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| “ | Five people are gonna die. Get Halloran here now! | ” |
— Edgar tells the cops to call Halloran[src]
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Edgar Munsen's Test is one of Jigsaw's games in the Saw franchise, occurring in Jigsaw.
History[]
Preparation[]
Logan created Edgar's tape by splicing together old archival audio of John Kramer´s voice.
Ten years after the death of John Kramer, better known as the Jigsaw Killer, one of his accomplices, Dr. Logan Nelson, decided to continue his deadly games. Logan was active on a Jigsaw fan site on the Dark Web and sold some of his and John's blueprints for torture devices, including the Cycle Trap, which was completely unknown to the public. Years later, in order to get revenge on Detective Brad Halloran, a corrupt police detective who freed Edgar Munsen, a sociopathic criminal who had killed Logan's wife, Christine, two years earlier.
Ultimatum[]
| “ | Hello, Edgar. You're about to play a game. Five lives are in your hands. Follow my instructions exactly. | ” |
— Edgar Munsen's Tape
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Edgar receives his instructions
After Logan abducted him, Edgar woke up inside an abandoned warehouse and received an audio tape, which gave him the instructions for a test. By 12 o'clock, he had to find a remote and use it to start a game involving five people. If he refused to do so, he would be killed on his own.
Edgar decided to follow the instructions and attracted the attention of the police, which resulted in a car chase. With his car, Edgar sped down the roads until he was out braked by spike strips laid out by Officer Solomon on the street. As he lost control over his car, he hit a street barrier, consisting of numerous water barrels and police vehicles. He smashed his window and climbed out of the car to continue his flight on foot. Pursued by officers, Solomon and Palermo he eventually reached the warehouse where he previously received his instructions and made it to the rooftop. There, he noticed a red "X" drawn on a steel scaffold, which marked the position of the remote. Just as he grabbed it, the officers arrived and aimed their guns at him. In the distance, Edgar saw a clock tower and desperately told the officers that five people would die if they didn't call Detective Brad Halloran, who had released him from prison after the murder of Christine Nelson.
The officers did as he said. As the time passed, Edgar started to panic. However, Halloran finally arrived along with his colleague, Detective Keith Hunt. Edgar told him that he was given the choice to either start the game or die on his own. Halloran ordered his man to aim for the remote and tried to convince Edgar to drop it, but as the time ran out, Edgar pulled the trigger and thereby started the game, which took place in an abandoned barn outside the city. The officers immediately shot the contraption. However, unnoticed by them, Logan was watching them from another rooftop nearby and shot Edgar in the chest with a sniper rifle. As Edgar collapsed, he told Halloran that the game had begun before he passed out due to his injury. (Jigsaw)
Aftermath[]
Edgar was taken to the St. Peter's Hospital, where he had to be put in an artificial coma. Sometime later, he was briefly revisited by Halloran, who wanted to look after him after the mutilated corpse of a woman had been found before the entrance of the hospital. When he left again, Officer Canter remained at the hospital and guarded the door to Edgar's room. However, when Canter fell asleep, Logan entered the room and injected a medicament into Edgar's infusion bag, causing him to wake up. Afterwards, Logan abducted him and eventually killed him by slicing his throat.
Edgar's body is found in John's tomb
Following his death, Logan cut a jigsaw piece from Edgar's cheek. Afterwards, he put his corpse into the coffin of John Kramer, before burying it again. The next day, the police commissioner ordered John's corpse to be exhumed in order to calm down the public after the recent murders. In the presence of several reporters and under Detective Keith's watch, the grave was dug up again and the coffin was opened. When Keith recognized Edgar Munsen, he immediately informed Detective Halloran. (Jigsaw)