Claire: Alex, would you mind running down to the hardware store?
Alex: No way. I don't trust myself to drive anymore.
[aside to camera:]
Alex: I signed up to be the student liaison for a visiting scholar on campus... Sir Kenneth Penrose. Yes, that Sir Kenneth Penrose. Rock star of the microbiology world.
[flashback:]
Alex: I know you must hear this a lot, but you're the reason I took up snooker. Do you still play?
Sir Kenneth Penrose: I've had to lay down my cue lately. I've been working for months on an Ebola vaccine. Just moments ago, I had a breakthrough. I can't wait to get to the lab and jot...
Man: Hey!
Alex: Aah! Whoa! That was my chemistry advisor. I would not want to be known as the girl who... Sir Kenneth?
Sir Kenneth Penrose: W-Where am I?
[present:]
Alex: You don't know the shame. Now they won't let me drive around anyone smarter than a sociology professor.