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

Will sits through a silent session with Sean, unable to turn the moment into a joke.

Scene 56 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:01 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 56

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 53
Will and Chuckie do demolition work, grounding their friendship in shared labor.
Scene 54
In the rain, Will calls Skylar from a pay phone while his friends wait in the car.
Scene 55
Skylar answers, but Will hangs up before he can speak honestly.
Scene 56
This scene

56INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- DAY

Will sits across from Sean completely silent and takes out a pack of cigarettes.

SEAN

No smoking.

Will puts the cigarettes away. Sean stares at Will and occaisionally at the clock. Sean continues to check the clock on the wall. It is the only clock in the room and it is BEHIND Will. Their hour is almost up.

CLOSE ON: WILL'S EYES INTERCUT WITH THE CLOCK.

He is counting seconds. As the second hand crosses the twelve, Will stands up and walks out, leaving Sean alone.