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

Will sets Sean's baseball card down and remains unable to choose between the options before him.

Scene 91 of 127 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Will
Lambeau

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:44 into a 2:11 film

The story so farBefore scene 91

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 88
Skylar waits at Logan Airport, hoping Will will appear before boarding.
Scene 89
Will handles Sean's baseball card while Lambeau argues that a secure job is the right choice.
Scene 90
Skylar boards her plane without Will.
Scene 91
This scene

91INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- SAME

Will, holding the card, reflects for a beat and puts it down.

WILL

Oh, well, it's just somethin' Sean

told me. It's a long story.

A beat.

WILL (cont'd)

You all set?

LAMBEAU

I've got the first part. The rest I

can do at home.

Will gets up.

LAMBEAU (cont'd)

Will, the N.S.A. has been calling me

just about every hour. They're very

excited about how the meeting went.

Lambeau is excited. Will clearly is not.

WILL

Yeah.

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