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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 99: Monday, July 28, 2025
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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates, a man was just murdered.
00:07How can you be so calm?
00:09The cover-up and the conspiracy could get you charged as accessories.
00:12Eva's a snake.
00:13Oh, Tomas.
00:14Are you sure you...
00:15I don't want to stop.
00:17Eva's the last thing on my mind.
00:19If you want me, you can have me.
00:20All of me.
00:21Stay away from my entire family.
00:23They come looking for me.
00:25Then just say no, Bill.
00:27Stop pushing us away, okay?
00:30Because we're not going anywhere.
00:33Looking real cute today.
00:36Lord, give me strength.
00:38So we're doing this?
00:39I have no idea what you're talking about.
00:40For starters, you won't look me in the eye.
00:42And ever since you saw me with Derek, you're treating me as if I ate the last cupcake and licked
00:46the frosting off yours, too.
00:48Do not flatter yourself.
00:51What you do with Derek, or any other man for that matter, is none of my business.
00:56Look, I get it.
00:57Breakups are hard.
00:58Especially when you thought he was the one.
01:00You do not know the first thing about Derek and me.
01:03And for your information, he's the last thing on my mind.
01:07So why are you acting so standoffish every time I enter the room, then?
01:10I am not acting anything.
01:12But since you insist on having this conversation, I do find it interesting how quickly you pounced on him.
01:19Pounced?
01:20Mm-hmm.
01:21Listen, let's go there, then.
01:23Yes, I think Derek is fine.
01:26I never made a secret of that.
01:28And God knows that man could fill out a firefighter uniform.
01:31And yes, maybe I do like to sample the vanilla side of the menu every now and then.
01:36But not right now.
01:37We're just friends.
01:39But since I see the situation's got you all twisted, for the sake of peace, I'll fall back.
01:46That's if you want me to.
01:51You remember those mother-daughter dinners that we had at that little buffet off MLK?
01:57Oh, you mean when you taught your master class on maximizing that buffet return on investment?
02:02Um, start with the expensive stuff first.
02:05Don't fill up on bread.
02:06And never, ever waste stomach space on lettuce.
02:10That's right, baby.
02:11Mama taught you well, didn't I?
02:15Why do I feel like I'm about to get hustled?
02:19Can't a mother reminisce?
02:23A normal mother?
02:25Maybe.
02:26But you always have an angle.
02:28Well, now that you mention it.
02:31Oh.
02:33So, I wanted to ask you a little favor.
02:37Yeah.
02:40I know meeting for an early dinner was my idea.
02:43But would you mind picking up the check?
02:47I mean, consider it a payback for all those valuable life lessons.
02:50That's right.
02:51I don't know.
03:27Talk about afternoon delight. That was definitely worth the wait. Damn, you got dressed quicker than my wellita when the
03:37pastor shows up for dinner. What's the rush?
03:40Just checking. My notifications blowing up. A lot of stuff going on with the business.
03:44Ah, so what you're saying is you don't have time to rumble in the jungle again. That was everything I
03:52imagined the dents of. Better, actually.
03:55It was definitely something.
03:58I wanted your first time to be perfect, so I tried to make it special, take it slow. Was it
04:05okay? You can be honest.
04:08It was... lovely.
04:17The ball's in your court, girlfriend. You want me to lay off Derek? Just say the word.
04:22Do whatever you want.
04:26OMG, can you stop? You can't sit here and tell me you don't have feelings for him like that. No
04:30one just turns their emotions off and on like a light switch.
04:33What exactly do you want for me, Shanice? Do you want me to tell you that I cry into my
04:37wine glass every night? That I can't sleep because Derek's side of the bed is too cold? That I stock
04:42his IG photos like it's my job?
04:45Well, I'm sorry to disappoint.
04:47Okay, now you're just being extra.
04:49No, you know what's extra? You acting like you need my blessing. If you want to date Derek, go ahead,
04:53date him. Plan your perfect wedding. Name your future kids. You could even pick out your little china patterns.
04:58You can ride off into the sunset on Derek's big red fire truck, sirens blaring. Have his old apartment give
05:03you the water cannon salute. You know what? I'll even get you a gift.
05:08Oh, for someone who's so over it, you sure did paint that picture with perfect detail.
05:12I am over him. I've moved on. You know what? To tell you the truth, there's more important things for
05:18me to do than to worry about who Derek's taking to the firehouse barbecue these days.
05:22Oh, like what? Or should I say, like who?
05:26Okay, nosy much? Since when did you get so involved in my personal life?
05:30Since when did you become so secretive about it?
05:34Uh, never mind. Asked and answered.
05:43For real though, what's really going on?
05:46Look, I don't mind paying for dinner, but I feel like this is about more than just the bill.
05:52Talk to me, mama.
05:54If you must know, waitressing gigs have become harder to come back.
06:01And what about that place you were bartending? I thought you were killing it there.
06:05No, honey, I was killing it fierce until they let me go.
06:08So, why?
06:09The new management wants a younger crowd, which means a younger staff, and I don't fit their aesthetic anymore.
06:18So, apparently, they want anyone 35 and younger mixing the drinks.
06:26No way. That's straight of ageism. We should get a lawyer and sue.
06:31With what money? I'm living check to check, baby.
06:35I mean, that is when I get one.
06:37Well, have you considered applying for a bank loan?
06:40Please. My credit is so low.
06:44I'll need a prayer and a GoFundMe for it.
06:49Mama, why didn't you tell me things were this tight? We could have figured something out.
06:53Oh, no. I mean, maybe I was embarrassed.
06:55I'm the mother. I should be taking care of you, not the other way around.
07:00That is old school thinking.
07:02Wait, we're supposed to have each other's backs.
07:05Look, don't worry about this, okay?
07:08But, mama, what are you going to do?
07:12There has to be something.
07:15You're right, baby.
07:17There is something or someone.
07:20Love you.
07:34Hi, babe.
07:35Hi.
07:38Damn, was it that bad?
07:41You know how some cases you can tell right away that it's going to be an uphill battle?
07:45What happened?
07:46Well, I went to the address you found.
07:49Thank you again for tracking it down for me.
07:50Of course, baby.
07:51What good are police connections if you don't use them?
07:55I met June's sister, Regina.
07:59Let me guess.
08:00She wasn't feeling charitable.
08:01That's putting it mildly.
08:04Now, listen.
08:04I've dealt with hostile witnesses, angry clients, grieving families.
08:08But, Regina?
08:10That woman's walls are built higher than Fort Knox.
08:13And the second I mentioned June's name, it's like I threw holy water on a vampire.
08:18She couldn't have slammed the door faster.
08:22I'm sorry about that, baby.
08:24But maybe it's time to take the hand.
08:27Take a beat, step back, regroup, and revisit it later.
08:29I can't do that.
08:32June needs help.
08:34And her sister knows something.
08:37Which is why I slid my business card under her door.
08:40I practically begged her to contact me.
08:44Well, the way things are going, don't get your hopes up.
08:48Lovely?
08:49That's what you say about your auntie's potato salad at the cookout.
08:54Being that close to you, it meant everything.
08:59So it was as good for you as it was for me.
09:02Um, you know, Chelsea's going to be back any minute, and those deadlines are not going to meet themselves.
09:08Facts.
09:09I should get cleaned up and showered anyway.
09:11I've got to meet up with Caroline to review some cases since your Uncle Bill's been, well, preoccupied lately.
09:29Oh, shoot.
09:30My bad.
09:31I can make myself scarce.
09:33No, you're good.
09:34Um, Tomas was just leaving.
09:39Well, you two seem to be back on track.
09:41Did my girl handle her business?
09:43Let Tomas know what's what.
09:45Well, good.
09:47Now, look at what I sketched while getting my oat milk latte.
09:50Okay, I was watching clips of Bridgerton, and I got so inspired.
09:55I mean, just look at those pearls.
09:57It's giving Queen Charlotte realness, right?
10:08Wait.
10:09Hold all the way up.
10:12Did you?
10:14Officially lost my V-card.
10:16What?
10:17A cousin.
10:18Finally.
10:22Ladies, afternoon.
10:25Andre Richardson.
10:26Looking expensive, as always.
10:28I'm just trying to keep up with the fashionable ladies of this town.
10:31Oh.
10:32Well, I better go make my rounds.
10:34I've already been accused of stealing one man today.
10:36Would want Ashley to think I'm making my way through her little black book.
10:44Black book.
10:46Well, what brings the great Andre Richardson down from Mount Olympus to mingle with us mere mortals?
10:53Okay.
10:53Can't a man just want to brighten up his afternoon with a beautiful view?
10:57Uh-huh.
10:58Okay, seriously, though, uh, an old friend of mine had an appointment with Uncle Ted, so I thought I'd come
11:03by to say hi.
11:04Although, she texted me to cancel just as I hit the elevator, so...
11:08Oh.
11:08Well, that's too bad.
11:10You made this whole trip for nothing.
11:14Doctor, take her to bed 112.
11:16Nah, I wouldn't say all of that.
11:18A friend, hmm?
11:19Mm-hmm.
11:19Well, she must be some gorgeous supermodel that you shot in Milan or someplace equally exotic.
11:26Why do I feel like there's more to that question?
11:28Just making conversation.
11:30It's what nurses do.
11:31We're chatty.
11:33Are they generally jealous, too?
11:37You wish.
11:39Maybe I do.
11:42We could shave that dorsal hump, but we need to maintain the integrity of, ah, food.
11:51About time.
11:55Hello, Teddy.
11:57Did you miss me?
12:02If this is a bad time, I can come back.
12:06For you, it's always a bad time.
12:08I deserve that.
12:10I'm sure I'm the last person that you want to see, especially right now and after that ugly incident with
12:17Nicole.
12:18And yet, you're here.
12:19Again.
12:20Yeah.
12:21Believe me, I hate this just as much as you do.
12:26Yeah, somehow I doubt that.
12:28Well, I didn't plan to spend my afternoon like this, either.
12:33But life has a way of humbling you just when you think that you're on top.
12:40Well, next thing you know, you are counting quarters for coffee at the 7-Eleven like a college student.
12:46Oh, but you wouldn't know anything about that.
12:48You never had to worry about keeping the lights on, did you?
12:52What do you want, Dana?
12:53We both know this is not a social visit.
12:58I lost my job.
12:59Okay?
13:00I mean, age discrimination, if you can believe it.
13:03Like, experience means nothing these days.
13:08Then this is my problem?
13:10How?
13:12Okay, I need a loan.
13:13And I will pay you back.
13:14I promise I give you my word.
13:16And Nicole doesn't have to know anything about it.
13:19Nothing.
13:20At all.
13:21Your word?
13:23The same word you gave me when you swore you'd stay away from my family?
13:26Or when you swore you'd changed?
13:28You've been breaking your so-called words since the day I met you.
13:32Ted, please.
13:32The answer is no.
13:34Not today.
13:35Not tomorrow.
13:36Not ever.
13:39When I said fight for your man, I meant, like, post a thirst trap on IG.
13:43Or maybe throw some shade Eva's way.
13:45Not go full-on hot girl summer.
13:47It wasn't like that, and you know it.
13:49Oh, please let me have my moment.
13:52I just can't believe it.
13:53And what happened to Little Miss?
13:55I'm saving myself for the right moment.
13:57Well, you said when it was the right time I would know.
14:00And I did.
14:02Tomas and I just had this vibe and energy.
14:07We just knew.
14:09Everything clicked into place.
14:10I'd hope so.
14:12Seriously, that's kind of beautiful.
14:14Oh, great.
14:16Uh, like those romance novels your mom claims that she doesn't read.
14:21So it was perfect.
14:23I mean, full fireworks and shooting stars.
14:26You finally got your Disney princess moment.
14:28Actually, no.
14:29Oh, I hated every second of it.
14:35Eva looks mighty focused over there.
14:39Probably clinic stuff.
14:40You know she's working for Ted now?
14:43Oh, I know that look.
14:45Seriously?
14:46You can't turn off your detective brain for one dinner?
14:49Not even for your wifey?
14:51Says the woman who's been hunting June's sister.
14:54Determined to get answers come hell or high water.
14:56Okay, fine.
14:57Fine, go ahead.
14:59Break it down for me, Detective Hawthorne.
15:01I'm just saying.
15:02After what Leslie pulled?
15:03Setting Eva up to be accused for a heinous crime and now they're just thick as thieves?
15:07You know what's funny about toxic family members?
15:10The worse they treat you, the harder it is to break free.
15:13It's like you have this invisible chain around your heart pulling you back every time.
15:20Sounds like you're speaking from experience.
15:22Whenever I think I'm done with Dad, like, done, done.
15:26I remember when I was little and how big and safe his hands felt around mine.
15:32And how he made me believe I could do anything.
15:37Sometimes the good memories cut deeper than the bad ones.
15:40Hmm.
15:41Makes you wonder.
15:43What if this time will be different?
15:46What if this time they'll actually change?
15:50When family's involved, Lodge goes right out the window.
15:55Like June and her sister, maybe?
15:58Well, guess that mystery will remain unsolved.
16:01Unless you just ask.
16:03I assume that's her.
16:07Regina?
16:13You wanted to talk?
16:15Let's get this over with.
16:22Okay.
16:23I'm starting to think that there's something over here that you are looking at, Nurse Morgan.
16:28Well, I am wondering why a world-famous photographer has posted up in my little corner of the hospital.
16:35You know, we're not really giving off the Vogue aura in here.
16:39Well, as a matter of fact, there is this Nurse Batty.
16:41Yeah.
16:41I've been dying to take her out to dinner again.
16:44You wouldn't happen to know she's free tonight, would you?
16:47Huh.
16:48She just might be.
16:51After she finishes her shift.
16:53But, you know, she is having a hard time understanding why someone who photographs supermodels would look twice at a
16:58girl who's rocking scrubs and sneakers.
17:01Well, you'd be surprised what actually catches my eye.
17:05I'm actually way more interested in something real.
17:07Although I can't front.
17:09Those after parties are kind of lit.
17:12Well, I wouldn't know.
17:14The most lit my life gets is a happy hour in Georgetown.
17:18I've never even been outside the East Coast.
17:21I mean, Georgetown has its charm, but over in Shaw, there's this soul food spot that'll make you rethink your
17:27whole existence.
17:28Doro soul food.
17:30Yeah.
17:30Those collard greens and cornbread got me through nursing school.
17:34Okay.
17:35Okay, I'll see you, Ashley.
17:37So, uh, tell me something then.
17:38If you could go anywhere in the world, and I do mean anywhere, where would that beautiful mind take you?
17:45Why?
17:46Are you planning on shipping me off to be your PA on your next shoot?
17:50I'll just say that you'll be surprised what might develop.
17:55$50,000.
17:57That's what I gave you.
17:58And you have the audacity to come back here asking for more?
18:02Barely covers what I'm owed after all these years of raising Eva on my own.
18:08Huh.
18:08So what happened to that money?
18:10Oh, oh, oh, wait.
18:11Uh, let me guess.
18:12Uh, you're wearing it.
18:14Oh, honey.
18:15Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive.
18:19Especially around all these bougie black folk.
18:22Some of these outfits you've been wearing lately cost more than some people's rent.
18:26Are you telling me that you have been checking me out?
18:31And after all this time, I thought you only had eyes for little Nicky.
18:35Actually, I've been taking notice lately for exactly this moment when I could tell you and your expensive tastes to
18:42go straight to hell.
18:43This isn't you, Teddy.
18:45This is not the man that I knew, and it's not the man that Eva is getting to know.
18:49That man is a humanitarian.
18:51Someone who believes in helping people when they're down.
18:54I told you to stay away from my family.
18:57And you go and file a report against Nicole making this whole sordid affair even worse.
19:01I had no choice.
19:02That hepa laid hands on me.
19:04Then let me take a closer look at these so-called injuries that you've been hiding behind that scarf.
19:09I do not have to show you anything.
19:11The police report speaks for itself.
19:13So does this.
19:19A single-handedly raised our daughter protected you from child support payments for years.
19:26And this, this is how you repay my kindness?
19:28You robbed me of my own daughter.
19:32Years are first that I will never get back.
19:34I would have been there for Eva if I'd have known she'd existed.
19:37You sent me away.
19:40But this, this is a chance to get to know her because of me.
19:44Are you serious?
19:45Very.
19:46My God, Ted, under all that anger, I know there is a decent man.
19:52Someone who is actually going to provide for his own when you see that your own is suffering.
19:59One of my own.
20:00Yes.
20:01Save the, the performance for someone who actually believes you have a heart.
20:05I'm not giving you a damn thing.
20:07Now get out.
20:08I won't forget this.
20:20You hated sex with Tomas?
20:23Hot bod?
20:24Bedroom eyes, Tomas?
20:26I know how that sounds.
20:27There must be something wrong with me.
20:29Stop.
20:30The first time is weird for everyone.
20:32There's like a million reasons why it might not have been great.
20:35But first things first, he didn't hurt you, did he?
20:38God, no.
20:40Tomas was perfect.
20:41It was all gentle touches and are you okay and trying to make me feel comfortable.
20:45Well, that's a positive.
20:46We love a considerate king.
20:49So what is the actual problem?
20:52Well, that's the thing.
20:54Everything is technically fine.
20:56My body did what it was supposed to do, but I just felt like I was watching it happen
21:02to someone else.
21:04Okay.
21:04I'm trying to understand.
21:06What specifically felt off?
21:08Well, that's the thing.
21:10Nothing felt off.
21:12Nothing felt like much of anything.
21:14My body was going through the motions.
21:16But the whole time I was thinking, is this what everybody's obsessed about?
21:20Because I'm not getting it.
21:22Damn.
21:22I can't even imagine.
21:25Yes, thank you.
21:27I'm very well aware of your healthy sex life, Chelsea.
21:31Well, maybe you just need more practice or someone with more experience.
21:35No, Tomas knows what he's doing.
21:38It wasn't his technique that was the problem.
21:40And it's not you, okay?
21:43You're just figuring it out.
21:45What if there's nothing to figure out?
21:47Chelsea, what if I'm broken?
21:49I'm broken.
21:53Hey, yo, slow down, Mamita.
21:55Where's the emergency?
21:56My bad, but I can't right now.
21:58My mother...
21:58Everything okay?
22:00With Leslie Thomas, never.
22:02But I still have to go.
22:03I feel you, but listen, about what happened.
22:05Brain check, please.
22:07Bet.
22:12I appreciate you coming here, though I'm curious how you found me.
22:17I called your office.
22:19Your assistant said you'd be working from here today.
22:22I'm glad you came.
22:24We've been trying to help your sister.
22:27Why?
22:28Because it's the right thing to do.
22:31Although I'm getting the sense there's more to this story than just another homeless case.
22:37You do know she's been living on the streets, right?
22:40Doesn't surprise me.
22:42I haven't spoken to my sister in years.
22:44And I certainly don't plan to start now.
22:48She's, uh, quite a character.
22:52Funny, resilient, stubborn as a mule.
22:55I know that's right.
22:58Does June have any other family members we should know about?
23:01Look, if you are trying to pawn her off on me...
23:03Actually, may I show you something?
23:07Baby, you sure about this?
23:14How did you...
23:18Where...
23:18That hit home.
23:21Oh, children.
23:23Where did you get this?
23:25From June.
23:26Want to tell us who they are?
23:33I'm so sorry.
23:34The work never stops around here.
23:36But I am almost free.
23:37Are you still up for that bite?
23:39You already know.
23:40But first, you never answered my question.
23:43What question?
23:44About where in the world Ashley Morgan would go if she could go anywhere.
23:48And don't hold back on me.
23:49Sky's the limit.
23:52Easy.
23:54Paris.
23:55When I was a little girl, we didn't have much.
23:58But we did have this old coffee table book about Paris.
24:01And, ugh, I would spend hours looking at the pictures.
24:04The Senate sunset.
24:06Notre Dame in the rain.
24:09Couples strolling through Mo Mart holding hands.
24:12That must sound pretty silly to someone who's done photo spreads at the Eiffel Tower.
24:16Well, there's nothing silly about it.
24:19Trust me.
24:21Well, at this rate, that dream is going to end up in that old coffee table book.
24:27But, um, hey, Georgetown's not too shabby for dinner, right?
24:30Can we put a pin in it?
24:32Let's...
24:33Uh, yeah, sure.
24:34Okay.
24:35Yeah.
24:35That's for you.
24:36Uh, yeah.
24:38Nurse John's in line four.
24:42Mama?
24:45What's the emergency?
24:47Oh, I'm just fine, baby.
24:50Had a stimulating conversation with your father.
24:53I thought maybe if I could just suffer through another one of his self-righteous lectures,
24:59he'd actually loosen his purse strings.
25:02But now, not our Ted.
25:06For real?
25:08You had me rushing over here thinking something was wrong,
25:10all because Dad curved you on some money?
25:14Why are you suddenly so protective of him?
25:17Did you forget that he left us high and dry?
25:20He didn't leave anybody, Mama.
25:22He didn't even know I existed.
25:23And you still haven't told me why this was so urgent.
25:27Do you have any idea how much money that man has?
25:29He could actually buy his own island.
25:34But now, now, now, doesn't want to spare a dime for the woman who raised his child.
25:41But it's all good.
25:43I've had an epiphany.
25:45I'm almost afraid to ask, but what kind?
25:50You are going to ask him for a loan.
25:55Come again?
25:56Sweetie, think about it.
25:58Ted would never say no to his precious, long-lost daughter.
26:03Especially after all the time he missed.
26:06But I don't need money.
26:08Everybody needs money, honey.
26:11Especially Ted's kind of money.
26:14But really, it's not for you anyway.
26:17It's for your broke-ass Mama.
26:21You mind telling us about the picture?
26:24I can do you one better.
26:29I kept it.
26:30I know I kept it.
26:34Yes, right here.
26:41You have the same picture.
26:45Wait, so you know these kids?
26:47I haven't seen those babies in years.
26:51Ron and Cecile.
26:53Ron would be picking up colleges soon.
26:56But what is their connection to June?
26:59Why does she carry that picture everywhere?
27:02They were June's children.
27:04Until she decided motherhood wasn't for her.
27:08June has children.
27:10Had.
27:11Had children.
27:13Beautiful, sweet babies who deserve better than what she gave them.
27:17Which was nothing.
27:19Less than nothing, actually.
27:20What happened to them?
27:21What happens to any children when their mother walks away from them?
27:26The system got them.
27:28And that was that.
27:34Okay, so let me get this straight.
27:36You want me to finesse Ted for money
27:39just so I can hand it right over to you?
27:42Oh, work with me, sweetie.
27:45You are so much smarter than this.
27:48You are my daughter.
27:50Stop.
27:50You always do this.
27:52Do what?
27:53Remind you of your obligations?
27:55It is a daughter's sacred duty to look out for her mama.
27:58The same mama who was just at Orphe Jean saying exactly the opposite.
28:03What's next?
28:04Telling me you'll sleep under a bridge if I don't help out?
28:07Oh, no, baby.
28:07God, no.
28:08Nothing that basic.
28:09No, I would actually come to your lovely hotel suite
28:14and stay there with you.
28:16Won't that be cozy?
28:20Oh, no, sweetie.
28:22Work your magic.
28:24Mama needs to keep these lights on.
28:31Hi.
28:33For Nurse Morgan?
28:35That would be Miss Thing right there.
28:38Hi.
28:38Hey.
28:40Of course.
28:45Well, girl, are you going to open it?
28:47Not with you ever like that.
28:49Oh.
28:49Are you scared I might snatch that, too, since apparently that's what I did?
28:55Oh.
29:01Oh.
29:02Bonne nuit, Shetty.
29:04My place as soon as you can get there.
29:07Au revoir.
29:08Andre.
29:10Well, well, well.
29:11Looks like someone traded up from firefighter to world traveler.
29:15Talk about someone pouncing.
29:18You don't have a first thing about Andre and me.
29:21I know enough.
29:23Just don't get too jealous when your new fancy man starts hanging out with his fancy supermodel friends.
29:33See you tomorrow, Shanice.
29:35Can't wait.
29:39What happened to those kids?
29:40Where are they now?
29:42June abandoned them.
29:43Said she couldn't handle it anymore.
29:46And no one reached out to you as next of kin?
29:49A neighbor called CPS.
29:51By the time I found out, they were already gone.
29:55And you never offered to take custody?
29:57Hell, it all went down before I could even process what happened.
30:01Suddenly, they were adopted.
30:03And the system wouldn't tell us to who.
30:06You think I wouldn't take in those babies in a heartbeat?
30:09I loved them like they were my own.
30:14Still do.
30:17There's something different about you today.
30:20What do you mean?
30:22Not sure.
30:24A certain glow, is it?
30:33Must be something in the air.
30:37Damn.
30:38I mean, you weren't feeling him at all?
30:39I am.
30:42That's the thing.
30:43When we're making out, it's like pure electricity.
30:48Chemistry is off the charts.
30:50But...
30:50But...
30:52When we did the actual thing, I mean, I felt the initial pain or whatever, but then after
30:57that, nothing.
30:59So, the preview was a hit, but the main feature was a flop.
31:03Oh, girl, it was like watching paint dry.
31:05I was just waiting for it to be over.
31:09Maybe I should visit my gyno.
31:11Something might actually be wrong.
31:13The only thing wrong is expecting your first time to be some magical fantasy.
31:18For real?
31:18Well, you said Tomas is sweet and respectful, right?
31:22Not like these F-boys in my DMs.
31:24Total gentleman.
31:26Then give yourself and Tomas some grace.
31:28Sex hits different for everybody.
31:31Maybe tell him what you're feeling.
31:32And if he's about it, like you say, he'll want to figure it out together.
31:36You don't think I'll scare him away?
31:38If you do, then he's not the one.
31:41But I think your Puerto Rican prince will surprise you.
31:44Plus, you know what the grands say.
31:46What?
31:47Practice makes perfect.
31:49Okay.
31:50I think me and Tomas can work on that.
31:57I swear, Dana.
32:04Oh.
32:06Well, this is a welcome surprise.
32:08Do you have a minute?
32:10Yeah, I was just working on some reconstructive procedures.
32:14I could take a break.
32:20What's wrong?
32:21Is Kat giving you more drama?
32:24No.
32:25I can handle Kat.
32:27This is about Mama.
32:30Of course.
32:32You know, all these decades, and Dana is still finding new ways to complicate my life.
32:36She told me about coming to see you.
32:39And about asking for money.
32:42I don't blame you for curving her.
32:45Even by leslie logic standards, thinking you'd help after everything was a stretch.
32:48I'm glad you understand.
32:50I do.
32:52Which is why I was thinking, why don't you loan it to me instead?
33:02I can't believe you're really asking me this.
33:06Listen, I know how it looks.
33:08Do you?
33:10Because from where I'm standing, it looks like your mother is using my daughter to manipulate me.
33:15Again.
33:15She's not using me.
33:19Look, this is my choice.
33:22And I'll pay you back.
33:23Every cent, I promise.
33:25It's not about the money.
33:27It's about the hold this woman has over you.
33:30Okay, maybe you're right.
33:32But she's still my mother.
33:34If I don't look out for her, who will?
33:37Look, I know it's your mother.
33:39But Dana is not your cross to bear.
33:43Look, I know Mama plays games.
33:46I know she manipulates.
33:49But this time, she really does need help.
33:53Are you sure about that?
33:55I'm not sure about anything when it comes to my mother.
33:59But I am sure I need to try.
34:01For me.
34:04Even if it means enabling her?
34:08Even if it means being her daughter?
34:13So will you do this for me?
34:16Please?
34:20You know I'd do anything for you, Eva.
34:39Ah, bienvenue à Paris, mon chéri.
34:44Wow.
34:45Yeah.
34:46Andre, this is...
34:47Hey, you said Paris was your dream, right?
34:50And dreams, they're kind of my specialty.
34:52You can see.
34:53Now, it's not quite the same, but I figure we could start here.
34:57Until you get ready for the real thing.
35:00This is the most incredible thing anyone's ever done for me.
35:03I can't believe you pulled this all together.
35:06Sure.
35:07Hey, you deserve incredible things, Ashley Morgan.
35:12Now, why don't you sit here and let your personal tour guide show you what you've been missing?
35:19I did everything.
35:21Hired a PI, called adoption agencies until they knew my voice.
35:27Even had my church pray on it.
35:30But closed adoptions means closed doors.
35:34It was like those babies just vanished into thin air.
35:38So you never stopped looking for them?
35:40How could I?
35:43Ron used to call me Auntie Gigi, and Cecile, she would climb into my lap every Sunday after church.
35:52Fall asleep while I read to her.
35:54So this isn't just about family obligations.
35:57You really love those children.
35:59And I always will.
36:02I will never forgive June for throwing them away like they meant nothing.
36:06Like they weren't worth fighting for.
36:12Regina?
36:16Oh my god.
36:18Oh my god.
36:23Oh my god.
36:25Oh my god.
36:27Oh my god.
36:42Oh my god.
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