The Butler [a.k.a. Nobody] did it

posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 05:03pm on 20/05/2008
Thanks for reassuring me that I wasn't the only one feeling massively cheated.

Everything and everybody seemed to be treated as expendable, something to be simply thrown away like used tissues, including the whole Gormogon story arc (which I never cared for much, anyway), with 'The Master' turning out to be "Nobody" -- but somehow, this nonentity was a stronger personality than Zach Addy, with his heretofore unshakeable ethics and professional scruples (not to mention his large, loving family in Minnesota, where his mother still thinks he's a Lutheran for holiday purposes)?

Aaarggghhh!
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Re: The Butler [a.k.a. Nobody] did it

posted by [identity profile] appomattoxco.livejournal.com at 05:36pm on 20/05/2008
Yes. And I find it upsetting that the writers seem to be pushing this idea that rational intelligent people are more apt to commit murder. Zach would've seen the consequences of his actions. He's not a narcissist killing that guy would have to be worth getting caught for [from his pov] They needed to SHOW THAT! If they had taken their time given it the weight and back-story needed, maybe it could've been good.
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Re: The Butler [a.k.a. Nobody] did it

posted by [identity profile] x-h00ine.livejournal.com at 05:46pm on 20/05/2008
That's another thing. Aside from feeling very very cheated from a content perspective, from a mechanical perspective, this episode was so poorly done that I literally did not know what I was supposed to be taking away from certain scenes. The most glaring example of that being Zach's immediate giving up of "The Master" when Bones points out the flaw in his logic. It's not like I'm a stranger to philosophy and rhetorical examinations of ethics and morality, but the dialogue was so badly done, and the scene was so rushed through that I really almost thought that I was supposed to believe that Zach had somehow been doing the lone-gun superhero thing and infiltrating Gormogon's . . . whatever . . . to bring him down.
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Re: The Butler [a.k.a. Nobody] did it

posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 08:58pm on 20/05/2008
I really almost thought that I was supposed to believe that Zach had somehow been doing the lone-gun superhero thing and infiltrating Gormogon's . . . whatever . . . to bring him down

Now THAT would've been interesting, and in keeping with Zach's hidden talents and resolve, given that we had NO groundwork laid for him being such an easy mark for a psycho mentor.
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