Chidi Quote #159
Quote from Chidi in The Answer
[flashback:]
Young Uzo: It worked?
Young Chidi: Perfectly. They're happy again, Uzo. They're even talking about getting me a puppy. But more importantly, I proved once and for all that you can always find the answer.
Young Uzo: The answer to what?
Young Chidi: To anything. Every problem has an answer. If you just read enough books and think hard enough, you can figure out the answer to any question.
Young Uzo: I know you're really smart, but that sounds wrong.
Teacher: Children, please take your seats.
Young Chidi: Here's a perfect example. Where to sit? What's the answer? Obviously, we want to be back by the pencil sharpener... But in the front, I can see the blackboard better. Or by the door to get a nice breeze.
Teacher: Chidi.
Young Chidi: Just hang on. Sorry. Oh, no.
The Good Place Quotes
‘The Answer’ Quotes
Quote from Jason
[flashback:]
Chidi: Jason, I think I need your help. Can I ask you something?
Jason: Cool. No one's ever asked me for advice before, and you're a high school principal.
Chidi: College professor. Who... who told you how to do this? Like, how can you just make a decision this big?
Jason: Chidi, here's the thing with stuff. You can look at a problem from every angle and drive yourself crazy, but sometimes, you just gotta huck a Molotov cocktail at a drone and see what happens.
Chidi: Is what happens that the drone blows up?
Jason: Usually. I mean, where I'm from, most things blow up eventually, so I learned that when something dope comes along, you gotta lock it down. If you're always frozen in fear and taking too long to think about what to do, you'll miss your opportunity and maybe get sucked into the propeller of a swamp boat.
Quote from Tahani
[flashback:]
Chidi: Tahani. Thank you so much. That ended up being one of the best nights I've had since we got here.
Tahani: You and Eleanor made a good pair. She really tore through that round of charades.
Chidi: Well, I'm pretty sure she was reading the cards off the reflection in my glasses, but yeah, that was amazing. Um... Can I ask you something?
Tahani: Mm-hmm.
Chidi: Tonight could have been a real disaster. How do you have the confidence to just swoop in and so elegantly take charge of a whole group of strangers?
Tahani: Honestly, the confidence comes from failure. I've thrown my fair share of disastrous gatherings. Remind me to tell you someday about Timothée Chalamet's bar mitzvah. But you live through the failure and you learn from it.
Quote from Michael
[flashback:]
Michael: But mostly you wanted answers. The soul mate one, in particular. So, I used it to torture you, which, again, sorry. If soul mates do exist, they're not found. They're made. People meet, they get a good feeling, and then they get to work building a relationship, like your parents. They didn't magically stay together because you proved they should.
Chidi: It wasn't my logic or my representation. It was the feeling they got watching me, this scared little kid telling them that he needed them.
Michael: It was also what you made them remember. You know, they loved each other. Sometimes people forget. You reminded them of what they already had. It convinced them to go to counseling.
Chidi: I never knew they went to counseling.
Michael: Yeah, kids are idiots. If they knew half the stuff their folks were up to, they'd lose their minds.
Chidi: Turns out life isn't a puzzle that can just be solved one time and... and it's done. You wake up every day and you solve it again.
Michael: Terribly inefficient.
Chidi: Wow, what a time to learn. Can you give me a second?