The timing is just impeccable,

Stevie always has impeccable timing,

I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.

It could be the silver lining of Katrina,

Citizens will not understand what a quality detective has passed through our doors, ... He cannot be duplicated. He was the one we went to when we had a very complex case, and that was not by mistake. We knew he could handle it and all the pressures that came with it.

What Al did was smooth the way for the people behind him,