Lynn Denlon
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| Lynn Denlon | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Unknown |
| Relationships: | Jeff Reinhart (husband) Corbett Reinhart (daughter) Dylan Reinhart (son, deceased) Chris (boyfriend) |
| Enemies: | Amanda Young |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Portrayed by: | Bahar Soomekh |
Dr. Lynn Denlon was a fictional character in the Saw series, her first appearance being in Saw III. Her character was portrayed by Bahar Soomekh.
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[edit] Character History
[edit] Before Saw III
Dr. Lynn Denlon was the wife of Jeff Reinhart. After the death of their only son Dylan three years before, Lynn had become a shell of her former self, and had to periodically take anti-depressants to bear with the emotional pain. Also as a result, Lynn and Jeff grew apart, and their marriage began dying. Unable to maintain a proper relationship with Jeff, Lynn began an affair with a man named Chris.
Lynn's troubles also followed her to the hospital. She seemed uncaring that another young boy was dying upstairs while she was in the locker room, although the doctors requested her presence over the intercom. One of her co-workers found her and dragged her to the operation room, where she half-heartedly stabilized the boy's condition. After the operation, the same co-worker tried to talk to her about her problems, but Lynn, obviously hearing this sort of lecture before, ignored her and left to the locker room to collect her things, as she has finished her shift at the hospital.
[edit] Lynn's test
However, she found herself locked in the locker room. Amanda kidnapped her and brought her to Jigsaw's new lair. Lynn woke up to find herself tied to a wheelchair. She was wheeled to Jigsaw, John Kramer, who was resting in a makeshift hospital room on his deathbed. After asking Lynn how long he had to live, Jigsaw informed her that he “[wanted] to play a game.” Amanda equipped Lynn with a bulky collar surrounded by explosive shells. The collar contraption was linked with Jigsaw's heart rate monitor. If Jigsaw flat lined, or if Lynn strayed too far from him, the shells will explode, killing her. It was explained that another man was also being tested, and that if he completed his tests before Jigsaw died, Lynn would be free to go.
This other man being tested was Jeff Reinhart, who was actually Lynn's husband, although Jigsaw did not tell Lynn about his tests. Lynn explained to Amanda that Jigsaw had a brain herniation and that his only hope was to get care from a hospital, but Amanda woouldn't permit leaving. After Lynn and Amanda stabilized Jigsaw from a sudden seizure, Amanda asked for the tools needed to fix the hernia. Lynn told Amanda that she'd need anesthesia and a power drill.
In the warehouse, Lynn began to operate on Jigsaw under local anesthetic. She used a power drill and then a bone saw to cut open a hole in his skull to relieve the pressure the tumor is causing. Jigsaw's heart rate began to decrease. Jigsaw soon stabilized and Amanda watched as he held Lynn's arm and told her that he loved her, momentarily stuck in a hallucination concerning a past love. Jealous, Amanda left. Amanda, stricken with grief, cut herself on the thigh, a new addition to numerous scars assumed to be from the same practice before. Amanda entered the room again and hugged John, only to be scolded by Lynn for touching him. Amanda confronted Lynn, about to brandish a gun, but John interfered and told Amanda to leave.
Jigsaw then proceeded to make brief conversation about Lynn's family and how she abandoned it. During the conversation, he revealed that he despised murderers. Amanda revealed that Jeff had passed the third test, without using his name. Jigsaw then told Amanda to release Lynn, but she refused, pointing her gun at Lynn. Jigsaw attempted to calm her, claiming she would not be following the rules, but Amanda again refused to listen.
Jeff, having completed all of his tests and acquiring a gun along the way, arrived in the makeshift medical room. As Lynn went to embrace him, Amanda shot her in the back, and Lynn collapsed in Jeff's arms. Jigsaw told Amanda that the two were a married couple just as Jeff raised his gun and shot Amanda in the neck. Jigsaw revealed that Amanda was also being tested. In his desperation to make Amanda Jigsaw's true apprentice, after all the injustices she had committed with her murders, he gave her one last chance. He also claimed that all the 'games' that Amanda had set up were impossible to survive, referring to Troy's welded room and Kerry's torso device. By disobeying the rules and shooting Lynn, she had failed. Amanda then died.
Jigsaw then told Jeff that if he co-operated, he could call an ambulance to arrive in four minutes to help Lynn, but first, Jigsaw proposed one final test. On a nearby table, there were various tools about that Jeff could use to exact his revenge on Jigsaw, or he could forgive him for the pain he'd caused Jeff and Lynn. Jigsaw also hinted that the choice Jeff made would tie directly with not only Jeff's fate, but also Lynn's. Jeff layed his hands on Jigsaw's chest, and claimed that he forgave him, but then brandished a circular power saw. Lynn desperately tried to tell Jeff to stop, but could hardly speak. Jeff sliced Jigsaw's throat open, once again proclaiming "I forgive you."
[edit] Lynn's fate
Jigsaw began to flat line, causing Lynn's collar to activate after learning that Jigsaw had kidnapped her daughter. The doors of the warehouse all latched shut, and Lynn's collar exploded, blowing her head apart. This was Jeff's punishment for continuing a life of hatred and vengeance, which Jigsaw and Judge Halden had repeatedly told him would "only hurt the ones you love".
[edit] Soomekh on Lynn
Says Soomekh on her character's relationship with Jigsaw, "I think this is what's so interesting and that's what I would ask is in Jigsaw's mind he's justified in everything that he does, right? These are people, whether they are drug dealers or they've done something wrong. But that's how psychotic and wrong he actually is. Because he justifies it. What did Lynn do? That's what's so disturbing because he's not justified at all in doing what he does. In his mind, he thinks he's helping these people. How does he help Lynn? He doesn't help Lynn at all. But I think, in his mind, because my character's depressed, so she's been dead inside. She's totally dead inside and this is Jigsaw's way of waking her up and saying, "What the hell are you doing?" And she does. You see the metamorphosis in her."[1]
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ http://movies.ign.com/articles/742/742130p1.html Soomekh on Lynn Denlon
| The Saw Series |
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| Films |
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Saw (short, 2003) • Saw (2004) • Saw II (2005) • Saw III (2006) • Saw IV (2007) |
| Characters |
| Jigsaw • Amanda • Adam • Dr. Gordon • Detective Matthews • Lynn • Jeff |
| Film Soundtracks |
| Saw • Saw II • Saw III |
| Other |
| Traps • "Billy" the puppet • Saw: Rebirth • "Hello Zepp" |
