Friday July 6, 2001
Today we say good-bye to the island, for now at least.
Simon rescues Katie, but leaves Cooley and Henry behind with the diamond.
Their fate remains to be seen.
Simon and Henry are continuing their conversation from the
day before, in which Simon told Henry there was no room for him on the plane.
“Yeah, there's only room for two people on that plane,” says Simon.
“So sorry to 
leave
you behind, but those are the breaks, Coleman.”
“Wait, wait, wait -- you don't mean that!
He's always joking, this guy. He
wouldn't -- he wouldn't leave me here on a rock in the middle of the ocean!”
says Henry hopefully. “Give me
one good reason,” says Simon. “Wait,
wait, wait -- wait a second. I did
not sign on for a one-way trip,” protests Henry.
“Oh, then take it up with your travel agent.
Let's go, Katie,” says Simon. “The
joke's over, Simon. We're not going
to leave you here, right?” asks Katie. “The
hell we're not,” answers Simon.
Henry tries to stop Simon from leaving, saying, “Wait,
wait, wait, wait, Simon.” “I'm
sorry, boys. I'm sorry. I
really am. But that plane has space
and weight limits, and I have patience and tolerance limits,” says Simon. “Can't -- just think of me as baggage?” suggests Henry.
“My layover is over. Let's
jet, Katie. We have hours of flying
and many lectures ahead of us,” says
Simon. “What lectures?” asks
Katie. “Well, the ones your
mother obviously forgot to give you or the ones you ignored.
Let's go,” orders Simon. “I'm
all packed and ready,” says Henry, still hoping to get on the plane.
“Oh, wait, I can't leave without Snickers,” says Katie as she runs to
get her pet rabbit. “What,
Snickers?” asks Simon, confused. He
sees Katie come back with the rabbit and says, “Oh, no, no, no, no.
That is not a pet. That's
dinner.” “Yeah, we tried,”
agrees Henry. “Yeah, but she
wasn't too keen on the idea,” explains Cooley.
“You know, if 
Snickers
doesn't go, I don't go,” insists Katie, who is more concerned about her new
pet than her old friend. “Whatever,
fine. Take the rabbit,” says
Simon. “What?!
This is unreal! With everything that we've been through, with everything that
you've put me through, you're gonna sell me out for a bunny rabbit?!” asks
Henry incredulously. “Well, if
you were a little smaller and lighter and nicer maybe – “ responds Katie.
“I was as nice as I get, Katie,” says Henry.
“Well, good. Good
practice, honey, because you're gonna need that positive outlook.
You're gonna be here for a long, long time,” threatens Katie.
“No, wait, wait, wait, wait,” pleads Henry.
“Let's go,” says Simon. He
stubs his toe on the coconut version of himself and asks, “What -- what the --
what is this?” “That's you,” answers Katie.
“Don't ask,” warns Cooley. “Me?”
asks
Simon.
“Yeah, yeah, she talked to it day and night,” explains Henry.
“Like I said, don't ask,” repeats Cooley. “It's a wonder you didn't starve to death the way you
befriended all your food,” observes Simon.
“I know. It's a wonder the
fruit didn't commit suicide,” agrees Henry.
“It's a wonder I didn't kill you in the middle of night with it!”
counters Katie, who apparently is back to her old self!
“This is it, Katie. This
is the last time I let you bring my life down to rubble. You got it?” threatens Henry.
“Yeah, that's right because this time the pleasure's all mine.
Say good-bye, Katie,” says Simon as he leads her 
away.
“Wait, wait, wait,” pleads Henry.
“Good-bye, Katie! Bye,
boys! Thanks for everything!”
says Katie cheerily as she follows Simon to the plane.
“Hey, Katie, you're not gonna leave me here to die, are you?” Henry
calls after her. “You kids have a
nice flight,” says Cooley pleasantly. “Katie,
I am serious! I won't survive here!
I'm allergic to shellfish! We're
gonna run out of sunblock, my skin's gonna get burned to a crisp!
Katie!” cries Henry, panicking. “And
then there were two,” observes Cooley.
“He'll be back. He'll
be back. You'll see. He'll
come laughing like a big kookaburra. Great
practical jokers, those Aussies,” says Henry, unable to believe they would
really leave him there. “Well,
dingo boy didn't seem too amused to me,” observes Cooley. “Yeah, well, hey, maybe he's just trying to
teach me a lesson, you know? That's
not the point. You know, the point
-- the point here is that that guy and I -- we've become really, really close
over the last year in a strange sort of a way.
Not that strange sort of way,” adds Henry as he sees the look on
Cooley’s face. “They'll be
back, you'll see. They'll come
running back. You'll see it,”
insists Henry. “Well, I hate to
be the one to break it to you – “ says Cooley, pointing to the plane
that’s starting to take off. “He'll
be back, all right? She got us into
this mess, and I've risked my life too many times!
She will not abandon me!” cries Henry.
“Well, you better speak up, pal, you see, 'cause I don't think they can
hear you. It gets a little noisy in
the cockpit when they start revving the engines, you know what I mean? Whoa, 
wait
a minute. There they go.
There they go,” says Cooley, pointing to the plane flying over them. “Okay, now, you can yell.
Yell loud! Yell loud!”
“No, no, no! Wait, they're ditching me!
I don't believe this!” says Henry.
“Boy, you must have done something real awful,” says Cooley.
“No, no, all I did was make him think that I was pregnant so he would
think that she was pregnant. Katie, Katie, look down, will you?! Come on!” pleads Henry.
“You know, truth be told, I'm gonna miss that little firecracker.
Well, time to set some rules 'cause we're gonna be neighbors,” says
Cooley diplomatically. “What is that? What
is that? Look up there by the
plane,” says Henry, pointing. “It's
a bird,” says Cooley. “Yeah,
yeah, yeah, it's heading right towards the propellers,” observes Henry.
“Oh, no, a bird -- it's got better sense than to – “ begins Cooley.
The bird crashes into the plane and they both make a face.
“Wait, wait, I didn't need to see that,” says Henry, turning his head
away. “I've just been abandoned by my friends.
I guess this is -- this is great. I've
been abandoned by my friends, and now, I've seen one of God's little creatures
all crushed up. I guess -- I guess
the worst is over, Henry” says Henry to himself.
“Well, you hang onto that thought, pal,” says Cooley.
Suddenly, the bird drops to the
ground in front of them “What did
I tell you? Look at it!” says
Cooley. “I'm looking at it!
It's disgusting. You'll have your fun, Cooley.
Hold on. Wait a second.
Look at the beak,” says Henry. “You
know, there's a ring around this beak,” notices Cooley.
“It's just like the one that stole Katie's diamond,” observes Henry.
“You know, they say if you live alone long enough, you see
everything,” says Cooley. “Must
be some hallucination. Oh!
Oh, my! It's a million
dollar dream!” says Henry as he pulls the diamond out of the dead bird’s
beak. “Oh, no, no, no. Hey! Hey, hey!
Hey, Katie! Hey, look!
We got your diamond!” calls Henry, laughing, as the plane flies away. This is the last we will see of Henry and the diamond for
some time.
Meanwhile, in the plane, Katie has a passing moment of
concern for her old pal Henry. “Did
you hear something?” she asks Simon. “It
was just the engine. 
Don't
worry. You'll be safe and sound, at least until we get back to
Oakdale,” warns Simon. “Bye,
Henry. Bye, Cooley. Bye, Simon's island. Good
luck,” says Katie, waving. “Just
wait till we get back to Oakdale,” repeats Simon.
As they fly home, Simon tells Katie how angry he is that she took off
like that, and made him come after her. He’s
frustrated about all the money that she spent on her expedition.
She says she’ll figure something out, just like she always does.
“Just face it, Katie. You
lost. You lost.
And you have nothing but enough debt to choke a horse and a pretend
husband who's never been so ticked off in his life,” says Simon.
“Oh,
come on. I have a lot more than that,” responds Katie.
“What, a wretched case of scurvy?” asks Simon.
“When that bird took your diamond, I made one wish -- that you would
come and rescue me. And you did,”
says Katie. She insists that it’s
because he loves her, but he just won’t admit it.
“I never said I didn't care about you,” he says.
“I just said I wasn't in love with you.” “How deluded are you?” asks Katie. “I care about you, just like someone would care about a --
an exotic houseplant, you know? A
high-maintenance, very-toxic, potentially lethal houseplant,” responds Simon.
“The Red Cross ‘cares.’ I
risked everything to 
find
your diamond because I love you, and you risked everything to find me for the
same reason. Why is it so difficult
for you to say you love me? Am I
that horrible?” asks Katie. “Do
I have to answer that? Do I?
All right. Maybe in some --
some very small, guilty, loosely defined way, I do love you,” admits Simon.
“You love me! I knew it! Oh,
Simon loves me! I knew it!
I knew it!” cries Katie, delighted to finally hear the words she’s
been waiting to hear. Now that Katie’s gotten what she wants, will she remember
poor Henry, stuck on the island??
Today’s episode was directed by Larry Carpenter and
written by Lynn Martin.
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