EPISODE 8/04/06
Simon Regains An Employee

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2006

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER, JACK SNYDER

>> Simon: Carly, I know I messed up tonight, royally. I know. Truly, I'm sorry.
>> Carly: You are the last person that I want to see in my face right now.
>> Simon: Look, I admit, inviting you out to dinner to make Katie squirm, it was stupid. It was dumb. I didn't even know why I did it. And I understand if you're angry. Even if you want to quit. But please, I feel awful if I hurt you.
>> Carly: Let's just call it a night, okay? Shall we?
>> Simon: Because I don't want to. I feel awful. Please, tell me how I can make it up to you.
>> Carly: What I really want is for you to go.
>> Simon: And leave you here all alone to brood in the darkness because I acted like a complete jackass? I can't. So one more time, with feeling, I am sorry. Wow, neat trick. So that means you must accept my apology, then.
>> Jack: Carly, I reset the fuses in the smoke alarm. Listen, I got to apologize -- Simon -- wow. Come on, haven't you caused Carly enough trouble? Please, buddy, just -- just go.
>> Simon: I will. I will, Jack, I will. If that's what Carly wants.


Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER, JACK SNYDER

>> Carly: You don't live here anymore. You don't get guest approval. You don't get to ask anyone to leave. In fact, the children aren't here. So, really, there's no reason for you to be here, either.
>> Simon: Carly, I really do want you to reconsider ending our business partnership.
>> Jack: Well, you quit? Good, good. Best decision you could have made.
>> Carly: Well, I don't need your opinion or your approval, Jack. I know how you feel about Simon.
>> Jack: I mean, come on, Simon. Even you have to admit you always been a little shady. The difference is now, you're rich and shady. No offense.
>> Simon: No, none taken, Jack. I like being rich.
>> Carly: The bottom line, Jack, is that I get to decide who goes. So, good-night. And the next time the alarms go off in this house, the security company will be calling me, not you. Simon, would have a seat please?
>> Simon: Over there?
>> Jack: I won't get to comfortable, Simon. The only reason she's asking you to stay is to stick it to me.
>> Carly: As usual, Jack, you've got it all wrong. My business dealings with Simon have nothing to do with you. They have to do with me. My survival. My independence. Me, starting my life over without you -- in other words, my business with Simon is no business of yours.
[ Phone rings ]
>> Jack: Jack Snyder. Yeah, okay. I'm on my way. I have to get back to work. I'll bring the kids back from Emma's tomorrow.
>> Simon: Awkward. Carly, please. Don't quit.
>> Carly: I've really had more than enough for one night. So, could you please go, too?
>> Simon: So, Jack was right, maybe? Maybe, you were just using me to stick it to him. As he so delicately put it.
>> Carly: I'm not going to discuss Jack with you. I'm not gonna discuss anything with you.
>> Simon: All right, fine. So, since every subject is off-limits, let me just dive right in. I knew Katie and Mike were having dinner at the Lakeview tonight. And I did rig dinner with us to make her uncomfortable.
>> Carly: No kidding.
>> Simon: Exactly. Just another thing to add to my long list of childish behavior. But the truth is, Carly, and I can see it with you guys, we are both stuck on our exes. So, you come back to work for me, there is a bonus in it. We can help each other get over our hang-ups. I'll forget Katie, you'll forget Jack and we'll both be healthy, wealthy, and wise. What do you say?


Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Carly: What is it with you men?
>> Simon: Care to narrow that down a bit?
>> Carly: Yeah, sure. Your egos. And these assumptions you make. Like you assuming I'm playing you off Jack because I still have a thing for him.
>> Simon: Cuts a little bit close to the bone, does it?
>> Carly: God, you are impossible.
>> Simon: Not really. I mean, really, most women find me quite possible.
>> Carly: Simon, just leave Jack and Katie and any agendas you have out of this.
>> Simon: All right, fine. Jack, agendas, Katie, the weather, movies, that's all off-limits. That's fine. I'll tell you what. You tell me right now, you'll come back to work for me and I'm out the door. We'll call it a night.
>> Carly: I don't believe this.
>> Simon: You were having fun, weren't you? New job, new start. And the money was pretty damn good.
>> Carly: That is just so completely not the point.
>> Simon: Well, here is the point. Straight up. I need you on this project because I know you'll be brilliant. I need you to help me open doors that were otherwise would be slammed in my face.
>> Carly: Exactly.
>> Simon: Yeah, but wait. There's more. I need this job to be an unqualified success.
>> Carly: Why? Simon, you hit, like, the oil jackpot, didn't you? You're a millionaire --
>> Simon: Listen, money in the bank. So, what? That's boring.
>> Carly: I'd love to be bored like that.
>> Simon: You get what I'm saying, Carly. I know you do. I want something with my brand on it. Something that commands respect. Something to show for myself. To try to make all these people here, forget all my other misdeeds and misadventures. Oh, just by the by, I don't mind -- if you don't mind me asking, how many hits have you had on your interior design website? That many, huh? So, what's stopping you, Carly? Come on, go all in with me. Let's make every single person in this town sit up and take notice. Prove to everyone, Jack and Katie included, that we have got the stuff to make it on our own and who the hell needs them?
>> Carly: You know, I really have to hand it to you, Simon. You could sell hot sauce in hell.
>> Simon: Well, even the devil needs a little flavor. Come on, are we back on?
>> Carly: You know, you say the right things. But the problem is that -- you know, tonight, I promised my kids a mom night all to themselves. With movies, popcorn, and books. And then you called me, I dropped everything at the drop of a hat. And I left them with a babysitter that I don't even know. Just so you could parade me around in front of Katie and Mike who happen to be my friends. And Simon, I don't have any interest in being any part of hurting them --
>> Simon: You won't.
>> Carly: Just, just let me finish. Okay? It's been difficult for me to admit what I've known in my heart all along. But this is it. Simon Frasier, you are nothing but trouble.
>> Simon: So, I'm just taking a wild stab in the dark here, I guess that business trip to New York's off?
[ Carly laughs ] No? Is my fly down or what?
>> Carly: Are you telling me that after that great, big, fat farce of a business meeting, the trip to New York was legit? You really need me to wow potential investors?
>> Simon: Yeah, see, yeah. All right, believe it or not. That bit was real. So, are we on?
>> Carly: No, no, we are definitely off.
>> Simon: Come on, come with me. We'll take New York by storm.
>> Carly: No, no. That answer is definitely no.
>> Simon: Listen, you'll have those hotshots eating out of your hand. Then afterwards, we'll celebrate our success. We'll go to the best restaurants. We'll drink the finest wines. Katie, Mike, and Jack will be miles away and best of all, you and I will be having fun. Which you know, if you ask my opinion, but I think we did establish that you needed a little bit of this. Fun --
>> Carly: You were right. I didn't ask your opinion.
>> Simon: I heard Jack say the kids are still with Emma. Now I have jet on the runaway, fueled and waiting. Champagne's on ice. Come on, a moonlit flight to the greatest city in the world. It's yours for the taking.
>> Carly: Simon, have a safe trip.
>> Simon: Wow, I really did blow it, didn't I? Well, I am sorry.
>> Carly: Good-bye.
>> Simon: Well, it's a shame. It is a shame. We could have made quite a formidable team.
>> Carly: Yeah, you're right. I think we could have.


Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale Airport
Scene: Frasier Jet

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: Ren, I'm ready whenever you're cleared for takeoff. And I'm sorry to report, I will be flying solo tonight.
[ Carly appears in the cabin. ]

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