And/or, it makes me think of what you were saying about Theodore--perhaps it's more interesting/dynamic/textured if there are more distinct gradations of relationship between Archie (& Wolfe) and each the various subcontractor-legmen.

So we move from the comparatively-indistinct relationships of the pilot, into: Saul (stealth Gryffindor, super-awesome, Archie has a mancrush on him, only one who's personal friends with Wolfe); Fred (Hufflepuff, earnest and dogged and trustworthy); Orrie (Slytherin, and increasingly so as time goes on). For a while, there's also Johnny Keems, who overlaps with some of the qualities later ascribed only to Orrie (vanity, edging into Archie's territory). And there's Bill Gore, who...I can't remember. *g* I can see why he drops away. (And of course Johnny has a canonical reason for his dropping away.)