Zack

Zack, designation X5-599, was the leading force in the '09 escape from Manticore, and part of the X5 series.

On the Run for 10 Years
Shortly after the escape from Manticore, Zack was arrested, he escaped 4 hours into holding, and was not seen again. Over those 10 years he had managed to track down and hide the other escapees. He is very protective of his fellow escapees and is somewhat mistrustful of regular humans.

2019 and On
Zack first appears in Seattle under the alias of Sam, where he manages to obtain a job working at Jam Pony from Normal. After Max manages to track him down and learns that Sam is really Zack, they fight their way out of Zach's apartment as Lydecker had arrived. Zack seeks Max out after Brin is captured by Lydecker's men. Together the pair work with Lydecker to try and rescue her, but Lydecker betrays them. Zack and Max manage to make it out with Brin, but Brin insists that if she is to live, she must be taken back to Manticore.

Soon after, Lydecker begins placing wanted posters for Max throughout Seattle. Zack returns to take Max away from the city to somewhere where they will be able to hide. When Max learns that Logan has been admitted to the hospital, he allows her to leave after a short fight. He gives himself to the police and Lydecker in a way to keep Max safe.

Zack eventually escapes Manticore, but through the use of a listening device, learn the locations of most of the other '09 escapees. With the help of Eyes Only, Zack and Max manage to alert the others that Lydecker and Manticore is aware of their locations. After learning the Tinga is unable to get away, Zack and Max travel to Portland to help her. Once safely rescuing Tinga, she and Zack travel to Canada.

Zack again returns to Seattle when Tinga's son, Case, is hunted by Lydecker. After Tinga is captured by Brin and others from Manticore, Zack embarks on a mission to find and rescue her. They eventually find her, but she is dead.

In the episode ... And Jesus Brought A Casserole he gives his life to save Max. In "Some Assembly Required", it is revealed that Manticore had kept Zack alive my giving him artificial organs after harvesting his real one to needy X5s. After trying to kill Logan, Zack's memory was once again wipped from Max having electrocuted him, and his was given a new identity. Zack's new identity was that of a man named Adam Thompson who worked on a farm.