Terms of Endearment Page #5

- Call him now! So long.

- Hello?

- Hello, Garrett.

Yes?

Well, I was just sitting

here realising...

realising that

I had never shown you my Renoir.

What are you talking about?

I'm inviting you to come over

and look at my Renoir.

- You're inviting me to bed.

- It happens to be in my bedroom.

Is the Renoir under the covers?

Don't cackle, Garrett.

Do you want to see it?

Do I want to come to your bedroom?

- Let me think.

- Do you?

Just give me a minute.

It's a tough one.

I guess... I don't know.

Yeah, OK. I guess so, sure, why not?

I'll see you in a bit.

If I don't answer the bell,

the back door's open.

The back door's open.

My God. He ran it.

Hi.

I was doing laps when you called.

Lucky for us, I only did eight.

This is it.

This is the Renoir.

I like it.

I like the painting.

I like everything in here.

Relax, baby...

Now, just who do you

think you're talking to like this?

Don't you realise

I'm a grandmother?

It's not flattering

to look too surprised.

I'll just be a minute.

I like the lights on.

Then go home and turn them on.

Oh. I'm sorry.

Come on.

Dad. Come on, wake up, Dad.

- What? What?

- Melanie's sick.

- What?

- Melanie's sick.

- The baby's sick.

- The baby's sick?

Are you coming, Flap?

- What do you think's wrong?

- I have to look first.

Come on, Dad.

Thank you.

You can go to bed.

She's gonna be all right, she is.

- I can't sleep.

- Go to bed, I'll be there soon.

We're making this a drama.

It's not going to qualify

as high drama.

It's OK, it's OK.

Thanks.

I'm sure it's the croup.

Remember, Tommy had it twice?

Guess you were in the library.

God, that's the worst

sound in the world.

How long do you keep her in here?

- Why? Are you going back to bed?

- I just asked how long.

Well, I don't know.

Until her throat clears or I lose

20 pounds, whichever comes first.

I don't know, I don't know.

About 20 minutes, I guess.

I've been offered a job.

What?

Why didn't you say something?

I wanted to think about it.

It's head of the English department

at Kearney State College.

About the same money.

Oh. Where is it?

Nebraska.

I really don't want to move.

I love the school,

the paediatricians...

It's the head of the department.

We'll talk about it, all right?

I like it here, Flap.

Head of the department, that's...

That's great.

- Goodbye, Mom.

- Bye.

Come on, Teddy.

Don't kiss the baby,

she may still be sick.

Have a good day at school.

Oh, you don't know the night I had!

Melanie decided to get the croup at

3am and I haven't gotten any sleep.

He may be kidding, but Flap says

we're going to some Nebraska college.

I'm not sure, but I think

Sam is becoming someone that I need.

I'm lying here next to the astronaut.

Are you really?

How was it?

- I'll speak to you later.

- Oh, I feel so good for you.

I do. You call me

as soon as you can.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Mel...

OK, Mel.

I just want to make this clear,

you know.

I see other women.

I didn't think we were engaged.

- OK, OK.

- Your ego, really!

OK. Let's stay in tonight.

- You're saving a fortune on me.

- I'll cook.

It's been three weeks,

and you haven't even seen my house.

My best instincts

had me avoiding it.

What are you thinking?

I'll tell you what.

I think this is really sad,

that you feel that you need

all this stuff to impress girls with.

Need it?

Sometimes it isn't enough.

There's nothing wrong

with using your assets.

I think it turns your profession

into a sex trap.

Oh, come on. Everybody uses

whatever they have. I earned it!

There's 106 astronauts in the

whole world and I'm one of them!

It's a big part of me.

I'm sorry. I didn't...

I didn't mean to trip

on such a deeply felt principle.

Do you want to know what bothers me?

None of us ever got together

in one room, locked all the doors,

and compared notes

on the experience.

I think we had to pretend

it wasn't the fun that it was.

You do sense the speed.

I remember looking out

the window of the spacecraft...

I sound like somebody with a big

belly telling their Korea stories.

Anyway, once I'm

looking out the window.

I see a piece of the spacecraft,

and it's whistling along the ground.

It doesn't make a sound.

The only sound you hear,

the only noise in the entire world,

is your heart beating.

It's indescribable.

Maybe they can think of a better way

of saying it, but that was it.

That was my moment,

the one that doesn't go away.

You know what I mean?

Yes.

Hey...

This is my moment.

No, don't get nervous, Garrett.

Flap?

Anybody?

You don't think it's love

because we're having fun.

Love can be fun.

Would you stop making faces?

That's wonderful.

What we have here is

a typical grad-school girl crush.

Would you please, please, please

stop telling me this is a crush?

The fun with getting involved

with someone unavailable

and slightly older is sometimes you

get to hear what's really going on.

- Flap, you are such a...

- Incredible a**hole!

Excuse me.

- Excuse me.

- Watch it, buddy!

Emma!

God damn it, Emma, you'll ruin us!

- Cos you're a spectacle!

- I am not!

Stop jiggling her, she'll throw up.

Your timing was perfect.

You caught us before we did anything.

I'm taking the kids to Houston.

Give me the baby.

You don't know what I did,

just like I don't know what you do

on your afternoon drives.

Professor Horton,

can we talk about my grade?

You ought to be happy I'm going.

If I stayed here,

I'd make life hell for you.

Don't follow me.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Excuse me! Excuse me!

It's them. It's them!

- Garrett, come meet Emma.

- No, you don't need outsiders.

- You're no outsider!

- I'll see them later.

Em, Em, this is Garrett.

Oh! Pleasure to meet you.

I've heard so much about you.

Your mother's been looking

forward to this, too.

So, go ahead.

- Anything wrong, Garrett?

- No.

It was very nice to have met you.

Must be nice to be home.

Oh, it's great. It's great.

I'll be over later.

They're tired,

and will get to sleep early,

and I'd like to get to bed early.

Grandma, Grandma, Grandma!

Bye-bye.

Come on out. All right.

This one likes to squeeze.

Teddy likes to squeeze, Tommy likes

a squeeze. You both get a squeeze.

The baby. Where's the baby?

Oh, there is my baby.

Look at the baby!

I think she looks a little like you.

A little? Gee, it's like

looking in the mirror.

She loved the ride.

She hardly cried at all.

- Bring in the suitcases.

- OK.

- Mom...

- Well, I talk to you every day.

- Mother, you look great.

- You look terrible.

Nobody wants a girl

who's washed-out and tired-looking.

I just drove about 1 ,000 miles.

Besides, all the men

love me the way I am, Mother.

It's like you, when you finally take

one small step away from Flap,

it's with a married,

unavailable, older lowan, hmm?

Tell me about the astronaut.

We have to talk about it.

Are you going to sleep now,

or are we gonna talk?

How's the astronaut, Mother?

Really?

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