Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

The family plays charades; Samantha breaks the no-props rule, and Olivia and Mindy solve the final clue.

Scene 36 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mason
Randy
Mason And Randy
Boys
Bill
Mom And Mindy
Mindy
Mom

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 36 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 36

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.
Scene 30
Mason and Olivia cross the college campus that becomes their new life in Houston, leaving his childhood home behind.
Scene 32
Olivia and Bill return from their honeymoon to a newly joined household, placing Mason inside the family structure that dominates the next chapter.
Just before
Scene 33
At dinner, the family swaps honeymoon stories until Bill reprimands Randy for playing games instead of finishing his science project.
Scene 34
The children walk home trading jokes and gossip until Paul swears at them from the street.
Scene 35
Mason and Randy play a video game in their bedroom.
Scene 36
This scene

36INT. FAMILY ROOM - DAY

Samantha and Mindy sit with Mom on the sofa, laughing, while Mason and Randy sit opposite them. Bill is up first, as the whole family plays charades.

MASON

Three Musketeers?

RANDY (O.S.)

First word.

MASON AND RANDY

Chicken? Bird?

Mom and the girls laugh.

BOYS

Second word.

RANDY

Um... hood?

MASON

Big hair? Uh. Robin Hood!

BILL

(tapping his nose)

Ah!

Mom applauds.

BILL (CONT'D)

Brilliant child!

Samantha stands to take her turn.

MOM AND MINDY (O.S.)

Second word.

MINDY (O.S.)

Blanket?

MASON

Hey, you can't use props!

Samantha turns to smack mason with the blanket.

BILL

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Cut it out.

Hey, uh-- Judges speak: No props.

No props. Can't use props. You can

do it without that. Think, think,

think.

MOM (O.S.)

Um, bunch!

MINDY (O.S.)

Folding? Is it like...

MOM

The gathered? Folded.

MINDY

Uh...

The boys laugh.

MINDY (CONT'D)

Messing around with a blanket...

Wrinkling it, uh...

MOM

Wrinkling clothes... A Wrinkle In

Time!

Mom and Mindy clap and cheer at their victory.