Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Bill checks Mason and Randy's yard work and tells them to finish it the next day.

Scene 42 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Bill
Mason
Mason And Randy

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Begins 41 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 42

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 39
Bill stops at a liquor store, claiming the bottle is for weekend guests; Randy notes that guests never come.
Scene 40
Bill pours vodka into an opaque cup and hides the bottle in the laundry room.
Scene 41
Bill scolds Samantha for leaving chores unfinished while she and Mindy load the dishwasher.
Scene 42
This scene

42EXT. BACKYARD - DAY

Mason is pulling weeds, while Randy rakes the lawn.

BILL

(yelling from the porch)

Mason! Your dad's here...

As the boys approach...

BILL (CONT'D)

You guys aren't settin' any speed

records, are you? What'd you do,

get about half done? Hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey. So did you finish?

MASON

No.

BILL

Is the job complete?

Mason shakes his head "No".

BILL (CONT'D)

So, what are you going to be doing

tomorrow? Same thing, right?

MASON AND RANDY

Yeah.

BILL

Okay. Go.