EPISODE 6/29/04
Simon Leaves

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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2004
Scene 1:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: You really know how to twist things around, don't you? You say whatever you want to get whatever you want 'cause that's what a con man does. That's what you were when I met you. And after all this time, I tried to convince myself that you had changed, but you haven't. You're conning me, even now.
>> Simon: No, I'm not. You know, I just love you so much I do desperate, stupid things and I make mistakes. I'm so sorry. You will never know how much.
>> Katie: Sorry isn't always enough.
>> Simon: All right, then what is? Katie, what is it going to take for you to forgive me?
>> Katie: I do forgive you, Simon.
>> Simon: You do?
>> Katie: But even my forgiving you doesn't change anything.
>> Simon: You're my wife. And if you don't believe in me, who will?
>> Katie: If Pilar hadn't left that note, would you have told me the truth? I didn't think so.
>> Simon: Let me make it up to you.
>> Katie: You can't. You can't make up for all the lies, or the nights that I spent in that mental hospital, or poor Mike feeling like he was responsible for all this. Because when you're done talking, I'll know the truth. That whatever you say isn't real because you're not real. And now that I know that, why would I ever, ever want to see you again?

Scene 2:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: Katie, my love for you is the only real thing I've ever know in my life.
>> Katie: Well, then that's just sad for you, Simon.
>> Simon: Yeah. We are going to find a way back to each other. I know it.
>> Katie: Sometimes you can't. Sometimes the hurt is just too deep. Like the night my father died. I was so little, but I remember when they told me he was gone I just had this sinking feeling thatI I wasn't going to be happy for a really long time and that's how I feel right now.
>> Simon: Just know however messed up my approach, what I did was just out of love for you.
>> Katie: Love or fear, Simon? Why did you feel like you had to concoct this whole scheme to get Mike out of the picture? All you had to do was walk through that door, that would have been enough. My husband would have known that.
>> Simon: You're right. I have no idea why I did it. I just didn't want anyone to come between us.
>> Katie: Yeah, but you ended up coming between us. And the woman you hired almost killed me.
>> Simon: Where are you going?
>> Katie: I gotta go take a bath. I can still smell Pilar's perfume on me.
>> Simon: Listen, if I walk out that door -- you know what the one thing we're both going to feel for the rest of our lives is? Is regret.
>> Katie: Yeah, I saw that movie, too, Simon. It didn't have a happy ending either.

Scene 3:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: I thought you'd be gone.
>> Simon: Just having trouble leaving the only real home I've ever had.
>> Katie: Funny, it's the closest thing I've had to a real home myself.
>> Simon: Yeah. That's because we built it. Together. We brought life to this place.
>> Katie: When you came back, I think I just got so caught up in how much I loved you that I didn't realize there was another kind of love. The kind that stays. The kind that holds your hand when you're watching tv. The kind that has picnics by the lake. The kind that goes to see baseball games. The kind that doesn't feel like you have to win someone's heart like it's a prize, the kind that just loves because it can't not love.
>> Simon: All I ever wanted was to be able do all those things with you, you know? >> Katie: Well, you can't, Simon. You're free. So just go. The world is full of easy marks and lonely women. So please just leave -- for good this time. And don't come back.

Scene 4:
Location: Lakeview Towers Hotel
Scene: Lounge

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MIKE KASNOFF, BARTENDER

[ Mike fantasizing ]
>> Mike: Thank god I found you.
>> Simon: We were just about to board.
>> Mike: He wouldn't let me see you before. Please, I just want to talk to you.
>> Katie: Our plane is waiting.
>> Simon: The rest of our lives are waiting.
>> Mike: Look, I just want to tell you that as much as I wish it were me getting on that plane with you, I just want to let you to know I'm glad you're happy. That's all I ever wanted for you was a good life.
[ Simon clears his throat ]
>> Simon: That's very nice of you. Thank you very much.
>> Mike: I knew that one of us would have to lose you. But seeing you smile, it makes it worth the pain.
>> Katie: I don't have to listen to this. I've already listened to him tell me I was crazy. I've listened to him tell me I had to be put away because I was a danger to Pilar and myself.
>> Mike: I was wrong.
>> Katie: Yes, you were -- about everything.
>> Simon: Ah, we'll see you later, mate.
>> Katie: What part of goodbye don't you understand?
>> Simon: Baby, would you like me to get rid of him?
>> Katie: Oh, no. He can't help it. Poor thing didn't even know a psychopath when he was sleeping with one. Have a nice life, Mike. I know we will. I want you not I need you not
>> Bartender: Hey, pal, ready for that cab?
>> Mike: No, not yet.

Scene 5:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Simon: I never lost faith in us, Katie. I lost faith in myself. If you want me to leave, I'll leave. But know I will never stop loving you. If you ever need me --
>> Katie: Please, just -- just go.
>> Simon: I'm sorry.
[ Simon leaves ]
[ Katie sobbing ]
>> Katie: Oh, god.
[ Knock at the door ]
>> Margo: Honey, I just saw Simon driving away.
>> Katie: He's leaving, Margo. For good this time.
>> Margo: I thought you two were supposed to be well on your way to Australia. I just came by to check the house on my way home.
>> Katie: It's over.
>> Margo: Do you wanna talk?
>> Katie: No. I just want you to help me figure out what to do next.
[ Katie sobs ]
>> Margo: Okay, okay.

Scene 6:
Location: Frasier Cottage
Scene: Living Room

KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Margo: So you found this when you got home?
>> Katie: I remembered Pilar putting it under the pillow before she forced me out of the window.
>> Margo: Oh, my god.
>> Katie: So now you can see why I can never forgive him.
>> Margo: So are you really sure this time?
>> Katie: Yeah, I'm sure. Simon and I were never like you and Tom. We were like one of those couples you see in an action movie. You know, everything's great and romantic when things are happening and we're saving the world but you know when that screen goes black that they don't have a prayer in the real world.
>> Margo: Baby, I'm so sorry.
>> Katie: If he just wouldn't have tried to set it up so that Mike was out of the way, if he would have just come back, I think things would have been okay, you know? I would have gone to Australia with him. I would have gone anywhere with him. But there's no trust now.
>> Margo: Listen to me. Does Mike know about Simon and Pilar?
>> Katie: No.
>> Margo: Well, you got to tell him. He's got to know.
>> Katie: Margo, I was so awful to him. He came to me and told me he was wrong about Pilar. And I said "well, it doesn't matter because all I want is Simon. Simon's the only thing that matters." I was horrible to him. I hurt him.
>> Margo: You didn't know the truth then. Neither did he. He'll understand.
>> Katie: Simon said that he sent Pilar because he was sure that I'd never be able to love him completely after being with Mike.
>> Margo: So was he wrong? Katie, what are you sitting here for? Get over there. He's at the Lakeview. He's drowning his sorrows in beer. Get up and tell the man how you feel.
>> Katie: What if it's too late?
>> Margo: It's never too late. If it's real love it's never too late. Oh, my god. If you're lucky enough to find it once in your life, you got to fight for it. Because if you don't, if you throw this away, you're going to regret it the rest of your life. Believe me, I know.

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