EPISODE 2/04/04
Simon Suffers A Loss

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2004

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Squad Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Margo: Let me talk to Hal.
>> Mike: He's not a hero. He is a scam artist. You know, he paid someone to shoot up a church just to play on Katie's emotions.
>> Margo: Well, that may very well be, but there's nothing we --
>> Mike: Simon knew that Katie was conflicted about leaving. Right? So he sets up this whole elaborate scheme to make it look like someone's gunning for him. He knew if it was a life-or-death situation, that Katie would feel guilty and beholden enough to follow him. Are you listening to me?
>> Margo: Even if everything you said is true, aside from issuing a fine on the guy who discharged an illegal weapon in a public place, there's nothing more that I can do about it. And nothing more that you should do.
>> Mike: Give me one good reason why I shouldn't.
>> Margo: I will give you the only reason -- the one that you are refusing to acknowledge. Katie is his wife, Mike. Katie loves you, but she loved Simon first.[ Simon and Katie are making love while Margo and Mike converse. ] She swore she would never leave him. So even if there hadn't been any shots fired, Katie might have made the same choice.
>> Mike: See, that's the trouble. He never gave her the chance for a real choice. He lied to her, Margo. She did what she thought she had to do. She didn't know that she had any other option.
>> Margo: Listen to me, Mike. Even if Simon is not running from a man with a gun, even if he built this whole scenario so he could get Katie to run off with him, the fact of the matter is she's gone. And we're both gonna have to accept that.

Scene 2:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Mm. That was --
>> Simon: I know.
>> Katie: I missed you so much. I missed touching you, saying your name.
>> Simon: When I thought I wouldn't have this with you again, I tried blocking you from my memory. The more I tried to forget, the more I remembered, you know? Then I realized that the happiest I've ever been in my life -- the most fulfilled -- was the time I spent with you. And sometimes I'd wonder, did it really happen? Were we really that happy or was it all just a dream, you know?
[ Katie remembering - she and Mike after making love ]
>> Katie: When you lose someone, it feels like you never were happy, you know? I mean, you can't remember what it was like. And then you feel like an idiot because you finally knew what being alive was all about and you don't have anyone to share it with.
>> Mike: You can share it with me.
>> Katie: I know. That's why I'm happy.
[ Katie back to present ]
>> Simon: Stay with me, Katie, please.
>> Katie: You're the one who left, Simon.

Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Squad Room

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Mike: I'm sorry. That's just not something I can accept. All right, if Katie had chosen Simon with all the cards on the table, telling the complete truth, then, okay, I would have found a way to live with that.
>> Margo: You sure about that?
>> Mike: I'm sure he set whole thing up, and she deserves to know that. Hey, at least that way, her whole life isn't built on a lie.
>> Margo: How is Katie gonna find out this truth?
>> Mike: I will find her, and I will tell her. And when she knows the truth, when she knows what he did, whatever she decides, I will abide by that.
>> Margo: Oh, Mike, you sure do have an appetite for abuse. How are you gonna find her?
>> Mike: There's got to be a way. People don't just disappear, do they?

Scene 4:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Katie, we went over this. I -- I swear to god, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you. But you've gotta give me the chance.
>> Katie: I know, I won't abandon you.
>> Simon: That's not the answer I'm looking for, Katie. Baby, you have to tell me. Do you -- do you still love me the way you did before?
>> Katie: So much changed after you left. Sometimes I feel like nothing is the same. Nothing -- except for the way I feel about you. I do still love you so much. Nothing will change that, and nothing will ever take me away from you. I promise.

Scene 5:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Listen, there's something I didn't tell you.
>> Katie: What is it?
>> Simon: I know who fired those shots last night.
>> Katie: Who was it?
>> Simon: A guy looking for some extra cash.
>> Katie: What do you mean?
>> Simon: He did it because I paid him to do it.
>> Katie: What?
>> Simon: I paid him to shoot out the windows without hitting anyone.
>> Katie: You lied to me?
>> Simon: No, no. No -- well, I did it --
>> Katie: Simon, you lied to me.
>> Simon: I did it for a reason.
>> Katie: Because telling me that you were in danger was the quickest way to get me out of town.
>> Simon: No, listen --
>> Katie: Oh, my god, I can't believe you did this. Why would you do this to me? >> Simon: Listen. The danger is still real. Everything is real. There are people who still want me to pay for what happened to Mordecai and Bartleby. It's only a matter of time before they know that I'm alive and they come looking for me. They -- they know as long as I've still got breath left in my lungs, I would risk anything to come and see you again. Now, Mike was making you second-guess yourself, and the longer that happened, the less chance we have of outrunning them. There was a time when I wouldn't have to beg you to believe me.
>> Katie: Yeah, well, there was a time when you'd never lie to me.
[ Noise outside the boxcar ]

Scene 6:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, GRABOWSKI

[ Knock on door ]
>> Grabowski: Simon? It's me.
>> Simon: That's our passports. Ah, man, this is the guy I was telling you about. Grabowski, he's the guy with the passports. He's the one who's going to get us out of here. >> Katie: Hi.
>> Simon: What are you doing here so early? We weren't meant to meet 'til tomorrow. Did you get the passports?
>> Grabowski I'm sorry. I can't help you out on that.
>> Simon: What the hell are you talking about? You're our only way out of here.
>> Katie: Simon, I think something's wrong with him.
[ Katie screams ]
>> Katie: Oh! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Simon, I think he's been shot.
>> Simon: Hey.
>> Katie: Oh, god.

Scene 7:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, GRABOWSKI

>> Katie: Oh, Simon, I can't get the bleeding to stop. Please, look for another rag or something. He's losing so much blood. We need to take him to the hospital.
>> Simon: Listen, can you tell us what happened? Who shot you? Were you followed here?
>> Grabowski: No, no, I made sure of that.
>> Katie: Okay. Why don't you -- if you can just get him towards to the door, I'll go get the car and we take him. No, we can't help you here, we have to take you to the hospital.
>> Simon: I have to help you up. Sit you up.
>> Grabowski: Save yourselves. There's no time. Get out of the country -- get out of the country as fast as you can, any way you can. Go now --
>> Katie: Simon, I think he's dead.
>> Simon: Dammit! Dammit. They killed him because he was helping me! He was our only way out of here.
>> Katie: What are we going to do?
>> Simon: I'm so sorry. I am so sorry this had to happen to you.
>> Katie: Simon, what are we going to do now? What are we going to do?!
>> Simon: We're not going to do anything.
>> Katie: What are you talking about? We're just gonna sit in this boxcar with this corpse and people trying to kill us?!
>> Simon: Maybe Mike was right. I had no right to ask you to come with me.
>> Katie: What?
>> Simon: You need to go back to Oakdale, Katie. Go back where you're gonna be safe.
>> Katie: No.
>> Simon: Yes.
>> Katie: No!
>> Simon: Yes, we are not gonna do this. We can't do this!
>> Katie: Why -- I told you. I am not leaving you ever again. So ask me anything, but don't ask me to leave you, because I am not ever going to leave you again.

Scene 8:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, GRABOWSKI

>> Katie: What are you doing?
>> Simon: Looking for his wallet. Keys, keys, yeah.
>> Katie: What are you gonna do with them?
>> Simon: I'm gonna see if the passports are back at his place.
>> Katie: What if they're not? What if this is some kind of trick?
>> Simon: I have to go and check it out.
>> Katie: All right, well, I'm going with you.
>> Simon: No. No, no, you're gonna stay here. You're gonna be much safer here. Okay?
>> Katie: Oh, I'm gonna be with a corpse until you get back.
>> Simon: I'll take it out -- I'll take it out when I go. Baby, please, stay here, try and get some rest. Okay?
>> Katie: Are you kidding? Oh, no, no.
[ Simon gives Katie a gun. ]
>> Simon: Yeah, yeah, yes. You have to. Hold onto this. Anything happens, do not be afraid to use it. Listen, listen, stay -- stay with me. Stay with me, baby. Please. Look at me. Do you believe in me? Do you trust me?
>> Katie: Yeah.
>> Simon: I'm gonna come back. Just keep your back turned. Don't turn around 'til I'm gone, okay?
>> Katie: Okay.
[ Simon removes the body of Grabowski. ]

Scene 9:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF

[ Katie dreaming - sees covered object - removes cover to see a dead Simon. ]
[ Katie gasps and awakens to hear a noise outside the boxcar. ]
[ Boxcar door opens to Katie holding the gun on Mike. ]


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