Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason and Randy find Olivia crying on the garage floor after an accident; Bill dismisses her distress and berates her.

Scene 66 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mason
Randy
Mom
Bill

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 59 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 66

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 63
Mason walks down the school hallway toward class.
Scene 64
Classmates laugh at Mason's haircut, but a girl sends him a note saying she likes it.
Scene 65
Mason and Randy bike with a neighborhood boy, who breaks away to skate elsewhere.
Scene 66
This scene

66INT. GARAGE - DAY

Mason and Randy pull up to a half open garage and drop their bikes outside. Mom can be seen laying on the floor of the garage, crying.

MASON

Mom, are you okay?

RANDY

What happened?

MOM

No -- Go in the house! Go! Go in

the house! Go in the house!

BILL

Your mother had a little accident.

Now she's being dramatic.

Mom is still crying as the boys exit. Bill enters the garage with a drink in his hand.

BILL (CONT'D)

Get off the fucking floor Olivia,

for Christ's sake!

Mom continues to cry.