Bathroom Trap

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Bathroom Trap

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Bathroom Trap
Information
Appearances	Saw
Victims	Adam Stanheight (failed) Lawrence Gordon (failed)
Created by	John Kramer Amanda Young

“	You're probably wondering where you are. I'll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room you die in.	”
	— Jigsaw tells Adam Stanheight about his game

Adam and Dr. Gordon's Test is one of Jigsaw's games in the Saw franchise, occurring in the first Saw film.

History

Preparation

Amanda helps to prepare the bathroom

Several months after the beginning of his games, John Kramer, better known as the Jigsaw Killer, used an old, dilapidated bathroom located in an underground tunnel network as the location of one of his most complicated tests. He and his apprentice, Amanda Young, abducted the renowned oncologist Dr. Lawrence Gordon and photographer Adam Stanheight, who had been observing Gordon for some days already. (Saw, III)

Adam Stanheight and Dr. Lawrence Gordon's Test

Both men were chained by the ankle to pipes in opposite corners of the room, with Adam lying in a water filled bathtub. He had the key for his shackle lying on his stomach. However, after waking up and scrambling from the bathtub, he accidentally pulled the plug and unwittingly sent the key down the drain. Between them, in the middle of the room, lay John in a pool of blood, posing as the corpse of a man who shot himself in the head, still holding the gun in one hand and a tape recorder in the other. Both Adam and Lawrence had an envelope in their pockets. While Adam's envelope only contained an audio tape, Lawrence's also had a key and a bullet inside. Using the plug from the bathtub, Adam eventually managed to obtain the dead man's tape recorder and play the tapes.

“	Rise and shine, Adam. You're probably wondering where you are. I'll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room you die in. Up until now you simply sat in the shadows watching others live out their lives. But what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Now, I see you as a strange mix of someone angry, yet apathetic. But mostly just pathetic. So are you going to watch yourself die today, Adam, or do something about it?	”
	— Adam Stanheight's tape

“	Dr. Gordon, this is your wake-up call. Every day of your working life you have given people the news that they're going to die soon. Now, you will be the cause of death. Your aim in this game is to kill Adam. You have until six on the clock to do it. There's a man in the room with you. When there's that much poison in your blood, the only thing left to do -- is shoot yourself. There are ways to win this hidden all around you. Just remember, X marks the spot for the treasure. If you do not kill Adam by six, then Alison and Diana will die, Dr. Gordon... and I'll leave you in this room to rot. Let the game begin. Follow your heart.	”
	— Lawrence Gordon's tape

The tapes recorded by Jigsaw gave them the instructions they had to follow in order to win their game. Lawrence had to kill Adam by 6:00. Otherwise his wife, Alison, and his daughter, Diana, would be killed by Zep Hindle, who held them hostage as part of his own test and was told to kill them and Gordon afterwards if Lawrence didn't kill Adam in time. Adam, however, was merely told to survive until the end of the game.

Listening to the clues provided by the tapes, Adam searched the toilet tank, which was marked with a heart. He found a plastic bag inside which contained a pair of hacksaws as well as the photos of Gordon he took throughout the days prior to the game. While trying to cut through their chains with the saws, Adam's saw quickly broke, leading him to angrily throw it against the mirror, breaking a piece of glass out of it. After unsuccessfully trying to cut through his chain as well, Dr. Gordon soon realized that the saws were not strong enough to cut through their chains and were actually meant to cut off their feet.

The bathroom

Despite their continuing distrust, Adam and Lawrence soon started to talk about the latter's family, and Gordon gave Adam his wallet to show him a photo of him and his family, which he said to be his favorite picture of them. However, the photo was replaced with another picture showing Alison and Diana tied up in their apartment. On the back of the photo was a message for Gordon, telling him that an "X marks the spot" and that sometimes he might see more with his "eyes shut". Adam told Gordon the photo wasn't in the wallet but refused to tell him about the new picture. However, when they got into an argument about Adam not helping Gordon to find a way out, Adam finally realized the meaning of the message and told Lawrence to turn off the light. Doing so revealed an "X" written on the wall with a fluorescent paint, not visible in the light. When Gordon used his saw to break through the marked part of the wall, he found a box inside a small hollow space which he was able to open with a key from the envelope from his pocket. The box contained a cellphone, two cigarettes and a message for Gordon which told him that he wouldn't need a gun to kill Adam, hinting at the blood of the dead man in the middle of the room being poisoned. Lawrence tried to use the phone to call the police; however, this attempt remained unsuccessful as the phone was only meant to receive calls, not to make them. Lawrence formulated a plan to stage Adam's death by using one of the cigarettes. He gave one of the cigarettes which wasn't poisoned to Adam who pretended to die. This plan was thwarted when Adam was electrocuted through his chain.

Some time later, Lawrence was unexpectedly called by his frightened daughter and wife. When Alison asked him if Adam was with him in the room, she told her husband not to trust Adam as he already knew him before. Upon the call being interrupted, Lawrence angrily yelled at Adam and demanded him to finally tell him the truth. Eventually, Adam admitted that he was observing Lawrence for some days already and revealed the photos of him he found in the same bag that contained the hacksaws. When looking at his photos, Adam suddenly found a picture which wasn't from him, showing a man staring out of a window of Lawrence's apartment, whom Lawrence identified as Zep Hindle, an orderly from the hospital. Moments later, the clock struck 6:00, marking the end of the game, as well as Lawrence's failure.

Culmination

Lawrence was called again by Alison and heard shots and screams in the background, causing him to panic. He was then electrocuted through his chain, rendering him unconscious for some mere seconds. Adam desperately tried to wake him up and finally managed to do so. However, this caused Lawrence to further panic, as he didn't know that his family actually managed to escape from Zep. Despite Adam's frequent attempts to calm him down, he started to cut off his foot while a screaming and horrified Adam was forced to watch. When Lawrence grabbed the dead man's gun and aimed at Adam, the latter begged for his life, but Lawrence shot him in the shoulder with the bullet from his envelope, intending to kill him, which caused Adam to collapse.

Lawrence severing his foot

Shortly thereafter, Zep entered the bathroom, and Lawrence desperately tried to shoot him but was out of bullets. Zep then prepared to kill him, since he didn't kill Adam in time. However, Adam, who had survived the gunshot, knocked him to the ground and started to fight for Zep's gun. Adam eventually managed to get the gun out of Zep's hands and bludgeoned his head with the lid of the toilet tank. Lawrence promised to find help for Adam before crawling out of the bathroom, leaving Adam behind alone.

Adam about to be sealed in his tomb

Ridden by fear, Adam searched Zep's body for a key to his shackle, but instead found another tape recorder which revealed that Zep was merely another victim of Jigsaw. After listening to the tape, the man in the middle of the room, who was thought to be dead the entire time, stood up and revealed himself to be the actual Jigsaw Killer. When he told Adam that the key to the shackle was in the bathtub, Adam recognizes how it went down the drain when he woke up. Terrified, he grabbed Zep's gun and attempted to shoot Jigsaw, but was electrocuted by the latter's hidden remote control. After that, Jigsaw turned off the lights before closing the door and leaving Adam to die in the darkness of the bathroom with the words "Game Over." (Saw)

Adam's Death

Adam is suffocated with a plastic bag by Amanda

Some time after Adam failed his test and was left to die, Amanda returned to the bathroom, as she felt guilty for abducting him and had nightmares about his ghost haunting her. When she arrived, Adam was already weakened by both his gunshot wound and his lack of food. Out of mercy, Amanda suffocated him with a plastic bag. Adam desperately tried to fight her off but his head smashed against the toilet, leading to him losing his consciousness and finally succumbing to asphyxiation. (Saw III)

Trivia

• The bathroom is considered to be the most iconic location within the Saw franchise since it is one of the few revisited locations in the series.
• According to an interview with Leigh Whannell, Adam and Lawrence were originally going to be trapped in an elevator or a basement instead of the bathroom.
• In Saw and Saw III, Adam Stanheight was shown to be chained by his left ankle, but in Saw II, his corpse is shown to be chained by his right ankle, and in Saw 3D, his chain is shackled to Hoffman. This is interesting, as in Saw III, it was revealed that Jigsaw specifically told Amanda to chain Adam by his left ankle. This has led some fans to believe Adam is alive, and that the corpse in the bathroom is not him.
• When Lawrence cuts off his foot at the climax of Saw, the cellphone disappears and is not seen again for the rest of the film or in any of the bathroom's reappearances.
• In Saw and Saw 3D, Lawrence's foot was lying on its right side, but in Saw II and III, it was lying on its left side.
• Adam's shirt and the bathtub stopper which was tied to it have disappeared from the bathroom floor.
• In the end of Saw 3D, Dr. Gordon sees his wallet lying next to his foot. The wallet is empty, without any documents.