Good Will Hunting Page #13

WILL:

C'mon, that guy was a f***in' piece

of work.

Will gets up and adopts a hypnotic persona in front of

Lambeau.

WILL:

(spooky voice)

Look into my eyes. I don't need

therapy.

LAMBEAU:

Get out, Will.

WILL:

Okay... don't forget to get another

therapist for next week.

LAMBEAU:

That's enough.

Will is out the door. Lambeau turns to Tom.

TOM:

I called Mel Weintraub this morning,

to check for availability.

LAMBEAU:

What's the point?

TOM:

What do you want to do?

LAMBEAU:

There is somebody...

TOM:

Who is he?

LAMBEAU:

He was my roommate in college.

INT. BUNKER HILL CAMPUS -- DAY

This is SEAN MAGUIRE'S "Dying and Bereavement" class.

Emblazoned on the door is "room 101." While the lecture hall

could hold sixty students, there are less than fifteen here

today.

Sean Maguire lectures to the class in a resigned tone. Tired

of teaching, tired of life, he finds himself resigned to the

tedium of teaching core classes to an indifferent student

body.

SEAN:

Establishing trust is the most

important component in making

breakthroughs with a patient. Why?

A beat.

SEAN:

Maureen?

MAUREEN'S only response is an empty stare.

SEAN:

Keep up the good work, Maureen.

Vinnie?

VINNIE looks up.

VINNIE:

Because trust is an important thing.

SEAN:

Don't bullshit me, Vinnie. Didn't

your brother give you the notes?

Okay. If a patient doesn't trust you

then they won't feel safe enough to

be honest with you -- then there's

no point to them being in therapy.

It's like saying -- "Fine, come here

and don't tell me a thing but go

home feeling like you're doing

something about your problems -- and

give me my fifty bucks before you

leave will ya'!"

He looks around the room for approval. No one is listening.

SEAN:

If you don't help them trust you --

then there's no way you'll ever get

them to sleep with you. And that

should be the goal of any good

therapist. Insecure women, you know...

nail 'em when they're vulnerable,

that's always been my motto.

The students look up, somewhat stunned.

SEAN:

See, I got Vinnie's attention.

Laughter. Sean starts to resume his lecture, when he notices

LAMBEAU standing in the back of the room. There is an awkward

moment.

SEAN:

Gerry.

LAMBEAU:

Sean.

SEAN:

(to class)

Well, it seems we're in the presence

of greatness. Professor Gerald Lambeau

is a Field's Medal winner.

Combunatorial Mathematics. 1986.

The students stare blankly.

LAMBEAU:

Hello.

SEAN:

The Field's Medal is the Nobel Prize

for math.

(beat)

But it's only given out every four

years.

A beat.

SEAN:

Okay, that's all for today. Try and

get through Fernald by Monday.

The class starts to pack up and file out. Lambeau approaches

Sean who steps down from the lectern.

LAMBEAU:

Good to see you.

SEAN:

Good to see you.

LAMBEAU:

Is there someplace we can talk?

CUT TO:

EXT. HARVARD SQUARE -- NIGHT

Will and Skylar on their first date. They watch a street

MAGICIAN doing tricks with a rabbit. The guy's tricks are

pretty good, but his on-stage persona could use some work.

He is incessantly repeating the phrase "this is the rabbit,

the rabbit really does the tricks." Will gives Skylar a look

and they move on.

CUT TO:

INT. TOY STORE -- LATER

Will and Skylar walk into the small shop.

SKYLAR:

I don't know, it was just kind of

the boring suburban thing. Private

school, Harvard, and now Med. School.

(Beat)

I actually figured out that at the

end of it, my brain will be worth a

quarter of a million dollars. I

shouldn't have told you that...

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