EPISODE 3/4/02
Simon Tries To Donate Money

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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale Police Department
Scene: Interrogation Room

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, KATIE FRASIER

>> Margo: Hal is just -- he's been so unpredictable since he's been back. He's been so strange.
>> Simon: Margo, what are you saying?
>> Margo: I have no idea.
>> Simon: You don't trust him? Is that it?
>> Margo: No, I trust Hal. I just don't know that I trust what's happened to him.
>> Simon: Okay, look, if you want to hold off on telling him that I'm working for Jack, that's fine with me.
>> Margo: That's a good idea. Yes, yes. Let's hold off. Thank you, by the way, so much for keeping this investigation a secret. I know that that's difficult, especially for Katie.
>> Simon: Yes, for Katie.
>> Margo: Finding this vial of viagra means so much to me. It means that Jack is alive. You don't know how grateful I am for that. You told me, she used e a nurse, didn't she?
>> Margo: Oh, you are so right. She would know exactly what to give him. But how could she move him on her own if he was drugged. How could she -- ambulance transport. My father-in-law, Bob Hughes, he's the Chief of Staff over at Memorial. He would have a list of ambulance transports. I'll call him for you. [ Margo calls Bob ]
>> Simon: Great. [ cell phone rings ] Simon Frasier.
>> Katie: Really? And who is he? Would I find him in the phone book under "long-lost husbands"?
>> Simon: Hey, honey.
>> Katie: Snickers wants to know when you're coming home.
>> Simon: Well, tell her I might be a little late, but I do miss her.
>> Katie: She misses you, too.
>> Simon: I'm really sorry about this. I shouldn't be too long. Why don't you go catch a movie with Lucy or something?
>> Katie: Because I really don't want to check out a movie with Lucy.
>> Simon: Look, I'll be back soon. Look, I love you.
>> Katie: Bye.
>> Margo: Okay. We're all set. Bob's going to send over a list for me.
>> Simon: Margo?
>> Margo: What?
>> Simon: I hate lying to Katie. I can't do it anymore.
>> Margo: I know, I know, but it's for her own safety to keep her away from Stenbeck. Please, Simon, just focus on this, or you put yourself, you put the entire investigation, you put Katie in jeopardy.
>> Simon: All right. Sure. All right. Has Dr. Hughes got this list?
[Squad Room]
>> Margo: Yeah. And listen, Simon, don't worry about Katie. I'll take care of everything.
>> Simon: Great. Thanks, Margo. You know how she gets.
>> Margo: Yes, I do. Officer? Newlyweds, huh? Have this rubbed for prints. Thank you.

Scene 2:
Scene: Squad Room

KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, SIMON FRASIER

>> Katie: Oh, I am so glad you're here.
>> Margo: Really? I'm not. Why?
>> Katie: Something's wrong with Simon.
>> Margo: What? What happened?
>> Katie: Well, it's not what happened. It's what didn't happen. He won't explain why he's gone all day and half the night or why he was supposed to be on a plane to Europe and then he's in Oakdale -- and he might as well be in Europe, because I never get to talk to him.
>> Margo: Hey, you want to hear about my day? I have two cases that I can't solve. Jack Snyder has been hijacked by ex-wife, who's crazy. Hal Munson is here, but he's not really here, which is crazy. And I haven't slept in two days. It's crazy!
>> Katie: Yeah, you do look awful -- I mean exhausted and pale. Although you know what? I didn't even think it's you. I think it's the color of that shirt that's talking to me.
>> Margo: You know, I could just hit the top of your head for saying that.
>> Katie: Oh, Margo, I'm sorry. I just, I need your advice, because that's what sisters are for, and I really need it.
>> Margo: Well, you know, since you and Simon consider me the Mecca of marital advice --
>> Katie: What? Simon's come to you, too?
>> Margo: Oh, yes. Yes, he has. Yes, several times.
>> Katie: What about?
>> Margo: About you. He is worried about you and your business relationship with this Dahlia.
>> Katie: Yeah, well, he and I talked about that. I thought he was fine with me going through with the video.
>> Margo: Well, maybe he was.
>> Katie: Did he show you a check?
>> Margo: No.
>> Katie: Because I found this enormous check in his pocket while he was in the shower.
>> Margo: Wait a minute. You go through his pockets while he's bathing?
>> Katie: Well, it was actually, I found it before he was bathing, but then I looked at it while he was bathing, and I didn't want to say anything to him. I didn't know what to do, so I hid it, and then, when I went back, it was gone.
>> Margo: Oh, well.
>> Katie: So this check was made out to him from some woman -- well, a law firm actually, but I was no fool to that. You should have seen the amount of zeroes on this check. It's insane, and I don't know what to do. What should I do?
>> Margo: You should go home and pat the bunny or exercise or something.
>> Katie: You're really not supposed to exercise at night. It could keep you up at night. Oh, you know what?
You're a genius, Margo -- just genius. Thank you so much.
>> Margo: You're welcome.
>> Katie: I am going to go home and exercise and stay up all night so when Simon comes home, there I'll be.
>> Margo: Great idea.
>> Katie: No more of this coming in at 2:00 in the morning, not explaining anything, not answering questions. No, no, no, no. Those days are over. I will be awake, and I will be alert, and he will tell me everything that's going on.
[ Margo remembering ]
Simon: So what do you want me to tell Katie?
>> Margo: Tell her that the job fell through.
You're not working for me. I found somebody else to do it.
>> Simon: Why are you so afraid of her?
>> Margo: You're married to her. Aren't you afraid?
Simon, look, I can't have her sticking her well-meaning little nose into this.
Three women have already disappeared, and I don't want Stenbeck to get ahold of her.
>> Simon: He won't. I will do everything in my power to protect Katie.
>> Katie: You know, I don't even care what it is, it's just that I'm his wife, and I deserve to know.
>> Margo: You know, Katie, in my vast experience of being a married woman, I found that what a husband really needs is just a little room, both emotionally and psychologically. And as I recall, it took Simon a long time to commit in the first place, right?
>> Katie: Please. I practically had to starve to death on that island before he admitted that he loved me.
>> Margo: Okay, so honey, your course of action here is you just ask no questions and see no evil. Just trust him. Trust your husband. Trust your husband, and leave him alone.

Scene 3:
Location: Memorial Hospital
Scene: Hallway

SIMON FRASIER, DR. BOB HUGHES

>> Simon: Dr. Hughes.
>> Bob: Simon. Simon, yeah, Margo told me to expect you. Let me see here. Yeah, this is it -- community travel services for patients.
You know, I would start with the private ambulance services. Ours just go back and forth to the hospital.
>> Simon: Oh, great. That is excellent. Thank you.
>> Bob: Okay. If I can be of any further help, let me know.
>> Simon: Actually, actually, the burn unit expansion fund. I missed the benefit, but are you still accepting donations?
>> Bob: Well, listen, if you and Katie want to throw in a couple of bucks, of course that would be appreciated, but I know how hard it is living on a newlywed's budget.
>> Simon: Is wasn't exactly part of the budget. It's made out to me, but I've signed it over to the fund.
>> Bob: Simon, this is more than we raised at the benefit. Are you sure about this?
>> Simon: Listen, listen, it's just -- look, it was a windfall. I don't want it.
>> Bob: Well, listen, the hospital can certainly use it, and if you and Katie really feel this generous --
>> Simon: Listen, Dr. Hughes, Katie doesn't know about this, and I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell her.
>> Bob: Well, I can't do that. You'd better talk this over with your wife.

Scene 4:
Location: Memorial Hospital
Scene: Hallway

SIMON FRASIER, DR. BOB HUGHES

>> Simon: Look, the money is mine. I do have the paperwork to prove it.
>> Bob: Simon, I don't doubt that.
>> Simon: And I'm sure Katie would approve of giving this to the fund.
>> Bob: Look, I've been married a long time, and if there's one thing I've learned, never take your wife or her opinions for granted. You talk it over with Katie, and if you want to make -- both of you want to make this donation, have a check drawn on your joint account, and I'll hang a plaque in your honor.
>> Simon: All right, sure. Thank you.
>> Bob: Thank you.
>> Simon: And I will be back.

Scene 5:
Location: The Lakeview
Scene: Simon & Katie's Room

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER

>> Katie: Do you know why I hate secrets? Probably because I can't keep them. So, Margo tells me that I should give him his space. And how am I supposed to do that, huh? He just gets to do whatever he wants to do, and I get to know it, but I can't tell him that I know what he's doing.
>> Simon: Who are you talking about, Snickers?
>> Katie: What are you doing here?
>> Simon: I live here -- with my very beautiful wife and a very talkative rabbit.
>> Katie: Oh, no, no. Now, see, that's the problem.
>> Simon: No, no more problems.
>> Katie: Yes, I can't stay mad at you because I love you. And then you do , and every time I see you I just wanna --
>> Simon: Me, too. Me, too.
>> Katie: And then I lose my grip, and I can't lose my grip.
>> Simon: Lose your grip.
>> Katie: No, I can't.
>> Simon: Lose your grip.
>> Katie: Really?
>> Simon: Absolutely.
>> Katie: So you don't need your space?
>> Simon: I need you.
>> Katie: Okay. Why did Monique Ferrara give you that check?

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