Character Relationship Map: Jigsaw

Characters

• John Kramer / Jigsaw (played by Tobin Bell) — protagonist
• Logan Nelson (played by Matt Passmore) — protagonist

  Pathologist investigating Jigsaw cases in Jigsaw (2017)

• Eleanor Bonneville (played by Hannah Emily Anderson) — supporting

  Pathologist and Jigsaw enthusiast in Jigsaw (2017)

• Keith Hunt (played by Clé Bennett) — supporting

  Detective working with Halloran in Jigsaw (2017)

• Asthmatic Woman (played by Esther Thibault) — minor

  Victim whose death Carly caused in Jigsaw (2017).

• Anna (played by Laura Vandervoort) — supporting

  Woman captured in Jigsaw's barn in Jigsaw (2017)

• Ryan (played by Paul Braunstein) — supporting

  Man captured in Jigsaw's barn in Jigsaw (2017)

• Mitch (played by Mandela Van Peebles) — supporting

  Man captured in Jigsaw's barn in Jigsaw (2017)

• Carly (played by Brittany Allen) — supporting

  Purse snatcher tested by Jigsaw in Jigsaw (2017)

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Logan Nelson → Ryan (Power Game Controller) — Ryan is subjected to Logan's reconstructed punishment system.

  Logan recreates the barn games and makes Ryan participate in the final shotgun test.

• Logan Nelson → Anna (Power Game Controller) — Logan's recreated game places Anna under his direct control.

  Logan reveals that he recreated the barn games and controls the final sequence in which Anna and Ryan are shackled.

• Keith Hunt → Logan Nelson (Professional Investigation Contact) — Hunt interacts with Logan as part of the official investigation.

  Hunt is involved in the investigation and later allows Logan to proceed after Logan presents evidence about the bullet that struck Edgar.

• Logan Nelson → Eleanor Bonneville (Professional Colleague) — They collaborate professionally while investigating the apparent Jigsaw murders.

  Logan and Eleanor work as pathologists investigating bodies associated with the Jigsaw killings.

• John Kramer / Jigsaw → Carly (Power Captive And Judge) — John places Carly in a poison-and-needles test tied to her crime.

  Carly is tested for causing an asthmatic woman's death during a purse-snatching incident.

• John Kramer / Jigsaw → Mitch (Power Captive And Judge) — Mitch is targeted because his faulty sale is connected to John's family tragedy.

  The barn test reveals that Mitch sold a faulty motorcycle that caused the death of John's nephew.

• John Kramer / Jigsaw → Ryan (Power Captive And Judge) — John subjects Ryan to a punishment game based on his past misconduct.

  John's final test reveals that Ryan's drunken behavior caused his friends' deaths in a car accident.

• John Kramer / Jigsaw → Anna (Power Captive And Judge) — John controls Anna's confinement and forces her to confront her crime.

  John's tape identifies Anna's past actions and places her in a final test involving a shotgun and a single shell.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Carly → Asthmatic Woman (Conflict Causal Offender) — Carly's crime is directly connected to the woman's fatal outcome.

  The game reveals that Carly was a purse snatcher whose actions accidentally caused the asthmatic woman's death.

• Ryan → Mitch (Alliance Rescue Partner) — Ryan's action directly preserves Mitch's life during the barn trial.

  Ryan pulls the lever to rescue both Mitch and Anna from the silo, despite the mechanism severing his leg.

• Anna → Mitch (Alliance Fellow Captive) — Their shared danger motivates Ryan's sacrifice during the lever test.

  Anna and Mitch become trapped inside the silo while Ryan is caught by wires in the barn floor.

• Ryan → Carly (Conflict Forced Executioner) — Ryan kills Carly under pressure from the group's survival test.

  When Carly refuses to choose a needle, Ryan injects her with all three, killing her but saving the others from being hanged.

• Anna → Ryan (Alliance Fellow Captive) — They share captivity and depend on the same sequence of tests for survival.

  Anna and Ryan are trapped together in the barn and later shackled at opposite ends of the final room.

• Keith Hunt → Eleanor Bonneville (Conflict Informant's Target) — Hunt's surveillance places Eleanor under suspicion during the investigation.

  Hunt spies on Eleanor and informs the other investigators about her Jigsaw fascination.

• Eleanor Bonneville → John Kramer / Jigsaw (Social Fangirl) — Eleanor has a strong fascination with John's identity and methods.

  Eleanor tells Logan that she is a Jigsaw fangirl but now fears that her interest could incriminate her.

Story Analysis

A concealed apprentice recreates John's barn games to punish criminals and avenge a personal loss while framing the investigation's main suspect.

Plot Progression

1. The Barn's First Blood — A group awakens in a barn and receives John's instructions through a tape recording. Carly dies during the needle test, while Ryan sacrifices his leg to rescue Anna and Mitch.
2. Bodies And Suspicions — The investigation finds corpses staged to resemble Jigsaw murders. Eleanor's fascination and the shifting bullet evidence make the pathologists increasingly suspicious.
3. The Barn's Hidden Crimes — Mitch is killed by a motorcycle-powered blade, and evidence from a grave and a studio deepens the mystery. Eleanor identifies the barn's location and returns to the game.
4. The Shotgun's False Promise — Anna and Ryan are forced into a final room and confronted with revelations about their crimes. The shotgun test ends with Anna's death and Ryan's discovery of the hidden keys.
5. The Heir Speaks — Logan and the pursuing investigator awaken in laser collars and confess their sins. Logan survives, reveals that he recreated the barn games, and claims John's legacy.