EPISODE 2/06/04
Simon Leaves

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2004

Scene 1:
Location: Boxca
Scene: Outside

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Margo: I would have been here a lot sooner if you'd just picked up that phone of yours. Where's Katie? Don't mess with me, Mike. Where is my sister?
>> Mike: She took off a little while ago looking for Simon.
>> Margo: And you just let her go?
>> Mike: I'm hoping that by the time she gets there, he'll be long gone.

Scene 2:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

[ Katie reaches locked gate ]
>> Katie: Simon! Simon! No, no, no! You can't be gone! Simon, you can't do this to me again! Please, you can't!
>> Simon: You're right, I can't.

Scene 3:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Margo: You booked passage for Simon on a supply ship?
>> Mike: Yeah.
>> Margo: Why? Because now, suddenly, do you trust the guy?
>> Mike: As long as he stays out of town and leaves her behind, that guy's my new best friend.
>> Margo: What time does the boat leave?
>> Mike: Within the hour.
>> Margo: What pier?
>> Mike: Where are you going?
>> Margo: Well, I'm going to arrest Simon for staging that shootout in the church. At least then if I have him in protective custody, at least I can keep him safe.
>> Mike: But he's leaving.
>> Margo: And so is Katie. She's going to chase after him! What other way do I have to protect my sister? Where is he?
>> Mike: She's okay, she's safe. I promise you, he will not take her. You've gotta let Simon go, Margo.

Scene 4:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Thank god I got here on time. I thought I was too late. I thought the ship had already left.
[ Intercom: All passengers to pier three for boarding. ]
>> Katie: Hurry, get someone to open this gate for me. I gotta get in here.
>> Simon: I can't do that.
>> Katie: Right, we don't wanna call attention. See if you can pick this lock. Honey, you can do this. We just have hurry. We don't have much time!
>> Simon: You can't come with me.
>> Katie: But you just said that you wanted --
>> Simon: What I said was -- I meant I couldn't leave without saying good-bye.
>> Katie: No. No, there's gonna be no more good-byes tonight. Please, Simon, please! You have to let me come with you.
>> Simon: It's impossible.
>> Katie: I'm not gonna let you go alone. You're so tired from being on the run. You've been making mistakes. You said so yourself. Please, don't tell me I can't come with you. I have to!
>> Simon: You are only going to slow me down.
>> Katie: No, don't do this. Please don't do this to me again. Simon, please.
>> Simon: We only have a few minutes left before I have to leave. Please, let's not spend it arguing. Mike and I talked about this. This is the best way.
>> Katie: You and Mike talked about this? What about me? What about what I think, what I want?
>> Simon: What are you doing?
>> Katie: I'm climbing over this fence because I'm coming with you!

Scene 5:
Location: Boxcar
Scene: Inside

MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Mike: By the time she gets to the dock, Simon will be onboard.
>> Margo: You really think this is what's good for her? Having to spend the rest of her life wondering whether those thugs are gonna catch up with Simon, whether they're gonna someday shoot him? You think that's the best way for her to spend the rest of her life?
>> Mike: No, but it was the only thing we could do to make her stay here, the only thing that would keep her safe, all right.
>> Margo: Good, good, she's gonna stay here in town. But can I tell you something, Mike?
>> Mike: What?
>> Margo: She certainly is not gonna stay with you.
>> Mike: Well, that's a chance I'm gonna have to take, isn't it?

Scene 6:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Get down from there. Listen to me. Look at me. I love you. And I want you to be happy. But if you come with me, all you're gonna be is a fugitive. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to face that fact, but now that I have, you can't come with me. I won't allow it.
>> Katie: Simon, I'll follow you. I'll get on a plane, and I will be there when you get off the boat.
>> Simon: I'll get off the boat somewhere you won't be able to find me.
>> Katie: No. I'll find you. I've found you before, and I'll do it again.
>> Simon: But before, I was always looking over my shoulder, longing for you. But this time, I'm not turning back.

Scene 7:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: If you were just going to leave again like this, why did you bother coming back in the first place? Why didn't you just keep letting me think you were dead?
>> Simon: I missed you so much. I talked myself into thinking I could keep you safe and still be with you. But I was wrong.
>> Katie: I'm stronger than you think. I'm stronger that you give me credit for.
>> Simon: I don't underestimate you, Katie Frasier. You're stronger than any ten men I know. You're love is fierce and never quits. That's why I chose you as the one person who I could spend every single day with for the rest of my life.
>> Katie: If you can love me like that, then how can you just leave like this?
>> Simon: Loving you like that? How can I risk you?
>> Katie: Please, Simon -- please let me go with you. Please! Please!
>> Simon: I would do anything in the world for you, but leaving the safety of family and your home, I just can't do that.
>> Katie: So you're just going to leave me here?
>> Simon: I messed up big time, Katie. I've messed up big time. I want you to move on with you're life. I want you to be happy.
>> Katie: I made love to you. I chose you. That's what I'm trying to get you to understand. I understand what I'm leaving. I understand what I'm giving up. I understand the danger. I made that choice already. So, please, please, we belong together. You said life wasn't worth living without me. And it's not worth living without you, either. Please!
>> Simon: Katie --
[ Both crying and kissing through the gate ]

Scene 8:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

[ Simon and Katie kissing ] >> Katie: We'll find a place to live. We'll build our cottage there. We will have our children there. We can do this, Simon, I know it. We can be happy again. We can make a life.
>> Simon: Someday -- you'll understand.
>> Katie: No, Simon! Stop right there, damn it! I am not finished with you. You need to understand something. When I thought you were dead, and you had no choice in leaving me, I could have loved you forever. But if you leave me right now when I am begging you not to, I swear I will hate you forever. Do you hear me? I will hate you, I swear!
[ Katie sobs as Simon walks away ]

Scene 9:
Location: Pier Three
Scene: At the Gate

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: I can live with you hating me more than I could live with getting you killed.
[ Dock voice: Last call. All aboard. ]
>> Simon: I'll never forget.
>> Katie: And I will never forget what you just did to me. I will never forget what a liar you are.
>> Simon: You're right. I am. I'm a liar and I'm a loser who only truly loved one person in his entire life. You.
>> Katie: No, please, Simon, don't! Please, Simon, don't leave! Just don't go! Simon, please, don't go! Oh god, please, don't go!
[ Katie sobs, Mike in background ]


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