Lollipops to prune cakes: The Best and Worst of Beyond the Gates (so far)

As we head into the second half of 2025, it’s time for a look back at what has made Beyond The Gates the buzziest soap opera on television. It’s the smashing successes, the snoozing at the dinner table, and everything in between.

It’s hard to believe that 2025 is now more than halfway over. And while the world seems like its crashing down around us at times, one thing that we can all get behind is that Beyond the Gates has been an amazing addition to our soap opera family.

With a new energy and perspective, Beyond the Gates has shaken things up — and the other four soaps have taken notice. The last time I covered the launch of a new daytime soap was waaaaay back in the 1900s. 1999 to be exact. Unfortunately, since that time I’ve had to write about way too many soaps being taken off the air. That’s one of the reasons that I like to focus on the positive whenever possible. We love the soaps, so why not talk about the things we like?

Before Beyond the Gates took its July 4th vacation, LSD (Leslie/Sherry/Dana, for the uninitiated) and Eva took a walk down memory lane and discussed how they used to rate street performers on a self-made scale of lollipops (the highest) to prune cakes (which meant they were terrible).

Personally, I would never put a lollipop as the upper limit on a scale of greatness. Without knowing what the other rungs are on this scale, I will be taking some artistic license. You might not agree with the various food choices I’ve made to reflect the good and the bad, but this is the hand I’ve been dealt — and, sort of like Doug McBride — I am going for broke with the food analogies.

Smashing successes: The Dani Dupree coffee mug awards

There is perhaps no greater danger to coffee mugs in the free world than Danielle “Dani” Dupree. In just under four months, Dani has taken the ceramic lives of six innocent coffee mugs. It’s even worse when you add in the four mugs that Dani gleefully encouraged sister Nicole to demolish. Remind me to hide my Ming vases if ever Dani decides to pay me a visit. Oh, and also remind me that I don’t actually have any Ming vases.

Let me cut right to the chase: there are far more things that I’ve loved about the last 16 weeks of Beyond the Gates than there are things that I haven’t liked.

Kit Kats and LSD: Getting to know our new neighbors

Before any details were released about Beyond the Gates, just about every major soap opera web site released a so-called “wishful casting” list. These lists mentioned all the established actors and actresses that its authors wanted to see on the new soap. I remember putting one together for Soap Central, and I know that the Evil Richard Simms and his team did one for Soaps.com. The folks at Daytime Confidential also shared some casting thoughts on their podcast.

It should as no surprise that almost none of the names on the aforementioned lists actually wound up appearing on Beyond the Gates. (Of my picks, only Cady McClain landed on the show, although Victoria Rowell was said to have auditioned for the role of Anita Dupree.)

While there was some initial pushback from fans that the canvas was not stacked with name after name after name, the show’s casting director, Kim Coleman, quickly silenced the naysayers. You’d hardly know that the cast is composed largely of soap newcomers.

Colby Muhammad (Kat Richardson), Ambyr Michelle (Eva Thomas) and Sean Freeman (Andre Richardson) are three of the show’s breakout stars.

Colby’s dynasty

Muhammad has quickly shown that she can handle both dramatic and comedic material. Kat and Eva’s feud has quickly risen to the upper echelons of soap rivalries — up there with Brooke and Taylor, Erica and Brooke, and Jill and Katherine. Kat’s silly-on-paper attempted murder investigation escapades as Katlock are an absolute delight. And while a lot of the focus is on “lewks,” Muhammad is serving looks – side-eye, pursed lips, eye rolls. She can say more with less, and that goes a long way on soaps.

Eva destruction

Whereas her on-screen sister has gotten to play comedy, Michelle’s Eva has been all drama all the time. It’s always a risk to put a newcomer front-and-center because if they fail to deliver, the audience won’t be interested in what’s supposed to be a major storyline. Fortunately for Beyond the Gates, Ambyr Michelle has proven to be a star on the rise.. Her Eva can go from exchanging bitchy barbs with Kat to trying to steal Tomás out from under her half sibling. Want still more? Give her a few minutes and she’ll be delivering tear-your-heart-out emotion with her momma, Leslie. A testament to Michelle’s skill as an actor? We’re probably supposed to hate Eva for her role in the anniversary party debacle, but darned if we can’t help rooting for the girl.

Big Sean

Among the men, Sean Freeman was an absolute find. And that’s saying a lot because I learned very much after the fact that a friend of mine was also up for the role of Andre. It’s easy to focus on the physical. After all, every soap needs to have a little bit of eye candy. But being fun to look at only goes so far. Freeman has chemistry with every single performer with whom he shares a scene. The Andre/Dani coupling is crazy sexy cool. Andre’s relationship with Kat – and their cousinly handshake — is cute. Andre’s relationship with Nicole is really kind of aspirational, even if it is currently strained.

I also want to take a moment to praise the show’s resident villain, Trisha Mann-Grant’s Leslie. I love this character so much, I’ve even given her a nickname: LSD. The nickname fits because, at times, watching Leslie must be what it’s like to be on a psychedelic drug trip. Soap villains can often lean toward the cartoonish – and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In this case, Mann-Grant takes LSD riiiiight to the edge and then somehow pulls so far back that you end up questioning if you’ve been misjudging her. Does Leslie know what she’s doing or does she make it up on the fly? I have no idea, though I am not sure that LSD knows either. And that’s a big part of the fun.

Sour Patch Kids: Sweet, tangy, and spicy dialogue

The folks writing the dialogue on Beyond the Gates are having way too much fun. I’ve said that so many times that I now devote an entire section in each of my columns to memorable lines. Yes, every soap has good zingers. I’d argue that Beyond the Gates has more than its fair share of shady one-liners. It’s about more than that, though. The characters on Beyond the Gates talk like real people. It’s dialogue for the people by the people. In one scene you can have Vernon offering up some of his folksy, homespun wisdom and in the next Kat and Chelsea will be chatting it up in their Gen Z speak. Anita even tried to be hip and cool by name-dropping “Cardi Z and Megan the Mustang.” And let’s not forget the very spicy dialogue often uttered by Joey Armstrong.

There’s a whole world out there

Something else that goes a long way is embracing the real world in the script. On All My Children and One Life to Live, characters talked about a social media site called Facespace. Beyond the Gates, however, doesn’t try to hide from reality. They offer full-throated acknowledgment of Instagram. While reminiscing about her days on the runway, Dani has mentioned the names of real-life models. Kat and Chelsea have (unfortunately) referenced the Kardashians. And, of course, there are the Ebony magazine covers, the prominent Emmy award in the Dupree home, and references to the NAACP.

The only other soap that exists in a real world location is the Los Angeles-set The Bold and the Beautiful. Aside from the establishing shots of the Hollywood sign and Rodeo Drive, B&B seems to do everything it can to exist in its own little world. (How else to explain people getting from downtown Los Angeles to the beach house in Malibu quicker than I can walk from my rose bushes to Kroll Manor’s pool?)

Homemade croissants: The other soaps are not like us

Something that I noticed very quickly about Beyond the Gates is that it is not afraid to go places that the other soaps will not go. Quite a few soap fans talk about how American serials are afraid to go places that their British counterparts have been visiting for years.

Cheating, lying, and adultery are the bread and butter of soap operas. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not, but there are other fish to fry at the moment. Beyond the Gates has moved fully into the modern era with its introduction of Vanessa McBride. The blonde is fully in touch with her sexual wants and needs. She is also fully in touch with every good looking guy in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. And no, I am not “slut-shaming.”

We were led to believe that Doug and Vanessa had an open marriage, but… that wasn’t entirely the case. The very concept of putting an open marriage into the show’s script is radical for a daytime drama series. Even the long-running primetime series Grey’s Anatomy only introduced an open marriage storyline in its most recent season.

The young and the fluid

Beyond the Gates has also addressed sexual fluidity. Within the first couple of weeks of the series’ run,. we learned that Chelsea was sleeping with a married couple. To the best of my knowledge, only General Hospital and Days of our Lives have talked about a threesome on-air. Unlike Beyond the Gates, DAYS actually showed it on-screen. When Chelsea met Madison and, albeit way too soon, fell in love with her, it marked the first time that two Black queer women shared a kiss on a daytime drama series. Their subsequent sexytimes was also a first.

Chelsea’s coming out was also handled in a much more “modern” way than daytime fans are accustomed. to seeing. Chelsea was actually annoyed that mom Dani was totally unfazed by her queerness proclamation, grumbling, “You’re seconds away from from planning my coming out party and wrapping yourself in a couture pride flag with rainbows dancing all in your head!” Her granddad, Vernon, interrogated Madison just as he would any of his other children/grandchildren’s partners. His concern? The same as ours: That they were moving way too fast.

Beyond the Gates even dropped an “a-hole” in its dialogue, but that was sniffed out by the censors and became the victim of a partial audio blur-out before broadcast.

Some of these things might have some viewers clutching their proverbial pearls, but all of these things are still much tamer than what goes on in the real world.

Cotton candy and Cherry Coke: Storylines that are giving me a rush

In a genre whose “youngest” program is nearly 40 years old, one would think that everything has been done at least once. That might be true, but the Beyond the Gates writing team seems determined from day one to keep soap fans guessing.

An LSD trip down memory lane

It took only about five episodes for viewers to learn that Eva was Ted Richardson’s daughter from an extramarital affair. Or at least that’s what Leslie/Sherry/Dana wanted Eva (and us) to believe. As the episodes played out, it became unclear what had or hadn’t happened all those years ago. Did she and Ted even have an affair, or was this another thread in her elaborate web of lies? When at last the affair was confirmed, we still weren’t entirely sure that Eva was really Ted’s child. Truth be told, I am not sure that I trust the DNA tests that LSD provided. There was that passing mention of Leslie knowing someone who could get things done.

Having Eva come to genuinely care about Nicole and Ted was a great twist. It put Eva literally and metaphorically in the middle of her mother’s war against the man and woman she believed had wronged her. The anniversary party was the perfect venue to drop the bombshell. Everyone who was anyone in Fairmont Crest was on hand to see the spectacle play out. It probably made Ted want to eat his earlier words about how he was never on hand to see drama play out at the country club.

Now, I don’t like how things have gone post-bombshell, but that’s not an indictment of the storytelling. That’s merely me telling you what I want. I wanted Nicole to find a way to forgive Ted so that they could reboot their life together. I don’t want Nicole to fall into the arms of Carlton. And I definitely don’t want Ted to have a weak moment with Dana. But you can’t always get what you want when you want it. I trust the writers to get us where we need to go.

I’ve got a secret

On the topic of trusting the writers, let’s discuss Martin and his secret. I’ve been fully transparent in past columns about my feelings on this storyline. I’ve complained that the details have been kept from viewers for too long. And, yes, I’ve grumbled that truth would probably not match the level of “uh oh” that viewers had conjured up in their heads. But I have also mentioned that I was wrong to complain about both of those things.

You have to trust the process — unless you’re a Philadelphia 76ers fan. Had the secret been revealed a month or so ago, we never would have had this delicious set up where all of the men in town were revealed to be part of the story. Police, mobsters, politicians, and plastic surgeons have all come together under one umbrella to tell a story that gets more fascinating by the day.

The story clearly isn’t over and it’s tough to predict where it’s going to go. Martin is something of a loose canon at the moment and could totally go off script at any moment. Joey Armstrong is also a bit unpredictable, though in a more measured way. If — or should I say when — Nicole finds out that Ted has been keeping another secret from her, it will probably torpedo any hope they have of getting back together. And if Jacob keeps digging, it’s possible that it could impact his investigation into Leslie’s attempted murder of Laura. Having multiple stories woven together by a common (or uncommon) thread is masterful storytelling.

Pop the Champagne: Memorable moments behind the Fairmont Crest gates

Memories are funny things. Not everyone recalls the same event in the same way. While there have been many moments since the show’s debut back on February 24, 2025, that I feel are “memorable,” these are the ones that I am singling out as the best of the bunch.

Emotions running high

I’ll admit that as the first few notes of music played in the opening moments of the first episode, I was pretty much certain that they were going to play “Lil Boo Thang” by Paul Russell. I was relieved (Sorry, Paul!) that they opted for the OG “Best of My Love” by the Emotions. Yes, the song was first a hit in 1977, but it’s been so long since we’ve heard N actual pop hit on soaps. Longtime fans of the genre will remember when nearly every couple had their own top-40 theme song!

Please be seated

During Bill and Hayley’s wedding, many of the there-under-duress guests rose to their feet when the bride started to make her way down the aisle. That quickly changed when Anita flashed Vernon a look that told him to sit his butt down immediately. Not a single word was needed.

Bootycallis interruptus

Andre stumbling into Kat and Chelsea’s new home in Dani’s guest house provided an absolutely memorable moment of levity. The two young women immediately picked up on why Andre was there, and watching Mr. Cool Andre fumble over his words, blurt out that he’s “Not a Dupree,” and nervously exit stage left was comedy gold.

You do, I don’t

While their relationship remains a bit divisive (you’ll read about it later in this column), Ashley rejecting Derek’s proposal was a jaw-dropping moment that I won’t soon forget. She was convinced that he was going to break up with her… so you’d think the proposal would have been a moment of pure joy. Nope.

That’s (not) my momma

Trisha Mann-Grant and Ambyr Michelle are the most believable mother/daughter pairing in quite some time. The show wisely spent a great deal of time showing us how it had been Leslie and Dana against the world for years. That’s why the post-anniversary face off between the two was so juicy.

Eva was finally able to vent all of her emotions in one fell swoop. She had been lied to her entire life. She believed that Ted wanted nothing to do with her, but, in reality, he didn’t even know she existed. The anger she had for him… was misplaced. The undying loyalty Eva had for her mother… was misplaced.

There was seismic devastation when Leslie rolled out a blue suitcase, put it at Eva’s feet, and told her to leave. LSD threw her own daughter out of the apartment. Damn.

The scene was acted to perfection by both women. There was an inherent trust the actresses placed in one another to make the scene everything that it needed to be. It wasn’t overwrought with melodrama. Both women moved but a few centimeters during the heat of the confrontation. When one of the actresses wasn’t speaking, they remained present, drawing us further in with their facial expressions. It was a beautiful, though heartbreaking, scene that will be used as a measuring stick for all future soap opera confrontations.

Good.

There was a scene in early April when Mona found Eva sitting at one of the tables in the casino. She tearily told Mona that her entire life had fallen apart. In that moment, Mona reached out her hand and gently placed it on Eva’s wrist. “Good,” she responded in her best church lady voice. Ooh, as the kids say, the scream I scrumpt. I truly was expecting a moment of compassion… but given Mona’s connection to Nicole, this was so much better!

My name is Barbara

The moment that sticks with me the most came back on June 3, when, in a series of brilliantly crafted scenes, we learned why the Articulettes fell apart. Anita removed a letter from a secret compartment in her desk and we heard the voice of a young woman, who’d clearly written the words on the page. We would learn that her name was Barbara, the woman who started the Articulettes. Barbara was cast aside – fired — when the group’s manager decided she didn’t have the right look.

After a short time, Anita began to speak the words of the letter aloud, her voice sounding in tandem with Barbara’s. Barbara’s voice eventually faded away. Anita folded up the letter but continued to recite the words which she knew by heart. It became painfully clear that Anita had read the letter many times and committed the words to memory. Which made what Barbara had written next all the more chilling.

“So if you’re reading this, sister, I’ve left this world for what I hope is a better place. And that… that is on you,” Anita said stoically before the emotions she tried to wall off started washing through. She buried her head in her hands and cried.

This is a story that has never been told before on a soap. It’s unclear if we will ever get to see the Articulettes’ reunion concert on-screen, but I know that we will be seeing the scene again at next year’s Daytime Emmys ceremony.

Snooze and lose: The fast asleep at the Uptown awards

Remember that time Ashley fell asleep at the table while on a double date with Derek and their pals Jacob and Naomi? Thankfully there hasn’t been anything so bad on Beyond the Gates that it’s put me to sleep. There are, however, some things that haven’t been as successful as others. There are also a few things that need a little more explaining.

King crab: A case of questionable character

While I am enjoying watching Martin’s secret unravel on-screen, I kind of don’t like the man at the heart of this story. Martin comes across as cold and arrogant and, at times, a complete ass. His control freak attitude often makes me wonder how and why Smitty ever fell in love with him.

I have, up until the time of writing this column, assumed that Martin must have been a totally different man before everything bad went down. The trauma of the night in question has probably seeped into every aspect of his life. He wants to keep his kids close (no dating for you, Samantha!) and seems to want Smitty to stay at home and cook, clean, and use every last ounce of that brand name laundry detergent.

Martin also doesn’t seem to listen to anyone. Vernon told his grandson not to run for president, but Martin believed he knew what was best. Yes, he eventually backed down, but that wasn’t because of the sound advice Martin had offered.. Martin was told to stay away from the money drop to KKKenneth, so what did he do? He showed up and nearly ruined everything.

Martin isn’t wholly unlikeable.  I absolutely loved the fake-out daydream sequence when Martin went toe-to-toe with Bill at the country club. It was also a really nice gesture when Martin invited town pariah Eva over for pizza night with the family. I am hoping that after everything unfolds we get to see a glimpse of what Martin was like in the before times.

Mislabeled wine: Who are you? Who, who?

A character that just isn’t working for me at the moment is Pamela, and it absolutely pains me to say that because I’ve been a fan of Cady McClain since I first started watching All My Children and mistakenly referred to her as “Daisy,” which just so happened to be the name of another character.

I don’t understand Pamela. When she swooped in to save Dani at the wedding, we got a little sense of why they were ride-or-die gal pals. We saw even more of that when Pamela helped Dani (try to) cover up having broken into Bill and Hayley’s house. Pam and Dani playing cards in Joey’s casino was also absolutely entertaining. It reminded me of the antics that I got into with my best friend who, oddly enough, happened to be named Pam.

But then Pamela developed some sort of weird Madonna accent and… I suddenly couldn’t understand what was going on. In an instant, Pamela had become pretentious and I’d never gotten that vibe from her before.

I know Pam is more of an ancillary character, but I want to see her fleshed out a little more. I want to know what makes her tick so that I can decide how I really feel about her.

Leftover spaghetti: Love, Actually Dashley

On the storyline front, the only saga that hasn’t fully enthralled me is Derek and Ashley’s non-marital woes. I don’t dislike them as a couple, though I suppose that doesn’t matter much since they really are not a couple any more. From their initial introduction up until he was injured on the job, I found the two rather snoozy.

When Derek was injured and didn’t remember who Ashley was, my heart broke for them. Of course, this was the one time in soap opera history that an amnesia storyline didn’t drag on. Things went back to being a little ho-hum again until Derek moved in with Ashley and everything fell apart.

Watching Derek and Ashley struggle with living together was one of the most normal things I’ve ever seen on daytime. Soap relationships are typically complete and total sunshine and lollipops until (insert back-from-the-dead spouse, or affair with the poolboy here). Sharing your personal space with another human being can be incredibly challenging. Fighting over dirty laundry on the floor and cleaning stainless steel appliances might not seem like riveting television, but it told me everything I needed to know about both Ashley and Derek.

When the pair split up, I felt bad for them. While not my favorite couple, I definitely didn’t want to see them break up. I had hope when Derek popped the question, but that was dashed immediately when I saw the look on Ashley’s face.

Flavorless chewing gum: When extra is less than extra

I love that Beyond the Gates has made good use of extras. Orphey Gene’s actually has customers that are not regular cast members. Ditto for the country club and Uptown. The police department even has unknown-to-us officers in the background doing policey things. Bill and Hayley’s wedding was filled to the brim with people we’d never met.

So, it’s a bit disappointing that Chelsea’s big fashion world farewell only had four people in the audience. Okay, there may have been a few more than four… but I’d have assumed that the event would have been one of the social events of the year.

It may be that the wedding was more populated because it took place during the premiere week and there was more thought put into how it would look on-screen. I just don’t want “events” on Beyond the Gates to turn into the Nurses Ball on General Hospital where only the show’s main characters appear in the audience. A high-profile fundraiser (or fashion show) should have more than a dozen people in attendance.

Mystery meat: Where are they now?

We know that Shanice exists, but we don’t get to see nearly enough of her or actress Ernestine Johnson. The writers have wisely used her gossipy side as a way to recap what’s happened on the show. It’s a smart way to have the “exposition” unfold in a way that viewers don’t hate. Recently we learned that Shanice also works as a physical therapist. What other secrets is she hiding? I’d like to know… preferably sooner rather than later.

During the lead-up to the wedding, we got to see how close Caroline and Hayley were. Since then? Nada. Did Caroline offer any comfort when Bill was in the hospital? Does she know that her BFF is with (a possibly non-existent) child?

Plastic fruit: On the inside, not looking out

The first week of shows also featured outdoor scenes and some innovative camerawork. The cameras followed characters as they walked down hallways or sashayed around their living rooms. It may have always been the plan to “do more” during the first week to really immerse viewers in the world of Fairmont Crest, but I miss those moments.

It might not be important to average viewer, but I’ve always liked when soaps film outside of their studio. I don’t need Beyond the Gates to travel to Australia, Monaco, and Dubai like The Bold and the Beautiful has done. And obviously good story is far more important than where the scenes are filmed.

 I would, however, like to see folks out and about in the street. I don’t know if it’s possible, but I’d love to see some of the characters in actual locations around the DMV area. Send the actors to the District of Columbia and have them film themselves on their mobile phones.

When a show is good, I get to quibble over silly things like outside filming and camera angles.

Tastes like soap: Product placement

We’ve all had our thoughts about the product placements within the show. I’ve taken some jabs at the clunkier placements — like Naomi and Jacob getting ice cream on their sheets and that container of Tide lurking at the end of their bed like Jaws. I’ve also had fun on social media with poking fun at Nicole’s obsession with Febreze.

According to Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree), Procter & Gamble is quite happy with the product placement on the show and our reactions to them. This proves, once again, that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Mosley also revealed that a few more products will be joining the fray in the weeks ahead. I’ve got dibs on Crest, Swiffers, and Downy.

I wish the placements were a little more seamless. I think it would be more natural to just have some of the products on-screen at all times rather than the occasional in-your-face spots. Samantha coming back from the grocery store with a bottle of Tide under her arm, for example, was unassuming and smart. Seeing a container of Dawn on someone’s countertop would also be easy to do (even though we all know that soap opera characters don’t do the dishes! They also don’t go to the bathroom, so we probably won’t be seeing any Charmin products on the show.)

I spent 30 years working with ad agencies to create campaigns for the soap site that I used to own, so I spend a lot of time thinking about these sorts of things. If you’re reading this, P&G, I would love to be your product integration specialist for the show!

Fast food: Beyond the Gates Speed Round

Here are some rapid fire thoughts about some of the other action from the week gone by.

Farewell, Turtleneck Ted

Beyond the Gates had its first recast earlier this year when Maurice Johnson stepped out of the role of Ted Richardson. Rewatching the first week of episodes made me realize that I miss him. I know that Beyond the Gates tries to distance itself from a lot of soapy tropes, but it would be nice if the show could find a way to bring him back somewhere down the line.

Best. News. Ever.

Beyond the Gates has already been renewed for a second season. So if you know someone who hasn’t tuned in because they thought the show would be off the air by the time 2026 rolls around, tell them to get a Paramount+ subscription so that they can get caught up!

Lines of the week

The Beyond the Gates writing team is once again having a little too much fun. Here are some of the lines of dialogue that tickled my funny bone over the past week.

“I hope my forced presence is a dark cloud that has a negative impact on the rest of your miserable lives.” — Dani to Bill.

Since last week featured reruns of the first five episodes, I’ve already plucked out my favorite lines from them in a previous column. The one above somehow slipped through my net initially, so I wanted to make sure that it was immortalized in this week’s commentary. Plus, this will now be the line I use anytime I show up somewhere that I don’t really want to be.

That’s all I have for this week’s My View From Beyond the Gates column.

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