{"id":1640,"date":"2025-06-21T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1640\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:42:10","slug":"beyond-the-gates-chelsea-madison-moving-so-fast-theyll-break-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1640\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Gates’ Chelsea\/Madison Moving So Fast, They’ll Break Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: CBS (5)<\/p>\n

On this week\u2019s Beyond the Gates, romantic relationships were making their way around the wheel of fortune. Some up. Some down. Let\u2019s talk about it!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Topsy Turvy <\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m really loving the Doug\/Vanessa\/Joey triangle. It\u2019s classically written and yet very modern. Vanessa isn\u2019t some wilting flower, waiting for her husband to pay attention to her. She gets her own needs met. Doug is a good man with a serious gambling problem. Joey is a bad man with an emerging soft spot for Vanessa, the woman who surprises him.<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019m being technical and nerdy when I talk about the structure of the story, but it\u2019s fire. Joey lured Doug in and took advantage of his gambling problem. Doug tried to stay away and couldn\u2019t. The doctor tried to get out of it and failed. Finally, Vanessa had to come to the rescue and attempt to turn the tables. But she\u2019s also vulnerable to an addiction \u2014 to danger. Each character has a clearcut goal and plan, and there are stakes. I can\u2019t wait to see how it progresses. On the other hand\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Beyond<\/p>\n

Less Is More<\/p>\n

I can wait to see Ashley and Derek. I will admit, however, that a strange thing has happened: I don\u2019t mind Derek as much anymore. I kind of get him now. He\u2019s not good at talking. He\u2019s an action guy.<\/p>\n

Ashley, meanwhile, exhausts me. And she\u2019s on screen a lot. I can\u2019t fathom why Derek proposed to her after their disastrous week of living together. I guess their breakup will mean they get to play to their strengths with other people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BTG<\/p>\n

Full Speed Ahead<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chelsea and Madison are moving a little too fast. That said, Chelsea bringing\u00a0 Madison to meet the Duprees is funny and adorable. I love when the writers remind us of the big family dynamics at play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking of family dynamics, Dani and Nicole\u2019s sister relationship is just fantastic. I love that Dani is a safe space for Nicole to express her anger, even if it\u2019s misplaced. Then to see Nicole and Ted doing a painful dance of separating while trying to reconcile was heartbreaking and revealing. We\u2019re getting to see many sides of Nicole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d still like to see Nicole centered a bit more, but what we\u2019ve seen this week has been beautiful and delicate work on the part of the actors and writers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Random Thoughts<\/b><\/p>\n

I cheered when I saw Vernon making power moves behind the scenes to address the Martin problem. That\u2019s the force to be reckoned with I\u2019ve been longing to see! \u2022\u00a0Smitty is finally showing us the reporter he is. And I\u2019m glad. He needed to be shown as more than just Martin\u2019s husband. Smitty putting the squeeze on Jacob made me laugh because he\u2019s already got to handle Kat on his case. \u2022\u00a0It was delightful to see Kat and Chelsea talk about their business! Add them to the 30 under 30 list!<\/p>\n

The rush to have Bill\u2019s kids \u2014 Chelsea this week \u2014 forgive him and apologize to Hayley is annoying. Bill and Hayley need to earn forgiveness. They\u2019re the ones who violated everyone\u2019s trust. \u2022\u00a0The sound team has been doing some terrific work lately. The underscoring and soundscaping has been beautifully done. It enriches scenes subtly. Kudos!<\/p>\n

Get a sneak peek at what next week has in store with our massive new preview photo gallery<\/a> below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: CBS (5) On this week\u2019s Beyond the Gates, romantic relationships were making their way around the wheel…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2255,2256,2257,171,173,67,132,68,2258],"class_list":{"0":"post-1640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-beyond-the-gates","9":"tag-btg","10":"tag-doug-mcbride","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-vernon-dupree"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114719997589385008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}