A transcript is a retrospective written record of dialogue, and like a script (a prospective record) may include other scene information such as props or actions. In the case of a transcript of a film or television episode, ideally it is a verbatim record. Because closed-captioning is usually written separately, its text may have errors and does not necessarily reflect the true Canonical transcript. Carlton Cuse: We knew that this season was going to be about the Others, gonna be about our guys versus the other people on the island. Michael Emerson: They seem to be a kind of a rebel sect.