Chidi, Hypatia and others in “Unfinished Business”

Chidi

Um, hi, are you, uh…are you-are you Hypatia Of Alexandria?

Yup, how's it hangin'?

Chidi

[barely able to contain himself] IT'S HANGING REALLY WELL! Um, I-I gotta say, I was expecting you to be...still, you know...Ancient Greek.

Oh! Well, we sort of stay current in this place. What are the big things from Earth recently, um, the Industrial Revolution, the Manhattan Project, "Gangnam Style"...I feel like I get it.

Chidi

It's really her. I-I can just tell, somehow, it's HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIAAAAAA

Eleanor

I KNOW, BABE, yes, it is. Hi, sorry, I'm Eleanor. This exuberant weirdo is Chidi. We're new in town. First question: How do you get the "of" in your name? Is it just, like, where you hung out the most? Like, am I "Eleanor of the Cheesecake Factory Bar"?

Chidi

Also is it Hy-PAY-shuh, or Hy-PAT-ee-uh? Or in the Ancient Greek, "who-PUH-tee-uh?" There's a lot of fun debate about this.

You know what, just call me Patty.

Chidi

Okay, WELL...PATTY. I'm a HUGE fan. I had a poster of you on my wall in high school, actually, it was just a poster of Trinity from "The Matrix," but that's how I imagined you would look because YOU'RE SO COOL!

Eleanor

Oh, is she the reason you got beat up so much?

Chidi

She's ONE of 'em!

Wanna get a milkshake? I haven't been around newbies in a while. You're a little intense. Let's get a milkshake. Yeah. They make a milkshake here that's made out of actual stardust. It's pretty good.

Chidi

Okay! YEAH! Getting milkshakes with Patty!

Yeah!

Chidi

Um...but can I ask you a couple of questions first? Uh, you were a follower of Plotinus, who claimed that contemplation of our ultimate reality-

Wait, wait, wait, wait...are you...what's it called, umm...a think-book-man? No, umm...a think-READ-book-man.

Chidi

A philosopher, yes!

Sorry! It's been SO long, my brain is foggy. Listen carefully before I forget how to say this: you gotta help us, we are SO SCREWED.

Chidi

............we are?