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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 61: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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00:05It's normal for a child to want her parents to reconcile.
00:09And how would you know, being an orphan yourself?
00:11Chelsea, that is unnecessary.
00:15This is a good time to remind your daughter of where things stand,
00:19especially now that there's going to be a new little Hamilton around to spoil.
00:23There's no chance in Hale that Bill is ever going back to Danny.
00:28Tell her, Bill.
00:29Hale's right.
00:30Yeah, and I'm sorry that you're upset,
00:32but the sooner you accept that, the easier it'll be for all of us.
00:38Newsflash, Hale.
00:39I'm not about making things easier for either of you.
00:46Sorry if I was awful just now.
00:50Chalk it up to hormones.
00:51It's okay, baby. You have the best reason in the world, right?
00:54We're starting our family now.
00:56You know, it's a good thing that we didn't cancel that college fund that you set up when I thought
01:01I was expecting the last time.
01:03Yeah. Look at us. I already doing right by this baby.
01:06You know, I'll call my accountant and have him set up some wire transfers first thing in the morning.
01:10I don't want to talk about money, okay?
01:13Let's talk about our dreams and schools, names.
01:18Sorry to interrupt, Haley, but your husband and I have some catching up to do.
01:24All that time in Congress and you still haven't learned to read a room.
01:28Don't you see we're in the middle of something, Martin?
01:29I'm sure it can wait, because what I'm here for can't.
01:34It's okay. I have voicemails I need to listen to anyway.
01:38No, no, no, babe. You stay right here where you belong.
01:41Congressman seems to have forgotten who he's talking to.
01:44Anything you need to say to me, you can say in front of my wife.
01:46No, Bill. Not this.
02:36No, Bill. Not this.
02:46You know, when I asked you out on a date date, I was thinking somewhere a little more...
02:54Expensive?
02:56Special. Low lights, live jazz.
03:00Some place to remind you why you fell in love with me in the first place.
03:04Trust me, I don't need a reminder.
03:09This place, it's where we both admitted that we were messing everything up.
03:15Where we finally put our pride aside and decided we needed that reset to fix us.
03:19True.
03:21A bigger check at the end of the night would not be as meaningful to me as a place that
03:25actually means something.
03:27And besides, who says dinner has to be our last stop?
03:33It's a little late, but...
03:35Derek.
03:37Oh, you mean...
03:40Well, I've never been one to turn down a sleepover.
03:44So long as I'm out by daybreak, I know you need your space.
03:47Oh, yeah.
03:48Well, I need to straighten up before my shift starts.
03:50Oh, neat and tidy, just the way you like it.
03:54Speaking of which...
04:03Chelsea, darling, your timing could not have been better.
04:06I literally had the phone in my hand and I was about to call you.
04:09Mom, I need to...
04:10Okay, so you know that influencer who does the stunt videos with celebs?
04:14Gosh, what is his name?
04:15He has millions of followers, brand deals, everything he touches turns to social media gold?
04:20Yeah, but look, Mom...
04:21Well, he wants to work with me.
04:22You're not going to believe why.
04:24Because you're terrific and you know that, right?
04:27It's nice to get a little reinforcement.
04:30Anyway, Pamela said he watched the little scene that I caused at your father's wedding,
04:35and he thinks that we can do something with the whole hashtag shotgun wedding momentum.
04:40Can you believe that's still a thing?
04:42Okay, yeah, that's nice, but Mom, I really...
04:45Well, at first, I said absolutely not.
04:47Danny Dupree is classy, not clickbait.
04:49But then I realized, why not profit from your father's humiliation?
04:55Turn lemon into limoncello, as I always say.
04:57And what better way to navigate that than with my brilliant social influencer daughter?
05:03Mom, please.
05:05What is it?
05:07Oh, now you don't want to work with me?
05:08Am I that impossible?
05:09That is the furthest thing from my mind right now.
05:11I'm trying to tell you something.
05:12Well, what is it, Chelsea?
05:14Well, first, you might want to sit down.
05:22Sorry.
05:24Sorry for what?
05:25You came here to study.
05:27I didn't want to take advantage of you.
05:30I literally kissed you.
05:32What, did you black out during that part?
05:34Maybe I was just in my head.
05:36So you're saying the kiss was trash?
05:38No, of course not.
05:40I liked it.
05:41Loved it.
05:42Then why are you acting like I committed some sort of crime?
05:45It's something that...
05:46Okay.
05:47You're starting to give me anxiety, for real.
05:48Can you just say what's actually going on?
05:51I just don't...
05:52Don't...
05:53What?
05:56Maybe you just feel bad for me after all the drama that happened at school.
05:59Stop.
06:00You think this is some sort of pity thing?
06:02Like, I'm some sort of charity kissing boot.
06:05Girls like you don't...
06:07No.
06:08Finish that sentence.
06:09I am dying to hear exactly what girls like me don't do.
06:15Ever since you slid into Orphie jeans, acting all nice, it ain't been making sense.
06:21There's got to be another reason.
06:27I should sit down?
06:29Honey, people only say that in the movies.
06:31Why do you always have to be so extra?
06:33Okay, well, what kind of chair should I be looking for?
06:36Are we going for, like, support or comfort?
06:38And don't you dare even tell me to faint on this couch.
06:42Mom, this is not a joke.
06:43Well then, honey, lead with something less cliché next time.
06:46I don't understand what's keeping you from just spinning out what you have to say.
06:49You're keeping me from saying it.
06:50You won't let me get a word in.
06:52Baby, if anyone is being extra, it's you.
06:55You're acting like you're going to tell me you're pregnant or something.
06:57I'm not pregnant.
07:00Haley is.
07:03You're sweet, baby.
07:05But I really do need to check these voicemails.
07:07And the longer I put this off, the longer until you hear what Congressman Richardson came to say.
07:14Okay.
07:14Yeah.
07:19This better be worth disrupting my evening.
07:22All right, short and sweet.
07:23Let's go.
07:24I'm ready to go.
07:24Not now.
07:25Private conversation.
07:27You seem like you're in a hurry for me to leave.
07:30So I'll make it short.
07:31But I damn for sure won't make it sweet.
07:35Oh, you really thought you were going to show out on the court today, huh?
07:38Come on, baby.
07:39You ain't happy to expose me like that in front of everybody.
07:41I got a rep to maintain.
07:42Not anymore.
07:44Remember, it's the crossover queen now.
07:45Oh, the crossover queen.
07:46You got it?
07:47Okay.
07:47Put some respect on it.
07:49Oh, that's how you feel?
07:49Okay.
07:55Hello, Haley.
07:57Are you here with my dad?
08:00In fact, I am.
08:02We're celebrating.
08:04Good for you.
08:08Aren't you going to ask why?
08:15Let me guess.
08:17This performance of yours is about my little chat with your husband.
08:21What's the matter?
08:22Trouble in Pride Paradise?
08:24Dropping hints that we're on the same team?
08:27Telling him Martin will understand?
08:29Are you out of your damn mind?
08:32I'm a lot of things, Martin.
08:34I'm shrewd, calculating, but most of all direct.
08:38I always say exactly what I mean.
08:40That's the problem.
08:42He's a reporter, Bill.
08:43It's in his DNA to ask questions.
08:45Yeah, but you handled it, though, didn't you?
08:48Didn't you?
08:49I'm sure all that lying gets easier by the day.
08:52Do you have a death wish?
08:56Your ambitions are writing checks that your position can't cash.
08:59So you need to be careful with those impulses.
09:02They never end well.
09:03I swear to God, if you try me again.
09:06You what, congressman?
09:08Do you honestly believe that you're in any position to lift a finger against me?
09:13Given what I know?
09:15Trust me.
09:16I'm good.
09:18Whatever it is you're celebrating with my dad, you can keep it to yourself.
09:21Come on, Naomi.
09:22We used to tell each other everything.
09:24Well, almost everything.
09:27Besides, our friendship expired the day you decided my dad was a better catch than me,
09:32your best friend.
09:33That's not fair.
09:34I've tried to tell you several times that I miss our friendship.
09:38That makes one of us.
09:40Never mind.
09:42You still hate me.
09:43I don't even know why I bothered.
09:45Come on, Haley.
09:46You don't really expect y'all to still be close after everything that happened.
09:49I don't know.
09:49I guess I thought time heals all wounds, and we're more than friends now.
09:54We are family.
09:55Please, don't remind me.
09:57You know, there's still plenty that connects us.
10:01Who knows?
10:02There could be more in the future.
10:08I don't know if that is optimistic or delusional.
10:11What I do know is sticking around to find out is a waste of my time.
10:16Come on, then.
10:20Pregnant.
10:22What do you know?
10:24Well, I guess you and Naomi are going to be big sisters.
10:27Yeah, well, that wasn't really exactly my point.
10:30You expected a different reaction?
10:32That I'd turn into some reality show star and have some big meltdown or dive into vodka
10:38like it's Sunday brunch?
10:39Well, if you remember, I did ask you to sit down.
10:42No.
10:44I'm sorry to disappoint, but I intend to take this news standing up.
10:48Wearing Louboutins, no less.
10:49We can be reasonable, right?
10:51Well, no shade, but I wasn't too reasonable when I got the news.
10:55Oh, honey.
10:56It's not surprising.
10:58Haley's young, presumably fertile.
11:00And Bill might be too old to change diapers, but he's certainly rich enough to pay someone
11:05to do it for him.
11:07Man.
11:09Is there any sadder sight than an aging lawyer, his trophy wife, and a designer baby?
11:16It's like a midlife crisis bingo card.
11:18Well, look, I don't like it either, but dad's really not that old.
11:22You know, you see his type all the time around the club, and it takes everything not to choke.
11:26Back to school night must be a riot.
11:28All these old men trying to fold themselves into those tiny chairs without breaking a hip,
11:32if they show up.
11:33Oh, wow.
11:34You're really doing the most right now.
11:36It really makes me wonder how many of those babies were actually fathered by those guys.
11:41You got all these young girls out here with men old enough to be their daddies.
11:46Oh, I don't doubt that there's some hot little spicy piece their own age warming them up in the bullpen.
11:52Okay, I thought we were talking about Haley.
11:55Maybe we are.
11:57Did that thought ever cross your mind?
12:00That Bill's not the father?
12:02You don't just develop a taste for AARP overnight.
12:05Maybe she's got a side piece.
12:07And the moment she missed her period, that conniving little social climber saw an opportunity.
12:14Gold digging is as gold digging does, baby.
12:20Well, thank God we're being reasonable.
12:22That could have gotten really messy.
12:26That's the key to my place.
12:29I think you should hold on to it.
12:31I thought we had an understanding.
12:34About living together being a disaster?
12:35Oh, we do.
12:37I mean, everything we need to work out, but we're still emergency contact serious, right?
12:43Of course.
12:44See?
12:48That's worth a keep.
12:50I'll go out on a limb and say it's probably not the best look that I give you one to
12:54the frat house I'm living at.
12:56It's not so much the mess as it is the horndogs that I call roommates.
13:01Well, if competition is what you're worried about, maybe you should step up your game.
13:06Oh, yeah?
13:07Like tonight?
13:08At your neat and tidy apartment?
13:11Okay, that's the second time you've phrased it like that.
13:13If you want to call me a neat freak, go ahead.
13:16Just say it.
13:17I'm making fun of myself, Asha.
13:19I love your standards.
13:22I just hate that I keep falling short of them.
13:26Well, if you can admit to that, I guess I can cop to being pretty controlling about it.
13:31There's nothing wrong with that either.
13:34Look, you invite me back to your place.
13:37Things go the way they go, as always.
13:39And it's great, as always.
13:43And I stay the night, like almost always.
13:49Morning comes, we both handle our business.
13:52End of the day, we go home.
13:55Different addresses, same feelings.
13:57That worked for us for a long time.
14:00But shouldn't we want more?
14:03The joint address, the ring, the 2.5 kids running around.
14:14The happily ever after.
14:17Happiness has different blueprints for different people.
14:21There's no one right way to build it.
14:28Everything you just said, I want too.
14:33Really?
14:35Ask Jacob.
14:36I laid it all out for him, word for word.
14:39The house, the kids, the whole fairy tale.
14:42We just got to write our own version.
14:46I guess if we agreed on everything.
14:48If we were relationship goals right from the snap of a finger, we'd be the most boring couple ever.
14:54What, you mean we're not?
14:56I'll give you this.
14:59I've never been with a man who could make me so happy.
15:03While at the same time making me want to Google how to hide the body.
15:06Well, lucky for me, you took the Hippocratic oath not to do any harm.
15:10And lucky for me, my fingers were crossed.
15:14Hey, look who it is.
15:15The guy who reminded me that I never take you out on solo dates anymore.
15:20Don't mind us, we about to bounce to our own table.
15:21Yeah.
15:22You on your own, playa?
15:24Actually, guys, hold up.
15:27We have something to tell you.
15:29Derek, my guy, I tried to warn you.
15:32You told me not to mess up the best thing in my life.
15:35Well, we talked.
15:37Like grown-up people.
15:39And the verdict?
15:42We decided...
15:44That we love each other too much to live together.
15:49Look at me and look at you.
15:51I don't have Riz.
15:52I'm the exact opposite.
15:55So what are you saying?
15:56That this isn't adding up.
15:58Okay, well then make it make sense to me.
16:00Because I've kissed plenty of boys and none of them came at me like this.
16:03You're always around the popular boys and football jocks or whatever.
16:07That's not what I'm about.
16:09I thought you knew that.
16:10You can literally pull any boy at the school.
16:13So why are you here with me?
16:14Right now, I'm asking myself the same question.
16:17Is this a social media prank?
16:19Really?
16:20Did somebody set you up to this?
16:21And now they're waiting to sneak another picture so I can get clowned all over again?
16:25Okay.
16:26You're welcome right now.
16:28My bad for actually catching feelings for someone.
16:30Because I thought that he was different.
16:32But now I see that you are just toxic, insecure, trash.
16:36Yes.
16:37Hi, Mr. Smith.
16:38Bye, Mr. Smith.
16:41Son, what just happened?
16:45Where is it?
16:46Mom, what are you doing?
16:48What does it look like?
16:49I'm searching for the announcement.
16:51There is no way that Haley keeps this to herself.
16:54She's going to want the world to know that she secured the bag and the baby.
16:57That her prize husband gave her a prize blessing to share.
17:01Here we go.
17:03Hey, mark my words.
17:04Haley is going to make this a whole production.
17:06She's probably already hired a TV crew to document her journey to motherhood.
17:11She just told Dad when I saw her.
17:14You're doing too much with this announcement stuff.
17:16Mm-mm.
17:16You don't know her like I do.
17:17She may have just told Bill, but she's been planning this little surprise for days.
17:21Making everything just perfect for her big moment.
17:26Unless.
17:28Unless what?
17:29Use your words, Mom.
17:30Unless the entire thing is a fake!
17:33Oh, my God.
17:33I can't believe I didn't think of this the second you told me.
17:37Little Miss Haley marries Mr. Moneybags.
17:39And a few months later, there's a trust fund baby on the way.
17:43How convenient.
17:44Oh, goodness gracious me.
17:46What if we're here?
17:48Honey, I have a little bill inside of me.
17:52I think I might actually throw up.
17:55Let me break this down for you.
17:58Every enemy that I have ever had learned one truth.
18:02You step to the throne, you better come correct.
18:04Because there are no second chances in my world.
18:06Just explain to me the point of dangling what happened in front of Smitty like that.
18:11Is that your way of sending me some message?
18:14Trust me.
18:14I know what happens when certain stories start circulating.
18:19Please.
18:20I'm not going to waste my time with simple reminders.
18:24Look.
18:24Let's just say you have your agenda and I have mine.
18:30Meaning you want something.
18:32Eventually.
18:33Until then, I don't want to be forgotten.
18:35I mean, after all, I am still looking out for your family.
18:39You know, who knows?
18:40Maybe one day you'll need my particular services again.
18:42Not a chance.
18:45But there's still a debt to pay, Martin.
18:47Look, my favors aren't free.
18:50Now, Vernon and Anita, they know exactly the risk that I took in order to handle your situation.
18:55Okay?
18:56Now, I may have done some questionable things.
18:58Questionable?
18:58Yeah, compared to what you did?
19:02Look, don't you ever forget who cleaned up your mess that night.
19:06Hmm?
19:07I didn't just fix the situation, Martin.
19:11I fixed you.
19:19We both said what we needed to say.
19:22I think we're done here.
19:26You heard me.
19:28Down boy.
19:31Ah, there's my queen.
19:33Hey, baby.
19:34Come, come on.
19:36Two of me.
19:38Martin was just leaving.
19:40Well, you don't have to hurry off.
19:42Stay and have a drink with us.
19:44No, Martin already gave me his apologies.
19:46He has a previous engagement.
19:48Oh.
19:48Don't you?
19:49You know, it's a shame that he can't stick around for your good news.
19:52Are you going to tell the whole world in one night?
19:55Yeah, why not?
19:56I mean, you did catch that earlier, didn't you?
19:59About the blessing we're expecting.
20:01Isn't it wonderful?
20:03Wonderful.
20:12Wonderful.
20:14Wonderful.
20:15You truly are something else.
20:18I give you the crown prince of moral bankruptcy.
20:24Ladies and gentlemen, come on, take a look.
20:27Haley, let me tell you something about your husband.
20:31I might have done something terrible one night, something that still haunts me.
20:36But this man, this parasite in a suit, used it as a business opportunity.
20:42Martin?
20:44Mind your surroundings.
20:45Oh.
20:46Now you're concerned.
20:48Now you're circumspect.
20:50Why, Bill?
20:50Bill, Haley, I think your husband is worried about his reputation.
20:55Terrified that people will finally see you as the vulture you are.
21:00What is he talking about?
21:03Nothing, babe.
21:03It's just our distinguished congressman having another one of his episodes.
21:08Try to ignore him.
21:09What you shouldn't ignore, Haley, is the man you married.
21:14The father of your blessing.
21:17The great Bill Hamilton.
21:19Not only did he leave his long-suffering wife or younger model, he insisted that she attend
21:25their wedding and then moved into the same neighborhood so he could flaunt his side piece
21:30in her face on a daily basis.
21:33You need to shut your mouth.
21:34This is a man who manipulates the law to his own end, who profits on other people's pain,
21:40and who will sell his soul just to get ahead.
21:44You know, it's unwise to criticize when one's own flaws are so transparent.
21:49You're living in a glass house, Connie.
21:54You okay, honey?
21:56I think we should go.
21:58Answer him, Haley.
21:59Haley, are you okay?
22:01You shy?
22:02Oh, it's okay.
22:04I got it from here.
22:06No.
22:07The answer is no, Bill.
22:08There's no way in hell your wife is okay.
22:11And, Haley, if I were you, sweetie, I would run far and fast.
22:16Because that little child in you, before it's born,
22:19and turns into an arrogant bastard, just like his daddy.
22:23So, bitch.
22:26Wonderful.
22:28Congratulations, Haley.
22:30Now, if you'll excuse me.
22:38Sometimes you scare me.
22:41Sometimes I scare myself.
22:45To my exquisite wife,
22:48and the precious gift she carries.
22:55Rum?
22:56I'm upset, not tacky.
22:58Tequila?
22:59Yes, please.
23:00Mom?
23:01What?
23:02It's not like I'm toasting the miracle of birth,
23:04particularly when there's no miracle,
23:05and there certainly won't be a birth.
23:07You don't know that.
23:08Oh, it's more likely than not.
23:10And by the time Bill figures it out,
23:12he's going to have so much egg on his face
23:13that Nobu will ask him to stop competing with their menu.
23:16Okay, can we just rewind to when you were making some sense?
23:20Do not tell me that you are buying this pregnancy story.
23:23Honey, I thought I taught you to read people better than that.
23:26What's the angle in Haley faking it?
23:28She's probably got practice faking a lot of things.
23:30Oh, Mom, please.
23:31Well, there is plenty of profit in this performance.
23:36But seriously,
23:38Haley can't fake a whole pregnancy for nine months.
23:40I think you're just looking for the most toxic explanation
23:43because it's her.
23:44Nonsense!
23:46All Haley needs is the perfect dramatic moment
23:49to lose the baby and then turn on the waterworks.
23:51Oh, Bill, what a tragedy.
23:54Only your black card can ease my pain.
23:56So it's just about sympathy?
23:58Why not?
24:00Sympathy is currency in Fairmont Crest,
24:02and that is nothing to sneeze at
24:05when everyone except your clueless husband hates you.
24:10So let me get this straight.
24:12After a week or two of playing emotional charades
24:15followed by a whole day of peak miscommunication,
24:19you two finally had a real talk
24:21and, well, everything's cool now?
24:23Something like that.
24:24Yeah, that's about it.
24:26Thank God.
24:27And to think, last night I was so worried for you two.
24:31She really was.
24:32She had the vanilla bringing ice cream on standby.
24:34It's true.
24:35I know.
24:37It's amazing what happens
24:39when you say what you mean
24:40and can be honest, right?
24:43And now look at you two,
24:44coming out the other side stronger.
24:47Stronger?
24:48I mean, you did catch the part
24:50where we're not actually living together anymore.
24:51We love each other,
24:52but this isn't exactly a Hallmark movie ending.
24:56I'm sorry, weren't you the one just saying we're all good?
24:58It sounds like he meant that he felt ready,
25:02but timing wasn't, right?
25:04That about covers it.
25:05Right.
25:07Sometimes love needs time to marinate.
25:09You should have been around
25:10when Jacob and I first merged households.
25:12Oof.
25:13Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
25:13What are you talking about?
25:14We got along smoother than silk sheets.
25:17Not a single hiccup.
25:18Hmm.
25:19Ooh, something tells me that's not the case.
25:22It's not?
25:24Babe, at Uptown, you told them we were the blueprint.
25:26Okay, but they just moved in together.
25:28I wasn't going to tell them the real story.
25:30Come on.
25:32Let's just say there were growing pains
25:35and one of us was more aware of it than the other.
25:39Yeah, I thought I was perfect.
25:40Of course you did.
25:42Mr. Everything has an exact GPS location.
25:45I was the one doing all the adapting and compromising, babe.
25:48Don't let her play you like that.
25:51I'm sorry.
25:51I'm riding with Detective Fresh and Clean on this one.
25:54Thanks, Ash.
25:55Although, Naomi is speaking facts about being the one
25:58who has to change their whole flow just to keep the peace.
26:01Okay.
26:07He's so mad.
26:10I'm sorry.
26:11I'm sorry.
26:12I couldn't do it.
26:12I couldn't do it.
26:13Did you hear me, son?
26:15You didn't miss anything, Dad.
26:17She had to dip.
26:19Hey, I'm back.
26:20Um, where's Jessica?
26:23You just missed her.
26:25The girl couldn't get out of here fast enough.
26:27Dad, stop.
26:28It's not like that.
26:29We did our studying and she has a test tomorrow.
26:32That's why she seems so stressed.
26:34Jessica didn't want your help with it.
26:35You should just hit her up.
26:37Tell her to come back through.
26:38I'm sure she would love to hear from you right now.
26:41What is going on right now?
26:43I am so confused.
26:44Yo, enough with the advice.
26:46She had to leave.
26:48That's all I have studying I have to do.
26:51Night.
27:02Yeah, I can wait until you get here.
27:06All right, Kat.
27:07See you in a bit.
27:08And it turns out that June needed more than just legal help, you know?
27:12I mean, she collapsed from pneumonia right here at this table.
27:16Thank God we were able to get her to the hospital on time.
27:19Yeah.
27:19So after all that, her whole dramatic backstory turned out to be ripped from her favorite
27:25TV show.
27:26Wow.
27:28Sometimes people create the stories they need to survive.
27:31And sometimes they find their real story along the way.
27:36Speaking of stories, I think ours is coming to a close.
27:40It's getting late.
27:42Yeah, we should go too.
27:45Yeah.
27:45Here, take the whip.
27:47I gotta stick around and talk to your cousin.
27:50Okay.
27:50I'll see you at home then, baby.
27:52All right.
27:54Look, my bad for hijacking y'all's date.
27:57Y'all finally get some alone time and we step all over.
27:59Oh, don't you worry.
28:00Derek knows exactly how to make up for last time.
28:03Oh, that I did.
28:06You know, you two working together seems like it's going well.
28:10Maybe we should try.
28:12DC's next power couple?
28:13Sounds good to me.
28:15All right.
28:16All right.
28:16I'll see you.
28:18Are you going to tell me what that mess with Martin was about?
28:21No, the man can't let go of ancient history.
28:24You remember when I helped Martin's father and he had the problematic girlfriend and the marriage he was so desperate
28:29to hold on to?
28:30Oh, her.
28:30The one I still don't know whether to call Leslie or Dana.
28:34Yeah, well, that's old news, baby.
28:37Now, this baby that we made, that is the future.
28:41And besides, we have more important things to discuss.
28:44Look at you changing the subject.
28:47But you win.
28:49We can talk names on the way home.
28:50Yeah, well, there won't be much to talk about.
28:53Bill Jr. already sounds like the frontrunner.
28:55Hmm.
28:56You seem awfully sure that it's a boy.
28:59Unless you really think I'm about to let you name our daughter after you.
29:03No.
29:03No, hey, you know, it worked for Billie Holiday.
29:07Okay.
29:07Yeah.
29:08Don't be so naive.
29:11Faking a pregnancy is Con Artist 101.
29:13They teach it in Gold Dickens School, right in between faking a tax bracket and finding a loophole in a
29:18prenup.
29:18Okay, can we just get back to something real?
29:20For a minute.
29:21Well, I thought that's what we were doing, but fine.
29:23Speak your mind.
29:24Okay, let's just pretend that Haley is actually pregnant.
29:27That Naomi and I have a little brother or sister that's about to drop in nine months.
29:32Are you going to be able to handle that?
29:34I don't think I'll have to handle anything.
29:37Once this whole circus falls apart.
29:41Be real with me, Mom.
29:44Do you actually think that Haley is lying?
29:46Or is it just that you can't face the idea of Haley having a baby with Dad?
29:56Hey.
29:58I took a while.
30:01Sorry, babe.
30:02My bad for ghosting you at Orphean jeans like that.
30:05The floor vote, right?
30:08Appropriations?
30:10I assume it passed?
30:12How are the kids?
30:14They're upstairs, allegedly doing homework.
30:17There was some drama between Jessica and Tyrell, but I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet.
30:22Well, you're an investigative journalist.
30:25I'm sure you'll figure it out.
30:29Careful what you ask for, Congressman.
30:32The vote.
30:33The one you had to rush out for.
30:35You know, the one that didn't happen.
30:37Who said it didn't happen?
30:38Don't try me, Martin.
30:41The majority leader called for a recess to gather the votes.
30:44You catch that rumor on some political podcast?
30:47Or on the push notification I received on my phone before you even left Orphean jeans.
30:54You asking where I was?
30:56You think I couldn't figure that out?
30:58If you wanted to check Bill for coming at me, why didn't you just say so?
31:06Let me guess.
31:07Chess?
31:09This new player in town?
31:10Think he's all that.
31:11I'm about to show him what's what.
31:13I don't get it.
31:15What?
31:17Chess.
31:17It's boring.
31:19Don't judge.
31:20It's the only thing that makes me feel confident.
31:23Are you here for a reason?
31:24If I asked you what went down with Jessica...
31:27I'd go back to playing my game.
31:29Okay, then.
31:30I'll just remind you.
31:32You should have more confidence in yourself.
31:35You're better than you think, you know?
31:37I wish I could say the same about you.
31:40Idiot.
31:42Just, I don't know.
31:45Love you.
31:46Love you back.
31:52Why don't you say it a little louder?
31:54I'm sure Tyrell and Samantha would love to hear their pops being called a liar.
31:58Are you really going to pretend you didn't go hunt down Bill?
32:02No.
32:03No.
32:04That's exactly what I did.
32:05As soon as I heard his little power play, I couldn't help myself.
32:09And how did you find out?
32:10Dial it back, babe.
32:12I don't have eyes on you.
32:14Bill didn't pick up the phone to fill me in.
32:16Then how?
32:18Because I know you, Martin.
32:19I know how your mind works.
32:22At Orphie Jeans, you weren't just annoyed that Bill approached me to maybe get in line to be one of
32:26his handy on-call reporters.
32:28It was a slick argument, by the way.
32:30That's what Bill does.
32:32But that isn't what made you angry.
32:34What made you angry was my curiosity.
32:36That Bill let just enough information slip that I had to ask you again.
32:40And usually when I ask you, you evade it.
32:42But this time, you were so angry you confronted him.
32:46That's a lot of trouble to go through when you could just tell your husband the truth.
32:49But I did tell you the truth.
32:51Bill was playing a game where he used you to push my buttons.
32:55And he succeeded.
32:56What's in it for him?
32:58The satisfaction of making me look like a fool in public.
33:04What did you do, Martin?
33:07I wanted to get at him.
33:10I wanted to tell him about himself.
33:12And I wanted to wrap my fingers around his neck until...
33:18But I didn't.
33:20I got control.
33:22Where was he?
33:23At the club.
33:25Smug as ever.
33:27And I told him if he wanted to play Washington games, fine.
33:31This city runs on favors and backroom deals.
33:35Everyone knows that.
33:36But to use my husband as leverage...
33:39You'd what?
33:42Bill has my number.
33:43If he wants something,
33:46he can man up and come to me directly.
33:49But to use you to manipulate you?
33:52That's unacceptable.
33:54And you were calm and collected when you told him all this?
33:57Nah.
33:59I wanted to get at him.
34:00But I didn't go there.
34:04But he did get the message.
34:07Now trust me, babe.
34:10He won't make that mistake again.
34:13And that's all that happened?
34:16Short and sweet.
34:18But Bill was distracted by bigger news.
34:22Like what?
34:25Haley's pregnant.
34:26Are you serious?
34:28I know.
34:29And I don't want to be anywhere near Aunt Danny when that bomb drops.
34:36You know, baby.
34:39I have been waiting to get you back here ever since you told me about our little blessing.
34:43Mmm.
34:45Get me back here for what?
34:47Well, let me get out of this suit so we can properly celebrate
34:51because the mother of my child deserves a little special attention tonight.
34:55Ooh.
34:56Don't keep me waiting too late, Daddy.
35:00Okay.
35:01Mmm.
35:04Okay.
35:08Steve.
35:10What the?
35:13How did you feel as terrible about changing codes?
35:18How's the happy mother to be?
35:22Happy?
35:23I assume Chelsea couldn't wait to spill the tea.
35:26And you made a special trip.
35:29This late?
35:30Just to congratulate us?
35:33Aw, Haley.
35:36I came to do way more than that.
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