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

Will returns to Sean's office and the two sit in a tense silence.

Scene 51 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Will
Sean

Act oneAct two

Begins 57 min into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 51

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.
Just before
Scene 48
Lambeau presses Sean about the session, but Sean insists Will needs to be met on his own terms.
Scene 49
Will and Skylar watch dog racing and tease one another about nationality and home.
Scene 50
Sean's messy apartment shows the grief and disorder he has not addressed.
Scene 51
This scene

51INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- DAY

Will strolls into the office. Sean is waiting there behind his desk. He seems different. More calm. Will and Sean stare at each other for a long moment.

WILL

You again. How the paintin' coming?

Sean stands up.

SEAN

Come with me.

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