Terminal cancer patient who designs elaborate games to test victims' will to survive and teach them to appreciate life. Initially captured and later dies from a power saw attack by Jeff Denlon. He continues to orchestrate tests posthumously through tapes and apprentices, eventually recruiting Dr. Gordon and marking Mark Hoffman as his successor.
Their former marriage connects Jill personally to John's legacy and violent testing philosophy.
The plot identifies Jill Tuck as John's ex-wife and shows her involvement in the investigation surrounding his methods.
John's system of punishment is directly connected to Seth's death and the revenge surrounding it.
The plot states that John abducted the person responsible for Seth's later trap and forced him to help establish future games; Seth is also shown dyin...
Brit is subjected to John's survival test and must interpret his rules.
Brit awakens in an underground test with a videotape explaining that the group must cooperate to survive, establishing that the game was designed by J...
Luba is one of the people controlled by John's test structure.
Luba awakens with the other captives in a Jigsaw test and is forced to retrieve keys and complete the staged challenges.
Charles becomes a participant in John's coercive moral experiment.
Charles is placed in the underground game and receives instructions that survival depends on overcoming instinctive behavior.
Mallick is forced to learn the cooperative logic behind John's game.
Mallick awakens inside the group test and survives several rooms governed by the videotaped rules.
Dan represents the investigative force trying to understand and stop John's legacy.
Dan is described as an FBI agent investigating Jigsaw cases, and he later examines evidence connected to the suspected continuation of the games.
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