I'm the one that saved my baby boy.
36:51My baby boy
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