Parapsychologist who contacts spirits who have "unfinished business," helps them overcome it so they can move on to the afterlife. Has a strained relationship with his daughter Kat, who has a hard time making friends because he always moves houses state to state. Clumsy. Dorky. Tries to act cool but fails most of the time. Kind-hearted. Sounds and acts like a loser. Adorkable. Old-fashioned. Amelia's (his deceased wife) sudden death in 1993 drive him to give up his career as a therapist.