My issues with Doctor Whale is his name. It’s so specific. We know they like to play on the characters names and who they were in FTL (Red/Ruby works in a diner taking food to people). His last name being “Whale” is just so odd that I keep thinking it has to have something to do with his persona in FTL. And no one seems to know his first name, even MM who had that “fling” with him.
When Red was waiting for the bus to go to Boston after quitting Granny’s Dr. Whale was talking to her in a lurking manner.