EPISODE 6/25/01
Simon And Lily Find A Clue About Damien

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TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2001

Scene 1:
[ Boat Rental Outfit in Wisconsin ]

>> Lily: We've already missed him!
>> Simon: It's all right. He's inside packing up. It's okay. You need to give yourself a second, all right? Calm down, calm down.
>> Lily: Okay, okay.
>> Simon: You don't want to spook this guy. All right, maybe I should just go in and handle it myself.
>> Lily: No, you've tried to get information from him before when you came here with Jake.
>> Simon: Look at you, you are a nervous wreck.
>> Lily: Because this is our last chance. If I don't get some answers from this man, I may never see my husband or my son again.
>> Simon: Okay, but if this guy's one of the masterminds behind the explosion, what happens to you then? This is a stupid idea, let's go.
>> Lily: No, I'll be okay. Okay. Just -- you'll be here, outside.
>> Simon: I'm going to be right here. If you need anything, just yell, okay? Be careful.
[ Lily clears her throat ]
>> Doyle: We're closed.
>> Lily: Yes, I know, I saw the sign on the door. Are you closing down your business?
>> Doyle: Yeah, I'm officially retiring. If you want fishin' gear, check at Belk's down
the highway about 1 1/2 miles, on the right.
>> Lily: No, I -- I don't need a boat.
>> Doyle: What do you need, directions or somethin'?
>> Lily: You might say that. According to these papers, my husband and my son were killed recently.
>> Doyle: What's that got to do with me?
>> Lily: I want you to help me bring them back from the dead.

Scene 2:
[ Boat Rental Outfit in Wisconsin ]

>> Doyle: Lady, I don't know what side of the Quija board you woke up on, but you've got the wrong guy. The only dead people I know ain't coming back. I'm sorry. Now, that was -- I didn't mean to be rude. It's just that
I'm headin' out of town later today.
>> Lily: I know. That's why I needed to speak to you. Because these deaths are a mistake!
>> Doyle: Well, what's that got to d with me? My ex-husband, Damian Grimaldi?
>> Doyle: Never heard of him.
>> Lily: Wait a -- now you may know something, and you don't realize it -- something important! Now, Damian, my ex-husband, wanted to take my son, Luke, out of the country. When my new husband, Holden and I, denied him, he kidnapped my son! And he -- the boat exploded, they found no bodies!
>> Doyle: I don't understand what this has got to do with me.
>> Lily: Your number was found in Damian's hotel room back in Oakdale.
>> Doyle: Well, maybe he was plannin' a fishin' trip up here or somethin'.
>> Lily: He owns an ocean yacht. Why would he need to rent a little fishing boat from you?!
>> Doyle: I don't know! You okay? Can I get you anything?
>> Lily: Some water.
>> Doyle: Okay, just stay put.
>> Lily: [ Lily picks up a photo ] Don't forget to pack that. Your little girl?
>> Doyle: Yeah, that's my Amy. Now she's all grown up. Made herself a bunch of that dotcom money, and she bought a condo down in Florida.
>> Lily: You must be very proud.
>> Doyle: Yeah, me and the missus are moving down there, too.
>> Lily: That's nice. How would you feel if your wife kidnapped your daughter and took her to a foreign country?
>> Doyle: I already told you --
>> Lily: Please, my name is Lily Snyder! And this is my husband and my son. Please.
>> Doyle: Lady, I already told you, I don't know Jack about this.
>> Lily: I have to find him! My son is very young, he needs me! How's he going to feel?! How's he going to feel --?! He must be terrified! He must think that I've abandoned him and his life!
>> Doyle: Look, I don't want -- I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but maybe the problem is that you don't want to believe what's right in front of you. I know it's tough when it's your kid and your husband, but there it is in black and white!
>> Lily: They're not dead! They're not dead, Mr. Doyle! But if you don't help me, they could end up that way!

Scene 3:
[ Boat Rental Outfit in Wisconsin ]

>> Doyle: I'm sorry about your loss, lady. But I swear, I never seen your husband or son before.
>> Lily: Mr. Doyle, please.
>> Doyle: I swear. You can hook me up to a lie-detector test. I never seen 'em.
>> Lily: Damian called you.
>> Doyle: I don't remember nothin' like that.
>> Lily: You're lying to me! You're lying! Please, why won't you tell me the truth?! You want money? I'll give you money.
>> Doyle: Lady, I've been -- I've tried to be nice. Now, I think you better get out of here! >> Lily: Are you being threatened? Because I can get police protection for you, no problem.
>> Doyle: Look, I don't know Jack about this! But I want you to get out! Go on, get out! Oh, I remember you from before. I don't know what kind of game you two are playin', but I want you out of my place now.
>> Lily: He knows something, Simon.
>> Doyle: Stay away from me.
>> Simon: You don't tell us about the fancy speedboat you've got hidden in the garage, huh?
>> Doyle: Hey, how did you -- get out!
>> Lily: My husband left a clue for me on that boat! A piece of candy that my daughter gave to him!
>> Doyle: What are you talking about?
>> Lily: You know what happened to them! Please tell us.
>> Doyle: I can't tell you anything I don't know! I'm callin' the cops.
>> Simon: Good, good, go ahead.
>> Doyle: This is private property. You've got no business trespassin' here!
>> Simon: You just tried to assault this woman with a weapon. I was a witness. I saw it all.
>> Doyle: Yeah, well, I live in this town. Who do you think the cops are gonna believe, you or me?
>> Simon: Fine, fine. Go ahead, call your friends. We've got a few of those ourselves.
>> Lily: That's right, Holden's cousin works for the Oakdale PD. And I'll have them bring the FBI with them.
>> Doyle: The FBI? What for?
>> Lily: To deal with the charges of kidnapping.
>> Doyle: Kidnapping?! Yeah, go ahead, call the cops! Call the feds! You got nothin' on me!
>> Lily: If you were involved in this in any way, you will be an accessory to kidnapping.
>> Doyle: Kidnapping?
>> Simon: And if anything happens to Holden and Luke, because you were too stupid to come clean, then you would be an accessory to murder, as well.
>> Doyle: What are you talk -- murder?! What are you --?! I didn't know I was getting into anything like that! I didn't know!
>> Lily: Then tell us. What did you think you were getting yourself into. I want you to tell me hat happened to my husband and my son!
>> Doyle: Look, I didn't know what the speedboat was being used for. I was paid well not to ask.
>> Lily: But you saw Holden and Luke? Were they okay?
>> Doyle: No.
>> Lily: What happened to them?!
>> Doyle: No, I mean, I didn't see them. I didn't even skipper the boat. I never saw the client.
>> Simon: All right, why don't you just start at the beginning?
>> Doyle: Well, this guys calls and wanted to rent a speedboat.
>> Lily: Did he say his name?
>> Doyle: No names. I was to bring the boat down to Chicago, tie it up to a buoy that was at a certain point along the shoreline, which is what I did. I went back the next morning, picked up the boat, it was tied right exactly where I left it.
>> Simon: You did all that off an anonymous phone call? No one is that trusting.
>> Doyle: I was paid $50,000 in advance, and there was another $50,000 in the boat. So I figured, you know, I couldn't lose.
>> Simon: Come on, for that kind of money, you had to know this wasn't legit. Didn't you suspect anything?
>> Doyle: Sure I did. I figured they were smuggling drugs or whatever. But at the worst, I figured, they'd confiscate the boat, I'd still have $50,000. It was my one chance to get out of this dump.
>> Lily: The man that you spoke to -- what did he sound like?
>> Doyle: What do you mean?
>> Simon: Did he have an accent?
>> Doyle: I don't know -- we didn't talk long. Maybe -- he could've.
>> Lily: Did he leave a number?
>> Doyle: No, it was the other way around. He called here. Now that's it. That's all I know. That's it. I've got packing to do. You two have got to get out of here.
>> Lily: Well, I guess that's it, then -- Mr. Doyle has told us everything that he knows. Can I ask you one more favor? May I just make a phone call to see if there's any more news.
>> Doyle: There's a pay phone outside.
>> Simon: Oh, come on, mate. After everything -- please, just let her use the phone.
>> Doyle: Sure, go ahead. Knock yourself out.
>> Simon: Tell me, the morning that you picked the boat up, was there anything left on there?
>> Doyle: Like what?
>> Simon: I don't know. A change of clothes for the kid -- trash -- anything written down that might give us a clue as to where they were headed?
>> Doyle: Nothing like that.
>> Lily: [ Lily pretends to place a phone call, and then puts the phone in her bag ] There's been no news. No news at all. { Lily runs out and Simon runs after her ]
>> Simon: Lily? Lily, wait!

Scene 4:
[ Snyder Home ]
[ Simon and Lily are trying the numbers on Doyle's phone's caller ID ]
>> Simon: No, nothing. Just another boatyard.
>> Lily: That's all the numbers with an Illinois area code.
>> Simon: Maybe Damian made the calls from Wisconsin.
>> Lily: Or a cell phone. There's dozens -- dozens of numbers on his caller I.D.
>> Simon: Here, here. What we should do is we go back further. Go further back to the calls received the afternoon before the explosion in case Damian called to reconfirm his plans.
>> Lily: Here's one.
>> Simon: You recognize the area code?
>> Lily: No, I don't.
>> Simon. All right, call it.
>> Lily: Please, God, be something. Nobody's answering.
>> Damian: Pronto?
>> Simon: What? What is it?
>> Damian: Pronto? [ Speaking Italian ]
>> Lily: Oh, my God, it's Damian!


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