Terms of Endearment

Factual error: Emma gets her cancerous lymph node removed without preceding or at least following chemotherapy. Later, when she finally gets chemotherapy, she keeps her full hair till the end.

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Suggested correction: Not all chemo, even during the time this film was made, causes hair loss.

Continuity mistake: Shirley MacLaine returns to the hotel from tending Debra Winger, who is dying in the hospital. When McLaine enters the motel lobby she is wearing one skirt and blouse outfit, but after stopping to check at the desk and going through a doorway to the pool area, she emerges with a different skirt and blouse outfit on. (01:42:00)

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Emma Horton: Momma, that's the first time I stopped hugging first. I like that.

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