EPISODE 8/27/01
Simon Goes Back To Help Lily

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August, 2001


MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2001

Scene 1:
Place: Malta
Location: Villa in Malta
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

SIGNORA CORDINA AND LILY SNYDER

>> Signora Cordina: Oh! Signora Snyder, how are you this morning, huh?
>> Lily: Signora Cordina.
>> Signora Cordina: If you need anything to make your stay more pleasant, please do not be shy.
>> Lily: You disappeared for days without a word, without a trace? And that's all you can say to me? Make myself comfortable?
>> Signora Cordina: Ah, yes! But now I have returned, and all is well.
>> Lily: Yes, you've returned, and you're outside my door. Listening. Where have you been?
>> Signora Cordina: Well, I was sent away for awhile, but now everything is --
>> Lily: You were sent away? By who, Damian? Dante? The police inspector? Who?
>> Signora Cordina: Oh, my goodness. This is my English. You know, sometimes my words -- they get jumbled. Not sent away -- went away. Yes.
>> Lily: You went away.
>> Signora Cordina: Yes, I went away.
>> Lily: Why? Why did you leave so suddenly?
>> Signora Cordina: Oh, please, signora. Don't worry. Really, not too many questions, you know? Sometimes, it is better just to do what one is told.
>> Lily: What were you told?
>> Signora Cordina: Really, Signora, please --
>> Lily: Were you told to spy on me?
>> Signora Cordina: Spy? I don't spy. I'm cleaning. That's all.
>> Lily: Cleaning -- cleaning the keyhole? So you could get a better look?
>> Signora Cordina: Signora, really --
>> Lily: You wanna take a look? Take a look. Take a nice look! Look inside, look under the bed, look in the closets. Maybe you'll find Holden and Luke, and I can forget about Damian and his murderous brother. I can forget about this place, forget about everything!
>> Signora Cordina: You know, I am going to let you rest now. You really need to rest.
>> Lily: I'll rest when I find my husband and my son safe! You tell that to any Grimaldi that you're working for!
[Lily sighs]

Scene 2:
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: What are you doing here? I put you on a plane to go back home!
>> Simon: I don't know. I've got this thing about being deported.
>> Lily: Where's Katie?
>> Simon: Hopefully she's safe and sound and silent back in Oakdale.
>> Lily: Well, what about the police?
>> Simon: What about them?
>> Lily: They're going to find you, Simon. And they're going to put you on the next plane out of here.
>> Simon: I made a clean getaway. You and I are the only ones who know I'm here.
>> Lily: Good. I'm glad you're here. I'm really -- it's really great that you're here.
>> Simon: Look at me. Did something else happen since the airport?
>> Lily: I don't think I can do this.
>> Simon: You can't do this? You can. You can do this. You have to think about holding Luke in your arms again, safe at home with his father.
>> Lily: Every time that I think about Holden and Luke being safe, all I see is Damian -- dead!

Scene 3:
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: Oh, it's such a beautiful island, you know? So many friendly faces. But you're the only one that I can trust. What would I do without you, Simon?
>> Simon: Well, there's always Signora Cordina.
>> Lily: Oh!
>> Simon: I'm sure, now that she's back, she's keeping a watchful eye on you.
>> Lily: Yes, that watchful eye. Hmm. Ignoring all of my questions.
>> Simon: What about the police inspector?
>> Lily: Oh, yes, him, he who locked me in a jail cell with Damian but won't answer a simple question of who he's working for.
>> Simon: Wait, wait, wait, wait. You were in jail with Damian? I visited you in that cell.
>> Lily: Yes, remember that drunk man passed out on the floor? It was Damian.
>> Simon: Ah, that was him.
>> Lily: Yes.
>> Simon: Well, it seems to be his specialty, doesn't it, traveling incognito?
>> Lily: I really wanna find him. I really do, before this deadline.
>> Simon: I've spent the last few hours scouring this town, trying to pay off anyone who might have an idea of where he's hiding.
>> Lily: Nothing?
>> Simon: No, not quite. Well -- I did find out that Dante's up in the hills at a restaurant that's like his headquarters. I assume that's the Cafe Dell'arte, where he wants you to bring Damian.
>> Lily: Yes. Where it all begins -- and ends. For one of us, for some of us, maybe for all of us.
>> Simon: Come on. You cannot think like that.
>> Lily: No, I cannot keep living this fantasy that I'll bring Holden and Luke home safe and sound, and we'll live happily ever after.
>> Simon: It could work, Lily. It could work. Well, if Dante weren't out for blood.
>> Lily: We have to think of a plan that works to our advantage and Damian's.

Scene 4:
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: We have to think of a way to warn Damian that he's walking into a trap.
>> Simon: What if he's already on his way to the cafe?
>> Lily: Well, then we have to stop him! We have to think of something.
>> Simon: Lily, Lily -- if I continue to search for him, the only thing I'm gonna find is the inside of a jail cell.
>> Lily: What are we gonna do? Think of something!
>> Simon: We have -- we have to get a message to him somehow.
>> Lily: Right.
>> Simon: Look, I think our best bet is Signora Cordina.
>> Lily: We don't know who she's working for.
>> Simon: It doesn't matter.
>> Lily: It does matter, because if she's trying to sell out Damian, then any message we try to get him she'll give to Dante first.
>> Simon: All right. So we put the message in some kind of code.
>> Lily: Right, something that only Damian would know is a warning. Right, yes, but what?
>> Simon: All right, you have to think of a name or a place that only you and Damian associate with danger.

Scene 5:
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

[Lily answers the phone an no one was there]
>> Lily: Hello? Hello? No. No one there.
>> Simon: Who do you think it was?
>> Lily: Oh, one ring means "Please phone home." My mom. Tell me what you think.
>> Simon: All right. [Simon reads the letter] "Looking forward to the Cafe Dell'arte. I promise the same unforgettable ambience you remember from the Cafe Rigoletto, once upon a time. What's Cafe Rigoletto?
>> Lily: He'll understand. [Knock at door] He has to. His life depends on it. Okay.

SIGNORA CORDINA, LILY SNYDER, AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Signora Cordina: You sent for me, signora?
>> Lily: Yes, I -- I wanted to apologize for my behavior earlier. I haven't slept much, and I'm just -- I'm really worried about my son.
>> Signora Cordina: There is no need for apologies. I understand.
>> Lily: Could you do me a favor? Please?
>> Signora cordina: That is what I'm here for.
>> Lily: Could you please contact Damian for me?
>> Signora Cordina: I don't know where he is, Signora.
>> Lily: I need to get him a message. It's important. It's very important.
Please, could you find somebody who could get that to him? Please, please?
>> Signora Cordina: I will do my best.
>> Lily: I know you will. Thank you. I'll be waiting for a response. I guess now all we have to do is wait.
>> Simon: No, no, no. Let's move, just in case she comes back with Dante. We're going to the Cafe Dell'arte.
>> Lily: So this is it?
>> Simon: Yeah. This is it.

Scene 6:
Scene: Lily Snyder's Room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: Is anyone watching?
>> Simon: No one I recognize, anyway.
>> Lily: This is -- this is gonna work, I know it. Damian will get the message, and he will protect himself. I do. I know it. I can feel Holden and Luke in my arms already.
>> Simon: You're starting to sound like Katie. An unshakable optimism.
>> Lily: I guess there are worse things you can be. She's resilient. You have to give her that much.
>> Simon: Yes. Yes, she is. And she won't take no for an answer. And she'd walk across hot coals for me.
>> Lily: Well, she's smarter than I thought, I guess. It's amazing for a woman, what she'll do when she finds the love of her life.
>> Simon: Yeah. Well, and right now, we've gotta go to that cafe to find yours.

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