Sorry Chris your whole argument, though valid, was discounted for me because of some serious errors in your choice of words. Alive When he discovered Temperance's own Forensic Anthropology professor had become her lover, Zack repeatedly wondered aloud whether he might enter into a similar relationship with Dr. Brennan. Based on the new evidence, the judge overturns Zack's murder conviction and life sentence in the murder of Ray Porter. Deschanel revealed in a 2019 interview that David Boreanaz was one reason why she has such fondness regarding her memories of filming. For example, Sweets at a stretch. Knowing that the Apprentice must be in the DC area as Zack stated that the Gormogon was only gone for a few hours after killing the Apprentice, Hodgins has Angela get him the locations of all of the Acacia Trees on the west side of the boundary as, to the Freemasons, the west and the setting sun symbolized finished projects and death. Out of fear of finding himself in prison (due to Hodgins' firm belief that Zack "would NOT do well in prison"), he reminds Sweets that, as Zack's therapist, he must not reveal Zack's secret without his permission. Also if he wanted off the show couldnt he just have been gone when he went to Iraq? Looking through his favorite things later, his friends discover that they were all things they'd given Zack which Sweets believes is significant. After being framed in Season 12 as the Puppeteer, Zack recants his confession in the murder of Ray Porter, having realized that he could never take a life, even in self-defense. Aubrey thought he was guilty the entire time and reminiscent of both Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter. Roshan stabbed Zack's leg with a pen and was going to finish him off, but Booth shoots Roshan in the back, killing him and saving Zack. But what truly made the transition to killer possible? Gormogon's Apprentice — is the Gormogon's apprentice, I invited Bones creator Hart Hanson to share the rationale behind the reveal. Any number of scenarios were explored. Two hours after her kidnapping, Brennan wakes to find her former protg watching her. Zack confessed to the murder of Ray Porter and was sent to McKinley Psychiatric Hospital instead of a prison. And even though he is very emotionally retarded who is to say he couldnt convince a weaker personality (say a child) to do his bidding? His grief about Zack leaving is visible throughout this episode and many others. P.S. Brain and Heart. I really dislike the whole Psych Ward mad scientist/killer consultant thing and I sincerely hope they dont do it. It would have been much MUCH less painful. That left him ripe for the Masters picking. Eric Millegan Dishes on Bones' Shocking Revelation " How do any of us watch future episodes without a sense of betrayal? Its not at all logical that Zack, who has been dedicated to saving peoples lives as a member of the team would suddenly turn his back on the only people he has connected tooand he does have a large loving family. The Apprentice Thank you for the respectful disagreement. When he returned to the asylum after helping the team solve the murder of Jared Addison, Zack tells Sweets that, while he had helped Gormogon find the lobbyist, he himself had not actually stabbed him. Zack was the youngest in a large fictional family from Michigan, with three brothers and four sisters. I dont want Zack to change (well, the Gormogon belief stuff can change). Good lord! Karen Delfs believed that the trauma to Zack's head caused him to have Dissociative Identity Disorder and wanted him to review the case file hoping that it will lure out the alternate identity. I am delighted for our show, and for Eric Millegan, that some people are furious. King of the Lab? Im glad they tried to wrap everything up in this episode, but there was a LOT to wrap up it did seem far too fast. Stephen Nathan & Hart Hanson Hodgins gave Zack a small copy of the Kama Sutra to get him to stop asking Booth questions about sexual intercourse. TVGuide.com: Right. Booths fake death. Booth and Brennan go off to solve a crime in London. As someone said-all those plot gaps. However, Cam refuses to accept it and accuses Hodgins of tampering with evidence to get Zack freed. Posting a defense of the plot (I have no problem with Zack as the apprentice) is not the same as agreeing to how it went down though. Weve had great episodes, and some truly amazing moments, but no follow-up. During Zack's appeal, Hodgins testifies to his friend's innocence and is enraged by Caroline Julian's apparent efforts to keep Zack locked up, not understanding that she is merely doing her job but in a way that discreetly helps Zack. My main issue with this twist is that the producers were clearly forced to make this jump because of the strike I dont think they ever intended Zach to be the Apprentice or if they did, they would have planned to introduce it more slowly. He believed Zack to be crazy for kidnapping Brennan, even though Booth expressed that what he tried to do for Hodgins with his paralysis was nice. Related: " Living up to his IQ, Zack solves the problem quickly which leaves Hodgins visibly stumped but he lifts his friend's spirits by appointing himself as the "King of the Loony Bin". She gave Zack advice on saving his relationship with Naomi in Paleontology in A Boy in the Tree by telling him to tell her to introduce him to the secrets of love to leave both of them on a clean slate. I bet they didnt make him the apprentice because of how less shocking it would have been if it was him instead of Zack. Brennan could do it to rationally head off a death of a loved one: brain tempered by heart. Not stocker as in stock broker, a person who sells stocks. Not without checking with Dr. Brennan, Angela, and others first. Though Hodgins tells her to throw it out if she doesn't trust him, Cam is seen going through it once Hodgins leaves. Heart-breaking is, indeed, the only way to categorize Vincent Nigel-Murray's death on Bones. There are a bunch of reasons why we did what we did, the most important being that we're going in You grumbled, I did something about it. The Apprentice, the Gormogon's apprentice before Zack. On the Apprentice's right cuff, Cam noted dried blood, presumably Ray Porter's and thus the evidence needed to prove the Apprentice killed him and exonerate Zack was brought into the light. And, last, was Zachs apprenticeship. Hodgins also stated that the remains of the Apprentice had to be somewhere in the D.C. area since Zack told them that Gormogon was only gone for a few hours when he went to dispose of the corpse. He confessed because he assumed that he would kill if The Master asked him to, but after having a chance to kill The Puppeteer and ultimately refusing to finish the job, he learned that he is not capable of killing, not even to save himself. Why did Zack help Gormogon in Bones? But Im thinking that Brennan implicated herself and then her coworker is arrested.. I just hope he comes back, one way or another. There are far fewer people who like Sweets vs those who like Zack. His hobbies and loves all had rational backing. Brennan also realizes that Caroline was merely doing her job but did so in a way as to ensure Zack's exoneration. He has fond memories of receiving his first microscope ("The Girl with the Curl") and when he was six, he had a pirate eyepatch ("The Man with the Bone"). One of his last thoughts was of Daisy, and he requested to Dr. Brennan to tell her not to worry, stating she worried too much. In "The Pain in the Heart", Zack's care for his friends is shown: even when working for the Gormogon, he protects Hodgins when he knew he'd seriously injure himself in the process. Which, leads me to believe that neither he or anyone else really bothered to try to socialize (probably because it was out of his comfort zone). Next Zack made mistakes? I dont think he will respond well to all the analyzing of his mental state, along with psychologists trying to convince him that there is something wrong with the way he acts/thinks and making him be different. Let me know if this soothes the sting at all. Although it at first appears Hodgins and Zack are roommates, it is later revealed Zack rents the apartment over Hodgins's garage. Why did Zach help Gormogon? The Pain in the Heart is the fifteenth and final episode of the third season of Bones. But maybe it wasnt his fault, maybe it was everyone elses for neglecting him. Since the Gormogon can only have one apprentice at a time, he killed the original lobbyist's murderer in order to take Zack under his wing. Your argument is . Sweets, despite his worries about Zack, agreed to keep his secret to avoid violating their doctor-patient confidentiality. — is the Gormogon's apprentice, I invited Bones creator Hart Hanson to share the rationale behind . It can very well be implied that Zack and Hodgins have a strong bond by their almost 13 year long friendship and by the fact that neither of them referred to anyone else as their best friend, even after Zack was sent to the psychiatric ward. At the end of episode, when Ray Porter returned to his home, he is assaulted by an unknown assailant who was hiding in his closet with a dagger in his hand and was murdered after being stabbed in the heart. Caroline Julian argues that Hodgins could've planted the evidence due to its unusually compelling nature after so many years have passed since the case was presented, but Hodgins testifies that while examining the Apprentice's body, he established a protocol so that no one would examine the remains or any case-related evidence alone in the lab to prevent someone from doing such a thing and to ensure that no such allegations could be brought against anyone in court. I do want Zack to come back. When Zack sad that he was apprentice of the gormogon in the season 3, brennan and he sims have an connection. (by Agent Booth). At the end of the episode, we learn the entire thing was a dream Booth had while unconscious and part of a new book Brennan was writing. What was Zacks relationship with Gormogon like? What are the 12 general lab safety rules? In this episode Booth is shown reading a Green Lantern comic book, David Boreanaz who plays Agent Booth voiced the character Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern in Justice League: The New Frontier which released earlier the same year as this episode. The Pain in the Heart The only problem with him coming back is that Im afraid of whats going to happen to him in psychological prison (I cant remember what that is really called, any help?). But they have drawn more and more into other relationships leaving him more isolated, more vulnerable. About. She acknowledges, to a point, her heart and therefore can incorporate it into her decision-making. His attempts to use such expressions meet with mixed success, such as referring to a skull he'd cleaned as being "clean enough to eat off of." God bless Eric, he squeezed out a huge tear, in character. He told them that he was a dear friend and he thought that working with death and murder may have been too much for Zack. I couldnt agree more! Bones has shot people before in self-defense and in defense of Booth. In The Day in the Life, Brennan speaks for Zack's character at his appeal, something that Brennan herself points out is out of character for her as she only ever testifies to the forensic evidence in a case. The only one who actually looks like the guy who killed the lobbyist, TVGuide.com: Anything else you want to say about the finale and Eric's status with the show moving forward? Jack Hodgins (TJ Thyne): The bad news for those Hodgins fans who had hoped to see him regain his ability to walk: He ended the series in his wheelchair. And so we start to notice these things arent being taken care of and therefore it will make sense for us when Brennan has her breaking point when she actually has to deal with it all. Logic and reason were the only things Zack could call his own. At the end of the episode, prosecutor Caroline Julian says while Zack has confessed to killing Ray Porter; she's willing to work out a deal to have him declared non-compos mentis, a decision committing him to an asylum rather than prison. You could see that even when he claimed the title, Zack often had a look of I dont get this game. Squintern is what Booth calls the interns working for Dr. Brennan and are members of the Jeffersonian Institute. Lots42 07:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC) In the end of . Love of singing? Zach as Gormogon's apprentice : r/Bones - Reddit Without that sexual and emotional tension, the show would become more boring. I may accept Zack as the apprentice but god Ive have downright LOVED for Sweets to be it. "I was wrong, not delusional," he says. The Gormogon is a fictional character featured in a story arc of Season 3 of the Fox drama Bones.Gormogon (Bones). Wyatt deduced that in the eyes of Gormogon, The Apprentice failed him as he wasn't as good as Zack, so he wouldn't treat the body with reverence. Personally, though, I think it could be a bit exhausting to have a robot to which you must prove the reasoning for every command. In other words, Zack believes he killed the lobbyist; but, from a legal standpoint, he is considered only an accessory or co-conspirator. Press ESC to cancel. According to Emily Deschanel, Zack "almost definitely has Asperger's syndrome," a condition that is now known as ASD or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Zack did not kill the lobbyist. Earlier in the series, it is suggested that Zack shows sexual affection to Dr. Brennan.