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

Will waits in Lambeau's office as the next career decision approaches.

Scene 80 of 127 · ≈ 3 min on screen · Act two

Tom
Will
Lambeau

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:34 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 80

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 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
Chuckie walks with Skylar and confirms that Will's fear, not lack of ability, keeps him in Boston.
Scene 80
This scene

80INT. LAMBEAU'S OFFICE -- DAY

Tom and Will are sitting waiting for Lambeau.

TOM

!! !

WILL

!! !

Lambeau enters going over a thick proof Will has completed.

LAMBEAU

This is correct. I see you used

Mclullen here--

WILL

I don't know what it's called.

LAMBEAU

--This can't be right.

(examining proof)

This is going to be very embarrassing.

Have you ever considered--

WILL

I'm pretty sure it's right.

Will gets up to leave.

WILL

(turning back)

Can I ask you a favor, can we do this

at Sean's from now on? 'Cause I leave

work to come here and the fuckin'

commute is killin' me--

LAMBEAU

That's fine, but did you ever think--

WILL

It's right.

(a beat, heading out)

Take it home with you.

LAMBEAU

Will, what happened at the Tri-tech

meeting?

WILL

I couldn't go 'cause I had a date. So

I sent my cheif negotiator.

LAMBEAU

Will, on your own time, you can do

what you like. When I set up a meeting,

with my associates, and you don't show

up it reflects poorly on me.

WILL

Then don't set up any more meetings.

LAMBEAU

I'll cancel every meeting right now.

I'll give you a job myself. I just

wanted you to see what was out there.

WILL

--Maybe I don't want to spend my life

sittin' around and explaining shit to

people.

LAMBEAU