In the confrontation scene at the lake, when Ennis breaks down after Jack lets loose, Jack hugs him and says "it's alright, it's alright.
I've often thought it was an interesting parallel since those are the very same words Jack says to Ennis in the second night in the tent.
But I digress. As Jack holds a collapsing Ennis, Ennis says "I honestly can't stand this anymore Jack".
Then we cut to the pivotal, bittersweet, tender, gut-wrenching, tear-jerking flashback scene. It ends with Jack watching Ennis ride away so many summers ago, and then the contemporary Jack watching Ennis drive away in his old pickup.
But what happened in the real 1982 action to get us from the collapsing embrace to Ennis driving off? What took place? What was said?
Did Ennis simply pull away, compose himself, get into his truck and drive off?
Did either of them say anything? Was any mention of November made?
Did "I honestly can't stand this anymore, Jack" evoke a comment from either of them, or was it simply ignored?
I've wondered about this for awhile, but I don't know that I really wanted to speculate on the answer until now. I can only come up with painful scenarios that really twist the knife. Fortunately most of my coworkers are in a seminar at the moment so they don't see me wiping the tears that this scene is bringing.
Any thoughts on this?