EPISODE 12/21/06
Simon Is Left

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2006

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores

HENRY COLEMAN, KATIE KASNOFF

[ Bell ringing ]
>> Henry: Ho, ho, ho. Have you been a good little girl? Don't answer that.
>> Katie: Hey, Henry. I'm just doing some last minute shopping. I'm having a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit.
>> Henry: Oh, really? Visions of Simon and Carly dancing through your head?
>> Katie: They're going to get away with robbery if Jack and I don't find that real diamond.
>> Henry: I got a kind of early Christmas present for you. I was just down at the Lakeview, and I heard that the Prince of Leonia is in town. And it's not a state visit.
>> Katie: Seriously? He came all the way back here?
>> Henry: Right, and the only reason he could be here is to put the pressure on to find his jewels.
>> Katie: Yes! Oh, Henry, that is the best news. It's only a matter of time before Simon gets thrown in jail.


Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Lounge/Java

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER, JACK SNYDER, BARTENDER

>> Bartender: Going away for the holidays, Mr. Frasier?
>> Simon: Yep, to Hawaii.
>> Bartender: I see you got two tickets there. Taking someone special?
>> Simon: Yeah, it's a surprise Christmas gift. I'm going to show this someone special the best holiday ever.
[ Over at Java ]
>> Carly: The thing is, Jack, you've warned me off Simon before. Are things really so different this time?
>> Jack: Haven't you been listening? If you don't start distancing yourself from Simon very quickly, Carly, you could go down as an accessory to grand larceny. Is that the Christmas present you want to give our kids?
>> Carly: No, no, of course not.
>> Jack: So make your choice.
>> Carly: There is no choice, Jack, and you know it. I will tell Simon it's over.


Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Outside Stores

HENRY COLEMAN, KATIE KASNOFF

>> Henry: Listen, honey, I hate to be the bearer of bad reminders in this festive holiday season, but I don't see any guarantee that going after Simon and destroying Simon will get you Mike back.
>> Katie: Now who's being Scrooge?
>> Henry: I just don't want you to get your hopes up. I'm sorry, I don't want you to wake up tomorrow and have the coals in the stocking.
>> Katie: Well -- Henry, why can't you grasp this concept? Just listen, okay? Mike thinks I'm still carrying some sort of torch for Simon. If Simon goes to jail because of me, Mike is going to realize that he is the one I really want, not Simon.
>> Henry: How can you think it's that simple? It's not that simple.
>> Katie: Well, you know what? I don't have time to argue about it right now. I have to go find Jack and make sure that his royal highness has commanded him to go after Simon.
>> Henry: That's very Christmas-Y. And you think maybe that Jack would like to spend time with his family tonight?
>> Katie: So, I'll pick up a fruitcake, go by the Snyder farm, tell them all happy holidays, and give Jack a little nudge if he needs one.
>> Henry: He won't need it. The fruitcake should do it.
>> Katie: Happy holidays.
>> Henry: Yeah, happy holidays.


Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Lounge

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: Hello there, beautiful.
>> Carly: Hi.
>> Simon: I've got a surprise for you. But first, I must do this.
>> Carly: Simon, wait. Simon, I --
>> Simon: You need a vacation, right? Fine.
>> Carly: That sounds good. But no, that's not what's on my mind.
>> Simon: Sweetie, listen. I know this is rough on you. Your first Christmas away from the kids.
>> Carly: I know that they'll have a nice time with Jack.
>> Simon: I know they will, too. I know. But I thought, in order to lift your holiday spirits, I thought the best thing is to get you out of the hotel. And the reminder of what you're missing. So, to that end, here's your Christmas present, one day early. Okay. Okay. Oh, yeah, no, no, see, this is the part where you're meant to throw your arms around me and smother me with thank yous and kisses, and all that sort of stuff.
>> Carly: I can't go.
>> Simon: Okay, fine. Christmas is not a good time. We'll go at New Year's. Whatever you want --
>> Carly: No, no, Simon, you don't understand. The timing isn't the problem. I can't be with you -- ever again.


Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Lounge

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: All right, what happened?
>> Carly: Can we take this someplace a little more private, please? Don't make this harder for me than it already is, okay?
>> Simon: I see, you really mean it. This is good-bye?
>> Carly: I don't have a choice. That little heist of ours has blown up into a major threat for me and my family.
>> Simon: So, why now?
>> Carly: The Prince of Leonia is back in town. And he's not leaving until Jack makes an arrest. And so, the investigation is full throttle again.
>> Simon: Carly, you know what? I don't understand. We got rid of that stupid diamond once and for all.
>> Carly: Well, we thought we got rid of it before, and it came back to bite us, didn't it?
>> Simon: Well, it's not going to this time. Sweetie, it was put in a bin at the hospital. It's long since disposed of.
>> Carly: You hope.
>> Simon: I know. And without that diamond, the police have nothing, all right? The investigation is not going to go anywhere, no matter how much the prince throws his royal weight around.
>> Carly: Simon, Jack knows. Even without the diamond as evidence, Jack knows what happened. He's pinned you as a prime suspect. And he's made it clear that if I see you again, I'll be prosecuted and I'll lose my kids. I can't let that happen!
>> Simon: Believe me, I know how frightened you are about this. I do. I know, but you've got to tell me how we can make this work, Carly. Because I'm not going to give you up.
>> Carly: It's over.
>> Simon: All right. You want some time away from me until all this settles down. Okay, I get that. But come on, just don't tell me that this is over.
>> Carly: Jack made it pretty clear. I stay away from you or I end up in jail.
>> Simon: Well, you know what? He's got no right to threaten you like that.
>> Carly: He's just trying to protect me and the kids.
>> Simon: Do you remember our first meeting here at the Lakeview?
>> Carly: You tricked me into coming, as I recall.
>> Simon: I had no idea what we were beginning that day. It was something that I never asked for or something I never expected.
>> Carly: Me either.
>> Simon: But you made me feel something that I knew I would never feel again. I didn't think it was possible --
>> Carly: Please, Simon, don't. Okay? I don't want to hear this right now.
>> Simon: Please, Carly, I want a future with you. And I do not want to give up one day of that. Now, just tell me how to make that happen. Please, tell me what I should do. Because I'm going to do whatever it takes.


Scene 6:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Lounge

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: There's got to be some way we can fix this.
>> Carly: No, Simon, I'm afraid we are at the end.
>> Simon: I never wanted this for you.
>> Carly: I didn't want it for you.
>> Simon: You must hate the fact that I ever came back here.
>> Carly: No, I don't. I don't. I hate how we ended up. I don't hate how we got here. And I don't hate the time that we've had together. You made me believe in myself again, Simon. And I loved how you made me feel, like I had a right to be happy again. And I wouldn't trade a moment of it. But I can't keep going. They're my children, Simon. I can't risk losing them. They're everything, they're a part of me.
>> Simon: I so don't want to do this.
>> Carly: You have to. You have to let me go. You have to let me go, Simon.
>> Carly: I have to get the kids and take them out to the farm for Christmas. And I wish -- you know what I wish. Good-bye, Simon.
>> Simon: Good-bye.


Scene 7:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Emma Snyder Home

JACK SNYDER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Jack: Carly! Hi. Where are the kids?
>> Carly: They wanted to play in the barn for a while. I just wanted to tell you that they're here.
>> Jack: Oh -- you okay?
>> Carly: I did what you asked. I broke it off with Simon, I won't see him again.
>> Jack: It really is for the best. Wait -- where are you going?
>> Carly: No place.
>> Jack: Well, that's nowhere to be on Christmas. Why don't you stay here, spend it with the kids? For tonight, we can just forget about everything and try to be a family.
>> Carly: I'd like that, Jack. I'd like to forget for a while.
>> Jack: Come on.

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