Oh.
Oh, great, Tommy.
Uh-oh.
That's Vernon.
So tell I'm, uh...
Out?
No. Tell him I'm resting.
Hello.
Hi, Flap.
Where?
No. Tell me now.
I want to know now.
Oh, Flap, you didn't
expect I'd be happy.
Let's be honest
with each other...
before we start pretending.
Um, look, Mom's
staring at me right now,
so can I talk about it
later to you?
Yeah.
All right.
Bye.
How long are you going
to keep this a secret?
The only school accepting Flap
for his associate professorship...
is in Des Moines.
He can't even do
the simple things,
like fail locally.
It's going to be fine, Momma.
It's Des Moines.
Say, "Bye-bye, house."
Bye-bye, house.
Be careful going down
these steps.
Don't break your leg.
Come here.
Come here.
Come here.
Come here.
Stay sweet, honey.
Rosie...
Uh, that's enough, Rosie.
They have to get started.
Tell Momma to drive you home
when you work late.
Have some fun, Rosie.
Don't act so brave.
I know you'll go crazy
without me to nag.
You be good to her
or else we'll get you.
I mean it.
Bye, Flap.
Have a good drive.
Okay, fingers and toes in.
Take Momma's purse.
Momma, that's the first time...
I stopped hugging first.
I like that.
Get yourself
a decent maternity dress.
Had to get one in, didn't you?
Did you tell her, Patsy?
She keeps thinking it's me.
Tom,
will you be good
to your mother...
and take care of her?
Bye, Mrs. Greenway.
Good-bye.
Write when you get there,
so I'll have your address.
Write when you get there,
so I'll have your address.
You shape up, Patsy.
Oops!
Dropped my gum.
We'll get you another piece.
The phone bill will be
enormous, you know that?
I'll miss you, Momma.
Can we go now?
Yeah. Pull away slow.
It will be good for us...
to be away from your...
From our families.
I miss Houston.
You don't know
how lucky you are.
Everybody wants to go
to Des Moines.
People come to get
one look at Des Moines...
before they die.
Some people say
it's the best city in Iowa.
I know you're teasing me.
Texas is the best!
I think you should stop worrying.
You'll see some
terrific new things.
We are.
Oohhh!
Ahhooo!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Would you please, if you will,
hold it down over there?
Sorry, I can't hear you.
Hold it down!
Have some respect
for other people's feelings!
Come over a little closer.
Hey, you in the bush,
I can't hear you.
I took a sauna.
It's hard not to yell...
when you hit cold water.
You're ignoring me
when I speak?
What am I supposed to say?
It's hard not to yell...
when you hit cold water.
Hey, uh, come here.
Come here?
What is your name?
Aurora?
Yes.
You-You want a shock?
No, not especially.
What?
Well, we're going to have this...
dinner at, uh...
NASA dinner at the White House.
You know, some cosmonauts,
and all of us...
I didn't know
who I could take.
All the people I flew with,
their wives are giving me
bitch bites all over my back...
if I show up
with one of my regular girls.
I didn't know
anybody old enough,
so I thought, "Well, I'll ask
my next-door neighbor."
Well, anyway, they
canceled the dinner,
but I was really thinking
about asking you out.
Seriously.
Ain't that a shocker?
Yes.
Imagine you having a date
with someone...
where it wasn't necessarily
a felony.
What would you have said
if I asked you?
Seriously.
I would've said I'd like
to see the White House.
So you would've come.
What the hell.
You want to have dinner
out sometime?
No, thank you.
What about lunch?
You ladies, you like
to have lunch a lot.
There's something
about your manner.
It's like you're trying
to toy with me.
That's right, Aurora.
I'm playing with you.
This is the element.
Do you want to play, Aurora?
Want to have lunch?
We'll have lunch.
If you want to have lunch
in some restaurant...
to improve the atmosphere
in this neighborhood,
I wouldn't exactly say no.
Come here.
We're too far apart to talk.
Now,
Aurora,
since you've agreed,
why don't we