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

Will needles a hypnotist hired by Lambeau before the session can begin.

Scene 37 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Lambeau
Will
Hypnotist

Act oneAct two

Begins 40 min into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 37

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.
Just before
Scene 34
Will unsettles his therapist by exposing that he recognized the book's ideas.
Scene 35
The failed session leaves Lambeau and Tom without a workable therapist.
Scene 36
Lambeau tries to engage Will in mathematical work, but Will stays detached.
Scene 37
This scene

37INT. LAMBEAU'S OFFICE -- DAY

Will sits in a chair across from Lambeau and the HYPNOTIST. Lambeau's assistant, TOM (33) takes notes. The Hypnotist makes small talk with Lambeau, who checks his watch.

LAMBEAU

Shall we start the, uh...

WILL

Yeah, when do I get my hypnosis? You

guys been talkin' for twenty minutes.

HYPNOTIST

Yes, Will. We'll get to that.

But first, why don't you go to sleep

for me.

He SNAPS HIS FINGERS and instantly Will's head goes BACK and his EYES CLOSE. The Hypnotist gives Lambeau a look.

HYPNOTIST (cont'd)

Would you mind standing on one leg?

Will gets up and stands on one leg. Lambeau is impressed.

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