Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Olivia confronts Samantha for stranding Mason after school and asks what kind of person she wants to become.

Scene 95 of 160 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two

Mom
Samantha
Gaby

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:29 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 95

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 92
Mason waits for Samantha after school, realizes she is not coming, and walks away.
Scene 93
Mason meets Jill downtown; she tells him about a friend's self-harm, books, and an upcoming party where a girl hopes to see him.
Scene 94
Mason listens from the back of Olivia's psychology class as she lectures about attachment and advertises a holiday gathering.
Scene 95
This scene

95INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Mason opens the door as he and his mother enter the house.

MOM

Thanks.

Mom drops her purse on the table and then walks down the hallway to Samantha's bedroom. She knocks on the door before walking inside.

MOM (CONT'D)

Samantha!

Samantha is sitting on her bed, listening to music with a friend, GABY.

SAMANTHA

Okay! Mom...

MOM

Why in the hell didn't you pick up

your brother like you said you would?

SAMANTHA

Mom, I know what you're gonna say.

She was running late and we couldn't

turn around.

MOM

No, no! No excuses! The bottom

line is you didn't do what you said

you were gonna do. You stranded

your brother!

SAMANTHA

It's embarrassing to ask my friend

to turn around and go get some kid

at the middle school.

MOM

What do you mean "some kid"? He's

your brother! And you know what?

We've helped Janie out before. I

mean, she lives right around the

corner. It's no big deal.

SAMANTHA

Sorry.

MOM

You know what, Samantha? You need

to start thinking long and hard about

who you want to be.

Do you want to be a cooperative

person, who is compassionate and

helps people out? Or do you want to

be a self-centered narcissist?

SAMANTHA

You know what? You're right. I am

this horrible person... But honestly,

he's not a baby anymore. You don't

have to treat him like one. He's in