I kind of liked Todd being a sad sack, especially once we learned what he'd done. He was working a job he didn't like and living in a crappy apartment due to him doing something pretty awful. He was doing penance and couldn't even tell anyone why.

You definitely do have an embarrassment of riches to choose from, don't you? I can't recall... have you watched Babylon 5? One of the first real attempts at "long form" storytelling that we see so much of now, with a beginning, middle, and end planned out from the start. A few bumps due to threats of cancellation, actors departing, etc., but it still was rather groundbreaking in storytelling and intelligent scripts. Very 90s CGI though, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me any more than seeing a play with minimal sets.