Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason lies awake listening as Olivia refuses to go out with Ted and they argue about her responsibilities as a mother.

Scene 7 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 4 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 7

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 4
Mason spray-paints the ditch wall with Tommy until Samantha calls him home for dinner.
Scene 5
Ted arrives to take Olivia out, then leaves when she admits she has no babysitter for the children.
Scene 6
Olivia reads Harry Potter aloud while Mason and Samantha lie beside her in bed.
Scene 7
This scene

7INT. BEDROOM - LATER

Mason lies awake in bed listening to his mother argue with Ted.

TED (O.S.)

Why can't you just say that?

MOM (O.S.)

I'm sorry. I don't want to go with

you.

TED (O.S.)

You're sorry, that's bullshit!

MOM (O.S.)

That's right, I wanna stay here with

my kids. That's what I'd rather do.

TED (O.S.)

All right. Would you stop using

your kids as an excuse?!

MOM (O.S.)

I'm not using my kids as an excuse!

You don't even know--

TED (O.S.)

I know you have to stay here with

your kids! You're acting--

MOM (O.S.)

You have this immature life--

TED (O.S.)

And why do I always-- Why--

MOM (O.S.)

You have no responsibility.

TED (O.S.)

I have an immature life! I have an

immature life?

MOM (O.S.)

And I have responsibilities, okay,

you don't know what it's like to be

a parent.

TED (O.S.)

No, I don't! And why am I responsible

for your mistakes in life?

MOM (O.S.)

If you had any idea. You don't think

I wouldn't--