August 19, 1999
Scene 1: Yacht
(Danny and Matt are on the dock, walking onto the yacht.)
Matt: Wow. She's a beauty, Danny.
Danny: Yeah, she's fast, too. We should get there in pretty good time. But we've got to get moving. (Talk about making good time...they got there in less than a day. Where is San Cristobel supposed to be located anyways? In the middle of Lake Michigan??? It sure seems like it is...)
Matt: Okay.
Danny: Let's go. James, you got everything on board? Is this it? How are you doing, Amy?
Matt: Hey, Michelle. Where can I put this stuff?
Danny: Down below. There's a table...
Michelle: (Nervously.) You know, I'll take it and you can uhh...Danny can show you the rest of the yacht, okay?
Matt: Okay.
Danny: Come on, I'll show you around. (See's Josh and Jim.) Guys, you got everything you need on board?
Jim: Yeah, Danny. No worries. Everything's set.
Danny: Alright.
Scene 2: Yacht
(Danny and Michelle walk out onto the deck of the boat. He has his arms wrapped around her from behind.)
Michelle: Mmmm...you know what would be incredible?
Danny: What? (A quick kiss here.)
Michelle: If we could just sail away, find our own little coast to swim in, and make love on every different beach that we find. (Damn...Michelle's always horny!)
Danny: I know. (Obviously, Danny is too!) I wish I could give you all that, (Michelle stumbles, Danny holds onto her so she doesn't fall, and he almost falls in the process. Very, very cute.) on our first time out together, instead of this. (Michelle climbs onto what I think is the bow of the boat.) Careful. (Danny sits beside her.)
Michelle: Okay. I think we're going to be fine. And you know what? We're going to have so much time to go on these crazy adventures for ourselves. Just, we really have to do this for Josh and Reva right now.
Danny: I'm glad we can help your friends. (Nice little kiss. Danny looks out at the sea...or is it Lake Michigan...?)
Michelle: They're your friends, too.
Danny: I am going to give you that life you dreamed about, Michelle. I promise.
Michelle: Yes. We are. We are going to be fine. And you know? I believe in you. And I know that we are sailing into God knows what, but I feel safe with you. And I feel like, when I'm in your arms, there's nothing that can go wrong. (Makes me nervous when they talk like that!)
Scene 3: Yacht
Josh: We just want wanted to get everyone togeter and go over a few things before we dock.
Jim: Alright, everybody listen up. It's imperative that Josh not be recognised when we pull into San Cristobel. So right before we get into the harbor, we're going to have to put him in the cargo hold. Now Matt, you and I are supposed to be some of Danny's business associates so us being there isn't going to be any kind of distraction at all.
Josh: Danny, you mentioned that when you contacted the palace, right?
Danny: Yeah, when I accepted our invitation, I told them that Michelle and I would be entertaining business partners while we're here, and I wanted to take them to the ball so, yeah, they're covered.
Josh: Good. What about costumes? The costumes get boarded and stowed? Does anybody know for sure? (Josh starts to freak out--again. He's always doing that these days!) See, we have to know things like this. If they're not...
Michelle: Oh wait. That's my department. I'll take care of that. I'll go check and you stay here and figure everything out, okay? Okay. (She goes down to "check" on the costumes, looking very nervous like she's hiding something.)
Josh: Alright, let's move on. What's next?
Matt: Let me get this straight. It's cool if Jim and I are up on the deck with you and Michelle when we dock at your place, right? (Danny's looking at where Michelle went, not paying attention to what the rescue rangers are saying.) Danny?
Danny: Yeah?
Matt: When we dock at your place?
Danny: Yeah. It's an isolated harbor. We'll be fine.
Jim: Alright, but we're still going to have to check out the house and the surrounding area before we bring Josh up, okay?
Danny: Guys, the house is like a compound. As long as you don't leave the area, no one's going to know that you're even here.
Josh: So we only have the night of the ball to be concerned about?
Matt: Speaking of which, I'm a little concerned about the window of opportunity you have to get Reva out there. I've mapped out the escape route, and it's a pretty good distance down to the beach. (And you decided to bring this up now? You could've mentioned that about a week ago!)
Jim: This is the explosive device that I'm going to set off in the harbor. It'll buy us about 10 minutes of confusion time. But that's not the unknown that I'm worried about.
Josh: What is?
Jim: It's Richard. We don't know if Reva's his captive, if he's got her guarded, what we do know is that he's not going to give her up without a fight.
Josh: Well, then that's what I'll have to give him. (Walks off.) I'll do whatever it takes to get you back, Reva.
Scene 4: Yacht
(Michelle is looking nervously below the deck. Danny, Matt, and Jim are in the background talking.)
Danny: I've been in there alot of times, and...
Michelle: Why--why is Josh still down there?
Matt: I don't know. He went down to get some maps or something. He'll be back in a minute.
Danny: Come here. (They walk away Jumpin' JJ Lemay and Matt.) Hey, what's the matter?
Michelle: Nothing.
Danny: Come on. You're acting very nervous. Is all that talk about the rescue getting you upset?
Michelle: No, I'm just...I'm really excited to get Reva back home safe, you know? (Trying to change the topic. May I just say that Joie is doing an excellent job in these scenes. Both of them are always excellent, but Joie is really, really great in this episode, IMO.) This yacht is beautiful.
Danny: Yeah. I love it.
Michelle: Has it been in your family a long time?
Danny: Yeah. A long time. My mother never really liked coming here, but my father used it all the time. It was sort of like a sanctuary. He loved being out on the water.
Michelle: Did you go with him alot?
Danny: Yeah, when he could get away from work and stuff, yeah, he would take me with him.
Michelle: Wow, well it sounds like you had some great times on this boat.
Danny: I did. I mean, this is really where I bonded with my father. Not so much through stuff he said, but--although he did have alot of "sailing as life" analogies, but uhmm...this is the only place where he really relaxed. I'm starting to uhmm, I'm starting to understand him a little better now.
Michelle: What do you mean?
Danny: You know, like the way he lived his life. He uhh...he never put his needs before those of his family. He made alot of sacrifices for us, and I'm starting to understand that alot better now. More now than when I was younger. We all have to make alot of sacrifices sometimes.
Michelle: Yeah, that's probably why you uhmm you understand about my family and the way my mother raised me, and...helping friends is just as important as helping family, you know? So there's uhmm...there's probably something you should know. I--
Josh: (Emerging from downstairs.) Everybody, everybody. Get on down here. We have a problem.
Scene 5: Yacht
Michelle: Josh, what's going on?
Josh: Shh shh...we got company.
Jim: In here?
Danny: Okay, why don't you go back up on deck?
Michelle: No, no. I uhmm I don't think that's...Matt. Matt, don't. Listen, no. It's not--no. (Jim opens a door and Cassie comes flying out.)
Josh: Cassie.
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