Beyond The Gates Weekly Recap 09/08-09/12/25

Last week on Beyond The Gates, the aftermath of Chelsea’s kidnapping. Family and friends gather around her, giving her the strength to pull through the trauma. 

The Aftermath

Jacob, Kat, and Madison get there just in the nick of time as Chelsea has Allison wrapped in the chains that bound her. Soon, they alert the family that Chelsea is safe. She may be safe, but is she okay?

Allison is booked and seems to make a mockery of it. She quotes Chelsea’s Instagram posts and is an overall nuisance to Jacob and Co.

Chelsea is convinced to get checked out at the local hospital. The family arrives, and the reunion is sweet.

Later, once back in Fairmount Crest, Vernon and Anita plan a coming home party for Chelsea. Chelsea makes an excuse to leave and the Duprees feel bad. I mean, why would you plan a party for a person who has just been kidnapped as if they were coming home from college?

Once Allison is back at the precinct, Chelsea confronts her, and Allison quotes more of Chelsea’s Instagram. Allison says that she gave her clout. It seems to be working. She says that Chelsea made her who she is.

Chelsea finds Dani looking for her when she gets home. They talk about fame and the pressures. Chelsea feels like she led Allison on. Dani and Kat get through to her, and Chelsea considers including a message against nonviolence in her social media.

Reunited and It Feels….Wait What?

Martin and Smitty talk Joey and when he will come to collect. Martin says he has something bigger on his mind; his parents are getting a divorce. Smitty is surprised that Martin is upset. They get close, real close. Smitty, however, treats it as though it were an itch he needed to scratch.

Meanwhile, Samantha is being a brat. She brings a boy back to Chelsea and Kat’s place. It is clear this boy is up to no good, and little Miss Samantha is about to fall into a trap. She is caught by Kat, who tells her to get him out of there. She tells Samantha that she doesn’t have a key to bring boys around. Samantha pretends to get it, but once Kat is gone, the boy comes back. Truly, I dislike this character. Chelsea was just kidnapped, and she thought it was a good idea to bring a stranger into her home. I hope she gets fired as a spokesmodel.

Odd Man Out

Nicole thanks Ted for what he did, but the family is preoccupied with Chelsea, so she is in no rush to tell them about it. She does invite him over to see about Chelsea. That isn’t good enough because when he does arrive at the Duprees, he makes sure to tell them, leading to an argument with Nicole. She humiliates him, and the family joins in. She doesn't owe him anything. Ted asks if all the years don't mean that they owe each other a chance to start again. Nicole says no. Bill puts down ten on Nicole, and the rest of the Duprees join in. They taunt him.

Ted stands up for himself, and Nicole feels bad in the end. Ted was right, they are all sitting there with Bill as if he hadn't humiliated Dani loudly and had them take part in her humiliation. They are such hypocrites. 

Crocodile Tears

Leslie cries and boohoo's to Eva about wanting to show people that she is somebody, but I cannot be bothered to feel sorry for her. Leslie, the first thing you did when you found out about your mother was run straight to Anita. Ted tells you he is giving you a house, and the first thing you do is run to humiliate Nicole. You earned every bit of that humiliation. 

Eva kicks Ted out of the room he pays for so that she can coddle her mother. Even telling her that she has a right to live beyond the gates. Dear writers, please do not ruin Eva by making her blind to Leslie and enabling her. Thankfully, we got a little break from Leslie after Monday, but do you know who we didn’t get a break from? Who was on for three days and didn't add anything to any story? Guess?

Standing On Business

Tomas and Kat actually have a cute moment that Eva interrupts. She wanted to talk to Kat about something that she never ends up getting to because Kat is rude to her. I usually have something to say about that but, I mean, this time I get it. She really didn’t have anything of value to say. She is also actively pining over Kat’s man. Eva leaves, Tomas calls Kat a mean girl, and she reads him for filth and then leaves. Eva returns, and later so does Kat; she catches them holding hands.

Bill and Hayley talk. Hayley feels shut out. She whines, what she does best. She makes Chelsea's kidnapping about her. Eventually, Bill walks out on her, telling her that he doesn't have time. Caroline comes in. Hayley complains to Caroline. They devise a scheme to make Bill jealous, and he becomes jealous, but it has nothing to do with Hayley.

Bill and Dani have leaned on each other during the kidnapping. Sitting close, he calls her babe to the point of being called out by both of his daughters. His look of challenge when Dani tells him that Naomi doesn’t have to worry because she would never go there again. 

Bill sees Dani sitting down for breakfast during Friday’s episode, and he sits with her. They have some sort of truce going that they both want to keep. Andre arrives, Bill says, "What’s up, man?” Andre informs him that he is in his seat. Mind you, this is after he comes from seeing Ashley at the hospital. Bill is flummoxed, this boy did not just try to claim his spot. Dani stands by Andre, and eventually Bill stands up. This was delicious. I may no longer be on the Dandre ship; the writers ruined a good thing by making him pine for Ashley and drop Dani like a bad habit to do that. Listen up, Dani is a fan favorite. She’s the character that when people talk about the show, her name will come up, like Erica Kane when we talk about All My Children. So to have that happen to her over bland Ashley? Yeah, we will not forget it.

Friday’s episode ends with Derek not telling Ashley about the feeling slowly returning to his legs. Yawn, Lucky and Liz already did similar. We don’t want to see it. Ashley is no Liz Webber so please stop trying to make her that.

Final Thoughts On The Week

I won’t do a thumbs up or down because this week was just good with very few notes. I always talk about one, and I am sure you know what it is. It involves Ashley and her stupid marriage proposal. The other is the continuity issue that I never thought would resurface. It is very sloppy, and I still don't understand how it happened yet again. Doug catches Vanessa and Joey; it cuts to that, and then there is no follow-up in the next episode. I am also sick of this story and am actually very angry if Doug meets his end due to Vanessa and Joey. If he does, there had better be a fallout and retribution delivered by Doug’s son or someone in his family. Vanessa also must come under fire and cannot get away with her part in it. That said, this week was great, and next week looks even better.