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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 112: Thursday, August 14, 2025
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00:03But if there is a chance in a million that the inheritance is legit and you have money coming your
00:09way, why not answer that call?
00:12Everybody who knows me and needs me is in this room, all right?
00:16Bad news and bill collectors is all that's looking for Leslie.
00:21Mm.
00:27You know, I used to think you were fearless.
00:30But you're scared of a phone.
00:31I am not.
00:32Oh.
00:36Okay, Ms. Einstein.
00:37Since you want proof, I will give you proof, okay?
00:44Hello.
00:46Leslie Thomas.
00:47This is.
00:48We've been trying to contact you for some time.
00:51Well, I guess today's my lucky day.
00:54I'm looking at your account, and here's my proposal.
00:58He wants to ask me to the ball.
01:00A payment of $10,000 to date would significantly reduce your outstanding balance and...
01:05You owe over $10,000?
01:07Eh, well, debt is nothing but a number, honey.
01:11And it'll get paid.
01:13Oh, with no job, no prospects.
01:17Amazing what a winning smile and the right DNA can accomplish.
01:24You mean me getting Ted to cut you another check?
01:28That's the ticket.
01:31That's the ticket, baby.
01:33Woo!
01:34That's the ticket.
01:35Son of a...
01:47Please stop this before it goes any further.
01:50Matter of fact, I'm surprised you've allowed things to come to this.
01:53Good evening, Ted.
01:54What's the problem?
01:56Nicole filed for divorce.
01:58I just got the papers.
02:00Sorry to hear that.
02:01Did you know about this?
02:03First, what are you hearing?
02:06I'm not sure what you expect us to do.
02:08We're not the ones you should be speaking with.
02:12She is.
02:14She is.
02:50You need anything, Jim?
02:52Maybe a minute to acclimate.
02:56Being in a new environment?
02:59About to meet my children.
03:01I never dreamed this day would come.
03:05My dreams don't come true, so this is bound to be a disaster.
03:09Hey.
03:10Look at me.
03:12Take a breath.
03:13It's gonna be okay.
03:16They don't want to meet me.
03:17They asked to meet you.
03:19Because they don't know me yet.
03:21Not this way.
03:23And someone was nice enough to raise them polite.
03:26That's manners.
03:28Proud of them already.
03:30They're real good kids.
03:33Nice house.
03:34Good neighborhood.
03:36I'm a past they should forget.
03:38Don't say that.
03:40Nobody is thinking that.
03:42I'll see it in their eyes.
03:44They'll take one look at me, and I'll see the shame.
03:48I know that look real good.
03:51Any tale they told themselves about who I might be, that'll all be dead the second they see the skin
03:56I'm living in.
03:58I can't do this.
04:00Don't be disappointed.
04:02It's better to break their hearts while I'm still a mystery, than to crush them while they're right in front
04:08of me.
04:09No, ma'am, I won't do that.
04:11Not to my heart or theirs.
04:14Gotta do what's right, even though they're not my babies anymore.
04:20But we've come this far, June.
04:24I can't.
04:25Let's admit you've made some bad choices.
04:27I'm not about to let you make another one.
04:29I have a plan.
04:32Naomi said that she would bring June over as soon as she finishes.
04:36Finishes what?
04:38We're not sure, but it gives you time.
04:42Time to change your minds, if you're having second thoughts.
04:46Your dad and I know that all of this is coming out of left field.
04:49Completely unexpected.
04:51And no one saw this coming.
04:54And this won't be easy for any of us.
04:57Especially now that everything is unsettled.
05:01But we will make it through.
05:05Call us when she gets here?
05:15I still can't believe the kids agreed to meet that woman.
05:19That woman is their...
05:22The woman who gave birth to them.
05:24And then abandoned them.
05:29I shouldn't have said that.
05:30Forgive me.
05:32Who am I?
05:33Company?
05:33Company, I know you.
05:35And I know you don't mean any of it.
05:37It's been a long day.
05:40Including the part where Samantha tricked me into coming for dinner.
05:44And you had no idea that you invited me.
05:48It's a damn good thing she did.
05:50Right.
05:51I'm happy that you're here.
05:55Telling the story about how Naomi dropped the bomb in finding the kid's birth mother would have lost some of
06:01its shine in the retelling.
06:05Why don't censor yourself?
06:06What is it?
06:09If I hadn't been here, you still would have told me, right?
06:17Of course I would have told you about June.
06:19Those kids are ours.
06:22And June's.
06:26But we have full custody.
06:30Then why do I feel like we could lose them?
06:34Probably because I felt like I've already lost you.
06:38And I'm not looking for answers.
06:40I'll bring it up in therapy.
06:44I'm sorry.
06:45Did you just say...
06:47It's new.
06:48But it feels restorative.
06:51It's with my mother.
06:52That's good.
06:54No, she's...
06:55She's good.
06:57Maybe you can finally talk about what happened that night.
07:02That.
07:02And I want to be a better man than the man you married.
07:10That's...
07:16You do look more relaxed.
07:20Thanks.
07:25Temporary truce?
07:29It's a start.
07:33Better?
07:35Definitely.
07:36Me?
07:37Terrified.
07:38I'm just so scared.
07:39You're better at hiding it.
07:40It hurts to remember what I wanted to forget about her.
07:43I remember she would tell us these complicated stories about whatever she was watching on TV.
07:48Always knew what was going to happen next.
07:50Too bad she couldn't predict when we were going to be taken away.
07:54What do you remember?
07:56I remember her leaving us alone to watch after each other.
07:59Being so scared that I thought she'd never come back and we'd be alone forever.
08:04It's not like she didn't care.
08:05She had a problem.
08:07She didn't have a problem with the drugs.
08:09We were her problem.
08:11She loved them way more than us.
08:12That's not true.
08:14You don't remember that night she went to get us dinner?
08:17Came home hours later.
08:18No food or money.
08:20So high she didn't even know how she got there.
08:22That's the mother I remember.
08:27You were right about my choices, but I can't go back.
08:33If you could?
08:36There was one night things could have been different.
08:39Money in my pocket.
08:41It was going to change the landscape.
08:44Pay bills, buy groceries, a toy or two.
08:49Never a manicure.
08:51You'll have the softest hands in town.
08:55When I reach out to touch them for the first time all over again, no rough spots.
09:02My life since then has been full of rough.
09:08Tell me what happened that last night.
09:12Went out for groceries, came back high.
09:15The kids were usually asleep by the time I made it across the threshold.
09:21But not that night.
09:22I guess the hunger got too bad.
09:24Couldn't sleep.
09:26The girl saw.
09:28What's she call herself?
09:30Samantha.
09:32Cecile back then.
09:35Such a sad, scared look in her face.
09:39And I knew what she was seeing.
09:42Monster Mama.
09:44Broke something inside of me.
09:47And I knew the best life that I could give them was a life without me in it.
09:53Must have been a really difficult decision.
09:56Oh, to forget all over again.
10:01But you're doing good now.
10:03Been clean for months.
10:04Otherwise, this meeting wouldn't have happened.
10:07I don't want nobody like the old me around those babies.
10:11I had to give them up.
10:14This is the way I used to do with Cecile.
10:18Their skin used to glow so sweet after a bath.
10:23It's been a minute since you've cheated yourself too, hasn't it?
10:27Those memories come back with thorns.
10:30The look in Cecile's eyes.
10:33Little Ronald, all he wanted was love.
10:37The most perfect, beautiful part of me.
10:44You ready?
10:46Nope.
10:49No, I don't want to scare him.
10:52You want to take a look?
10:55Okay.
11:10What do you think?
11:15Now that's somebody's mother.
11:21If you'd prefer to go elsewhere.
11:23No, Ted and I work together, so we're cool.
11:25But we had breakfast just the other day.
11:28I think tonight might be different.
11:31Why do you say that?
11:34You just got served.
11:37Oh.
11:39Time to move on.
11:41Well, I hope I didn't have anything to do with that.
11:45In a way, you did.
11:52If you'll excuse me.
11:53Sit, Ted.
11:55Sit.
12:03She's made her decision, Ted.
12:05This is it.
12:06We were finding our way back to each other.
12:09Is this what you want for your legacy?
12:11Two divorced daughters who've never...
12:13Bound their lives to men who don't believe in the sanctity of marriage?
12:17Who weren't worthy of them?
12:19Is that a conversation you want to have, Ted?
12:21Because I'm available.
12:27Nicole is slipping through your fingers, Ted.
12:30And there's nothing you can do about it.
12:42The past few months have been very trying.
12:46On every front.
12:48I felt betrayed, ignored, denied.
12:51Feasted on bitterness and regret.
12:55You start expecting it.
12:57And you get used to the darkness.
12:59Hmm.
13:00It's dangerous territory.
13:02But breakfast with you took me out of that place.
13:05I felt...
13:07Alive again?
13:08I wasn't dissecting problems or looking for faults in my family or myself.
13:13Being with you was a much-needed reminder that there are things out there that I have been missing,
13:19that I've been denying myself, and I want that back.
13:24And you deserve it.
13:30If you want to fix your marriage, fight for her.
13:34I have.
13:35I've apologized and flowers.
13:38Hundreds of cards.
13:39Cards.
13:40To save a decades-long marriage to a woman who was too good for you to begin with?
13:47You put less effort into saving your marriage than you did into building a relationship with the child who tried
13:54to destroy it.
14:07I am not asking Ted for more money.
14:10Someone is jumping through hoops to find you, and Invincible Leslie Thomas is terrified of a voice on the phone.
14:17Well, whatever is hounding me down can keep on stepping.
14:21Okay?
14:22Everybody who is family to me is either dead or dead to me.
14:27And no good can come from that letter.
14:29You're all I got.
14:31So I guess you are just going to have to be enough.
14:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:35I love you, too.
14:37Bequests from wealthy dead relatives are for spoiled little rich girls.
14:42Not from vivas who had to fight.
14:46Let your guard down, okay?
14:49Life is actually not that bad here.
14:52You've been infected by that blue blood in Fairmont Crest.
14:56You can afford to live in fantasy land now that I've connected you to your roots.
15:01But I have to scrape by in that cold, cruel world out there where you used to live.
15:15You are incredibly sexy.
15:17If there's something you want to try or never try again, I just want to make you happy.
15:22And there are positions.
15:24Stop!
15:24If you really want to make me happy, you'll stop asking questions.
15:33You're right.
15:35Wait, what's going on?
15:39You're a tough one.
15:40But I'm going to figure you out.
15:43You're leaving?
15:44Wait, are you mad at me?
15:46Not at all.
15:49I like a challenge.
15:50We are too good together to not be together.
15:54And I promise you, once I find the right combination of you and me and the right atmosphere,
16:01there's no way you'll let me walk out that door.
16:06Well, I look forward to that.
16:13Are you sure we're cool?
16:16Prepare yourself.
16:18Because I'm going to sweep you off your feet.
16:26Looking good.
16:27Thanks.
16:32Are we sure we're doing the right thing?
16:34Why start now?
16:37Too late now.
16:39Are we good?
16:41Let's do this.
16:46Dad?
16:58Hi, guys.
17:00Um, I want you to meet someone.
17:07Ronald?
17:08Is Cecile?
17:16Hi.
17:17Um, hi.
17:18It's nice to meet you.
17:19Uh, I'm Samantha.
17:22Tyrell.
17:25Uh, let me guess, you must be Martin?
17:28Correct.
17:29Pop.
17:31Okay.
17:32And so that must make you...
17:34They're dead.
17:35You can call me Smitty.
17:37Should we sit?
17:39What a nice home you have here.
17:49I can't stop myself from staring.
17:54You're all grown up.
17:57I've missed everything.
18:01Not everything, I'm sure.
18:04I guess you're too big for stuffed animals.
18:08You should have seen the way she took care of those teddy bears and dog babies.
18:14A lot of time has passed since then.
18:18True.
18:19You're different people now.
18:21I see that.
18:24What about you, little man?
18:26Let me guess.
18:28Math and science?
18:30Tyrell is in advanced placement calculus.
18:35You don't say.
18:37You hear that?
18:40Advanced placement in math?
18:44I don't know where you get it from, but I'm grateful for the gift.
18:48You know, Samantha's just as brilliant as her brother.
18:51I don't know if I'm allowed to say this.
18:53I think it's still top secret.
18:54Oh, about the purse line?
18:55Yeah.
18:55It's okay.
18:56You can tell.
18:57Well, Samantha's cousin is launching a purse line, and Samantha is the spokesmodel.
19:02She'll be all over social media, in stores, and videos.
19:07Isn't that something?
19:09The public is going to love you, baby girl.
19:14You've done an incredible job.
19:18It's the hardest thing I've done, giving them up.
19:23But this, this is the life that I wanted for them.
19:27When I made that call,
19:30it's the only pipe dream I've ever had that's come true.
19:34I wanted more for you than what I could give.
19:39You understand that, don't you?
19:41I never would have been able to give you the things you have here with your dad and your pops.
19:46But we didn't want anything fancy.
19:48We only wanted you.
19:52Always wondering when our mom was going to come home.
19:55But you were gone.
19:58Always gone or locked in your room.
20:01All we wanted was a hand to hold.
20:04For you to tell us that everything was going to be okay.
20:07Tyrell.
20:08And it wasn't okay.
20:11Nothing was.
20:15Thank God we met Dad and Pop.
20:19We weren't visible to them.
20:22Or else we would have been stuck in the system.
20:26Baby.
20:29I am so sorry that I hurt you.
20:32I stopped being a baby the day you left us.
20:36I don't have a mother.
20:38That isn't true.
20:40I'm here.
20:41Now.
20:43Well, what about then?
20:44When we needed you?
20:47When you were out on the street, leaving us with an aunt or whatever friend that you found at the
20:52corner store?
20:54And then after you left us to be swallowed up by the system?
20:59Did you ever even wonder what happened to us?
21:06Now you're supposed to be making sweet, sweet love with Tomas.
21:09We went dancing.
21:11That was supposed to be like a vertical expression of a horizontal desire.
21:17Low-key foreplay, right?
21:19I am not wrong about that.
21:20You would think a man who dances the way he does, that would easily translate to horizontal hijinks of the
21:27highest order.
21:28You said he's the king of charisma.
21:30Well, he's a boar in the bedroom.
21:32Oh, no.
21:33It couldn't have been as bad as the first time.
21:35No, it was worse, because now he knows that I kind of wasn't into it.
21:41Oh, my God.
21:42No.
21:42We've waited so long to get to this point, and we're finally here, and I hate the view.
21:48Hope.
21:49What do you want me to do?
21:51Well, you know relationship stuff.
21:54How long do I have till he gets tired of it and leaves me for someone who knows what they
22:00want?
22:04This is a surprise.
22:06Yeah.
22:07I'm surprised they're even open.
22:09There was some kind of dance class here.
22:13Did you...
22:14Yep.
22:16Salsa class.
22:17Oh.
22:18What you been up to?
22:19Yet another discussion with my mother about her money mess.
22:24A possible inheritance.
22:26If she could just return a simple phone call, it could definitely improve the quality of my life.
22:30Where adulting includes supporting my able-bodied mother.
22:33I get it.
22:34I send money back to PR every month.
22:37Wow.
22:38That's so sweet of you.
22:40But I'm pretty sure our situations are completely different.
22:44My family works hard, but they still can't make quite enough money to make ends meet.
22:51I'm lucky.
22:52I don't need much.
22:54Hmm.
22:55But they have a picture of you back home with flowers all around it and little candles.
23:00You're such a saint.
23:03Very funny.
23:04Every Friday night is St. Tomas night at the Salsa Club.
23:08Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
23:12Mira la.
23:15Must have been fun tonight.
23:17Is Kat a good dancer?
23:20She is trying very hard.
23:23Best foot forward.
23:25Well, I'm surprised you're here without her.
23:29Frankly, so am I.
23:33Hope you brought the extra plum sauce.
23:40Oh, my sweet baby Jesus, no.
23:45This is not happening.
23:48What the actual?
23:49Rude and loud as always.
23:52No improvement.
23:54How the hell did you find me?
23:57You thought you could outrun me?
24:01You got older.
24:04Didn't slow me down.
24:06You got meaner.
24:09So then you'll actually understand when I ask, what the hell are you doing here?
24:15Oh, you think I wanted to come?
24:17They told me how you've been ignoring all those phone calls and letters.
24:22Lord, typical Dana.
24:24Trouble.
24:25And after all these years, I thought you would have mellowed.
24:28Wait, rewind.
24:31You're the one who's been hounding me down.
24:33Oh.
24:34Paid a special agent to find you.
24:36Would have paid twice the price to keep from seeing my heartless, thankless daughter.
24:49It's hard to say this.
24:51It was hard to live through.
24:55I lost the apartment, small wonder.
25:00I lived where I could.
25:01I got mixed up with the wrong people, got deeper into drugs, lost everything, including my memory.
25:13I blamed it on the drugs, but I just think I couldn't handle what I did while you weren't with
25:22me anymore.
25:23And after a while, I couldn't remember much anything at all.
25:30But I had this picture of two angels, and they were my everything.
25:45The faces are worn from me touching it all the time.
25:53But I can still see those smiles who my heart uplifted me, gave me hope.
26:03A couple of weeks back, the city came through and moved people off the street, carted away their belongings.
26:11Took my picture.
26:13It was awful.
26:15And we looked everywhere, sent Jacob out to see what he can do.
26:19Miracle of miracles, he found it.
26:23That's amazing.
26:25So you're saying you lost us to the system?
26:28And then you lost a reminder of us when they were cleaning up on the streets?
26:32Goes to show you actually...
26:34Tyrell!
26:34She forgot us!
26:36Okay, well, maybe that's not the whole story.
26:39Right?
26:41How did she remember?
26:45You see, I got real sick.
26:48And they had to cure my heart.
26:51So I had to stop doing the things that I was doing that got me in a bad situation.
26:57You understand, don't you?
27:00We think we do.
27:02And then things started coming back to me.
27:06Memories.
27:08Naomi brought me my sister Regina.
27:13And Regina brought me a box of things.
27:15I kept important things.
27:18And one of those things was a letter that I wrote about you.
27:24And how I wanted you to have a better life.
27:29Jacob and I put the pieces together.
27:32Now I realize this was a closed adoption and none of us were expecting something like this.
27:44It does my heart good to see how you turned out.
27:49Such a gorgeous group.
27:52Make a beautiful family photo.
27:57You think you might have room in that photo?
28:02For me?
28:08Carlton, do you mind if I have a minute with my wife?
28:12Alone?
28:14It is up to you.
28:16I'll do whatever you want.
28:17It's wonderful of you to ask, but this will only take a minute.
28:22I will be ordering us another round of drinks.
28:30This about the paperwork?
28:31It's more than the papers.
28:33It's the end of our marriage, Nicole.
28:35Thanks to your mistress and secret love child, our marriage ended the night of our anniversary.
28:40Papers just make it official.
28:42Nicole, we can still work our way towards something good again.
28:46I am working my way towards being happy.
28:49Without you.
28:51With Carlton?
28:52Move on, Ted.
28:56Feels remarkable.
29:03While it's been interesting to meet you, I'm not sure that...
29:09I think what my husband is trying to say is whether we make plans for the future is something
29:15the four of us have to discuss privately as a family.
29:19I understand.
29:23Take your time.
29:26Excuse me.
29:27I have to study.
29:30He's always studying.
29:34It's nice to meet you.
29:38Bye.
29:41My manners.
29:49It's all right.
29:50I know this was a lot, but it has meant more to me than you know.
29:58Let me get you home.
30:00Thanks again, you guys.
30:01We'll see ourselves out.
30:07Well, that could have gone worse.
30:10I think it's best if I move back home.
30:14Look better than the last time.
30:17Do you remember what life was like before Pop and Dad?
30:20How scared we were?
30:22Not knowing if we could stay together.
30:25Some.
30:27I remember.
30:29They loved us on sight.
30:31That day, they asked us if we wanted to live with them and be happy together forever.
30:36That day was the best day of our lives because I knew we were going to be safe.
30:41We didn't even know what safe was until they found us.
30:45Two parents who kept their promises.
30:47Treat us like we're wanted and valued.
30:51All I'm saying is that this family raised us to be the kind of people that June needs in our
30:57life right now.
31:00Maybe you and Tomas are just better off as friends.
31:03Or maybe you're...
31:04I am not gay.
31:07Good.
31:07Less competition.
31:08What about ace?
31:09Are you asexual?
31:11Not even.
31:12I want sex.
31:14I just...
31:15I don't know.
31:17Tomas is convinced he's going to figure out a way to...
31:20Drive me wild.
31:22Sexual experimentation is fun.
31:24Okay, but what if I'm on permanent pause from waiting too long?
31:28And I'll never get started again.
31:30Ugh.
31:32I could be broken forever.
31:35Did something happen when you went dancing?
31:39I know what I'm doing on the dance floor.
31:41I've danced all night.
31:43Dips, flips.
31:44I've got moves that'll make you scream.
31:46You've been dancing for years.
31:48It could be scary learning a new dance.
31:51You're right.
31:53Huh.
31:54Maybe there is hope for us after all.
31:56Makes sense now.
31:58God, it's crazy how you just get me.
32:00Crazy.
32:02You better get out of here with that mess.
32:04I was the only mother you had, and I was good at it, too.
32:07And how did you repay me?
32:09Trying to steal that man.
32:12Hey, I did you a favor, okay?
32:15Because that man was no good, all right?
32:17I brought his darkness into the light.
32:20Seduced a man to save a life.
32:23Maybe you do deserve a medal.
32:25Ought to thank me, because you were too good for him.
32:28Now, if you finish blaming me, I need you to go on over there and sit down so I can
32:33get
32:33a good look at you.
32:35Been ages.
32:39Yes, it has.
32:43It's good to see a familiar face, Peaches.
32:47Oh.
32:48These people here, they've been grinding me down.
32:52It's like everybody is shutting me out.
32:56But at least I've got you again.
32:59Sour as you are.
33:02Well, maybe it's a blessing you wouldn't take those calls.
33:05Why is that?
33:07I needed to see your face, too.
33:10One last time.
33:13What are you talking about?
33:14One last time.
33:16Baby.
33:18I'm dying.
33:25But somebody up there must like me.
33:28For them to turn out so good.
33:31Must have been a little disappointing.
33:35They're not ready to let you back into their lives.
33:38They have every right to turn their back on me.
33:42But I believe in fate.
33:45I know I'll see them again.
33:47If you think I'm using June's arrival to try to force a reconciliation...
33:52Yeah, you'd never.
33:54I want to be here for the kids.
33:56They need us.
33:57Martin.
34:00Pop, good.
34:01You are still here.
34:02Hey, what's up?
34:04We've made up our minds.
34:06About seeing June again.
34:11Oh, no, no.
34:13There has to be some kind of mistake.
34:17You're too young.
34:19My body doesn't give a damn.
34:21It is wearing out on me.
34:24It's just...
34:24I'm sorry.
34:27I don't even know what to say.
34:31Something finally shut that mouth up of yours?
34:34Lord, I wish I had known that years ago.
34:38Oh.
34:41You can't go.
34:42Not now.
34:43God knows.
34:44I need you.
34:47I finally get to do things right.
34:50Tie up all the loose ends.
34:53You're the biggest one.
34:56I don't want to leave you alone in the world.
35:00Then don't.
35:07It's time I told you who your mother is.
35:12Think we were too hard on him?
35:15Broke our daughter's heart.
35:17No punishment is severe enough.
35:27Here comes the Calvary.
35:30Nicole, I'd like to have a word, if I may.
35:32We were in the middle of a conversation.
35:34And Nicole was in the middle of dinner.
35:36Good night, Ted.
35:41Good night.
35:47You heard about the divorce?
35:50I'm sorry it has come to this.
35:52But all I ever want is your happiness.
35:55Me too.
35:56It'll come again.
35:58I raised strong, independent women.
36:01Not too independent to thank you for coming to my rescue.
36:04No.
36:07I will always be there for my children.
36:10It's what a parent does.
36:12That instinct to protect, it never goes away.
36:16Not ever.
36:34Not forever.
36:46You're Economist, Inc.anya.
36:47No.
36:48No.
36:48No.
36:49No.
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