I re-watched the scene between Sweets and Zack and transcribed it:
Zack: I haven’t actually done it before, you know.
Sweets: Had sex?
Zack: Ended someone’s life. Why doesn’t anyone ever believe I’ve had sex?
Sweets: You confessed to plunging a knife into a man’s chest.
Zack: No. I said I killed him – which I did; I told The Master where to find the man.
Sweets: But you didn’t plunge a knife into the man’s chest?
Zack: It wasn’t me.
Sweets: Zack, why did you confess?
Zack: I would have done it. If The Master had asked, I would have done it.
Sweets: No, no. You don’t know that. People have no idea if they’re capable of ending a life until they’re put in that situation. In all of our sessions, I’ve had question marks because you, at heart, are not a killer. (Sweets starts dialing his cell.) I gotta, I gotta tell Dr. Brennan this.
Zack: You can’t tell them. Because I’m your patient, and you’re not allowed, ethically.
Sweets: Zack, don’t you want your friends to know that you didn’t kill anyone?
Zack: I’m still an accessory to murder. If you tell them, they’ll take me out of here and put me in prison. Hodgins assures me I would not do well in prison.
Sweets: OK, what about the person that actually did commit the murder? He’s still out there.
Zack: No. The Master killed him. So he could recruit me. There could only ever be two.
Sweets: You have to let me tell the truth.
Zack: You can’t tell anyone without my permission…. We should go in; I don’t want to get you into trouble.
It seems like a retcon to me, but I'm still thrilled that it's been shown that Zack didn't kill anyone.
Oh god, that is some MASSIVE retcon. Didn't they have evidence at some point that Zack stabbed the victim? Or maybe I just assumed. It looks like the writers are trying to backpedal.
i don't remember them having actual factual evidence that he did it. they had evidence that he covered up for gormogon, and then he confessed to killing him. but i don't think anyone said that there was conclusive evidence.
i don't know if i'd call it a horrible retcon. reinterpretation of the situation, yes. cruelly letting us go on all summer thinking that zack was a murderer, certainly. but really, i'd call it a pretty fair way of getting around it since it opens up more doors of exploration of zack.
Thanks so much for transcribing that! I missed the airing of the episode yesterday, that reading this scene in detail is SO HELPFUL for having me figure out what's going on.
Maybe tonight the ep'll be loaded up to Fox On Demand.
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Date: 2008-09-25 02:46 am (UTC)Zack: I haven’t actually done it before, you know.
Sweets: Had sex?
Zack: Ended someone’s life. Why doesn’t anyone ever believe I’ve had sex?
Sweets: You confessed to plunging a knife into a man’s chest.
Zack: No. I said I killed him – which I did; I told The Master where to find the man.
Sweets: But you didn’t plunge a knife into the man’s chest?
Zack: It wasn’t me.
Sweets: Zack, why did you confess?
Zack: I would have done it. If The Master had asked, I would have done it.
Sweets: No, no. You don’t know that. People have no idea if they’re capable of ending a life until they’re put in that situation. In all of our sessions, I’ve had question marks because you, at heart, are not a killer.
(Sweets starts dialing his cell.) I gotta, I gotta tell Dr. Brennan this.
Zack: You can’t tell them. Because I’m your patient, and you’re not allowed, ethically.
Sweets: Zack, don’t you want your friends to know that you didn’t kill anyone?
Zack: I’m still an accessory to murder. If you tell them, they’ll take me out of here and put me in prison. Hodgins assures me I would not do well in prison.
Sweets: OK, what about the person that actually did commit the murder? He’s still out there.
Zack: No. The Master killed him. So he could recruit me. There could only ever be two.
Sweets: You have to let me tell the truth.
Zack: You can’t tell anyone without my permission…. We should go in; I don’t want to get you into trouble.
It seems like a retcon to me, but I'm still thrilled that it's been shown that Zack didn't kill anyone.
omg thank you!
Date: 2008-09-25 03:09 am (UTC)Re: omg thank you!
Date: 2008-09-25 03:18 am (UTC)*dies at thought*
Re: omg thank you!
Date: 2008-09-25 05:39 am (UTC)i don't know if i'd call it a horrible retcon. reinterpretation of the situation, yes. cruelly letting us go on all summer thinking that zack was a murderer, certainly. but really, i'd call it a pretty fair way of getting around it since it opens up more doors of exploration of zack.
and holy hot mama that is the king of all icons.
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Date: 2008-09-25 04:52 pm (UTC)Maybe tonight the ep'll be loaded up to Fox On Demand.
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Date: 2008-09-25 05:16 pm (UTC)