EPISODE 7/25/01
Simon, Lily and Katie Go To The Opera

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2001

Scene 1:
[ Opera House in Malta ]

>> Lily: I can't stand this waiting.
>> Simon: Listen, it's not gonna be that much longer. Here, listen, I'm gonna go look first. All right, as soon as the curtain goes up, you two stay seated here until I --
>> Lily: Until what?! Until the kidnappers get you, too? No, I'm coming with you!
>> Simon: Listen, please. Let me search the building first, alone. Don't argue with me. All right? The opera's about to start.
>> Katie: No wonder I'm getting a splitting headache.
>> Lily: I'm not going to fight you on this.
>> Simon: Lily, you're already a target. They know your face.
>> Lily: I don't care.
>> Simon: They talked about moving some Americans. They could bring Holden and Luke right through the theater. You have to be here if that happens. Please, stay here with Katie, search the audience. Look for anybody or anything that could give us some leads.
>> Katie: Look, guys, the curtain's going up.
[ Opera begins ]

Scene 2:
[ Opera House in Malta ]

>> Katie: What do you think you're gonna see with those things? No, no, no, no. These babies ought to do the trick.
>> Lily: So inconspicuous of you, as usual.
>> Katie: Well, I don't care what I look like. Simon gave me a job to do, and I'm gonna do it.
>> Lily: Just tell me if you see anything.
>> Katie: Oh, like that poor babe in row three? Talk about when bad face-lifts happen to good people.
>> Lily: I'm talking about Luke and Holden -- Luke and Holden! Got it?!
>> Katie: I'm sorry. I haven't seen anything yet.
>> Lily: I'll take the Orchestra.
>> Katie: All right. The Mezzanine's mine. Do you believe in premonitions?
>> Lily: No, not really.
>> Katie: Well I do, and I don't know why, but I'm feeling really lucky tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if we blew this thing wide open.

Scene 3:
[In the Audience ]
[ Opera being performed ]

>> Lily: See anything?
>> Katie: Man, they grow 'em by the pound out here.
>> Lily: I'm not talking about on the stage.
>> Katie: She must tip the scales at what, 280? I need a bigger lens.
>> Lily: I want you to check against the wall over there. I thought I saw somebody get up.
>> Katie: What, that old man? He can barely walk. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Take a look at that box. Right there.
>> Lily: I thought I checked all of them out. Where -- what do you see?
>> Katie: No one, that's the thing. It's empty. I thought this gig was sold out.
>> Lily: It is.
>> Katie: Well somebody's a no-show. And what is with that shield thing?
>> Lily: Where?
>> Katie: It's three boxes over on the left-hand side. I didn't notice it before.
>> Lily: That's the Grimaldi family crest.
>> Katie: With no Grimaldi's in sight. Huh.
>> Lily: What, what?!
>> Katie: Wait, wait, it looks empty, but something just caught the light.
>> Lily: Let me see.
>> Katie: No, wait, wait, just use your own. Hold on, hold on. Oh, gross, it's a pinky ring. All I can see is his hand. Wait, wait, look at that crest again and describe it to me.
>> Lily: Why?!
>> Katie: Just do it, please.
>> Lily: It's got a battle axe and a spear.
>> Katie: Yes, check. And what else?
>> Lily: Two blue swords.
>> Katie: And three fleurs-de-lis?
>> Lily: How do you that?
>> Katie: It's on the pinky ring, too.
>> Lily: Let me see. Oh, I can't see. I cannot see who it is! I can't see the face!
>> Katie: He's smoking. I think he's smoking a cigar. Wait, he's leaning forward!
>> Lily: Come on, come on, show -- show us your face, please! Oh, he leaned back in! Oh!
>> Katie: Is it Damian?
>> Lily: I don't know. I don't -- I don't know. But I'm going to find out.
>> Katie: No, wait, wait, wait, where are you going? Simon said do not leave.
>> Lily: I can't -- I cannot -- I have to go over there! That man knows where my family is!
>> Katie: Well you're not going to help them, if he gets you, too.
>> Lily: Just keep looking, okay?! Have your eyes -- just keep watching me!
>> Katie: For what? You getting killed?
>> Lily: I'm going to be fine. Trust me.
>> Katie: No, no, us three split up does not make me feel very good.
>> Lily: I'm going to find Luke and Holden! Now you put those things up to your eyes and you watch me! Do you understand?!
>> Katie: All right, okay. Go for it. Please, just don't be killed. If you go home in a box, Lucinda will kill me. Okay, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Help, that's him!

Scene 4:
[ Opera House in Malta ]
[ Opera music playing ]

>> Simon: Any sign of them?
[ Katie gasps ]
>> Katie: You almost gave me a heart attack!
>> Simon: Where's Lily?
>> Katie: She's right over there.
>> Simon: Over where doing what?
>> Katie: Well, there's a box with the Grimaldi family shield on it, and there's a guy in the box with a pinky ring with the same shield. We don't know who it is, if it's Damian or what, but she went over there. I told her to stay here.
>> Simon: Wait a minute. Do you think Damian's here in one of those boxes?
>> Katie: Yes. All we could see was this hand with a pinky ring on it and smoke, and then, I looked through my glasses, and I saw him looking at me with his opera glasses. It was so freaky. Did you find anything in the building?
>> Simon: Just some guarded storage rooms. I couldn't even get near the basement.
>> Katie: Who guards old junk?
>> Simon: Exactly what I thought. Hey, are you sure Lily was heading straight for that box?
>> Katie: Like she was shot out of a cannon.
>> Katie: Do you see her?
>> Simon: Yeah, she made it. She made it.
>> Katie: What about the pinky ring?
>> Simon: There's no sign of him.
>> Katie: Maybe he took off.
>> Simon: Wait.
>> Katie: What? Let me see.
>> Simon: No, not now. Katie
>> Katie: What?
>> Simon: Oh, no. No.
>> Katie: What?
>> Simon: Lily! Lily! Look out!
>> Katie: What? What is happening?
>> Simon: He's trying to -- he's got her pinned against the railing. Stay here. And whatever you do, do not leave here.
>> Katie: Okay. Hurry, Simon. Hurry, Simon. Get there!
[ Opera music playing ]
[ Lily screams as a man grabs her ]
>> Lily: Where's Damian?! Where's Holden and Luke?!
>> Dante: They're dead.
>> Lily: No, you're lying.
>> Dante: And my brother Damian, he's gone, too. He can't help you now.
>> Lily: Damian has a brother?
>> Dante: Dante. So pleased to meet you. So sorry our acquaintance will have to be so brief.
>> Lily: Oh, let me go!
>> Katie: He's going to strangle her, Simon! Hurry!
[ Lily screams ]
>> Simon: Lily -- look at me, look at me, look at me. Are you okay? Are you all right?
>> Lily: He said that Holden and Luke are dead.
>> Simon: Well, then why is every storage room guarded? Every entrance to the basement is padlocked. >> Lily: Do you think they're here?
>> Simon: They have to be, all right? I know it. They have to be, all right? Let's go. Let's go.

Scene 5:
[ Basement of Opera House in Malta ]

>> Lily: They're gone! Wait. Oh, they escaped! Please, god, let's hope that that's true that they escaped right there.
>> Simon: Lily, that hole could have been there for years.
>> Lily: No. There's fresh dust flying all over the place. Oh, my God! This is Luke's Jacket! They were here. Holden and Luke were here, and I'm -- I'm gonna go find them.
>> Simon: Wait, wait, wait! Lily, wait. Wait, wait, wait. They could already be on the outside. If they've gone through there, they could be on the outside. Let's start the search there.
>> Lily: We have no idea where this leads, Simon.
>> Simon: Crawling through there could be way too risky.
>> Lily: You know what? You check outside, and I'm going to go through here, and I'll meet you on the west end of the opera house. Please, just let me do this. I'll be fine, trust me.
>> Simon: Be careful, all right?
>> Lily: Okay.
[ Lily crawls through the hole in pursuit of Holden and Luke, and Katie runs into the room ]
[ Katie screams ]
>> Katie: Where's Lily?
>> Simon: What the hell are you doing here, Katie?
>> Katie: He got up.
>> Simon: Who? Who got up?
>> Katie: The pinky-ring guy. He got up and took off.
>> Simon: Damn! Damn! Lily's gone through that hole after Holden and Luke.
>> Katie: Come on, come on. We have to find her before he does --
>> Dante: Before he what? Move, and you die.
>> Simon: What do you want with Lily and her family?
>> Dante: I'm the one with the questions. I have a proposition for you. You tell me what I want to know, and you'll live. Refuse -- [ shows gun ] and I'll kill the girl first. Now, where is the Snyder family?


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