I just watched the Season 3 finale of Bones, and JEEZ AM I PISSED!
Oh my god, how STUPID were they to make Zach the apprentice? The whole show I was chanting, "Let it be Hodgins, let it be Camille, let it be the other woman whateeverhernameis - I'll even take Sweet!" Seriously, Those three characters are just nowhere near as appealing as Zach. Bones and Zach are the funniest characters on the show, followed by Booth and Sweet - why the hell would you write out one of your funniest characters??? To make things worse, I promptly read a Season 4 spoiler - AND THAT'S EVEN DUMBER, YOU DUMB SHITS!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..
Regarding not knowing how to use the character: I actually only watch the show for the funny geek dialogue. I don't care about the murders, I don't care about Bones' family, or Hodgins & whatserface's romance, or anything else - I just love how geeky and socially unaware Bones and Zach are, and how unintentionally funny they are (unintentional for the characters, not that the writers don't intend them to be funny). That's why it makes me extra-cranky that they've done this to Zach. FUCKING MORONS.
Thank you for telling me.
I actually feel a little traumatised by what they've done - to screw up the character so badly in one hour. They're apparently handwaving it a bit next season(I hear) because they realised they'd done a stupid thing. ARGH.