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

Will handles Sean's baseball card while Lambeau argues that a secure job is the right choice.

Scene 89 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Lambeau
Will

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:43 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 89

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.
Scenes 47–82
He tests intimacy and professional opportunity while using jokes, anger and silence to stay in control.
Scene 83
Will rejects the NSA's lucrative offer, showing that his gift cannot decide his life for him.
Just before
Scene 86
Skylar tells Will she never cared about his past, but he still cannot join her honestly.
Scene 87
Lambeau waits for Will at Sean's office and tries to keep the career plan moving.
Scene 88
Skylar waits at Logan Airport, hoping Will will appear before boarding.
Scene 89
This scene

89INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- SAME

Will picks up a FRAME from Sean's desk. It is CARLTON FISK'S BASEBALL CARD. Will has to smile. Lambeau looks up.

LAMBEAU

What are you smiling at?

WILL

It's a Carlton Fisk baseball card.

Will can see that Lambeau wants more.

WILL (cont'd)

Pudge Fisk. You follow baseball?

LAMBEAU

No.

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