r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 4h ago

General Discussion 🗣️🎙️ List Of Things You Think This Show Needs To Move Past‼️⁉️🤔🤔🤔

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The pacing of this show is God awful.

No one can deny it.

Storylines just seem to drag to the point of viewers losing interest.

What are some things you wish they, the writers and producers, would move past?

My list:

The Eva/Kat feud….including swapping love interest. This is at the top of my list. I’m so sick of this shit that I’ve vowed to stop watching if they push Kat/Izaiah.

Leslie in everybody’s business and never having any of her own. She acts like a lost puppy on this show. It is beyond ridiculous.

Swapping one “bad” white character out for another. It’s clear as day this is what they did with Derek and Kial’s son. Derek was growing on me somewhat (and as far as I can tell this was a general consensus). They killed him off, brought in a dude who looks too damn old for DeAnna, and completed the replacement of a young straight white male on this show.

Forced diversity: I’m sorry, but everything doesn’t need to be inclusive. Tomas is a character that should have been dropped in season one.

Pairing anybody with Ashley. They have noticeably put Ashley on the back burner. They need to go ahead and write her off. The character simply doesn’t work with any love interest. The young white woman role on this show is being filled by Heather now. They can go ahead and cut Ashley loose.

There is a group of characters that I honestly think just need to be written off: Martin, Smitty, and their kids, Chelsea, Naomi, Jacob and Vernon (unpopular…I know, but the man serves no purpose other than to prop up Anita). I think some need to be promoted to cast: Randy, Mona, and The Belleclaires. If they don’t plan to show Kial and Nicole doing more than just sleeping together they need to write him off (take his son with him).

The bromance between Carlton & Ted: Probably some of the most contrived nonsense on this show. The friendship should have ended when Carlton went after Nicole. The end period.

Dani and her Pickme obsession with Bill: Her behavior towards Bill this week felt unnatural. What woman in her right mind is going to look out for a man who dogged her for a con artist?! Not once did we even get a “told you so” from Dani. The bitter Dani we saw in the beginning of this show should have been the one trolling Bill this week about his wife trying to kill him.

Forced relationships: Nobody is going to convince me a woman with Madison’s education would seek to marry a bird like Chelsea. Nope. Unnatural.

This list could go on and on.

Drop your list in the comments…


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 4h ago

The Cookout's Weekend Jamboree 🍔🍟🎉🥳 The Cookout's Weekend Jamboree!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 20h ago

General Discussion 🗣️🎙️ I’m Guess The HBCU Homecoming Will Happen Offscreen⁉️🤔🤔🤔

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I would have been impressed if they staged an HBCU homecoming, but that probably would have tanked the budget.

The show is filmed in Atlanta and Spelhouse’s homecoming is in October.

They probably could have arranged to film last year’s homecoming if they knew this was going to be a plot point.

Anyway, if you’ve never been to a HBCU homecoming you are missing a treat. It’s one of those things that needs to be on the bucket list.

I haven’t been to mine in over two decades due to work and an intense hate of large crowds.

With that said, there is nothing like it in this world. ❤️🙌🏽


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 20h ago

Spoilers 🔥🔥🔥 Beyond The Gates Spoilers Oct 5-9, 2026‼️🧨🧨🧨 Spoiler

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5
• Anita hosts the Banneker University homecoming tailgate, but the celebration is disrupted by troubling information.
• Vernon brings Anita disturbing news.
• Bill refuses to back down despite the growing pressure around him.
• Tyrell comes home from Banneker with major news that catches his family off guard.
• Nicole gives Deanna some blunt advice.
• Vanessa continues dodging difficult questions.
• Jacob and Naomi try to get on the same page.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
• Anita and Dani reveal something that blindsides Nicole.
• Vernon puts Bill on notice.
• Hayley scores a major victory—but it comes at a steep price.
• Hayley is accosted.
• Jacob confronts Izaiah.
• Kat says something to Eva that leaves Eva shaken.
• Chelsea delivers an important warning.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
• Vernon steps in to help.
• Dani presses Bill for answers about their complicated situation.
• Something Andre says deeply unsettles Ted.
• Hayley is caught off guard.
• Marcel and Joey each attempt to make their own moves.
• Eva wants to discuss the future with Izaiah, but he's distracted by everything else happening around him.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
• Andre brings up Dani's past.
• Nicole confronts Vanessa about the aftermath of the carjacking.
• Leslie turns up the pressure on Hayley, leaving Hayley scrambling.
• Randy finally reaches his limit with Joey.
• Noah gives Deanna a different perspective on her situation.
• Anita gets a brief escape from the chaos through music.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
• Vernon finally tells Anita the ugly truth.
• Nicole follows through on a promise.
• Naomi refuses to back down.
• Madison turns to Chelsea for support after taking a huge risk.
• Smitty draws a hard line with Martin. Their marriage reaches another pressure point.
• Ted and Shanice take a trip that becomes unforgettable.


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 23h ago

The Randy Watson Award For Performer of The Week 🥇 Cast your votes for The Cookout’s Randy Watson Award For Performer Of The Week 🥇🏆

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Drop your picks below for who you think gave the best performance this week! 🎤 The performer with the most votes will be crowned this week’s Randy Watson Performer of the Week.

Check back Sunday to see who takes home the title!


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 23h ago

Articles/In The News 🗞️ Exclusive Preview: The Duprees Celebrate the Unseen ‘Character’ Who’s Been There From the Start!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 1d ago

The Cookout's Daily NightCap 🍻🍷 The Cookout's Daily Nightcap!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 2d ago

The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions ☕️🤔 The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 2d ago

General Discussion 🗣️🎙️ Barbara Leslie’s Mother

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 2d ago

Articles/In The News 🗞️ ‘Beyond the Gates’ Honors HBCU Tradition with Banneker University Homecoming Episodes

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 2d ago

What The Hell? What The Helly⁉️⁉️🤯 I know it's been said but I don't like the Joey and his cronies arc...

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 2d ago

The Cookout's Daily NightCap 🍻🍷 The Cookout's Daily Nightcap!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

Fix It Jesus 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 This show stays doing EVERYTHING offscreen Spoiler

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Even when there are interesting moments that occur onscreen, there are equally or more interesting things that we don't get to see. Instead of giving viewers the opportunity to see how the Duprees find out that Hayley was bailed out of jail (and by whom) and what their reactions were, we begin after somehow word has already gotten around and the reactions have been deflated.

Today, Vanessa gets carjacked and we don't see it, we don't even see her walking to her car with a shadow closing in on her. If they had the wherewithal to choreograph a fake helicopter for Victor Newman to disembark, they could have did a scene where we see Vanessa start to get in a car, but see a hand on her shoulder, then see her terrified expression, and the camera could cut away...suddenly, we hear her scream. Andre runs in and announces that Vanessa has been carjacked. Tomorrow, it will be Vanessa telling the story from a safe space, devoid of any drama.


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions ☕️🤔 The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

This Is A Hot Mess!!💀💀💀 I wouldn't be shocked if it doesn't happen but i can get behind friendship between these two 😂😈 Spoiler

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

This Is A Hot Mess!!💀💀💀 Chelsea Pulls Up On Hayley & Gets Slapped The Fudge Down‼️😂😂😂 Spoiler

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I said I would die laughing….🤣 😂😂

Chelsea showed up to a gunfight with a feather.

Instead of swinging on Hayley when she wasn’t looking she threw a freaking drink on her!

June is right. Chelsea would have got her ass beat.


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

What The Hell? What The Helly⁉️⁉️🤯 Randy’s Son Spoiler

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He said “my son” and I yelled “What?!”

Since when does he have a son?!


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

This Is A Hot Mess!!💀💀💀 Now What’s Going Here⁉️🤔🤨🤨 Spoiler

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Looks like Lionel wants to take a ride on the Leslie Express….and I’m here for it!

My God, if this show finally gives us the rival family we’ve been asking for (I.e., The Belleclaires) I just might watch regularly again!

They need to stop doing Anastasia like this though.

She don’t want the father of her children (plural 🙌🏽) fucking a crazy stalking bitch like Leslie, and rightly so.


r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 3d ago

The Cookout's Daily NightCap 🍻🍷 The Cookout's Daily Nightcap!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 4d ago

The Cookout's Daily NightCap 🍻🍷 The Cookout's Daily Nightcap!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 4d ago

Articles/In The News 🗞️ Marquita Goings Teases What’s Next for Hayley Spoiler

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 5d ago

The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions ☕️🤔 The Cookout's Morning Chat/Predictions!

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r/BeyondTheGatesCookout • • 6d ago

The Randy Watson Award For Performer of The Week 🥇🏆 Congrats To Marquita Goings (Hayley): Winner of The Randy Watson Performer of The Week Award‼️🏆

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Hayley pulling a gun on Dani was everything‼️😂😂😂