Terms of Endearment Page #6

Oh, really?

Yes!

He has a name, though.

You really like him.

Yeah.

Well, it's just so...

It's so strange that relatively...

Relatively late in life,

I've found that sex is so...

so...so...

so...

..so fan-f***ing-tastic!

Anyway, that's what he calls it.

A moth to flame.

This affair is going to kill me.

No. Maybe not. Why do you say that?

Come on, Mom.

I never thought

I'd start to need him.

You're so lucky you have a pool.

Come on, stand there. Stand there!

- OK.

- OK.

Let's talk about Los Angeles.

Do you miss it?

It was so interesting

dating Jews after the divorce.

They are so lively.

- Really?

- Yeah.

In Los Angeles, they were so anxious

to show they understood

your secret thoughts.

- Patsy!

- And I was just glad I had some.

Honey, there's

a telephone call for you.

Hello.

Oh, hi, Flap. How are you?

I'm fine.

- I look older, like everyone else.

- She does not.

Flap, you sound the same and I'm not

sure that's such a good thing.

Yeah, she's right here.

No, we have other things

to talk about besides you.

Hello?

I'm fine.

What's up? Feeling contrite?

You don't seem to understand.

I saw you together.

What?

You know, Flap, I can't believe

you're doing this to us.

Well, I think you're spiteful,

and I don't know

when the hell that happened.

No! Goodbye. I'll... Goodbye.

Flap accepted the job at Kearney,

Nebraska. We're moving in a week.

I don't know why you don't leave him.

Honestly, I don't know, either.

He's cute.

I've been packing for us all week.

Sure remembers her daddy.

So, are you gonna stay mad?

I think being uprooted without my

consent is worth a pout, don't you?

Come on.

- Head of the department.

- I know.

Here.

- Aurora?

- Garrett! I'm back here.

Well, hello, stranger.

What's it been, about two days?

Your family still around?

No, they left.

What?

You probably know

what I'm going to say.

Oh, maybe not. I hope not.

Well...

You're some kind of woman,

but I'm the wrong kind of man,

and it doesn't look like my shot

at being the right kind is...

as good as I was hoping for.

You don't even know how much

you'll miss me.

I don't want to blow smoke

up your ass.

Oh! What a relief.

It's just that I'm starting

to feel an obligation here.

It makes it rough,

especially living next door.

I'm starting to think

I gotta watch what I'm doing...

I... I am gonna miss you...

and I do feel bad.

You're lucky.

I feel humiliated.

Can I have a picture of you?

Yeah, but the only one I have

has Flap in it.

I don't mind.

Come here, give me a kiss.

When you finish,

I need this kind of type.

Hello, Emma. Hi, baby.

She wanted her daddy

to see her dressed up.

He'll be here any minute.

- I'll talk to you later.

- OK.

Excuse me.

Miss?

Miss?

Don't make me run after you,

I have a toddler here!

Are you the reason

that we came to Nebraska?

I think that Flap should talk to you.

We discussed that.

I don't want to say anything

until he does, except that

I don't think there's an emotion

you're having I couldn't...validate.

Tell you what.

If you see Flap,

tell him his wife and his baby

went to get their flu shots,

all right?

Why don't you do that?

Just hold still.

That's a good girl.

OK? You're all finished.

It's all over.

If it makes you feel any better,

Mommy's getting a shot, too.

- Can I give her a pop?

- Sure.

- Here.

- There you go.

Are they gonna tell me

if my husband calls?

You have a lump in your armpit.

- How long has it been there?

- I don't know.

Melanie, stop kicking the cabinet!

There's two of them.

It's not very big, though.

I have to be out of town next week

but you shouldn't wait.

They should come out.

Come out? Should I be scared?

If you're scared, you'll be happier

when it turns out to be nothing.

Dr Butch, Mom should get a pop, too,

for her shot.

- Right. Here, Mom.

- Thanks, Mel.

Well, I know what it is.

You don't keep yourself up

so your sweat glands are clogged.

- It's a cyst.

- So I shouldn't worry?

It's a cyst,

right where your oil glands are.

You never knew how to eat right

and you've never learned how to wash.

You're right. Thanks.

Talk to Melanie.

- Say hi.

- Hi.

Hello, how are you?

I sent you a blouse.

- Say goodbye.

- Bye.

OK. Say good...

Say goodbye to your mother.

What's her name?

Janice. What did the doctor say?

I told you, Flap. It's scary

that he wants to do it so fast.

Janice...with her little folder.

"l can't say anything until he does.

We've discussed it, Flap and l."

I mean, really, Flap!

"Validate my feelings." Your taste!

What the doctor said,

feeling good when it turns out...

No! Forget it, I won't make you

feel better, I'm too mad.

Dinner!

Dear, you have a malignancy.

- Say it again?

- Malignancy.

Rosie...our girl is in trouble.

She has a cyst that's malignant.

They're taking her to a hospital

in Lincoln, Nebraska.

We'll release her in a few days.

We do more and more

on an outpatient basis.

We shouldn't need to take her back,

unless the illness escalates.

But you're not telling me anything.

What are you confused about?

How is she?

I tell people to hope for the best

and prepare for the worst.

And they let you get away with that?

Look, you're wrong to see everything

as so desperate and serious.

And it won't do your daughter any

good to get those signals, either.

What's wrong now?

I'm so frustrated with that doctor.

But it boils down to this.

You're getting out and

you don't have to stay here again.

Unless the illness spreads.

I really don't feel sick.

Hey, Emma. Come to New York

for a visit. My treat.

Great. We'll have to see.

Look at these letters from the kids.

Teddy says he couldn't sleep,

but Melanie slept fine.

Tommy thinks there's nothing

to be concerned about...

Hey, I mean it! You have

time before you see the doctor.

Come see New York for a few days.

It's not a bad idea,

a vacation by yourself.

Rosie and I are here with the kids.

- Take advantage of your freedom.

- I know you wanna go.

This isn't like taking those kids

to Disneyland right before the end?

Stop!

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- Patsy, I'm kidding!

Do you feel funny

about leaving the kids?

I'm not leaving them,

I'm entrusting them to their father.

Oh, I thought as long as your mother

and Rosie are in town...

Not them. You.

- Emma, look! Look! Look!

- Are we there yet?

- Oh, God! I can't believe I'm here!

- Isn't it beautiful?

I want you to meet some of my

friends. Not friends like you and l.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Emma, this is Lizbeth.

- Hi, Elizabeth.

- Hi. It's Lizbeth.

- Isn't that what I said?

- You said "Elizabeth". It's Lizbeth.

- Oh, two names? Liz Beth?

- No, one. Lizbeth.

- Lizbeth?

- Never mind.

- And this is Jane.

- Thank heavens!

Here, that's Melanie.

Oh! Look at that!

Teddy's the younger one,

Tommy's the older one.

- The little girl's incredible.

- Don't think she doesn't know it.

Oh, Patsy's got a real thing

going with her. The boys, too.

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