Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Ted arrives to take Olivia out, then leaves when she admits she has no babysitter for the children.

Scene 5 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Mom
Ted
Mason

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Begins 3 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 5

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.

Scene 1
Young Mason lies in the grass outside school, looking at clouds and inventing how wasps begin.
Just before
Scene 2
On the drive home, Olivia confronts Mason about missing homework and his rock-stuffed pencil sharpener, then laughs at his arrowhead explanation.
Scene 3
Mason rides his bike from home and meets Tommy as they head down into the drainage ditch.
Scene 4
Mason spray-paints the ditch wall with Tommy until Samantha calls him home for dinner.
Scene 5
This scene

5INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Mason lays on the floor watching a cartoon.

There's a knock at the door, and Mom comes out to answer it. It's TED.

MOM

Hey.

TED

Hey, sweetie. Why aren't you ready?

Hey, Mason.

MASON

Hey, Ted.

TED

Come on, come on, hurry up. Let's

go.

MOM

What time is it?

TED

It's nine. Let's go, let's go.

MOM

Okay, I meant to call you, 'cause

Janice flaked out. I don't have a

sitter.

TED

Why didn't you call somebody else?

MOM

Well, I can't get a baby-sitter now,

it's nine o'clock. But you're welcome

to hang out with us.

TED

Well, no. I mean we have plans.

The guys are expecting me.

MOM

Well... you can go.

TED (O.S.)

All right. Yeah, well, I'll come

back in a couple of hours. Is that

okay?

MOM

Yeah. Yes.

TED

All right.

MOM

It's okay.