Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Dad says goodbye to the children at Olivia's driveway and agrees to discuss Samantha's next sleepover with their mother.

Scene 55 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Dad
Mason
Samantha

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 54 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 55

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 52
Dad sings a homemade lullaby about the children and Olivia while Jimmy accompanies him on guitar.
Scene 53
Dad tucks Samantha into bed after their day together, and she apologizes that Mason had to come too.
Scene 54
Mason asks whether elves are real; Dad says the natural world can be magical even without them.
Scene 55
This scene

55EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - DAY

Dad, Samantha, and Mason pull up in the GTO. They sit in Mom's driveway, saying their goodbyes.

DAD

Love you guys.

MASON

See you, Dad.

DAD

Alright. Be well. Okay. Have a

great week. Sam, I'll see you next

weekend?

SAMANTHA

Alright. Oh yeah, that's right.

DAD

What?

SAMANTHA

Susie has a birthday party next

Saturday.

DAD

A sleepover?

SAMANTHA

Yeah.

DAD

Alright. I'll talk to your mom about

it.

SAMANTHA

Bye, dad.

DAD

Don't worry about it, okay? Have a

great week.

SAMANTHA

Had a great time.

DAD

Okay.