Beyond the Gates Recap, May 9, 2025: June kept the Hawthornes on their toes

Here's what went down Friday, May 9, 2025 on Beyond the Gates, when Kat saw two unwelcome sights at Uptown, all of Nicole's visitors were welcome except her last one, and Dani put both Bill and Ted in the blast zone.

What happened on Beyond the Gates?

On Beyond the Gates, Naomi had trouble finding a room at a shelter for June, the homeless woman who had been arrested for assaulting a social worker. Jacob told June she didn't need to live in Tent City anymore, but June liked it. Naomi didn't care for Jacob's suggestion that she use her Dupree-Hamilton status to pull some strings; June didn't like lawyers or string pullers.

In the Dupree mansion, Vernon brought coffee, which he had made as an excuse to give Nicole alone time with Anita. Mrs. Dupree returned the favor and left Nicole with Vernon, who comforted his daughter and promised to check in on his grandchildren. Nicole reported that she felt numb, which Vernon said wasn't a bad thing – it was a form of self-protection. Soon, the patriarch predicted, Nicole would be able to do nothing but feel. “Yay! Something to look forward to,” Nicole chuckled mirthlessly. Vernon promised not to let Nicole fall when the emotions arrived for her to process.

Anita returned as Nicole chastised herself for being blind when it came to Ted, resulting in Anita proclaiming that no one was allowed to run down her daughter – even her daughter. Nicole confessed she had been feeling adrift, but the world felt right in her parents' house. Nicole thanked her mom and dad and headed home, wanting to learn to stand on her own two feet again. After Nicole exited, Anita recognized Vernon's long-standing stance against violence, but revealed that she wanted to... “give Ted Richardson one old-fashioned butt whupping,” Vernon finished, agreeing. Anita was aghast that Ted had cheated on Nicole on the heels of her suffering multiple miscarriages in her attempt to give him another baby.

Bill assured Dani that he thought he had handled the problem of Leslie's pregnancy for Ted all those years before. Dani was upset that Bill had never told her about Ted's affair, since it was her family that was affected by it. Bill recalled that, when he was married to Dani, he had done all he could to protect the Duprees, but Dani remembered that Bill had only ever helped himself. Bill rankled Dani by intimating that her indignation meant she still cared about him, which made her even more indignant. She wanted to know what other problems Bill had fixed for her family that carried similar capacities for destruction.

Dani and Bill argued about the things he had done for the Duprees – Dani cited Bill's lack of conscience, and Bill insisted he had gotten his hands dirty so the Duprees' could stay clean. If Dani had a problem with Bill playing fixer for the family, Bill told his ex, she needed to speak to “ringmasters” Anita and Vernon. Besides, Bill held, there was no changing the past. Dani demanded that Bill stay out of her family's business. “Wasn't it obvious I wanted out when I left you?” Bill retorted, which stung Dani; she was amazed she could ever have loved such a soulless man.

Hayley came downstairs, asking if the whole neighborhood could hear Dani and Bill's arguments when they were married. Bill guaranteed that, outside of Chelsea and Naomi, he wanted nothing more to do with Dani's family.

Post-workout, Martin met Smitty at Uptown and said the exercise had calmed him down – as had Naomi's request for a favor, which had been a distraction. Martin explained how he was able to find a room for Naomi's client, June, in a particular hotel that offered space to the homeless. When Smitty winced, he had to admit to Martin that June's hotel was the same one where Ted was staying – which Vernon hadn't wanted Martin to know. Martin got angry and felt like he was seen as some savage beast who couldn't control himself; after Smitty called Martin out on his escalating tone, Martin walked out. Kat came in and witnessed this exchange.

Kat approached Smitty, who explained Vernon's request and why Martin was aggrieved by it. When Smitty wondered if he should indeed stay out of Dupree family problems, Kat fell silent. She was only disappointed that her brother-in-law seemed to lack the ability to “swerve” when Martin “got all extra” and proclaimed Smitty a better husband than Martin deserved. Kat ordained Smitty a loved member of the Dupree family and smiled that they would keep Smitty in favor of Martin if the marrieds ever broke up.

When Tomás arrived for his lunch with Kat, she had to run out and take care of a supplier problem at ChelseaKat. Tomás promised to wait for her and sat down; a glum Eva entered, and Tomás joined her. Tomás said he hadn't pegged Eva as malicious; Eva replied she would rather Tomás ignore her like everybody else, since words such as those were more painful coming from him. Tomás acknowledged that he might have misjudged her and encouraged her to talk.

Eva told Tomás that she wasn't proud of what she had done; she had let things go too far and then tried to protect both her mother and her father. Eva found it strange to refer to Ted as that. She loved Leslie, Ted, and Nicole, yet she had failed them all. When Eva wanted to leave so that no one would see her break down in tears, Tomás grabbed her hand...which the returning Kat saw.

Andre went to see Ted at his hotel and brought his uncle a bottle. Ted noted that Andre was the only person in his life who could stomach him at the moment; Ted had gone to his office at the hospital and wound up enduring dirty looks from co-workers who were on Nicole's side. Ted half-heartedly asked Andre to talk to Nicole for him, but Andre didn't think his aunt would listen to anything he had to say on Ted's behalf. Yet, Andre had his own idea that he didn't elaborate on and left Ted to his own devices.

A sympathetic Andre went to see Nicole, but slipped that he wished had “told” her sooner. Nicole realized that Andre knew about Ted's affair; Andre was vehement that Ted hadn't known about Eva. Andre relayed how Ted had been afraid to tell Nicole the truth and asked forgiveness for not mentioning anything about Ted having cheated. Nicole didn't fault Andre – she faulted Ted for putting Andre in the middle between his aunt and uncle. Nicole listened as Andre stated that Ted loved her and that Ted would have handled things differently had he known he had a child. The psychiatrist continued to feel that Ted was a stranger.

Vanessa entered and embraced Nicole; Andre departed. Nicole had begun to wonder if Vanessa had had it right by shuffling off commitment, causing Vanessa to concede that she would have been “Mrs. Monogamy” if she could have found what Nicole had with Ted. Neither Nicole nor Vanessa had seen Ted's betrayal coming. Nicole appreciated Vanessa checking on her, but she wanted to be alone. After Vanessa saw herself out, Nicole expected a food delivery – but when the doorbell rang, Nicole's visitor was Leslie, who had used Eva's codes to get into Fairmont Crest. Leslie knew Nicole hated her, but there was something she wanted Ted's wife to know.

There was a knock on Ted's door, and he found himself face-to-face with Martin. The congressman found Andre's bottle and scoffed that Ted had yet another heretofore unseen vice. Martin sniffed that his father was more “second-rate” than he'd thought. Ted allowed Martin to vent; Martin had stood up for his dad in high school when other kids had complained about their own dads, saying Ted was the best. Yet, Ted, whom Martin had idolized, had lied to his wife and children for years; Martin didn't think anything he'd had growing up had been real. Ted swore that his love for Martin, his sister, and his mother had always been real, but Martin retreated when Ted drew nearer to him. Martin balled his fists at Ted's determination to make things right and seemed to make himself leave.

Naomi told June about the room Martin had secured, which was even better than a shelter. June turned it down, but Naomi said she couldn't focus on June's case if she had to worry about June's safety on the streets. When Jacob pointed out that the accommodation would keep June from getting arrested again, June agreed to stay there under protest.

Dani took a call from Naomi, who was displeased that her mother had gone to give her father hell. Naomi didn't think it served anybody, and counseled Dani to stay away from anything Bill related – Naomi would handle Bill. Derek and Ashley joined Naomi and Jacob and heard about Naomi's wildcard experience with June. Soon, Jacob got a call that June had split the hotel, but he had a feeling he knew where June had gotten off to and asked Derek for his assistance.

With their men gone, Ashley asked how Naomi was handling the revelation of Ted's affair with Leslie. Naomi grumbled that Dupree stood for “drama”; Ashley caught Naomi deflecting and encouraged her to open up about suddenly having a cousin. Naomi was afraid that, if a perfect couple like Nicole and Ted couldn't make it, who could? Ashley protested that Jacob and Naomi were “icons of love” that she and Derek couldn't yet hope to live up to.

Derek and Jacob returned with June, who had tried to fight them off. June figured that, with Naomi as her lawyer, she got to tell Naomi what to do, not the other way around. Jacob reminded June that her case was atypical and introduced her to Ashley. June asserted that she'd left the hotel because her home was under the overpass. That was where she wanted to stay, and no one could do anything about it.

Smitty was summoned by Bill, who had heard Smitty was back doing investigative reporting and offered his assistance. Bill felt that he and Smitty could be very useful to each other – Bill just needed Smitty to remind Martin that they were all on the same team. When Smitty asked for clarification, Bill would only reply, “Martin will understand.”

Dani proudly told her parents how she had “ripped [Bill] a new one” for his part in helping Ted deceive Nicole. Neither Anita nor Vernon was pleased, with the former senator thinking it hadn't been such a good idea. They worried when Dani swore she wasn't done making folks pay. Later, Dani arrived at Ted's hotel room – Nicole was too nice to tell Ted what scum he was, Dani decided, so Dani was there to do it for her.

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