EPISODE 01/15/07
Simon Once Again A Pilot

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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2007

Scene 1:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

JACK SNYDER, PRINCE ADOLPHO

>> Prince Adolpho: Why did you have my motorcade redirected?
>> Jack: I wanted to talk to you.
>> Prince Adolpho: You could have left word for me at the consulate.
>> Jack: An official matter like this, I thought it'd be best if we dealt with this in person.
>> Prince Adolpho: Or perhaps you thought delaying my arrival would put a stop to your ex-wife's interrogation.
>> Jack: Yes, about that. I've got some concerns about the way the situation is being handled.
>> Prince Adolpho: No need to worry, Detective. It's being dealt with as it would be in my country.
>> Jack: Only we're not in your country, Your Highness. And I've got a big problem with the way your officials are questioning a U.S. citizen, one who is in that room without proper representation.
>> Prince Adolpho: I don't like what you're implying.
>> Jack: I want access to Carly. I want to be in that room when she's being questioned.
>> Prince Adolpho: Absolutely not. You have no right to expect special treatment in this case.
>> Jack: Then like I said, we've got a problem, sir. And unless you want me to bring Washington in on this, I suggest that you start coming up with a nice diplomatic resolution. You've got five minutes.


Scene 2:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER, VIENNA HYATT

>> Carly: Simon, I can't believe you're here. I'd given up hope.
>> Simon: Come on, you think I'd leave you alone after everything we've been through? No way. I am so sorry. You must have been terrified.
>> Carly: Yeah. I am. I still am. Simon, you knocked out a royal guard. Aren't we in enough trouble here?
>> Simon: Well, it's not like I had a choice.
>> Carly: All right. You just get me the hell out of here, and I'll forgive you.
>> Simon: Let's go.
>> Vienna: You rat. You weren't planning on leaving without me, were you?
>> Carly: Simon? What is she --
>> Simon: I was about to come looking for you. Where have you been?
>> Vienna: You told me to go look for the guard, and it took some time.
>> Simon: Oh, honey. I was starting to get worried, though.
>> Vienna: Oh, right. But luckily for you, you have Carly here to distract you.
>> Simon: All right, listen, listen. You have to help me get her out of here. Take me to that passageway you were telling me about and once we're out of here safely, we'll get the codes out of her and you and I are off to that island we talked about.
>> Vienna: Do you think I'm stupid? Simon Frasier, you've lied to me for the very last time.
>> Simon: No, Vienna, please, listen to me.
>> Vienna: No, no. Never again. I see very clearly what is going on here. You were not planning to go with me, you were planning to run off with her.
>> Simon: No. No, I swear to you, no! Look, you have put yourself on the line for me. I am not going to break your heart after that.
>> Vienna: You've said that before. I shouldn't have believed you then. And I'd be a fool to believe you now.
>> Simon: Okay, so believe this. All I want to do is disappear with you, the money and the jewels and leave Carly far behind.
>> Vienna: Okay, fine. Leave her behind and go with me now.
>> Simon: No, sweetie, I can't. I can't. Not until I get the security code to the safety deposit box out of her.
>> Vienna: Okay, fine. Leave her with me. I'll get it out of her. And when I do, you're going to leave her right here and let the guard decide what to do with her.
>> Simon: Okay, that is very tempting, but we can't just ditch her here. We can't leave her here alone.
>> Vienna: Why not?
>> Simon: What's to stop her from telling the prince what we've done or Jack for that matter? She does that, we are never going to be able to leave this country.
>> Vienna: Okay, so we silence here and make sure she can't talk or run to anybody for help.
>> Simon: Baby, come on, that wasn't part of the plan.
>> Vienna: Baby, that's the plan now. If you don't want me to blow you out of the water.


Scene 3:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

JACK SNYDER, PRINCE ADOLPHO

>> Jack: I'm looking at the big picture here, and what I see is that this could turn into more trouble for you than it's worth.
>> Prince Adolpho: How so?
>> Jack: You have Leonian officials in there questioning an American citizen. One who does not have a lawyer.
>> Prince Adolpho: No one is going to question my need for discretion.
>> Jack: But if those officials question her in a way that may be misconstrued as inappropriate, they might just question that. I'd hate to see some stolen diamonds turn into a rather embarrassing situation for your country.
>> Prince Adolpho: All right. You want access to the prisoner? Done.
>> Jack: Excellent. After you.


Scene 4:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

JACK SNYDER, PRINCE ADOLPHO

>> Jack: Why is no one guarding her door?
>> Prince Adolpho: Perhaps they've already started the interrogation. It's best we don't interrupt.
>> Jack: She has no one in there to represent her. I think it's best we do. Carly? Carly? What the hell's going on here? Where's Carly? Did you have her moved?
>> Prince Adolpho: No. I instructed the guards to keep her here. I told them we were on our way, that we wanted to be present when she was questioned.
>> Jack: Well, find her! Now! Or I will personally hand you that international incident you've been trying so hard to avoid.
>> Prince Adolpho: Guard! The American woman who was being held in here, where is she?
[ Muffled cries ]
>> Jack: Wait, wait, wait. Do you hear that? It's coming from inside the crate. Help me with this. Come on. Help me with this. Get this thing open now. Carly? Carly, hold on, babe.


Scene 5:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Inside Vienna's Jet

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: Well, I must say, I have to hand it to Vienna.
>> Carly: I thought we already did that.
>> Simon: Yeah, your tackling skills, quite impressive.
>> Carly: Remember, I am the mother of two boys who are crazy about football. No, I knew that Vienna had money, I just didn't realize that she had her own little plane here.
>> Simon: Yeah, one phone call, it was all gassed up and ready to go.
>> Carly: Yeah, ready to go where, exactly?
>> Simon: Well, sweetheart, wherever we want.
>> Carly: Well, we better get there quick, because sooner or later, they're going to find the owner of this little getaway vehicle and they're going to let her out of that crate.
>> Simon: Well, by that time, we are going to be long gone. All right, buckle up.
>> Carly: What are you doing there?
>> Simon: Oh, this? This thing is called a seatbelt.
>> Carly: Yeah, right. I know. I think that's where the pilot sits.
>> Simon: You really are quite perceptive, aren't you?
>> Carly: Simon?
>> Simon: Yes?
>> Carly: Where's the pilot?
>> Simon: Oh, yeah, you're looking at him.


Scene 6:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

JACK SNYDER, PRINCE ADOLPHO, VIENNA HYATT

>> Jack: Vienna? Are you all right?
>> Prince Adolpho: What happened?
>> Vienna: I was assaulted and tied up and locked in that crate! Me in a crate! Oh, Dolly, it was awful!
>> Prince Adolpho: What are you doing at the consulate? Last I heard, you were on a farm somewhere.
>> Jack: Yeah, my family's farm. Don't ask. Vienna? You want to explain what's going on here, from the beginning, please?
>> Vienna: Isn't it obvious? Simon and that hideous girlfriend of his tricked me!
>> Jack: Tricked you how?
>> Vienna: Simon came to me and told me he wanted me back. Of course, I laughed in his face! And he begged me, like any man would. And he told me he would promise me anything in the world, even the jewels he'd stolen.
>> Jack: He admitted he stole them?
>> Vienna: Yes! And that's why I went along with it, so I could get your jewels back, dolly. He told me that Carly had the jewels in this safe deposit box and that we had to break her out of here so he could force her to tell the security code.
>> Prince Adolpho: And you believed him? After everything he's done?
>> Vienna: I had to take a chance. For you, Dolly.
>> Jack: Did Carly know that Simon was coming?
>> Vienna: No. I tried to stop them, but they knocked out the guard. Then they turned on me and put me in the crate, so they could escape.
>> Prince Adolpho: At least this time you weren't wearing any jewels they could steal. Don't think for a second I believe you did any of this for me. It's Simon Frasier you want! This is all about him!
>> Jack: Where were they headed? How were they planning on escaping, Vienna?
>> Prince Adolpho: Vienna, answer the man's questions now!
>> Vienna: I had a private jet outside the city waiting for us. I'm sure they went there. If they dared to take my plane, I want them both to be caught and beheaded!
>> Jack: We really don't do that anymore. Hey, yeah, this is Snyder. I need an APB put out immediately for Carly Snyder and Simon Frasier.


Scene 7:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Inside Vienna's Jet

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: Carly, we have really got to get out of here right now. Can you please put your seatbelt on?
>> Carly: Are you out of your mind? You can't fly this thing!
>> Simon: Sure I can.
>> Carly: No, don't touch anything. Do you even have a pilot's license?
>> Simon: I did come this close to getting one.
>> Carly: Oh boy.
>> Simon: I had to drop out of flight school before the final exam. Listen, I have had plenty of practice runs.
>> Carly: No, no. There are times that you are kind of funny. Now is not one of them. You have my life in your hands. I'd like to know exactly how many classes you actually attended.
>> Simon: Enough to understand the basics, okay? Up, down, sky, land.
>> Carly: Crash, burn.
>> Simon: We're going to be fine, all right? Can you please just trust me?
>> Carly: No, don't say that. Do not say, "trust me," okay?
>> Simon: All right, do you want to argue about this or do you want a one-way ticket to the Leonian version of Siberia? Because, honestly, Sweetheart, if we don't take off right now, we are going to get caught. And the trouble that we were in before is nothing compared to what we are in right now.
>> Carly: Oh God. I am officially a fugitive, aren't I?
>> Simon: If you want to bail out, now's the time.
>> Carly: I'll pray, and you fly.


Scene 8:
Location: Skies above the U.S.
Scene: Inside Vienna's Jet

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: You can open your eyes now.
>> Carly: No, no, no. I'm fine. I'm content.
>> Simon: Really? Because the view is quite spectacular.
>> Carly: Hey. Ah, it is beautiful.
>> Simon: Yes it is.
>> Carly: You know, I am impressed. I am really impressed with you. You can actually fly this thing.
>> Simon: You know what? I got to tell you right now, it's really, really nice that the woman that I'm in love with has such faith in me.
>> Carly: I do have a confession to make. One that you may not want to hear at 35,000 feet.
>> Simon: Well, then I'm glad we're only at 25,000.
>> Carly: I did lose faith.
>> Simon: What, when we took off?
>> Carly: When I was arrested. I was alone. I was scared. I thought Jack was right. I thought that you'd left me. But then when they put me in that room at the consulate, there you were, prepared to rescue me just like you said you would.
>> Simon: Listen, Carly, I know I have not done a lot of things for you to have a lot of faith in me. I've done plenty of things for you to doubt me, but there was absolutely no way I was going to leave without you. I wouldn't do that for anything. Sweetheart, I adore you. I love you. And if my hands weren't on these controls right now, I would take them off right now and show you.
>> Carly: You just keep your eyes on the sky.
>> Simon: Why? Are you afraid we're going to hit a goose?
>> Carly: A goose?
>> Simon: Yeah, a Canadian goose. That's where we're headed.
>> Carly: Canada?
>> Simon: Yeah. So why don't you look down there and say a good old fun farewell to the U.S. of A.
>> Carly: Simon, wait.


Scene 9:
Location: Chicago
Scene: Leonian Consulate

JACK SNYDER, PRINCE ADOLPHO, VIENNA HYATT

>> Jack: Damn it!
>> Prince Adolpho: What did you find out?
>> Jack: By the time the search team got to the landing strip, the plane was gone.
>> Vienna: Why do you bother with all this?
>> Jack: Excuse me?
>> Vienna: Yeah, it doesn't matter if you catch them or lock them away. They will never give up the jewels. Or each other.
>> Jack: And that just burns you, doesn't it?
>> Vienna: You can feel it, too. You can't deny it, Detective. You've seen them together. How much they're in love. And it's not with us.
>> Prince Adolpho: Enough. None of that matters as long as the crown jewels are missing.
>> Vienna: You're wrong, Dolly. That's all that matters.
>> Prince Adolpho: Personal feelings aside, Detective, you have a job to do. I want to know how long until you have those two thieves in custody. >> Jack: With the head start they have, Your Highness, it's possible we may never find them.



Scene 10:
Location: Skies above the U.S.
Scene: Inside Vienna's Jet

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Carly: I can't go to Canada.
>> Simon: Why not?
>> Carly: If we do, we can never come back. We'd be arrested on the spot.
>> Simon: Carly, if we stay, we're going to be arrested. You know that.
>> Carly: But at least I'd be able to see my children. You know, maybe it would be through bulletproof glass and maybe I wouldn't be able to hold them, but I could see them. I could talk to them and tell them I love them.
>> Simon: Listen, Carly, we don't know it's going to be like that. Look, someday --
>> Carly: Someday? What is that? A year? Ten years? You know how many birthdays and Christmases and proms and graduations that is? It's a lot. It's just --
>> Simon: All right, Carly, you just tell me what you want to do, and I'll do it. You just tell me exactly what you want, and I will do it right now.
>> Carly: Turn the plane around.

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