July 17, 2006

EPISODE 7/17/06
Simon Meets With Lucinda

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MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Kasnoff's Cottage

MIKE KASNOFF, KATIE KASNOFF

>> Mike: You still got it?
>> Katie: It's never coming off my finger.
>> Mike: Well, it's insured this time.
>> Katie: I mean it. I am never letting this ring go again.
>> Mike: Well, just in case you get washed out to sea and stuck on an island with a con man you used to be married to --
>> Katie: Like that could ever happen! So glad to be home.
>> Mike: I hope not too glad to go out.
>> Katie: Are we still celebrating our never-ending honeymoon?
>> Mike: Maybe. Why don't we start with a table for two at the Lakeview?
>> Katie: Sounds perfect.

Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Bar

SIMON FRASIER, LUCINDA WALSH, BARTENDER

>> Lucinda: Um, I don't want anything. Look -- I think there's been a mistake, but I'm going to ask anyway. Are you missing any cash from your cash register?
>> Bartender #1: Not that I know of, ma'am.
>> Lucinda: Okay. Has any wealthy female guests said that somebody's stolen all her money?
>> Bartender #1: No, ma'am.
>> Lucinda: Oh, I was afraid of that. I'm the victim of a prank.
Unless, of course, there's been a big lug of a guy with a down under accent and a big smile lurking around your bar? All right.
>> Simon: Ah, it always did take you forever to ask the right questions.
>> Lucinda: Simon!
>> Simon: In the flesh. Come on, you can be honest with me. You always have been. You missed me, didn't you?

Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Bar

SIMON FRASIER, LUCINDA WALSH, KATIE KASNOFF, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Lucinda: You think I missed you? Well, yes, as a matter of fact -- you know, somebody should keep their eyes on you at all times, as a public service.
>> Simon: Well, I missed you too.
>> Lucinda: Yeah.
>> Simon: And I heard about Lily. I'm sorry.
>> Lucinda: Oh, yeah. But she's going to be back on her feet. I'm determined.
>> Simon: Good. Then it'll happen. In the meantime, if I can help you, if you need anything, absolutely.
>> Lucinda: Thank you, thank you. Well, look. You've brought sincere Simon back to town. Oh, what is going to befall us? What is going to happen? What are you here for? Why did you lure me to this bar?
>> Simon: Lure you? No. This is all completely innocent. I just want to buy you a drink.
>> Lucinda: Oh, because I'm one of the few people left in town that you haven't bilked?
>> Simon: One of the few who appreciated a fellow-- entrepreneur.
>> Lucinda: Entrepreneur? You know, that's what's wrong with the French. They have no word for entrepreneur. So, what is this latest caper?
>> Simon: Caper? No. Come on. No caper, no scam.
>> Lucinda: What are you doing here in town?
[ Simon spies Katie and Mike entering the bar. ]
>> Simon: No, no.
>> Lucinda: Oh, well come on. Come on, let's say hello to the happy couple.
>> Simon: Lucinda, no.
>> Lucinda: Come on, come on.
[ Simon leaves the room. ]
>> Lucinda: Hi!
>> Mike: Hi, Lucinda.
>> Katie: Hi.
>> Lucinda: Nancy Hughes informed me that you were off on a very luxurious honeymoon cruise. Getting into that -- your royalty money, right?
>> Katie: Well, yeah, we tried, but -- how's Lily?
>> Lucinda: No change, but we're hoping for the best. I was reading to her at the hospital and I got the biggest surprise. Look who's --
>> Mike: Something wrong with the bar?
>> Lucinda: No, it's surprisingly empty. Lisa needs more customers.
>> Mike: I think everyone's in the dining room.
>> Katie: Actually, we have reservations, so --
>> Lucinda: Go ahead. Go ahead.
>> Katie: Good to see you.
>> Mike: Bye.
>> Lucinda: Have fun. Enjoy yourselves. [ Simon returns. ] I would've looked for you behind a potted palm, but there wasn't one big enough for your ego.
>> Simon: Thank you for not telling them I was here.
>> Lucinda: Well, it's a temporary reprieve, Simon. So, tell me now. What's going on? Why are you hiding from Katie and her new husband? Oh!

Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Bar

SIMON FRASIER, LUCINDA WALSH, KATIE KASNOFF, MIKE KASNOFF, MAITRE D'

[ Lucinda laughing ]
>> Simon: Oh, great, yeah. I'm glad you find it funny.
>> Lucinda: No, it's not that funny.
>> Simon: No, I know, Mike and a certain heiress definitely did not. And not once -- not once has he thanked me for saving Katie's life.
>> Lucinda: I find it very hard to believe that you could not differentiate between a luxury resort hotel and a barren wasteland.
>> Simon: I know, it's strange. Like, in the last minute, my outback skills seemed to have failed me.
>> Lucinda: Oh, yeah.
>> Simon: Look, at any rate, the happy couple's home. They don't want to be bothered.
>> Lucinda: But you followed them?
>> Simon: I didn't follow them. No, I came back to Oakdale -- to see you.
>> Lucinda: That is utterly shameless.
>> Simon: Shameless, but true. I'm looking for a business partner. And since you won't have me any other way --
>> Lucinda: That's not true. You know, I'm always looking for a nice bit of corporate arm candy.
>> Simon: I'm a little too well-funded for that sort of thing these days.
[ Lucinda laughing ] [ Simon slips out of the room. ]
>> Mike: I reserved a table.
>> Maitre d': I know, and we're very sorry, sir. But people are lingering longer than we expected. Please, drinks are on the house.
We'll call you as soon as there's a table.
>> Katie: Thank you.
>> Mike: I'm sorry, baby.
>> Katie: It's okay.
>> Mike: I just -- I wanted one perfect meal.
>> Katie: And I wanted one perfect cruise. But nobody's throwing up or falling overboard yet, so you're doing better than me.
>> Mike: Well, I guess we could have our champagne here.
>> Katie: Truth? I'd much rather go home and be alone with you.
>> Mike: Let's go.
>> Katie: Let's go!
[ Simon returns from hiding. ]
>> Lucinda: What is going on?
>> Simon: All right. All right, I'm telling you -- I'm telling you the utter truth here, I'm not here for Katie. I am back here in Oakdale to settle down -- for good.
>> Lucinda: For good? Or you can win Katie back?

Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Kasnoff's Cottage

MIKE KASNOFF, KATIE KASNOFF, MESSENGER

>> Katie: I don't know why we ever needed a change of scenery.
>> Mike: I know I did. As weird as it got later, you did save me with that cruise. I didn't forget that.
>> Katie: Any time.
[ Doorbell rings ]
>> Mike: Ignore it?
>> Katie: Okay.
[ Doorbell rings ] Oh, we can't do that! We don't know for sure that it's trouble. That could be anybody in the world.
>> Mike: I don't care about anyone in the world, except you.
>> Katie: Maybe it's the rest of our luggage from the ship. Come on!
>> Mike: All right.
[ Doorbell rings ] Coming!
>> Messenger: Katie Peretti?
>> Katie: It's Kasnoff.
>> Messenger: Can you sign? It has to be your signature.
>> Katie: Sure. Thank you.
>> Mike: Hang on. Thanks. I think.
>> Katie: Definitely too small to be a bomb, right? Shall I do the honors?
>> Mike: Go ahead.
>> Katie: "Katie. I found this after you left and knew you'd want it back. All the best. Simon." Look!
>> Mike: Yeah.
>> Katie: He found my wedding ring.
>> Mike: Or stole it off your finger while you were sleeping.
>> Katie: Don't know. Straight from Magique Island. Now this is such good news!
>> Mike: How is ever hearing from him good news?
>> Katie: Because, he said "all the best." Not "I'll love you 'til I die" or "until the next time I see you." He accepts us. That's what this means.
>> Mike: Okay, you get all that from two sentences?
>> Katie: Yeah. Let's take it, okay? Hmm, a little much.
>> Mike: A little? You can barely bend your finger.
>> Katie: Oh, why would I need to?
>> Mike: Keep it as a spare.
>> Katie: I'll keep it as a reminder. You're twice as married to me now.
>> Mike: I can live with that.

Scene 6:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Bar

SIMON FRASIER, LUCINDA WALSH

>> Simon: Please, I'm not here for Katie. I mean, the truth is, and this may tickle your funny bone a little bit, but, I'm here to make you some more money.
>> Lucinda: Oh, so you've come to Oakdale not for the waters, but for the vast investment opportunities?
>> Simon: I'd need some place to set up.
>> Lucinda: Ah. Seen New York, London, or Hong Kong?
>> Simon: I know the people here.
>> Lucinda: Yes, and alas, they all know you. Darling, they'll see you coming.
>> Simon: All right, this time, Lucinda, and I swear to you, I swear to you -- I'm on the level, I promise. I'm an investor now.
>> Lucinda: You're just here to invest?
>> Simon: Purely invest, that's right. That's it.
>> Lucinda: That's the story. Or just to bide your time, until you figure out how to get whatever it is you want. And at that time you will tell, Katie and Mike that you're here.

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