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Tuesday, June 4, 2002

Rose has just heard that her father is missing, and that Henry is behind it.  She confronts him at the police station and asks him where her Pop is.  Henry tells him that Joe is fine and will be let go when Rose bails him out of jail and gives him the provenance.  Cooley is running the show now so she better cooperate.  Rose  wants to call Paul, but Henry tells her not to, her father's life depends on it.  He tells her they need to take a trip to Mexico, but  doesn't want to leave Paul.  "Paul's feelings or Joe's head, one or the other is going to get crushed," warns Henry.  Rose asks if this Cooley person is a killer, and Henry says that he may turn into one.  Rose can't believe that Henry would threaten her father over a lousy diamond.  Henry tells her that all of this is unnecessary.  If she would just give him what he wants, she would get her Pop back, he and Cooley would get the thugs off their backs, and she would be happily baking cookies as Mrs. Paul Ryan.  Margo walks in and asks  if she's decided what she'd like to do.  Rose tells her to get the key, she's bailing Henry out of jail.

           

Margo instructs a cop to take Henry out of the room while she questions .  She can't believe  is going to bail Henry out.  Rose says he's harmless, she told him she didn't have the provenance so now he'll leave her alone.   is happy and wants this to be over.  Margo is not buying it, and tells her she doesn't need to do this on her own.  But  cannot be talked out of it.  She calls Mitzi and tells her to take a double dose of cough medicine and meet her at Java.

After  and Henry leave the police station, Paul and Lucinda show up looking for .  Margo tells them that she bailed Henry out of jail and left with him.

       

Henry and  walk into Java, Henry exclaiming that he's "free at last."  But now that they have the provenance, why do they need to trust their safety to some former casino hostess?  Mitzi walks in, sees Henry, and says, "Hey, shouldn't you be under a rock or in the pokey?"  "The mouths on you Jersey girls!"  teases Henry.  Rose pulls Mitzi away and tells her that she needs her to do something, and it's the most important thing she's ever asked her.  She wants her to give Paul a note.  Mitzi reads the note and says, "No way.  If you're gonna break Paul's heart, you can do it yourself."  Rose tells her it's complicated, it's for Paul's own good.  She'll be back in a day or two.  Henry butts in and promises to have her back before anyone misses her.  Rose assures Mitzi that she'll explain everything to Paul when she gets back, and at least he'll know she's doing it for her Pop.  Mitzi is not asking her to choose between Paul and her Pop, she's just suggesting that  start trusting the man she's going to spend the rest of her life with.  She asks her to think about it a little, how about they call Jack? Rose  says this is too important.  Mitzi tries to convince Rose that Henry is just after her diamond, and this is her chance to hold on to love.  Mitzi's cell phone rings and she holds it out to , knowing it's Paul.  Rose talks to him, and he asks her if she needs her help.

   

Today’s episode was directed by Ellen Wheeler and written by Royal Miller.

 

Transcripts from ATWTweekly

[ Oakdale Police Station - Squad Room ]
>> Rose: No more double-talk from you. I want to know what happened to my pop.
>> Henry: Look, he's probably fine.
>> Rose: Probably?
>> Henry: It's the best I can do under the given circumstances, all right? But I can tell you that without the provenance for that diamond --
>> Rose: My pop is missing. You think I give a rat's behind whether I prove to you whether that diamond is real or not? I care about my pop, and that is it.
>> Henry: Then you'll give me the letter about the stone. Because, without it, you're pop's a goner.
>> Rose: What's stopping me from gettin' Margo here, you know? She could beat the truth out of you. She'd like that.
>> Henry: Rose, listen, I am not your problem, okay? My partner, Cooley, he's running the whole show now, all right? Now, bail me out of here, I'll take you right to him. Otherwise -- who are you calling?
>> Rose: I'm calling my fiancé.
>> Henry: No, no, no, Rose. Rose, you don't want to do that, okay? You can't let Paul Ryan know, not Lucinda Walsh, nobody. Trust me. Your father's life depends on it.
>> Rose: Proof -- I said proof.
>> Henry: And you'll get it. You'll get it once I'm sprung, okay? But we have to take a little flight to Mexico.
>> Rose: What? Fly to Mexico? No way. I'm not goin' anywhere with you. Absolutely not. And leave my fiancé here without a word? Abso -- I will not, cannot do that.
>> Henry: Rose -- Rose, it's either Paul's feelings or Joe's head. One or the other's gonna get crushed.
>> Rose: So what are you saying, that these -- this partner -- what's his name -- Cooley's a killer or something?
>> Henry: Well, out of convenience, he might turn into one.
>> Rose: Don't do this. Don't bluff with my pop's life. I swear, if you do anything to him, you will never get your hands on that diamond. You got it?
>> Henry: No, this is so unnecessary. Listen, just bail me out of here, give me the letter you got from your grandma that proves that the rock is really the Rose of Sharon diamond. Then you get your dad back, Cooley and I get some thugs off our tail, and the next thing you know you're baking cookies as Mrs. Paul Ryan, okay? He's very wealthy, you know. And I'm sure that Lucinda's paying you all that money over at the Double W, so what have you got to lose?
>> Rose: You'd hurt my pop over a hunk of glass? My god, I'd like to tear you into a million pieces, you scum.
>> Margo: So, Rose, you've had a few minutes to talk now. What's the verdict?
>> Rose: Get the key, Margo. I need to bail this loser out.
>> Margo: Why don't you take him outside while I figure out what's going on here? What is going on here? You're gonna bail him out? Are you nuts?
>> Rose: Henry? Harmless. He doesn't mean any harm at all.
>> Margo: Look, when I walked in here, you were ready to tear him apart. The man vandalized your home. He broke into your offices at Worldwide.
>> Rose: Yeah, yeah, yeah, because he was looking for that provenance for the diamond. Once I told him it didn't exist, I figured that mush brain over there is gonna leave us alone, all of us.
>> Margo: Oh, Rose, you're gonna bail him out?
>> Rose: You see, I just got engaged, okay? And I'm happy, and there's a lot of joy goin' around here. I figure, what's the big deal? Let's just get it over with. It's done.
>> Margo: All right, don't think I'm buying this for one minute -- not one minute, Rose. I mean, come on, you think that you're gonna off and fix this all on your own? Haven't you learned by now that that doesn't -- all right. All right, there's a lot of people who love you. You don't have to do this.
>> Rose: I know. It's just --
>> Margo: Okay. I'll process Henry. You've always got my line open, you know that.
>> Rose: Thank you. [ on the phone ] Mitzi, it's me. Look, take a double dose of cough medicine and meet me over at Java. I need your help.

 

[ Java Coffee Shop ]
>> Henry: Rose, it's great to be free at last. But I gotta tell you, this is a lousy idea. We already have the provenance. Why do we need to trust our safety to some former casino hostess?
>> Rose: Better her than you.
>> Henry: Listen, Rose, I gotta tell you --
>>Rose: And sit down.
>> Mitzi: If I had known I was gonna end up at Java, I would have come to the party anyway. Hey, shouldn't you be under a rock or in the poky?
>> Henry: The mouths on you Jersey girls. Mm.
>> Mitzi: So, what's the story, Rose? On the phone you sounded like the building was on fire, and then you show up with this one.
>> Rose: I'll explain, okay? But you have to do something for me. And I never ever asked you to do anything more important than this.
>> Mitzi: Rose, you're scaring me.
>> Rose: This note, you gotta -- you give it to Paul, and you tell him I'm sorry.
>> Mitzi: No way. If you're gonna break Paul's heart, you can do it yourself.

 

[ Java Coffee Shop ]
>> Rose: Look, it's very complicated. I'll explain everything later. Just, please, would you just deliver this note, please?
>> Mitzi: Rose, you can't take off again, leave Paul in the lurch. He was worried sick for months when you --
>> Rose: Don't you think I know how this is going to affect Paul?
>> Mitzi: Let me guess -- it's for his own good. Listen, you can't run that kind of garbage on me, Rose.
>> Rose: What are you thinking about? The spa? No, see, the spa was different because I got plucked out of here out of the blue, and nobody knew where I was or when I was coming back. This is gonna take a day or two.
>> Henry: I guarantee you she'll be back before anybody misses her.
>> Mitzi: People are missing her already.
>> Henry: Oh, well, then we better shake a leg, hey, Rose, huh, before the posse gets here?
>> Rose: I'll come back. I'll explain everything, okay, to Paul, and then I'll get the cops involved. Just give that to him. At least he'll know that I'm doing this out of love for my pop.
>> Mitzi: I'm not asking you to choose between Paul and your pop, but just think. Maybe Paul can help you, you know? This is the man you're gonna trust for the rest of your life. Why not start now?

[ Java Coffee Shop ]
>> Mitzi: Please, think this through, Rose. Hey, let me call Jack.
>> Rose: Do you have any idea what's at stake here?
>> Mitzi: It's because I do that I'm worried sicker than I was before you called.
>> Rose: Look, you just gotta trust me on this, please.
>> Mitzi: I do. That Coleman creep wants your diamond. And he wants you to get on a plane and fly to who knows where with who knows who. [ Cell phone rings ] and I'm not letting you do it, Rose.
>> Rose: Don't -- don't answer that!
>> Mitzi: Listen --
>> Rose: Please don't answer that.
>> Mitzi: We both know who this is, okay? This is the chance to hold on to the love in your life and trust it. You're not alone anymore, Rose. You're not.
>> Paul: [ on the phone ] Mitzi? Mitzi, it's Paul.
>> Mitzi: [ holds the phone out for Rose ] Answer him.
>> Paul: Mitzi, if you know anything about Rose, anything at all, just --
>> Mitzi: Hello?
>> Paul: Mitzi, thank God.
>> Mitzi: Hold on a sec, Paul.
>> Paul: Mitzi, I'm losing my mind over here.
You've gotta tell me if you know where I can find Rose.
>> Rose: Paul?
>> Paul: Rose? Baby, are you okay? Look, I don't know what's going on, or if you can even talk to me right now, but just all you have to do is say yes or no. Do you need my help?

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