Zack Addy no longer a squint…
I can’t believe this. I never saw it coming. Don’t know how really, the signs were there, but somehow it’s a complete shock that Zack Addy, the baby-faced, innocent, genius squint on Bones’s team is in fact the Gorgomon’s apprentice. I’m shocked. I’m disappointed. I’m a little bit in denial.
This is a sad, sad, day for us.
Like I said, there were signs. I’d heard the rumors that Eric Millegan may not be coming back next season - even after he said he wasn’t leaving the show. And there had been speculation, although the same discussion boards also offered Hodgins and Sweets as possible Gorgomon suspects. I didn’t take any of those seriously. How could it be Zack? I feel like we’ve missed a big part of his story - due in large part to that stupid strike that took away so much time from us! Is this in some how related to what he went through in Iraq?
The people in charge of the show have pointed out that since Zack wasn’t killed, they still have the option of bringing him back as a guest star - but short of having the staff of the Jeffersonian visit him in the looney bin, I can’t see them giving him a day-pass to help out on a case. Even as silly as having his ex-co-workers visit him may be, I suppose it would be better than not finding out the why’s and wherefore’s behind what happened. How in the world was someone as brilliant as Zack conned in to becoming the apprentice to someone so obviously sick? Bones said on the show last night that his intelligence got in the way. Well, I’d still like a better explanation than that.
How about you - did any of you see this coming? I have to say that even my husband who’s usually annoyingly good at figuring out the plotline before it’s revealed on the show didn’t see this one coming.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I feel a little jipped by this episode. Start out with the whole Booth faking his death to capture someone thing. That lasted, oh, 4 minutes? With such a huge event at the end of last week’s episode, we only got 4 minutes of it being anything close to relevant. That could have been a whole episode!
I really liked how the whole episode, it was conspiracy crazy. You couldn’t NOT suspect anyone on the squints team! I didn’t even think it was Zach until they said he lied about the jaw bone. Great work on that part!
Now…the fact that it was Zach irks me a bit as well. He should have been developed a lot more this season, with the Iraq stuff, and possible a short clip at the end of an episode with Gormegon meeting him, in the shadows of course so we don’t know its him. I love this show, and the characters, but i think that this season was really choppy and thrown together too fast. I understand the writers strike aspect…but still disappointing.
Still…can’t wait till next season already!
May 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I agree about being jipped since we didn’t get to see more about Booth’s supposed death. They could have done a LOT with that. Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to accept that the strike screwed us all over as far as losing so much time that could have been spent developing the stories.
Hopefully they’ll pick up some of them a little better next season. Some background on Zach would be great. And hey, Bones being left out of the loop that Booth wasn’t really dead is definitely something they can bring up again - not that Bones would be so human as to hold a grudge, but hey, it could happen!
May 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
[...] done with a few more episodes to build up and/or help explain how in the world Zach converted to a cold-blooded killer, and what the heck happened to him while he was in Iraq, but hey, they were pressed for time. It [...]
May 29th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
UK watcher here just seen this: WHAT?! What were the creators and writers thinking, that was rubbish! Totally out of character, even with brainwashing there’s no way Zach wuld have fallen for that. Strike or no strike, the writers are going to have to get their act together for season four….
June 16th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I seriously could not believe it! My mom saw that coming- i totally didn’t. when I found out, I was in shock the whole day- i couldn’t even conciously watch bones. Zach is my favorite character in there… I could NOT believe Zach is the apprentice. I’m still in denial… I actually vowed once that i would not watch bones again, but i could not help it…
They have to bring Zach back. They have to.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I was very dissapointed by the fact that Zack was evil! He was my absolute favourite!!!The producers of this show made a big mistake ending it like this….it’s a shame!!
July 4th, 2008 at 6:21 am
[...] we’re not completely over the shocker that Zack is not going to be magically back next season, but we’re having to come to terms [...]
August 1st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
“How in the world was someone as brilliant as Zack conned in to becoming the apprentice to someone so obviously sick?”
I was satisfied with the explanation given. Bones going through it with Zach, logically, step by step, told us how. It’s the problem with being too rational, too logical. And it shows why logic can’t be relied on totally as it can lead you down the wrong path.
August 25th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I honestly don’t see how Zack could be the killer of the lobbyist. My reasoning is this: in the episode in which the lobbyist is killed, we see a man jump out of a closet and stab the lobbyist; the man is not Zack. Additionally, in the montage where we see the lobbyist murdered, we also see Zack, clad in his lab-coat, examining the first Gorgomon’s skeleton sculpture. I seriously hope they bring up these inconsistencies in Season 4- I’d like to see Zack back in the lab.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I couldn’t see it coming, but after I found out I understood how it COULD have happened. It doesn’t change the fact that it pisses me off. I really enjoyed his character. And I really want them to bring him back. But he’s no longer in the credits for Season 4. Which means no good news for Zach Addy lovers
September 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I have only recently been able to watch all the seasons of Bones via the internet, I had only watched a couple episodes back in season 1 and wanted to catch up - I was about part way through season 1 when I found out about Zack and as I’m playing catch up was able to find some spoilers for the final episode of season 3 - as I had not developed the same attachment as everyone else before I saw the rest of the episodes, it was easier to see the possibilities of Zach being able to be manipulated by someone with a more powerful personality who approached him at a vulnerable time. I’m pretty sure the signs we were supposed to see role out in a more believable manner were limited due to the writer’s strike - but there are still some - there was a definite overall change in how the other characters related to Zach in season 3 - it seemed to be that they were working out of the premise that they fully accepted Zach’s place in their ‘family’ - but without the ability to read subtext, he’d take everything literally and would not be able to interpret some of the things said in context - I think of one occasion with Hodgins and another with Bones where their response seemed to surprise Zack. Considering that there seemed to be no attention to what Zack may have seen in Iraq and the rejection that he also had from his colleagues in Ira
September 7th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Oops - didn’t get finished before I sent - anyway - he went to Iraq to serve his country and essentially wasn’t appreciated for his contribution - plus things seemed to change when he was back -at least from his perspective, he would have to find another greater purpose which would validate his service. Don’t know if I’m saying what I mean precisely, and also -this is starting to sound like an essay - I didn’t mean to be that long - anyhow - I don’t think the Zack became ‘evil’ as some people are worried- just took refuge in what he could quantify and to avoid his emotions which he is not good at dealing with. I’m sure that Bones certainly understood that he wasn’t evil, she understood where it came from at least as that side of things - I hope that they will explore how going to Iraq affected him. Anyway - for someone who rarely writes on this sort of board I’ve wrote alot - thanks for reading.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:49 am
[...] rejoice, David tells us that we will finally get a better explanation of how Zack came to be the Gormogon’s apprentice. It’s about time!!! Maybe we’ll also get a better look at what went on while he was in [...]
September 28th, 2008 at 2:13 am
I hated it, they stained a great character who was pure and innocent. I know it’s been ages, but I’ve just seen it and had to complain about it somewhere…
October 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
At least now we know that Zack didn’t actually kill that guy.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
OMFG i luv zach he is my fave charecter T-T i will admit this i cried when i saw the episode i was so sad and cried for like hours and my sister tld me 2 get on the internet and see if he would b on the next season im so sad i hope they bring zach bak he was so sweet and innocent ive finally stopped crying but as soon as bones figured out tht zach lied i thot oh no its zach and i burst into tears my sister thot i was hurt or sumthing then she laughed at me and said i was silli then she apoligized and has been trying to help me figure it out wel im gonna get off adn do more research i hope zach comes bak
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
I knew it was Zach as soon as Hodgins said it was someone from his neighborhood. Knowing Zach lived above his garage… I sorta figured it.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Hi !
I really hope so Zack he will coming back because he missing from the story….the writers they not close his story…steel open !!!!!so please bring back to te serial because withou zack the serial is not a full…..always changes the doktors…..please bring back the genius boy !!!!!!!!!