exosolar while i piece this guy together, could anyone use a rather eccentric and excitable scientist for anything? people who thought he was crazy for thinking aliens were real and he now feels the need to mention how utterly right he was every time they cross paths? aliens he's tried to convince to sign over their bodies so he can study them (when they die, obviously), friends and science bros (mark ruffalo maybe?), a neighbor who watches his daughter and makes sure he doesn't forget to eat whenever he's in the middle of a project, and all the other things