Beyond the Gates Recap for Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Andre turned things around on Leslie and Sharon had plans for Anita 

Here's what went down Wednesday, June 4, 2025 on Beyond the Gates when Chelsea busted a new move, Dani saved the medical day, and laundry detergent ended up being a voyeur.

What happened on Beyond the Gates

On Beyond the Gates, Vernon found a dejected Anita in the living room and assumed she was upset about the Articulettes' reunion show falling through. Anita announced that there was a secret she had intended to take to her grave – there had been four singers in the group initially, not just three. She explained that the fourth had been Barbara, who had started the quartet and been cast aside by Dante Green, the manager they'd hired; Dante hadn't felt that Barbara fit the sophisticated image he was trying to create for the group. Vernon scoffed that he had never liked Dante, but Anita lamented that she had seen him as her only chance for stardom and had therefore let him eject her “sister.” Barbara was dead, Anita told Vernon, and she might as well have pulled the trigger herself.

Anita let Vernon read Barbara's letter and named her “stone-cold ambition” as the cause of Barbara's suicide. Though Anita insisted Vernon hadn't known the woman he married, Vernon stated that yes, Anita had been self-serving – just like most people are when they're young. Vernon had gleaned from the letter that Barbara hadn't been able to move past her depression and added that Anita hadn't been responsible for Barbara killing herself. Plus, Anita hadn't been the only one of the girls to go forward with Dante's vision for the group. Anita didn't want Vernon making excuses for her and admitted that knowing he would was why she had never told him about Barbara and what happened to her.

Vernon asked Anita if torturing herself in the present made up for the past – or brought Barbara back. It didn't, so Vernon exhorted Anita to stop minimizing her own life, and Barbara's, with her self-blame. Anita could honor Barbara, Vernon advised, by forgiving herself. Anita confessed that she had anonymously sent Barbara's family the money Barbara would have earned had she been allowed to stay an Articulette, but it could never cover their loss. Vernon tried to buoy Anita, but she exclaimed that the reunion was off – permanently.

At Orphey Gene's, Tracy was bothered when Sharon wanted to turn the tables on Anita and resurrect her dormant career by riding Anita's coattails. Since second acts were rare for older divas, Sharon and Tracy could let Anita be the draw for either one night or a whole tour, and then they could steal the spotlight from Anita by insisting that Anita let them trade off on lead vocals. And, Sharon concluded, once attention was paid to her own voice, Sharon would pay Anita back by abandoning her for a solo career just as Anita had done to her.

Tracy didn't like Sharon's plan, but Sharon proclaimed that she had learned from Anita how being selfish was the only way to win. Sharon was prepared to act her way into confirming her participation in the comeback concert – however, she wanted Tracy to serve as a referee. Tracy was willing to join a meeting between Sharon and Anita, but only if Sharon came clean. They owed it to Barbara, Tracy said, not to base their reunion on lies. Sharon reluctantly agreed to be honest about wanting to use the show as a springboard – Tracy felt that Anita would respect Sharon for her bluntness. Sharon excused herself while Tracy took a call: it was from Vernon, who told Tracy that Anita had changed her mind about the concert. If Tracy and Sharon didn't want to do it, there was nothing they needed to do. However, if they were still amenable...

Naomi and Hayley brought Bill to the hospital, where Bill resisted getting help. Shanice brought Doug in to hear how Bill had begun slurring his words after experiencing hand numbness; Doug felt Bill should be seen by a neurologist, while Naomi privately asked Shanice if she thought Bill had had a stroke. Bill allowed himself to be admitted but continued to fight being examined. Hayley asked Doug if Bill had sustained a TIA – a transient ischemic attack, which was like a mini-stroke. Bill was happy to hear that symptoms of a TIA often abated within 24 hours, but Doug impressed upon him that a TIA was often a precursor to a full-on stroke.

With a bottle of Tide looking on, Dani and Andre finished making love. Andre thought that it had been so “magnificent” because of the argument they'd had about the status of their relationship, which had let them be vulnerable to each other. Dani declared Andre her “Mr. Right Now,” but Andre felt that the way they had just connected made him more than that to her. He wanted her to admit that they were each other's ports in the storms they went through. Dani chose not to define their relationship and got a reprieve in the form of a phone call from Naomi...Andre watched as Dani asked Naomi what was wrong with her father.

Bill raised a fuss, not wanting to be in the hospital overnight – he called it a death trap, though he was amazed that Hayley and Naomi were actually on the same side in advising him to stay for observation. Doug had to concede that one-third of TIA patients opted to go home, and, since attorney Bill was correct that there was no legal way the hospital could keep him, Doug advised Bill to take aspirin, and for Naomi and Hayley to monitor Bill closely. Dani arrived and promised Hayley she wasn't there for a tirade – she just needed to know that Bill was all right.

When Bill chortled that Dani had come to see if he had faked having a stroke, Naomi corrected that it had been a mini-stroke, which still concerned Dani. And Dani knew that Bill wouldn't purposely put himself in a hospital, since he was terrified of them. Hayley looked on as Dani understood how debilitating the event had been for Bill, especially since it had “scared the pontificating arrogance” out of him. Dani rallied Bill to channel his “big bad” energy into taking care of himself and didn't want Bill saying she had wished his condition on him. If she had wanted Bill dead, Dani joked, he already would be. Hayley seemed uncomfortable as the exes enjoyed a laugh together.

Hayley buzzed a nurse to get him ready for departure; Naomi motioned for Dani to follow her out to the hallway. As they left, Bill thanked Dani for coming. Naomi told Dani she hadn't intended for Dani to drop everything and come to the hospital, but Dani had wanted to be there for her daughter. And, she had thought, “What if he didn't make it?” When Naomi shared her own similar thought, Dani playfully went on, “I'm not done being mad at him yet, and he doesn't get to slip away to hell on me.”

Bill assured Hayley that he and Dani were done – it was just that a connection like theirs was never severed entirely, especially in times of crisis. Hayley was glad that Dani had been able to talk sense into Bill, but she wished she had been the one to do so. Bill moved to kiss her; Hayley impishly reminded him that they were supposed to be watching his blood flow. Bill grinned that Hayley was worth any risk.

Chelsea went to Uptown, where she sent a call from Naomi to voicemail in favor of a woman at the bar who seemed to be flirting with her. Approaching the lady, Chelsea said, “We are both too gorgeous to be drinking alone” – this made the woman, Madison, laugh and admit she wasn't used to such honesty. Madison knowingly claimed she had just been staring off into space instead of checking Chelsea out, and wouldn't share what she did for a living after Chelsea spoke of her fashion label. After Madison invited Chelsea to guess what her line of work was, Chelsea supposed that, being in DC, perhaps Madison was a spy. Since Madison wanted to be elusive, Chelsea offered for Madison to freely ask about her, and Chelsea would reply to anything honestly, with no filter.

Madison and Chelsea continued to vibe, with Chelsea revealing that she wanted to encounter all kinds of interesting places and people. As Madison wanted to keep the subject of what Chelsea had experienced PG, Chelsea described how she had once taken a wrong turn surveying Milan and run up against a parade; the people on a passing float had pulled her up on it to celebrate with them. Maybe that was the point, Chelsea opined – there was always something beautiful waiting just around the corner. When Chelsea's attention was diverted by a text letting her know that Bill had been hospitalized but released, Madison used the moment to take off.

Kat came to Jacob about how Leslie had threatened to sue her and demanded that “that murderous bitch” be locked up – but Jacob was annoyed that Kat kept trying to tell him how to run his investigation. Kat apologized and divulged that Leslie being around her so much was freaking her out. Jacob assured Kat that he was on top of it and that the walls were closing in around Leslie, then got a phone call telling him the warrant he had requested to search Leslie's apartment had been granted. Kat smirked that Jacob wouldn't have gotten that far without her.

Jacob told Kat he'd be looking for potential souvenirs of the crime, which perps sometimes kept. Kat wanted to be there for the search, but Jacob cited Kat's lack of qualification and surmised that Kat's running commentary could end up prejudicing any evidence that Jacob might find. Once Jacob left, Kat told herself that she was going to give Leslie what she deserved...with or without Jacob.

Leslie went to the hospital in dark glasses and a ball cap and tried to fake Shanice out with a French accent, but Shanice recognized Leslie right away and moved to call security. Leslie dropped the act and asked Shanice to help her prove her innocence, since the Duprees had ways of targeting people they didn't like. Shanice remained convinced that Leslie had tried to kill Laura twice and stopped Leslie from calling security herself so that they could watch the supposed footage of her together. Shanice snarked that she could “spot a lace-front wig a mile away”...and slipped by saying she would be able to tell immediately if Leslie showed up on the footage Andre had found.

Andre saw Leslie approaching him at the diner and informed her that he knew what she'd done. Leslie purred that his own playboy reputation had preceded him and that she placed the acclaimed shutterbug from his slumming it at the Richardsons' anniversary party. Andre realized that Leslie wanted to see her “cameo” in the hospital security footage he had obtained for his documentary; Leslie asserted that innocent people had the right to see evidence against them, so they could refute it, and commanded Andre to show it to her that moment.

Saying that Leslie had no right to discovery, Andre refused her demand and pointed out that the matter was personal to him, due to what Leslie had done to his uncle and aunt. “I never touched that girl,” Leslie growled when Andre brought up how Laura had ended up in the hospital. Andre got fed up and presented the time-marked footage to Leslie anyway; She giggled that clearly she was hotter than the woman on camera. Photographer Andre let Leslie know that he could see beyond the superficial with his subjects and had observed how Leslie carried herself – no disguise could cover who Leslie was.

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When Leslie turned cold and sneered that the police didn't have a thing on her, Andre acted fast and took a quick photo of her with his phone. While she sat confused, Andre smiled that he had software that could aid in digitally removing her disguise from the footage...now that he had a clear picture of her.

Beyond the Gates airs weekdays on CBS and streams on Paramount Plus.

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