Red Sox Moment: Carlton Fisk’s home run in Game 6.

Scene Synopsis: Robin Williams is Sean and Matt Damon plays Will. In this scene, Sean explains to Will how important his wife was to him, as he “knew” she was the one when he voluntarily skipped Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.

Will
So, when did you know, like, that she was the one for you?

Sean
October 21st, 1975.

Will
Jesus Christ. You know the fuckin' date?

Sean
Oh yeah. Cus' it was game six of the World Series. Biggest game in Red Sox history.

Will
Yeah, sure.

Sean
My friends and I had, you know, slept out on the sidewalk all night to get tickets.

Will
You got tickets?

Sean
Yep. Day of the game. I was sittin' in a bar, waitin' for the game to start, and in walks this girl. Oh it was an amazing game, though. You know, bottom of the 8th Carbo ties it up at a 6-6. It went to 12. Bottom of the 12th, in stepped Carlton Fisk. Old Pudge. Steps up to the plate, you know, and he's got that weird stance.

Will
Yeah, yeah.

Sean
And BAM! He clocks it. High fly ball down the left field line! Thirty-five thousand people, on their feet, yellin' at the ball, but that's not because of Fisk. He's wavin' at the ball like a madman.

Will
Yeah, I've seen...

Sean
He's going, "Get over! Get over! Get OVER!" And then it HITS the foul pole. OH, he goes apeshit, and 35,000 fans, you know, they charge the field, you know?

Will
Yeah, and he's fuckin' bowlin' police out of the way!

Sean
Goin' "God! Get out of the way! Get 'em away!" Banging people..

Will
I can't fuckin' believe you had tickets to that fuckin' game!

Sean
Yeah!

Will
Did you rush the field?

Sean
No..I didn't rush the fuckin' field, I wasn't there.

Will
What?

Sean
No..I was in a bar havin' a drink with my future wife.

Will
You missed Pudge Fisk's homerun?

Sean
Oh yeah.

Will
To have a fuckin' drink with some lady you never met?

Sean
Yeah, but you shoulda' seen her. She was a stunner.

Will
I don't care if fuckin'--

Sean
Oh no, no, she lit up the room.

Will
I don't care if Helen of Troy walks in the room, that's game six!

Sean
Oh, Helen of Troy..

Will
Oh my God, and who are these fuckin' friends of yours they let you get away with that?

Sean
Oh...They had to.

Will
W-w-w-what'd you say to them?

Sean
I just slid my ticket across the table and I said, "Sorry guys, I gotta' see about a girl."

Will
I gotta' go see about a girl?

Sean
Yeah.

Will
That's what you said? And they let you get away with that?

Sean
Oh yeah. They saw in my eyes that I meant it.

Will
You're kiddin' me.

Sean
No, I'm not kiddin' you, Will. That's why I'm not talkin' right now about some girl I saw at a bar twenty years ago and how I always regretted not going over and talking to her. I don't regret the 18 years I was married to Nancy. I don't regret the six years I had to give up counseling when she got sick. And I don't regret the last years when she got really sick. And I sure as hell don't regret missin' the damn game. That's regret.

Will
Wow... Woulda' been nice to catch that game, though.

Sean
I didn't know Pudge was gunna hit a homer.

Go Figure
While the Red Sox went on to lose Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, the real Skylar whom Matt Damon dated, and the inspiration for Good Will Hunting, is now married to Lars Ulrich of Metallica and works as an ER doctor.