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 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
Sean and Will discuss the abuse directly, with humor beginning to give way to trust.
- Scene 102
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