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A Game of Life and Death Choices
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Hello, Mateo. It's time to play a game. The rules are simple: place a big enough piece of your cerebral tissue into the glass enzyme tank, and you win. If you complete your task in less than three minutes, the enzymes will dissolve the tissue, and close a circuit. This will save your life. But know this: the brain is a remarkably resilient organ. There have been accounts of people undergoing complete anatomical hemispherectomies—half their brain removed—only to have it rewire itself, so that the patient not only survives, but thrives. The only thing I have not provided is your anesthetic. But trust me, you will want to remain alert. If you fail to act, the consequences will not go well for you. Do not waste time. Live or die; the choice is yours.
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The Value of Life and Healing
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Broken bones heal. Flesh can be grafted. This will not be easy, but then, nothing worth having, like life, ever is.
[to Gabriela]
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John Kramer’s Perspective on Healing
John Kramer
I'm just a healer.
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Embracing the Warrior Within
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You are a warrior, my boy. A warrior.
[to Carlos]
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Finding Meaning in Life and Soul
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What's your life really mean to you, Parker? Have you ever thought about that? Because if you find the meaning of your life... what you've found is your soul.
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The Art of Deception and Desire
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When I was a kid, my uncle used to take me fishing. Each lure attracted a different kind of fish. You went fishing too, didn't you, Cecilia? Phishing with a "ph". It's the same concept: you trick your prey. You target the weak. What was the lure that you used to hook me? It was my life... My life. My desire to live another day.
[from a deleted scene]
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Confronting Personal Failures and Moral Ambiguities
Cecilia Pederson
You're right about me: I'm a huge disappointment to my father. Great scientist, horrible dad. I grifted off his name. Shitting on his legacy was just a bonus, I'll admit that. I rob, and I steal, and I cheat. Money that's about to go to some government or someone's poor children, I don't care. I admit it. Why can't you admit to what you really are?
[in a deleted scene]
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Trust in the Plan
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I promise you, Amanda, one way or another, it's all gonna work out according to plan.
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Betrayal and Survival in a Deadly Game
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Cecilia Pederson, Parker Sears. You've each been working a grift. Playing a role, working together. Continuing to play out your scam, never realizing that you have been the marks all night long. You were given a chance for redemption. But at every turn, you chose death instead of life. You have played your last con game, but not your last game. The two of you have worked together to destroy others. Now you'll work against... each other. Only one can survive. And the choice is yours.
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A Life-Saving Choice Under Pressure
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Valentina, follow my instructions if you want to live. There are more than five pounds of marrow in the human body. All you need is three ounces. There’s more than enough in your femur. Just suction it out, it’ll be transferred to that device right there and it will deactivate the saw around your neck. Don’t hesitate, because your time is prescribed.
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Cecilia discusses having a rope.
Cecilia Pederson
We have a rope.
[after pulling out Valentina's intestines]
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Realization of Being Outplayed
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You know, I really should've seen you coming. I've played so many games, and here I got played. Played!
[in a deleted scene]
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Consequences of Misleading Medical Treatments
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Although you all pretended to cure my cancer, I have spent years in treatment. Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation. Radiation machines are not to be trifled with. So, follow my instructions carefully, Gabriela.
[to Gabriela giving instructions to her game]
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Commitment to Ongoing Tasks
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I still have a lot of work that needs to be done.
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Selfish Reflections on Death and Profit
Cecilia Pederson
You wanna know what I thought, while I watched them each die? "One less person to split the money with.
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Cecilia's Insight on John's Miscalculation
Cecilia Pederson
For a guy as smart as you are, John, you kind of overplayed your hand here, wouldn't you say?
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Irony in Confronting John Kramer
Cecilia Pederson
God. Is that really all you've got left, John? When I realized who you really were... Jig-fucking-saw! I got a bit worried. God's honest. And now, the great John Kramer is gonna die in one of his own traps. There's some wicked irony. And the crazy thing is, that you could've just walked away! Acknowledge that you got beat. Got conned. But no... you just had to come back, didn't you?
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A Game of Morality and Consequences
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I'd like to play a game. Perhaps one that addresses those sticky fingers of yours. I've had my eyes on you. And I do not like what I see. Your job as a custodian is a noble one: sanitizing and sterilizing the hospital. Helping patients avoid sickness. But there is a sickness inside you that needs to be excised. You have the ability to not only save your soul today... but your sight. All you have to do is click the dial across the five positions and you will live to see another day. You have sixty seconds.
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A New Game with Dire Stakes
Cecilia Pederson
New game! It's called "We Live, You Die, Fuck You". Simple enough.
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The Betrayal of Hope in Desperation
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All of you. All of you... All of you. You promised dying people -- DYING PEOPLE!!! -- that you could save their lives. And in doing so, you took advantage of the only thing... that they still possessed: Hope.
[at the top of his lungs]
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A Life-and-Death Choice Awaits
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Hello, Diego. Or should I call you Doctor Cortez? I'd like to play a game. Attached to your arms are two explosive devices—pipe bombs. Think of the explosives as a sort of.. cancer; a malignancy that must be cut out for you to survive. The blades cannot cut through the galvanized cable, but they can slice through flesh and muscle, allowing you to cut the cancer away. Live or die; the choice is yours.
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The Invention of the Wire Saw
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The wire saw inside of that box was invented by an Italian physician, Leonardo Gigli. It creates an extraordinarily clean-cut to the bone.
[to Valentina]
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A Warning Against Self-Delusion
John Kramer
Don't flatter yourself.
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Trusting the Future Amidst Mortality
John Kramer
Amanda, you know as well as I do, people will say almost anything to save their own life.
John Kramer
Amanda, the reality is... I'm dying. I am dying. You have to face that. But our work's not gonna end. And I'm just... trusting you... to carry on.
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Corruption and the Quest for Medical Innovation
Cecilia Pederson
My father, Dr. Finn Pederson, was forced into hiding by corrupt governments and their relationship to Big Pharma. Why? Because my father was on the cusp of curing dozens of diseases, which means no more need for lifelong medication. Can you imagine what that implies? Well, the big drug companies certainly can.
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Perception of Criminality and Consequences
Amanda Young
Walk in with a gun, get treated like a criminal.
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A Brave Choice for a New Beginning
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Hello there. Thank you for reaching out. A very brave thing to do... I hear that, uh, you're looking for a restart -- a cleanse. But I must ask, are you sure this is the right path for you? What you are about to experience will truly put you to the test, a test unlike any other that you've faced before. If you'd still like to proceed... Simply text I want to play a game to this phone number for your first challenge. Good luck.
[Promotional tape]
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Confronting Moral Differences in a Dark Setting
Cecilia Pederson
I once told you we're not so different, you and I, John, and I was right. We are liars, both of us. The only difference? I'm... I'm not a psychopath. Take a look around the fucking room, John! It's a slaughterhouse in here! How can you justify this?
[in a deleted scene]
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Stay Focused to Overcome Challenges
Amanda Young
You'll make it, so long as you keep your head.
[To Valentina]
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Unwillingness to Compromise in the Game
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I'm afraid that's not going to work. You're going to have to play the game.
[to Gabriela who stopped John's audio tape]
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