@janbb Well, that is the thing. His character is a miserable, rude fellow, but you can tell from the very first scene, in the very first episode, that this guy has a lot bubbling beneath the surface. He’s been damaged and hurt in his youth, in his job, in his past relationships (you don’t find that out until much later) and he says what he thinks, without having a filter. Kind of like a lot of the folks that we know and love in real life and on Fluther. But you come to realize that he is a brilliant man, and it is his calling to heal people, even though he doesn’t seem to be able to relate to people, at least not yet. When you see him alone, or in his dreams, you realize that he is in fact a very passionate man, but he keeps everything bottled up inside. Louisa, and a few of the other townswomen (such as Mrs. Tishel the pharmacist, and the young teenage girl who stalks him, and even his his hideous ex girlfriend) are drawn to him, much in the way some women are drawn to babies, they want to care for him, and they hope that someday, he will emerge from his cocoon and be able to demonstrate his passion. And demonstrate he does, in his own Martin-like way. He has very expressive eyes, and sometimes, even when he says nothing at all, he is speaking volumes.
Yes, I know, I should probably be his press agent. And now I shall go take a cold shower.