Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Dad tucks Samantha into bed after their day together, and she apologizes that Mason had to come too.

Scene 53 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Dad
Samantha
Jimmy

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Begins 52 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 53

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.
Scene 45
Dad asks Mason and Samantha to talk honestly during their weekends together, beginning a more mutual father-son relationship.
Just before
Scene 50
At the Astros game, Mason asks whether Dad has a job; Dad explains his actuarial exams and celebrates the team's win.
Scene 51
Dad brings the children home to a messy apartment where his roommate Jimmy watches a horror movie and resists helping clean.
Scene 52
Dad sings a homemade lullaby about the children and Olivia while Jimmy accompanies him on guitar.
Scene 53
This scene

53INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Samantha is lying in her bed, listening to her iPod.

DAD

You brush your teeth?

She removes her ear buds.

SAMANTHA

What?

DAD (O.S.)

Did you brush your teeth?

SAMANTHA

Oh. Yeah. Yeah.

DAD

You gonna fall asleep with those

things in your head?

SAMANTHA

Maybe.

DAD

Yeah well, try not to, alright?

SAMANTHA (O.S.)

Okay.

DAD

You want me to turn off the light?

SAMANTHA

Sure.

DAD

Okay, goodnight Sam.

SAMANTHA

'Night, dad.

JIMMY

(leaning in doorway)

Goodnight, Sam.

SAMANTHA

Goodnight, Jimmy.

DAD

Hey... that was a fun day, right?

SAMANTHA

Yeah it was. Sorry.

DAD

Why?

SAMANTHA

That Mason had to be there, you know.

DAD

(laughs)

Goodnight.