Good Will Hunting · written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck · 1997

Sean and Will discuss the abuse directly, with humor beginning to give way to trust.

Scene 101 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Sean
Will

Act oneAct two

Begins 2:00 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 101

When MIT professor Gerald Lambeau discovers that janitor Will Hunting is a gifted mathematician, a court deal lets Will work with Lambeau and therapist Sean Maguire; Will must risk intimacy and choose a life beyond the defenses that have kept him safe.

Scenes 1–16
Will is a brilliant janitor, fiercely loyal to his South Boston friends and protected by routine.
Scenes 17–31
Lambeau's discovery and the court deal confront Will with an ability and a future he cannot keep hidden.
Scenes 32–46
Will enters therapy and the academic world while beginning a relationship with Skylar.
Scenes 47–82
He tests intimacy and professional opportunity while using jokes, anger and silence to stay in control.
Scenes 83–91
Will proves he can refuse a prestigious job, but the refusal does not yet tell him what he wants.
Scenes 92–97
He loses Skylar's trust and collides with Lambeau and Sean over a future he has avoided choosing.
Just before
Scene 98
A flashback fragment shows Will's father looming over him in childhood.
Scene 99
Sean describes his own father's abuse, giving Will room to connect his guardedness to the past.
Scene 100
A second flashback shows the tools and violence Will remembers from home.
Scene 101
This scene

101INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- DAY

SEAN

Gotta go with the belt there...

WILL

I used to go with the wrench.

SEAN

The wrench, why?

WILL

Cause fuck him, that's why.

A long quiet moment.

WILL (cont'd)

Is that why me and Skylar broke up?

SEAN

I didn't know you had. Do you want to

talk about that?

(beat)

I don't know a lot, Will. But let me

tell you one thing. All this history,

this shit...

(indicates file)

Look here, son.

Will, who had been looking away, loos at Sean.

SEAN (cont'd)

This is not your fault.

WILL

(nonchalant)

Oh, I know.

SEAN

It's not your fault.

WILL

(smiles)

I know.

SEAN

It's not your fault.

WILL

I know.

SEAN

It's not your fault.

WILL

(dead serious)

I know.

SEAN

It's not your fault.

WILL

Don't fuck with me.

SEAN

(comes around desk, sits in front of Will)

It's not your fault.

WILL

(tears start)

I know.

SEAN

It's not...

WILL

(crying hard)

I know, I know...

Sean takes Will in his arms and holds him like a child. Will sobs like a baby. After a moment, he wraps his arms around Sean and holds him, even tighter. We pull back from this image.