Chidi Quote #167
Quote from Chidi in The Answer
[flashback:]
Eleanor: Whoo! When we started three months ago, I never thought I'd get so into philosophy that we'd study past midnight. Esmerelda must be wondering where her soul mate is.
Chidi: Ah, no, she's off in her aviary. Sometimes I think her ravens are her real soul mate. [Eleanor chuckles] I'm not kidding, actually. You should see her with them. It's intense, and if I'm being honest, sexually charged. Anyways, um, this has been fun as always... [Eleanor kisses Chidi] Uh, what was... Why did you... Who was it?
Eleanor: Okay. I'll take those one at a time, I guess. Um, it was a kiss. I did it because I wanted to. And as far as who it was, it was me, weirdo.
Chidi: Eleanor, I... I have a soul mate.
Eleanor: Yeah, and you're not into her at all. I mean, come on. There is no way you're supposed to spend eternity with a woman who sleeps in a giant nest.
Chidi: Look, I... I know she and I are in a rough patch, but we just have to find the answer for how to get out of it, like my parents. You remember that story I told you about my parents.
Eleanor: Yeah, I don't think that story is as cute as you think it is, man. I mean, I'm sure you were cute, you know? Big melon head and a little neck tie. But that moment, woof. That's too much to put on an eight-year-old. I kinda wish cute little Chidi just got to be a kid rather than a miniature professor trying to solve all the world's problems.
Chidi: Well, but... Living that way led me to philosophy, and, sure, I was written up in a medical journal as the youngest person ever with a stress-induced ulcer, but I got into the Good Place, so if you don't mind, I'm gonna take a second to think about what I owe my universe-approved soul mate and, not just, uh, make out with you.
Eleanor: Okay, man. Kiss rescinded. We'll just study like two platonic nerds until Michael discovers me or until Esmerelda turns me into a toad with her magic amulet because she can see that we're obviously into each other.
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?