Where it's a scheme, a livestream, a wobbling waddle, or a mysterious Champagne bottle, no one goes through life alone. The question is, do we have the right people traveling with us? Bill Hamilton has clearly made some bad decisions and is being poisoned as a result. But like a Weeble, Bill has wobbled but not fallen down. Then there's that mysterious bottle of Champagne that Dani and Andre received. Who sent it? A former lover? Someone who poses a danger?

All that, plus Ted and Shanice's non-excellent love adventure, the BRCA story in triplicate, and much more in this week's My View From Beyond the Gates podcast, a weekly commentary about the CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates. It is hosted by Soap Central founder Dan J Kroll.

You can plan and plan, but usually life doesn’t care. It waits until you are least prepared before striking. It’s sort of like the unannounced visitor who shows up at your front door the one time you haven’t done your weekly cleaning. While soaps are usually gloom and doom -- they are, after all, called daytime drama series -- it's really nice this week to have some wonderful news to talk about. Beyond the Gates earned 15 Daytime Emmy nominations in its first year of eligibility. It's a breakdown of all the nominations, some insight into the process, and a reason why you shouldn't be too upset if your favorite wasn't on the list.

All that, plus the regular week in review in this week's My View From Beyond the Gates podcast, a weekly commentary about the CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates. It is hosted by Soap Central founder Dan J Kroll.

Time waits for no one -- even in Fairmont Crest. Last week may have been reruns, but this week life marched on with a botched proposal, the reveal of a monthslong secret, a not-so-secret spy mission, and the slowest acting poison might finally be working!

The My View From Beyond the Gates podcast is a weekly commentary about the CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates. It is hosted by Soap Central founder Dan J Kroll.