Thank you :) I always like a challenge, and I think Elizabeth needs a bit more screen time. Sheppard, too (being the challenge, not more screen time)(not that I'm objecting to the Shepp). He's too easy to write in a comical fashion, or go over the top. It's always fun to find the balance.

but that the actor manages to turn into a wonderful sort of mystery of personality...yeah, inexplicable

It's totally the Hair of Doom.