EPISODE 10/18/06
Simon Gets A Hug

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October, 2006


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006

Scene 1:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Police Department

JACK SNYDER, MIKE KASNOFF, KATIE KASNOFF, MARGO HUGHES

>> Mike: Let's not do this.
>> Katie: We're here. Let's at least talk to Jack.
>> Mike: And do what? That him that Carly had a fight with Simon?
>> Katie: Tell him that Carly is through with Simon. That she's home with their kids. All he has to do is show up there, give her a shoulder to cry on, and let love do the rest. You're not coming?
>> Mike: I don't think so.
>> Katie: Why not?
>> Mike: Look, there's a fine line between caring about our friends and butting into Jack and Carly's marriage. Let's just -- let's back off now.
>> Katie: I'm part of the reason that they don't have a marriage anymore.
>> Mike: Explain.
>> Katie: When Carly was secretly working at the Galaxy Club and I found out about it, I opened my big mouth and told Jack. They have not been the same ever since. Please let me be the catylyst that brings them back together this time. Come on. I owe them that. Help me.
>> Mike: I'm going to need incentive.
>> Katie: Of course you are. You, me, all night baby-making?
>> Mike: The whole night?
>> Katie: The whole night. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get home. I'll talk fast.
>> Mike: Kiss me.
>> Margo: So, why does Simon need a loan shark? I mean, didn't he strike oil or something?
>> Jack: Apparently, he sank everything he had into that building he's remodeling with Carly. The whole thing was destroyed in the storm.
>> Margo: The guy never heard of insurance?
>> Jack: I don't care if Simon does a crash and burn. But Carly's involved in this, too.
>> Margo: Oh, so, you then can go and save her?
>> Jack: Maybe.
>> Margo: What are you waiting for?


Scene 2:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Room

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Carly: Simon! Oh, my god! Oh, my god, what happened to you? Oh, Simon! Simon? Please wake up. Simon? Simon, are you all right? What is it? What? What are you trying to say?


Scene 3:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Police Department

JACK SNYDER, MIKE KASNOFF, KATIE KASNOFF, NANCY HUGHES, MARGO HUGHES

>> Margo: Jack! Tell Carly I said hi.
>> Jack: Yeah, Margo, I never said I was goin -- hey! Hey, Margo! Hey, what are you guys doing here?
>> Mike: Well, talk to my wife. This is all her idea.
>> Katie: I have some good news for you.
>> Jack: I could use some of that.
>> Katie: Oh, good. Carly and Simon are over.
>> Jack: Okay.
>> Katie: It's true. We just saw Carly at Crash, and I have never seen her so furious as she is at Simon.
>> Jack: Oh, yeah, she was a little bit upset at me tonight, too.
>> Katie: Well, that was nothing compared to this.
>> Mike: You weren't even there.
>> Katie: Well, I'm just going by what Carly said. After you guys had your little misunderstanding, she found out that Simon was lying about the loan shark guy. So, you were right. And she knows it.
>> Jack: But yeah, she's still working for Simon?
>> Katie: No, of course not. That's the point. She quit. She's done for good this time. Oh, you should have seen her. She was so mad and so hurt --
>> Mike: Katie --
>> Katie: Well, she was hurt. She was depending on this job to get her career started as an interior designer. And now she has no job, no money. Of course, she's disappointed. She needs you, Jack.
[ Cell phone rings ] Hello?
>> Nancy: Katie, it's Nancy. How are you, dear?
>> Katie: I'm great, Nancy. How are you doing?
>> Nancy: I'm a little frazzled, I'm afraid.
>> Katie: Why? What's going on?
>> Nancy: There was an accident at the library tonight. Those new books that you brought over were inadvertently destroyed. And I'm just sick about it.
>> Katie: Oh, don't worry about it. We'll fix it.
>> Nancy: Could we deal with it tonight? I'm sitting up here at the Lakeview.
>> Katie: Sure. I'll be right there. I have to go. Book emergency. I'm meeting Nancy at the Lakeview. Want to come?
>> Mike: And listen to you guys talk books? No, I will meet you at home.
>> Katie: Okay. I'll will meet you -- speaking of home, why don't you go home and tell Carly how much you still care about her --
>> Mike: Katie --
>> Katie: Okay, I'm going. Good luck.
>> Mike: Sorry about that.
>> Jack: No, no, you -- I'm glad you stopped by.
>> Mike: Really?
>> Jack: Yeah, you sed me a trip. I was going to go and rescue Carly. But now I know she doesn't need rescuing.
>> Mike: Yes she does. Go.
>> Jack: I thought you were staying out of this --
>> Mike: That wasn't until you went and got stupid on me. You need to make up with your wife, now!


Scene 4:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Room

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Carly: How many fingers am I holding up?
>> Simon: I'll take two, straight up.
>> Carly: No, no, no. No alcohol for the man with the concussion.
>> Simon: Ow!
>> Carly: Here, put this on your face there, okay?
>> Simon: Whoa, hey, you want to do it now?
>> Carly: Come on, I just need to check your ribs, okay?
>> Simon: I'll tell you what. You take your clothes off. It might get me in the mood.
>> Simon: Ahh, haaa woohoo.
>> Carly: All right -- it's not that bad then. It's just bruised. Not broken.
>> Simon: Just?
>> Carly: I'll call an ambulance.
>> Simon: No, no, it's okay. I don't need an ambulance. Nothing, I just -- I was trying to make you feel sorry for me. That's all.
>> Carly: Then why do you look like you're about to pass out again?
>> Simon: So, you'll kiss me and wake me up again?
>> Carly: I didn't kiss you.
>> Simon: Oh, but you wanted to.
>> Carly: In your dreams.
>> Simon: I got to get it somehow, don't I? Do you have any aspirin or something?
>> Carly: Yes. Yes, indeed. So, who did this to you?
>> Simon: Just a couple of love taps from our friendly neighborhood loan shark.
>> Carly: You couldn't handle Spirro?
>> Simon: He had friends. Carly, okay, big friends with even bigger fists.
>> Carly: But you just got the loan. When do you have to pay it back?
>> Simon: 30 days.
>> Carly: Then why is he roughing you up now?
>> Simon: I tried to give the money back.
>> Carly: Why?
>> Simon: I had a change of heart.
>> Carly: You did it for me.
>> Simon: Well, if I say yes, do I get a kiss then? Right here.
>> Carly: Are you nuts? Why did you try to do this alone? Why didn't you call the police? You could have set up a sting or something?
>> Simon: You're kidding, right? What are you doing?
>> Carly: Well, I'm not going to let that creep get away with this. I'm going to call Jack. I'm going to turn them in and make sure those guys are behind bars where they belong.
>> Simon: Do you want to get us both killed?


Scene 5:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Police Department

JACK SNYDER, MIKE KASNOFF

>> Mike: I know that Katie loves me. I know she doesn't want anything to do with Simon. But she's so worried about him wrecking our marriage, it's like an obsession. You need to get him out of town.
>> Jack: I need to get him out of town?
>> Mike: You're the cop. Simon is doing business with known felons. Now, you want to protect Carly, don't act like you're not worried about her.
>> Jack: Of course. Of course --
>> Mike: And I think the part of you, you may not say this, but you want your old life back. Okay, you guys love each other. You need to be together. Go tell Carly that. Then lean on Simon and get him out of town, all right? Make everybody happy.


Scene 6:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Bar

NANCY HUGHES, KATIE KASNOFF

>> Katie: We're all set!
>> Nancy: We are?
>> Katie: Yes, I just talked to my publisher, and they're going to send over as many copies of Oakdale Confidential as you would like.
>> Nancy: By tomorrow?
>> Katie: Yeah. They're bending over backwards for me because it's such a runaway best seller. Can you believe I have a bestseller?
>> Nancy: I certainly can. You're a wonderful writer, Katie.
>> Katie: Thank you. Isn't tonight just the best night?
>> Nancy: I haven't seen you so happy in a long time. What is it? Ohh -- are you pregnant?
>> Katie: No, well, I don't know, but I don't think so, not just yet.
>> Nancy: Well why are you glowing?
>> Katie: Because Mike and I got the best news ever tonight. I think Simon is finally going to be out of our lives for good.


Scene 7:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Room

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER

>> Simon: You know what? I am not going to the police.
>> Carly: Well, at least let me take you to the hospital. Then, we'll get you checked out.
>> Simon: And then they're going to ask about my injuries? No, I don't think so.
>> Carly: Why not?
>> Simon: Well, apparently, I still have Spirro's money here, and that means that I --
>> Carly: You're still in business with him.
>> Simon: See? You are beautiful and brilliant.
>> Carly: Well, how much are you going to owe him in 30 days?
>> Simon: The loan plus a hundred grand.
>> Carly: Or he'll kill you.
>> Simon: He's going to have to find me first.
>> Carly: Well, he'll find you, Simon, and he will kill you. What are you going to do?
>> Simon: I don't know. Use that money for a new identity? Look, I don't know. I'll figure it out. I've landed on my feet plenty of times before. By the way, what are you even doing here?
>> Carly: I left my keys.
>> Simon: There you go.
>> Carly: Thank you. Do you have a plan?
>> Simon: No, not yet, but I will and it will be a good one.
>> Carly: I could help you, Simon.
>> Simon: I don't need your help.
>> Carly: If I stay --
>> Simon: Carly, I don't want your help! I should have never got you involved in this in the first place, all right? And now I know how this guy operates, I want you as far away from me as possible and just stay away.
>> Carly: And just let him kill you?
>> Simon: Many people tried to kill me before, Carly. And yet, here I am, as handsome and carefree as ever.
>> Carly: Not quite as handsome as ever. They really did a number on your face.
>> Simon: Look, I'm a big boy. I can take care of myself.
>> Carly: Simon --
>> Simon: Goodbye.
>> Carly: I can't. I'm staying.
>> Simon: You really think we can do this?
>> Carly: Yes.
>> Simon: Seal it with a kiss.
>> Carly: Aren't you going to say something? What?
>> Simon: I'm just remembering how to sound sincere.
>> Carly: Why do you need to sound sincere?
>> Simon: Because I got to tell you something, Carly. And it's the truth. It's the absolute truth. And you got to believe me.
>> Carly: Okay.
>> Simon: I want to you get out.
>> Carly: Simon.
>> Simon: I want you out.
>> Carly: You're in this mess because of me.
>> Simon: What? How? You know, I'm the one who ignored those code violations. I'm the one who leveraged myself into the red. I'm the one who went to bed with that damn knee-breaker.
>> Carly: Yeah, you tried to get out of it because of me. And that makes me responsible.
>> Simon: No, it doesn't. Just get out!
>> Carly: We just have to set some ground rules.
>> Simon: No, no! No rules, okay?
>> Carly: If you ever lie to me again, Simon. I will make you very sorry.
>> Simon: Okay, and you demand what of me? That I cross my heart and hope to die? Carly, I'm the guy that always lies, remember? It's pathological. I have got myself into plenty of messes before, and I get myself out of them. I do not need your help.
>> Carly: Without my help, you won't be able to pay Spirro off. God help me, Simon, I don't know why, but I like you -- and I like your kneecaps.
>> Simon: You know what I like about you, Carly? Your kids. And they need you. And I'm not going to be a part of anything that takes you away from them.
>> Carly: So when are you going to start being sincere?
>> Simon: Well, how's this? Whatever Jack said to you to push you away permanently, it goes double for me. And now, I'm going to go downstairs and get more ice for my eye. And by the time I get back, I want you gone.


Scene 8:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Bar

SIMON FRASIER, KATIE KASNOFF, NANCY HUGHES

>> Katie: So, Carly finally sees Simon for who he really is. Isn't that wonderful?
>> Nancy: Well, it's wonderful for Carly. Why are you so happy about it?
>> Katie: Honestly, it's really hard having an ex-husband around. I'm always running into him or hearing about him. And having Carly not working for him anymore, that takes away that connection, which suits me just fine. Here he comes. Well, that's weird. Watch, he's going to come over here and say something just to get to me.
>> Nancy: It doesn't look as if he's coming over.
>> Katie: Just watch. He'll sit there for a minute, then he'll start staring at me from the across the room. Like that's going to do anything. You know what? Why don't we just stare right back at and show him that he can't get to me.
[ Simon gets ice and leaves ]
>> Nancy: All right. Maybe he's over you.
>> Katie: This is bad. This is really bad.
>> Nancy: Why?
>> Katie: Simon just completely ignored me. Which means he's up to something and he doesn't want me to know about it. What was with those sunglasses?
>> Nancy: Do we care?
>> Katie: No, no, you're right. We don't care at all.


Scene 9:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Police Department

JACK SNYDER, MARGO HUGHES

>> Margo: You're still here?
>> Jack: Don't you start on me too.
>> Margo: I already started. I was going to finish now. So, Carly and Simon are apart?
>> Jack: They had a fight. She's a little mad at him for now. But what does that mean, really?
>> Margo: I don't know, Jack. You tell me.
>> Jack: Sure, she dodged the bullet, but there's always tomorrow. And you know Carly, she's a trouble magnet.
>> Margo: Yeah, you used to love that about her. The way she is. You know, bold, reckless sometimes. She's a good wife for you, Jack. She's a great mom.
>> Jack: Okay.
>> Margo: So, are you going to talk to Carly?
>> Jack: No.
>> Margo: Then where are you going?
>> Jack: No, if I can't be a good husband, at least I can be a good cop. Simon's got a deal going with this loan shark, right?
>> Margo: So?
>> Jack: So, whatever he's up to, I'll make him stop.


Scene 10:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Room

JACK SNYDER, MIKE KASNOFF, KATIE KASNOFF, MARGO HUGHES

>> Simon: Well, you asked her to leave and she left. Good for her. Bad for you.
>> Carly: Miss me already?
>> Simon: No, no, I just -- why -- did you -- your keys? Did you forget something again?
>> Carly: Oh, I did, actually. Rule number 45.
>> Simon: I have to start making a list.
>> Carly: You should. And you should pay special attention to rule number 45. Nobody dismisses me.
>> Simon: And what if I ask you politely to go?
>> Carly: I would politely refuse.
>> Simon: Threats, blackmail, pleading, begging?
>> Carly: Mmm --staying.
>> Simon: How about a promise?
>> Carly: Give it a shot.
>> Simon: Okay, I promise you that Spirro means business. If I don't finish this building, and sell it within a month --
>> Carly: If we don't --
>> Simon: We, Carly? That means he's going to know that you're working with me. He'll come after you, too.
>> Carly: Well, don't forget, Simon. Spirro already knows about me. So, if you bail, he'll come after me anyway.
>> Simon: Maybe.
>> Carly: Definitely. So we get to work. We use Spirro's money to rebuild and we have our open house, and see sell all the units at a big enough profit to pay off the interest. And maybe we can pray to have just a little left over.
>> Simon: You really think we can do this?
>> Carly: Yes, if we both commit 100%. Shake on it. But only if you mean it.
>> Simon: I mean it. Sealed with a kiss.
[ Simon kisses her hand ]


Scene 11:
Location: Oakdale
Scene: Lakeview Towers Hotel Hallway/Room

SIMON FRASIER, CARLY SNYDER, JACK SNYDER, KATIE KASNOFF, MARGO HUGHES

>> Simon: Well, we have a lot to do.
>> Carly: So, tomorrow we hit the ground running. But tonight, get some sleep.
>> Simon: You too.
>> Carly: Are you sure you're going to be okay?
>> Simon: Unless you're offering to nurse me to sleep?
>> Carly: I left you the aspirin. That's all you're going to get.
>> Simon: How about a hug? Come on. Come on, just a little gentle, platonic hug. I got kicked. See, man can't go on aspirin alone, you know.
[ Katie watches the hug ]
>> Jack: Katie? What are you doing here?

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