Wednesday, May 16, 2001
It’s the day of
Craig and Barbara’s wedding, which means it’s the day Henry and Katie leave
on their adventure. They make their
plans, and Henry makes sure that he’ll get his part of the payoff.
In Katie and
Simon’s room at the Lakeview, Katie is flirting with Simon and 
trying to
convince him to repeat their little bet from yesterday – the kiss! Simon cleverly avoids it, and heads out to meet up with Craig
before the wedding. Just after he
leaves there’s a knock on the door. Thinking
it’s Simon, she opens the door and puckers up, saying, “Ah, I knew you
couldn't resist.” But it isn’t
Simon, it’s Henry, dressed in a hat and trench coat. “All ready to finalize our plans, Peretti?” he asks.
“Or are you expecting -- what are you expecting?”
He puckers up and leans forward. Katie
pushes him away saying, “Oh, Henry! What
are you wearing?” Henry says,
“It's a disguise. Didn't wanna run into your old man in the hallway.
So, you ready for our little island getaway?” “Oh, of course,” answer Katie eagerly. “I can think of nothing but.
So, I have the map right here. And I was thinking, we leave late tonight.
We arrive early morning, fish for the diamond – “
“At the bottom of the ocean,” adds Henry.
“And we'll be back before the week's out,” proclaims Katie.
“Ah, who said there's no such thing as easy money?” says Henry.
Dreamily, Katie says, “The next time that Simon and everyone in this
town sees me, I'm gonna be worth millions.”
Katie is lying on
the bed, eating a cookie and looking at the map. She points out the island.
“It's not even marked. Katie, it's -- I think that's a crumb fr- it is
a crumb from your cookie,” says Henry, blowing it away. “Well, the island is uncharted,” explains Katie.
“It's not gonna be marked on the map.
Based on the information that Simon gave me about where he lost the
diamond, it's right about here.” “Well
-- you have 
the coordinates?” asks Henry.
At Katie’s blank start Henry clarifies, “Longitude?
Latitude? Hmm?”
“I heard Simon tell Agent Halliwell that it's 100 miles from the Outer
Banks,” says Katie. “Oh, well,
that narrows it down,” replies Henry. “Maybe
the I.N.S. Guys have already found it, huh?
All we have to do is look for guys with bad haircuts playing volleyball
on the beach.” Katie describes
the island, “I know that there is a group of islands all together, and this
one's off by itself somewhere. We'll
be able to see that from the air. Oh,
and it has some ruins on it or something from a fire.
So we should be able to see that, too.
Look, if you don't want to come – “
“No, 
no, I didn't say I didn't want to come. I didn't say that,” protests Henry. Katie says that the plane is chartered and waiting for them
at the airport. “Aren't you going
to you big brother's wedding tonight?” asks Henry.
Katie says she is, and that she’s going to leave during the toast.
“No one'll even notice I'm gone.”
“That's an understatement,” responds Henry.
“You know, Katie, I've got to
admit, this scheme rivals any of our past
escapades. Some people might even call it crazy.” “Yeah, well, some people called Christopher Columbus
crazy,” says Katie. Excited,
Henry says, “I can't wait to bring that baby up from the bottom of the sea.
How big did you say it was? About
this big?” he asks, holding his arms apart.
“About this big,” answers Katie, making a circle with her fingers.
“Don't worry. It's worth
millions.” “You know, Katie,”
says Henry, “I've got to admit, you've 
really developed a can-do attitude
since we first met.” “Yeah,
well, I have finally realized that life is not a fairy tale, and sometimes you
have to clunk your prince over the head with a diamond, if that's what it
takes,” explains Katie. “Yeah,
well, Katie, don't forget that the happy ending to this story isn't just about
you and Frasier. I expect you to
cash that diamond in and give me half.” “Yeah,
sure. Sure, whatever,” responds
Katie, unconcerned.
Katie is going
through her trunk and showing Henry everything she’s bought for the trip.
“I've thought of everything. Bug
spray, sunscreen -- SPF 30 -- my skin is very delicate -- snakebite kit,
mosquito netting and two pith 
helmets. This
one's yours.” She puts it on his head and continues. “Now, as for food, after watching two seasons of
‘Survivor,’ I realized that what people really crave when they're out in the
wild is junk food, I'm gonna get us tons of it.”
“Great, Katie,” responds Henry, “But I want to remind you of
something. I'm holding you to your
promise. I expect half the cut of
that diamond. I'm not risking my
life diving to the bottom of the ocean in the middle of nowhere for my health.
Capisce?” “Yes.
Of course. You will get
what's coming to
you,” agrees Katie. “Okay,
peanuts, cookies, chips -- anything else you crave?”
“Need you even ask? A
cocktail shaker,” answer Henry. “No,
no, no, no, absolutely not. You're
the pilot. There's no way I'm letting you turn our cockpit into the
Lakeview lounge – “ “Katie,
Katie, I will not have a sip until we're on terra firma,” says Henry
reassuringly. “All right,”
agrees Katie. “Why don't you look
over the map that I bought?” Henry
brushes it aside, saying, “I know the plan.
I'll just meet you out in the lobby when I get all my stuff. Oh, and Bombay gin if they have it, and also jumbo Italian
olives, unstuffed. Unstuffed.
'Cause a martini is just not a martini if it's not dirty.” There’s a 
noise at the door.
“It's Simon,” says Katie anxiously.
“What is he doing back here? Hide.
Hide. Hide.
Now. Hide.
Just don't - come this way. Come
this way hide in the bathroom.” Flustered,
they run into each other while trying to decide what to do.
In walks Simon.
“What are you doing here?” asks Simon.
At the same time, Katie and Henry say that he’s just leaving.
Henry takes off the pith helmet as Simon asks “And what's with the
hat?” “We were just – “ fumbles Katie.
“What are you up to, Katie?” asks Simon knowingly.
“You know what? If you must know, Katie called me over here for my sartorial
expertise. I'm helping her
accessorize for the wedding,” explains Henry.
“Oh, Henry knows everything there is to know about women's
accessories,” says Katie. “Oh,
yeah, yeah, I know, I know,” says Simon.
“I remember how sing he looked in a dress.”
Henry puts on his hat, grabs his coat, and heads for the door, saying,
“Well, I ought to be
going.” Simon
stops him and pulls his hat down over his eyes.
“Yes, that's much better,” says Henry dryly.
“I'll leave you here to help with the accessories, Si. See you later, Katie.”
Henry leaves and Simon asks Katie what she’s up to.
Today’s episode was directed by Ellen Wheeler and
written by Laura Maria Censabella.
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