Million Dollar Baby Scene 5 Summary

Never Trust a Man Who Turns Down a Rubdown

  • Maggie strolls into the Hit Pit and gets to work. Frankie's training with Big Willie in the ring. And Shawrelle's decided to pick on Danger again.
  • Shawrelle starts making fun of Maggie, too—you know, because she's a girl, and because Shawrelle's a grade-A jerkwad.
  • Maggie gets the last laugh, though, when she gets in a good one about how much time Shawrelle spent on the mat in his last fight. Ouch.
  • Big Willie turns down Frankie's offer of a post-practice rubdown because he has to chauffeur his kids around. His wife hates their new car, see, and the dealer won't let her get the old one back. Frankie offers to talk to the dealer. Scrap points out to Frankie that it's totally weird for Big Willie to turn down a rubdown.
  • Frankie lets Scrap know that he knows that Scrap helped Maggie—and gave her a speed bag. Then he goes to take it back from her.
  • Frankie tells Maggie that it's not that he won't train her because she's a girl, it's because, at 31, she's too old. Then he has a change of heart and lets her keep borrowing the speed bag.
  • Later that night, Big Willie shows up at Frankie's front door and thanks him for getting his wife's old car back. Then he tells Frankie he has to leave him. He's going to Mickey Mack. Frankie's shocked.
  • Big Willie explains that he's really sorry, but he has to make the most of his fighting years. Double ouch.