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Thursday, December 5, 2002 It's been two weeks since we last saw Henry, and today he's drinking at the Lakeview Lounge by himself when two of his blond friends enter the bar. He approaches them and says, slurring slightly, "Iona, Mona, hey! Hi, do you two remember me?" "How could we forget?" answers one of the women. "The hotel valet who tried to pass himself off as a movie-producer-slash-high-roller." Henry laughs and tells them it was just a silly misunderstanding. He invites them to join him for a drink and offers to explain everything to them, at least "everything that isn't hush hush." "Who's buying?" the women wonder. Henry tries a new tactic to impress the women, "Did I ever tell you I'm half Dutch?" This doesn't work either. The women say, "Did we ever tell you we're half impressed?" and leave. "Amateurs," he complains as he heads back to the table alone. "Know what I need?" he asks no one in particular. "I need a woman with a keen sense of adventure. A woman who laughs in the face of danger. A woman who lives off of adrenaline and loves the smell of fear." "Well you just found her, little man," says a voice. Henry looks up, and up, to see the guard from Carly's office. Delighted, he stands up and gives her a hug. "Magda, hey! Where have you been all my life? I haven't seen you since the night you kicked me out of the Monte Carlo offices, remember?" "How could I forget," she says (Henry seems to be getting that a lot tonight). Henry tells her he's been looking all over town for her. "I heard, that's why I'm here," says Magda. "To break your frickin neck!" Henry slowly sits down and pleads, "Before we start fracturing body parts, why don't you just hear me out." "Give me one good reason," demands the guard. "Money," answers Henry, "Lots of money, for both of us." Interested, Magda sits down and asks what she would have to do for this money. Henry tells her it's simple, she just has to tell him who was in the Monte Carlo offices the night she threw Henry out on his rear. Magda asks how much money she'd get, and Henry tells her 50 percent. "Sixty. A girl's gotta pay for her karate lessons," bargains Magda. Looking a little scared, Henry agrees and asks her to describe the gentleman caller. Magda doesn't offer up the information just yet, how can she be sure he won't run off with her share of the money? "I admire your strength and determination. Things I really look for in a woman, that and the black belt. How's that for collateral?" says Henry. Magda good-naturedly punches Henry in the arm and says, "You're all right, Hank!" Holding his arm gingerly, Henry again asks if she knows the gentleman she saw that night. Magda says she does, in fact she just ran into him while applying for a job at the hospital construction site. Henry asks for his name. Magda says he's the foreman there. She thinks a moment and says, "Mike Kasnoff." Meanwhile, in Milltown, Carly is having a nightmare about the father of her unborn child. She wakes up to something almost as bad. There's a knock at the door and she opens it to find Henry. "Whatever you're selling, we don't want any of it," she snaps. Henry apologizes for stopping by without calling first. "Smart move, I would've hung up," says Carly. Henry says he has an offer she can't refuse, and asks to come in. Carly does refuse and demands to know what he wants. "To save your marriage," answers Henry. "I have evidence that you were drunk and disorderly with a certain Mike Kasnoff. I thought about going to Rosanna, then I thought, wait a second, wait a second, Henry. Why not give Carly the first crack at buying you off? How does 50 thousand sound?" Carly lets Henry in and says, "50 thousand for what? To pay off your martini tab at the Lakeview?" Henry laughs and says he's glad she still has her sense of humor, she's going to need it. "I have a witness who can place you and Mike Kasnoff at the Monte Carlo offices the night before your nuptials." "There were a lot of people at my office the night before my nuptials. My wedding planner, my business partner, my fiancé, it was a very busy day," explains Carly. "But only one man you got busy with that night," says Henry. He says he has evidence, he saw empty champagne bottles and clothes strewn about the office. "You saw nothing because there was nothing to see!" insists Carly. "I saw London, I saw France, I saw Mike and Carly's underpants," taunts Henry. Carly tells him he is messing with the wrong woman. "I wish someone would have told Mike that before you did the deed," says Henry. Carly tells him to get out and starts to push him towards the door. "You know, when you think about it, I'm keeping your pristine little life in Milltown safe from the talons of Rosanna Cabot. Which is pretty cheap when you think of it that way," says Henry. "But not as cheap as sleeping with your cousin's boyfriend." Carly screams at him to leave her alone as she pushes him outside and slams the door in his face. Today’s episode was directed by Maria Wagner and written by Lynn Martin.
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My wedding planner, my business
partner, my fiancée. It was a very busy day.