EPISODE 5/23/02
Simon Finds The Bomb

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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002

Scene 1:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, POLICEMEN

>> Policeman #1: Freeze, lady! You, too, pal! Nobody move!
>> Simon: Hey. Hey, look, she fell down -
>> Policeman #1: Keep your hands up and step away from the victim.
>> Katie: We're the victims here. Call my sister, Detective Hughes. She knows all about this, how this woman's been terrorizing us.
>> Policeman #1: Yeah, she looks like a real threat.
>> Katie: Is she still alive? She was following me up the stairs. She was trying to hold me back. I was trying to get away from her, and she fell.
[DAHLIA VENTURA regains consciousness]
>> Dahlia: He tried - he tried to kill her.
>> Simon: That's a lie. That is a lie. That's a lie.
>> Dahlia: You have to protect her. He's a murderer.

Scene 2:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, DAHLIA VENTURA

>> Katie: Margo, she's still alive. She's not dead. Simon did not kill her!
The only reason she's on the floor is because she hit him over the head, and then she started following me -
>> Margo: Katie, would you please stop talking?!
>> Katie: She's not dead.
>> Margo: I can see that.
>> Katie: Well, your officer here seems to think that we're the bad guys instead of her, and we're not!
>> Margo: Officer, holster your weapon. These two will not be a problem. Will they?
>> Katie: No, of course not, now that you're here.
>> Margo: Dahlia Ventura?
>> Dahlia: Oh, my head.
>> Margo: An ambulance is on its way, Ms. Ventura.
>> Margo: Do you please wanna tell me how this happened?
>> Simon: I found a listening device by the fireplace.
>> Margo: Show me.
>> Simon: There.
>> Margo: All right, I need you to go out and find the receiver, a mile radius. When did you find this?
>> Simon: A few days ago.
>> Margo: "A few days ago"?
>> Katie: The only reason we didn't tell you is - we were trying to trick her to come in here and come back, and she did. All right, I'm not saying another word, I promise. Just that - this was my idea, so don't blame Simon.
>> Simon: Look, Margo, I had to be able to prove that I didn't kill her.
>> Margo: By trying to kill her?
>> Katie: Yeah, but she's not dead!
>> Simon: Oh, come on.
>> Katie: She's just faking it, like always! We told you this was happening, and this proves it!
>> Margo: Dahlia Ventura called the police dispatch and said that Simon was trying to kill you. Now, you can either tell me what is going on right now, or we can continue this discussion down at the police station.

Scene 3:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Katie: Margo, you gotta understand. We are not the ones you should be taking down to the station. It's Dahlia, the -
>> Simon: Hey, hey.
>> Margo: Katie, how exactly did she fall from this desk?
>> Simon: Well, after I was knocked out by Dahlia, I came in here and found Katie and Dahlia fighting.
>> Margo: Fighting how?
>> Katie: She was pulling me, saying the most awful things.
>> Margo: Well, that's too bad, but it's not a crime.
>> Katie: I know, but she was pushing me all over the place.
>> Margo: Did she push you with her hands?
>> Katie: Yes!
>> Margo: Did you see a weapon? Did she have a weapon? Did she threaten her in any way if you did not accede to her demands?
>> Katie: Well, she was - she hit Simon over the head. Margo, this is her M.O. She does all of these things to us and then she makes it look like Simon's fault. Now she's trying to get me to believe that he was gonna blow me up.
>> Margo: Oh, Katie.
>> Katie: Like, she said he had a bomb. And he was gonna blow up this place, like he would ever do that -
>> Margo: All right, Katie, stop talking! Just tell me what Dahlia said, exactly.
>> Katie: She said she heard him on the phone ordering stuff to make a bomb - fuses and whatever.
>> Simon: What?
>> Margo: So she said that he planted a bomb in this house?
>> Katie: Yeah, it's a total lie. Simon would never do something like that.
>> Margo: All right, all right. EMS, we got a bomb threat. Get her out of here!

Scene 4:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, KATIE FRASIER

>> Margo: Tell the Chief we got a bomb threat and we need the Fire Department now.
>> Katie: Simon is - what are you doing? Get back here.
>> Cop #1: Detective?
>> Margo: What?
>> Cop #1: We found the receiver.
>> Margo: Great. Throw it in the car and cordon off the area. Nobody gets through except the Fire Department, EMS, and Bomb Squad.
>> Katie: But Margo, this is crazy! Simon would never plant a bomb.
>> Simon: Never mind. Margo, can you please get her out of here now?
>> Margo: All right, we'll get you both out of here.
>> Katie: Hold on, there is no bomb! Come on.
>> Simon: I'm not gonna have that woman blowing up my house. Get her out of here!
>> Katie: And I'm not leaving here without you!
>> Margo: Katie, will you -
>> Katie: Stop it!
>> Margo: Now!
>> Katie: Let's just realize that nothing is going on here.
>> Margo: Would you please take a deep breath?
>> Simon: Get her out of here now!
>> Katie: I'm not leaving without you, Simon!
>> Margo: Katie, get out of here, now!
>> Katie: What are you doing?
[Simon finds the bomb]
>> Simon: Look, found it!
>> Margo: Go, drop it! Go, Simon! Katie!
[Simon runs out of the house with the bomb]
>> Katie: No, Simon, wait!
>> Margo: Katie! Katie!
>> Katie: No, Simon, wait! Simon? Simon, what are you doing?!
>> Margo: Katie!
>> Katie: Ah!
[Bomb explodes.]
>> Katie: Simon! Simon, no!

Scene 5:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, POLICEMEN

>> Katie: Margo, I need to go back there. Hold on, I need just - I need to find him! I need to see if he's okay.
>> Margo: Don't do it. Don't go!
>> Katie: Margo, please, please. Let me just see if he's okay. Let me just go out there, okay? I'm -
>> Margo: Katie, Katie, Katie, no.
[Katie sobs and hugs Margo]
[Simon returns]
>> Margo: Simon? Oh, my God, are you okay?
>> Simon: Yeah.
>> Katie: Oh, my God.
>> Cop: He tossed the bomb in a ravine in front of the house.
>> Margo: All right, get out. See if you can intercept these trucks. And see if you can get forensics out to the woods and get anything on that bomb.
>> Katie: Are you okay?
>> Margo: Are you okay, Simon? Simon, that was so stupid!
>> Katie: How could you yell at him, Margo? He just saved our lives.
>> Margo: I didn't say he wasn't brave. I said he was stupid. Come on, let's get you to the hospital.
>> Simon: No, I'm fine. I hate hospitals, don't.
>> Katie: At least we have enough evidence against Dahlia now. You can arrest her.
>> Margo: What evidence, Katie?
>> Katie: She bugged our house. She hit Simon over the head, she planted a bomb. I mean, that's at least three attempted murders, with you and me included. Not to mention the fact that she staged her own death. I mean, you can't deny that. She's not dead, is she?
>> Margo: All we have established is that she was missing.
>> Katie: And now you found her so you can arrest her.
>> Margo: Katie, all we know is that Dahlia tried to warn you that Simon had planted a bomb.
>> Simon: She planted the bomb.
>> Margo: Prove it, Simon. Fact - the woman called 911 and stated that you were trying to kill your wife. Fact - she tells Katie that you had planned to build a bomb. Fact - there was a bomb, and you found it.
>> Katie: Yeah, but if he didn't find it, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.
>> Margo: Fact - Dahlia Ventura is the one who ends up injured.
>> Katie: I know, but for the hundredth time, she's faking it!
>> Margo: I know that, so you say. So I'm gonna have to ask Dahlia myself.
>> Katie: And then what?
>> Margo: And then, Katie, I will try to figure out what really happened.

Scene 6:
Location: The Cottage

SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, KATIE FRASIER

>> Simon: We have appreciated everything you've done.
>> Margo: All right. Simon, I really don't want your thanks.
>> Simon: Well, you're not listening to us!
>> Margo: Please, listen to me! Do you understand what you have done with this asinine sting to capture Dahlia?
>> Katie: I know, but it worked. It worked -
>> Margo: No, it didn't! Katie, a woman is dead. Someone has lost a life. And the more you continue with this game of "Let's catch Dahlia," the worse it gets! You look guilty. Do you understand? There's nothing that I can do about it. If you had come to me when you first found the listening device, then maybe - then maybe I could present something to the D.A. But as it stands now --
>> Simon: All right, so what happens now, then? Huh?
>> Margo: I question Dahlia, I gather whatever evidence I can, I see what Forensics has to give me, and I confer with the D.A. But depending on how they wanna go with it, it's simply out of my hands.
>> Simon: Are you saying that I could be accused of planting that bomb?
>> Margo: If the D.A. feels that the evidence tips in Dahlia's favor, yes.

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