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

Will and Skylar spend time together while she works, imagining a future beyond Boston.

Scene 77 of 127 · ≈ 3 min on screen · Act two

Will
Skylar

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:28 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 77

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.
Scene 60
Chuckie tells Will he deserves to use his ability and that friendship means wanting more for him.
Just before
Scene 74
At a faculty reception, Lambeau presents Will's abilities to technology recruiters.
Scene 75
Sean jokes with regulars at Timmy's, showing his comfort in an unacademic setting.
Scene 76
Tri-Tech executives discuss Will as a promising candidate, already reducing him to his talent.
Scene 77
This scene

77EXT. AU BON PAIN COURTYARD, HARVARD SQUARE -- DAY

Will and Skylar sit in the open courtyard of this Harvard Square eatery. Skylar is working on another O-chem lab. Will sits across from her, slightly bored watching her work.

WILL

How's it goin'?

SKYLAR

Fine.

WILL

Want me to take a look?

SKYLAR

No.

WILL

C'mon, give me a peek and we'll go to

the battin' cages.

SKYLAR

It's important that I learn this.

WILL

Why is it important to you? If I

inherited all that money, the only

thing important to me would be workin'

on my swing.

SKYLAR

Clearly.

WILL

You're rich. What do you have to worry

about?

SKYLAR

Rich? I have an inheritance. It's

two handred and fifty thousand dollars.

That's exactly what it'll cost me,

minus about five hundred bucks, to go

all the way through med school. This

is what I'm doing with that money. I

could have done anything I wanted. I

could have expanded my wardrobe,

substantially.

WILL

Instead you're going to bust your ass

for five years so you can be broke?

SKYLAR

No, so I can be a doctor.

A beat. Will nods. She looks down, then up.

SKYLAR

All right, Mr. Nosey Parker. Let me

ask you a question? Do you have a

photographic memory?

WILL

I guess. I don't know. How do you

remember your phone number?

SKYLAR