EPISODE 12/18/02
Simon Worries About The Farm

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: Frasier's Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Hi!
>> Simon: All right. I've got milk, bread, popcorn, chocolate, beer. All the major food groups represented right here.
>> Katie: And you got a delivery.
>> Simon: Oh, another one? Well, aren't I Mr. Popular?
>> Katie: It's from Australia.
>> Simon: I need to put these things in the kitchen.
[ Simon puts the groceries away and then notices the Christmas tree ]
>> Simon: So what's going on here? It's like a -- it's like a doll convention. Where have you been all my life, you dirty, filthy little minx?
>> Katie: Hey, hey, hey, hey. She's got knickers on, and she's keepin' 'em on. This is the first year I've actually had room to set out my whole collection. They were probably so claustrophobic in those boxes, huh?
>> Simon: Well, being a doll and claustrophobia, that's not a very good combination, is it?
>> Katie: [ talking with the doll like a puppet ] "So, Simon, are you gonna open up your box?"
>> Simon: Yeah, yeah, I'll get around to it, doll face.
>> Katie: "Katie said I had to be patient, but I just can't wait anymore. Could you please open up your box?" Simon? Come on! We know it's about your uncle's sheep farm. Open it already.

Scene 2:
Location: Frasier's Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: So, what's in the box?
>> Simon: Old letters, ledgers, deed information. Manuals. Wow.
[ Laughs ]
>> Katie: Family photo.
>> Simon: Oh, wasn't I cute?
>> Katie: Is that you?
>> Simon: Mm-hmm. My sister and me.
>> Katie: That was before --
>> Simon: Way, way before. There was a time, actually, way back then, when Celia was as sane as anybody. We used to get along really well back in these days. Romping down the pastures. Playing silly little games, rolling around in the mud 'til way after dark. I told you that we lived there 'til my aunt died, didn't I?
>> Katie: Yeah.
[ Simon sighs ] What are you thinking?
>> Simon: Ah. That before you and I moved into this cottage, this old sheep station was the only real home I'd ever known.

Scene 3:
Location: Frasier's Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Oh, like an angel. Well, at least we have tons of company for the holidays.
>> Simon: Hey, honey, I gotta tell you, if you're ever strapped for cash, these dolls -- they're antiques. They've gotta be worth a fortune.
>> Katie: Yeah? No!
>> Simon: What?
>> Katie: No, I would never sell them. God, these things were like my lifeline. When my mom and I were on the road, I would just save up all of my allowance to go buy them at second-hand stores. They were basically my friends, my buds.
>> Simon: Oh, there are some things about being a kid that never leave you, huh?
>> Katie: Hey. Why'd you put away those pictures?
>> Simon: I don't know. I just did.
>> Katie: 'Cause, you know, I was thinking -- maybe we should take a little trip to the farm. I've never seen Australia.
>> Simon: Honey, you are recovering nicely, but there is no way that you are ready for a huge trip like that. No. No.
>> Katie: Why not? You probably have to go there, anyway. I mean, there's tons of stuff you have to take care of -- the legal aspects. There's books and ledgers.
>> Simon: There was a letter from the lawyer involved in all those boxes, in those boxes. I'm just gonna give him a call, you know? Get him to sell the farm. It's gotta be worth something.
>> Katie: You'd sell it without ever seeing it again? No, that's like me selling my doll collection to some stranger I don't even know. That place must hold tons of memories for you.
>> Simon: Yeah, and a gigantic tax lien. So it's either selling the farm or coughing up $80 grand.
>> Katie: Okay, but don't we have at least that much in the butt-buster account?
>> Simon: Whoa, whoa, whoa. We would have if you hadn't insisted investing in those tech stocks. Have you seen the market recently? What with setting up the business and redoing this place, we're hardly rolling in it. Anyway, babe, there's no way that I would use your hard-earned cash on buying some old, decrepit sheep station that's thousands of miles away. It's not worth it.
>> Katie: Maybe we could borrow some money from Craig or Lucinda.
>> Simon: No! Honey, no. There's no way I'm gonna go into debt for this. It's just not -- no! Besides, I really don't see myself rolling around in mud and chasing sheep and doing up old farms. I just -- do you want something from the kitchen?

Scene 4:
Location: Frasier's Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: I need a manly man.
>> Simon: Really? Snickers?
[ Laughs ] ah -- there we go.
>> Katie: So simple. Thank you very much.
>> Simon: Yeah, give it. Do you want me to finish up in the kitchen?
>> Katie: Yes, please.
>> Katie: Mm. Don't worry, Simon. I'm not gonna let you lose your family's farm.

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