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Beyond the Gates - Season 1 - Episode 172: Friday, November 14, 2025
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00:05It's almost that time of year. How's Winterfest going?
00:09Wonderful.
00:10And Dani, I tried texting her when I heard about L.A.
00:13It started as a business trip. Photoshoot for two.
00:16Love how she parlayed it into something personal. Let it be both.
00:19Business with a splash of pleasure.
00:21Yeah, leave it to my sister to take a plan and remix it.
00:24Well, you didn't plan on your husband for a year, and God knows I didn't expect mine.
00:31We have been through it. But at least we have each other.
00:37Proving that if you have friends, you can survive anything.
00:42How am I supposed to choose when all of these arrangements are extraordinary? You have outdone yourself.
00:50Well, we are huge Winterfest fans. You know that.
00:53Laura, what do you think? Which should we select for the tables?
00:56Oh, they're all so beautiful. It's hard to choose.
00:59I know. Attention to detail. I love what you do.
01:04And making each centerpiece part of the auction is a wonderful solution.
01:09If you want it, bid high or go home empty-handed.
01:13And what did you want these arrangements to say?
01:16I think we should have blossoms to signify our achievements and buds to represent our hopes and aspirations.
01:26And when those buds blossom, realizing their full potential in our donors' homes,
01:31I'm hoping they'll recognize they've made an auspicious decision.
01:37Well, give me a couple hours, and I'll have some ideas for you.
01:40I can't wait to see what you do next.
01:43Can you get back to us today?
01:45I won't let you down.
01:47You never have.
01:51So, if we're changing the centerpieces, should we reconsider the colors of the table linens as well?
01:58That is an excellent idea.
02:00What about an understudy for Danny in the live auction, just in case she books a photo shoot or something
02:06comes up?
02:08One of the things I love about you, Laura, is you're always diplomatic.
02:13And you're right. We should have backup.
02:15With Danny, you can always expect the unexpected.
02:18Do you have anyone in mind?
02:20Well, it should be someone who can captivate the audience, who's funny, quick-witted, effervescent, and one-of-a-kind.
02:28Was someone looking for me?
02:30Let's get tien.
02:36We'll take a look.
02:38We'll be back.
02:39Bye.
02:40Bye.
02:41Bye.
02:53Bye.
03:02what you got for me the guy with the horse farm showed up mr. town and country yeah he is
03:08out
03:08there betting big tonight invite him to the vip table see if he bites what if you could clean
03:15something up for me name it when was it you met mrs. hamilton again when i gave her a ride
03:23to the
03:23hospital i told you this joey when was that exactly at least a couple months ago huh see the reason
03:32i ask is
03:33because the it guys are experimenting with some new facial recognition software and you'll never guess
03:41who popped up on the screen no clue bill hamilton's wife and this was way before that tragic miscarriage
03:51when you said you accidentally met her remember i don't know joey maybe the software's buggy or
03:58something oh randy the stories you tell it must be exhausting to keep them all straight so
04:06how about you relax have a seat and clear some things up for me
04:16hey dad it's good to see you you too and don't you dare apologize for being late you lead such
04:22busy lives we're just glad you could fit us in you're looking good man hey i'm just trying to
04:28keep up with you so what's going on how you doing i'm um thankful we could all be here together
04:36and that
04:37jacob actually has a night off yeah well it means a lot that you're both taking the time anything
04:42exciting going on at the station always but i don't want to bore you so yeah let's leave the office
04:48at
04:48the office yeah have you guys gotten a chance to look at the menu well i thought we could start
04:53with
04:53this the sparkling wine from italy hayley and i had a bottle on our honeymoon but you're not imbibing
05:01is this a happy occasion are we celebrating no no no siblings not yet but it never hurt to be
05:09prepared keep the house clean in case of guests as it were yeah well i'm celebrating us you know
05:15finally finding the time to you know come together and just share a family meal and i won't ask what
05:22threats or promises my husband had to make to get my favorite people to spend the evening with us
05:27if it's criminal lock me away with my men for life but i knew you'd make it happen
05:34well you know i'll always love you you know that nothing will ever change that well it's good to be
05:40reminded you know the people we love sometimes want things that we don't you know and you just
05:46i don't know you just adjust and you move on if this has something to do with mom's honeymoon i
05:53her what you mean the business trip she's doing some kind of photo shoot right change of plans
06:00yeah you know mom started off as one thing and it turned into something else sorry dad
06:13so tell me everything keeping busy as promised sinking my teeth into some side projects good
06:21and the kids coping donnell's grieving but finding his way calls every day like a dutiful son and deanna
06:31she's another story having a hard time handling her school work oh well that's to be expected how
06:37are her professors you know must have been patient i would offer to make some phone calls on her behalf
06:43unless it would be better for her to come home maybe for a semester there's no timeline for graduating
06:47there's a lot to be said for sticking to it seeing it through i really want them to learn that
06:54i understand what we really need is a family vacation to just unplug and unwind and find a way
07:01to dig out of this muck remove all distractions wonderful idea why did i hear quotation marks around
07:09distractions oh maybe because your imagination put them there i said nothing about joey because i know
07:16you don't want to hear about him nor did anyone want to hear at length about the respected cardiac surgeon
07:22with a penchant for gambling and living on the edge i really wish you had spoken to me more about
07:28what you were going through people are multifaceted i know that thank you for saying that nicole
07:36it's what makes my job endlessly fascinating i have a lot of patients who are dealing with gambling
07:43addiction i've seen what it's done so have you and i don't care about joey it's you
07:52you're my friend and i love you and that means that i want to be there for you whenever you
07:56need
07:57me i'm not your responsibility stop we're friends and no matter what anybody says
08:05i'm not sure i could ever see joey armstrong as anything other than a predator
08:12that haley hamilton she is one hot little number isn't she a woman like that can turn a man inside
08:22out
08:24he starts taking stupid chances
08:29so you're saying that you don't recall ever seeing her here
08:35look joey a lot of beautiful women come breezing through here all right how am i supposed to keep
08:58i don't know what you're up to randy if you're having an affair if you're not having an affair
09:04but if you're involved with the wife of one of dc's most powerful you better watch your back
09:09and you make sure that none of that fallout lands at my door understood
09:23randy if you're lying becomes a problem for me you won't like the way it gets solved
09:40how did you get into my home oh well your opinions are so used to seeing
09:45me come and go one of them was scurrying out hands full so i saw an opportunity although it looks
09:53like there's one still here hard at work so is that the little lightning rod who is hunted by all
09:59their bad luck surprised you even trust her i mean her very presence is treacherous get thee behind me
10:07minion shall we pray laura why don't you go ask rowena about the after-school
10:19society
10:20oh such a timid little thing why are you here well that's not very neighborly
10:27neither is the constant sound of construction coming from your lot oh yeah i had to double the
10:33workforce since the senator put a stop to the work that they were doing after hours you know that
10:39i'm no longer contributing to that trust yes oh don't worry about that i'm still sitting pretty
10:44thanks to you that trust just keeps on generating money it's like the gift that just keeps on giving
10:52like me i am here to offer myself as a tribute for winterfest wherever would you find the time
11:00oh i will find the time after hearing that you are raising money in honor of my mother the great
11:08barbara mitchell originator of the articulates beautiful gesture i agree which is why i came up with it
11:17thank you for your offer of assistance but i am pleased to say that we are booked solid with volunteers
11:27okay but how is that that there is no crucial role for barbara's orphan child
11:34you're sorry about what exactly trying to derail this evening your father arranged trying to
11:41break his heart or was this just to make me feel bad listen haley please don't i have the right
11:48to
11:48know why she brought her misery to this family gathering haley i'm a part of this family now
11:54naomi we've noticed your dissatisfaction long ago it's time you move on okay okay i was hoping we could
12:01have a nice quiet evening bill and i are thrilled that danny and andre are enjoying marital bliss well of
12:09course
12:09you're happy because mom's no longer a threat to you okay okay hey look haley and i are joined in
12:16wishing the newlyweds the best of luck okay in fact it plays into our new family motto you want a
12:22fruitful
12:22sex life keep a happy ex-wife okay you could have kept that private that's definitely not a saying okay
12:29look i'm just acknowledging the only person swinging clubs of any kind in my office these past few months
12:34is yours truly thanks andre does this mean you're calling off the private detective
12:39i told jacob that you hired somebody to dig through andre's past we don't keep secrets from each other
12:46well at least i don't
12:58speaking of honeymoons is our favorite nurse set to launch ashley
13:05it didn't work out she and eric called things off oh i'm sorry to hear that that's 50 for me
13:13she's kidding no i'm not we made a bet they work on paper the fireman and the nurse ripped from
13:21a
13:21rom-com but at a wheelchair she did the right thing she'd been signing on for a life of drudgery
13:27and misery
13:28so are you saying you were ready to skip town when my father was hospitalized
13:33the idea of taking care of him you know in sickness and in health those were just words to you
13:37of course not just making conversation i mean i gotta say a canceled wedding is less expensive than
13:44divorce yeah he must have put her through a special kind of hell i think he felt that she wasn't
13:50fully
13:50committed to him it doesn't make what he did okay i didn't say that naomi he was wrong okay as
13:58long as
13:58you know that well is your little brother still around i mean isaiah's saying maybe you can set him up
14:03with ashley you can forget that because they just broke up a hot second ago an engagement at that
14:10that takes time to heal true talk about derrick's complete opposite you know my brother i didn't
14:16realize you did our volunteers have been doing this work for decades and as i said we're fully staffed
14:24how about you continue to think about some things that i can do and i will think about some things
14:29and
14:30then together honey i know we can come up with something who magnificent well i'm sure this
14:38probably won't interest you since it would require you sharing your wealth but we're always in need of
14:44sponsors now that has got pizzazz okay will there be a special reception meet and greet perks your name
14:54will get a star next to it in the program but what do i get that warm feeling that comes
15:04from knowing you
15:06performed a good deed that'll be a new sensation yes
15:16well martin i was just thinking about you
15:20i heard from samantha seems things have turned around for the better if that's a nudge for me to
15:26stop being so protective there's no chance of that but smitty has been helping me take a softer path
15:33which it's working so far oh you think you got one thing right and it was going to be cruise
15:41control
15:43adorable i keep forgetting there's always another hurdle
15:46once a child starts to test their limits with you coincidentally right around their first steps
15:53it never stops you must be talking about cat because i was a golden child problem free and a joy
15:59to
15:59behold are there members of the press lurking is that why you're reciting this storybook version of your
16:06childhood you and smitty are showing the kids what it's like to have a successful functioning
16:13relationship plus all the bumps and bruises it's important that they know loving isn't easy we all
16:20make mistakes hopefully we are given the grace to pivot you've got to have the right partner
16:26to have a strong team exactly i am very proud of you martin wow look at me still the favorite
16:35child after all these years i can't wait to tell cat thanks mom
16:47let's see excuse us
16:56steve vanessa our favorite realtor small world good to see you yeah how you been i still can't believe
17:05about doug jenny and i were devastated i hope you got our flowers i did thank you it's been difficult
17:13but thank goodness for friends and family speaking of jenny we're due for a catch-up yeah well she's been
17:20so busy you know the house and the horses but she'd love to hear from you though i'll give her
17:24a call
17:25yeah when you talk to her though don't mention that you saw me here she thinks i'm bullying
17:34how's the night going not bad i mean not bad at all sir your requests have been approved alone
17:44you can't win them all you know how it goes i do which is why i need to give you
17:49some advice
17:51speaking of cats um i should check and see if my takeout order is ready how do we rectify this
17:57relationship we tell cat to remember that my daughter is a minor and shield her from adult
18:03conversations i was just having a chat with someone about the importance of grace and allowing for
18:09mistakes huh who is that mom she gets away with murder you accused her of being a bad influence
18:15on samantha isn't that a little harsh older child syndrome i make all of the apologies and get none
18:21of the forgiveness yes lecture me on the pitfalls of being the older child sounds harrowing i'll talk to
18:28cat house winterfest planning oh it is moving along work is keeping me busy as usual as well plus
18:39dolling out advice for children grandchildren siblings and friends on the side as always i love to help
18:45you know me well there is one more thing name it smitty's christmas pie i was hoping that you could
18:55help
18:55me find the words to tell them oh no or at least stop it from happening how what i just
19:01show up christmas
19:02day with my world famous pecan pie yes or come early be there for the great unwrapping or maybe stay
19:08over the night before so he never even gets the chance to start slick boy all right fine i'll find
19:16some way to come by with me and my pie great you saved a marriage and saved christmas what would
19:24we do
19:24without you of course i am eager to share my bounty put me down for a sponsorship and a star
19:35because
19:37leslie thomas's generosity knows no end no i think it ends right there no need for any more help
19:45and let you hog all the endorphins and now i will be thinking of other ways to lend my services
19:53and if you think of anything else you know where to find me i'll follow the noise
20:00nighty night
20:14laura are you all right
20:25we don't have much time as i told you earlier i'm truly sorry for your loss
20:30but i'm not addicted that's a relief there's hope for you if you're only doing this because it's fun
20:35on the money the kind of fun you have alone because the wife well she wouldn't understand
20:40you get secret things every man has them but not your wife she's exactly where she said she'd be
20:47so sweet of her to give you all this space and time to have an extra marital life
20:51so what's your point you're playing dangerous games steve
20:55it took a lot for you to make that horse farm dream come true
20:59a few bad bets and you could lose it all spend time at home with your wife because every minute
21:05you
21:06are here you are one step closer to losing everything for good
21:12i hope there isn't a problem never better did you get the advance yeah but i don't think i'll be
21:19using it tonight after all getting kind of late well the night's just getting started and let me buy
21:26you a real drink uh no i think i'm gonna spend some time with my wife tonight
21:32have a good night see you next time you bet
21:41well i understand it's been like story hour in here and now you're so quiet the dealer's got a big
21:48mouth talk to him i'd rather make you talk all right catch your breath this is my job i'm supposed
22:01to
22:01bring you tea well the next time i have the fright of my life you can brew up some chamomile
22:07shouldn't have let leslie scare me like that she shouldn't have tried grown woman taunting you like
22:14that she should be ashamed of herself i need to get used to having leslie around since she's in the
22:21neighborhood i can't just scurry off into hiding every time she shows up i can't believe she's still
22:26walking around free they never found any evidence to prove that she did what she did she drove you
22:33off the road put you out of work and caused your cardiac arrest when you were in the hospital i
22:39can't
22:39go to the police because i get bad vibes from a bully i'll be stronger well you don't have to
22:46do that alone
22:48you have family right here to fight back with you
22:58hey congressman richardson i am and you are glad to be forgotten my name is isaiah harthorpe not jacob's
23:06little brother one of the same hold on you do look familiar from jacob's wedding i've done some
23:14maturing since that night i remember the altercation what brings you back here i got a job as academic
23:20advisor at banneker congratulations you know my grandfather teaches there tell me this that
23:26internship program at your office you ever use banneker students yeah and not all poli-sci majors
23:31government for the people by the people all the people maybe we can set up a standing pipeline
23:38tell me more thanks a lot for dinner oh hey i'm glad you can make it it's been too long
23:44oh if you're
23:49interested our new projects until we have baby pictures to pass around these we'll have to do it's
23:57a slideshow our new place in saint bart's oh i'm glad to hear things are going well at the office
24:03oh you
24:04know me i can't stop making all my girls happy so when does naomi get her house in the islands
24:09as
24:09soon as you foot the bill he told me to find something i like and you went as big as
24:16you could
24:17i wanted an experience yeah yeah and there's plenty of room for all of us the two of you chelsea
24:22and
24:22madison yeah and we hope to be adding another that'd be fun naomi a new sibling for you
24:31i'll take that the phone naomi sorry i just couldn't take my eyes off of it incredible
24:41location and the beach is right there really really great purchase i fell in love the moment i saw it
24:47just say the word and we'll be there you know yeah yeah it's a great idea it gets the whole
24:53family on
24:53a private jet you know make it a real hamilton hawthorne experience and we can talk about it over
24:58dessert thanks dad we'd love to but jacob has to be up early yeah it was wonderful spending time
25:04with you too we should do this again soon yeah yeah and let's see if we can work something out
25:09for
25:09saint bart's love you dad love you too baby take care of yourselves good night all right
25:19tell me you saw that the text that flew across the screen yes it was too fast to read what'd
25:24i miss
25:24it's from a pharmacy she has a prescription ready for pickup and i recognize those abbreviations
25:33what she got waiting something scandalous well for someone who's trying to start a family
25:40it's unthinkable jacob what's happening not a baby not anytime soon hayley who is so desperate to give me
25:49a sibling is on the pill
25:59i like the way you think isaiah did i mention that my son is applying to bernica glad to hear
26:05it if he
26:06needs anything tell him to hit me up i'll do that hey there stranger i was just with your grandmother
26:12and
26:13she invited me to be a sponsor at winterfest that time of the year we're always looking for sponsors
26:20don't look my way i just got back let me settle in first speaking of donations
26:26i would love to host a fundraiser for your next campaign martin at my new abode you don't have to
26:33do that no no i want to i mean you have been such a wonderful sweet brother to my eva
26:40and from day one cat has been using her as a clothing post i'm sorry to butt in but you
26:45said eva
26:47brown skin with the curly hair yes yes that's my evil we haven't been introduced
26:53forgive me leslie isaiah isaiah isaiah isaiah well well well okay that woman is a sociopath strolling
27:06into my foyer going out of her way to frighten laura as if she hadn't terrorized that girl enough
27:12poor laura is that why you called me do you need me to speak with her no i'm the one
27:17who needs your
27:18help because if we don't do something leslie thomas is going to ruin winterfest i offered her a
27:24sponsorship but that's not going to be enough because we're honoring her mother what can we do
27:32legally the private security firm they can turn her away at the door they can keep her from even
27:38getting to the door you know we can't you just offered her a sponsorship come on nicole work with me
27:47there is one way out but you're not gonna like it mother don't you dare you already know no i
27:56am
27:56not doing it this is the biggest fundraiser of the season if you exclude her she will see it as
28:02you
28:03condemning her character she won't just show up she will show out in the loudest most embarrassing way
28:09she just won't be a nuisance she'll decimate an event that hundreds of people have worked tirelessly to
28:14make a success she's done it before we have no other choice do it for winterfest but what about
28:21laura how do we protect her from eveleen isn't there anything leslie can do that'll keep her out of the
28:27way but also won't create chaos when she invariably does something inappropriate are you sure there is
28:35not a better option you've accomplished nothing steve will be back within the week maybe it's a sure
28:47thing you've already made a small fortune off the man you said you wanted to help me run my business
28:53you didn't say into the ground
28:59isn't there a way to run the business without preying on people who have addiction issues
29:03well i wonder what that would look like instead of a bouncer i could put a nice therapist to screen
29:08people at the door maybe i should take health insurance i'm serious and i'm trying to be kind
29:16you're a good man joey don't let that get around i've seen you when you care about someone you look
29:21out for them your mother donnell i've seen you you've seen too much i know you care about me
29:31there are limits vanessa
29:36i like you you know that and i'm tired of caring about men but hating what they do
29:41my children still don't understand how any of this happened with their father
29:45and neither do i people are complicated make this part simple for me
29:52don't you feel even a little bit responsible for what happened to doug
30:02he sees my hometown prodigal son returns not quite went away to continue my education and launch my
30:09career now that career has brought me back career so what are you like a lawyer doctor rocket scientist
30:17no i'm in education i'm gonna be advising students at banneker next semester oh so you
30:22teach other people how to be successful i help young people find their calling yes
30:31oh i uh excuse me i need to take this do your thing thank you
30:37why yes hello this is leslie thomas how may i be of assistance
30:42leslie you know who this is why hello miss anita dupree it's so good to hear from you
30:50it seems we do have our hands full managing so many moving parts for winterfest and you've realized
31:00that i can do more than write a big fat check i'm still ironing out the details but if your
31:06offer
31:06still stands we would love to have your help in a more official capacity oh nita this is going to
31:15be
31:15the celebration of the century okay and you will not regret it thank you make sure i don't talk to
31:24you later oh work at leslie go girl sit out i'm gonna call your dad for what to tell him
31:35his wife is
31:36lying to him about wanting to have a baby oh no i am staying out of that so you're just
31:41gonna let hayley
31:42play your dad look i get no pleasure out of being right about her she will break my father's heart
31:48she already is he just doesn't know it yet look just tell him he has a right to know the
31:54truth oh so
31:55now you're rooting for transparency in a marriage i'm just trying to keep up i told derek a hundred
32:02times to come clean and just so i can keep up you're cool with hayley lying to your dad if
32:08it'll make
32:08you feel better go for it tell my dad about the birth control but if i know anything about hayley
32:14she is shining up her halo and adding yet another layer of concealer to her image as we speak
32:19b i thought you'd be on cloud nine after spending time with naomi again not exactly someone else was
32:27missing our baby i can't forget we were so happy remember and i want that again as soon as
32:39we can maybe as soon as your doctor gives us the go ahead yeah with my hormones still out of
32:44balance
32:45it feels like an eternity all right okay so what's the plan i hate that medication because
32:54even though it can help us make a family it means it'll take even longer for us to make that
33:00happen
33:00yeah well it's just a temporary thing it sounds so crazy taking birth control pills to fix my hormones
33:09when all i want to do is have your baby okay so that's what it is birth control pills feels
33:18like the
33:18universe is conspiring against us hey hey listen we have plenty of time to make a family but another
33:25delay look it gives us time to feather your nest here and at the new house in saint bart's
33:35i can hardly wait to to get there yeah yeah let's focus on that trip okay christening every room
33:44enjoying enjoying each other as a couple because i'm telling you when a baby comes along he's gonna
33:48have all your time and attention and me i'll just be playing second fiddle i've waited all my life for
33:56someone like you bill no one will ever mean more to me than you never forget that
34:07i hate to see you like this my heart aches for your kids nothing's aching for me this casino
34:15exists for entertainment purposes only anyone is welcome to walk through those doors but they'll have
34:22to pay everything has a price now does everyone make good choices that's not for me to say and i'm
34:29not
34:29responsible for the consequences any more than you're responsible for the marriages of the people
34:34who use our escort service the quality and lifespan of those marriages will be enhanced and some people
34:41leave richer than when they arrived without my interference so what i'm hearing is i'm to keep my hands
34:46out of people's private affairs i think you should just put them to better use don't make me ban you
34:54you would never seeing me in the middle of the night across the room wanting me you're addicted
35:03i didn't love you what did he say one more time make my diamonds sparkle i didn't say anything
35:11you said you love me i said you frustrate me you drive me crazy you're a distraction
35:19that i can't really seem to do without these days but i have work to do
35:42next on beyond the gates to my wife i love you i love you too so are you going to
35:50tell
35:50me what this little secret is or do i have to start guessing and you know how vivid my imagination
35:55is
35:56well not as vivid as leslie's i don't know where else to turn i think you walk around dropping matches
36:02and act surprised when fire starts i wish your mother had gotten rid of you because we'd all be
36:07living our best lives if you'd never been born one small dose for bill one giant leap toward a 10
36:14million
36:15dollar payout for haineys
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