EPISODE 1/9/02
Simon Agrees To Go To Paris For Craig
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002
Scene 1:
Location: The Lakeview Terrace
Scene: Craig's Suite
SIMON FRASIER, CRAIG MONTGOMERY, LUCY MONTGOMERY
>> Craig: [ on the phone ] No, Tenney. T-E-N-N-E-Y. Carly is the first name.
>> Lucy: He's really worried about Carly.
>> Simon: Well, it's just his way of missing her.
>> Lucy: You're right. He was always calling me at school to yell at me about
something, but I knew it was just because he missed me. He could, you know,
never admit it. Not like you.
>> Simon: Not like me what?
>> Lucy: It's okay. Katie told me all about it, how it was love at first sight and how
you chased her to that desert island. I think that is so evolved.
[ Simon laughs ]
>> Simon: Well, I tell you what. That story has certainly evolved. But yeah, you're right. I love her with
all my heart. Do you want to tell me where she went?
>> Lucy: Her hat, remember? She left it --
>> Simon: Lucy, Lucy, I've never seen Katie wear a hat, so where did she go?
Scene 2:
Scene: Craig's Suite
SIMON FRASIER, LUCY MONTGOMERY, CRAIG MONTGOMERY
>> Lucy: I'm sure Aunt Katie will be home soon.
>> Simon: I tell you what. Maybe I should give her a call?
>> Lucy: No! I mean, I don't think you'll get her. She said something about her battery being low.
>> Simon: Did she? Let me tell you something about your Auntie Katie. She's --
she's full of energy and screwball ideas. She's never dull. It's kind of part of her
charm. So she's cooking up something right now, isn't she?
>> Lucy: I wish I could tell you, Uncle Simon, but --
>> Simon: Lucy, did Katie tell you why I had to chase her to that island? Did she?
No? It's 'cause she crashed a plane on the beach. She crash landed the plane, not
Henry the pilot, okay? And then -- and then she's stranded there, and she decided to go scuba diving in
this really dangerous reef with huge sharks to find this diamond -- I mean, it's a long story, but you get the
idea, right?
>> Lucy: So she's a little reckless?
>> Simon: Exactly, exactly. So I want to hit her off at the pass before picking up the pieces later. I
promise I won't tell her that you told me.
>> Lucy: I promised her I wouldn't tell you.
>> Craig: Simon?
>> Simon: Yeah?
>> Craig: Lucy, could you excuse us for a minute?
>> Lucy: Not a problem.
>> Simon: No, we were just having a conversation.
>> Lucy: You talk to daddy. I have a desperate need to buy something. I'm not sure
what. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
>> Craig: [ Laughs ] All right. Spend away. Go ahead. Bankrupt me.
>> Lucy: Thank you, daddy.
>> Craig: Okay. So Simon, I need you to go to Paris.
[ Simon laughs ]
>> Simon: Yeah, right.
>> Craig: Don't laugh. Carly Tenney is missing. That's the last place she was seen.
>> Simon: Carly's your problem. She's not mine.
>> Craig: You're my solution.
>> Simon: Hey, hey, turn up your hearing aid, old man. I've told you a hundred times. I'm sick of being
your lackey. I'm not going to do it anymore. Find someone else.
Scene 3:
Scene: Craig's Suite
SIMON FRASIER, CRAIG MONTGOMERY
>> Craig: My son, I thought I heard you say no to the man who made Katie's
wedding dream come true. And no to the brother-in-law who allows you to live
here rent-free.
>> Simon: So pay me for the last half dozen sleazy jobs I did for you, and I'll move
out.
>> Craig: Your memory is short, but sleazy? Paris? I don't think so.
>> Simon: Trust me, if you're involved, it'll turn sleazy.
>> Craig: Simon, I don't know whether to be offended or hurt.
>> Simon: So take your pick. Let me remind you, ring a few bells here -- Gabriel? No? Ruby?
>> Craig: This is different, Simon. It's not about money or power or revenge. It's about Carly. If
something's happened to her --
>> Simon: It's because of you, Craig! Why'd she go to Paris in the first place -- huh? Huh? You! So take
responsibility and clean up your own damn mess!
>> Craig: No, no, no, you're right, it is my fault. I contacted Rimbaud. I urged her to go. I should have
insisted upon going with her. But, no, I was too late. I can't leave Lucy, Simon. And Carly's out there
somewhere in trouble.
>> Simon: Yeah, it's a problem, huh?
>> Craig: When Katie was marooned on that island and you knew she was in
trouble, would you have gone if you had a 16-year-old daughter waiting on you,
Simon? She needs me. Simon, her brother died, she turned to me for comfort. It's
a second chance for us.
>> Simon: Yeah, well, Katie, your sister, and I have a second chance right here.
>> Craig: So take her with! Consider it a honeymoon! Huh? C'mon, Simon, you big
galoot. What do you say? Paris, Katie, a noble cause. What's so bad?
>> Simon: [ giving in ] One week, Craig. One week!
>> Craig: Thank you. I'll make arrangements for two. You leave tonight.
>> Simon: Well, whatever you're up to, Katie, it's going to have to wait.
Scene 4:
Scene: Craig's Suite
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, LUCY MONTGOMERY, CRAIG MONTGOMERY
>> Katie: Where's Simon?
>> Lucy: Looking for you. Here. I bought you a hat.
>> Katie: A hat?
>> Simon: Katie -- Katie, where have you been?
>> Lucy: Her hat. She found it.
>> Simon: Oh, fantastic, 'cause now she can pack it.
>> Katie: Why? You're kicking me out?
>> Simon: No, it's the only way that I'm gonna get you to go to Paris.
>> Katie: Paris? What is it?
>> Simon: It's a major European city that has frog's legs and Gerard Depardieu. But that's not important
right now.
>> Katie: Wait. We're going to Paris now? Why?
>> Simon: Because I have a job there for about a week. Come on. We can get in some honeymooning
while we're there. It'll be a treat.
>> Katie: A week in Paris. Well, you know, I think that a woman should let her husband do his career
when he needs to. So you go do your job, and I'll see you when you get back.
>> Simon: Wait, wait, whoa, wait. Whoa. Okay, I just asked my wife to go to Paris with me, and she said
no. Please, tell me what's going on.
>> Lucy: Hey, dad. I bought you a present.
>> Craig: For me? Buried in that sea of packages? Simon, I have your tickets.
>> Lucy: He needs to work something out with Aunt Katie.
>> Craig: All right. Oh!
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