I've had bad luck with Goodwin and his genes. His son with Jenni Jones-Brown looked fine, but Story Progression gave him more children with someone else, and I got a bug-eyed monstrosity. I swore not to force-edit anyone in the game (for once), but I had to fix that.
I have no problems with Goodwin as a character though. Many EA sims just have no real conflict or fodder for me to make conflicts out of, and Goodwin has the whole unexpected child thing. Maybe he'll be next for me to play. That being said, I don't play pre-mades that much. A select few have captivated me enough for me to play with them for extended amounts of time, but the rest exist because I need legacy spouses.