EPISODE 2/03/04
Simon Convinces Katie

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004

Scene 1:
Location: Mike Kasnoff's House
Scene: Living Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Margo: Nothing? All right, thanks.
>> Mike: The car rental agencies were a bust. You get any leads?
>> Margo: I've flashed my badge at the airport, the train station, the bus station, nothing.
>> Mike: There's got to be something somewhere that'll give us a clue to where they might be.
>> Margo: Well, even if we do find that something, we're probably too late. Katie and Simon, they've got a whole night's head start on us. We've got to face it, Mike. At this point, Katie could be anywhere.

Scene 2:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: How long have we been hiding here?
>> Simon: A while. You fell asleep. We shouldn't have to wait much longer for these passports.
>> Katie: I used to love these adventures with you.
>> Simon: Used to?
>> Katie: Things have changed, Simon. When I thought you were dead, I practically died, too, and when I got better, my life was different. I just appreciated things in a way that I never had before. Like being warm when it's cold outside. Holding my little baby nephew. Having dinners with my sister's family. I just -- I don't know, those small, simple things were enough. I didn't need these adventures to feel alive anymore.
>> Simon: Listen, Katie, you have to be honest with me. If you want to go back to Oakdale, you just have to say the word. And I'll take you there.

Scene 3:
Location: Mike Kasnoff's House
Scene: Living Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Mike: It just doesn't make any sense. I had just talked to Katie. She was on the fence about leaving with Simon.
>> Margo: But still, Mike, this can't come as a surprise to you. I mean, Katie and Simon had a very close marriage at one point.
>> Mike: Before he put her through hell.
>> Margo: Yeah, and you brought her out of it. And believe me, I'm grateful. I am. And Katie is grateful.
>> Mike: I don't want her gratitude. You know what I want? I want this ring back on her finger. I want her to be my wife. Margo, she loves me. What could he have done to her to make her leave without even wanting to say good-bye to me?
[ Mike imagining Katie and Simon conversation. ]
>> Simon: Get your stuff. We're outta here.
>> Katie: But Mike thinks we're leaving in the morning.
>> Simon: Too bad. It's time to go now.
>> Katie: No, I'm not gonna do that to him. I won't.
>> Simon: You'll do whatever I say. You're my wife. Remember?
>> Katie: No, you're the one who left, who made me think you were dead. I'm not married to anyone. I'm engaged to Mike. Hey.
>> Simon: Not anymore. Let's go.
>> Katie: What are you doing?
>> Simon: You belong to me. And don't you forget it. Okay? Let's go.
>> Katie: Mike! Mike! Help me!
>> Simon: Get out!
>> Katie: Mike, I need you! I need you!
[ Mike back to reality. ]
>> Margo: Mike -- are you all right?
>> Mike: Yeah, but Katie isn't.
>> Margo: Why? What do you mean?
>> Mike: Katie didn't want to go with him. He kidnapped her.

Scene 4:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Do you want me to take you back, Katie?
>> Katie: I don't know. It's just so hard to leave without saying good-bye.
[ Katie imagining coversation between herself and Simon. ]
>> Simon: Here, let me help.
>> Katie: Whoa, slow down.
>> Simon: I can't. Katie, we have to leave tonight.
>> Katie: But you said we were leaving in the morning.
>> Simon: Someone tried to kill us in the church tonight. Things are a lot more dangerous than I thought.
>> Katie: But Mike --
>> Simon: He'll know you're alive. That's why we have to leave now.
>> Katie: This is gonna hurt him so much.
>> Simon: At least he will be safe. Katie, if he knows where we're going, he's gonna follow us. And the people looking for me will not think twice about killing him. Okay?
>> Katie: Okay, sure.
>> Simon: Let's go. Now. I think I heard someone outside. Please, we have to go. Please.
>> Katie: You walk out of my life one night without letting me say good-bye, and now you expect me to do the same thing. Just to walk away from everyone and everything I know without a word.
[ Katie back to reality. ]
>> Simon: Just tell me what you want, Katie.
>> Katie: I just want you to stop breaking my heart. No, stop. Just stop it. Just leave me alone. Just -- give me a minute.

Scene 5:
Location: Mike Kasnoff's House
Scene: Living Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Mike: Call Jack, get him on the phone to his buddies at the FBI.
>> Margo: Oh, Mike, come on, we don't have any proof that Simon kidnapped Katie. Listen to me, listen to me. Katie is not at all logical when it comes to Simon. She's not. One time he had gone missing in Europe, and she put on a nun's costume and boarded a plane. Nobody could talk her out of it. She was convinced that she was the only person that could save him.
>> Mike: She's not that person anymore. She's different now.
>> Margo: Mike, she's gone! And yeah, I'm afraid. And yeah, it scares me. But Simon didn't kidnap her. She chose to go with him. And you gotta accept that, Mike.

Scene 6:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: It's not always going to be like this. I promise. We'll get out of here and we'll get someplace safe. And when we do, I swear to god, I will -- I'll build you another cottage stone by stone. I'll do whatever it takes to make you as happy as you've made me. Look, you haven't eaten in hours, you must be hungry.
>> Katie: What are you going to do, order me take-out?
>> Simon: I already did.
>> Katie: Is that milk chocolate or dark?
>> Simon: Milk. With nuts. Is it still your favorite?
>> Katie: Yeah. Yours?
>> Simon: Yeah. Look, maybe things haven't changed as much as you think, you know? Deep down, we're still the same people. I know you, you know me, inside and out. Remember all those nights we laid in the cottage just lying in the dark and just whispered all night long? I told you my secrets. I trusted you with everything.
>> Katie: Me, too. God, it was so easy back then. And the cottage was just our special, private world. Do you remember what it looked like when we first bought it?
>> Simon: A nightmare. But all you could see was a dream house. After a while, you even had me believing the thing was enchanted. But it wasn't.
>> Katie: It wasn't?
>> Simon: We were. And I think we still are. Listen, Katie, I know you were confused and scared and angry and -- but what's underneath all that? Baby, tell me, what's in your heart?
>> Katie: I just keep thinking about when you left. You made me think that you hated me.
>> Simon: Look, you know why I had to do that. And -- it hurt like hell. It hurt both of us.
>> Katie: I used to have this dream over and over that you would come back -- you were hurt. I mean, you had like this hole over your heart, but I would just fix it and make everything okay. Do you know when I stopped having that dream?
>> Simon: Please, don't do this, don't --
>> Katie: When they called with the DNA evidence that you had died in that explosion. I still hoped and wished and prayed that they were wrong, that you would come back to me.
>> Simon: But I did. Are you sorry about that now?
>> Katie: No, god, no! No, don't ever say that. I am so blessed that you're alive.
>> Simon: Then let's build on that. Let's take this unbelievable gift, this second chance that most people never get. Look, if you can't do that, you have to tell me now. Sweetie, look me in the eye, tell me that you've made a mistake, that you don't want to be here, that you want me to take you home.
>> Katie: Where is home?
>> Simon: That's a question only you can answer.
>> Katie: I prayed and prayed and prayed for months for a miracle. And I was lucky enough to get one. I'm not about to let that go.

Scene 7:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: All I need to know is that you're sure about staying with me. No second thoughts.
>> Katie: No, I've lost you too many times.
>> Simon: God, I cannot stop looking at you. I'm so scared that I'm just gonna wake up and find this is another dream.
>> Katie: No, it's not a dream. Not this time.
>> Simon: You and I get to start over.
>> Katie: Some place warmer, I hope.
>> Simon: Yeah. The beach. We'll finally start that family we always talked about.
>> Katie: Yes. We'll have our name on the mailbox and a white picket fence.
>> Simon: Well, it might be a different name. Look, I promise you we're not going to just disappear off the face of the earth, and when the time is right again, we will be able to contact your family. Listen, look at me. No matter where we are, or what we're called, I promise you the visits from your family will happen again. Trust me.

Scene 8:
Location: Mike Kasnoff's House
Scene: Inside

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Margo: Mike, Katie made a choice. And I know that you want to believe that Simon dragged her out of here, but that's just simply not the way it happened.
>> Mike: How do you know that?
>> Margo: 'Cause there's no sign of a struggle here. You said some of her stuff is gone.
>> Mike: Yeah, some -- some jeans, a hairbrush and some of her stuff from the bathroom.
>> Margo: Maybe she packed a bag. I don't think she would have stopped to do that if she was being forced to leave here against her will.
>> Mike: She loves me, Margo, okay?
>> Margo: Yeah, Mike, she does. She does love you, I know. And it must have broken her heart to have to choose between you and Simon. Now, I know that this hurts you --
>> Mike: Yes, you know what hurts? It hurts that you're not believing me, it hurts that you are not on the phone issuing an apb right now!
>> Margo: Mike, there are people after Simon who have tried to kill Katie once already! You think my advertising police involvement is gonna help any? No, it's gonna push them to step it up a notch or two!
[ Cell phone ringing ]
>> Hughes. Oh, that's great. I'm on my way. All right, we got a break in the case. The guy who fired at Katie and Simon, he's at the station. He's turned himself in, he's confessed.

Scene 9:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Interrogation Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF, SHOOTER, COP

>> Mike: You tell me why you were shooting at Katie? You tell me why!
>> Shooter: I'm sorry! I didn't want to hurt nobody!
>> Cop #1: Back off! You want me to take him out of here?
>> Margo: No, Mike! Sit!
>> Shooter: Get off me! Get off me!
>> Margo: Sit! Sit! Sit! And not another outburst out of you. Man, okay, we're fine. Thank you. What's your name?
>> Shooter: Jim stuckey.
>> Margo: Stuckey. Like Stuckey's farm off out past I-88?
>> Shooter: That's right.
>> Margo: Well, Luther's Corners. That's kind of a far piece from home.
>> Shooter: I didn't know that place was a church 'til I got there. And by then, it was too late to back out of the deal.
>> Margo: What, somebody offered you a deal?
>> Shooter: Guy saw me shooting target practice on some tin cans in the woods last week. Next thing I know, he's offering me a whole bunch of money to shoot at people. Only thing was, I had to promise to miss.
>> Mike: He paid you to miss?

Scene 10:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: I found it the first night I got back. At first, I couldn't believe it was yours. Somehow, I thought you'd never take it off.
>> Katie: I'm sorry, Simon.
>> Simon: You have nothing to apologize for. All you have to do is let me put it back on your finger. Please, Katie, will you just make me the happiest guy on earth?
>> Katie: It feels like we're getting married again.
>> Simon: In that case, may I kiss the bride?
[ Simon and Katie kiss ]

Scene 11:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Interrogation Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF, SHOOTER

>> Margo: So who was this man that hired you? What did he look like?
>> Shooter: Kinda tall, kinda -- kinda not. You know, regular.
>> Margo: Any distinguishing marks?
>> Shooter: You mean, like a wart or something? No, nothing so you could pick him out of a crowd.
>> Mike: You know, we're wasting our time with this guy. We need to be out there looking for Katie.
>> Margo: That's exactly what I'm trying to do.
>> Shooter: There was one thing, though. He had a funny way of talking.
>> Margo: Yeah? Funny how?
>> Shooter: You know, like an accent.
>> Mike: Like an Australian accent?
>> Shooter: Maybe.
>> Margo: Okay. Why don't you take look at this picture. You recognize the man in it?
>> Shooter: Yeah. Yeah, that's him.
>> Margo: Simon.
>> Mike: He set the whole thing up. He tried to make Katie think we were in danger so she'd run away with him.
>> Margo: All right. Now, I'm mad.
>> Mike: When I told you that guy was a liar. We need to find him and get her away from him before it is too late.

Scene 12:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: God, I missed you so much. I love you, baby. I love you so much. I missed --
>> Katie: I missed you so much.
[ Simon and Katie kiss ]


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