He's done his rotations in ERs as a resident: he remembers the hallways after some of Detroit's more 'exciting' nights of violence. "Least I could do," he says, managing an owlish smile. And it probably was, after all the damage he's done to the Murphy family, the least he could do.

"Plans? I haven't, erm, I haven't planned anything." Though his priority list includes 'not getting stabbed' and 'not getting bitten by snakes'. "I wouldn't--I wouldn't want to intrude."