For me, they definitely don't overcome the bad things either, if we are tallying everything we have seen from the start of the series until now.
I definitely had a turning point with him at the end of last season, when Joanie (not being biologically his) was not an issue for him , and when he pled guilty to save both…

I read through the comments. EVERYONE HATES Noah. I have been watching this show, week to week, from the start. I can't stop, and it's a very weird show for me to be into. There is not one character that is really likable…(maybe Cole)… but no one is loveable!!