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B.e.y.o.n.d t.h.e G.a.t.e.s - Season 2 - Episode 08: Tuesday, January 13
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00:05Sweetheart, I am capable of walking under my own pout.
00:08No one is questioning your might, my love.
00:11I'm just following through on my promise of door-to-couch service.
00:16You promised not to treat me like a porcelain doll.
00:18I am not leaving your side until we know how you're going to respond to chemo.
00:24Aren't you tired of watching?
00:26You watched me read.
00:28You watched me nap.
00:29You watched that medicine drip into me, hopefully working its magic.
00:33All this watching.
00:34Your time could have been better spent.
00:37Where else would I have been?
00:38With the girls.
00:40I know how nerve-wracking it is waiting for these results.
00:43They were waiting for word that you got through the chemo.
00:47Any other answers are for another day.
00:50Well, Leah said today.
00:53And you haven't made a single call.
00:57I've been busy watching my favorite program.
01:00The Anita show.
01:03Vernon.
01:05Martin called.
01:08If it was good news, you would have already shared it with me to lift my spirits.
01:12The doctor said for you to stay calm.
01:15And my husband's closed lips are preventing that.
01:18The results are in.
01:21Nicole is not a carrier.
01:23Oh, thank God.
01:26You always use your words precisely.
01:28You didn't say Danny.
01:30We always knew there was a probability.
01:35Now it's a reality.
01:37Danny has the Broca gene.
01:41A watched phone never rings.
01:44I know no such thing.
01:46What does it say about me that the people I love the most don't want me around?
01:50Father says he's fine to tend to mother on his own, and my girls didn't want me to come get
01:54their blood drawn with them.
01:55And you think your presence is going to change how tired Anita will be, or impact the results?
02:01No.
02:03Do you need to be there for them, or be there for you?
02:06For both.
02:08My mother made me, and my girls are me.
02:11Naomi and Chelsea are the best parts of me.
02:16And you think you'll comfort them?
02:18As a mother, I...
02:20I would be bawling over the needle going in, and they don't need that.
02:24They still need you, and they want you.
02:26Even if you can't be there physically.
02:30Besides, there's a chance that they don't even get the gene.
02:32This is me, Andre.
02:34The math just doesn't math like that for me.
02:37The chips rarely fall in my favor.
02:39My girls!
02:41Hey, come on.
02:41Come on, there's no sense in getting yourself all worked up.
02:43I am trying to be positive, but my results are in.
02:47Why would I think my kids would escape the same fate?
02:49Why wouldn't you?
02:51I just keep thinking about all the choices.
02:53Hey, Mamie, you should stop thinking altogether, okay?
02:57Let me distract you.
03:01Hey.
03:03You came.
03:04You texted.
03:05I love that we're here.
03:07At Uptown?
03:09That I can text you with no notice in your show.
03:13I'm here for whatever you need.
03:14No judgment.
03:16But was this really a spontaneous text?
03:19Didn't you get the results today?
03:21Are you trying to find out if I am dying to see you or if I'm actually dying?
03:27Sorry.
03:27I can't seem to steer myself away from Gallo's humor.
03:32Yes.
03:33The results came back.
03:37Nicole.
03:38I tested negative.
03:40I don't get it.
03:42Why aren't you happier?
04:16Hey.
04:18Oh, my bad.
04:20What's up? What you need?
04:21The Sticky Fingers case?
04:23Akai has to sharp-lip their crew
04:24hitting some kiddie smash and grab.
04:26It's an organized six-figure menace.
04:29Right. Right, right.
04:30Okay, um, yeah.
04:32Detective Wells, he's staking the warehouse.
04:35And, um,
04:37Officer Lane, he set up a meeting
04:39with Defense Gerber.
04:41You want to let me know when you clocked in and ready to work?
04:44I was just about to review this file.
04:46Hey, but you've never given me an update without thorough details.
04:49Where's your head?
04:52All my life.
04:54I've gotten blood work done more times than I can count,
04:56but this time,
04:58this could really change everything.
05:00Well, I hope you still think that knowledge is power,
05:03because it is.
05:05The more you know, the more you can prepare.
05:06Yeah.
05:07And knowledge is time, too.
05:09Time to appreciate your health if the test comes back negative.
05:12And if it's positive?
05:15Time to make a plan and to stay out of it.
05:18You managed to peek in on your grandmother?
05:20No, only Grandad was allowed in.
05:22Grand's edict.
05:23But they just got home.
05:24And Chelsea?
05:25Same as me.
05:27Anxious.
05:28But Chelsea and Needles are not friends,
05:31so Madison's in there holding her hand.
05:35Hey, thank you again for getting us in there so quickly.
05:38Don't mention it.
05:40I'm just happy I can do my job.
05:42And thank you for connecting us with that new lab tech.
05:46He really has a magic touch, doesn't he?
05:48I wouldn't know.
05:50Well, you could when you go out with him tonight.
05:58When we were in med school,
05:59they framed it like it was a game of chance.
06:02Rolling the dice to see what your body was wired for.
06:06I wish my sister's luck had been different.
06:09It's just the first steps.
06:12Yes, there is an elevated risk,
06:13but it doesn't mean that Danny's going to develop cancer.
06:16And you'll be there with her along the way.
06:20I will do a Long Island iced tea.
06:22Excellent choice.
06:24Club soda for me.
06:26I'll be back with your drinks.
06:31You usually go for a lot less proof and more presentation.
06:35You, knocking a classic?
06:37It gets the job done.
06:39What's the job?
06:41What happened to,
06:42I'm here for you, Nicole, whatever you need, Nicole?
06:44I am here for you.
06:46I know the science.
06:48But she is my sister.
06:52She is the first person I got to love since the day she was born.
06:58Not just love.
07:00Protect.
07:03When those results came in,
07:05all I could think was,
07:07not Danny.
07:11I would trade places with her in a heartbeat.
07:14Is that what she would want?
07:18She is happy.
07:19I was spared.
07:21The only good thing to come out of this
07:24is my clean test means that Kat and Martin are out of danger.
07:29And Danny's beans.
07:31Her daughters may also have inherited the gene.
07:36Anita got diagnosed with breast cancer.
07:38Oh, man.
07:41I'm sorry to hear that.
07:43Her children got tested to see if they inherited the carrier gene.
07:46And Danny's test came back positive,
07:47which puts Naomi and Chelsea at risk, too.
07:51Why didn't you tell me?
07:52Or at least switching it to your mother.
07:55Because you always said to not act until you know all the facts.
07:58This isn't the case.
07:59I'm where you unloaded the first and the trouble.
08:01And Naomi's our family, too.
08:04How's she doing?
08:06You know her.
08:07Going full-on Naomi.
08:09Making playlists for Anita
08:10and blowing up her group chat with her mother and her sister
08:12and scouring the internet for info like it's her job.
08:15Any cracks in the armor?
08:17Nah.
08:18Naomi's made of Dupree Steel.
08:20I'm the one who's feeling it.
08:22This cancer thing is scaring the hell out of me.
08:25Well,
08:26Madison must have a way with her hands
08:29because you don't look phased at all.
08:30Well, not just Madison.
08:32That cute lab tech.
08:33You had me doing this breathing exercise thing.
08:35I barely felt a prick.
08:37Closest thing I've been to a threesome
08:39since I gave them up for true love.
08:41See?
08:42The hot tech's got fans.
08:44You're relentless.
08:46Go to her.
08:47You've got this, little sis.
08:50Yeah.
08:52Well, thanks for coming to the lab.
08:58Yeah, I couldn't leave you alone with Grayson.
09:00That man takes off his lab coat
09:02and I swear all the nurses just stop and watch
09:04like he's Magic Mike.
09:06You did amazing.
09:08Well, now if you just hold my hand 24-7...
09:11Millions live with the variant
09:13and never get the disease.
09:14Keep reminding me.
09:16Graham getting sick,
09:17it's forced me to take a long, hard look at myself
09:19and I need to make some major changes.
09:24You are more excited about my date than I am.
09:27What?
09:27He's patient and dreamy.
09:30I like him for you.
09:31And you're basing this off what?
09:33A blood test?
09:33If my coffee date ends like that,
09:36things will have gone very, very wrong.
09:38Oh, come on.
09:40You can enjoy his excellent bedside manner
09:43if you know what I mean.
09:45I am just dipping my toe in the water.
09:47What is with the hard sell?
09:48You survived the first awkward run-in with Derek,
09:51did the moping and ditched the sweatpants.
09:55Ergo, you are showing signs
09:56of actually being over your ex.
09:59Isn't it time to see who else is out there?
10:03I love these shoulders
10:05and your skin is so soft
10:08and your lips so supple
10:11and sweet on mine.
10:14Mine love you, too.
10:17And I love you.
10:23I may have lost the genetic lottery,
10:26but the loved one?
10:29Baby, I ran the tables.
10:33We both did.
10:36Denny, I was out there wandering
10:38because no place felt like home
10:41after my parents died.
10:44I had convinced myself
10:47that I wasn't bothered
10:48and that my life was exactly
10:50the way I wanted it.
10:52But then this,
10:53this magical, beautiful,
10:56insanely inspiring woman popped up.
10:59You made me stop wandering, Denny.
11:02You became my home.
11:08And here I was,
11:10thrashing around,
11:12mourning something that meant nothing.
11:16You didn't know what you were missing
11:18and I didn't know you were coming.
11:23You're my home, too.
11:30Denny's finally pulled her life back together.
11:33The boy we thought was a toy
11:35is now our favorite son-in-law.
11:36She couldn't be prouder
11:38of Naomi's success.
11:39She and Chelsea are closer
11:41than they've ever been.
11:42Her business is growing.
11:44Denny is flourishing.
11:45And now she's got to deal
11:46with my broken genes.
11:47I will not be the reason
11:48our baby girl goes off the rails.
11:51Denny's resilient.
11:52I still hear the sound
11:54of the gunshots
11:55of Denny's resilience.
11:57That was then.
11:58This is now.
12:00And you cannot possibly
12:02blame yourself.
12:03Can't I?
12:05Vernon, I don't know
12:06when it happened,
12:08but I believed our hype.
12:10I bought into
12:11the Duprees,
12:13the shiny family
12:14up on the hill.
12:15But the bloodline
12:16that we are so proud of,
12:18that's where the culprit lies.
12:19We thought we were passing on
12:21our prized family genes
12:23when I was really passing
12:24on an intruder.
12:26And that cancer
12:27that is not only
12:29threatening my life,
12:30but now Danny's
12:31and possibly our grandchildren,
12:33also kept me from being
12:35with her when she found out.
12:36It's not a curse.
12:39Hmm?
12:40It touches almost every family.
12:43That's not on the name.
12:44It's not on you.
12:46It's the nature
12:47of the beast itself.
12:49Well, that beast
12:50has kept me away
12:51from my baby long enough.
12:53We can call.
12:54I need to look her
12:56in her eye
12:57and tell her I am sorry
12:58with my arms around her.
13:00After you've rested,
13:02Dr. Bauer was adamant,
13:04as am I.
13:05Vernon,
13:06this is our journey,
13:07but it is my body,
13:09and I know when I'm fine.
13:11And Dr. Bauer's instructions
13:12are not law.
13:14Nor are they mere suggestions.
13:17You've just acknowledged
13:19that Anita Dupree is human.
13:21I am being as good a patient
13:24as I am capable of.
13:26But coddling me
13:27when what I need
13:28is just a few streets away
13:29is the exact opposite
13:31of the prescription for peace.
13:34You are as stubborn
13:36as the day I met you.
13:37More!
13:41I'll have Titus
13:42bring the car around.
13:51Do you know what I hate
13:52on top of everything else?
13:55Tell me.
13:55This just reinforces
13:57the narrative.
13:59The tale of two sissies,
14:01Danny's poor Danny,
14:02the hot mess
14:03with drama around
14:03every possible turn,
14:05and I, I am
14:07little Miss Perfect Nicole.
14:10Aren't you poor
14:10Danny-ing her right now?
14:12Thinking you can handle
14:13cancer better than she can?
14:15Ouch.
14:16But fair.
14:18I've never seen
14:19Danny like that.
14:21But you,
14:23you're pretty flawless.
14:25Mm-mm, mm-mm.
14:27Don't say that.
14:28I've looked at you,
14:29I've listened to you,
14:30I've kissed you.
14:32You, you should own her.
14:35I am just
14:37as messed up
14:38as
14:39everybody else.
14:41I have just
14:42learned ways
14:42to cope.
14:44It comes with
14:44the territory
14:45of the profession.
14:47Josh,
14:48can I have another one,
14:49please?
14:49Nothing for me.
14:51Life isn't a professional
14:52setting, Nicole.
14:53Doctor,
14:54heal thyself.
14:55Or maybe
14:56just be yourself.
14:58No one expects
14:59the calm
15:00and perfect veneer
15:00at all times.
15:01I expect it.
15:04Hell,
15:05just a few months ago
15:06I called myself
15:07the family fixer.
15:08Well, my family
15:09doesn't have fixers,
15:10so what does that job entail?
15:11Making sure
15:12that nobody falls.
15:13And if
15:14and when they do,
15:16I am there.
15:18Sounds noble.
15:21And exhausting.
15:24It is.
15:28I don't need fixing.
15:30So how about
15:31you pack up
15:32all those tools
15:34and just be real
15:35with me.
15:37You want me
15:38to be real?
15:39Yes.
15:41Fine.
15:43Take terrified.
15:45Multiply it
15:46by a million.
15:48That
15:48is me.
15:54You do know
15:55how to distract.
15:57But now
15:58that the tell
15:59portion is over,
16:01show me the love.
16:04No words.
16:06Just hands.
16:10Lips.
16:15And...
16:33I'm going to get that.
16:37When I come back,
16:40I'm going to make sure
16:41the rest of the world
16:42is forgotten about.
16:46Who is that?
16:48Oh,
16:49Miss Anita.
16:50Vernon,
16:51we were not expecting you.
16:53Please,
16:53can I get you
16:54some tea or some juice?
16:55I just need my Danny.
16:57Sure.
16:57She's in the bedroom,
16:58but
16:59she may not be
17:00dressed yet.
17:02I brought that child
17:03into this world.
17:03You think I haven't
17:04seen her naked behind?
17:07You can't stop
17:08a determined Dupree.
17:10Let me get that for you.
17:12Wow.
17:13So, uh...
17:13How was chemo?
17:16Well, she
17:17seems to be
17:18tolerating it well
17:19so far.
17:20Or she
17:21could be operating
17:23on sheer adrenaline.
17:25And
17:26how are you?
17:29Everything in our family
17:30flows from her.
17:32If she's sick,
17:34it feels like
17:35we all are.
17:36And this news
17:37about Danny...
17:37Hey, just tell me,
17:39what can I do?
17:41Well, while Anita's
17:42holding her baby,
17:43maybe
17:44you and I
17:45can have a father-in-law
17:46to son-in-law chat.
17:49Danny?
17:50Mother?
17:52You're not supposed
17:53to be out of the house.
17:54Do you think
17:55I pitched a fit
17:56with your father
17:56to come here
17:57and talk about myself?
17:59Daddy told you
18:00I have the brocca gene.
18:03He did.
18:05Come here, baby.
18:12When those vials
18:13were filling up,
18:14the only thing
18:15I could think about
18:15was my kidnapping.
18:17Oh, Chelsea.
18:18This isn't about
18:19crazy Allison.
18:20It's about after.
18:21You've been doing amazing.
18:23But I've also been
18:24something else,
18:25something I've never
18:25been before.
18:27Careful.
18:28With reason.
18:29You took control
18:30of your socials?
18:31You've been teaching
18:31your Chelsea fam
18:32about online safety?
18:33Remember what I said
18:34when you asked me
18:35the meaning of life
18:36the day we met?
18:37That's your game
18:38for anything.
18:40I used to go
18:40to the airport,
18:42close my eyes,
18:43and pick a destination
18:44on the board.
18:44And you and I,
18:45we've never had
18:46a real getaway.
18:47We're busy.
18:48We live full lives.
18:50We have demanding schedules.
18:51We do,
18:52but how much of that
18:53is me just being chicken?
18:55Being spontaneous
18:56used to be
18:57my superpower.
18:58What are you saying?
19:00Gran's sick.
19:02And she's lived a lifetime
19:03of doing the right things.
19:05I think it's time
19:06for me to stop
19:07playing it so safe.
19:10What are you afraid of?
19:13Mother shouldn't be
19:14Anita Dupree.
19:16Anita Williams,
19:17she came from
19:18the poorest part
19:19of Chicago.
19:21Used her voice,
19:22led the articulat,
19:23earned an EGOT,
19:24became a philanthropist.
19:25and still somehow
19:27she genuinely feels
19:29that her children
19:30are her greatest accomplishment
19:32above everything else.
19:37She beat
19:38every single odd
19:41to become
19:42who she is today.
19:45What if she doesn't
19:47beat this one?
19:48She will bring
19:48all of the above
19:50to the fight.
19:51I have seen it personally
19:53with every reconstruction
19:54that I've done
19:54and you have seen it
19:55in the patients
19:56that you counsel.
19:57Mind over matter
19:59is real.
20:01She will get
20:03the best care
20:04money can buy.
20:06But Cancer
20:07doesn't care
20:07about that.
20:09It doesn't care
20:10that she is a mother,
20:12a wife,
20:13a grandmother,
20:13a star.
20:15All it cares about
20:16is taking.
20:19And the kind
20:19mother has,
20:21it is violent.
20:24Josh,
20:25can I get
20:26another drink,
20:26please?
20:27No, no, no.
20:27Let me take you
20:28over.
20:29What?
20:31You don't like
20:32the real me
20:33already?
20:34No, no.
20:35I just don't know
20:36that you want to share
20:37her with the whole restaurant.
20:42being scared
20:43doesn't mean
20:43you can't also
20:44be strong.
20:45God knows
20:46if anything happened
20:47to your mother
20:47I would be lost too.
20:49But you need
20:50to hold it together
20:51for Naomi, son.
20:53I'm trying, pops.
20:57The priests
20:57have their hands full
20:58but mine
20:59and your mother's
20:59aren't.
21:00You know,
21:01Naomi's our family too.
21:02Lean on us.
21:05Let's head
21:06prayer for her
21:06at church Sunday.
21:08Or you can
21:09come with us.
21:10Yeah.
21:11Yeah, we'd like that.
21:12Good.
21:14Now go see
21:14your woman.
21:16All right.
21:17I just gotta
21:17take care of her.
21:19Hang your calls off.
21:20This mess will be
21:20here in the morning.
21:22All right,
21:22we'll debrief then.
21:26Take good care
21:26of Naomi.
21:28All right?
21:29Thanks, pops.
21:31Coffee?
21:31On the first date
21:33is a tragedy.
21:34The coffee breath,
21:36the laptops.
21:37Grayson deserves better.
21:39You know what?
21:40I think you should
21:41go on this date
21:41instead of me.
21:43Or I could come
21:44with you.
21:46Come again?
21:47A double date.
21:48No.
21:52Grayson,
21:53Ashley wants
21:54to ask you something.
22:00What's up?
22:02Um,
22:03nonstop drama.
22:04Hmm.
22:05You?
22:06Low light
22:07hit with leukemia
22:08this morning.
22:09Hmm.
22:09Yeah.
22:10High light,
22:11you finally agreeing
22:12to do coffee with me.
22:14Um,
22:16high light,
22:17me being able
22:18to help
22:18my bestie
22:19and her sis
22:20thanks to you.
22:21Low light,
22:22the reason why.
22:24Yeah,
22:24I could tell.
22:25They were anxious.
22:27You know,
22:27alleviating tension
22:28is kind of my gift.
22:30Oh,
22:31is it?
22:31Mm-hmm.
22:32You know,
22:32there's only one way
22:33you're going to find out.
22:38Um,
22:39would it be okay
22:40if we change plans tonight?
22:41If you need to be
22:42with your friend,
22:43though.
22:43I totally get it.
22:44I do.
22:44I just want you
22:46to come, too.
22:51It's not easy
22:52to take on a Dupree.
22:56Jacob and Smitty,
22:57they, uh,
22:59they rose to it.
23:01Ted and Bill,
23:02they failed spectacularly.
23:05They forgot the secret.
23:08Which is?
23:10Appreciate their strengths,
23:12their bravado.
23:14Be the place
23:16where they can
23:17feel what they need to feel.
23:20Yeah.
23:21The soft place to land.
23:22You follow?
23:24I do.
23:25Good,
23:25because otherwise,
23:27there'd be someone else
23:28waiting
23:29to be Danny's
23:30safe space.
23:34Sweetheart,
23:34I want to apologize
23:35to you
23:36for passing on
23:37this gene.
23:38Come on.
23:39This isn't your fault.
23:40It's just
23:41cells and bad luck.
23:43I know it's
23:44beyond my control,
23:45but if I could have,
23:47I would have done
23:47anything to spare you this.
23:49Maybe if I had
23:50known sooner.
23:51How?
23:52They didn't even know
23:53this gene existed
23:54until after Nicole
23:55and I were born.
23:57You couldn't have
23:58changed the course
23:59of our lives
23:59short of making us
24:00not exist at all.
24:02And I sure as hell
24:03am glad to be
24:04in this world
24:05as your daughter.
24:09You know,
24:11when your father
24:12and I first got together,
24:14I imagined
24:15that our daughters
24:16or sons
24:17would be little
24:19versions of us.
24:21You wish I'd been
24:22more like you,
24:22I'm sure.
24:23No, no.
24:24I was delighted
24:26at how you
24:27and Nicole
24:28were not
24:30mini-me's,
24:31but your own
24:32wonderfully independent,
24:34occasionally infuriating
24:36selves.
24:38But of course,
24:39my vanity
24:40always enjoyed
24:41seeing those little
24:41bits of us in you.
24:43Some of that fire
24:46definitely
24:46came from me.
24:49but I never thought
24:51that I would
24:52pass on something
24:53that could hurt
24:53my baby girl.
24:55No.
24:56What you feel
24:59is exactly
25:00what I'm feeling.
25:02The guilt.
25:03The bargaining.
25:06Because that thing
25:07in you
25:08that might be
25:09in me,
25:11I might have
25:12passed down
25:12to my girls.
25:15And that feeling
25:16is worse
25:16than being sick myself.
25:19I will find
25:20this a table
25:21while you guys
25:22get the apps
25:22and cocktails.
25:24Ashley is just
25:24so very thirsty.
25:29Sure.
25:31Yeah,
25:32sorry about that.
25:33She's usually
25:33not so
25:34mad matchmaker
25:36and I know
25:37that bringing my bestie
25:38on our first date
25:39is breaking
25:39pretty much
25:40every role.
25:40I get it.
25:41I get it.
25:42Besides,
25:43she's got me
25:43from coffee
25:43to drinks
25:44and a whole
25:45double date.
25:46Maybe she's
25:46my best friend.
25:47Hey, babe.
25:48Hey.
25:49Aren't we supposed
25:50to be curled up
25:50binging reality TV
25:51right now?
25:52There's just been
25:53so much sad
25:54this week.
25:55I couldn't miss
25:56a chance
25:57to do some healing.
26:05Do you remember
26:06Long Island's
26:07can also sneak
26:07up on you?
26:09Boo!
26:10I'm not scared.
26:13I just want
26:13to make sure
26:14you don't feel
26:14like the Long Island
26:15Express train
26:16hits you in the morning.
26:17Wouldn't be
26:18my first hangover.
26:19Besides,
26:20I am in my own home
26:22with my own liquor
26:23cabinet,
26:24which means
26:24the highest quality.
26:27And it's not like
26:28I am leaving
26:30and driving.
26:31Worst case,
26:31I might do some
26:34internet shopping.
26:35Nicole.
26:37One night.
26:38Just one night.
26:39I don't want
26:40to have any answers.
26:41I want to let
26:42my hair down.
26:42Just one night,
26:43Carlton.
26:45I thought you were
26:46the guy
26:47that I could
26:47let loose with.
26:49Turns out
26:49that you are all
26:50sentiment
26:51and no follow-through.
26:52You know what?
26:52You have been kind.
26:54You brought me home.
26:55You can leave now.
26:57Maybe you can take
26:58Miss Perfect out
26:59when she returns
27:00to her factory settings.
27:01That is,
27:02if she still
27:03wants to go
27:03out with you.
27:03Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
27:07I would not dream
27:08of letting you
27:09drink alone.
27:16I thought you
27:17were going to say
27:17we should start jogging
27:18or cut back on steak.
27:20You know,
27:21things that actually
27:22prolong life.
27:23Living on the edge
27:24sounds like
27:24the opposite.
27:26Close your eyes.
27:27Why?
27:28Do you trust me?
27:30Yes?
27:31Then close your eyes.
27:38I want to do
27:38much more of that.
27:40Well, that makes
27:41two of us.
27:42But, and I don't need
27:43to take some
27:44big physical risk,
27:45okay?
27:45I just want to feel
27:46at home in my skin again.
27:48Even if that means
27:49sharing my body
27:50with this evil gene.
27:52I want to kiss
27:53my girlfriend
27:53in the middle
27:54of a hospital.
27:55I want to fill up
27:56that map on my phone
27:57with so many pins
27:58that you can't
27:58even see map.
27:59I want to learn
28:00things from strangers.
28:03And this
28:04ticking gene bomb,
28:06it may be just that.
28:08But it's also a gift.
28:10It reminded me
28:11of what I'm missing.
28:13Do you get
28:14what I'm trying to say?
28:16Yeah.
28:17Yeah, I do.
28:18And I want you
28:19to be with me
28:19every step of the way.
28:21This adventure,
28:22it isn't just mine,
28:23okay?
28:23It's ours.
28:27I thought you might
28:29enjoy an Aperol spritz.
28:31Slightly less aggressive
28:32than the Long Islands
28:33you love.
28:36Yum.
28:37You thought right.
28:45do you remember this one?
28:47How could I forget?
28:49Certified classic.
28:52I enjoyed dancing with you
28:54at our indoor picnic.
28:56Then maybe we should
28:58do it again.
28:59There's nothing
28:59I'd like more.
29:08Would you like that
29:09more?
29:14Thanks.
29:15Oh, I'm sorry.
29:18Is this version
29:19of me not to your liking?
29:20No, no, no.
29:21I want every version
29:23of you to go.
29:26But tonight
29:27isn't our night.
29:29I want you to choose me
29:30when you aren't
29:30taking time off
29:31from being yourself.
29:34Look at me.
29:37I don't want to be
29:37your escapable.
29:40I want to be
29:41your real life.
29:46I'm looking at
29:47these bottles of scotch
29:48and I'm trying to figure
29:49out why none of them
29:50are together
29:51with their friends.
29:53Friends?
29:54Yes.
29:55But then I realized
29:56that the bartender
29:58organized them
29:59by size and shape
30:01as opposed to type,
30:03which I think
30:03is much cooler
30:04and you think
30:07is lame.
30:08Interesting.
30:10Now, most men
30:11don't have that
30:12attention to detail.
30:14Well, does it help
30:15that I also noticed
30:15that that bottle of Konyan
30:17has a sexy shape?
30:20And?
30:21And yours is even
30:22sexier.
30:22Okay.
30:26How many times
30:27have you used that line?
30:28Just a few times.
30:29Yeah, maybe a couple.
30:30You know.
30:31Do it.
30:31But you're the first woman
30:33to call me out on it.
30:34The others are being polite.
30:36And you're being honest.
30:38Mistake?
30:39If honesty scares me,
30:41then yes.
30:42But spoiler,
30:44it doesn't.
30:46That was definitely
30:47a scoop.
30:47You saw that?
30:48I saw the scoop, babe.
30:50And I also see
30:51that new couple friends
30:52alert going off
30:52in your head.
30:53But remember,
30:54Ashley has to like
30:55the new puppy
30:55before we adopt him.
30:57Well, she's definitely
30:58attracted to the new puppy.
30:59So what do you do
31:00to relax?
31:02Um,
31:04read.
31:05Work out.
31:07Okay, fine.
31:08I'll admit,
31:09I like to clean
31:09and organize.
31:10But now it seems
31:11like I'm saying that
31:12just to impress you.
31:14I'm just
31:15very detail-oriented.
31:17You see,
31:18I'm a guy
31:18who really enjoys details.
31:20Hmm.
31:22Like the way
31:23you naturally
31:24tilt your head
31:25so when I come in
31:26for that first kiss.
31:27No head-butting.
31:28How very conscientious of you.
31:30Actually,
31:30bumping noses
31:31is the number one
31:32cause of injuries
31:33in first kisses.
31:34Hmm.
31:36If that's your way
31:36of saying you're an expert,
31:39maybe you should
31:40initiate things.
31:42I mean,
31:42what if I go in
31:43for the first kiss?
31:44Oh.
31:44Have you ever?
31:48Actually,
31:50no.
31:50Hmm.
31:57Okay,
31:58I was,
31:58uh,
31:58I was about to go in
31:59for it,
32:00but,
32:00um,
32:01Naomi's watching,
32:02so.
32:02Oh,
32:03oh,
32:03oh,
32:03you're gonna let
32:04that stop you,
32:04Uh-huh,
32:05yep,
32:05I am.
32:05I'm gonna let that
32:06stop me.
32:06I'm gonna take a
32:07step back,
32:07and I'm gonna
32:08stay professional
32:10in front of my
32:11friends.
32:11If that's what
32:12you want.
32:15But I was wondering.
32:16Yeah?
32:17You know how some
32:18people can tie a knot
32:19in a cherry stem
32:20with their tongues?
32:23You offer you to do
32:24that?
32:24Well,
32:24I can't do all the
32:25work.
32:26I'm initiating the
32:27first kiss.
32:30Okay.
32:31Deal.
32:31Right here.
32:33Now.
32:35My apartment.
32:37In the time it
32:38takes to get there.
32:40Let's go.
32:45Now,
32:46where were we?
33:16You know I enjoy
33:17acting like we're
33:18body language experts
33:19with TMZ,
33:20but is there any
33:21chance we're on
33:21Ashley's date because
33:22you wanted to skip
33:23out on your
33:23hospital visit?
33:25Nope.
33:26Grayson has
33:26excellent hands.
33:29Naomi,
33:30listen.
33:30this jean thing
33:31is like a loaded gun
33:32being waved around
33:33your family.
33:34It doesn't have to
33:35go off for you to
33:36feel the trauma.
33:37Grayson isn't the
33:38only one with hands,
33:39shoulders, and ears
33:40here for you.
33:41And knowing that is
33:42part of the reason I
33:43haven't fallen apart
33:44yet.
33:45But can we please
33:46not worry about
33:47things we can't
33:47control?
33:49Sure.
33:50Anything you want.
33:51I want to put all
33:52my energy into
33:53getting grand better,
33:54making sure my
33:55friend is happy,
33:56and right now being
33:57third and fourth
33:58wheels with my
34:00husband.
34:02Grayson, this is my
34:03husband, Jacob.
34:04Thanks for letting us
34:05crash.
34:05Hey, happy to meet
34:06Ashley's people.
34:09Don't hate us, but
34:10we're going to take
34:11off.
34:12Where to?
34:15Ashley's going to
34:15show me how she
34:17organizes her place.
34:20You're welcome.
34:22Thanks, Naomi.
34:23I really need it
34:25tonight.
34:25Me too.
34:29Good to meet you,
34:30Jacob.
34:30You as well.
34:32How are my
34:33granddaughters?
34:34Better than their
34:35mother.
34:36Blood tests are done,
34:37now just waiting and
34:40praying.
34:42And you scheduled
34:43your follow-up?
34:44If the worst happens,
34:45you need to act
34:46quickly.
34:47I will.
34:47I will.
34:48I just need a
34:49minute to process.
34:50Only a minute.
34:53Thanks for coming,
34:55Mom.
34:56You are exactly
34:58what I needed.
35:00You always are.
35:07Not only do you
35:08have to watch for
35:09Danny's demons,
35:10you've got to look
35:11for the one waiting
35:12in the wings, too.
35:14Yeah, I remembered
35:16your warning earlier
35:17today when that demon
35:18showed up in Danny's
35:18room, comforting her.
35:20I know Bill
35:21Hamilton is lurking.
35:23Oh, but I drew a line.
35:25I told Bill that
35:26Naomi and Chelsea
35:26might need him,
35:27but Danny doesn't.
35:29She already has a
35:30husband, and that's
35:30me.
35:31Good man.
35:32Yeah.
35:33Allow me to ease
35:34your worries where
35:35Danny's concerned, sir.
35:37There is nothing or
35:38no one more important
35:39to me than she is.
35:41Losing Danny to this
35:42disease or to someone
35:43else is not happening.
35:45Vernon, it's time
35:46to go home.
35:47Are you tired, my love?
35:49Relieved.
35:51I see exactly what
35:52I hoped I'd see.
35:54Our daughter is the
35:55same capable woman
35:56today as she was
35:57yesterday.
35:58Like mother,
35:59like daughter.
36:01This road may be
36:02tougher than we
36:03thought, but then
36:04so are we.
36:05And no one needs to
36:07pity either of us.
36:09Cancer simply is no
36:10match for two
36:11formidable Dupree
36:13women.
36:14And that's that.
36:44I'm not going to be
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