I think we are meant to believe that Zack does believe he is guilty by association. He would have killed the lobbyist for the greater good but the other apprentice got that job. If you accept, and that's a big 'if', that Zack somehow knew the lobbyist's whereabouts and was already involved with Gormogon so told him where to look, he might therefore see himself as responsible for the lobbyist's death even if he didn't stab him. To him, that's as bad as wielding the knife himself. Why he thinks that would prove him to be sane and therefore prison fodder I don't know.
As for not accepting him back, as much as they love him, they think he is a murderer. So why doesn't he tell Hodgins the truth? (Wait, I've thought about that more - see below) Or to turn it around: why don't his friends or more likely his family, go all out to prove his innocence, because really it is illogical to believe Zack is a murderer? Are they so obsessed with his logic, they deny him capability of any human emotion? Brennan acted with her heart for her father when she believed he was a murderer; why not for Zack? Zack isn't the only one who can save him(self). They visit but don't question, just accept? Why don't they want to prove his innocence?
Also, I see your point about Sweets being the only one he could tell if his plan to pay for his 'crime' is to work.
Sorry to witter on, but the more you poke at it, the bigger the holes that appear.
To put in my two cents on the matter of ZackThink (TM) (thank you mistletoe): I think that Zack believes that his actions were a 'condition sine qua non' (the condition without which it could not have happened) for the murder and therefore he killed him, whether it was with his own hands or not. In the context of the rest of that conversation with Sweets, he seems to be saying that it's his way of accepting responsibility for the actions that led directly to the victim's death.
Oh hi! Thanks for that two cents. I think that is an excellent interpretation of what is going on in Zack's head and I totally concur with your view. Thanks for clarifying my thinking. ;)
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Date: 2008-09-26 08:31 pm (UTC)As for not accepting him back, as much as they love him, they think he is a murderer. So
why doesn't he tell Hodgins the truth?(Wait, I've thought about that more - see below) Or to turn it around: why don't his friends or more likely his family, go all out to prove his innocence, because really it is illogical to believe Zack is a murderer? Are they so obsessed with his logic, they deny him capability of any human emotion? Brennan acted with her heart for her father when she believed he was a murderer; why not for Zack? Zack isn't the only one who can save him(self). They visit but don't question, just accept? Why don't they want to prove his innocence?Also, I see your point about Sweets being the only one he could tell if his plan to pay for his 'crime' is to work.
Sorry to witter on, but the more you poke at it, the bigger the holes that appear.
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Date: 2008-10-14 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-14 06:11 pm (UTC)