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

The group drives home laughing, with the bar encounter still energizing them.

Scene 23 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 27 min into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 23

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.
Scene 17
Lambeau discovers the anonymous solution on the MIT hallway board and learns his janitor solved it.
Just before
Scene 20
Will dismantles Clark's argument in front of Skylar and her friends, drawing her attention.
Scene 21
Will watches his friends clown around while the Harvard women observe their dynamic.
Scene 22
Outside, Will recognizes Clark and uses the encounter to continue sparring with him.
Scene 23
This scene

23EXT. STREET -- NIGHT

The boys make their way home, piled into Chuckie's car, laughing together.