Thursday, June 7, 2001
Today on the island, Henry and Katie try to find food and
avoid “Mango Man,” while Katie continues to dream of Simon and finding his
diamond. Meanwhile, back in
Oakdale, Simon gets Katie’s phone records from the hotel and discovers she
rented a plane and flew away somewhere with Henry.
Katie is pounding on a coconut with a cell phone when Henry
stops her, saying, “Katie, hey, what? Are
you crazy?! Come on, use a rock on
that or at least another coconut or something!”
“I can't, my hands are too small.
This phone is a perfect fit,” answers Katie.
“Katie, that is our only contact with the outside 
world!”
protests Henry. “Was!
Was, Henry! It got wet, the
battery is dead. And these coconuts
are so hard!” she says, continuing to pound.
“Well, who knew?” comments Henry.
He is working on sharpening a stick with a rock, and Katie asks him what
it is. “What's
it look like?” asks Henry. “It
looks like a stick,” answers Katie. “It's
a spear, Katie,” explains Henry. “Where's
the point?” asks Katie. “Well,
I can tell you where it's gonna be if I don't get a little cooperation around
here,” answers Henry, annoyed. “Fine.
What do you want me to do?” she asks.
“I am trying to make a weapon to defend ourselves against our
resident screamer. Now, the least
you could do is round up some breakfast,” says Henry.
“Fine, why don't we just eat the mangos that he threw at us,” suggest
Katie. “Fine, maybe they'll be
ripe in a couple of weeks,” responds
Henry. “I think you are worried
about nothing. I think all he
wanted was our food and our supplies. I'm
sure he's just as hungry as we are,” says Katie.
“Why doesn't that make me feel any better?” wonders Henry.
“What did you expect? A
welcome wagon?” asks Katie. She
picks up a mango and begins to peel it with her fingers and her teeth.
“No, no, but you know what we shouldn't expect, Katie?
Hmm? We shouldn't expect
some obstacle course to race for the survival title, all right?
If there was one, our lunatic, starved, castaway neighbor would win it.
And you know what else? You
know what else? On this 
island,
when you lose, you don't get a first-class ticket back home.
No, no, no, no, no. You get
thrown off the island for real, thrown off of those rocks right over there,
right into the mouth of a hungry shark. We
have precious little left and I intend to defend it.”
Henry stabs his stick into the ground for emphasis and it breaks in half.
“Oh yeah, precious little, all right.
What do you intend to protect me with now?” asks Katie.
“You? I'm not protecting
you. Huh-uh.
I'm protecting this,” answers Henry, referring to his martini kit.
“Yes, I'm not giving up a single drop of this, lunatic or no lunatic.
You're on your own, Peretti.” She
throws the mango at him and sits down on the ground, discouraged.
Now Henry is sharpening a larger stick while Katie sits
there looking bored. She has
apparently made herself a hat out of big green leaves.
“If we just sit here, nothing
is gonna get accomplished,” complains Katie.
“And what did we come here to do?
What was our objective?” she asks.
“Find the lost diamond of Simon Frasier,” answers Henry dutifully.
“Exactly. We can do it,
Henry. Come on, we just hit a
little minor setback, but we just got here.
We can't give up before we've actually tried, right?” she says.
Henry stands up with his new spear, pounds his chest, and says, “Well
-- me hunt food.” “Yes.
You be careful. And watch
out for mango man,” warns Katie. “Yeah,
why couldn't we get someone fun on the island?
You know, Gilligan got Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Harlem Globetrotters.
What do we get? Mango Man,” complains Henry as he
walks off to find food. Alone,
Katie’s thoughts once again turn to her
husband. “Simon, where are you?
I miss you so much. I wonder
if you miss me.”
She sees a coconut and gets an idea.
“I know. I'll paint your
portrait. I know every inch of your
face by heart. It worked for Tom
Hanks, it can work for me, too.” She pulls an eyeliner pencil out of her top and begins to
draw on the coconut.
Katie is talking to
Simon in the form of a coconut. “Simon,
thank heaven you found me. Oh, I
missed you so much. I've never
missed anyone that much in my entire life. I knew you'd come for me when you
found that note. I knew you would.
Oh, you're my hero. And I
needed one, believe me. Henry has 
been
such a disappointment. As soon as I
get that diamond, I'm giving it straight to you.
Henry is getting the blunt end of his spear, because I want that diamond
to be yours and all yours. Oh, I
can't wait to see the look on your face when you're really holding it in your
hand.” She picks up the coconut,
pulls out her pencil, and makes a few additions, saying “All right, hope you
don't mind. I know you don't really
have a mustache in real life, but with this lipstick, you really kind of look
like a woman. I know you're
definitely not that, right, honey?” Katie
hears a noise and turns around, calling, “Henry, is that you?
Don't kid around.” When no
one answers she turns back to her husband the coconut. “Do you see what I mean?
Henry just left me here all by myself, and he didn't even make me one of
those stupid spears. Simon, hurry
up, please. Please come save me
from whoever's out there.” Whoever’s
out there is Cooley. He spies on
her from behind a bush and whispers, “Don't you worry, pretty pretty pretty
pretty. You won't be lonely.
Cooley's here.”
Today’s episode was directed by Michael Eilbaum and
written by Marie Masters.
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