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.
- Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
- Just before
- Scene 72
The clerk gives Randy five hundred dollars for Bill's check and tells the boys to take care of their father.
- Scene 73
Bill swerves through traffic while the frightened children scream and ask what he is doing.
- Scene 74
Olivia returns with Carol and announces she is leaving Bill; he tries to block the children, then lets them go.
- Scene 75
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