EPISODE 2/26/03
Simon Convinces Katie?
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February, 2003
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Scene 1:
Location: Frasier Cottage
scene: Living Room
KATIE FRASIER, HENRY COLEMAN
>> Katie: Simon has not fallen out of love with me. He's only pretending
he has, and I want to know why.
>> Henry: Katie, Katie, listen, okay, all right. In case you haven't noticed,
all right, Simon and I are not that close. All right?
>> Katie: Give it up, Henry, or I'll poke a hole through your heart.
>> Henry: Listen, I swear, honey, I swear. I don't know anything, okay? On
my grandmother's portfolio, I --
>> Katie: You were at that sleazy bar last night. You saw him with that
tramp.
>> Henry: Yes, yes, and so did you, all right? And let me give you a little
piece of advice here -- attacking people, especially in public, is not the
healthiest way to solve your problems.
>> Katie: Stick to the subject, Henry!
>> Henry: Okay, okay! Look, look, I don't know anything, all right? All I
know is that he's been flirting with other women, okay? I have no idea why,
except for the obvious reasons.
>> Katie: Get out! Get out! And if you see my husband before I do, tell him
I'm not as gullible as he thinks.
>> Henry: All right, all right. But you know what, Katie? He's been nothing
but trouble, all right? You might consider this a blessing!
>> Katie: Get out! Out!
Scene 2:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Outside
SIMON FRASIER, HENRY COLEMAN
>> Simon: Hey, what are -- what are you doing here?
>> Henry: Just being interrogated by your wife.
>> Simon: What did -- you didn't tell her anything, did you? What'd you tell
her?
>> Henry: No, I kept my mouth shut, as promised. But you're not fooling her,
Simon, okay? She knows you're up to something.
>> Simon: Why? What'd she say?
>> Henry: Oh, she thinks you have some ulterior motive with that woman last
night. [ Henry chuckles ]
>> Simon: Listen, Henry, I need to step things up fast.
>> Henry: Listen, there are very few people that I care about in this world,
but God help me, Katie is one of them. And it's no fun seeing her get
hurt.
>> Simon: I told you this is for her protection.
>> Henry: All right, fine. Then get it over with quick. 'Cause dragging it
out like this is just making it worse, and that's not fair.
>> Simon: Well, this is incredible. You giving me advice about the right
thing to do.
>> Henry: Yeah. Yeah, it's a strange world, ain't it? It's getting stranger
by the minute.
Scene 3:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
>> Simon: Katie? Katie, I know you're home. I can hear you sulking. Look,
if you want to talk about what happened last night, now might be your one
and only chance.
>> Katie: I'm sorry. Did you say something?
>> Simon: What do you think you're doing?
>> Katie: What does it look like, lovey? I'm going into the family
business.
>> Simon: Yeah, well, I hate to break it to you, but that outfit's not
going to really cut it on a sheep farm.
>> Katie: Think again, honey. Hey, you made a living going after wealthy
women. No reason I can't do the same with wealthy men.
>> Simon: Oh, you can't be serious.
>> Katie: What's the matter? You don't think I have what it takes?
>> Simon: Actually, I think you'd do rather well.
>> Katie: You bet I will.
>> Simon: As long as you didn't get emotionally involved. You see, that
happened to me a couple of times in my life, and it always turned out to be
a big mistake.
>> Katie: Thanks for the tip. But I already knew that.
Scene 4:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
>> Katie: The way I see it, we can work as a team, robbing innocent rich
people all over the world. We'll be like bonnie and Clyde without all the
blood at the end.
>> Simon: Look, I'm not looking for a partner.
>> Katie: Well, too bad, you already have one. Why not make the most of
it? I'm thinking we should start in Greece -- find one of the islands, hang
out by the docks.
>> Simon: Just cut it out. Okay?
>> Katie: What's the matter? You think you had a patent on it?
>> Simon: Look, whatever I've done in my past has come natural to me.
You're way too decent to be scamming people for a living.
>> Katie: Don't you think I know that? But you seem to refuse to tell me
what's bothering you, so I figured, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
>> Simon: This whole marriage thing is what's bothering me. You just -- you
just seem to refuse to want to admit that.
>> Katie: Because it's not true.
>> Simon: What, you think you have some sort of hold on me that -- that I
can't break?
>> Katie: No, I don't. I just -- I know that if you didn't love me anymore,
I would know it. I'd be able to feel it. So you better try something else,
honey, because I can still read you like a book.
>> Simon: Nothing else is going on with me. You're just refusing to accept
the obvious.
>> Katie: Which is what?
>> Simon: What, do you want me to spell it out for you? I was out last
night -- running after another woman. Does that sound like a man who's
really happy with his current status?
>> Katie: So are you telling me that our marriage is over?
Scene 5:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
>> Katie: I can take it, Simon. Just tell me the truth. Is our marriage
over?
>> Simon: Look, living with you -- it's just not working for me anymore. I
don't know what else to say.
>> Katie: I don't understand. You go where you want. You do what you
please. I've never tried to hold you back.
>> Simon: Look, it's not the freedom that I have. It's the freedom that
I've lost. See, when Bartleby showed up -- it just reminded me of how much
fun I used to have. Yeah, the good old days. It's like a drug. I need it.
I want to go back, Katie, back to where I belong.
>> Katie: But you belong with me.
>> Simon: I don't belong to anyone! And I do not answer to anyone. I want
out.
>> Katie: It won't make you happy, Simon. Only I can make you happy.
>> Simon: But not everyone can be your version of happy in this world,
okay? You know, sometimes other things just turn out to be more
important.
>> Katie: Like what? Please, just tell me!
>> Simon: Do you want me to make you a list? I'm tired of pretending,
okay? So, yes, I'm leaving you, Katie. Yes, our marriage is over.
Scene 6:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene:Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
[ Remembering ]
[ Flashbacks ]
>> Katie: What if you get angry someday, and -- our marriage and our vows
and our blender and everything we have isn't enough to keep you here, and
you leave?
>> Simon: I'm not going to leave you, ever. For no reason will I ever
leave you. We are married for life. Oh, yeah, yeah, this is the point
where I remind you that we only got married so I could stay in the country.
Katie, you changed me into someone who could love enough to make
a commitment, and I made that to you today, forever. Well, love doesn't give
you the right to erase who I am. I miss the old days.
[ Back to the present ]I want -- can I get you a drink?
>> Katie: No, thanks. I wouldn't want you to feel confined by my needs.
>> Simon: I'm gonna go pack.
>> Katie: Simon? You never said you didn't love me.
>> Simon: I do love you, Katie. Just not enough to stay.
>> Katie: Wait, Simon, please, wait. If you were feeling so confined, then
why were you so excited about having a baby?
>> Simon: A last-ditch effort. I thought it'd help. I was gonna give it a
try.
>> Katie: And all this changed because of Bartleby?
>> Simon: He was a catalyst. He just brought up memories of a life I used
to love.
>> Katie: And yet, you wanted to have him arrested.
>> Simon: That was for your sake, not mine. He was a danger to you. I
didn't want him to hurt you.
>> Katie: Bull!
>> Simon: What?
>> Katie: That is the biggest crock I've ever heard.
>> Simon: Believe what you want, okay? It's just not my problem
anymore.
>> Katie: I am warning you, Simon. You leave this house, then I will --
I'll drag you back here any way I can.
>> Simon: Just let me -- let me go.
>> Katie: I just want the truth. Why are you leaving?
>> Simon: I just told you the truth.
>> Katie: You're lying. I know you're lying. You're lying about the way
you feel about me. You're lying about Bartleby. It's all some kind of
smokescreen for something else.
>> Simon: Okay, if you think you know me so well, why don't you tell me
why you think I want to go?
>> Katie: Because you're in some sort of trouble. And you think that
I'm gonna get hurt if you don't push me away. That's it. I nailed it,
Simon, didn't I?
Scene 7:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
>> Simon: No, I'm not in any trouble, Katie. No, not unless you include
being stuck in Oakdale here with you.
>> Katie: Wait. It has to have something to do with Bartleby. That's the
only thing that makes sense.
>> Simon: I just told you that our marriage is over. Now, I know that's
hard for you to understand --
>> Katie: No, forget it, forget it! Simon, it doesn't matter! I don't
believe that you don't love me anymore. I don't believe that you want
out of this marriage. In fact, I think that you love me now more than
ever, and that's why you're doing all this.
>> Simon: Believe what you want. I'm still going.
>> Katie: I wouldn't do that.
>> Simon: Why not?
>> Katie: Because wherever you go, I'll be two steps behind you. Because I
will never give up on us. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to change.
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