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

Chuckie walks with Skylar and confirms that Will's fear, not lack of ability, keeps him in Boston.

Scene 79 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Skylar
Chuckie
Man On Porch

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:33 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 79

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 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
Skylar visits Chuckie's home and asks him about Will's life and reluctance to leave.
Scene 79
This scene

79EXT. CHUCKIE'S STREET -- DAY

Chuckie, still in his boxers walks with Skylar who is talking.

SKYLAR

See, now this doesn't feel right.

(beat)

When I made the decision to come over

here it felt right. I had all these

rationalizations... I just don't

understand why Will never tells me

anything, he won't let me get close to

him, he tells me these weird lies--

CHUCKIE

You caught that, huh?

SKYLAR

I just wanted to find out what was

going on...But now that I'm here it

seems strange, doesn't it?

CHUCKIE

Well, I don't have no trousers on...

She laughs. A beat.

CHUCKIE (cont'd)

I know why you're here. Will don't

talk much.

SKYLAR

I don't care what his family's like or

if he doesn't have any brothers, but

he doesn't have to lie to me.

CHUCKIE

I really don't know what to say. Look,

I lie to women all the time. That's

just my way.

(beat)

Last week Morgan brought these girls

down from Roslindale. I told them I

was a cosmonaut. They believed me.

But Will's not usually like that--

MAN ON PORCH

Put some clothes on, Sullivan!

CHUCKIE

Take it easy father!

She laughs.

CHUCKIE (cont'd)

All I can say is; I known Will a long

time-- And I seen him with every girl

he's ever been with. But I've never

seen him like this before, ever with

anyone, like how he is with you.

SKYLAR

Is that true?

CHUCKIE