EPISODE 11/30/09
Simon Befriends Katie

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER

>> Katie: Get a grip. Get a grip. First Brad, now Simon. I am losing it. I need help.
>> Simon: All you have to do is ask.
>> Katie: Simon --
>> Simon: Right here, in the flesh.
>> Katie: You can't be here.
>> Simon: Why not?
>> Katie: I'm the reason the police had evidence against you, the things I wrote. You ran off with Carly. You don't love me anymore. I don't love you anymore.
>> Simon: Yeah. And yet despite all that, I came here just for you.


Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER

>> Katie: Just stay right there.
>> Simon: Come on. What, are you afraid of me?
>> Katie: You are a criminal.
>> Simon: I've been a criminal since the day we met.
>> Katie: I was a lot younger then.
>> Simon: Not to mention the many times we got married.
>> Katie: And a lot dumber.
>> Simon: In fact, I remember pulling off a few of these so-called "crimes" together.
>> Katie: Just tell me why you're really here.
>> Simon: I heard about your husband.
>> Katie: How?
>> Simon: I have my ways.
>> Katie: Don't go all Bond on me. I'm just not in the mood.
>> Simon: All right, then, lets go for sincerity then. Katie, I'm truly sorry about your loss. Just -- tell me what I can do for you.
>> Katie: You can leave.
>> Simon: Hmm. No. I can't do that, not just yet. Got any food around? I am starving. I have really missed your cooking.
>> Katie: Who's after you this time -- Interpol?
>> Simon: Probably. I'm on many, many lists. How about your soup? I cannot tell you how often and how much I have craved your soup.
>> Katie: I cannot believe you actually expect me to cook for you.
>> Simon: I know. It's pretty rude of me. But as you pointed out, I'm a fugitive. Otherwise, I would take you out for one of Oakdale's finest steak dinners.
>> Katie: Dial down the charm, Simon. Whatever you're selling, I'm not buying.
>> Simon: Katie, seriously, I never expected a ticker-tape parade or anything. I just thought you might want a friendly face. Unless that job has already been filled.
>> Katie: What are you talking about?
>> Simon: Oh, it seems when you came in, you were expecting to see someone else in the bedroom.
>> Katie: No. That --
>> Simon: Someone with a first name "Brad." Now, what are the chances of you taking up with a lover with the same name as your late husband? Unless there's some other explanation. I tell you what. I am gonna go make myself a snack. I'll do it in the kitchen, uh, while you gather your thoughts. Then you can tell me all about him.


Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER

>> Simon: All right, come on. Spill the beans. Who is he?
>> Katie: I'm not seeing anyone. If I was, it's not your business anyway.
>> Simon: Hey, I'm the last person who's ever gonna judge you. I know what a passionate woman you are.
>> Katie: Oh, okay. You are not allowed to talk about my passion. Get out of here.
>> Simon: And it's perfectly reasonable for someone in your situation right now to turn to someone else for comfort.
>> Katie: There is no one else! It's just Brad.
>> Simon: Huh, just Brad. So when you called out "Brad" before, what were you expecting?
[Knock at door]
>> Katie: [Gasps] You heard that?
>> Simon: Heard what? Oh, the door? Yeah, no, of course I did.
>> Katie: Then it wasn't Brad.
>> Simon: How could it be Brad?
>> Katie: I bet it was the police.
>> Simon: And who called them?
>> Katie: I don't know. Maybe one of my neighbors who saw you climbing in my window. Or you could have tripped off my new alarm system.
>> Simon: Hmm. Well, it looks like I've tempted fate one too many times. So if you want to get rid of me that badly, just open the door.


Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER, HENRY COLEMAN

[Doorbell rings]
>> Katie: Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!
>> Simon: Oh! I knew you still cared.
>> Katie: Oh, shut up and just --
>> Simon: I'll be in here.
>> Katie: Just stay out of sight. [Sighs]
>> Henry: Thought you might be hungry.
>> Katie: I'm not.
>> Henry: Well, you will be when you see the diner special.
>> Katie: Really, Henry, I couldn't eat another bite. I was at Margo's and the Snyders today, so I've kind of OD'd on turkey and all the trimmings.
>> Henry: Did you bring home any leftovers?
>> Katie: No.
>> Henry: Well, that's just un-American. I'm gonna put this in the fridge.
>> Katie: I'll put it away myself. Just -- goodbye, Henry.
>> Henry: I'm not going anywhere, and you can call the cops if you want.
>> Katie: Don't tempt me.
>> Henry: No, listen, I -- I babysat. I sang cowboy lullabies. I did everything I could to prove to you that Brad was for real. And if that's not enough sign of my devotion -- call the S.W.A.T team, for all I care.Simon: Careful what you wish for, Henry.
>> Henry: Simon?
>> Simon: Hello, mate. Long time, no see.


Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER, HENRY COLEMAN

>> Henry: I can't believe you're standing here. Shouldn't there be like a posse after you or -- or an angry husband or two?
>> Katie: He says there isn't.
>> Simon: I heard about Katie, and I came to see if she's doing okay.
[Baby cries]
>> Simon: Is -- is that your baby? Can I -- can I see him?
>> Katie: No.
>> Henry: [Sighs] Listen, you can't -- you can't blame her. Although most people hide their daughters when you come around, not their sons.
>> Simon: How is she?
>> Henry: There's two things going on here, okay? Uh, she and Brad spent a year trying to make a baby. She miscarried. So they went down the fertility route, surrogacy, in vitro, you name it.
>> Simon: But they had the baby before he died?
>> Henry: The day he died. So she's got the baby she always wanted, and she doesn't have the man that she loves. She doesn't sleep. She's barely eating.
>> Simon: All right, all right, mate. Well, what can we do?
>> Henry: I don't know. All she wants is Brad back.
>> Simon: Well, if I could steal him back for her, I would, but beyond that? You know what? I'm just gonna get in the way again, as usual. Mate, will you just tell Katie I'm thinking about her? You know, on second thoughts, don't bother. She won't believe it.
>> Henry: Why did you come, Simon?
>> Simon: You know, mate, there is no one on this earth I care about except for Katie. I just thought maybe I could help.
>> Henry: Wait. Maybe you can.


Scene 6:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder's House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER, HENRY COLEMAN

>> Simon: This is delicious. I love an American Thanksgiving.
>> Henry: You know, it's not about the food. It's about friends and family. Although some of us have nightmare families and more dead friends than alive. But Katie has an entire town that loves her, and she's just locking them out.
>> Simon: Yeah, mate, I don't blame her, though. All those loving, lonely people dropping by and being compassionate can be a bloody burden.
>> Henry: Mm-hmm. Exactly. That's where you come in.
>> Simon: What, you want me to scare away the do-gooders and the well-wishers?
>> Henry: No, no, no, no. I want you to be yourself. I don't mean hold her hand and say, "there, there," or look at her and well up with tears or something like that. I want you to -- to shake her up, knock her off-balance, make her feel alive again, Simon. If -- if you do that, may -- maybe she'll realize that life is worth living.
>> Simon: Mate, mate, listen, listen, listen. When it comes to shaking Katie up, you've got that market cornered. What do you need me for?
>> Henry: Short version -- I, uh -- I got involved with a loan shark. Katie tried to get me out from under it. Brad got into the mix, and he got shot.
>> Simon: [Coughs] Let me get this straight. Katie's husband is dead because you borrowed money from the wrong guy, and she's still speaking to you?
>> Henry: Well, there's -- she's got a restraining order on me. But I -- I am ignoring that at the moment. But I can only push that so far. Listen, I would do anything, anything to make this up to her. But I'm not the man for the job, Simon. You are.
>> Katie: I wish you could talk, Jacob. Babies are so sensitive. I bet you'd pick up on things we don't even know about, like your daddy. Am I going crazy, or did I see his reflection in that window today? Oh, what is wrong with you? First you break into my house, and then you sneak up on me?
>> Simon: That's the second time I heard you speak of seeing Brad. Want to talk about it?
>> Katie: I'm sorry. I don't hear from you for years, and then I'm supposed to just open up to you, share my innermost thoughts?
>> Simon: Oh, Katie, look at what you made. I don't envy anybody, but I envy your daddy.
>> Katie: He's dead.
>> Simon: Yeah, but look what he gave you. Something I never could.


Scene 7:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER

>> Katie: Just support his neck.
>> Simon: Wow.
>> Katie: Pretty good there.
>> Simon: Look at you.
>> Katie: When did that happen?
>> Simon: Spent my whole life handling precious things -- diamonds, paintings, women. So, what's your name, little guy?
>> Katie: Jacob.
Simon: Jacob. Hey, Jacob, I'm Simon. I'm, uh -- what would you call me? Friend of the family?
>> Katie: Don't push it. I think he inherited my B.S. Detector.
>> Simon: You were born to be a mom, weren't you? That's why I could never take you on the road.
>> Katie: No, you could never take me on the road because you prefer flying solo.
>> Simon: I did, yes, till I met you. [Sighs] This is the life you deserved. This -- this real life, a normal life. Look at him, Jacob. Now you have one.
>> Katie: No. Sorry. You don't get to do this. You don't get to waltz in here and coo at my baby and say sweet things.
>> Simon: Why not? Why can't I say that?
>> Katie: Because I was over you.
>> Simon: I never said you weren't over me.
>> Katie: I found someone who put me first, who loved me above all of those stupid things, like diamonds and paintings and another woman.
>> Simon: Oh, come on! I loved you more than all of that. You know that.
>> Katie: No, you didn't.
>> Simon: I did, I did!
>> Katie: No, you didn't.
>> Simon: I loved you more than anything or anyone.
>> Katie: Then you wouldn't have left. You would have stayed. But I got over you. I stopped waking up in the middle of the night, wondering "where in the world is Simon?" And I had Brad, and I had a baby on the way, and I was happy. And now I just -- I don't know anything anymore.
>> Simon: Come here, come here.

Scene 8:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Katie Snyder House

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE SNYDER

>> Katie: Go away. Go away. Go, go, go, go! Go, go, and just keep going, or I'm gonna call the police.
>> Simon: What -- what do you think is happening here?
>> Katie: You're hitting on me!
>> Simon: Oh, come on. Hitting on you? I am not!
>> Katie: What would you call it?
>> Simon: I would call it being a friend -- a friend. Now, I know I don't have much practice in that arena, but that -- you're in a fragile state.
>> Katie: Oh, I am not!
>> Simon: You can't be alone right now.
>> Katie: I'm not bluffing. I'm gonna call Margo right now.
>> Simon: Okay, fine. Knock yourself out. Do it, do it. Mobilize the entire Oakdale P.D. If you have to. I don't care. Do what you got to do. I'm not walking away from you this time. I am not walking away, I promise.
>> Katie: I'm sorry. I can't believe what you say. I can't trust you.
>> Simon: You can't? Then why don't you call Margo? [Voice breaking]
>> Katie: Because I'm not just fragile. I'm falling apart, and I'm failing my little boy, and I'm just -- [Sobs] I need --
>> Simon: It's all right.

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