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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 156: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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00:07Ah, Nicole Dupree.
00:12Psychologist extraordinaire.
00:13Do I have that last name right?
00:15Or you're not going by Richardson anymore, are you?
00:18Yeah?
00:19Am I correct about that?
00:21Correct.
00:21Thanks to your never-ending machinations.
00:24Well, at least they won't confuse the two of us.
00:28Confuse us?
00:29How on earth would anybody ever do that?
00:32Well, once I take the Richardson name for myself, you know, it's bound to happen.
00:37And now that that ink is dry on your divorce, well, it's about time, don't you think?
00:44But this Mrs. Richardson is going to be a lot more stylish and vary her look.
00:53Quite a bit more than that one.
00:59You want me to make you an equal in this partnership of ours?
01:04I don't suppose anyone could really be your equal, Joey Armstrong.
01:09But I'd like to come as close as an ambitious girl can get, though.
01:12Well, I wouldn't keep saying it if it weren't true.
01:16Our partnership doesn't need fixing.
01:18Your risk is low.
01:20Our profits are high.
01:21Sometimes, Vanessa.
01:23Enough is enough.
01:24It's never enough for you.
01:25Why should it be for me?
01:26Vanessa.
01:27I'm smart, resourceful, a killer when I need to be.
01:30And right now, you're getting, oh, maybe 10% of all that ability from me?
01:35I have a lot more possibility than I think you realize.
01:39Use me, Joey.
01:42Use me to my full potential, and you'll never look back.
02:15Use me to my full potential, and you'll never look back.
02:19Remember to sign the paperwork I left on the corner of your desk, and...
02:23Damn it.
02:25Work.
02:26Work.
02:27Come on.
02:29Come on.
02:32Oh, my bad.
02:33It's this pen.
02:34It just won't work when it's supposed to, and it seems to leak when it's not supposed to.
02:39You still use those?
02:40It's...
02:41Well...
02:44Me too.
02:51Here.
03:04You know what?
03:06Maybe that's fate telling me to stop working so hard and pay more attention to my...
03:10surroundings.
03:22I need a minute.
03:26Okay.
03:37Okay, I admit.
03:39I do feel a type of way because you're not pregnant.
03:42A type of way?
03:44Can you be more specific?
03:45I'm not a lawyer, Naomi.
03:47I don't have all the words you do just on standby.
03:50Okay.
03:51You're mad.
03:51I get it.
03:55I guess...
03:58I guess I'm just as sad as you are, happy.
04:00But what makes me even more sad is the fact that you didn't feel like you can tell me you
04:04weren't pregnant as soon as it happened.
04:06We're supposed to tell each other everything, especially something as important as this.
04:12We've just had a lot of tough conversations lately, and...
04:16I wasn't sure I was ready to have another one.
04:19I tried to put it off as long as I could, but now...
04:22We can't avoid it.
04:24You mean we can't avoid the fight.
04:33You know, after the last few days, the last thing I want is to keep fighting with you about...
04:38Something that's not happening.
04:40I get it.
04:41There's nothing to fight about, okay?
04:43I'm not angry.
04:45You explained yourself, so now I understand why you were so hesitant about sharing the news.
04:51And what about the way I went off on you the other day?
04:56Well, I promise to not treat you to another spa day again.
05:00I'm joking, alright?
05:02I'm joking.
05:03I'm just trying to find a way to lighten the mood.
05:07Sometimes all we have to do is just slow things down, take our foot off the gas, and crack a
05:12joke.
05:15I won't object to that.
05:16Good, because you'd be overruled.
05:20One more thing, though.
05:24I know you're disappointed.
05:27I mean, you got your hopes up about us having a baby, and suddenly those hopes disappeared.
05:32And you haven't even had a minute to process it all.
05:35So I will not be offended if you need to take a minute to mourn that.
05:40No one knows me the way you do.
05:48Drinks are hardly enough to say thank you, Rosamund.
05:53And next time you come, we'll do dinner.
05:56Rowena can make the most delicious peanut stew you've ever tasted.
06:01Yes.
06:02It's the least we can do for such a generous donation.
06:06I'm the one that's grateful.
06:08Our donations are essential.
06:10So thank you for all the great work that you have done, and will continue to do.
06:17And, of course, you as well, Anita.
06:20Until next time, then.
06:22It won't be soon enough.
06:26Well, I second that emotion.
06:34Vernon, that woman has always been overly enthusiastic with you.
06:39But you don't need to encourage her.
06:41Of course I do.
06:43Because after all these years, jealous Anita Dupree is the biggest turn-on I know.
06:58Just to be clear, you actually stopped me here to announce your intentions to marry Ted.
07:03Again?
07:04As if I didn't already know your braggadocio-filled words by heart.
07:08Oh, that's right.
07:09You are a shrink.
07:10So listening must be your strong suit.
07:13Too bad it isn't yours.
07:16In any case, all I have to say to that is good luck.
07:21Marry Ted.
07:22Don't marry Ted.
07:23It's all immaterial to me.
07:26I don't believe that for one minute.
07:28Then you've never signed divorce papers and told your husband you forgive him for breaking your heart.
07:33Things are different now, Leslie.
07:35You used to get under my skin.
07:37I will give you that.
07:38But things have changed.
07:40I've changed.
07:41In fact, I don't think there is a single thing that you can do that will ever bother me again.
07:46You must be Leslie's mother.
07:48I heard you were in town.
07:49I wish I could say we met under more pleasant circumstances, but I do hope you enjoy your dinner.
08:11I just want to make one thing perfectly clear, Senator Dupree.
08:14There is nothing, not one thing about that woman that makes me jealous.
08:18She is not worth the time or energy it would take to summon up any kind of emotion, except maybe
08:24annoyance.
08:25Are you sure about that?
08:27Positive.
08:28This is my annoyed look.
08:29Can't you tell?
08:31I don't understand, then.
08:34Why am I so turned on?
08:37I don't know.
08:39Does annoyance make me seem hard to get?
08:42You up for a little chase?
08:45Let's find out.
08:48Mother, Daddy, I hope I'm not interrupting.
08:51Oh, Nicole, of course not.
08:53Not one bit.
08:54Nicole, eldest light of the two lights of my life.
08:58After your wonderful mother, of course.
09:01I'm glad I caught you, especially you, Mother.
09:03What's going on, honey?
09:04I came by because I need to give you an apology that is long overdue.
09:10Nonsense.
09:11I don't recall anything you've done that merits an apology.
09:14Not what?
09:15Who?
09:17Oh, her.
09:20You sure it's all right?
09:22Because I do not mind sending both these plates back to the kitchen.
09:25Mine's delicious, Dana.
09:27And I can't imagine main course being any better.
09:30I mean, who is in the kitchen tonight?
09:33I'll tell you one thing, though.
09:35As soon as I see that server, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.
09:38And that is for sure.
09:41If this is what the whole dinner's going to be like, I'd rather have takeout back at the apartment.
09:47Do you want to leave?
09:49This isn't really that enjoyable, is it?
09:53Well, I brought you here because, you know, I wanted you to relish in some of the good life.
10:00You've earned it.
10:02We both have.
10:05I can see this place is very exclusive.
10:10It is.
10:11But I thought you'd like the history of the place.
10:14The photos on the wall and all the people that they honor.
10:20I do.
10:22But money doesn't buy you class, Dana.
10:25Dana, all this bad behavior isn't about food.
10:30Then what's it about?
10:32Because I can tell you right now, this salad is in that deboil.
10:36You're angry because you wanted to humiliate that woman and she wasn't having it.
10:41You don't know what you're talking about.
10:43Oh, Dana, I sure do.
10:45Save your breath.
10:46And all your little endless lectures about what I'm so angry about.
10:50Why I'm so frustrated and how I need to take it out on somebody else.
10:55You do.
10:57Because you think you're this man.
11:00I most certainly do not.
11:03You know what?
11:04I got more wealth than anybody up in this place.
11:08You know I'm right.
11:10Okay.
11:11You don't believe me?
11:12I'll tell you what.
11:13Here.
11:14Try it for yourself.
11:15All right, Dana?
11:16No, no, no, no.
11:17Try it, please.
11:17Go ahead, Dana.
11:18Please, taste it so you can see how bad it tastes.
11:21Just go ahead and try.
11:23Yes.
11:24Pictures.
11:24Pictures.
11:25Pictures.
11:26You okay?
11:26Are you going to give me my pen back?
11:30After I broke it?
11:32Maybe I can get it to work.
11:34And you can go back to test prep for GRE.
11:39I'm Eva, by the way.
11:42Isaiah, I clocked that I was annoying you, but too late, I guess.
11:46I get kind of lost in my own world when I'm working.
11:49You're taking the GRE to get into grad school?
11:53Aren't you a little...
11:55Old?
11:56There, I saved you from having to say it.
11:59But you're right.
12:00I'm long past my grad school days.
12:01Although in my mind, it's never too late to go.
12:04I've known people who go to school into their 70s to get their master's degree.
12:09Never too late to learn, I say.
12:11Now I help other folks get in school and get their own advanced degrees.
12:15You're a counselor.
12:16I am.
12:18So do you work at one of the schools nearby?
12:21I hope to.
12:22I got an interview at Banneker coming up.
12:24Oh, the DMV is great.
12:26I think you'll like it here.
12:27Actually, I'm from here originally.
12:29But I've been living in the Pacific Northwest for a while.
12:32Then you got the shot at Banneker?
12:34Kind of warm into the idea of a homecoming.
12:37So much for me, thinking I was going to have to clue you in on all the hot spots.
12:41I guess you're local, then.
12:44You're as wrong about me as I was about you.
12:47I haven't been here very long, but sometimes it seems like I have.
12:51Let's just say it's been eventful.
12:54Was that a work text you were dictating before?
12:57Is that what brought you to this area?
12:59You could say family brought me here.
13:02And that text was to my boss, who also happens to be my dad.
13:07You work for your father.
13:09Interesting.
13:11Actually, I love it.
13:12I guess you don't get to do that in your line of work, though.
13:15The best part of my work is helping kids pursue their dreams instead of...
13:20Instead of what?
13:22I don't know.
13:24Crushing them?
13:35Naomi, what's wrong?
13:39Jacob, we both need to realize that this can't be the answer to everything.
13:44Not anymore.
13:47You know, ever since I met you, you're like...
13:50You're like a kid on an adventure.
13:54Hanging around just for the thrill of it.
13:56Pushing boundaries, hoping that they'll move for you.
14:00You think you know what you're asking.
14:02But you really don't.
14:04Don't patronize me.
14:06Maybe what you need is an education.
14:08I should call Randy back from the job I just sent him on.
14:11You can tag along.
14:13Some of our customers have fallen behind in their debts.
14:16And Randy is going to politely, probably with a pair of brass knuckles,
14:21remind them of their obligations.
14:24It can get a little rough, but you should be able to handle that.
14:28I mean, after all, you're a killer when you need to be, right?
14:32You've heard of metaphor, right?
14:35And when I said I wanted a bigger role around here, it didn't mean I wanted to be another Randy.
14:40I was asking to be another you.
14:43And you think that gives you a pass on the more unpleasant aspects of my work.
14:50Well, if so, you need to think again.
14:53Going on a collection call this kindergarten, compared to what you want to know.
14:59Well, it can get dark, Vanessa.
15:03A lot darker than you'll ever want to know.
15:11You are not, nor will you ever be, responsible for any disruption that woman has caused this family.
15:18You're not the one who brought her into our lives.
15:20That would be your ex.
15:22And don't you even think about apologizing for that ex-husband of yours.
15:28I have just been so indignant and defensive about all of this.
15:31Yes, lashing out.
15:32I even asked you to stop contributing to the trust that Leslie benefits from after we found out that she
15:37was Barbara's daughter.
15:38Yes, I do remember having words on the subject.
15:41We didn't just have words.
15:43You told me it was your business and none of mine.
15:45Given what Leslie had done to me and my marriage, I insisted that you were wrong.
15:51But you put me in my place.
15:53And I have to say, I have thought long and hard about that conversation.
16:00Funding that trust was the choice you made to atone for what happened to Barbara.
16:04It didn't matter who benefited, you needed to do that.
16:08I had issues with that woman and I couldn't see past them.
16:12But I really regret what I said to you.
16:16I came by to tell you that things have changed.
16:22Changed in what way?
16:24I feel like I have more clarity now.
16:26The divorce is final.
16:28I have a new, found normal with Ted.
16:32And I am not going to let that woman get to me anymore.
16:40Lucky you.
16:44Okay, what do I do?
16:45Just do I get an ambulance?
16:47Maybe see if there's a doctor.
16:49Is anybody a doctor?
16:50Is there a doctor in the house?
16:51Please don't.
16:51She needs some help.
16:53It's okay.
16:54It's okay.
16:54It's okay.
16:55This happens.
16:56Are you sure?
16:57But no doctors.
17:00Just get me home.
17:02Okay.
17:03Okay.
17:04So, family crushing dreams, huh?
17:06Is that something you've gone through with your family?
17:10I just met you.
17:11I'm sure not going to dump all my family drama on you.
17:14Point is, I like what I'm doing.
17:16Even if there's not a lot of money in it.
17:19Oh, was that one of their criticisms?
17:21That whatever you do, you should be doing it for the money?
17:24That was part of it.
17:25Mostly it was about people having dreams for me that I didn't have for myself.
17:29You know?
17:30I've had some experiences with that.
17:33What I do now is cool and fulfilling in a lot of ways.
17:36Just as well, I'm not in it for the green.
17:38Which is probably not something a younger me would ever have said.
17:43Right now, all I care about is making enough to put gas in the car.
17:46A roof over my head and a load of fresh pens when I need them.
17:51And then enough left over for recreational purposes.
17:54Like exploring some of those hot spots you were talking about before.
17:59Especially if the company's good.
18:02Well, maybe I'll see you at one of those hot spots.
18:06Maybe you will.
18:11Please, ma'am.
18:19Is that your dad?
18:22No, actually it's my mom.
18:24I have to go.
18:30Don't forget.
18:31It may not work, but it's still yours.
18:36Give it to me next time.
18:50Joey Armstrong, I never figured you for the melodramatic type.
18:54You've tried to shake me of my interest before by playing the dark card.
18:58But I've told you, it's the danger that I find exciting.
19:02It's alluring and it's what I want.
19:07You know, I hate to admit to a weakness, but damn, I get turned on when you're demanding.
19:15You are gorgeous.
19:17What I am is perceptive.
19:18When you're trying to change the subject, you always appeal to my vanity.
19:21All right.
19:22I won't change the subject.
19:24I'll just be more clear about how you don't want what you think you want.
19:31Really, do I have to draw a picture of what it's like to be me?
19:34Please do.
19:37I live life with a certain amount of risk.
19:40Part and parcel of what I do.
19:42Comes with the territory.
19:43But you're very zen about that risk.
19:45Very chill about the people you deal with.
19:48Well, that takes practice.
19:49I'm not someone who likes to look over his shoulder, so I'm careful.
19:54What you see as zen is vigilance.
19:57You have to be still to see 360 degrees around you.
20:01And when a threat does arise, I eliminate it.
20:07Meaning?
20:08I am never going to prison.
20:11Because I'll never allow anyone to be able to make that happen.
20:16Period.
20:18Who are we talking about, exactly?
20:29Vanessa, did you think that I was speaking about someone in particular?
20:35I'm not sure what I think.
20:37But there was a time you thought Doug was the exact kind of threat you were just talking about.
20:43We both know that Doug died in a car accident.
20:47It was tragic, but not suspicious.
20:50You asked me in Puerto Rico if I was involved.
20:53I looked you in the eyes, and what did I say?
20:56You said no.
20:58Exactly.
21:01If you don't believe me now, that's another conversation.
21:05It's not that I don't believe you.
21:07It's just that you had a way of saying things before that seemed curious, veiled.
21:13I speak in generalization so you understand my situation.
21:17The discretion that this life requires.
21:20I don't think you have that kind of caution.
21:24It's really important to me that you understand what it is you're asking to be a part of.
21:33Actually, there is something that we should talk about, probably for both our sakes.
21:39About?
21:40Your son, Donnell.
21:44You know, the one who wants to know everything about what's going on.
21:52Mama!
21:53Thank you, baby, for coming home as fast as you did.
21:56You have my heart pounding.
21:57You just said, come home now.
21:59What's the matter?
22:00The teacher's got sick.
22:01I mean, she's resting in her place now.
22:04But, well, okay, I took her to dinner at the club.
22:08And for a minute there, I thought I was going to have to call an ambulance.
22:11Oh, my God.
22:13What happened?
22:14Is everything all right?
22:16Yeah, yeah.
22:16She's better now.
22:18But she started coughing.
22:20And then she couldn't stop.
22:23And she was coughing so hard.
22:25It was like her lungs were about to give out on her.
22:29Okay, so let me get this straight.
22:31You were just having dinner and the coughing started?
22:34Like, out of the blue?
22:37No, not exactly.
22:39I mean, not out of the blue.
22:43We were fighting when it started.
22:48It appears Miss Leslie slipped a little extra cash in with the foreman's paycheck.
22:56For him to extend work hours.
22:58She what?
23:01Ignore that outburst.
23:02I said I was not going to let that woman get under my skin anymore, and I mean it.
23:06How did you get them to stop?
23:08Well, I reminded them that Fairmont Crest has a rule about when work should cease for the day.
23:15A rule that the security force will be reminding them about each and every day.
23:21My hero.
23:23But for the record, you're not the only one who asked me to stop funding the trust.
23:28Your daddy brought it up as well.
23:30And I've decided it's time.
23:33Really?
23:33Now, it's not like Leslie won't have plenty of money.
23:37I funded that trust well.
23:40Built it to last.
23:41But at least that woman won't get another nickel more from me.
23:46Oh, I'm so pleased to hear it, dearest.
23:49So am I.
23:51But I should get going.
23:52Let the two of you enjoy the rest of your evening.
23:54I really just came by to apologize.
23:57All we really care about is that you are okay.
24:01Ted and I talked.
24:02It was the first real conversation that we've had since the night of the party.
24:06We're both moving forward.
24:08It's sad, I will admit.
24:10But it's something I need to do.
24:13And it actually feels good to know what direction I'm headed in.
24:17And that I'm not letting that woman get to me is really freeing.
24:23Being so reactive to her was like a kind of bondage.
24:27I love you, mother.
24:29Love you.
24:31Daddy.
24:32Love you, baby.
24:40She is so, so strong.
24:44I agree.
24:46Just not as strong as you think.
24:51Okay, what just happened?
24:55I love you.
24:56And I love being with you.
24:59But sometimes with us,
25:01sex can be used as a way of avoiding what needs to be said.
25:04Even when...
25:04Even when you're not sure what to say?
25:10After I got the results,
25:13and I felt that relief,
25:15like I dodged a bullet,
25:17the very next thing I thought about
25:19was us.
25:21You and me.
25:23And the bigger question,
25:25would we be able to go back to the way things were before this happened?
25:30Could we remember that we love each other and nothing else counts?
25:34Or did we open up some kind of Pandora's box
25:38and now we have this new reality that we cannot escape?
25:42And Jacob, I am really, really afraid of that second reality.
25:47Why?
25:49Because becoming a father was dangled in front of your face.
25:54And you are always going to wonder what that would have been like.
25:58And no matter how hard you try,
26:00there's going to be the tiniest bit of resentment
26:02that that is not going to happen.
26:04And I'm afraid that resentment will fester.
26:12Remember when we were on vacation that one time
26:14and I wanted to get a tattoo?
26:16You remember what you told me?
26:18What if you change your mind later?
26:20I don't think I would,
26:21but you insisted I at least consider the possibility.
26:25So what are you saying?
26:27That I could change my mind?
26:29Because one thing this whole experience has made clear
26:32is that I am not going to change my mind.
26:37And I'm seeing it now.
26:41Neither will you.
26:50Okay, hang on.
26:51We both feel strongly about this.
26:54We're strong-willed people who have strong convictions.
26:57Fine.
26:58But can we talk about this festering resentment thing?
27:01Because I don't buy that.
27:03It doesn't have to go that way, Naomi.
27:05I refuse to believe that this is something
27:07that's going to be a huge disaster for us.
27:10You know why?
27:11Because I don't see this as something you're taking away from me.
27:14But how can you say that?
27:17You won't be a father for the simple reason
27:20that I will not and do not want to be a mother.
27:24Why is everything so black and white with lawyers?
27:26You're either innocent or guilty.
27:29Prosecution or defense.
27:30And my job in the real streets?
27:32It's a lot more gray.
27:34Okay, how is this situation anything but black and white?
27:37We'll either be parents or we won't.
27:39There is no middle ground here.
27:41And you're working damn hard to tell me that we're going to be okay
27:44and I love you for it.
27:46Now, you can definitely believe that I'm not taking anything away from you,
27:50but you cannot deny this.
27:52By being with me, you are giving something up.
27:55Something that you, you realize that you really want.
28:01She got upset with me because I chose to make a scene with Nicole.
28:06And so you argued with her.
28:08An old, frail, dying woman.
28:10And now you're surprised at how it turned out?
28:13I told you a thousand times to leave her alone.
28:16I am trying to come clean here, Eve, okay?
28:18I, this isn't all that easy for me.
28:21And it isn't about fighting.
28:23It's about what came out of it.
28:26What I realized because of it.
28:29The terrible coughing fit.
28:32We both know she's sick.
28:35And you and I know that it's only so much time that we have with her.
28:43But seeing her, that, that frail.
28:46That weak.
28:49It's like, I knew she needed to see a doctor.
28:53But she just refused.
28:55I mean, I had to lay her in the back of the seat, flat.
29:02I mean, I practically carried her to her place.
29:07And I put her in a bed.
29:10And that's the part.
29:12That's the part that got me right there.
29:16With tucking her in like a parent.
29:19Tucks in a child.
29:23She's too sick to take care of herself.
29:29She's too sick to take care of herself.
29:51She's too sick to take care of herself.
29:52That is the way of it.
29:54Children outlive their parents mostly.
29:57But more than that, you are not alone.
30:00Okay?
30:01I've got you.
30:03And we will see this through together.
30:13Are you saying I misread our eldest daughter?
30:18No, I'm just, I'm just saying that you always took the lead with Danny when the girls were growing up.
30:23And that's because of her personality.
30:25That's what she needed.
30:27A strong but loving father figure.
30:29Much more than Nicole did.
30:31Nicole was always so together.
30:34She was.
30:35But she practiced that.
30:37So she always had a way of seeming to have it all together.
30:41Even when she doesn't.
30:44I'm sad to say it, but I believe that's what we're seeing now.
30:49And it should be no surprise after what Ted and that witch Leslie did to her.
30:54Our Nicole may seem all right, but she's got a ways to go.
31:00Oh, hi, Nicole.
31:01I don't think I've ever seen you in here before.
31:04It is always a lovely change to see you away from work, Shanice.
31:07And it is clear those blue scrubs don't define you.
31:09I guess work really never stops for you, huh?
31:12I'm just catching up.
31:13Enjoying this great glass of burgundy.
31:15It is a beautiful October night out there, isn't it?
31:17It is.
31:19Maybe I'll find a handsome somebody to enjoy walking with me.
31:23Well, good luck.
31:24Have a pleasant rest of your evening.
31:26You too.
31:27See you later.
31:40How did Donnell become part of this conversation?
31:43First you tell me how far you'll go to protect yourself, then you bring up my son?
31:46What I'm saying is, if I give you what you want, you have to think about more than your own
31:52gratification.
31:54The business we've done has so far been opaque enough that no one's raised any eyebrows.
31:59But if you, as you like to put it, step up, or in your words, become my equal, honey, you
32:08are going to get a reputation.
32:10And that will get back to your son.
32:11Are you done?
32:13Actually, no.
32:15Donnell has already had to confront hard truths about his father.
32:21But being at school, he didn't have to witness the worst of Doug's behavior, the drinking, the gambling.
32:27But he's here now.
32:29How long do you think it will take him to sense a change in his mother if I give you
32:33what you're asking for?
32:36What then?
32:38He's already lost faith in one parent.
32:41Are you willing to cause him to lose faith in you?
32:51I hear everything you're saying about my son, but that's the thing.
32:54He's my son.
32:55So you let me worry about him.
32:58As for the rest?
33:01I want what I want, Joey.
33:04Nothing's changed.
33:08So, maybe you should go home and consider that.
33:28Parenthood is my destiny?
33:30I don't even know how to think like that.
33:34But you want to know a word that means a lot?
33:38How about love?
33:40It's a short word, but it means something.
33:43When we got married, I meant every word of my vows.
33:46I did too.
33:48For better or for worse, right?
33:50Along with all those other things, we're supposed to be there for each other through the good and the bad,
33:55the hard and the easy.
33:58The day I put this ring on your finger, I signed up for the full ride.
34:04That's all I know.
34:08That's all I know.
34:10Me too.
34:19I got your text.
34:21Something about needing a friend.
34:25Something like that.
34:27No.
34:29Exactly like that.
34:46I certainly wish I had the same insight into Nicole that you do.
34:52Sometimes I feel like we're operating on two different frequencies.
34:57Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing, Vernon.
34:59We each have our roles in this family, our areas of expertise.
35:03You are and always have been the Danny Whisperer.
35:06And I've always had a particular insight into Nicole.
35:10I don't know.
35:11Maybe it's the way I grew up.
35:13Having to get a quick read on people.
35:15Seeing when they were hiding something about themselves and looking carefully to try to figure out what it might be.
35:22So, this is what reading Nicole told me.
35:27If she needs to think that we think she's getting better, then we should let her.
35:33And she'll get there.
35:34I have no doubt about it.
35:37Because she's your daughter, Anita.
35:39You gave a whole lot of love to her.
35:42I'm just so glad that there was a little left over for me.
35:46A little?
35:48Okay, maybe a lot.
35:49Let's check.
35:54Looks like somebody is still a little turned on from earlier.
36:01Tell you what, let's find out.
36:03Let's take the elevators faster.
36:05Yeah.
36:47Let's take the elevators faster.
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