Melton: Cool.
Dunstan: We also need to start the movie off in typical Saw fashion with an opening torture scene, where the victim dies viciously. Later, we will bring this victim back as a piece of the puzzle and a link for the plot.
Melton: We can’t forget to include lots of blood, a high body count, and a twist at the end.
Dunstan: Well, let’s not waste too much time on coming up with a creative twist for the end. Let’s just make it basic. While the crowd might see the ending coming from a mile away, we’ll advertise as the film’s tagline, "You won’t believe how it ends." This way, the hype for a shocker of an ending will remain high. In actuality, we’ll cheat the fans and hurl the series back into action with a clean slate.
Melton: Good thinking, and even though John (Tobin Bell) died two movies ago, we still need to write him into the script as much as possible. So keep a ton of flashbacks in mind. Now, let’s think. Who is left from the previous four films?
Dunstan: Who’s left?
Melton: I mean who’s still alive, you jackass. We don’t have time to be screwing around. Listen to me. We have to think of previously insignificant characters and make them significant. Are you getting this, Hackl?
Hackl: Yep.
Dunstan: Okay, we have Detective Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) and that little girl from the end of IV. Then, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) was left in that room where Jigsaw/John, Amanda, Jeff, and Lynn died, right?
Melton: Right. So, let’s lead Agent Strahm into a Jigsaw trap to... uh... drown, and say he qualifies as a victim, because of his “insatiable hunger to find the truth.”Dunstan: But, wait! If we kill Agent Strahm, the only remaining police detective on the case, then who will be our main protagonist?
Melton: Good point. Agent Strahm escapes from the water contraption with injury, becomes privy to who Jigsaw is, leaves a note a la I Know What You Did Last Summer, and hunts him down to finally put an end to the killing.
Dunstan: To the mix, lets add another police investigator for good measure. How about Dan Erickson (Mark Rolson)? Maybe we can copy off of I Know What You Did Last Summer again and do a play on words with ‘Erickson’ and make Dan Eric Matthews’ (Donnie Wahlberg) son like they did with Will Ben’s son. Remember that?
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