EPISODE 4/12/02
Simon And Margo Talk About Dahlia

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FRIDAY, April 12, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: The Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

[Simon is sawing wood, while Katie is sweeping. Katie finds Dahlia's watch among her dust. She hides the watch from Simon]
>> Simon: What're you doing?

Scene 2:
Location: The Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Behind every man with a saw, there's a woman with a dustpan and enough trash to fill her own landfill. So, anyway, what do we need a landfill for? We live in the middle of the woods. And why would you want to take trash to the landfill if you can just fill 'em in the woods. And, you know, you could put it there, and no one would even know what we were doing, right? We could dump anything out there, and no one would even know. But that's not very ecological, I guess.
>> Simon: Katie, Katie, Katie, are you okay?
>> Katie: Yeah, fine. Why?
>> Simon: Well, you're doing that thing where you talk too fast and you can't breathe.
>> Katie: Oh, you know what? It's probably all this dust. I probably just need a mask or something.
[Phone ringing.]
>> Simon: Excuse me. Hello?
>> Margo: Hey, Simon, it's Margo. I - I - [Margo sighs.] Look, I need to ask you a few more questions about the night Dahlia Ventura disappeared.
>> Simon: Yeah, sure. Okay.
>> Margo: There've been a few developments. The case is now considered a possible homicide.
>> Simon: What?! why?
>> Margo: Why don't you meet me at Java, and I'll fill you in on everything I know, okay?
>> Simon: Yeah, sure, sure. I'll be right there. That was Margo. I've gotta go. I've gotta go to meet her. It's about Dahlia's car. They-found some new evidence or something.
>> Katie: What? What kind of evidence?
>> Simon: I don't know. They just want me to go and identify something.
>> Katie: Why would - I know way more about her stuff than you do.
>> Simon: Yeah, well, they're gonna probably ask you next. Look, look, I'm not gonna be long. I'll - I'll see you soon. You gonna be okay?
>> Katie: Yeah, fine. I'll just finish clearing up here.
>> Simon: Sure. Hey, no more glue guns.
>> Katie: No more glue guns. Okay. I'm gonna trust him. I'm gonna stay here. And I'm gonna sweep. And - follow him.

Scene 3:
Location: Java Coffee Shop

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, JILL SCULLY

>> Margo: Okay, thanks for coming in.
>> Simon: So did you find her? Is she dead?
>> Margo: No.
>> Simon: So she's still missing.
>> Margo: Yes, until we find her, she is missing.
>> Simon: Okay, so what's this about a possible homicide?
>> Margo: The lab found traces of blood under the car mats.
>> Simon: Blood - whose blood? Margo, it's a rental car, okay? It could be anybody's blood.
>> Margo: No, the lab said that it was fresh blood, and it was AB positive. And according to the donor card in Dahlia's wallet, so is she. So, Simon, I need you to give me an official statement, as you were the last person to see Dahlia alive.
>> Simon: Yeah, fine, whatever you need. Look, I should tell you that I found Dahlia's - Katie found Dahlia's keys. Amongst my stuff.
>> Margo: And you're just telling me this now?
>> Simon: I just figured it was games that Dahlia was playing. You know, she'd reappear and offer some excuse to Katie. I should've known. Anyone harboring this much bitterness over so this long! Margo, do you have any idea how much time and money she has spent making Katie a star? And why? Why? So that Katie becomes rich enough so that she can leave me and she can put me in jail for something I didn't do. She's a psychopath! [Jill arrives]
>> Jill: Dahlia's no psychopath. She's just a woman who loved her sister, and you couldn't stand that, could you? That she knew the truth. So you killed her.
>> Craig: What is it with the women in this family? So high maintenance.

Scene 4:
Location: Java Coffee Shop

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, AND JILL SCULLY

>> Simon: Margo, this is Jill Scully, Dahlia's attorney.
>> Jill: He drowned his wife, detective.
>> Margo: Now, as I understand it, those charges were dismissed.
>> Jill: On a technicality. Yeah, he got away with it. But Dahlia wouldn't let it go. She was determined to prove he murdered Monique, which gives him motive.
>> Simon: Ah, please. Will you just give it a rest?
>> Jill: Not till I find my client's body and you're convicted of her murder. He's a brilliant liar, detective. Be careful.
>> Margo: Come here!
>> Simon: She knows where Dahlia is.
>> Margo: Sit. Sit.
>> Simon: Don't tell me - do not tell me that you believe her.
>> Margo: I believe that she is very angry. Would you just sit? You're giving me a little crick in my neck. Sit. Sit. Thanks. Oh, man.
>> Simon: Her whole family's angry. They tried to overturn Monique's will, okay? Jill was furious when she had to settle that estate on me.
>> Margo: All right, I can see that everybody was angry. So - you and Dahlia had it out the night of the party.
>> Simon: So she makes this toast to Katie, all right? Word for word, the same speech that I gave Monique when we got married.
>> Margo: She provoked you.
>> Simon: The whole thing, Margo, is a provocation.
>> Margo: But why'd you fall for it, Simon? I mean, for God's sakes, you're a smart man. You must've known what she was up to.
>> Simon: Yes, after the fact, I knew. After the - I don't know why I fell - Katie was upset, so I got upset. And the whole thing just --
>> Margo: So you say Dahlia came to town to set you up?
>> Simon: Yes. She admitted it. Ask Katie. The video, Margo - it was to make Katie rich enough so that she would leave me. Okay? But then she says to me, makes some comment, that then I would murder Katie for her money. But Katie wouldn't have this money unless Dahlia -
>> Margo: -- Dahlia had provided it.
>> Simon: She is possessed. She's come to town to ruin my marriage.
>> Margo: And you hate her.
>> Simon: Yes. I might not - but, yes, I hate her. And I got angry, and I threatened her. But I did not hurt her. Oh. So when I have to make a statement, should I what? Should I bring a lawyer?

Scene 5:
Location: Java Coffee Shop

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Margo: Simon, you know, you're not just family. We've worked together and I called you down here because I need help. All right? Anything you got on Dahlia or the night in question-I'm simply here to listen, not to accuse.
>> Simon: All right, thanks. Here are Dahlia's keys. I know I should've turned them in straight away. I just figured that Dahlia wouldn't take it this far.
>> Margo: Thanks. Any ideas on the blood on the floor mats?
>> Simon: Blood stains, yeah. Those the oldest trick in the - something else that she planted.
>> Margo: Okay. You feel it was deliberate. She cut her hand or -
>> Simon: Margo, she's creating evidence of a crime. She's building a case against me, which tells me one thing - that she's alive and she's lethal. This is just the beginning. All right? She's out for blood. I just hope Katie and I can survive it.

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