Ack, you're making me feel hopeful again. But, I don't know... think I need to go rewatch some scenes... because wasn't there dialogue that clearly shows he knew she thought he cheated and that he was confessing to that specifically? So that doesn't fit with him being confused about people being mad at him... does it? Or did I let my mind fill in the blanks?

Off to go rewatch a few. Pray for me.

I still have a hard time with the whole he made it up because she is better without him theory. If he was going to do that I think he would have done it when she asked where he was all night. I don't see him making up an excuse to make her think things were fine and then throwing that at her later if all along he thought it was better for them to break up. I also don't see him begging for forgiveness if he was just making it up. I also think he would say he didn't remember if he really didn't remember even if he thought he did cheat.

I don't like the dialogue on the bench. There is way too much ambiguity. Not trying to spin it. It is what it is.

When they leave the church they think they are on the same page. He admits to doing a stupid "thing". "It" meant nothing to him. He wanted to pretend "it" didn't happen. He couldn't even admit "it" to himself. "That" would be the one thing she couldn't forgive.

I don't know guys I think they are both talking about cheating at the bench scene. When Wade first starts talking he brings up when Zoe asks him about leaving the bar with a girl the night before and where he was all night. Then he says he was in denial and didn't want to believe it himself. I really think he was directly referencing leaving with the girl. What exactly happened with them I don't know, maybe it isn't as bad as we and Zoe think but I do think something happened with that girl. I think Wade believes something happened between him and that girl.

I know. I hadn't watched the scenes since people had started to get my hopes up. Then I watched the mvid that was posted in the ZW thread with that exact line. It's the one that made me believe he cheated again. Or at least truly believes he did. Because at first I thought he was too calm about it all earlier in the episode. He seemed sad, but it was more like he did something similar to sabotage the loan for his bar, and not that he cheated. But that one line explains the odd demeanor. He was still in denial himself.

I want to be wrong, and I want to be convinced that I am wrong. It just feels so inevitable at this point. I still find it odd (though I'm thankful for it regardless) that they chose to show us nothing from that night, and that they kept a lot of things so vague and open to interpretation. Truthfully, it makes it all a little easier for me if he did cheat, because then I don't have to bleach my brain with that image.

on re-watch i have gathered that he did not really admit to cheating but the dialogue made Zoe & us the audience believe that he was talking about cheating. but then again i am choosing to be very literal about what was said and treating it like fine print to bring me to a happy place

I don't like the dialogue on the bench. There is way too much ambiguity. Not trying to spin it. It is what it is.

When they leave the church they think they are on the same page. He admits to doing a stupid "thing". "It" meant nothing to him. He wanted to pretend "it" didn't happen. He couldn't even admit "it" to himself. "That" would be the one thing she couldn't forgive.

That line along with the intense emotion and the pleading for forgiveness leave little room for what it could be if it isn't cheating. Plus the whole line about it meant nothing to him. How else have you ever heard someone say that line when it wasn't referring to cheating? It is a classic thing people say.

This is how I'm interpreting the bench scene. It could be a MAJOR misunderstanding. I don't care if the writers did this to us coz it's sweeps but the alternative, of Wade cheating, is much worse. It could also be consistent with the coming out of the bathroom scene in which I believe what Wade said to Zoe then. Now the breakfast scene, where I started to get worried that he cheated, it could be that he was having doubts about "not being good enough" for Zoe. Ergo, the sad face. Then when he said he's best man & how it was kinda romantic to be walking down the aisle with Zoe, if he really cheated, that was too mean for me for him to have passed a guilty conscience that fast. Then the vows, maybe Wade was feeling bad about the "open & honest" part since that's when they focused the camera on him, and not about the "faithful partner" part since that's when they focused Zoe.

Gosh, I feel like I'm back in school taking law classes.

Ok guys I'm suddenly feeling very confident he didn't cheat. And this is going to sound crazy.

I'm betting he did something else not even related to cheating. What I don't know, but I do think it is related to LA.

Right before Tansy punches him he says "What for?" Now if the guy cheated he'd know why he was getting punched.

In the sides for 217 so this isn't speculation, when Wade is around Lavon getting ready to do the casino stuff, Wade senses that Lavon is pissy with him. The sides specifically say that Wade senses he is in the doghouse. He also tries joking with Lavon. And then gives up when he senses he is in the doghouse.

Again this is in the sides. After that he is at the table collecting the entrance fees. That is when the townspeople come up to him and call him a cheater. That is when he excuses himself to go and take a potty break.

I am betting he has no idea Zoe broke up with him because she thinks he cheated. And when he takes the potty break he goes and calls LA. She comes to town and can clear up whatever he was doing.

Now in the promo we have 2 townspeople just telling him "Shame on you for hurting our Zoe" Never saying what. That isn't the casino theme. That has to come early in the episode while he is at work at the RJ.