Let’s take the most obvious usage from the last week: Anita Dupree telling Anastasia to load up her pocket with some rocks and take a long walk into a deep ocean. She didn’t really<\/em> mean that she wanted Anastasia to take a voyage to the bottom of the sea. Okay, she really<\/em> did, but it was funnier in my head to have you think that I thought Anita was spouting some sort of Zen fortune cookie wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While not explicitly stated, there was something of a neo-spiritual usage of stones in story. Our dear sweet Katherine is being weighed down by all of her anger and pain. What started off as skipping a family event because she didn’t want to share oxygen with her unwanted half-sister has turned into something that could very well be life threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’d have to imagine that someone in Fairmont Crest has decorative stones in their garden beds. They’d probably make for great weapons for the plethora of people who’d love to hurl them at Leslie Thomas. Leslie has made so many enemies that it seems like only a matter of time before someone tries to a shot at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And speaking of casting stones, I can’t be the only one who has misjudged Joey Armstrong. If you forget the murders, assaults, and other criminal activity, he’s not such a bad guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joey Armstrong is an enigma wrapped in a mobster riddle. Just when I think I\u2019ve got him figured out, he goes and does something that completely upends my line of thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Joey arranged for Wesley \u201cSledge\u201d Hammer to be released from jail, I\u2019m sure I am not the only one who said, \u201cUh oh.\u201d I was convinced that Joey was going to have Wesley beaten up\u2026 or worse. Things didn\u2019t go too well for the last two people who Joey called to special meetings in his secret VIP casino. Doug ended up in a ditch and Lance Salinger got a punch to the gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine my surprise when Joey realized that Wesley was set up and offered to help him. I thought it was a set-up. Look at poor Doug. He finally<\/em> won money playing cards and was promptly murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This isn\u2019t the first time that Joey has done something decidedly un-Joey like. If you remember, Joey also refused to let Izaiah be part of his \u201centerprise\u201d and instead encouraged him to head to college on the other side of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hate that Wesley was wrongly accused of a violent crime. Let\u2019s be honest. He probably would have been convicted, too. Taking Joey\u2019s offer might get Wesley into even more trouble, but in the short-term it\u2019s a much better option than serving 15 years or more for a crime that he didn\u2019t commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s in it for Joey? Obviously, his actions are highly illegal \u2013 not that that has ever stopped him before. Does he have so-called \u201cwhite saviorism?\u201d Does Joey have some twisted moral compass that allows him to sin freely while railing against those who are unjustly persecuted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n So much of Joey\u2019s past is still shrouded in mystery. We\u2019ve heard what a terrible person he is and we have<\/em> seen things with our own eyes to verify those claims. Maybe he\u2019s just a normal person like the rest of us with quirks, paradoxes, and eccentricities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve been reading my column for any length of time, you\u2019ll know that I am not exactly a fan of Tomas Navarro. I think he is borderline slimy and I don\u2019t see anything redeeming about him. In fact, it wasn\u2019t until a couple of weeks ago when he started questioning Hayley and Lynette\u2019s stories that I kinda, sorta, maybe was rooting for him. But not in a Tyra Banks kind of way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In another weird, bizarro world moment, this past week I actually found myself agreeing with him. It freaked me out so much that I considered scheduling an appointment with Nicole to work through my feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What caused this turmoil in my life? Tomas rejecting Kat\u2019s suggestion that they start \u201cshacking up.\u201d It was completely sterile, unromantic, and demoralizing for Kat to say that since she had no other suitable option she might as well move in with Tomas. No man (or woman) wants to be made to feel that they are a last resort. There were definitely better ways for Kat to broach the topic of their living arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wait\u2026 do you hear something? It\u2019s been months since it last sounded, but I am pretty sure it\u2019s the hypocrite alarm!<\/strong> \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, here\u2019s the funny thing about all of my indignation over Kat\u2019s comments to Tomas. I don\u2019t like them together. I think Kat can do so much better than Tomas. I\u2019d probably even wear a \u201cFree Kat\u201d t-shirt if something like that existed in the real world. I suppose two things can be true. I want Kat to find another lover, but I also want her to realize that her comments weren\u2019t okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will Kat really be getting her own place? Does that mean that we won\u2019t be seeing Dani\u2019s guest house that doubles as ChelseaKat headquarters on the regular? Does that also mean that Madison and Chelsea will be getting their own place, too? I ask only because I think the set designers for Beyond the Gates<\/em> do such a great job and I kind of want to see even more new sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest addition, Joey\u2019s house, is wonderfully masculine and mature, but modern. I\u2019d be interested to see what the show would conjure up for a space that was solely Kat\u2019s. In my head, I see her living in a loft space, maybe a repurposed factory of some sort. Big windows, exposed brick walls, and lot of fun pieces of furniture. I\u2019d also like to see how Chelsea and Madison\u2019s styles \u2013 which, to me, seem very different — would mesh in a space. Or maybe they\u2019ll both move into Dani\u2019s guest house, but I can\u2019t see them wanting to be that<\/em> close to Dani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Thursday, February 26, episode of Beyond the Gates<\/em> was a little confusing to me. It opened with the entirety of Fairmont Crest watching Anita\u2019s interview with Gayle King. We saw how many of our favorite characters reacted to the news. Plus, we got to see Anita deliver the ultimate shutdown of Anastasia. Spoiler alert<\/strong>: You can read the entire statement in this week\u2019s Lines of the Week section a bit further down the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, inexplicably, we had Leslie Thomas flittering about town trying to pool together resources so she could hold a press conference to announce that things were moving full-speed ahead with the free clinic. For the first part of the show, I mistakenly assumed that LSD (that\u2019s my nickname for the character known as Leslie\/Sherry\/Dana) didn\u2019t know about Anita\u2019s cancer diagnosis. So, I extended her some grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It quickly became clear when LSD showed up at the country club that she knew all about Anita\u2019s diagnosis. She once again showed up uninvited at the Duprees\u2019 table. Then, instead of offering any kind of sympathy or good will, she made a random reference to Peaches being ill, and then moved on like it was no big deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was the moment that I knew I could no longer like Leslie Dana Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve seen Leslie attempt a murder, break up a marriage, harass people, and threaten people. Still, somewhere in there, I believed that she had some semblance of human decency. She doesn\u2019t. In spite of knowing that Leslie was\u2026. let\u2019s call her a rule breaker\u2026 there was always an element of her wackiness that I\u2019ve been able to laugh at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie showed up here and there, all around the square, demanding that people help her make the news cycle. Her obsession to upstage a woman talking about a cancer diagnosis. She even likened Anita appearing on CBS Mornings<\/em> to Dani\u2019s return to modeling press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot tell if the writers are trying to make sure that the last of us holdouts no longer like Leslie. It\u2019s either that, or they are oblivious to how wholly unlikeable they\u2019ve made LSD. Joey Armstrong, a man who hasn\u2019t just tried to commit murder, he\u2019s done it<\/em>, is lightyears more likeable than Leslie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, again, I ask, \u201cWhat\u2019s the point?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only thing that would make sense at this point is if the show is itching to do a whodunnit mystery with LSD being the \u201cwhogotit.\u201d That\u2019s not really a word, but it came to me in a vision and I felt that I needed to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seemingly everyone has a reason to want Leslie silenced. Not necessarily dead, but silenced. The show even trotted out Laura to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the attempt on her life. Laura clearly cannot be the whodiditter (yes, that word also appeared to me in a vision) because that would be too obvious. It would be totally justifiable, but still too obvious. Or maybe that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a completely different note, I hope that Anita\u2019s storyline does offer women information to help take control of their health. Everything in this world seems so tenuous lately. Being armed with information and resources can be so helpful in feeling that we have control over something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond the Gates<\/em> has partnered with Know Your Lemons. Their web site has a ton of useful information. You can access it at www.knowyourlemons.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I remember back in the late-90s and early-2000s when soaps always saved their \u201cteen stories\u201d for the summertime when kids\/younger people were out of school. Those days are long gone and, it would also seem, that \u201cteens\u201d on soaps are also gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe that\u2019s why I am so into the budding Francesca \u201cOnly my Glam-ma calls me Chessie\u201d Belleclaire versus Samantha Richardson-Smith rivalry. It has all the makings of good soap. Rich girl versus girl from \u201cthe other side of the tracks.\u201d The Belleclaires have already spewed venom regarding June\u2019s past and Samantha not being a \u201creal\u201d Dupree. If the show really<\/em> wanted to go there, I am sure Anastasia wouldn\u2019t think twice about mocking Samantha for having two dads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching Francesca lob insults at Samantha got me thinking. It almost seemed half-hearted, as if Francesca wasn\u2019t into the whole deb thing. Or maybe she\u2019s just low-energy like a lot of the Gen-Z\/Gen-Alpha kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I loved seeing Francesca\u2019s face crack when Donnell walked in and confirmed that he would be Samantha\u2019s escort to the cotillion. Francesca really thought she was doing something by having Nathan be her<\/em> escort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am going to assume that there are other Belleclaires out there somewhere. I would not be opposed to seeing more of them on-screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I feel really bad for Kat. She probably feels like she has no control over anything in her life. She has a sister that she never wanted, her parents split up, her grandmother is in the fight of her life against a rare and aggressive form of cancer, and her bestie\/cousin has found the (supposed) love of her life. On top of that, her plans for cohabitation with Tomas were flatly rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve been writing for months about how Kat needs to find a way to let go of all the anger she is feeling. I don’t know if that means talking to a therapist or going to one of those rage rooms where she can smash the hell out of everything. She is allowing all of these other things to deviate her from path of self. Her happiness is gone. She’s doing things and saying things that she’d have otherwise never said. In many ways, her anger has become a cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching Kat and Chelsea get into a fight at Uptown kind of broke my heart. The entire conversation went left really, really fast. Kat is now planning to move to a condo of her own and she is going to be alone on her own little island. I’ll admit that I often like to be just left alone to garden, write, or decompress. I don’t think the alone time is going to be good for Kat. My fear is that being along will only cause the negative thoughts and energy to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That makes me worry that Kat could be barreling toward something really bad. I still think that Kat might somehow end up in the crossfire of Jacob’s undercover investigation, but I am now worried that she might do something irresponsible like drown her sorrows in booze and then get behind the wheel. Here are some of the thoughts and observations about other things happening on Beyond the Gates<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Why does every single resident of the DMV know that Jacob is working an undercover mission?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 June\u2019s shameless flirting with Joey made me laugh. Poor Randy caught absolutely no love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Bradley Smith, if you don\u2019t take your hoodie-wearing behind back to the house\u2026 I laughed out loud when Smitty showed up for a clandestine meeting with Jacob wearing whatever he was wearing. Sir… if you are going to try to blend in on the streets, maybe don\u2019t use Tide to wash your clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Funny admission: When Smitty was hugging the then-unknown Monica at the country club, for a very split second I thought to myself, “Is this his mother?!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 I like that Nicole and Vanessa were able to bond over their grief. Grief comes in all shapes and sizes and a true friend would never try to measure your grief against theirs. So, I appreciated Vanessa assuring Nicole that her mourning the loss of her marriage was just as valid as Vanessa\u2019s mourning of Doug\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are wondering what inspired the graphic for this week’s column, you’re in luck. I happen to know the person who made it. And… yes, it was me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book was inspired by Kat leveling a claim that Leslie had written a “Deflection for Dummies” book. The dog is Rihanna, the pretend poodle that Kat may or may not get when she gets her own place. The Rehoboth Beach sign and its accompanying stones were lifted directly from Anita’s read of Anastasia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I still don\u2019t think Leslie\u2019s free clinic is ever going to open, but that doesn\u2019t mean that I can\u2019t enjoy certain aspects of the story. Derek agreeing to work at the clinic is honestly such a great storyline decision. I\u2019m finding Derek more interesting now than he ever was before. It also doesn\u2019t hurt that he needles Leslie. Derek as a foil for Leslie was not on my bingo card for any year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie calling Derek \u201cMister Stop, Drop, and Roll\u201d made me chuckle. The same happened when Eva re-suggested that Leslie hire Derek for the clinic and she replied, \u201cBeen down that road, caught a flat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n LSD is so unserious, though. She wants to toss her money around and have things spontaneously happen. Her complete cluelessness wasn\u2019t without some <\/em>humor. Leslie didn\u2019t understand the importance of having the clinic pass a fire inspection, believing that someone just needed to check the smoke alarms. \u201cNewsflash! If it\u2019s not beeping, it\u2019s working,\u201d she blurted out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie\u2019s not-so-live livestream also cracked me up \u2013 but not in the way that you might think. The two extras who sat at the table that LSD circled were hilarious. <\/em>Their facial expressions and reactions took me out. I don\u2019t know who they were or if they will ever see this column, but ladies\u2026 job very well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a show that makes sure that there is always a bottle of Febreze or Tide hiding somewhere in a scene, I was surprised that there wasn\u2019t more of an in-episode pimping of the CBS Morning<\/em> show. They barely even mentioned Gayle King\u2019s name. It wasn\u2019t until two days later when people were watching the interview on their various screens that we even saw a CBS Mornings <\/em>logo. Was the interview filmed out of sequence? Was the uncertainty behind-the-scenes at CBS News partially to blame?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve been hearing about the cotillion non-stop for what seems like months. But, according to show executives, the cotillion doesn\u2019t take place on-screen until May. Yes, the same May that doesn\u2019t happen for another two months. The bad news is that I am pretty sure I will be bored by the idea by then. The good news is that I should have mastered the waltz by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I have mentioned in the past, I watch the show with a secret first-time soap opera viewer. It\u2019s been fun because it allows me to \u201csee\u201d the show through the eyes of someone who doesn\u2019t have built-in soap opera expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest observation that got me thinking? When that newish set where people seem to meet up randomly for coffee and quick chats popped up on screen, this is the comment that was made: \u201cI still don\u2019t know what this location is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know what, I don\u2019t either. Is it in a mall? Is it\u2026 outside? Inside? Are the doors that we see in the background functional?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thought observing Ashley\u2019s first anniversary of being a nurse was a nice call. Whereas social media bemoaned the decision as unimportant, I think they all missed that this was a metaphor for the first year of Beyond the Gates.<\/em> Ashley called her first year as a nurse \u201cexhausting, all-consuming, and more emotional.\u201d I\u2019d imagine launching a new network soap opera in 2025 is all that and more. However, Ashley continued on, noting that the past year had also been \u201cthe honor of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week, Beyond the Gates<\/em> celebrated its first birthday. Or anniversary. Whatever you want to call it, it\u2019s a milestone occasion. There were plenty of people on social media predicting that Beyond the Gates<\/em> would be canceled after a single season \u2013 if it even made it that long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congratulations to the cast and crew for a job well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am also going to extend a congratulations to all of the fans for making the show a success. It\u2019s been such a great feeling for me, someone who has covered soaps since they numbered in the double digits, to see a fan base so energized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It occurred to me that not everyone has been watching since Day One. Some viewers may have jumped in mid-stream and others may have decided to start watching now from the first episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If that\u2019s the case, please know that every single one of my Beyond the Gates<\/em> commentaries are archived. If you missed out on being able to live tweet when the episodes originally aired, you can read my columns to find out what I was thinking in the moment. The columns also work as a quick recap for someone looking to get up to speed or for anyone who needs a reminder about what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To check them out, click or tap here<\/a><\/strong>. The columns are arranged in order from newest to oldest by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Beyond the Gates<\/em> writing team seems to be having a little too much fun. Here are some of the lines of dialogue that tickled my funny bone or that I found memorable over the past week (and haven’t already mentioned in this column).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf it quacks like a date\u2026\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 A purse-lipped June arguing that Samantha and Donnell\u2019s non-date meeting looked like a date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAre we sending men to prison as a charity project?\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 A shocked Hayley when Randy tried to convince her that Wesley would be better off in jail than living on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMother would never walk into a wedding packing heat.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Dani in response to a suggestion that she was a representation of the best of Anita Dupree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am the new face of benevolence.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Leslie, though if you have to tell people… you probably aren’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI need you to take all those stones you\u2019ve been throwing and put \u2018em in your pocket and then drive straight to Rehoboth Beach and walk in and keep walking until those stones weigh you down to join the rest of the bottom-feeders that live there.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Anita when Anastasia asked if there was anything Anita needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As if that wasn\u2019t enough, Vanessa swooped in, put her hand on Anastasia\u2019s shoulder, and added, \u201cI can drive you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vanessa was on the receiving end of a zinger, though. When she objected to daughter Deanna using the Heart Attach app, Joey couldn\u2019t help but note Vanessa\u2019s hypocrisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDo as I say, not who I\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I love interacting with other Beyond the Gates fans. So I thought I\u2019d create a section to share some of the comments I\u2019ve received on my columns and social media posts. If you\u2019d like to see your comments shared here, you can scroll down to the Comments section below this column and post away. You can also chat with me on Bluesky<\/strong><\/a>, Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, Threads<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, and\/or TwitterX<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anita was on the minds of a lot of viewers, many of whom praised her courageousness for telling her story to a national audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there was Cherise who all but suggested that we hold a national day of remembrance for the way that Anita destroyed Anastasia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there was Leslie. It seems that some of her luster has started to fade. But not for everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zach, meanwhile, has gone on his own undercover mission… to find Momma Hawthorne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s all I have for this week’s My View From Beyond the Gates column. Thank you for reading and, as always, please feel free to share your thoughts on my column or Beyond the Gates<\/em> in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’ve enjoyed my column this week and want to see what I have written about Beyond the Gates<\/em> in previous weeks, you can check those out in the My View From Beyond the Gates<\/a><\/strong> archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a penchant for gardening, interior design, or fixing up old houses? Check out my Manor Makeover series<\/a><\/strong> where I write about all of the things I’ve been up to here at Kroll Manor in Allentown, PA, over the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To keep up with all of the shenanigans I engage in on social media, please consider giving my a follow on Bluesky<\/strong><\/a>, Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, Threads<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, and TwitterX<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two of my former Two Scoops columnists from Soap Central, Liz Masters and Tamilu, have joined me here on my personal web site — and they are still<\/em><\/strong> writing about General Hospital<\/em>. Tamilu is on deck with week with a new column called, <\/a><\/a>Back In The New York Groove<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoey Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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