EPISODE 4/27/00
Holden Finds Simon Watching Lily From The Front Door

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EPISODE #29
APRIL 27, 2000

Scene 1:
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

LILY WALSH SNYDER ALONE.

>> Lily: "Lily, wait, I'm here. Don't go. Don't go!" Um -- I thought I'd lost you. Who's the woman in the picture?
[Computer beeps.]

Scene: Outside front door.

SIMON FRAISER ALONE.

[Simon walks up to knock. He stops and looks in the side window instead.]

[We see Lily happily sitting at her laptop computer.]

Scene 2:
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room

LILY WALSH SNYDER ALONE.

>> Lily: "I don't know her name. All I know is I got her picture in a box of stuff I found when my folks died." Um -- who are your folks? What are their names? Oh, you don't want to spook her. Try something else. My full name is Lily Snyder. I'd love to know your full name.
[Computer beeps.]

Place: Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Location: Unknown.

ROSE D'ANGELO ALONE.

[We see the overly long red fingernails of Rose at her computer's keyboard.]

Place: Oakdale, Illinois

Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

[Computer beeps.]
>> Lily: D'angelo? Can we meet?
[Computer beeps.]

Scene 3:
Scene: Outside front door.

HOLDEN SNYDER AND SIMON FRAISER

>> Holden: You have two seconds to tell me what you're doing!

>> Holden: You were spying on my wife.
>> Simon: Spying? No, no, no. Holden, I was just gathering my thoughts.
>> Holden: By peeking through the window?
>> Simon: Look, I know the kids take a nap around this time. I thought if I could just catch lily's eye --
>> Holden: 48 Hours wasn't enough time for you to "gather your thoughts"?
>> Simon: What do you mean?
>> Holden: You were supposed to be gone two days ago.
>> Simon: Look, I know. My car broke down. I couldn't help that, could I?
>> Holden: You couldn't, huh?
>> Simon: No. No, but with any luck, it'll be ready this afternoon, and I'll be outta here.
>> Holden: Yeah, well, see that it is.
>> Simon: There are no guarantees, mate. Things happen.
>> Holden: See that they don't.
>> Simon: Yeah, but if the car isn't ready, then --
>> Holden: Then buy another car, all right? Charter a plane, hijack a rowboat, I don't care. I want you gone! You follow that?
>> Simon: Yeah. Yes, message received. Just tell lily I said thanks.
>> Holden: I'll tell her you said good-bye.

Scene: Living room.

>> Lily: Could you come here to oakdale? I'd be glad to arrange it if that's possible.
[Computer beeps.]
>> Lily: Say yes, Rose. Please say yes. "That's no good. I have a job that I can't leave. We'll have to think of something else."

Scene 4:
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

LILY WALSH SNYDER ON HER LAPTOP COMPUTER.

>> Lily: "I can't get away to come to Oakdale, wherever that is, but if you want to come to Atlantic City, I can get you a deal on a room at the boardwalk plaza hotel. What do you say?" Atlantic city?

HOLDEN SNYDER WALKS IN.

>> Holden: Lily --
>> Lily: Hey. Hi, what are you doing home?
>> Holden: Surprising people.
>> Lily: Me and --
>> Holden: Simon. Just ran into him hanging around outside.
>> Lily: What was he doing?
>> Holden: Gathering his thoughts. But for some reason he needed to peer through the window to do that.
>> Lily: What?
>> Holden: What were you doing in here that would interest him so much?
>> Lily: I was just working on the computer. Where did simon go?
>> Holden: Well, now, he's packing. I told him "g'day" in no uncertain terms.
>> Lily: I'm sure you were gracious as usual.
>> Holden: Are you mad at me?
>> Lily: No, I'm not mad. I basically did the same thing a little earlier. I think I was a little more polite.
>> Holden: So he did -- or was coming over here to say good-bye? Well, I'm sure you'll be able to catch him. He's probably still hanging around outside.
>> Lily: No. My business with simon is done. Thank you. Thank you for being so patient.
>> Holden: I haven't been patient, but thank you for thanking me anyway.
>> Lily: So what brings you home in the middle of the day? Did you forget something?
>> Holden: No, I remembered something.
>> Lily: What?
>> Holden: How much I love you and the kids. And I have decided that we are all gonna take some time off together.
>> Lily: What? Well, when? What are we going to do? When? Where?
>> Holden: I don't know, but we're gonna do it starting here, starting right now.

Scene 5:
Place: Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Location: Unknown.

ROSE D'ANGELO ALONE.

[Typed on the computer screen is "You've got 15 minutes to answer or I'm gone again.]

[Rose puts the black and white Victorian Lily photo into a box and taps her long red fingernails on the box.]

Scene 6:
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

LILY WALSH SNYDER AND HOLDEN SNYDER

>> Holden: Did you get in touch with barbara and mama?
>> Lily: Yes, yes, everything's taken care of. You know, I should call abigail's school, let her know what's going on.
>> Holden: No, no, that's okay. I'll take care of it on the way over to the studio.
>> Lily: Okay.
>> Holden: Luke wants a soccer ball with the statue of liberty on it. Do you think they have such a thing?
>> Lily: It's new york, of course they do.
>> Holden: Okay. Call me when you get to the airport.
>> Lily: You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go by emma's and I'm going to make sure luke and faith are settled, and then I'll be on the next flight out.
>> Holden: Okay, I'll see you in new york.
>> Lily: Okay.
>> Holden: Fly safe.
>> Lily: You, too.
[Door closes.]

LILY WALSH SNDYER AND SIMON FRAISER

[Doorbell rings.]
>> Lily: Hi -- simon.
>> Simon: Hi. Expecting someone else, I see.
>> Lily: Holden.
>> Simon: I just saw him leave with luggage. Is he heading out of town?
>> Lily: Are those for me?
>> Simon: Yeah, yeah. The stuff you brought me when I first moved into cal's.
>> Lily: Well, drop it here --
>> Simon: I was actually waiting for holden to leave. We had a run-in earlier. Did he tell you?
>> Lily: Yes, he was a little upset with you peeking in the window.
>> Simon: Yes, well, that might seem strange, and probably to you, too. But I must admit, leaving here is proving to be more difficult than I thought. You know, I just couldn't bring myself to knock on the door, knowing how hard it was to say good-bye.
>> Lily: I'm glad that you came by before you left.
>> Simon: I noticed you working on the computer --
>> Lily: Yes.
>> Simon: And it occurred to me that you might have found something out.
>> Lily: About?
>> Simon: More information on your family. I know you said you weren't going to pursue it, but, maybe you changed your mind.
>> Lily: No. No. I've talked to holden about everything, and we are on good terms. So I don't want to rock the boat.
>> Simon: That's great. That's as it should be. Well, then I guess this really is good-bye.

Scene 7:
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

LILY WALSH SNYDER AND SIMON FRAISER

>> Lily: Every time I look at that portrait, it'll remind me of the times we spent together.
>> Simon: Well, that pleases me more than I can say.
>> Lily: Good luck. Good luck on your quest.
>> Simon: I'll never forget you, either.

LILY WALSH SNYDER ALONE AT HER LAPTOP COMPUTER.

[Door closes.]
>> Lily: Got interrupted, but I've worked everything out. I've booked a room at the boardwalk plaza hotel. If your offer still stands, I can be in atlantic city by tonight.
[Computer beeps.]

Place: Atlantic City, New Jersey

ROSE D'ANGELO ALONE AT HER COMPUTER.

[Computer beeps.]

Place: Oakdale, Illinois

Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion.
Scene: Living room.

LILY WALSH SNYDER

>> Lily: "You're on." Oh. Oh.


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