EPISODE 12/04/06
Simon Gets A Visitor
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December, 2006
MONDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2006
Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE KASNOFF, VIENNA HYATT
>> Simon: Listen, Katie, I am really sorry that I could never afford to give you such expensive jewelry when we were together, but apparently I had no money.
>> Katie: Oh, come on, you think this is all about jewelry envy?
>> Simon: Well honestly, whatever it's all over, just please let it go. Get over it.
>> Vienna: Simon, look who's there. Katie! My little soul sister.
>> Katie: Vienna. What are you doing back in Oakdale?
Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Java
CARLY SNYDER, JESSICA GRIFFIN
>> Carly: I don't know where Katie gets her ideas, but this one is just crazy. Come on, Jess, can you see me as a jewel thief?
>> Jessica: Well, no, of course not. But I certainly can see Simon Frazier pocketing somebody's pearls. And you two are partners.
>> Carly: Business partners -- legitimately.
>> Jessica: Right. So that begs the question why you're asking me about the end of your probationary period, with that particular look on your face. I just want to know when I'm free to jaywalk without -- without the fear of being thrown in jail.
>> Jessica: Look, Carly, if what Katie wrote in that book about you and Simon isn't totally fiction, and if you've done something to violate your probation, trust your lawyer, tell her what's going on. Give me a chance to help you.
Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE KASNOFF, VIENNA HYATT
>> Simon: Vienna, nice to see you again. Do you want -- let's go.
>> Vienna: Oh, will you stop? I like to say hello. Katie, congratulations on your new book. I hear it's yet another bestseller.
>> Katie: Have you read it?
>> Vienna: No, not yet, but I might order a copy and have it sent over to the hotel.
>> Katie: Oh, great. I'll even sign it for you.
>> Simon: Yeah, that will up its value. Come on, let's take off.
>> Vienna: Oh, darling, don't be rude. I haven't answered Katie's question yet. I'm back in Oakdale to see Simon.
>> Katie: Really? And did you bring your dashing prince along?
>> Vienna: Nope. He's back in Leonia, giving orders.
>> Katie: Yeah, well, you know, just think, the last time I saw you was at the ball.
>> Vienna: Oh, men have died for less.
>> Simon: Yeah, this is all very cozy, but you see, Vienna flew in to see me, so come on, let's take off. I want to buy you a drink.
>> Vienna: Oh, no, no, no. No rush. You know, if you and Katie have some unfinished business, I can wait.
>> Simon: No, I think we're done. Come on.
>> Vienna: All right, Katie, nice to see you. Ciao, bye.
>> Katie: Oh no, we're not done, Simon. Things are just starting to get interesting.
Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Java
CARLY SNYDER, JESSICA GRIFFIN
>> Carly: Well, thank you very much. I really don't want to take up any more of your time.
>> Jessica: Carly, you know, we're friends. I'm not just your lawyer.
>> Carly: Yeah, I know.
>> Jessica: So, if you have anything you like to get off your chest --
>> Carly: You know, I don't.
>> Jessica: All right, well, you have my number. Use it if you need it. Hey, Jack.
>> Jack: Hey, Jessica. Is everything okay?
>> Carly: Well, any reason it shouldn't be?
>> Jack: Jessica's still your lawyer, isn't she? Thought you might be in some kind of trouble.
>> Carly: Well, surprise. I'm not.
>> Jack: Good.
>> Carly: You know I was just asking Jessica how much longer my probation goes on.
>> Jack: Well, I mean, if you're staying out of trouble, what does it matter, right?
>> Carly: Well, it does. It just does. I don't like having that hanging over me. I want to put that awful mess behind me.
>> Jack: Yeah, I want that for you too, Carly. But I'm afraid that might not be possible.
>> Jack: Thank you. Katie came to see me at the station. And she implied she wrote wasn't a total work of fiction.
>> Carly: And you believe that?
>> Jack: It got me thinking. I mean, that trouble you had with the loan shark, Spirro, seemed to disappear awfully quickly.
>> Carly: Well, Simon paid him off with the money he made from selling the properties.
>> Jack: Still, come on, interesting timing. It wasn't long after the big party for the prince. And Simon buys you that necklace.
>> Carly: Oh, Jack, I got to say, you cops, you are pretty hard up if you're taking tips from Katie Peretti. She has absolutely zero proof and clearly wants to get back at me because she doesn't like the fact that I am with Simon.
>> Jack: I called the prince's little friend, Vienna Hyatt. I asked her about the jewels she was wearing that night.
>> Carly: What did she have to say?
>> Jack: She seemed pretty confident that the necklace that she wore back to Leonia was the genuine article.
>> Carly: She said that?
>> Jack: Does that surprise you?
Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Terrace Hotel Room
SIMON FRASIER, VIENNA HYATT
>> Vienna: You looking for the secret service?
>> Simon: Need I?
>> Vienna: Nope. I like to play games with them. You know, book a flight for one jet, then jump in another, and fly off to wherever I want.
>> Simon: Right, so tell me, to what do I owe this pleasant, of course, but unexpected little visit?
>> Vienna: Where's the drink you promised me?
>> Simon: Drink. Where's my manners? Of course, champagne?
>> Vienna: Always. I see you got my note.
>> Simon: So, that was from you? And here I was thinking someone was playing a joke on me.
>> Vienna: Someone like Katie? I read what she wrote about you, you know, bad boy you were.
>> Simon: So, you read her book?
>> Vienna: Guilty as charged.
>> Simon: Right, so what was all that nonsense about ordering Vienna? Did Katie call you, huh? Is that why you're here? Was that Katie filling your head with a pack of lies about me?
>> Vienna: Actually, it was that hunky Detective Snyder who called. And it made me wonder if you actually might have pulled off something else on the ball, you know, aside from my gown, that is. Only I didn't believe that my Simon would be so cruel as to break my heart and then steal me blind. Now, did you?
>> Simon: Well, what did you tell that hunky Detective Snyder?
>> Vienna: I told him that the crown jewels are always examined for authenticity before and after a public showing. And I would, you know, be aware of it, if you had sent me home with fakes. I would have heard about it.
>> Simon: Exactly. Absolutely. Well, there you go. Well, thanks for standing up for me. And for bringing to my attention Jack's interest. Not, of course, that I did anything wrong.
>> Vienna: Didn't you?
>> Simon: Of course not.
>> Vienna: Well, then, maybe I should place a call to my prince not-so-charming and make sure those jewels were examined. So, you were a bad boy? Now, what do we do with bad boys?
Scene 6:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores
KATIE KASNOFF, HENRY COLEMAN
>> Henry: Hey! Hey, is 180 good?
>> Katie: For a heart attack.
>> Henry: You said to get here quicky. What's going on? Simon and Carly, are they suing you for defamation of character? What?
>> Katie: What character? You know, this is a little more interesting. Guess who suddenly showed up in town?
>> Henry: Cher on her final, final, final good-bye tour? Please?
>> Katie: No, sorry. Vienna Hyatt.
>> Henry: Vienna Hyatt. Vienna Hyatt. Rich and famous and famous only for being rich, right? That's my kind of girl.
>> Katie: That's the one. Guess what Ms. Rich and famous is doing here?
>> Henry: Slumming?
>> Katie: No, Jack called her to ask her about the jewelry heist at the hospital benefit.
>> Henry: What do you mean -- was that real? I thought you made that whole thing just to sell some books?
>> Katie: Yeah, so did I. And that's what Simon and Carly want everybody to think. But obviously Vienna knows something. Something that she didn't tell Jack, because Simon wouldn't have rushed her off and tried to shut her up the way he did --
>> Henry: Okay, hold on, hold on. Now, your active writer's imagination is in overdrive here.
>> Katie: Yeah, I thought it was just my imagination too, until I saw how Simon freaked out after he had read what I had written. That's when I realized that, totally by accident, I uncovered the truth.
>> Henry: Or you're so wrecked by the loss of Mike and you want Simon to suffer.
>> Katie: That, too.
>> Henry: Okay.
>> Katie: But Simon and Carly stole those jewels and I need you to help me prove it.
Scene 7:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Terrace Hotel Room
SIMON FRASIER, VIENNA HYATT
>> Simon: Okay, okay, you know I never stole your necklace.
>> Vienna: It's not my necklace, lover. It belongs to the little people of Leonia.
>> Simon: Whatever. Whatever. I stand by my innocence. I am a totally innocent man. What are you laughing at?
>> Vienna: You are everything but innocent. But don't worry, darling. You should know by now that I'm not a person to hold a grudge.
>> Simon: Okay, good, good, good. Hey, listen, listen, listen, theoretically, theoretically, of course, speaking that, say I was to have stole those jewels, that means you won't tell that hunky Detective Snyder?
>> Vienna: Well, why would I? The jewels aren't even mine. It was strictly on a retainer, and I was retained by the prince.
>> Simon: Speaking again, that means you would let me walk? No strings?
>> Vienna: Now, I didn't say that. Because of what you did to me the last time, I think I deserve a little something for all my generosity.
>> Simon: This coming from the woman who doesn't hold a grudge.
>> Vienna: I don't. I prefer to be happy. And the grudge makes me have wrinkles. I'd be perfectly, perfectly happy if this whole ugly mess would go away without any suffering on your part.
>> Simon: Me too. Me too, me too. So, what the catch?
>> Vienna: You only have to do one little thing.
>> Simon: You name it.
>> Vienna: Come back to me.
Scene 8:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Java
CARLY SNYDER, JACK SNYDER
>> Carly: So, Vienna confirmed it? The jewels were legit.
>> Jack: So she said.
>> Carly: You know, when she left Oakdale, she was pretty ticked at Simon. Given the chance to get back at him, I'm surprised she didn't take it. Katie would have.
>> Jack: Which is why I want you to be careful. Because despite evidence to the contrary, Katie seems hell-bent on proving you and Simon are jewel thieves.
>> Carly: I'm not worried about her.
>> Jack: Even if she starts digging into your past, dredging up those things you say you want to put behind you?
>> Carly: I can take care of myself, Jack.
>> Jack: I hope so. The last thing I'd wish on you is more trouble.
>> Carly: Well, thank you for that.
>> Jack: Do you have any idea how relieved I was that Vienna let you off the hook? It's not just because of what it meant to our kids. But because I've watched you work like hell to make a new life for yourself.
>> Carly: So, do I get your vote for the most improved?
>> Jack: Yeah. I just don't want Simon or Vienna to steal that from you.
>> Carly: Thank you for believing in me.
>> Jack: I'm not the only one trying to make up for past mistakes.
>> Carly: So you believe me?
>> Jack: I believe you. But watch your back where Katie's concerned.
>> Carly: You really think I need to do that?
>> Jack: Something tells me that she is not going to stop until she gets something on you and Simon, even if she has to make it up. I'll see you around.
>> Carly: Yeah. That little witch has got to be stopped.
Scene 9:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores
KATIE KASNOFF, HENRY COLEMAN
>> Katie: Okay, so the -- hi. The plan is if we could some how get that necklace off of Carly --
>> Henry: Wait, wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there, sweetie. You were working off of iffy evidence and wishful thinking. There are 1,000 reasons why Vienna could be back in Oakdale.
>> Henry: Okay, okay, okay. You could be right. Even without Carly's help, Simon could have pilfered the crown jewels. And, yes, Vienna could have lied to Jack when she said they were the real deal. But the cosmic question is who cares who stole what?
>> Katie: I care. And I'm going to do everything in my power to prove that I'm right and throw Simon in jail.
>> Henry: And the payoff for that is?
>> Katie: Then Mike will finally understand I am so over Simon that I don't care if he's rotting in jail, and I'll get my husband back.
>> Henry: Hmm, I think you're missing one crucial point here.
>> Katie: What's that?
>> Henry: The reason that your marriage blew apart is not because Simon is a jewel thief, it's because you slept with him. And I'm not sure Mike is ever going to forgive you for that.
Scene 10:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Terrace Hotel Room
SIMON FRASIER, VIENNA HYATT
>> Simon: Why would you want me -- why would you want me back? You said so yourself, I betrayed you, I broke your heart. And now you're telling me you want me back?
>> Vienna: Yes, my pet. But only on Vienna's terms.
>> Simon: I can't leave. I can't leave. I have -- I have business in Oakdale and I've got -- I've got commitments.
>> Vienna: Oh, to that tacky blonde I found hiding in your bathroom?
Well, uncommit.
>> Simon: Actually, that blonde, Carly, is a major consideration. Okay? I can't just leave without giving her an explanation.
>> Vienna: But you didn't have a problem doing it to me.
>> Simon: Aw, V, sweetheart, come on. Baby, you know we were different. You know that, right?
>> Vienna: You know I can always call the prince and have him unlock the royal treasury and have those jewels examined.
>> Simon: Okay, okay. You remember that summer we went to Capri?
>> Vienna: No tan lines--
>> Simon: No tan lines, yeah. I want to go back there.
>> Vienna: So, what about little miss commitment?
>> Simon: Oh, she's a strong girl. She'll get over it.
>> Vienna: So, we have a deal?
>> Simon: Sure.
Scene 11:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores
KATIE KASNOFF, HENRY COLEMAN
>> Katie: Henry, I know I messed up. Simon and Carly aren't paying any price at all.
>> Henry: Does that really matter?
>> Katie: If Mike hadn't walked out on me, maybe it wouldn't. But he did. So how can I just sit back and watch Simon ruin the only true love that I ever really trusted? I need to get Mike back, no matter what it takes.
>> Henry: You're going to make me cry.
>> Katie: Let's face it, Henry. Now that Vienna's back in town, I have a real chance of nailing Simon and getting my husband back. And heaven help anyone who tries to stop me.
Scene 12:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Terrace Hotel Room
SIMON FRASIER, VIENNA HYATT
>> Simon: So here's the thing, I'm going to let Carly down gently and then I'm going to jump on the first plane -- the very first plane to come and see you.
>> Vienna: No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't be silly, darling, the moment you are done with Carly all you have to do is knock. I have a suite down the hall. And we can book a flight to wherever we want. Maybe Biarritz.
>> Simon: Wow, this is great. You thought of everything.
>> Vienna: Yeah.
>> Simon: Okay, okay. Okay, so here's the thing, the plan's in motion. I'm going to get on to Carly and I'm going to let her down and then I'm going to call you. All right? Okay?
>> Vienna: Okay. Wonderful.
[ Door opens ]
[ Simon and Vienna kissing, Carly appears ]
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