Good grief, that hair... Ah, well, at least Tot is pretty awesome.
Gomez is such a shitty person that you really wouldn't want to help him
Actually, the fact that the man is such an absolute monster but wants so much not to be would certainly compel me personally to help him if I could. The morality of the thing is definitely in question, though, I agree.
The redemption-by-physics is really fascinating. And there's a Doctor Manhattan joke in there someplace but it's eluding me.