William Easton quotes from Saw VI (2009)

William Easton

Uh, what were we talking about?

William Easton

But basically, the guy lied on his application.

William Easton

Looking good, Hank.

William Easton

We'll be back in a few hours.

William Easton

Stop worrying about me, Debbie. Some small-time lawyer trying to squeeze us is not going to get me to say anything I don't want to say.

Debbie

I have no doubt about that, but as lead counsel for this company, if you screw up, it comes down on my ass.

William, I have a Casey Patterson on Line One.

William Easton

Take another message, Addy. I'll get back to her this week. [turns around] Sometime.

[Flashback]

Harold Abbott

I just don't get it. I've been with this insurance company for over ten years.

William Easton

I know, Harold, but unfortunately, when we reviewed your claim, we discovered that you failed to mention a previous condition.

Harold Abbott

What condition? There's no condition.

William Easton

It says here you had oral surgery to remove a cyst from your jaw.

Harold Abbott

This is absurd! I have heart disease. It has nothing to do with some oral surgery that I had 30 years ago!

William Easton

Any type of oral surgery is going to leave scar tissue. Scar tissue can lead to gum disease, and as you well know, gum disease can cause heart disease.

Harold Abbott

You know what? You're-You're a criminal. [stands] You are a goddamn criminal. I've paid my monthly premium for ten years without so much as a cold, and now that I'm actually sick, you're gonna deny my coverage? I have a family!

William Easton

Those are the rules, Harold! I'm sorry, but your own actions have caused this.

Harold Abbott

You've just given me a death sentence. I mean, who's gonna cover me now? You just killed me.

Debbie

Who found the error on his application?

William Easton

The Dog Pit. They work as a team. If there's a discrepancy to be found on an application, the six of them will find it.

[Flashback]

William Easton

Sounds like we're in a similar business, John.

John Kramer

Oh, yeah? How's that?

William Easton

Well, you try to predict people's behavior. So do I. People count on us for coverage, and we have to analyze each person for the probability of success.

John Kramer

How do you do that?

William Easton

Well, it's a formula. It's pretty complicated, actually, but in essence, it breaks down to monthly payments multiplied by lifespan, minus the probability of illness, and if its sum is positive, we consider coverage.

John Kramer

Who devised that formula?

William Easton

Me.

John Kramer

So, in a sense... you choose who lives or dies?

William Easton

No, I, uh... No, I'd say I decide which people have the potential to live long, healthy lives.

John Kramer

But you're not taking into consideration the most important human element of all.

William Easton

Which is what?

John Kramer

The will to live. Until a person is faced with death, it's impossible to tell whether they have what it takes to survive.

[Flashback]

John Kramer

I came to talk to you, Will, because I've found a treatment for my cancer that I think holds a lot of promise, but my requests for coverage have all been turned down. So I was hoping that maybe if I came and explained it to you, that you might be able to get that overturned for me.

William Easton

Well, the buck stops here, John. Fire away.

John Kramer

This is a doctor in Norway. He's got a thirty to forty percent success rate with gene therapy. He injects what he calls suicide genes into cancerous tumor cells, then an inactive form of a toxic drug is administered and it...

William Easton

Yes, I'm familiar with the therapy you're talking about.

John Kramer

Right. And a new trial's starting. He's looking for new patients, and he seems to think that I'm the perfect candidate.

William Easton

John, if your primary physician, Dr. Gordon, thought you were a suitable candidate, he would have pursued it.

John Kramer

Dr. Gordon is a specialist, you know. He's making money on his specialty. He's not a thinker. I mean, the man has his hand on the doorknob half the time that I'm there.

William Easton

I'm going to be straight with you. At your age, and with the development of your cancer, it's simply not feasible for Umbrella Health--

John Kramer

Wait, wait, wait. What's unfeasible? By whose mathematical equation is this not feasible?

William Easton

It's policy, John. It's policy. And if you go outside the system to seek out this treatment, which has been deemed ineffective, you will be in breach of policy and dropped from coverage completely. I'm sorry.

John Kramer

Did you know that in the Far East, people pay their doctors when they're healthy. When they're sick, they don't have to pay 'em. So basically, they end up paying for what they want, not what they don't want. We've got it all ass-backwards, here. [points to TV] These politicians, they say the same thing, over and over and over again. "Healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and their patients, not by the government." Well, now I know they're not made by doctors and their patients or the government. They're made by the ****in' insurance companies. [looks at William's fish tank] Piranha.

William Easton

John... please. If you do this, then you'll be on your own and the subsequent cost to you will be staggering.

John Kramer

Don't talk to me about money. I have money. This is about principle. You see, Will... this is my life we're talkin' about. You remember?

William Easton

What about Jill's life? How's she going to be taken care of when you're gone?

John Kramer

You let me worry about Jill.

William Easton

The type of cancer you have is malignant and inoperable.

John Kramer

That rolled off your tongue real smooth.

William Easton

Even if the treatment works, the cancer will return eventually. It's an unwinnable battle.

John Kramer

That was even smoother. As a matter of fact, that was downright slick. You think it's the living who will have ultimate judgement over you, because the dead will have no claim over your soul. But you may be mistaken.

William Easton

Okay, look for a key. There's got to be a key! Look for a key!

William Easton

What are you waiting for?!

Debbie

It's in you!

William Easton

What?

Debbie

It's **** inside you! [points to a large stitched cut on William's side]

William Easton

Oh! Oh, god! Okay, I know we can do this--! [Debbie exits the cage with a power saw] Wait! What the **** are you doing?!

Debbie

I need that **** key!

William Easton

Wait, no!

William Easton

I can get it! I can get it! I CAN GET IT!

Mr. Easton, listen to me, okay? My parents are sick! Okay? They need me! I'm all they have, please!

You're **** lying! Your parents hate you; they cut you off!

What?! Shut up! That's not true!

**** you, it is true! I sit next to you!

I-I'm pregnant! I'm-I am pregnant!

No she's not! She's lying! She's **** lying! Mr. Easton, she's lying!

Mr. Easton, she's lying!

**** you!

Mr. Easton, she is lying!

I'm pregnant!

She's lying!

No! No, ****! I'm pregnant!

No, she's lying! She's **** lying!

Mr. Easton! It's not true!

Please! Please!

****! Push the thing! Push the thing!

She's lying!

No! Mr. Easton, push it! Push the thing!

William Easton

Oh, God! No!

Push it!

William Easton

I did it. I made it. [shouts] I made it!
[Flashback]

If you fail, you will never see your family again.
[Present]

William Easton

What are you doing here?

Pamela Jenkins

Will!

William Easton

Pamela.
[Flashback]

William Easton

I know it's your birthday, and I'm going to make it up to you. I promise.

Pamela Jenkins

Are you really standing up to your sister for work? I'm your only family.
[Present]

William Easton

Are you okay? [shouts] Let her go! I made it! I won! I followed your **** rules! Now you let her go!

Tara

You son of a bitch.
[Flashback]

Harold Abbott

You've just given me a death sentence. I mean, who's gonna cover me now? You just killed me.
[he heads into another room, with Tara and Brent waiting] [Present]

Brent

You're the man who killed my dad.

Hello, Tara. My apologies for exposing you and your son to this kind of treatment, but I can assure you it is not without reason. The man before you just made the sacrifices to save the life of a loved one. However, when given the opportunity to save your husband's life, he chose not to. Now, you will be given the power to save a life. Will you grant this man the opportunity to continue living, or will you dispense the same death sentence he issued your husband? Live or die. The choice is yours.

William Easton

It's not my game?

William Easton

Please. Forgive me.

Pamela Jenkins

Have mercy, please!

Tara

Did he show mercy when my husband was suffering?!

Pamela Jenkins

He had no choice!

Tara

He always had a choice! [to William] The only reason I'm doing this isn't because I can't forgive you for what you did to me. The reason I'm doing this is because I couldn't forgive myself for what you might do to someone else.

Pamela Jenkins

Please, no. Please...

Tara

You will never kill again. [grabs the lever]

William Easton

Please. Please. Please...

Tara

I can't. [releases the lever and backs away] I can't kill him. I can't.

Brent

I can. [grabs the lever]

Tara

No, Brent!

Brent

You killed my father, you mother****er! [pulls the lever] Now you burn in hell!
[A large platform of needles suddenly swings from the ceiling and slams William against the cell wall. The tank of hydrofluoric acid in Tara and Brent's cell begins pumping into him, and starts disintegrating him.] [Flashback]

John Kramer

John Kramer.

William Easton

William Easton.

John Kramer

Nice to meet you.

William Easton

Those are the rules, Harold!

Harold Abbott

You've just given me a death sentence.

John Kramer

So, in a sense... you choose who lives or dies?
[Present]

Pamela Jenkins

No!
[Flashback]

William Easton

It's policy, John. It's policy.

John Kramer

You think it's the living who will have ultimate judgement over you, because the dead will have no claim over your soul.
[Present]
[William dies] [Flasback]

John Kramer

But you may be mistaken.
[Present]
[William's melted lower half collapses to the floor, spilling his organs]