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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 169: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates
00:06Can't waste a minute of this precious time we have
00:10I'm gonna put you in charge of my escort business
00:13Then call me Madam Vanessa
00:15You're seriously asking me to take my usual place on the Winterfest stage
00:19I can't imagine anyone else there
00:20Have you been pretending to be paralyzed?
00:23Oh my god
00:24We can get through anything
00:25Not this time, I'm done
00:27I caught him dead
00:28Well, I hope you enjoy the one daughter you have left
00:31Because you can't have both of us
00:36Time for a lunch break
00:38I wish I could
00:40This is one argument you don't want to win, Counselor
00:44Tell them to go away
00:49I can't, babe, it's a new client
00:52Come in
00:54Bill, this is...
00:56Caroline, there's no need for introductions
00:57I know Elon Hawking's youngest son quite well
01:00It's been a long time, Isaiah
01:01Too long, man, too long
01:03I just moved back to town
01:04Oh, well, welcome home
01:06I'm Haley Hamilton
01:08Pleased to meet you, Haley
01:10Bill, I know you only have two daughters
01:12So is Haley your niece?
01:15Haley's my wife
01:18Bill is officially no longer
01:21Or this family's sorriest excuse for a father
01:24That distinction goes to my so-called dad
01:28What the hell happened on your coffee run?
01:30The coffee
01:31Martin took it
01:33Wait, Martin?
01:35Long story
01:36I was gonna grab some more, but I forgot
01:39I am so caffeine deprived
01:41I even tried to get the stupid French press thingy to work
01:44I thought, how hard can it be, right?
01:46Coffee, meat, water
01:47But all I got was gross swill
01:49Bad coffee is the least of my worries right now
01:53Just when I thought my disaster of a half-sister
01:57Couldn't do anything worse to me
02:00Than sleeping with Tomas
02:06God stand
02:08I hope you also have a good idea
02:09And I was feeling really bad
02:15For the naknow
02:15If your business is bogus
02:16Of course, I called along
02:18For the naknow
02:22I had great progress
02:22You gave love
02:22The naknow
02:31Will
02:32Sofia
02:41It's weird having you take care of me.
02:44Just looking out for myself.
02:46Don't want you getting snot all over the place.
02:48Is it gone?
02:50I'm just trying to lighten things up.
02:52You're a real jerk.
02:53I guess it runs in the family.
02:55Unless you're trying to disown me along with our dads.
03:00When I found out that Kat kept quiet about finding Samantha alone with Nathan while
03:06Samantha was working at the studio, it seemed obvious to me that we needed to pull our daughter
03:12out of that environment.
03:13It should have been equally obvious to discuss it with me so we could make a decision together.
03:19Do you really want to go down that same road that resulted in us splitting up?
03:23How can you link this to our past issues?
03:25Martin, you don't see this?
03:29You have got to stop excluding me.
03:32And you can't keep going with this sweeping edicts in the heat of the moment that affect
03:37all of our lives.
03:38Some situations require immediate reaction.
03:42This was absolutely not one of them.
03:44I disagree.
03:45And therein lies the problem, Martin.
03:48You let this righteous indignation take over.
03:52And in this case, it turned a teenage melodrama into a level 12 catastrophe.
03:57I can't believe you're minimizing how serious Samantha's actions are.
04:01You and I agreed to communication, collaboration, and partnership.
04:05I know all of that, but today is about our daughter, not our marriage.
04:10There's a difference.
04:11No, there's not.
04:13Because this is feeling all too familiar.
04:16And the harder you push, the sorrier you're going to be.
04:21So now my daughter hates me, and my husband is threatening to throw me to the curb.
04:27Again.
04:32I'm so sorry for assuming Haley was your niece.
04:34I didn't realize you'd remarried.
04:36Guess I missed a lot while I was away.
04:38Don't feel bad.
04:39I mean, I am younger than him.
04:41Hey, now.
04:42I look damn good for my age.
04:43Of course you do, sweetheart.
04:45But facts are facts.
04:46Isaiah, can I get you something to drink?
04:48No.
04:49Oh, I would like a cup of tea, Caroline.
04:52Isaiah, she makes her own herbal blend.
04:54Well, listen, since Isaiah and I need to speak privately, maybe you and Caroline can go take a lunch break.
05:00Well, I'm sure you need a paralegal to take notes.
05:02No, no need, baby.
05:03Go ahead and enjoy yourself.
05:05Okay.
05:06Well, I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.
05:08You are in very good hands here.
05:15Okay.
05:18Now that we're alone, what kind of trouble do you need me to get you out of this time?
05:24You need to recognize that your approach to protecting those that you care about is to push them away.
05:30So I'm the one pushing you away?
05:32Okay.
05:33I know that that's not your intention, but...
05:37Well, if you recognize that my motives are pure, then why are you battling me?
05:42I'm trying to protect our daughter.
05:46I'm not the enemy.
05:47That's the point, Martin.
05:49Nobody is the enemy.
05:51Samantha's behavior is not a missile aimed at you.
05:54Me wanting to be included, it's not a threat.
05:57I'm not following.
06:00Your overprotective approach to parenting is not about this family at all.
06:05It is about you.
06:10Of course, you're still in my family.
06:13You're my brother, stupid, and nothing's going to change that.
06:16But dad and pop are the reason we still got to keep living together instead of being adopted by separate
06:20families.
06:21They loved us.
06:22They cared for us when our mother couldn't.
06:24I didn't mean when I told them that I wish that they never adopted us.
06:29God, at least we think so.
06:32The matter as they are, they still allow me to track you down to keep an eye on you.
06:35I guess it's a good thing that they don't want me to run into the street and get hit by
06:38a bus.
06:39Now, who's acting stupid?
06:41You're lucky to have people that care and love you as much as they do.
06:44We both are.
06:46I may not feel so lucky after they kill me.
06:55Maybe I'd be better off with our mom.
06:58Hi.
06:59Hi.
07:00I didn't know you were stopping by.
07:02I needed to get the case notes I left here when I spent the night.
07:04And thank the caffeine goss that he did, Tomas managed to get the French press to work.
07:09You know, if you ever get tired of chasing billable hours, you can always find work as a barista.
07:14Good to know.
07:15I wish I would have known you were stopping by.
07:18I wouldn't have gone on that god-awful coffee run and seen evil Eva calling my father dad to his
07:25face.
07:25And worst of all, he was perfectly fine with it.
07:29Why wouldn't he be?
07:30Eva's his daughter, too.
07:32Uh-oh.
07:33I wish people would stop saying that.
07:36I am his daughter.
07:38His only real one.
07:39He was there with me since the day I was born.
07:42He loved me.
07:43Spoiled me.
07:44I have his name.
07:45Ted Richardson is my father.
07:49Eva is just a byproduct of his worst mistake.
07:54And you are a spoiled little bitch.
08:02Smitty called to say you were looking for me?
08:04My dads were being really hard on you.
08:07And you were being hard right back.
08:08Smitty was really worried about you.
08:10He said you stormed out of the house even though you were grounded.
08:13They probably want me to wear an ankle monitor now.
08:16Will you stop?
08:18Tyrell, why don't you let your fathers know your sister's okay?
08:27I'll go to the counter.
08:28And have a slice of pie while you're at it.
08:32Cool.
08:33Okay.
08:34I would have called you myself, but my dad's confiscated my phone.
08:38Things have gotten completely out of control at our house.
08:42I was hoping that maybe you could get them to see my side of things.
08:48Samantha, I think you're the one who needs to change your perspective.
08:55All I know is that our daughter is getting out of control.
08:58And if we don't come down hard, I'm afraid she's going to keep defying us.
09:03And not just me.
09:04Both of us.
09:05So for you to imply that I'm only thinking of myself, you couldn't be more off base.
09:12It's ineffective.
09:12This whole tough love thing you have going on.
09:14So it's my fault that Samantha loses common sense over a boy?
09:18No.
09:19But your response to it is.
09:23Now that I know everything about the racists, I understand that in your mind,
09:29letting go even a little bit of control can have dire consequences.
09:33Spitty, that bastard managed to get close to our kids.
09:37So yes, I'm willing to risk it all to protect them and keep them safe.
09:42The issue is you are giving this situation the same as that.
09:47And they are different.
09:48Samantha could have ended up.
09:50Samantha is a teenager.
09:51She's going to push boundaries.
09:53That's what kids do.
09:55We're not going to hermetically seal off our kids from every single danger in the world.
10:00Trying to control those you love doesn't create safety, Martin.
10:04It creates distance.
10:07Look, you are fiercely protective of this family.
10:11That is one of the things that I love about you.
10:15It doesn't sound like it right now.
10:19If you don't stop trying to control everything, you're going to alienate the people that you care about most.
10:27And that's not what I want to do, Smitty.
10:30I love you and those kids more than anything in this world.
10:34I know you do.
10:36We all know that.
10:40Except for Samantha.
10:42She says she hates me.
10:44And she wished we'd never adopted her.
10:46Yeah, I know.
10:48Hearing that was like a punch to the heart.
10:53What do I do?
10:57We adjust our approach.
11:01Because if we don't, then next time she's going to hit back harder.
11:05And you and I, we are both going to regret that.
11:09So that's what you meant.
11:12If I would be sorry if I don't back off.
11:17Yeah, I wasn't threatening you.
11:19You and I are in this together.
11:22You're right.
11:25And I want you to know that I don't want to go back to before.
11:31You know, the nights I spent away from you.
11:34The pain I caused our family.
11:37I believe you.
11:39The vows that we took in this room, they were genuine.
11:45On both of our parts.
11:47But in the meantime, you can't seriously think we can let this slide.
11:52Especially after what Samantha said to us.
11:55No, you're right.
11:56We need to figure something else out and fast.
12:01I might have something we could do.
12:05Don't worry.
12:06My law-breaking days are over.
12:07Haven't had so much as a parking ticket since I left D.C.
12:10Mm-hmm.
12:11No, I've never been so glad not to have a criminal case.
12:14Which begs the question, why are you here?
12:17I've got an employment contract I'd like you to look over.
12:20I've been offered a position as a counselor at Banneker.
12:23Oh.
12:24I never would have thought you'd end up in academia.
12:28Neither did I.
12:29Considering the terror I was back in high school.
12:32Leaving when I graduated was the best decision I ever made.
12:35Give me a chance to start over.
12:36You really turned your life around, huh?
12:38You have some of the credit for that.
12:40Now, you got me out of more than one jam while I was running the streets.
12:43Look, I was happy to do it.
12:45Hey, look, congratulations on the job, man.
12:48Counselor at Banneker.
12:48Go ahead.
12:50But listen, employment law is not my field.
12:53But I can refer you to one of my associates.
12:57Let's see.
12:59Tomas Navarro.
13:02And Isaiah, look, and I don't want you to take this the wrong way, okay?
13:08If you do happen to find yourself in need of a criminal defense attorney,
13:11do not hesitate to call me, all right?
13:13I know how hard it is to break bad habits.
13:20You got a hell of a nerve barging in here.
13:22The door was unlocked.
13:24I presume you were hoping our father would come running,
13:27eager to make his little princess feel better about having to share him.
13:31But that's too damn bad.
13:33You know why?
13:34Because a man has more important things to do.
13:36Like catering to your every need, you mean?
13:38Maybe we should each take a deep breath so we don't say something we'll regret.
13:42Oh, I won't regret a thing.
13:45She showed up here uninvited.
13:47So clearly, she wants to smoke.
13:49Mm.
13:49At last, we agree on something.
13:51Tomas, they might need to just have this.
13:54Get it out of their systems.
13:59You have destroyed any desire I had to want to get along because you are impossible.
14:03And I will be fine with us keeping our distance from each other until the end of time.
14:07And yet, you're here.
14:08Because now you're starting to interfere in my life, and I'm about to let that happen.
14:12I don't want anything to do with your miserable life.
14:14I just want you to stop trying to steal mine.
14:16I have as much right to a relationship with our father as you do.
14:19You have no right.
14:21You need to accept the fact that you will always be a dirty little secret who needs to stay
14:27in her gutter and away from all of us.
14:30Hmm.
14:34If you want to go to war with me, bring it.
14:36But you better think twice before taking me on because I didn't grow up behind these gates.
14:40I had to learn how to fight.
14:41And little Miss Rich Bitch, I bet I'm a hell of a lot better at it than you.
14:46So you better not push me too far.
14:48You are just as crazy as your mother.
14:51You're damn right I am.
14:52So keep that in mind.
14:54Okay?
15:03Cute place, by the way.
15:14Nathan had no interest in Samantha until she posted those modeling pictures on her social media.
15:21And most of Tyrell's bullying this year came from online.
15:26So clearly I think we should take our kids offline.
15:30Make them delete their accounts and tell them, as people their age say, go touch grass.
15:37What?
15:38You sound like a time traveler from Victorian England.
15:42Samantha didn't meet Nathan online.
15:45She knew him from school.
15:47But Samantha's a teenager.
15:49And her social media posts put her at risk.
15:52That's overstating, babe.
15:54A kid she knows saw her pictures online and decided to up his game.
15:59It's skeezy, but it's not dangerous.
16:01Us asking our kids to delete their social media profiles is like the parents of boomers telling them not to
16:08talk on a landline telephone.
16:10And if we do that to Tyrell, it's like him doing the time for Samantha's crime and he might rebel
16:15too.
16:16I just want to make sure that our kids are adequately protected.
16:20Yeah.
16:21I like that we're hashing this out together.
16:23So if this is option A, then we need an option B.
16:26We need something with reasonable ground rules.
16:30So you think it's okay for my dads to treat me like I'm a criminal?
16:36Don't go putting words in my mouth or making unfair accusations against your dads.
16:42The only bad guy here is that Nathan.
16:46I wish instead of spilling milkshake, I'd dropped a pot of hot soup in his lap.
16:52Maybe that would have stopped him in his tracks.
16:56Maybe that would have stopped him in his lap.
16:57Lord knows he has brought out the worst in you.
17:01And if Martin and Smitty feel that grounding you is the right way to make you mend your ways,
17:09then I'm all for it.
17:11You didn't say you think it's right.
17:15I don't get a say.
17:17And I don't deserve one after how I failed you and your brother.
17:23If you had a say, you know, if you had the chance to make it up to us, to me,
17:31like by letting me come live with you.
17:35You and Tyrell being back in my life after all of these years is a blessing.
17:44But I am still not equipped to be your full-time parent.
17:50You're much better off with Martin and Smitty.
17:54But they don't understand me.
17:56Not really.
17:57They're guys.
17:58I know you're going to feel outnumbered sometimes,
18:02but you can always come talk to me if you want some woman-to-woman talk.
18:07I'd like that.
18:10And I bet your dads would be open to me coming by the house while you're grounded.
18:18But, baby, you can't use me as an escape for your problems
18:25because they're still going to be there.
18:29You two were both witnesses to Eva's threat.
18:33So if anything happens to me, you can tell the police exactly who did it.
18:37Baby, you're the one who provoked her.
18:39Eva only came here to assert her right to a relationship with her father.
18:44My father.
18:46Before Eva and her nut job of a mother came to town,
18:49he couldn't have picked her out of a lineup.
18:51Which is not Eva's fault.
18:53And I hate this cruel streak she seems to bring out in you.
18:57You think I'm the cruel one here.
19:00Kat has every right to be upset about the havoc that Eva has caused.
19:04And Eva has apologized repeatedly
19:07and tried in good faith to make amends with you.
19:10But you insist on holding on to this grudge.
19:13I refuse to allow a liar to keep lying and hurting the people I love.
19:20And why do you keep defending her?
19:22I thought when you chose me,
19:24I didn't have to worry about you turning to Eva.
19:27Was I wrong?
19:28More like you've made it clear you don't care about my feelings.
19:32I've told you repeatedly how much your attitude about Eva gets to me.
19:36But you don't stop.
19:38You're the one prioritizing her over our relationship.
19:44So, did Isaiah say why he wanted to hire Bill?
19:48No.
19:49But you seem quite intrigued by the firm's new client.
19:54I'm just hoping he's bringing a big new case.
19:58Cut the crap.
19:59You're practically eating the man up with a spoon.
20:01Well, I have eyes.
20:03But you know the only man for me is my husband.
20:07I know your heart belongs to Bill.
20:10But as you made a point of saying to Isaiah,
20:13you're a lot younger than your husband.
20:15And Isaiah is a lot closer to your age and extremely easy on the eyes.
20:22So if you were to wonder about the hot young road not taken,
20:25I wouldn't be mad at you.
20:26No, you couldn't be more wrong.
20:28When Bill and I vowed to be together for the rest of our lives,
20:31I meant it.
20:33Tomas Navarro?
20:35Bill Hamilton gave me your number.
20:37What can I do for you?
20:38My name is Isaiah Hawthorne.
20:40I need an employment lawyer to look over a contract.
20:43Can we set up an appointment?
20:45No time like the present.
20:47Great.
20:48Any chance you can meet me at Uptown?
20:50Be right there.
20:56I like a vodka shot and make that a double.
21:00Isn't it a little early to be drinking?
21:08It's not that I'm worried about being grounded to the day that I die.
21:12I can't even look my dad's in the eye after all the horrible things that I said.
21:17I know what that's like.
21:20My dad wasn't around much when Regina and I were kids.
21:26In my mind, my mother drove him away by being so strict compared to my life of the party father.
21:33The summer before I turned 11, he died.
21:38I'm so sorry.
21:40My mother did the right thing by a man who really wasn't much of a husband to her.
21:45I can see that now.
21:48She gave him a good funeral, had everybody over to the house afterwards.
21:52But I wasn't having the small talk and sad smiles.
21:57Especially since I thought my mother was only faking that she didn't really mourn him.
22:03Not like I did.
22:05So I left the repass and hid out in my backyard treehouse.
22:11When mother came looking for me, I pulled up that old rope ladder so she couldn't reach me.
22:16She was fit to be tied, but I wasn't budging.
22:21That was a stubborn little thing.
22:23How long did you stay up there?
22:26Overnight.
22:28When I walked in the house the next morning, I found her packing up daddy's clothes.
22:34And I just lost it.
22:38Started yelling, it was her fault I didn't get more time with him.
22:44Her meanness that made him leave.
22:48I even said I wish she was the one who died.
22:52Oh my gosh.
22:54I'll never forget the look on her face.
22:57How did you two get past it?
22:59We never spoke about it again.
23:02One of my biggest regrets is never apologizing to her.
23:07Mom died not knowing how sorry I was for the things I'd said.
23:14The pain.
23:16My addiction must have caused her everything.
23:21Samantha, I don't want you to carry that burden.
23:26You still have a chance to make things right with your father's.
23:38Oh, it's Tyrell.
23:40He's at Orphie Jeans with June and Samantha.
23:43He said that he thinks June is going to help Samantha get her head on straight.
23:47Unless she makes it worse.
23:50If Samantha's going to run to her mom every time she gets upset.
23:53Nobody thinks she's going to do that.
23:55There's always a lack of control when the kids are concerned.
23:59Well, parenting teenagers is not for the faint of heart.
24:03I thought things would ease once my secret came out.
24:06And the therapy sessions with mom.
24:09Yeah, they have.
24:10But you're not going to recover overnight.
24:13You just need to lean on me more.
24:17I shouldn't be surprised that my husband understands me more than anyone.
24:22No, you shouldn't.
24:25Now for the real challenge.
24:28Can you meet Samantha with the same level of understanding?
24:32I will try not to be so hard on Samantha.
24:35Although it's going against my instincts.
24:38Well, I am rooting for you to win that fight.
24:44And...
24:44There's more.
24:45I think that we should give Samantha her job back at Chelsea Kelly.
24:50Aside from this Nathan situation, it's been really good for her.
24:53She's gained new skills.
24:55She's managing her money.
24:57She's gained confidence.
24:58And like she said in the beginning, it will look good on her college applications.
25:02I would rather her settle for a safety school than to keep acting grown.
25:07Oh.
25:08I think Kat will be more careful about saying adult things in her vicinity.
25:13But Samantha does need to give back the key to the studio.
25:17She lost that privilege when she invited Nathan over.
25:20Yeah.
25:20And if Samantha does anything else wrong, that job is history.
25:24That is the beauty.
25:26This approach is an incentive to behave.
25:28We're getting more with a carrot than a stick.
25:32Now for the last issue to figure out.
25:36Teen dating.
25:41Why are all the men in my life on Eva's side?
25:45First dad.
25:46Now Tomas is pushing me to give that ratchet urchin a chance.
25:51What do I have to do to get them to have sympathy for me?
25:56Do I need to dress like a skank?
25:58Behave like a prison inmate?
26:01Tomas might have a point.
26:04You too?
26:07If your father wants Eva to call him dad, there's really nothing you can do about it.
26:12And honestly, it doesn't seem like that big a deal.
26:16Hearing her call my father dad was like a dagger to my heart.
26:23He can't possibly love her.
26:25Not like he does me.
26:26Have you talked to Uncle Ted about your feelings?
26:30Once I found out it was his idea to have her call him dad, I was so hurt I told
26:38him he only has one daughter now.
26:43Well, you've had time to cool down.
26:46I think you need to try talking to him again.
26:49Just give him a chance to explain.
26:52There's no point.
26:54He's made his decision and I've made mine.
26:59I've had enough criticism for the day, so if you are policing my drink order...
27:03Judgment-free zone.
27:05Sorry.
27:07Since I found out you're Jacob's brother, it's made me think of you as a little cop adjacent.
27:12More like law enforcement averse.
27:14I told you I was the black sheep of the family, so whatever drove you to drink, I've probably been
27:19through the same, if not worse.
27:21It might be easier on your liver to talk about it instead of drawing in your pain.
27:26I suppose you might be able to give me a little insight, since you've known the Dupree crew much longer
27:31than I have.
27:32Has Kat always been this impossible?
27:35I've never had any problems with her, but based off of what I saw between y'all the other day,
27:39seems like you know a lot more about present-day Kat than I do.
27:42I keep trying to ease the tension between us, but she is determined to see me as her enemy.
27:47I probably should have given up a while ago.
27:50When I was a kid, I had an imaginary sister I used to talk to when my mama started acting
27:55crazy, just so I wouldn't be completely alone.
27:59Fast forward to when I started working for Kat's mom.
28:03I finally got to see what a happy family with sane parents looks like, and it was incredible.
28:11And so when it blew up, I just kept hoping maybe I can put it back together.
28:17And this time, I would be a part of it.
28:22I guess that's why I keep trying.
28:30Samantha, you have something to say?
28:33I was wrong to storm out when I was grounded, but I was even more wrong when I said that
28:39I hate you.
28:41I 1000% did not mean that.
28:44You have to believe me, Pop.
28:46Thank you for saying that.
28:48And there's more.
28:49When I said that I wish that you hadn't adopted me, I was totally, totally lying.
28:56I need you, both of you, to know that becoming a part of your family, this family...
29:08Our family.
29:10Always.
29:11Becoming your daughter was the best thing that ever happened to me.
29:15And I love you two so much, even if I haven't acted like it recently.
29:20We love you.
29:21And nothing either of you say or do could ever change that.
29:27Your Pop speaks for both of us.
29:30We both know how lucky we are.
29:32If I had a time machine, I would use it and go back a couple hours and not be so
29:36horrible.
29:38But since I don't, I accept that I'm probably grounded for life.
29:44Actually, me and your dad have been talking.
29:48I've said and done some things that I'm not proud of either.
29:53And I realize that I've been too hard on you.
29:59The desire for a family is universal.
30:01Is that why you're taking the job at Banneker?
30:03So you can stay in town and work things out with your dad?
30:06My dad was never a dad to me.
30:08At least not in the way I needed.
30:11Disciplinarian?
30:12Hell yeah.
30:12But someone else filled that emotional role for me.
30:15Maybe who I am today.
30:17So how were you able to keep in a connection with your brothers, with all your issues with your dad?
30:22That was all Jacob.
30:24The golden boy took it upon himself to try to solve everybody's problems.
30:27He kept in contact with me, hoping to bring me back into the fold one day.
30:31But lately I've realized he's left out a lot of details about what's been going down in my family.
30:37Maybe I need to be the Jacob of my own very dysfunctional family.
30:43So, Mas, thanks for coming to check on me after what happened with Kat, but how'd you know I'd be
30:48here?
30:50I actually didn't.
30:51I'm here to meet with a client.
30:53That would be me.
30:55I got all your favorites.
30:58Oh, thank you, sweetheart.
31:01So, how did the meeting go with Isaiah, was it?
31:05Oh, yeah.
31:06Not at all how I expected, but in a good way.
31:09Hmm.
31:10You said he's Elon's son.
31:12Mm-hmm.
31:12I didn't know Jacob had another brother.
31:14Naomi never mentioned him back when we were friends.
31:17Well, he doesn't really fit in with the rest of them.
31:19But he's the only member of their family that doesn't work in law enforcement.
31:23Okay, I don't see why that's a big deal.
31:25What's wrong with coloring a little bit outside the lines?
31:28Isaiah's brand of coloring involved breaking the law.
31:32Huh.
31:33So he's a bad boy.
31:35Bill, they're doing a moot court for the motion to dismiss in the Stanley case for you to join?
31:40Yeah, definitely.
31:41It's a sticky argument.
31:42I want to see how they handle it.
31:44Okay.
32:08I'm adding an additional 24 hours to your grounding.
32:12That's fair.
32:13But we are allowing you to keep your job at ChelseaCat.
32:17Thank you, thank you, thank you.
32:19Oh my goodness.
32:21I promise to work really hard to try to not ever disappoint you again.
32:26Mm-hmm.
32:27Okay, maybe that's stretching it a bit.
32:29But I will not purposely be cruel and not disappoint you again.
32:35How's that?
32:37Close enough.
32:38And Samantha, if I've ever made you feel more disappointed than extremely proud, that's on me.
32:45You are an exceptional young woman, and your dad and I love you very much.
32:51Okay.
32:53Enough with the mushy stuff.
32:55Yes.
32:56Respect to dating.
32:58Not until I'm 35.
32:59Bye.
33:00We do realize that we need to get to know your significant others and their families.
33:06And if you never see Nathan again, it would be too soon.
33:10But Tyrell, we would like to have Jessica and her parents over for dinner.
33:14How did I get involved in this?
33:16I didn't do anything.
33:17And we want to keep it that way.
33:19We're in this together, remember?
33:23Look, this is new territory for everybody, so we're all just going to have to have a
33:27little patience while we all figure this out together.
33:33You don't seriously want to cut your dad out of your life.
33:37That's what you did with Bill.
33:40And it was a mistake.
33:42Listen, Kat, I get it.
33:44You feel like the only way to be loyal to your mom is to cut your cheating dad out of
33:48your
33:48life, but that's not true.
33:50Bill wasn't trying to replace you with Haley.
33:52He's not trying to replace you.
33:55He just wants a relationship with all his children.
33:58But he's putting her first.
34:00She's manipulating him, making him feel guilty for not being there while she was growing up.
34:06She's always wanted my life for herself.
34:09She tried to take Tomas, and I'll be damned if I let her succeed in taking my father from
34:15me.
34:17I hope that if I stand my ground, he'll see what she's doing and what he stands to lose.
34:24If not, then I'll have to find some other way to keep her away from him.
34:30I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
34:35Before, you said that Eva was like her mom.
34:40But you're the one who's sounding like Leslie now.
34:44Gotta admit, Leslie seems to always get what she wants.
34:49Maybe I should take a page out of her book.
34:55Awkward.
34:57Isaiah, why don't we grab the table?
34:59Eva, please excuse us.
35:01Of course.
35:06So, tell me about your new job.
35:09It's at Banneker University.
35:10Since I'll be moving to D.C. for it, I want to make sure everything is ironclad so I'm not
35:14uprooting my life for nothing.
35:16Well, I'd be glad to look at the contract.
35:18Before we get started, I want to make sure that we don't have a conflict of interest.
35:24We don't represent Banneker, so you're all good.
35:26I'm not worried about Banneker.
35:28This is about Eva.
35:30The two of us have been hanging out, and you and she seem to have some history.
35:36No conflicts there either.
35:38I'm dating her sister.
35:48How's Moot Court?
35:49Well, I do predict another big win for the firm.
35:52Good, and I'm sure Isaiah's case will be another.
35:56Something juicy, I hope?
35:58Nah, nah, that turned out to be a minor matter.
36:01It's not even worth talking about.
36:02Hmm.
36:03Well, you should get started on your lunch before your soup gets cold.
36:07Maybe later.
36:10Right now, there's something else I'd much rather do.
36:13Oh, yeah?
36:14Well, we should go to the right food.
36:17I don't know.
36:19I don't know.
36:19Oh, yeah.
36:24Oh, yeah.
36:39I don't know.
36:41I don't know.
36:42I don't know.
36:42I don't know.
36:42I don't know.
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