EPISODE 6/27/01
Simon and Lily Talk About The Clues They Have Found

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2001

Scene 1:
Place: Oakdale, Illinois
Location: Lily Walsh Snyder's mansion
Scene: Living room

LILY WALSH SNYDER ON THE PHONE.

>> Lily: Damian, I know that is you. Please tell me, are Luke and Holden all right? Damian? Damian?

LILY WALSH SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: I got cut off, but I know it was him. It was Damian.
>> Simon: How can you be so sure it was him?
>> Lily: Because he was speaking Italian. It was Damian. I know his voice. We have a child together. We were married. I know it.
>> Simon: Calm down. Hit redial again. See if he'll pick it up.
>> Lily: No. He's not answering because he knows that it's me. [Lily groans.] I should have pretended to be somebody else. I was in shock.
>> Simon: Listen, listen, listen. If he only said a few words and it was in Italian, how can you be so sure it was him?
>> Lily: I know it was Damian. That means that Damian is alive, which means Holden and Luke are alive.

Scene 2:
Scene: Living room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: Yes. Thank you, captain. I will not leave my house until Detective Adamski comes over. Thank you. Thank you so much
>> Simon: The Chicago PD's sending someone over? That's great.
>> Lily: There's already somebody here in Oakdale working on a case. He's gonna come over right away this afternoon.
>> Simon: Excellent.
>> Lily: I wonder if they can trace a location of a cell phone number? Let me just try that number one more time and see if I can get in touch with Damian. I just have to try.
>> Simon: You're really sure about this, aren't you?
>> Lily: You have no idea how I've been waiting for some sort of lead. Ever time I think about that explosion from that night, I just kept wondering what happened that night? What really happened, and now the world has opened up to me. I know the truth. Damian wanted us to think he died in that explosion. He wanted me and everybody else to think that Luke died, too, but he did not count on us asking questions or Holden leaving that clue for us to find them. Oh, I'm going to see my husband again and my son. I'm gonna hold them in my arms. Thanks to you. Yes, I would not be so sure that they were alive without you asking questions and giving those feelings that I have inside of me, giving them a voice.
>> Simon: I just really want you to get your family back.
>> Lily: You really mean that, don't you?
>> Simon: Of course I do. Lily, I know what a huge part of you they are.
>> Lily: Ever since I found out about your past, I just told myself that you never really cared about me, that I was just another mark. Even after you tried to convince me that you really did love me, I still thought I was just another woman that you tried to take advantage of, and I wished I'd never met you.
>> Simon: You meant so much to me, Lily. From the very beginning, you meant more to me than anyone ever has.
>> Lily: Fate is so strange. A person can be in your life for months, even years, before you know why they're here, and then, in an instant, it just makes sense. You're here to give me hope. If I hadn't met you, then my hope inside would have died. You know, you are -- you are my gift.
>> Simon: I don't know about a gift, but that hope is gonna bring you back your family.
>> Lily: It will. It absolutely will.

Scene 3:
Scene: Living room

LILY SNYDER, SIMON FRASIER, AND DETECTIVE ADAMSKI

>> Lily: Simon tracked down the number in Damian Grimaldi's suite. That's what led us to the boat rental place.
>> Adamski: And you two talked to the man who owned it?
>> Lily: Yes, and after questioning him for quite some time, he admitted he'd been paid a lot of money to moor a speedboat in Lake Michigan.
>> Adamski: Now, did Grimaldi pay this money directly to the boat rental guy?
>> Lily: No. He left it in the boat the morning after the explosion.
>> Adamski: I talked to a detective, uh, Snyder here at the Oakdale PD Apparently he's running some DNA tests at your request?
>> Lily: Yes, that's right.
>> Adamski: On a lollipop?
>> Lily: Yes. The lollipop is very important because my husband had it. Holden had it in his pocket. My daughter got it from the pediatrician. She didn't finish it, and he had it in his pocket the night of the explosion. Then Simon found it in the speedboat, stuck to one of the seats.
>> Adamski: That was left on Lake Michigan at Grimaldi's request?
>> Lily: Exactly, yes. That's right.
>> Adamski: I understand that detective Snyder is a relative of your late husband?
>> Lily: He's not my late husband. He's alive. He's alive, and so is my son. Jack Snyder is Holden's cousin. So what? What difference does that make?
>> Adamski: I'm just thinking it's good to be able to make special requests to the PD.
>> Lily: Jack would never do anything that was unreasonable no matter who I am.
>> Adamski: DNA testing is expensive and time consuming, and a lollipop is hardly a smoking gun.
>> Lily: What difference does that -- ? It's just a little piece of the puzzle. There's so many different things here. I heard Damian's voice on the phone today.
>> Adamski: You claim you got that number from the caller I.D. On the boat rental guy's phone?
>> Lily: Yes, that's right, and I have it here.
>> Adamski: Did Grimaldi identify himself when he answered? Did he say "Grimaldi here," something like that?
>> Lily: No, he said "Pronto" in Italian. He said -- I know it was Damian. I know it was -- he said other things, and I don't even know what he said.
>> Adamski: This fellow said "Hello" a couple of times in Italian and you're certain who you were talking to?
>> Lily: You don't believe a word I'm saying, do you?

Scene 4:
Scene: Living room

LILY SNYDER, SIMON FRASIER, AND DETECTIVE ADAMSKI

>> Adamski: Mrs. Snyder, I know how great a loss you've suffered -- both your husband and your son. It's got to be hell to accept. But you are talking about a lollipop as if it's evidence that they could have survived an explosion that decimated everything in its path. You're making identifications off a few isolated words spoken in a foreign language. And even by your own account, the guy at the boat rental place never saw Mr. Grimaldi or anyone else.
>> Lily: I know this is a lot of little things, but they add up. I cannot believe you're gonna just dismiss all this information.
>> Simon: Especially since it's your very department that expects Lily to accept the death her husband and son, when you haven't even produced a body.
>> Adamski: I'd rather not get graphic here.
>> Lily: Please, I can take it.
>> Adamski: In an explosion of that force, bodies are rarely retrieved. There were some damaged personal items, were there not? Blood-stained clothing?
>> Lily: I am not gonna give up on my husband and my son because they found a teddy bear and some ripped clothes.
>> Adamski: Yet our department should reopen the investigation because you found a piece of a lollipop?
>> Simon: Listen, listen, listen. If the -- if a person wanted the world to believe that he were dead, isn't it just very possible that he might leave those bits of clothing out there to create that illusion?
>> Adamski: It's possible, but it's so far-fetched --
>> Lily: That's what Damian wants. Don't you understand? He said that he was threatened. His life and my son's life were threatened.
>> Simon: You were -- you were aware of that?
>> Adamski: Actually, I just started checking into Grimaldi's background.
>> Simon: Good. Well, that's excellent. Then wouldn't it be worthwhile to maybe dust the speedboat for fingerprints, to track down this phone number that Lily was calling today?
>> Adamski: Of course. I'll do all that. I've already started tracking Grimaldi's movements from the last time he left Malta.
>> Lily: Good, because he's alive. And so is my husband and my son.
>> Adamski: Thank you, then, for this information.
>> Lily: I can expect to hear from you soon?
>> Adamski: Without a doubt. You may be onto something there, Mrs. Snyder.
>> Lily: Did you hear that? He said I might be onto something.
[Lily hugs Simon]

Scene 5:
Place: Island off of the coast of North Carolina.
Location: The beach

KATIE FRASIER AND SIMON FRASIER

[Katie dreaming.]
[Simon is dressed in an old fashioned pilot's uniform]
>> Simon: Katherine? Katherine? Katie!
>> Katie: Simon? I can't believe you're finally here!
>> Simon: My plane, it went down in the Atlantic. I had to swim for miles. But nothing -- nothing could keep me from getting to you, my love.
>> Katie: Wow, you're not even damp. You look incredible. Cotton twill?
>> Simon: Gabardine, my love. It's drip dry. Like my tears. Do you know how desperately I've been searching for you? I've been mad with worry. Why -- why would you run off on me like this?
>> Katie: I told you in my note -- I wanted to be the one to find your diamond. And I did, too. But then I lost it. A bird swooped down and took it away, along with any other chance that I ever had of winning your love.
>> Simon: Silly goose, you don't have to win my love. It's always been yours, right there for the taking. I was just too stubborn to realize it. I don't care about any diamond. All I care about is you.
[Katie wakes up]

Scene 6:
Scene: Living room

LILY SNYDER AND SIMON FRASIER

>> Lily: Between the lollipop, the phone call and the fingerprints -- thank you for that -- on the boat, one of these leads has to pan out.
>> Simon: It's a great start, then, Lily. You're well on your way.
>> Lily: You sound like you're not going to help me anymore.
>> Simon: Please, you don't need me anymore.
>> Lily: What are you talking about? No, this is because of you, because of what you've done for me. You were great with the police department and the guy in Wisconsin. No, we're a team now. We have to work together on this.
>> Simon: Look, all I did was confirm what you were already thinking. And now you know enough to, you know, forge ahead, be inspired, go ahead on your own. You'll be fine.
>> Lily: What is it you're not telling me?
>> Simon: Well, the truth is, I've -- I've kind of got some problems of my own right now.
>> Lily: I'm sorry. Oh, I've been selfish. I'm so sorry. Here I am talking about Holden and Luke --
>> Simon: Are you kidding me? That's exactly who you should be thinking about.
>> Lily: What is it? Just tell me what it is, please.
>> Simon: It's Katie. She's taken off, and I really think I should go find her. She's been gone for a while. She could be in some trouble.
>> Lily: Do you know where she is?
>> Simon: I didn't -- until I found a note that she left me that had been lost a few weeks ago. You're not gonna believe what it said. She was headed for the island.
>> Lily: The I -- island? Our island?
>> Simon: Yes.
[Door slams.]

ROSE D'ANGELO AND FAITH SNYDER ENTER

>> Rose: Did we have a picnic to end all picnics? Three PB&J's down the hatch.
>> Lily: My little girl must have been hungry.
>> Rose: First she takes off all the crusts and then she licks out all the jelly from the middle. Just like her Aunt Rose. Got to have the sweet stuff when she gets near it.
>> Lily: Thanks for watching Faith. It was a lot to ask again.
>> Rose: Are you kidding me? It's good for you to take breaks from Worldwide. It keeps Lucinda grateful. Besides, we had a great time, didn't we? We circled that park like a hundred times. We really gave those little boys a run for their money. You ready for a sticky 2-year-old?
>> Lily: I would absolutely love that.
>> Rose: She might need a couple glasses of milk to wash down those sandwiches.
>> Lily: I'll see what I can do. Thank you, Simon.
>> Simon: It was my pleasure.
>> Rose: Wow. What did you do?
>> Simon: Everything I possibly could. Now it's time for you to make good on your end of the deal.

Scene 7:
Scene: Inside the doorway

SIMON FRASIER AND ROSE D'ANGELO

>> Rose: You sure you want to track Katie down? You know, you could just cash that check, go off to parts unknown. Nobody would ever know. I wouldn't tell anybody.
>> Simon: The sad thing is, Rose, that if I don't go looking for Katie, I don't think anyone else is going to.
>> Rose: You know who you remind me of? Bobby Carlucci, back in Hoboken. Oh, he had a heart of gold. He was so cute, and everybody thought he was too good for himself, he'd never help nobody. And one day, Sister Agnes broke all her rosary beads, one by one, rolling down. But nobody else helped but Bobby Carlucci, down on his hands and knees, picked up every single bead. Every one. You're like him. You got a good heart.
>> Simon: Yeah, well, don't tell anyone, Rose, because people like me and Bobby, we've got a reputation to protect.
>> Rose: Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

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