When Beyond the Gates premiered over a month ago, viewers were introduced to the selfish, cheating, controlling, and manipulative Bill Hamilton played by Timon Kyle Durrett. As the story of Beyond the Gates revealed itself, we learned that Bill was married for 35 years to Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley) but dumped her for their daughter, Naomi’s (Arielle Prepetit) best friend, Hayley Lawson (Marquita Goings).
Fast-forward, try as Dani might, Bill remarried Hayley, which sent Dani filling up her anger and loneliness with binges of the bottle and hot sex with Andre. Meanwhile, just when Bill thought the only person he needs to keep an eye on is Dani, it turns out their daughter, Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne, had a trick up her sleeve and is now representing seemingly disgruntled female employees of his law firm in a sexual discrimination and harassment suit. Something that has taken Bill off of his game for a bit.
Michael Fairman TV chatted with Timon Kyle Durrett and Marquita Goings to glean some insight on how they view the dynamic between Bill/Naomi/Hayley and Dani/Bill/Hayley and a preview of what’s to come on all-new episodes of Beyond the Gates.
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Timon weighed-in on Bill’s reaction to his daughter, Naomi, trying to bring him down with the lawsuit. “He’s worried because he taught Naomi everything she knows about the law and she’s a threat and Bill can’t go full steam ahead the way he would anyone else. He can’t be that bull ready to ram. This is his daughter,” shared Durrett. “It also carries over into his relationship with his ex-wife. This is the mother of his children. So, Bill is concerned about how he’s going to go about things now with his daughter being his newfound adversary.”
Marquita Goings reflected on how Hayley is feeling after her actions caused a ripple effect for her former best friend and her now husband. “I think she’s fully aware of what she’s done and the damage it’s caused. It doesn’t take away the longing of that friend because Hayley didn’t have that growing up; the family aspect that she got from being in Naomi’s life, because prior to her getting with Bill, this was her best friend, and the Duprees had embraced her. So. she lost that the minute she got with Bill and it’s still there. I don’t think you just get over something right away.”
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It’s been painfully obvious that Dani and Bill seem to act out in revenge and hatred for one another, yet they can still share a glance and a moment that makes you feel at any minute they might just come back together. Timon explained, “Bill still hasn’t gotten Dani out of his system, fully, which is part of the boiling point that you see when they’re together. It’s like there hasn’t been a severance … there’s still a connection. If there wasn’t a connection, there wouldn’t be all of this: the vitriol, all the venom and the vigor and the anger and the bitterness. They both have not let each other go. And Bill being the ‘I want to be in charge and I don’t want to be the vulnerable guy,’ I think he’s having the hardest time because Dani has already expressed how she feels, but Bill is this vault, this safe. He wants to protect his feelings at all times and it’s becoming a challenge for him. It’s just … she’s still in his system.”
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As to what will be Bill’s next move to combat his daughter’s lawsuit and combat the mighty Dupree family, Durrett shared, “Bill is a consummate planner and thinker. He’s going to find a way to use the situation to his advantage as best as he can. He’s going to do what he needs to do, not just for everyone else, but Bill’s going to always do what he feels is best for himself to a degree.”
While Bill is going to do what Bill needs to do for himself, it seems ditto for his current partner, Hayley as Marquita Goings teased, “I feel like Hayley also is going to do what she needs to do, and we are just going to have to see how this all pans out. That’s as much as I can say right now.”
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Watch out full conversation with Timon and Marquita now on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel here. Beyond the Gates airs weekdays on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm PT, and streams on Paramount+
Beyond the Gates is CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Sheila Ducksworth, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Now let us know, are you enjoying Timon Kyle Durrett as Bill Hamilton and Marquita Goings as Hayley Lawson thus far on Beyond the Gates? Do you think Naomi will bring Bill down with the lawsuit against his legal firm? Do you think ultimately Dani and Bill will get back together and Hayley will be dumped out of Fairmont Crest? Weigh-in via the comment section and check out the interview below.
I think Bill will change his feelings towards Dani if and when she becomes serious about another man. He will be threatened and want her back again, maybe tossing aside his new, young, immature, inexperienced, etc wife he’s playing house with now.
On the Friday, May 8 episode of Beyond the Gates, the CBS daytime drama served up another fantasy sequence between married couple Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) and Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley). The moment happened after Dani overheard a suspicious conversation and teasingly asks her hubby if he is spy?
This launches into story time by Dani, when she dreams up a scenario straight out of the look of the Blaxploitation films of the early to mid 70s. We are talking Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, Richard Roundtree in Shaft, and Sweet Sweet Badassses Song from Melvin Van Peoples and others.
In Dani’s story, both she and Andre are spies at Orphey Gene’s. Andre reveals he wears an eye patch. In the fantasy, Andre is also deemed to be a men’s underwear photographer from Iowa. The two seems to be double agents.
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After the scenes aired, the official Beyond the Gates Instagram account and Karla Mosley shared it on social, and many of the BTG cast jumped in the comment thread, as the series always brings it in the hair and make-up and wardrobe department and they had this down.
Sean Freeman said, “Sooo much fun shooting this one 🔥,” while Karla Mosley added, “The way I have been waiting for this episode to drop!” BTG Writer, Danielle Paige shared, “One of my fave days to write!!!”
While some fans loved it, others were not so in love with it. Check out the satire below featuring Dani and Andre’s 70s Foxy Brown-esque fantasy.
Then let us know, did you enjoy the repartee and think it was clever, plus the wardrobe, make-up and hair throwing it back to decades ago in the cinema … or do you think it was a waste of time on an episode and would prefer not to see fantasy sequences? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Who would have thought that more uptight of the Beyond the Gates Dupree sisters, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix), would be the one cavorting around with a few different suitors at one time and living it up! Such as the case of the psychiatrist at Garland Memorial Medical Center.
In story, after her decades-long marriage went bust with Dr. Ted Richardson (thanks to the bombshell by Leslie that Ted and her had an affair the result of which was her having his daughter, Eva), Nicole divorced the renowned plastic surgeon and since that time has two men actively vying her attention, newcomer in town, Dr. Kial Robbins (Greg Vaughan) and Ted’s plastic surgeon partner, Dr. Carlton Fitzgerald (Michael Christopher Riley).
What’s refreshing for daytime is, this is a woman taking control of her personal life, and not making excuses that she is not being mutually-exclusive, She has even explained to both Kial and Carlton that after the stormy ending and the betrayal of her marriage to Ted (Keith D. Robinson), she’s not rushing into anything with any sort of short or long term commitment. So, everyone knows what they are getting themselves into.
For Nicole, let the fun begin and this week on all new episodes of Beyond the Gates come the Friday, May 8 episode while with Carlton, Nicole runs into Food Network Chef, Sunny Anderson who is also a regular contributor and official “Drew Crew” member on The Drew Barrymore Show. Meanwhile, Ted is thinking about another woman who Shanice thinks is Leslie, but doesn’t he just love Nicole and wants her back, try as he might to move on with anyone that isn’t her? Stay tuned.
This week, in the latest promo for Beyond the Gates, things are getting hot and heavy in the bedroom between Nicole and Carlton, while previous she had quite the time with Kial.
Check out the latest video teaser for episodes airing May 4-8 below.
So, who do you think will be the ultimate love match for Nicole? Will she wind up back with Ted, choose to be exclusive with Kial or Carlton, or will no one get Nicole, and she will just continue to be single and happy for the rest of her life? Let us know your picks via the comment section.
Your favorite soaps operas on CBS, have a scheduling shift over the next few days for the network’s fifth annual broadcast for the UEFA Champions League Soccer games in Europe.
This will effect the Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29; and next week’s Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6 line-up of Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.
First, and the most affected is all-new episodes of Beyond the Gates which will not air today or tomorrow. As well, game show Let’s Make a Deal will also be preempted. The two shows will also be fully preempted on May 5 and May 6.
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However, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful will air as normal for East Coast viewers, but those on the West Coast in Mountain and Pacific Time Zones will have a full preemption. Only, the top-rated The Price is Right will air coast-to-coast with no interruptions because of its time slot of 11am ET/10am PT.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE
The UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, semi-final matches begin airing today on April 28 when Paris Saint Germain PSG plays a home game in France and goes up against Bayern Munich, and on April 29, viewers can look for Atlético de Madrid plays at home vs. Arsenal FC.
Next week, on Tuesday, May 5, Arsenal FC plays at home in England vs. Atletico Madrid, while Bayern Munich faces Paris Saint-Germain, on Wednesday May 6, in Munich, Germany.
CBS will air a one-hour UEFA Champions League Today before each of the matches at 2pm ET as the matches begin each day of the tournament at 3pm ET.
BEYOND THE GATES PREVIEW
When Beyond the Gates returns this Thursday, April 3o it will be the pick-up of the Monday, April 27 cliffhanger which found the Dr. Lia Whitmore (Cecelia Specht) threatening Grayson (Jordi Vilasuso) and Ashley (Jen Jacob) and Dani (Karla Mosley) becoming even more suspicious of Hayley (Marquita Goings) and her plans for Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett).
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In addition look for, Leslie (Tricia Mann-Grant) to be confronted by Anita (Tamara Tunie), while exes, Ted (Keith D. Robinson) and Nicole (Daphnee Duplaix) share a close moment witnessed by Shanice.
For those wanting to catch all episodes of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful if you are in the West Coast time zones and usually watch them during the day. you can catch the action via CBS.com, CBS app or Paramount+
As Beyond the Gates heats up with who’s behind and involved in the black market blood plasma snatching story, don’t forget to check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s recent interview with Cecelia Specht on all things Dr. Lia Whitmore below.
So, what do you think of the preemption schedule and how it may affect your viewing this week and next of Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section.
