EPISODE 1/26/04
Simon Gives Katie Time
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January, 2004
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2004
Scene 1:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Bedroom
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Mike: Get your hands off of her! You.
>> Simon: In the flesh.
>> Katie: Mike --
>> Mike: I don't understand.
>> Katie: Um -- my husband's back. You remember Simon?
Scene 2:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Bedroom
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Mike: When did he show up?
>> Katie: This afternoon, at the hotel. At first, I thought I was hallucinating.
>> Mike: That's why you left? That's why you told me you were sick?
>> Katie: I needed time just to sort everything out.
>> Mike: Without me.
>> Katie: Mike, a couple hours after I got engaged to you, I find out that my dead husband is alive. I needed a minute. I still do.
>> Simon: So, maybe you should give us that minute, huh? What do you think?
>> Mike: Why did you let us think you were dead in Australia? Huh? Why are you back here now?
>> Simon: I've got my reasons.
>> Mike: Well, let's hear them.
>> Simon: I don't owe you anything.
>> Mike: Why are you so arrogant? Katie nearly died trying to save you.
>> Katie: Mike risked his life for me in Australia. So don't talk to him --
>> Simon: I would never have let anything happen to you. You know that.
>> Mike: You've got guys trying to kill you, roughing up Katie for the fun of it. And then you stay hidden, while she risks everything! Why should she believe anything that you have to say?
>> Simon: Because I love her.
>> Mike: Oh, if that's love, she doesn't need it.
>> Simon: Katie -- I left because I loved you too much to put you in danger. And that love, baby -- that is the only reason I couldn't stay away.
>> Mike: 'Til the next time someone comes gunning for you.
>> Katie: Simon, I need to know -- I need to know what's happened. And I need to know why you let me believe you were dead.
>> Simon: I'll tell you. I'll tell you anything you want to know. I'll tell you anything. Just not in front of him.
Scene 3:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Mike: There's no way I'm leaving you alone with that guy.
>> Katie: Just a little while. I'll tell you everything he told me.
>> Mike: How do -- how do I know he's not gonna take you off somewhere?
>> Katie: I'm not gonna go anywhere without talking to you first.
>> Mike: So you've already considered it?
>> Katie: I just need to know where Simon's been and what he's been going through. If he's in trouble, I need to help him.
>> Mike: And nearly get yourself killed again?
>> Katie: I just need to know what's been going on, please, okay?
>> Mike: Fine. I'll wait right here.
>> Katie: Mike, I'm not gonna get any answers from Simon if you two are in the same house together. Please. Please --
>> Mike: I'm not leaving.
[ Katie sighs. ]
Scene 4:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Katie: I wish I could tell you that everything's gonna be okay.
>> Mike: But you can't, right? Because a few hours ago, I proposed to you, and you said yes. And a few minutes ago, I walk in. You're kissing Simon.
>> Katie: I didn't think that I'd, in a million years, ever see him again.
>> Mike: I'm not blaming you. I know this is a shock and very emotional. But you've gotta think. Okay, as far as I can see, that guy upstairs -- he's a liar. He's a criminal -- he's a complete and utter player who has broken your heart once and will gladly do it again.
>> Katie: But he is my husband, Mike.
>> Mike: What does that make me?
>> Katie: You know what I did when I saw him? I fainted! 'Cause my mind just couldn't wrap itself around the idea that he could be real.
>> Mike: You fainted on me, too, that day in the hospital.
>> Katie: Yeah, 'cause you were bleeding. And -- you asked me to help you find your finger.
>> Mike: That was the tip of my finger. It took us so long to get to this day.
>> Katie: I just need to find out where Simon's been, what he's been doing, why he left me and why he's back right now. Can't you understand that?
>> Mike: Maybe Simon has been your husband for years. And I've been your fiance for what? For a few hours. I would never, ever leave you. How could he? I need to know.
>> Katie: What?
>> Mike: By wanting me gone, are you saying you're still in love with him?
[ Simon comes down the stairs. ]
>> Simon: I think that's exactly what she's saying.
Scene 5:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Katie: Hey, whoa! I can speak for myself.
>> Simon: I know, I know. It just looked like things were getting a little -- crowded.
>> Katie: Mike, I can answer your question. You want to know if I still love Simon?
>> Mike: Yeah.
>> Katie: Well, I followed him all over the globe. I married him. And I built this home with him. So of course I still love him. He's the only person to ever capture my heart. Until --
>> Mike: Until now. So your feelings for him have changed.
>> Simon: Have they? Heve they really changed? Or is he just here?
>> Katie: No, it's more than that.
>> Simon: How much more, Katie? What, enough to throw away a second chance with us?
>> Mike: A second chance at what? A guy you can't count on? Tell him to leave.
>> Katie: No, I just want --
>> Simon: What do you want? Just say it.
>> Mike: What?
>> Katie: I want you both to leave!
Scene 6:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Katie: I cannot think with the two of you here, pressuring me. I just need some time alone, okay? To think about everything.
>> Simon: I'm not goin' anywhere. This is our place. I rebuilt this place with my own hands. I am not gonna be thrown out like some unwanted guest.
>> Mike: I'm not going, either.
>> Katie: Well, don't you two get it? I can't tell you what I think or who I want or what I want, because I don't know! And with you two here pressuring me, it's just making it worse! So, please, if you love me, if you care about me at all, will you just give me what I want and let me have some time alone without either of you?
>> Simon: So you're really sending me away?
>> Katie: You're not gonna leave town and disappear again, are you?
>> Simon: No. No way. I'll give you some time.
>> Mike: How do I know you're not gonna sneak in here and pressure her some more?
>> Katie: No, promise me you won't do that. Both of you, just please stay away until I tell you it's okay to come back. Please, promise me.
>> Simon: Promise.
>> Mike: Promise. After you.
>> Simon: I thought nothing would be more difficult than saying good-bye to you the first time, but --
>> Katie: I just need this, okay?
[ Simon leaves. ]
>> Mike: Just don't forget.
>> Katie: Forget what?
>> Mike: That I'm crazy about you. All right? And you're crazy about me, too.
[ Katie sighs. ]
[ Mike leaves. ]
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