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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 114: Monday, August 18, 2025
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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates
00:06Should have saved that big joker, big brother
00:09Hey, another book
00:11You owe over $10,000?
00:14Eh, well, debt is nothing but a number
00:18Aw, that's so sweet
00:20Dirk can't feel his legs, they just rushed him into surgery
00:23What are we celebrating?
00:25My impending divorce
00:26They honored Barbara something or another
00:29That Barbara something or another is your birth mother
00:35Hold up now
00:36You expect me to believe that I'm the daughter of an original articulat
00:41And that me, Dana Leslie Thomas
00:45Has classic soul magic running through my veins
00:49And on top of that, that my mystery mama left me a whole fortune
00:55I mean, think of it as family money
00:57Okay, alright, so how much of this family money do I get?
01:03Oh, I don't know what the actual amount is
01:06But I have heard it's a lot of zeros
01:10Okay, alright, next question
01:13How much did Miss High and Maddie, Nick and Nicole
01:17Pay you to come over here and spin all this fairy tale?
01:22What?
01:23I'm talking about that calculating, devious little head shrinker
01:26Who thinks she can play games with me
01:32Do you know what has been eating at me?
01:34Mm-hmm
01:36The way you mentioned that your marriage to Doug isn't worth sticking with
01:41Drink
01:42Remember the rules every time someone brings up men
01:45Girl, that party is over
01:48Those rules expired with that last bottle
01:51But honestly
01:52Vanessa, I'm worried about you
01:54I don't want to be throwing another divorce party anytime soon
01:58Oh, you're killing the vibe, Nicole
02:00Tonight was so good
02:02Alright
02:04We can talk about somebody else
02:08Joey Armstrong is not somebody you play games with
02:14What's good, brother?
02:17So now, I'm your brother
02:20Not that you tried to play me at work?
02:22Come on, Doug
02:23You're still not salty, are you?
02:25Well, I figure a brother wouldn't try to question my surgical skills
02:29Or
02:30Dismirch my reputation
02:32Okay, I did come in a little hot
02:33I probably could have handled it better
02:35But I'm not out here dragging your name
02:38You know how word travels at that hospital
02:39Your little come-to-Jesus moment
02:42Probably hit the group chats before
02:43I could even call the chief of staff to officially quit
02:47I was trying to look out for you
02:48I even asked the chief to let me handle it in-house
02:52You see, that's where you messed up
02:55I didn't need it handled
02:57I was having a bad day
02:58And then here you come swooping in like a superhero
03:01Pushing me out
03:03It seems I'm doing that a lot these days
03:08I guess we're both taking L's, huh?
03:11What is that supposed to mean?
03:14Nicole
03:16File for divorce
03:17Of course
03:17Joky
03:18If you're not
03:25If you're not
03:40If you're not
03:45You're not
03:46Youå¤
03:59girl you need to go home get some real rest in a real bed i promise i will text you
04:04the second
04:04bear gets out of recovery you sound just like my mom you know what i'm not leaving until i get
04:09to
04:09see him have a draw away i'll leave you to wear a hole in the floor no you know what
04:14hey wait wait
04:15um i have a favor to ask you dr montgomery said that derek needs extensive therapy it's going to
04:22be a long road and a hard one i want what's best for him will you be his physical therapist
04:32to think for a hot second i actually let myself believe it should have known better
04:39nothing in life comes that easy everything i got i had to scratch and i had to claw for it
04:47you tell your little employer nice try she thinks she's so damn smart with all her little fancy
04:57degrees living behind the gates in that big old house she don't know me all right i got a phd
05:04in
05:04them streets baby and i know a hustle when i see one peaches you know come sit and tell me
05:12about
05:12this nicole woman that has you spun like a tornado
05:25nicole richardson she's big mad because i had the nerve to show up to her mama's concert and act like
05:31i belong there so now she's orchestrating all this little inheritance nonsense so she can watch me
05:40crash and burn look at me swear on my mother's grave and you know i don't take that lightly
05:48i do not know nicole from the man on the moon but what i do know
05:56you are about to become a very very rich woman
06:06as much as i hate to admit it you're the best and jerek trusts you and he likes you
06:15who doesn't do you have experience with paralytic patients more than a few and it is a long road
06:23for everybody involved but when you see someone push past what everyone thought was impossible
06:29something special about that so do you think that it's possible that derek he could um sorry that's
06:35not fair you haven't even evaluated actually i promise you this i will push that man to his
06:40absolute limit and a step beyond that okay i will be there every painful step of the way
06:47derek really needs that tough love look i i know that our history is complicated
06:54but derek needs us both i don't want our issues to get in the way of his recovery
06:59listen whatever happened between us in the past days there this this is about getting our boy back
07:04on his feet literally you can see derek now i'll be in in a minute okay okay god how am
07:13i supposed
07:13to go back in there knowing that he might not walk again i mean what if he reads it all
07:16over my face
07:17okay it looks like you need tough love too you know what no i don't i got this i just
07:24i have to keep
07:25him comfortable i have to keep him fighting that's my only job right yeah look at you already
07:30knowing the game plan you want to go in there with me this moment belongs to you too
07:43you know what i find fascinating do tell how joey armstrong's name seems to fall from your lips
07:50every time we get together it makes me wonder who's really obsessed maybe it's because i see something
07:57that you are not willing to admit is there the only thing between me and that man is escrow
08:02oh vanessa i've known you way too long i know when you're telling half-truths i could see it whenever
08:09his name is mentioned why are you letting a dangerous man get his hooks in you dangerous based on what
08:19do you know something don't you
08:29hello
08:32yeah yeah no sure not a problem i'll be over there shortly
08:38i need to go meet a colleague at uptown what a coincidence doug's there too
08:43family finder app had to start keeping tabs after he went rogue well perfect i will order a car and
08:51we can ride over together gives us more time to talk about joey can't wait man my sympathies
09:00for the death of your marriage that's that's rough i'm convinced it's not dead
09:08maybe on life support yeah the duprees think there's hope if i can put in work
09:16most funny i can reconstruct a person's entire face make them look like whatever they want to be
09:24but i cannot figure out how to make my wife look at me like she used to
09:33you know sometimes the solution isn't as complex as it seems
09:38you need to identify what's blocking your blessing
09:44and eliminate it by any means necessary what's good guys
09:49detective i got some business to handle oh my god don't mind me
09:59i wasn't expecting to hear from you big dog everything all right yeah yeah i uh
10:06i need some professional insight okay yeah do you know marcel malone
10:14i wish i didn't but yeah we're partners but marcel and i we don't really ever see eye to eye
10:21that guy writes his own rules he cuts deals with people he probably shouldn't but me that's not my
10:27style i keep it clean by the book and get a right person that can help my friend he's having
10:35a problem
10:35with his employer joey armstrong decades of eating dollar store noodles decades of dodging bill collectors
10:47like they were the plague and you come up in here with some
10:54story about a miraculous inheritance when that doctor gave me the news finding you became my top
11:03priority i had to make sure that i told you everything here's proof
11:12birth certificates legal documents correspondence papers can be fake lord knows i've done it myself
11:22can't you see i am too sick and too tired to play games this is real okay tell me how
11:34you know we got this uh family money and i'll look at your documents after she couldn't take it
11:42anymore the family was notified about an inheritance that had been set up to benefit all of barbara's
11:49descendants and they didn't know about you which is how barbara wanted it so you never got your fair
11:54share but you will now if your aunt she passed she was the last of the line so it's all
12:02yours
12:04and just who's funding this windfall that part's kept secret but it started big
12:10and like clockwork every six months they add more funds oh come on peaches sound way too good to be
12:19true well you don't have to believe it the paperwork tells the story and one more thing
12:32a brush it was from your mother when she was a little girl on the last thing she left that
12:39we could
12:40pass down to you a true blessing since dna can still be tested from a hair follicle even years and
12:48years
12:48later if it's still right i need to get it tested already done those papers from the trust executor
12:58show the results absolute proof that you are barbara's daughter you're about to go from a have not
13:06to having it all and then some
13:20mama
13:20i ran three stop signs to get here your text had me thinking something was wrong
13:27well i can tell you what isn't wrong you remember that tribute video at the concert
13:34for barbara something the original member the one who yes the one who died also the one who gave birth
13:43to me that's right barbara is my mother oh okay okay i get it this is your get back because
13:54i took that
13:55lawyer's letter to tomas when you wanted me to drop it and now you're feeding me this line about being
14:00a long-lost articulates air i mean what's next you're gonna tell me that you inherited her voice too
14:08or or her money
14:13oh you haven't just lost your mind it's completely gone
14:19joey armstrong yeah i know him well man moves like he's bulletproof then let's prove he's not
14:27we're talking legal channels right because that's the only lane i ride in come on man you know i
14:32wouldn't disrespect your badge my friend has intel on joey that would interest you
14:39okay cool okay so your friend can work as an informant and work with the department to help
14:45build a case you know you don't have time for all that he needs joey armstrong to go down now
14:50with proof that joey ordered my friend to commit murder due to trick whoa hang on man before you go
14:57any further i need you to know anything you say can and will be used in an official investigation
15:04that's what i'm counting on and when it's time my friend is going to go to naomi to talk about
15:08a plea
15:08deal but for right now what do you need to make sure joey armstrong is taken out of circulation a
15:14cop
15:15a cardiac surgeon and a realtor walk into a bar
15:32sorry i'm running late you know dmv traffic is no i should apologize to you for asking you to meet
15:38me
15:38here i just needed to escape those hospital walls for a minute so what's been weighing on you
15:45i've got this case and i'm getting emotionally involved that's not me i don't do that i can't do that
16:16it took you long enough
16:19how are you
16:22a little fuzzy from the anesthesia but surgery went well let's wait for dr montgomery's official
16:30word okay i need to wait i can feel my legs already what do you mean the tingles ash
16:42i can't move him yet but i can feel him
16:48it's got to be the anesthesia way or not right
16:53looks like i'm gonna bounce back quick
16:57all those hours at the gym had to be for something right
17:03why are you looking at me like that you don't believe me
17:09i can prove it touch my leg i won't peek but i'll tell you exactly where
17:16derek please
17:17come last trust me
17:35okay i'm ready go for it
17:39okay i just did
17:45try the other one
18:08i could have sworn i could feel everything
18:10like a tingly pressure i swear it was real it's what we call a phantom limb sensation it's
18:20it's actually really common in cases um in situations like this go ahead
18:30get it over with
18:32get what over with
18:34the lecture you've been practicing since they wheeled me in here about how i'm wild and reckless and
18:42was bound to end up here sooner or later that's actually not what i was thinking
18:47that's who i am ash remember derek the daredevil no derek that's not who you are
18:55i'm sure every risk you took was for someone else
19:00running into burning buildings climbing trees for trapped cats you did that because someone
19:05needed you but this time this was different this accident
19:12what was this really about
19:20lately i find myself more invested rather than detached from my cases
19:25nicole what if i freeze up during surgery because i'm too deep in my feelings
19:30or what if i hurt someone because i care too much
19:34before we tackle these issues head on let's dig a little deeper has anything changed recently that
19:42would have brought all this to the surface
19:50chelsea i thought you were hanging out with nicole tonight well she's with a colleague
19:55i saw you were here and decided to surprise you turns out you had surprises of your own
20:02i know the drill one of you can cock some half-baked story i pretend to buy it
20:07you congratulate yourself on fooling the little lady and i figure it out eventually
20:12or we can skip the song and dance and you can tell me what the hell's going on now
20:19okay you have a thing for creating wild stories but mama this is too much
20:25peaches come meet your grandbaby
20:29oh sweet jesus look at you
20:34hold up what's happening right now this is peaches the woman who raised me when nobody else would
20:42like for real you raised my mom i guess that makes me your grandmother oh you're so beautiful
20:50well how come i never heard you talk about peaches we had a few hiccups in our relationship
20:55but you know we hadn't seen or spoken in years yeah well we'll get into all the details later but
21:02uh
21:02peaches has something to tell you so baby girl i need you to listen real good now i was your
21:10biological grandmother's best friend since high school right now when she found herself in the
21:16family way we all knew barbara couldn't raise a baby see i was trying to conceive and couldn't so
21:22then she said well you know you take my baby and i was like okay she knew i was going
21:29to love that child
21:31like my very own your mama yeah and um well yeah but there was one condition
21:37then dana could never know who her biological mother was sadly the lord called barbara home
21:47right when your mama started walking
21:51the lord called barbara mitchell and the lord called barbara mitchell one of the original articulates
22:12no way so all the things you said the whole truth according to peaches so that letter was legit
22:21and if it was baby we are about to level all the way up
22:35well i'm gonna get out of y'all's hair y'all need time to sit with this
22:41um i know your story and how it started oh the pain of barbara not warning you giving you up
22:50like she
22:50did and what she did after but look at god working in mysterious ways oh all these years later
23:02and how he made something beautiful from all that pain
23:06um thank you not just for bringing us this news you know folks are always talking about how they
23:15don't have a mother but that's not my story i had you even when i was out there acting the
23:22fool
23:22and wilding out in them streets you were there
23:30what are you doing now thank you now listen if you need anything and i do mean anything you better
23:37let me know that's sweet of you do you mind if i get a hug too what she said i
23:46need my grandmother in my life
23:51Grandmother.
23:52Makes it sound like I'm pushing a walker.
23:55Call me Peaches.
23:57Bet.
23:57I'll see you soon, Peaches.
24:02My girl.
24:14Am I in your dream or are you in mine?
24:18This is wild.
24:20Stuff like this doesn't happen to folks like us.
24:22So are we really about to be rich, rich?
24:25Wait, hold up.
24:26What's all this we business?
24:34Oh my gosh.
24:36This little lady's waiting.
24:39I'll fall back and give you two some space.
24:41Think about what we discussed.
24:43You know where to find me.
24:49Any more drama with Leslie after the run in Adolfi Jeans?
24:52Oh, you mean besides Dana stealing an articulets ticket?
24:56What's the sentence for that?
24:57Look, I love to help, but petty theft's not exactly priority one.
25:03I got bigger fish than your baby mama drama.
25:06No offense.
25:09You figure it out yet?
25:13Please, please tell me you weren't discussing Joey with Detective Hawthorne.
25:21What about Chelsea?
25:24She's the problem.
25:26I love her, Nicole.
25:29I love, love her.
25:31And it scares the hell out of me.
25:35It's natural to spiral when confronted with unexpected feelings.
25:39Especially when it's been packaged as a pretty girl who's come to steal your heart.
25:44I have seen you in case conferences and psychosis evaluations.
25:48Madison, you are brilliant.
25:51I am positive that you can compartmentalize when necessary
25:55and continue to provide the care that you always have.
25:59So you think I can handle this?
26:01Oh, I know you can.
26:04But you might not like what I have to say next.
26:09Answer my question, Derek.
26:12Why did you take that curve so fast?
26:18Oh, looking good, Derek.
26:20How's your pain level?
26:21And don't sugarcoat it for me.
26:24Well, I won't be running a four-minute mile anytime soon.
26:28Please.
26:29You couldn't do that before the accident.
26:31No, never say never.
26:32We could make it one of our goals.
26:35One of our goals?
26:37As in you and me?
26:39Turns out I am your physical therapist.
26:43Damn.
26:44I hit the jackpot.
26:46You won't be saying that when we set our sessions.
26:48When I say stretch, you stretch.
26:50When I say bend, you bend.
26:52When I say rotate, I expect you to do so without as much of a fuss.
26:55Do you hear me?
26:56Yes, ma'am.
26:59Seriously, how did I end up with the best therapist in D.C.?
27:05Well, let's just say someone put in a special request.
27:25Ash.
27:26Oh, Jacob.
27:27What happened?
27:28Derek was in a bike accident during the triathlon.
27:31He just had surgery, and we're just waiting for Dr. Montgomery to update us.
27:35I have to see him.
27:36Yeah, I'll take you.
27:37But listen, Derek's doing that thing that he does.
27:41You know, he's cracking jokes, he's playing it cool, but I think he's slowly realizing that
27:46his whole life is about to shift.
27:48We're talking weeks, if not months, of recovery.
27:54I don't know if Derek's ever going to be the guy that we know and love again.
28:00Come on.
28:08Oh, there he is.
28:10Detective Hawthorne, looking clean as always.
28:13Come on, man.
28:13You know how I do.
28:14I can't have these hospital folks thinking the brother don't stay sharp.
28:19I gotta look rough if you're coming at me with that face.
28:22Nah, nah.
28:23You good, man.
28:24It's just that hospital gown isn't your normal drip.
28:27Listen, Naomi sends her love.
28:28She'll be by as soon as she can.
28:31I'm guessing Ashley filled you in.
28:33Yeah, she did.
28:35That curve did you dirty, huh?
28:37I took it way too fast.
28:40I messed up my back, which messed up my legs.
28:47But Dr. Montgomery's got me together, though.
28:52Is there anything I can do to help, bro?
28:55Actually, yeah.
28:57I could use your detective skills.
28:59All right, yeah, for sure.
29:01What's up?
29:02I need you to find my bike.
29:05You mean the one that's probably all banged up?
29:07Yeah.
29:08I gotta get it fixed so I can get back out there.
29:12I'll make sure I find your bike for you.
29:15Thanks.
29:19Buy a lady a drink.
29:22I appreciate the offer, but I'm not here to socialize.
29:26Well, how about you let me buy you one then?
29:29I'll pass, but thanks.
29:31No.
29:32Let me get a Manhattan top shelf.
29:34Now, this isn't my usual scene, but recent events made me realize that, you know, every
29:43once in a while, a lady gotta treat herself.
29:46It's the finer things.
29:48I'm Peaches.
29:50Ted, uh, and I wouldn't dream of it.
29:56Mm, and here you are passing up all this full-bodied spicy vintage for that younger wine across
30:04the room.
30:06Yeah, that younger wine is my wife.
30:09Oh.
30:10Then, so, why do you look at her like you're a lost puppy afraid to go home?
30:16Uh, it's, uh, complicated.
30:18Oh.
30:19Anything worth having always is.
30:22Child.
30:24Me and my daughter, we didn't speak for years.
30:30She crossed the line I thought I couldn't forgive.
30:33And then pride and fear kept me from reaching out, even though my heart was screaming to it.
30:42I did something unforgivable myself.
30:45I want to save my marriage, but I don't think I have a choice in the matter.
30:52You always have a choice.
30:54Get up off that barstool and go to her.
30:59Every minute you sit there feeling sorry for yourself is a minute you can't get back.
31:05Don't wait for fate to force your hand like it did mine.
31:14Sometimes having a deep connection with patients can be the most healing thing for both of you.
31:20That's terrifying.
31:23Growth usually is.
31:26If the opportunity presented itself, would it be the worst thing in the world for you to have a deep
31:31connection with a patient and then figure out how you feel afterwards?
31:34It'll be a challenge, but I can try.
31:41I should get back.
31:43Go.
31:44But remember, my door is always open.
31:47Thanks, Doc.
31:53Hey there.
31:57I saw you with your bar companion.
32:00Glad you're taking my advice and moving on.
32:10Come on, Nicole.
32:12You think I'd be out trying to get with some random woman?
32:16Don't worry, Ted.
32:18Unlike my marriage, I have managed to keep my sense of humor.
32:22About the club.
32:23I was out of line.
32:25The divorce papers threw me.
32:27Oh, kind of like finding out your husband has a secret love child.
32:32Can we not turn this into a weird competition?
32:35Oh, that ended a long time ago.
32:37Since it's looking like a blowout.
32:42You can stop all this, you know.
32:46How exactly?
32:47By miraculously fixing your gambling problem,
32:50play happy family like we used to,
32:52and stop seeing Joey?
32:54That'd be a start.
32:57The audacity of you to make demands
33:00when it was your mess that dragged us into this.
33:04Or did you forget who saved your ass when cutting that deal?
33:11With you unemployed, I'm holding the cards,
33:14so you better pray this lady stays happy.
33:18Or you can kiss this lifestyle you're accustomed to.
33:22Goodbye.
33:25It's wild how everything can switch up so fast.
33:29Like one minute you're existing.
33:31Just trying to make it through another day.
33:33Going through life on autopilot, then boom!
33:36Something major hits.
33:39Yeah, usually it's bad news.
33:41But sometimes it's good news.
33:44And suddenly everything hits different.
33:47Like the whole world got an upgrade,
33:49and you're just running trying to keep up.
33:52Child, sometimes you don't catch up.
33:56Sometimes life just keeps pushing,
33:58and then it leaves you in the dust.
34:01Like with Peaches?
34:03Yeah, like with Peaches.
34:06I mean, the only reason she reached out to me
34:08is because she got sick,
34:09and she was trying to tie up all her loose ends.
34:13But if this money is real,
34:15the first thing I'm doing
34:16is getting her the best care it can buy.
34:20Because at the end of the day,
34:23that's my mama.
34:24And she was the only one who showed up for me.
34:27But you guys haven't talked in years.
34:29It doesn't matter if you talked yesterday
34:33or 20 years ago.
34:35It don't matter if you got beef
34:37or you gotta swallow your pride.
34:41You just gotta do what you gotta do
34:43when it comes to your mamas.
34:45And that's what a family is.
34:49And that's what love is.
34:58Finally.
35:00Give me some good news, Doc.
35:02The surgery itself was a success.
35:04We moved aggressively to relieve the pressure
35:06from that broken bone on your spinal cord.
35:09Great.
35:10So when can I get out of here?
35:12Derek, I need you to understand something.
35:14This isn't like patching up a broken arm.
35:17We're looking at weeks of recovery.
35:20Weeks?
35:22PT starts tomorrow.
35:24Now physical therapy will help.
35:26But when you leave here,
35:28you'll be in a wheelchair.
35:31For how long?
35:34I can't give you an accurate timeline.
35:36I'm a firefighter.
35:38That's not just my job.
35:39That's who I am.
35:40I understand.
35:41But right now,
35:42you'll need to look at other opportunities
35:43within the department.
35:45What, like a desk job?
35:48I need you to give it to me straight, Doc.
35:49Look, if I do everything right,
35:53work twice as hard,
35:54follow every single order,
35:57I'll be able to walk again, right?
36:00I wish I could tell you
36:02it was just about willpower.
36:04It might be possible.
36:08Then again,
36:09it might not.
36:10it might be impossible to to get one.
36:12I'm sorry.
36:17It might have been my life.
36:18I don't know.
36:21But I don't know if I can do one.
36:26I'll pull it off.
36:32I just can't help.
36:32They're perfectly fine.
36:32If you think you'll be fine.
36:37They're so sick.
36:38They'll be fine.
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