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

Will and Chuckie do demolition work, grounding their friendship in shared labor.

Scene 53 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:00 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 53

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 50
Sean's messy apartment shows the grief and disorder he has not addressed.
Scene 51
Will returns to Sean's office and the two sit in a tense silence.
Scene 52
Sean confronts Will in the Common and shares the loss of his wife, breaking the therapeutic standoff.
Scene 53
This scene

53INT. CONSTRUCTION SITE -- DAY

Will and Chuckie doing demo at the site. They throw cinderblocks out a window into a pile. They are filthy.

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