Will Zimmerman, the Dr Jackson of Sanctuary?

Many have drawn the comparison, as of course it can be drawn, in more fan like-extracurricular backed ways.
However I am just someone who recently discovered the show and simply fail to understand why I did not jump on the wagon at the get go. The show is simply amazing and a great way to fill the void of the stargate saga. A simply comment on the current stargate; it simply is a different kinda show.
But back to our comparison.
Both characters have the most amazing things happen to them. Encounters with higher beings to becoming so close as to be with their power, death, rebirths, great losses, and always having the most phenomenal events revolve yet not around them.
The lead, Magnus/O'Neill, are not the ones undergoing these awesome journeys. This allows them to remain in their character, their role, to abstain from evolving beyond what it is that makes them the likeable characters to carry the show.
But for the show to evolve there must be transformation. So it the entourage that must evolve, grow, develop to expand the boundaries of the show.
Zimmerman and Jackson both serve the purpose of being that character around which the main group can evolve. Once it is established that the audience can accept change it the character, the changing aspect of the character eventually becomes the character.
Both Zimmerman and Jackson have in some elevated to a greater understanding, are pure of heart, and strong-willed. They both saved the world, but then again they do that everyday, and have both died, had life changing afterlife experiences, and came back.
They are doctors, but not medical but of understanding, thus setting the course for greater understanding by nature and desire to communicate.
Yes, it could be argued that Zimmerman is the Jackson of Sanctuary. But could he leave and then get asked back under fan pressure?
Would fans and the show miss him so much?
Yes, because remember, most of the development was always based on this character so this part of the show is missing.
But would it be as crucial to the show and is he as awesome as Jackson?
Well...I don't know.