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Monday, October 12, 2009 While Henry is "negotiating" with Barbara in her room, Vienna is caught in a fire at Al's. Katie finds her and takes her to the hospital and calls Henry. She's fine, but it makes Henry realize how much he cares about her. He tries to break it off with Barbara, but she's not ready to end it. Today’s episode was directed by Michael Eilbaum and written by Janet Lacobuzio.
Transcripts from TVMegasite [Cellphone ringing] Barbara: Where's the fire, Henry?
[Cellphone ringing] Henry: Great. What? Audrey: Hey, that's the mouth you kiss your mama with. Henry: Oh, for the love of -- not now. Audrey: Are you progressing with Barbara? Henry: They were. [Cellphone beeps] Hold on, mother. Barbara: You can't be serious. Henry: Katie, this is not a good time. Katie: No, Henry -- fire! Henry: I'm sorry? Katie: There's been a fire. Vienna's hurt. There was so much smoke. I tried. I really tried, but we have to go to the hospital. Henry: Wait, Katie. Katie, what happened to Vienna? Katie? Katie? Katie?
Barbara: This is not the way I usually close a negotiation, Henry. Henry: Where's my other shoe? Where's the shoe? Barbara: Would you like to tell me what's going on here or shall I guess? Henry: Look, Katie is not an alarmist, okay? I've heard Vienna's hurt, hospital, fire. How much more explanation do you need? Barbara: You know, I wasn't born yesterday. Henry: Whatever it is you're thinking, Barbara, I don't have time for it. Barbara: Tell me, Henry, how long did you tell Katie to take before she called you with an emergency? Henry: Barbara, this isn't about you, okay? This isn't about you, this isn't about this, this isn't about me and the money. This is about Vienna, and if anything happened to her while i was here with you --
Henry: Excuse me. Vienna Hyatt, she was hurt in a fire? Doctor: Are you family? Henry: Yeah. No, I'm not. She's my girl, okay? Please, please. Oh, my god.
Henry: Is she gonna be okay? Doctor: Yeah. Henry: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. She means the world to me. She really does. Um -- my friend called me, Katie. Katie Snyder. Doctor: Yeah, she's right across the hall. We're just checking her out. Henry: Okay.
Nurse: Oh, you can give these to Ms. Hyatt yourself. Henry: Excuse me? Nurse: I assumed they were from you. Henry: "The circle of life is a beautiful thing. Don't break it."
Audrey: Oh, Henry. I am just beside myself. You know, I talked to Ralph, and he seemed deadly calm, which made me very nervous. So, then I decided I needed to take a walk, so I walked by Al's and I saw the fire trucks, and then I heard that Vienna was taken away in a gurney, and then I saw Katie and I saw Brad and I didn't know what to do, so I -- I brought chocolates. Will that help? Son, please speak to me. Henry? Oh, no. Oh. I -- I thought you and Ralph sort of had an understanding. Henry: What I understand is that all of this is your fault. Audrey: Okay. Okay, look. I know that you need to place blame, and that's okay. I get that. But, hey, at least nobody was seriously hurt. Come on. Mmm. Have a chocolate, but don't eat the truffles. Henry: I don't want a chocolate. I want your little friend Ralph out of my life, okay? Audrey: Yeah, but it's a little late to the fair on that one, cookie. So, how's it going with Barbara? Henry: I was with Barbara when the fire started, and that is why Vienna is in the E.R. Right now with an oxygen mask on her face and two charred lungs to boot. I can't -- I can't -- I can't do this. Audrey: Wait, wait, wait! Can't do what? Can't do what? Henry: I can't keep on lying to a woman that means more to me than my own life. Audrey: Oh, no, no, no, no. You're saying you have a case of the guilts? Henry: Yeah, mother, that's what I'm saying. Yes. Audrey: What? So it's gonna make it all better if you just confess? Henry: No, but lying and playing like some kind of male escort is not really that fun, okay? Audrey: Okay. So what are you gonna do, just waltz in to Vienna's hospital room and tell her everything? Henry: Yes! Audrey: Oh, boy. That is just beautiful. Classic male idiocy. Henry: You're the one who told me to do this in the first place! Audrey: Yeah, but you're the one who did! You actually did it! So, now you're feeling so terrible about it and you have guilt and you want to unburden your soul? Oh, classic. It's also stupid, and you have no idea. It never, ever, ever works. So, what are you gonna do? You're gonna tell her so you feel better, right? And then Vienna will hate you for the rest of your life while you feel better for ten seconds. Henry: Crap! Audrey: Yeah, and then some. And don't forget, you know what, this little thing of telling Vienna the truth may hurt her a lot more than just a broken heart. Henry: Meaning? Audrey: Meaning, Ralph -- if Ralph knows that someone else is knowing who he is, then -- you get my drift? Henry: Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Audrey: Look. You know, son, I'm just saying, that's all.
Henry: Does it hurt? Katie: How's Vienna? Henry: Resting. They say she'll be fine, thanks to you. Katie: No, thanks to Brad. He's the one that carried her out. Henry: Okay. Well, I'll thank him later. Are you -- are you okay? Is the baby okay? Katie: Yeah, fine. Henry: Thank god. Katie: It was scary as hell, though, Henry. Henry: I can't imagine. I'm so sorry, Katie. I'm sure this fire was an accident, but if it's not, I want to get to the bottom of it. I promise you that. I'm really relieved that you and the baby are okay. Katie: Oh, give me a break, Henry. Get back here. I know where you were tonight. Have you gone mad?
Katie: "The circle of life"? Henry: Mm-hmm. That's Ralph's colorful euphemism for "money laundering." Katie: Translate, please. Henry: "The circle." I give him money for his "charity," and then he distributes that money to his people, all illegal, of course. Katie: Naturally. Henry: Then he makes a profit, and he funnels the money back to me through metro. I think in Ralph's book it's called "symmetry." Katie: No. In his book it's called "dollar signs." So, Barbara's involvement in all of this? Henry: There's a whole mess with the estate. She's frozen the cash flow from it. Katie: So your solution was to unfreeze Barbara? Henry: No, no. No. I never would have come up with that idea. Katie: Who did? Henry: My mother. Katie: Ew. Ew, ew, ew, ew! Henry: You don't know the half of it. Katie: What? Henry: It's the biggest disaster ever, okay? First of all, I did something that I never in my life would have thought t Henry: It's the biggest disaster ever, okay? First of all, I did something that I never in my life would have thought, dictated by my completely out-of-control mother, and the thing is I don't even know if Barbara's gonna release the money so I can pay Ralph and get him to stop following us. Katie: This is ridiculous. Henry: It's true! Katie: No. I mean this whole "woe is me" act you're pulling here. So you made a couple bad choices that led to something really bad almost happening, but listen, you're still here. Vienna's okay. Where's your plan "b"? You're smarter than this. Henry: I'm having sex with someone so that I can get my evil father's money. Is there a lower floor? Brad: Hey, Henry. How's Vienna? Henry: I think she's gonna be fine, and I heard what you did, and I really owe you one, buddy. Brad: Yeah, well, okay. I'm just glad everybody's okay. I saw the doctor, okay. He showed me the test results. He said to get you home to bed. Katie: Good. I want to go. Oh, Henry, listen, please tell Vienna that I love her and I'll ca her tomorrow. Henry: Yeah. I'm just glad you and the baby are okay. Brad: We all got lucky today.
Henry: Are you hungry? Do you want me to order in or go out and get you something? Vienna: You know, I'm really fine, Henry. I mean it. Yes, it was scary at first, but it over, and I'm okay. Henry: It could have been a lot worse. Vienna: Yes, but it wasn't. So, please, let's not dwell on this. I mean, in the big scheme of things, it wasn't so terrible. Henry: It was a lot worse than you think it was. Anyway, if Brad and Katie hadn't been there to help you, I don't -- I don't want to think about it. Vienna: Oh, come on. Please stop feeling guilty that you weren't there, okay? Henry: Vienna, you know that I love you, right? Vienna: I'm pretty clear about that, and I love you, too. So much. Okay? Henry: I don't deserve it. Vienna: Oh, Henry, you are my hero every day, every single day. Henry: Oh, Vienna. Vienna. Vienna: You know, like when you gave up all the money so it wouldn't come back and haunt us. That's my idea of my knight shining armor. Henry: Yeah. [Knock on door] Vienna: I bet those are my flowers. Henry: Your what? Vienna: Beautiful flowers you brought me. I asked the hospital to send them over. You're so thoughtful. Henry: Yeah. Yeah, that's me. Barbara: Hello, lover.
Henry: Are you for real? Barbara: I apologize. I realize I'm a little insensitive, but I really do care. Kiss and make up? Henry: Barbara! Barbara: It's okay. Relax, all right? So, is the lovely Vienna in one piece? Henry: Do you think this is funny? Barbara: Seriously, is she all right? Henry: Yes, yes. She is all right, no thanks to me. Vienna: Henry, is that my flowers? Barbara: Oh, aren't you lovely? Flowers. Henry: They weren't from me. I'll be right there! Barbara: I think this is a bad time, isn't it? Henry: You think? Barbara: No reason for snark, Henry. Henry: I'm sorry. It's just it's a little noisy up here right now, okay? Barbara: Oh, that's all right. Now, you tend to your patient, and then we have one more thing we have to deal with. Henry: Just one? Barbara: Yes, that negotiation that we were working on when you were called away, it hasn't closed yet. So, after you tend to your patient, you know ere I live.
Barbara: Henry, what a surprise. Henry: You told me to come. Barbara: I know, but I thought you'd be tending to Vienna. Come. Henry: No, no, no, no. I can't stay. I got to get back to her. Barbara: Somehow I don't think I'm gonna like the direction this is going in. Henry: I just want to b perfectly and completely honest with you, okay? Barbara: Always a good jumping-off point. Henry: When you, uh, asked me about us, about what we did, you asked me if it was all about the money. Barbara: Yes. Henry: Mm-hmm. Barbara: And about that -- Henry: What? Barbara: Why don't we forget we ever talked about it. Henry: We can't. Barbara: Why not? It's all about the timing of it. I asked you about that before we made love. Henry: We had sex, Barbara. Barbara: I see. You need the distinction. Henry: Yeah, I do. That's what I'm trying to say, okay? I'm madly in love with Vienna, madly in love. In fact, we have incredibly satisfying sex, as well. Vienna, she's -- she's everything to me. Barbara: Go on. Henry: So, having sex with you, even as passionate as it actually was, that would not as have happened organically. Barbara: So it was non-organic sex? Henry: Yeah. No, no. Barbara, it's about the money, okay? Barbara: I see. Henry: I need that inheritance. I desperately need every last dirty red cent of that, and not because I want it or because I think I'm owed it in some kind of way. I need it because if I don't get that money, I am going to die and so is Vienna, and I'm exaggerating to make a point here. I'm not. Please. Please give me access to the inheritance or our lives are over. We are done, dead, literally. Barbara: Henry, I had no idea. Henry: Yeah, yeah. So, what I was hoping was, since we did in fact have sex and that we did in fact have passionate, uninhibited sex, I was hoping at we had made a connection, you know, that we bonded. Barbara: Bonded, yes. Henry: And I know it's not the normal way for people, at least not me, to go about making new friends, but I am begging you, Barbara. Please, I am begging you. No please, please let me have that inheritance. Please let me have it so I can get out of this incredibly dangerous mess that I got myself into. Barbara: You sound so desperate, Henry. Henry: I'm beyond desperate. Barbara: Yes, but the thing is -- Henry: Yeah? Barbara: I'm not. |