As a jack-of-all-trades, he's clearly a master of at least a few; and he has a unique sense of perspective. He and Mary have "history", and he always seems to be in just the right place to help out or liven things up. He's always in just the right job (even if the kids don't know it yet) at just the right time. Good-natured happy-go-lucky drifter or Chessmaster of the entire MP cosmos? You be the judge.