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

Skylar visits Chuckie's home and asks him about Will's life and reluctance to leave.

Scene 78 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Chuckie
Skylar
Chuckie'S Mom

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:31 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 78

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 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
Will and Skylar spend time together while she works, imagining a future beyond Boston.
Scene 78
This scene

78INT. CHUCKIE'S APARTMENT -- DAY

Chuckie sits on his couch, watching cartoons in his boxers and a tee-shirt, eating cereal. The doorbell rings. He sits.

CHUCKIE

Get it, ma!

She doesn't. He gets up. Opens door. It's Skylar.

CHUCKIE (cont'd)

(surprised)

Hey.

SKYLAR

Hi.

CHUCKIE

How you doin'?

SKYLAR

Good.

An awkward beat.

CHUCKIE

How'd you know where to find me?

SKYLAR

(smiles)

You were the only Sullivan in the phone

book.

Chuckie smiles.

SKYLAR (cont'd)

Will and I dropped you off here,

remember?

CHUCKIE

Oh, right.

SKYLAR

This is your house, right?

Chuckie nods and is about to respond when he is interrupted by a nagging shriek from his mom.

CHUCKIE'S MOM (O.S.)

Get in here, Chuckie!

CHUCKIE

(calling back)

Pipe down, Ma!

SKYLAR

I guess so.

CHUCKIE

What? No. This is my mother's house.

I don't live with my mother. I just

stop by, help out. I'm good like that.

SKYLAR

Is this a bad time?

CHUCKIE

She'll live.

(beat)

If she starts yelling again I might

have to run in real quick and beat her

with the stick again but...

SKYLAR

Okay.

CHUCKIE

Let's take a walk.