Lawrence Gordon ( Cary Elwes) survived after the end of the first Saw long enough to cauterize his severed leg on a pipe and pass out. (Based mostly on the fact Hoffman's face is mostly healed from getting bear-trapped to hell in Saw VI.) The film's main victim, Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery), garnered fame by falsely claiming he escaped a Jigsaw game between Saw and Saw II. Saw 3D takes place just a few weeks after the events of Saw VI. Saw 3D (Also known as Saw: The Final Chapter)

We also learn Amanda Young was partially responsible for Jill's miscarriage, information that Hoffman used to blackmail Amanda into murderingDr. PRE- SAW FLASHBACK: We learn thathealth insurance executive William Easton(Peter Outerbridge), the subject of the film's game, denied John Kramer coverage that may have saved his life.

Saw VIstarts just a few days after the events of Saw V. John Kramer finds out and recruits Hoffman to his cause. PRE- SAW FLASHBACK: We learn the trap that opens this film, a gigantic pendulum that cuts convicted murderer Seth Baxter ( Joris Karsky) in half, was actually created solely by Hoffman and made to look like a Jigsaw killing. Saw V picks up very shortly after the events of Saw IV and the death of John Kramer.

Soon after, Cecil became Jigsaw's very first victim. PRE- SAW FLASHBACKS: In Saw IV, we learn that an accident at a rehab clinic caused by an addict named Cecil Adams ( Billy Otis) caused John Kramer's wife, Jill Tuck ( Betsy Russell), to miscarriage. In arguably the franchise's wildest switcheroo, Saw III and Saw IV happen at the same time, six months after Saw II.

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