EPISODE 4/4/02
Simon Tells Margo He's Being Set Up By Dahlia

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THURSDAY, April 4, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: Java Underground

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Simon: It's alright, honey, but I don't need to hide anything from Margo.She's gonna find out the whole story sooner or later.
>> Katie: Yeah, well, I kinda already filled her in.
>> Simon: All right. I got loaded, I lost my cool. I lunged at Dahlia, threw a drink in her face. If it wasn't for Katie --
>> Katie: You were upset.
>> Simon: Yeah, I was upset.
>> Katie: Everybody gets that way. You understand, right?
>> Margo: Right.
>> Katie: See? She understands. So stop acting like that you're guilty of some crime or something.
>> Simon: I'm not. I'm just being cooperative. So what else do you want to know?
>> Margo: Well, Katie gave me sort of a general idea of what happened between you and Dahlia. But if you could fill me in on some details.
>> Simon: Yeah. Why?
>> Margo: Dahlia's car was found abandoned.
>> Simon: Oh.
>> Katie: So she had car trouble.
>> Margo: The door was open, the keys were missing. Her purse was there, and no one's heard from her since.
>> Simon: Okay. So where do you want me to start?
>> Margo: It's your choice.
>> Simon: Well, how about when I threatened to kill her?

Scene 2:
Location: Java Underground

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Simon: All right, look, it was an empty threat, okay, said in the heat of the moment. Just as she was about to leave, Dahlia pulls out these -- these newspaper articles about her sister's murder and my supposed part. She threatened to send them to Katie, and the thought of that just -- just drove me up the wall.
>> Katie: But I had already seen them.
>> Margo: All right, all right. Now you say "your supposed part in it." What exactly do you mean by that?
>> Simon: All right. The newspaper articles claimed that I married Monique for her money -- true. And that I had done it before. Hey, that's also true. But I had nothing to do with her death, all right, no matter how many reporters were clamoring for my head.
>> Margo: All right. Why don't you just tell me everything that happened after Dahlia threatened to show the papers to Katie?
>> Simon: All right. I asked her to give them to me. She refused. So I grabbed for them, and she ran.
>> Margo: And did you follow her?
>> Simon: Yeah, I did, but I never caught up to her. She made it to her car, and that's the last I ever saw of her. >> Margo: Yeah, you and everybody else.
>> Katie: Just because Dahlia disappeared, doesn't mean that Simon had anything to do with it.
>> Margo: I didn't say that it did.
>> Katie: Margo, we are sisters. We're family. Simon has worked for you. He worked for your department --
>> Margo: Katie, I've got a job to do, and it entails asking question . I didn't think I was going to enjoy it. I didn't say I'd formed any judgments here.
>> Simon: All right, listen, Margo, when you found the car, were the newspaper articles -- I don't know, on the seat in plain view where anyone could see them?
>> Margo: Most of them were. But some had, actually, blown out of the car by the time we got there.
>> Simon: All right. And does anything about that strike you as being suspicious?
>> Margo: No, not particularly. You?
>> Simon: Yeah. Well, knowing Dahlia, I'd say she's trying to set me up.


Scene 3:
Location: Java Underground

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Katie: Simon's right. Dahlia is trying to set him up, and you can't let her get away with it.
>> Margo: Meaning?
>> Katie: Meaning ignore the whole thing. She is gonna wait for some huge investigation. When it doesn't happen, this will all go away.
>> Margo: Oh, Katie, that's not how it works.
>> Katie: Then how does it work?
>> Margo: I sit on Dahlia's car for 24 hours. If she shows up again, fine. If not, it becomes a missing persons case.
>> Katie: Yeah, and Simon becomes a suspect.
>> Margo: Well, given the circumstances of last night, I can't very well just let him go. I have to bring him in for some sort of formal questioning.
>> Simon: All right, that's fine. Okay. Thanks. Thanks, Margo.
>> Margo: Listen, Katie, I just --
>> Katie: You know, we're done here.
>> Margo: All right, great. We're done. If that's the way u want to do it, fine. I'll talk to you later.
>> Katie: "Thanks, Margo"? What was that?
>> Simon: Yeah, well, for keeping me informed. I don't know. For letting us know what's going on.
>> Katie: For accusing you of murder.
>> Simon: She didn't do that, all right? And she's not going to.
>> Katie: My own sister -- oh, if I had something on Tom.
>> Simon: Listen, listen. Dahlia can set me up all she likes, all right? But she's not gonna succeed, because I am innocent.
You believe that I'm innocent, right?
>> Katie: Yeah, of course.
>> Simon: Then that's all that matters.
>> Katie: That is so easy for you to say. 'Cause you're not the one who's gonna be having to look at you through a window with a phone attached to it. "Put your hand up to the glass, Simon. Let me feel the warmth."
>> Simon: Oh, come on.
>> Katie: It makes me crazy. I can't even think about it.
>> Simon: It's not gonna happen. Listen, you know what we should do right now, honey?
>> Katie: What?
>> Simon: We should go to the cottage, back to our home, all right? This will all be over so soon.
>> Katie: Will it?
>> Simon: Yes, I promise. Okay? Let's get out of here.
>> Katie: Okay.

Scene 4:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Careful, careful.
>> Katie: I got it.
>> Katie: Simon, it's freezing in here.
>> Simon: Don't worry. We're gonna warm it up sooner or later.
>> Katie: Let's build a fire. It will be so romantic and relaxing.
>> Simon: Well, relaxation is good. Okay. All right, this could take a while. You find some matches, and I'll go and get wood.
>> Katie: All right.
[ Katie looks for matches in Simon's bag, but finds Dahlia's car keys instead ]

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