. . "It might seem that way since the guy is on his defensive all the time, has to beg the crew to support him since he does not have any power there, is chastised all the time, and at the end is sort of forgiven after everything turned out fine without appearing to hold a judgmental grudge on any of those pricks... but then again, he is given upright and reasonable dialogue and even gets to call Picar" . . .