Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Olivia encourages a worker who likes school to consider night classes at the community college.

Scene 109 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mom
Worker

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Begins 1:46 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 109

As his mother’s homes and relationships change, Mason grows from a restless child into a young photographer learning to choose his own direction before leaving for college.

Scenes 1–11
Mason’s world is a child’s local orbit of school, siblings, play, and a family not yet displaced.
Scenes 12–23
The move exposes Mason’s wish to keep his friends and stay connected to his absent father while Olivia seeks a more secure life.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 106
Dad and Jim greet the children beside Dad's new minivan, where Samantha meets baby Cooper and welcomes her half-brother.
Scene 107
Olivia consults workers about replacing a broken pipe and tries to follow their Spanish explanation.
Scene 108
Jim tells Dad that Mason is committed to photography and plans to build a darkroom.
Scene 109
This scene

109EXT. JIM'S SIDE YARD - CONTINUOUS

MOM

(pointing to the pipe)

Okay... Let's go grande.

WORKER

It's good?

MOM

It's good.

WORKER

It's good. It's better. Yes.

He instructs the other worker on how to get started. Mom turns to join the others in front yard.

MOM

Hey, you know, you're smart. You

should be in school.

WORKER

I like school, I need school, but

it's hard. I work all day...

MOM

Go to night school. At community

college. It's -- It's pretty

affordable.