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00:04Previously on Beyond the Gates.
00:06You think if he makes it to the Senate that Joey Armstrong won't come back sniffing around again?
00:10He already has.
00:11Well, look at you now, Miss Nikki.
00:14Damn.
00:14Got you a whole buffet of fine men.
00:19You're welcome.
00:21I'll give you what you've wanted this whole time.
00:23The name of my boss at Garland.
00:25Leah Whitmore.
00:26The chief of staff at Garland.
00:28And she's got everybody fooled.
00:29The tumor shrank.
00:31Hallelujah.
00:32I am so thankful my grandbabies tested negative for that cursed gene.
00:45Well, this is it, my love.
00:48My last chemo session, finally.
00:51I've been counting down the minutes right alongside you.
00:54The last four months has felt more like four years.
00:57Everything going smoothly?
00:59Yes.
01:00But it'll be much better when you unhook me from this contraption once and for all.
01:06It shouldn't be too much longer before you're ringing the bell and on your way.
01:10Hallelujah.
01:25Campaign talk done?
01:27At least for the morning.
01:28I hope yours is too.
01:30Why is that?
01:32Well, the kids have a late start at school, and I was thinking we could all have breakfast together.
01:37I was going to keep working.
01:39Well, Samantha already volunteered to pick up all of our fades from orthogenes.
01:44And with our jobs in the cotillion a few days away, this is the calm before the storm.
01:52I guess I can put off my stuff for a while.
01:55Well, you know, yeah, you're right.
01:57Things have been crazy lately, so we should take advantage and have some family time together.
02:03I've been desperate to hold you, to see you, feel your heartbeat.
02:10I missed you, too.
02:12I sent the text so late, I didn't know if you'd get it in time.
02:16It's impossible.
02:17I am glued to that burner phone you gave me, just waiting and hoping.
02:23I'm glad you could slip away.
02:27Nothing is as important to me as this.
02:30I had to see for myself that you're all right.
02:33Me?
02:35It's you I'm worried about.
02:37Your ribs.
02:39This case and what makes it so dangerous.
02:42I feel like everything's been spinning out of control and I have so many questions.
02:47Okay, I know we've got to talk.
02:49But for now, can we just shut out the world and pretend that nothing else exists except us, too?
02:58Yeah.
03:00For a little while.
03:31I'll let you know.
03:41hey what's up man what's up man well glad you could make it yeah i couldn't turn down ted for
03:46another game of hoops well this should be a friendlier game with three on three with all
03:51of us on the same team and kyle and karl's at nowhere in sight yeah that was a lot of
03:56things
03:56on the real though i'm just happy to be here oh yeah yeah yeah i think it's a good thing
04:02that
04:02eva's dad wants to hang out with me or maybe it could mean something else like what
04:09you know that saying keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer you serious i thought ted
04:17and i were cool psych i'm just gonna get you man uh hey you're gonna pay for that on the
04:23court
04:27thank you it's okay it's just the two of us right oh i think it's better this way mother's tired
04:35and i know the family was willing but if they came with gifts and congratulations it would
04:39have been too much she'd be worn out well andre has special dispensation to stop by the house once
04:44we're back semimlade passed don't take this the wrong way but i'm actually glad that andre is not
04:54here right now is there another way to take that what i mean is i am glad i have this
05:00alone time with
05:01you i really need your insight well i'm always full of opinions and happy to share them but insights
05:08something happened last night and it really threw me you thrown please spill the beans my level-headed
05:15sister carlton took me out we had a long and wonderful date and then we went back to my place
05:24oh he got freaky it's always the quiet ones what no it's me you're the freak that is not
05:33what i mean i was in bed with carlton and then i started thinking about ted
05:41well if it isn't my very own knight in shining armor you know it's my lucky day running into you
05:48mine too i got something to say you're smart dana we know this so for once keep quiet
05:56and listen before you speak
06:08good morning to you too nothing good about it okay maybe if you didn't stay up so late
06:15i had to facetime jessica after cotillion practice yesterday she told me she committed to ucla
06:23so we won't be going to college together ouch that's tough news to hear i'm sure but we're
06:30still proud you'll be at banneker and i hope this doesn't detract from how proud you should be of
06:35yourself for going there can we not talk about banneker this is about jessica and me we couldn't
06:40even talk in person since you two decided to ground me until cotillion for kissing my girlfriend and be
06:46glad it wasn't for longer that's right you took advantage of our busy schedules to totally break
06:53house rules i'm legal reminder i'm going off to school in the fall when are you guys gonna stop
06:59treating me like a little kid
07:03well you're early the cook just started your takeout order
07:06no worries i can just sit here till it's ready
07:10sorry derrick i have no idea why mama wants to see you she didn't mention anything to me
07:21well can i get you anything while you wait yeah no thanks i probably won't eat much of what pop
07:26ordered anyways the cotillion is in two days
07:33well if you're dieting that is not good for you
07:36no not intentionally i just can't eat butterflies oh well a few small butterflies is natural right
07:48this feels more like a whole prehistoric bird trying to escape thinking about guy number one when
07:54you're with guy number two it's not such a big deal in fact it's natural that you would compare
07:59your other lovers to ted i wasn't comparing i was enjoying myself like really enjoying myself
08:05and then carlton said something that reminded me of ted and then suddenly it's like ted is there with
08:12me that has never happened before and i feel awful like i was cheating or something my psychiatrist
08:19sister knows that is her subconscious right of course but yesterday was your anniversary a day that
08:25you spent decades celebrating with ted of course he's gonna be on your mind
08:31i guess can i tell you something of course in the beginning with andre i thought about bill and not
08:39because i wasn't completely into andre but because bill and i had been together for so long and we had
08:45the
08:45girls and he will always have a special place in my heart and in my life just like ted will
08:52with
08:52you so don't overthink it it's just a part of letting go okay i guess it does make sense
09:01thank you sissy of course what you did the other day in my office is not okay and what exactly
09:08did i
09:08do that was so offensive those comments you made to shanice about me not being able to keep my hands
09:15off of you oh he he what's that supposed to mean just me picturing nurse giving you an earful after
09:25finding you so close to your sweet side piece former side piece it's gonna stay that way dana if
09:34you're at all sincere about keeping the peace between us for the sake of our daughter stop pressing
09:39shanice's buttons oh teddy weddy you used to be so much fun oh do better excuse me you thought you
09:50were the only one that had something to say what is it now dana all right well there's a very
09:57important
09:57matter regarding our daughter her birthday is it's almost here yeah i'm fully aware i would like for us
10:06to actually spend some time doing something this year like take her out for a special dinner
10:11no i can't that's the night of my granddaughter's cotillion then what about tonight
10:20tonight oh surely you have time for such a momentous occasion as this i mean i understand that you
10:28managed to appear at cat's little surprise party so i know you don't want to hurt eva's feelings
10:36i'm assuming eva is free she will be i'll make sure of it
10:45until tonight teddy bear
10:57look at that sweetheart almost there oh i am so proud of you i can't help but think the first
11:08time they gave you that red devil chemo i remember it like it was this morning i was filled with
11:15anxiety
11:16and dread but you my angel you prevailed ah the devil tried his worst but you stood your ground you
11:26fought like a champ and you kicked that chemo square in the teeth and i couldn't have done it without
11:33you
11:34by my side you had been my strength when i was weak the little voice in my ear telling me
11:41not to give up when i was ready to
11:44let go and i know that came at a price to you it was nothing compared to what you experienced
11:52no no vernon i want you to hear me
11:56you are the light that got me through this and i have never been more grateful to have you in
12:01my life
12:05glad you can make it uncle tan i'm on the clock
12:08really why i gotta get over to anita and vernon's later what's going on is anita all right yeah yeah
12:15she uh finishes chemo today
12:19oh right uh well i'm thrilled the chemo was over for anita it's been a tough fight
12:23yeah i'm glad you could join us man yeah me too i'm always up for some hoops
12:31look uh after the game you have a few minutes to talk something's come up
12:36yeah yeah sure all right great well let's get out on that court show these fools what we made
12:41yeah come on yeah i'm sure there's nothing to worry about let's go
12:59you want to see me let's talk about how you screwed up at the free clinic
13:04i have absolutely no idea what you're talking about everything at the
13:07clinic's been going really smooth so far i got a call from the chief of staff from garland last
13:13night leah whitmore and she's not happy because you aren't letting the people from the hospital
13:20volunteer at the clinic uh grayson perez for what that seriously the the chief of staff called you
13:31about him about you not doing your job grayson is a problem because he's slipping in between your ex's
13:42sheets leah says that your judgment is very cloudy
13:48so mr general manager how about you get to managing correctly can't have you out here
13:56making me look bad don't think you need me for that get on board derrick or get in the
14:04unemployment line leslie you and i may not like each other but i am telling you that this grayson guy
14:10is a problem stop with all this rambling all right i am trying to solidify a partnership with garland
14:17and i need leah whitmore to make that happen so grayson will be donating his time whenever he
14:25chooses end of story i can't believe you're willing to let me come here last night was it worth the
14:33risk
14:34please say it was worth the risk it was worth the risk babe i love you so much naomi and
14:40i've got
14:41people in place to make sure you and ashley are safe but but what we still have to be extra
14:50careful
14:52for how long it shouldn't be for too much longer this case is finally coming to a head
14:58but you have to keep acting like nothing's changed but why is this all happening now
15:05why did you get hurt and then grayson why is somebody threatening grayson i promise when this
15:12is all over i'll tell you everything that's basically what he said to ashley right before
15:18she dumped him and kicked him out well she's better off keeping her distance from him but why
15:23is it because grayson's to blame for all the crap going down lately obviously he's in deep with some
15:28vicious people naomi stop he acts like this nice guy but he's really a criminal isn't he naomi how
15:33dangerous is he is grayson who you've been investigating you're barking up the wrong tree
15:38then set me straight jacob right now
15:46i'm not in the mood to have a talk tyrell how are you going to say you don't want to
15:51be treated like
15:52a child and then slump down in the chair and refuse to have an adult conversation okay go ahead
16:04listen your pop and i have been strict with you and your sister when it comes to things like dating
16:09you think and i'm sure that from your perspective it seems like we're being overprotective
16:15and smitty and i know how a choice in the moment can follow a person forever
16:21i'm not that irresponsible pop i know how to keep it wrapped up good to know but that's not the
16:28only
16:29responsibility we're talking about you and your sister you had a rough start and you've done good
16:35in spite of all of that so when your pop and i adopted you we promised to give you every
16:40opportunity
16:41for success i know that and you've kept that promise you two have been amazing dads but at some point
16:49you
16:49have got to take the training wheels off and let me ride the bike look we know how excited you
16:54are
16:55for the next phase of your life your freedom your independence we get that not so long ago we were
17:01in your shoes but you also have to understand as you're doing things for the first time
17:07so are we by parenting kids at this age we're just feeling our way around
17:14but it's hard for parents to take a step back and let go but we will get there eventually in
17:22the
17:22meantime we all need to remember that trust is a two-way street and we need to keep lines of
17:30communication open i could tell you in rehearsal i just got hit with the wave of stage fright
17:36why you're in front of the cameras all the time with chelsea cat yeah but that's different you don't
17:42see the people who are looking at you the cotillion is gonna be a room full of vips and a
17:50boy that i
17:51used to like escorting a girl who hates me oh that sounds pretty nervous making right and to top it
17:59all
17:59off nathan and francesca keep making nasty comments at cotillion rehearsal and the dead luncheons
18:05you know you don't have to pay any mind to what they say right yeah i know but i i
18:12just i feel so
18:13much pressure to be the platinum debutante i don't want to let the family down oh honey please don't do
18:21that to yourself your dads and the entire family don't need you to win they just want you to have
18:27a
18:28beautiful night that you'll remember forever same as i do it'll help having you there to cheer
18:34me on excuse me a sec eva hey you excited for your debut i am and thank you for offering
18:51to do
18:51your hair magic on me and jessica oh it's gonna be so much fun so i was wondering do you
18:59have room for one more
19:01sure sure oh june since she is my mom and this is a really exciting night for her too
19:10all right here you go thank you samantha and i were just talking about the big event and i was
19:18wondering if you wanted to join us in some cotillion prep and pampering doesn't that sound amazing
19:24it sounds expensive oh no it'll be completely free my first love is doing hair but since taking on the
19:33free clinic and working with my dad i don't get to style people much anymore
19:38huh but you're samantha's aunt won't you be busy getting ready no i i invited eva it's not really my
19:46thing but helping people look and feel beautiful is just think of it as helping me maintain my skills
19:54well i keep my hair really short so there's not much for you to do
19:59oh you'd be surprised at how many different looks you can rock sweetie
20:09oh okay
20:11t samantha's gonna slay t samantha's gonna slay hey hey
20:20surprise
20:23mom it's over you did it mother you did it i have never been more thrilled to have a patient
20:31finish
20:31their treatment
20:34we call this the victory bell it's a tradition here at garland to commemorate the end of chemotherapy
20:40by ringing it we recognize that getting through chemo it's it's a major milestone
20:48this bell it's it's a symbol of perseverance and it's a way for all of us to acknowledge
20:55everything that you've gone through and hope for the days ahead
21:02mrs dupree
21:04you
21:26this has been quite the morning who knew that doing so much good could be such a pain what now
21:33mama
21:33i had to resolve an issue with the chief of staff at garland about derek oh no what did you
21:42say to
21:43derek never mind i handled that all right what you need to know is that i spoke to your father
21:49about us
21:50celebrating your birthday tonight i can't believe you don't remember when i was born
21:56hint it wasn't today you really think i need a calendar alert
22:02look girl as if i'd ever forget the 26 hours of labor and not one drop of pain meds okay
22:13i felt every
22:14single last second thanks to your big old beautiful head that got stuck my lady parts were never quite
22:22the same after that i have lost count of how many times you've told that story keep counting
22:30teddy has an obligation on your actual birthday all right and he refused to reschedule but did you
22:38expect him to move the cotillion yeah well he could have at least reached out to me so that we
22:43could have
22:43discussed alternatives but now i had to go find him it's like the man could at least make an effort
22:52you are his daughter after all oh hey that's how you do it boys they got nothing on team tia
22:58ted
22:59isaiah andre uncle ted i saw you out there man getting eye level with that rim yeah you know i
23:06tried
23:06you see that guy in the other sport shooting bricks yeah i had the nerve to act like he ain't
23:13had no help
23:14i saw a couple elbows from you isaiah you got to do what you got to do speaking of which
23:19i better hit
23:20these showers and get going give anita my best yeah will do yeah i don't know about you but i'm
23:29starving how about i buy you breakfast and uh we can talk in the restaurant yeah yeah sure but can
23:36you
23:36clue me in on what's up eva's mother is uh planning something for this evening this affects me how
23:45it's for you to decide
23:51look grayson got himself caught up in some bad business but i don't think he's a bad guy
23:55why do you say that because after he got stabbed he stepped up and helped save my ass
23:59i can't tell you any more about what happened so i owe him i just hate that ashley got caught
24:07up in
24:07this horrible situation because of him yeah i'm sorry about that too at least with you i knew you
24:14were undercover ashley was blindsided and that cannot happen again so if grayson's not who we need
24:21to be careful of who is i can't tell you any more than i have you know how this works
24:26babe but babe i'm
24:28not asking for details if someone at the hospital is a danger to my best friend i need to know
24:34there are
24:35hundreds of people that work at garland ashley can't be walking around looking over her shoulder
24:40wondering if one of them is going to be a threat to her how is she supposed to nurse people
24:44if she
24:44is scared and paranoid you have to help her all right all right
24:50look i'm only telling you this because ashley could be in danger if she trusts the wrong person
24:55but you and ashley can't share this information with anyone you got it okay yes i swear we won't
25:02so who is it does she even know them yeah she does and it's one of the last people you'd
25:11ever suspect
25:17oh god sorry ashley didn't mean to start on you so tired i over time i've been here since last
25:26night
25:27what are you doing here i came to talk to leah but she's not around i was hoping we could
25:35talk
25:37i don't like how we ended things last time we saw each other i didn't either i i i shouldn't
25:44have
25:44gone off on you about grayson like that i get where you're coming from and i i know how protective
25:49you
25:49can be of people you care about makes you feel any better turns out grayson's gonna be volunteering at
25:56clinic after all you changed your mind it was changed for me
26:07easy my love let me help get you comfortable here on the sofa
26:16thank you i know you're not up to much but i asked rowena to pour us some sparkling cider
26:23so that we could lift a glass to mark the end of your long cancer battle well it's not quite
26:30the
26:30end of the cancer battle just the end of chemo there's still a few more hurdles before i'm fully
26:36in the clear we know mother but we have to celebrate every step here here here here if i may
26:43thank you all
26:44so much for letting me join you you and vernon have always been good to me but now that i'm
26:49married to
26:50danny i've never been more proud to call you guys my family well we are so happy to have you
26:57as part
26:57of this family may i go first of course when have you ever not held your peace and she's back
27:07but all joking aside mother you are an inspiration there was a moment where you thought you couldn't go
27:13any further and you found your way through and when you are done with treatment and fully recovered
27:21i hope that you fully embrace your new lease on life take things to the next level
27:27listen this old broad from cabrini green will be living large i have all kinds of plans with vernon
27:35this family the articulats and the dupree heritage foundation as they say ain't no stopping me now
27:49i'm busy on my birthday too mama so no sense of you getting annoyed with that okay you are busy
27:55doing what what you have plans with isaiah actually i'm helping people get ready for the cotillion
28:02who samantha tyro's girlfriend and me not so sure how much of a difference it'll make though
28:13excuse you i have a hard enough time trying to get those snobs to uh accept me and i've got
28:21just as
28:21much money as they do you well hell you you still live on that damn bridge mama what you know
28:30what
28:30you are partly right that is where i used to live but i now have a place of my own
28:35and more important
28:37i'm going to the cotillion to support my daughter will you be there no i haven't quite procured an
28:46invitation to this particular event no really that's too bad i hear everybody that's anybody is
28:56going to be there anywho i'll be back to take your order
29:05really mama i cannot believe that you're about to do that woman's hair instead of partying it up
29:11these people aren't strangers i know june and samantha is my niece oh you and tear constantly
29:17choosing the other side of your family what about me where am i gonna be just left out in the
29:25cold
29:26that is so not true it's always been us against the world eva now you got all these other people
29:34besides you and peaches i mean who do i have it's like my family tree has nothing but a bunch
29:40of
29:40empty branches so what i missed while i was playing fetch an attempt to find middle ground when it
29:49comes to living under the same roof so you're ready to admit that you treat tyrell way differently than
29:56how you treated me okay there might have been some disparity but it was not because we were trying to
30:00push the patriarchy lord please let's not go down this road again tyrell will be out of the house in
30:07a
30:07few months and while he lives under our roof he still has to abide by our rules but we understand
30:15that he wants more freedom so we will meet him in the middle tyrell isn't even that much older than
30:20me and i'm way more mature it doesn't change the fact that you're a junior and i'm a senior but
30:28hey you
30:29can lobby for your freedom next year how many more months until you move out and i can turn your
30:34bedroom
30:34into my extra closet slash dressing room just try in my mind i'm already decorating i'm gonna miss that
30:44when tyrell moves out you'll always come home and you'll always be close but it'll never be the same
30:52right to be honest this whole thing is not helping my opinion of grayson but that is my issue to
31:01deal with
31:02not yours i don't want my take on him to get in the way of my friendship with you so
31:10don't worry i'm
31:12i'm gonna be cool whenever i cross paths with you two well that's not gonna be a problem anymore because
31:19um uh grayson and i broke up whoa are you okay not really
31:34terry you were right about him being shady about um
31:42about him not being the man i thought he was
31:45what does that mean ash what did he do
31:54i was cheated out of knowing my own mother by anita dupree's selfishness and she let dante push
32:02barbara out of the articulates selfishness all those zeros in your bank account come from that selfish
32:09woman money can buy a lot of luscious things baby girl but it can't buy time and that's something i'm
32:18asking for now a chance to make up for all the birthdays that the three of us should have spent
32:24together and don't you want that
32:30it does sound kind of nice it does
32:36yeah i'm in for tonight
32:41so dana wants to celebrate eva's birthday with her dinner tonight since we all can't get together
32:47on her real birthday and i was wondering if you wanted to join us uh eva and i already have
32:53plans
32:54for her birthday night but i guess one doesn't really cancel out the other look i know you weren't
32:59expecting to break bread with her parents but uh you two been together for a while so i just wanted
33:04to
33:04extend the invitation you really are a gentleman huh i try to be it's important to me i respect that
33:12a gentleman in life but a beast on the court ha
33:17look i know dana can be a lot to deal with i can roll with eva's mom yeah yeah let's
33:23do it all right
33:24but i gotta ask you are you married to going out tonight because i'm up for cooking for everyone
33:31really you don't mind doing that no not at all it'll be it'll be a nice intimate dinner for four
33:39that sounds perfect you know i um i i don't want to get into this right now it's it's complicated
33:45and
33:46um you know just because i'm hurt and angry it doesn't mean that i've suddenly lost feelings for
33:51grayson so um i i understand why i'm not the shoulder you want to lean on right now
34:01i'm sure naomi's stepping up in all kinds of ways you have no idea yeah that's because she's the best
34:10and that's what you deserve actually i'm so sorry you're hurting right now
34:16i know i know there's nothing i can do for you but i'll always be around if you need me
34:52i just came from seeing jacob is he okay
34:58i'm gonna tell you something but he swore me to secrecy that i could only tell you okay you're
35:03scaring me nearly what's going on the person you need to look out for the person who's been
35:09putting you in danger it's leah whitmore okay i got the list to the last minute stuff for the cotillion
35:19anything else to add did you get stuff for your shirt i kept forgetting about those oh yeah you're
35:25ready not you gotta get to work yeah i gotta go
35:36i love this morning
35:39it was just what i needed i love you guys
35:50all right mother what do you think is your biggest takeaway after all of this
35:57oh i have learned so many things on this journey but
36:01i would have to say my biggest takeaway is that it is actually possible
36:07to love this beautiful magnificent resilient family
36:11and the love of my life even more than i did before
36:33so
36:33so
36:34i
36:34i
36:34i
36:48i
36:48i
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