[Dr. Lynn Denlon is wheeled into a room and meets a cancer-ridden Jigsaw]
Who are you? Who are you?!
John Hello, Dr. Denlon. You may not remember me, but I most certainly remember you. I was a guest... at your hospital once.
John Do you remember me?
[Amanda tosses some files on Lynn, with notable names John Kramer and Lawrence Gordon]
I've seen you on television. Lawrence Gordon was your doctor.
John I was his patient and he was mine. As you can see from that report, my prognosis isn't good. Would you agree?
[Several words appear on the file, notably Frontal lobe tumor and INOPERABLE]
There's no preventative treatment for what you have.
John I remember you saying that to me once before in almost the exact same tone. Leave it to a doctor to find such a cold, clinical way of saying I'm dead man walking. Looking at me, how long would you say I have left?
I'd have to examine you. Even then, a frontal lobe tumor is unpredictable. The growth depends on the rate of mytosis versus apostitis.
John I'm sorry, but is all this crude medical equipment around me causing you to believe that you're still inside a hospital?
John Then why are you speaking to me in that graduate-school medical jargon? [Lynn doesn't answer, not even looking at him] LOOK AT ME!!!! [Sits up; Lynn is paying attention] Now you look at me. I asked you a simple question: how long do you think I have left?
It's not a simple answer. Based on your file, I'd say... not long.
John [John lays down in his bed]
Death is a surprise party. Unless, of course, you're already dead on the inside. [Referring to Lynn] Unless you're the type of person who swallows antidepressants to hide the pain? Turns their backs on their husband, neglects their child, who has every possible advantage in life but chooses not to advance.
What do you want from me?
John What do I want? I want to play a game. The rules of the game are simple. The consequences for breaking them are great: death. You are being tested. Your will is being tested--your will to keep someone alive. Can you do that? Can you follow the rules and grant someone the gift of life?
John [Amanda places a large collar onto Lynn's shoulders]
The device you are wearing is hooked to my heart rate monitor. The second that heart rate monitor flatlines, or you move out of range, an explosion will go off in that collar. Your life and my life will end simultaneously.
Please. Please don't do this to me. I have a family. I have a family.
Let me give you the simple version: you will keep him alive, whatever it takes. No excuses, no equivocations... no crying.
What do you mean, "Keep him alive?"
Out there, on those screens, we have another test subject. A man. He will face a series of tests. [Arms one of the collar shells, then another] You will keep John alive until he makes it through. [Arms the third shell] If he completes all of his tests and John is still breathing... [Arms the fourth shell] then I will remove your collar... [Arms the final shell] and you're free to go.
John You're a vital piece of my puzzle, Dr. Denlon. A critical part of what could be my final test. Amanda, it's time to start our game.
My twenty second analysis without any medical equipment is that his brain is herniating.
He needs to go to the hospital and have an operation to decompress his brain.
Come here. No, really, come here. [Lynn backs away] Come here.
Let me ask you something.[Grabs Lynn] Did I bring John to you, or did I bring your self-centered ass to him? Now you better start **** paying attention. No one's going to any hospital.
I can't perform miracles. You're giving him pain killers. For a tumor like this, he needs steroids, prednisones.
[sarcastically]
Oh, good, yeah. Maybe we could try some corticosteroids. You know, like DEXAMETHASONE!! Why don't you ****in' tell me something I don't know, you stupid ****!
The only place that he can get those drugs is in a hospital. Or else he's gonna die.
You are not a good listener. I think you missed the part that if he dies, you die.
You're asking me to do the impossible.
I'm not asking you. He is. He chose you. [Brutally shakes a table to get Lynn's attention] Not me.
John Amanda. Our doctor can't do what's being asked of her if you're threatening her. The rules of our game have been made very clear. You need to abide by those rules.
John Don't you think it'd be wise to engage me in conversation for your own sake? I asked you to tell me about your husband.
It's like... we're strangers, now. Last time I saw him, we were so disconnected. But now, I'd give anything in the world to see my husband.
John Matrimony's always fascinated me. Husbands barely able to look at their wives. Wives on their backs in hotel rooms with perfect strangers. People who bear children, only to neglect them. Till death do us part, indeed.
I don't know what think you know, but my marrige has survived more suffering than someone like you could ever grasp.
John Suffering? You haven't seen anything yet. Someone like me? Who am I?
John I don't condone murder and I despise murderers.
John If you make it through this, Lynn, you'll thank me one day just as Amanda did.
Please. Let me go. I saved your life.
John Maybe my life isn't the one you were saving after all.
John [Amanda opens a letter, making her extremely distraught.] [Pouring wax on a tape [3]
] Tell me about your daughter. I understand she's quite a little athlete. Or we could talk about your son.
John Why are you living with the dead when you have such a beautiful family? A husband who's endured alone. A daughter who needs a mother. Patients who need a competent physician who looks them in the eye and treats them like human beings.
He's completed the third test.
John Congratulations, Lynn. You're free to go.
Yeah, but he's not all the way out.
John Undo her collar, Amanda, and let her go.
No, he's not finished. He's not all the way.
John Amanda, Lynn is more important than you know. Unlock her collar and let her go.
I said no. [Prepares her pistol]
John Amanda, there are rules--
I said no! She doesn't deserve to go free.
I didn't promise you shit.
John Amanda, even with that gun, it is Lynn who holds your life in her hands.
**** you. You gave her control over me?! **** you!
I won't tell anyone. I promise I won't.
Shut up. Shut up, shut up, shut up! And stop **** moving around!
John And what about the other test subjects that we left alive?
Eric Matthews I'LL **** KILL YOU!
[Back to normal time]
What about them?
John Is that how you felt about them? Is that how you felt about Eric Matthews?
John Mmm-hmm.
I'll tell you how I felt about Eric Matthews. Eric Matthews learned nothing from your test. He was the same person he was when he arrested me. He framed me... when he took me down. [4]
That's right. I'm a murderer. He took my life away from me so I just returned the **** favor.
John No, Amanda. That's what you thought. But I know different. You left him for dead, didn't you?
[Whispers]
Stop **** with me.
John But I cleaned up your mistakes. I forgave you for them.
What you do is no different than murder. You torture people. You watch them die. But now your begging me not to kill this worthless bitch on the grounds of some game?
John You're walking us toward a precipice, Amanda. Step back.
It's bullshit. Nobody changes. It's all a lie.
John If you fail in this, we all fail. Succeed, and we all succeed.
[Half crying]
It's a lie. [Regains composure] I'll tell you. She hasn't changed because nobody **** changes. Nobody is reborn. It's all bullshit. It's all a **** lie! And I am just a pawn in your stupid games. I don't mean anything to you.
John Oh, you mean everything to me.
[Half crying again]
**** you!
John Our fates are linked. I've tried to help you, Amanda.
So help me. Fix me. Fix me, you mother****er! I'm standing right here. Why is she so important to you?
John She's not important to me. She's important to you.
She's not important to me.
John I beg you to reconsider that. This is your last chance, Amanda.
John Your time's running out. Now you think about what you are doing. Think about everything that you've done. You think about what you promised me. Think about our dreams. You think about tomorrow.
J Jeff
[Jeff stands just outside the room]
Lynn?
[Amanda shoots Lynn as she falls in Jeff's arms]
Jeff.
John [To Amanda]
You just destroyed four lives. You just murdered Jeff's wife.
[Jeff shoots Amanda in the neck]
John [Amanda has just died] [Remorsefully]
Game over. [Turns and sees Jeff pointing a gun at him; scoffs] You haven't learned anything tonight, have you? Your rage and your vengeance will only hurt the ones you love. Killing me will only add to your misery. It will not bring back your son. Think of your daughter, Jeff. She needs you, now more than ever. You can't kill me, Jeff.
John [Jeff laughs and pulls the trigger; nothing happens]
Your wife's dying, Jeff. Her time's running out. [Jeff walks over to the barely alive Lynn] Jeff, do not miscalculate. Your fate is in my hands. Your wife's fate is in my hands.
J Jeff
[Quietly, to Lynn]
I love you.
J Jeff
I'm taking you home, okay?
John Though you may not see any threat, there are threats all around you. Jeff, if you try to move your wife, she will die. I can have an ambulance here in four minutes. Would you like to take your wife out of here tonight? Would you like to take her to safety?
John Stand and face me, Jeff.
John Right now. Would you like to get your life back? Would you, Jeff? I can make that happen. Which is it, Jeff? Come on. Yes or no?
J Jeff
Yes. What do you want?
John One final test. The rules are simple. Over on that table is a host of vicious implements... which you can use to exact your pound of flesh, to take your vengeance, to indulge your obsession. Or... you can choose to put your vengeance aside and you can forgive. You can forgive me for the pain that I've caused you and your wife tonight. Which is it going to be, Jeff?
John It's up to you.
John Live or die, Jeff... make our choice.
J Jeff
[A long, tense moment passes by]
I forgive you. [Walks away]
[Jeff appears with a power saw]
Jeff!
John Yeah...
[Jeff prepares to kill John]
Jeff, no...
J Jeff
[Jeff slits John's throat] [Sarcastically]
I forgive you.
He made it through the freezer room. He tried to save her.
John There are some things I need you to do for me. In my desk, in the center drawer; an envelope, with your name on it.
She's gonna do a procedure on you.
John Yeah.
To relieve the pressure on your brain.
John Yeah.
To help with the headaches. I can't do this.
John Amanda. You can. You can. You're stronger, now. And I believe in you.
You chose her 'cause she's the best, right?
John That's one reason I chose her.
