EPISODE 8/28/02
Simon "Brings Katie Back"

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale Memorial Hospital
Scene: Surgery Waiting Room

SIMON FRASIER, BOB HUGHES, TOM HUGHES, NANCY MCCLOSKY, ADAM MUNSON, LISA GRIMALDI, CRAIG MONTGOMERY, KIM HUGHES

>> Simon: So how long's Katie gonna be in the recovery room for?
>> Bob: Well, we have to wait until the anesthesia wears off, monitor her for complications, just as we are with Margo.
>> Tom: So what about Margo? Is she conscious yet?
>> Bob: She's starting to come around. She's stable. So far so good.
>> Nancy: Is there anyThing at all that we can do?
>> Bob: Yes, there is, Mom. Let's see -- you can rest. You can take a break. You can go home. You can get something to eat that doesn't taste antiseptic. Go bowling.
[ Laughter ]
>> Adam: You know what? I don't feel like going home right now, let's go downstairs and get something to eat.
>> Lisa: That's a good idea. As soon as I hear anything, I'll come find you.
>> Adam: Okay.
>> Simon: I think I'll wait outside the recovery room. I want to be there the second Katie wakes up
>> Tom: you know, I promised Margo the exact same thing.
>> Simon: So she did it? Katie did it.
>> Craig: Wow, she's fearless, that one.
>> Tom: Just like her big sister.
>> Simon: I've been in a lot of tricky situations, but I'll tell you one takes the cake.
>> Tom: Let's go over there.

Scene 2:
Scene: Outside Recovery Room/Recovery Room

SIMON FRASIER, TOM HUGHES, BOB HUGHES, JOHN DIXON, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: So how can we bribe you to get us into the recovery room?
>> Tom: Well, I can try turning on the tears. It used to work when I was 5 years old.
>> Bob: Okay, I'll try. But I make no promises. Here, you guys suit up. Maybe I'll be successful.
>> Simon: Thanks, man.
>> Simon: Katie used to love me in a suit. Oh, Tom, she seems so far away right now.
>> Tom: Well, Margo did, too, Simon, a few minutes ago. But she is coming back to me. I can feel that now. I want you to know something. Not a day will go by in my life that I will not be eternally grateful for what Katie's doing for me and my family. And I seriously mean that.
>> Bob: I'm sorry. You'll have to wait.
>> Tom: What's happened?
>> Bob: Margo's fine.
>> Simon: How's Katie? What about Katie?
>> Bob: Katie has got some complications. [ Simon rushes into the recovery room ] No, no. Simon, no!
[ Recovery Room ]
>> John: Simon, you know I don't want you in here now.
>> Simon: I'm here, baby. Katie? Katie, I'm here. All right. Stay with me, please. I got you.

Scene 3:
Scene: Recovery Room

SIMON FRASIER, JOHN DIXON, KATIE FRASIER, NURSE

>> John: All right, let's give her a few minutes. Watch that carefully.
>> Simon: You're going to be okay, my love.
>> John: Listen to me --
>> Simon: You're going to open those beautiful -- I'm not leaving. I'm not going anywhere.
>> John: I know that. I'm not asking you to leave. I just want you to be very careful because she's not stabilized yet.
>> Simon: She's going to come around. I know she will. [ Simon walks around to the side of Katie's bed and takes her hand ] Now you listen to me, Katie Frasier. You are strong and stubborn, and sometimes it takes you some pretty crazy places. I mean, it took you to the altar with me, right? Don't you hide from me now. Look, there was a time when you wouldn't let me go, and now it's my turn. I can't, Katie. I will not let you go, please. Wherever you are, come back to me. Katie, please, come back to me. Come back to me.
>> Katie: Hello? Dad? What are you doing here?
>> Simon: Katie?
>> Katie: Leave me alone. I'm having an adventure.
>> Simon: Katie, it's me. Come back, Katie. Please, come back to me.
>> Katie: Simon?
>> Simon: Katie? Katie?
>> Katie: Simon?
>> Simon: Katie? Katie, please, come back.
>> John: Stand by.
>> Simon: I love you. I love you so much. Please, come back.
>> Nurse: She's stabilized.
>> John: Nice work.

Scene 4:
Scene: Recovery Room

SIMON FRASIER, TOM HUGHES, MARGO HUGHES, KATIE FRASIER

>> Margo: It was like I was watching Katie leave.
>> Tom: Well, you might have saved her life.
>> Margo: No, it's the other way around.
>> Tom: Hey. Sleep now.
>> Margo: I gotta tell Katie something.
>> Simon: Hey there, beautiful.
[ Katie opens her eyes ]
>> Katie: Simon.
>> Simon: I missed you.

Scene 5:
Scene: Recovery Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, TOM HUGHES

>> Katie: I was on an adventure.
>> Simon: I know you were.
>> Katie: It was so beautiful. I saw --
>> Simon: Shh, shh. You're not going back there. You understand me? Not for a very long time.
>> Katie: Margo, neither.
>> Simon: Margo, neither.
>> Katie: What, Margo? Louder.
>> Simon: Shh, baby. She's sleeping.
>> Margo: Katie -- thanks.

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