EPISODE 1/28/04
Simon Runs Into Katie At Church
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January, 2004
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2004
Scene 1:
Location: Church in Luther's Corners
SIMON FRASIER, REVEREND
[ Simon cleaning carpet. ]
>> Reverend: You're doing a wonderful job.
>> Simon: Hey, listen, it's nothing. Thanks for letting me crash here again. I appreciate it.
>> Reverend: I hope you weren't too cold.
>> Simon: I had some pretty good memories of this place to keep me warm.
[ Music ]
[ Clips of Simon and Katie's wedding. ]
I know now just quite how my life and love might still go on
in your heart in your mind I'll stay with you for all of time
if I could then I would I'll go wherever you will go
way up high or down low I'll go wherever you will go
if I could turn back time
>> Simon: This is where I married the love of my life.
I'll go wherever you will go...
[ Music fades away. ]
Scene 2:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room
KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Katie: Out. Now.
>> Mike: Why?
>> Katie: Because I tell you I need space, and you come in here and ask me to run away with you?
>> Mike: On a vacation. I'm not saying we need to change our names or anything.
>> Katie: Good. But as tempting your offer is, and really it is, I'm not gonna leave Simon without figuring things out first.
>> Mike: God -- Katie, the guy walked out on you. What are you supposed to do? Sit around for the rest of your life and mourn him?
>> Katie: The past three months -- what we've been through -- I'm never gonna forget that. But it doesn't make my decision any easier. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I am split down the middle. Why are you smiling?
>> Mike: Well, if you're split down the middle, that means I have a fighting chance, right?
>> Katie: You have more than that.
>> Mike: You have my ring on.
>> Katie: Which doesn't mean that I've made my decision yet. And if you wanna go to Costa Rica --
>> Mike: No, no, no. I'll stick around. Take my chances in Oakdale.
Scene 3:
Location: Church in Luther's Corners
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, REVEREND
>> Reverend: May I help you?
>> Katie: Oh, um -- I don't know, maybe. I came just here to think -- to remember. I was married here, once upon a time. He left me. I didn't think I'd be able to move on, but I did. I fell in love with someone new. I didn't mean to -- I mean, I wasn't looking for it. It's just -- it appeared. Love. And now, my husband's back, and -- oh, I don't know what to feel. So, I just came here to think -- to pray.
>> Reverend: Take as much time as you like.
>> Katie: Thank you. Oh, now what?
>> Simon: Since I'm not allowed to take you in my arms -- let's talk.
Scene 4:
Location: Church at Luther's Corners
SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER
>> Katie: How did you know I'd be here?
>> Simon: I didn't.
>> Katie: Then what are you doing here?
>> Simon: Well, I didn't have anywhere else to go after you bounced me from our cottage last night. This is the only place I could think of where I would feel close to you. I came here for answers, Katie, just like you.
>> Katie: You don't know the first thing about me anymore.
>> Simon: Maybe not. It's fair. But you can't have forgotten this is where we joined our lives together. Where we made promises to each other.
>> Katie: You broke the promises, Simon. You're the one who lied. You're the one who took off, and took all my money, and left me with nothing. You're the one who dropped off the face of the earth and faked his own death, so don't talk to me about broken promises.
>> Simon: Okay, you're right. You're right. All right? Maybe I went about things the wrong way. And the lies I had to tell must have been hard to hear, but you have to believe that everything I have done was for your protection.
>> Katie: Right, so ripping my heart out wasn't enough? You had to rip me off, too?
>> Simon: No, I -- I couldn't have you following me, and risk your life. So, yeah, I had to let you think the worst of me. And if this is about the money, it's in the trust account in your name.
>> Katie: All right, well, in Australia, after the explosion, I wanted to die, Simon. I didn't want to live without you.
>> Simon: Look, I hated having to do that to you. But it was the only way to throw everyone off my trail. You don't think that all I wanted to do was be with you, in our little cottage in the woods? Laughing the way we used to laugh. Holding you in my arms. Planning a family with you. Talking about all the babies we would have. I missed you so much, you will never even know. So I knew I had to find a way to come back to you. So please, tell me that I'm not too late.
>> Katie: I can't.
Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Squad Room
MARGO HUGHES, MIKE KASNOFF
>> Margo: Here you go.
>> Mike: Thanks. Thanks for seeing me. Look, can you get Katie some protection, at least while Simon's in town.
>> Margo: What makes you think that Simon's not sticking around?
>> Mike: She said she loved me. She's still wearing my ring.
>> Margo: But Simon is Katie's husband.
>> Mike: And she is my fiancee.
>> Margo: Oh, all right. Listen to me. Mike, I like you so much. You're such a great guy. But I don't want to see you get hurt.
>> Mike: I won't.
>> Margo: Katie may still be wearing your ring, but her moving on from a dead Simon and moving on from a Simon who's alive and kicking and wants her back, those are two completely different things.
Scene 6:
Location: Church at Luther's Corners
>> Katie: Here, you need to eat.
>> Simon: I need you. Please, don't go. Maybe everything I have done was wrong, even though I thought it was the noble thing to do. Maybe it's wrong coming back to claim you after all this time, but you are all I thought about every second of every day. You're my wife, Katie, and I need you to be with me. Please, please, just come away with me.
>> Katie: Simon --
>> Simon: I know you need more time. I know that. But we don't have time.
>> Katie: Why? Why not?
>> Simon: I'm still being tracked down --
>> Katie: What?! Simon, you gotta go.
>> Simon: I'm not going anywhere. Not without you, please.
>> Katie: I will get word to you as soon as I make my decision.
>> Simon: No, I cannot leave you here. So Mike can convince you to stay? If you're not going, I'm not going either.
>> Katie: Simon, what about these people?
>> Simon: No, please, Katie. I love you. And I always will. And I'm not gonna leave you again.
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