Jill Tuck-Kramer
| Saw character | |
|---|---|
| Jill Tuck | |
| Birth name: | Jill Tuck |
| Gender: | Female |
| Relationships: | John Kramer (ex-husband) Art Blank (lawyer) |
| First appearance: | Saw: Rebirth |
| Portrayed by: | Betsy Russell |
Jill Tuck (formerly Jill Kramer) is a fictional character in the Saw film series. She is the ex-wife of the series' main antagonist John Kramer, a.k.a. the Jigsaw Killer. She first appeared in the one-shot comic book Saw: Rebirth as John's ex-girlfriend, however her backstory and appearance were altered significantly in the films. She has been portrayed since Saw III by American actress Betsy Russell.
Appearances
Saw: Rebirth
Jill's first appearance was in the comic Saw: Rebirth, presented here as the girlfriend of the future Jigsaw Killer John Kramer. She was briefly shown with John telling him that the months she had spent with him had been the best of her life, but that she needed "more" from him. She is next seen yelling at John, and due to his fear of commitment, she breaks up with him and leaves. John later states that she "ripped out" his heart, and that the "hole" was still there. His experience with Jill causes him to realise that his life has been a waste, and this, coupled with his diagnosis of cancer shortly after, leads him down the path to becoming "Jigsaw".
The "Jill" presented here differs greatly from the one showcased in the films: in the films she is in her 40s[citation needed] and has dark blonde hair, while in the comic her hair is black and she appears younger. The films also clarified that Jill was in fact John's ex-wife, and that they had divorced after John had become detached and angry after the death of their unborn child. Thus, the story shown here is not canon with that of the films.
Saw III
While Jill does not appear in the main timeframe of Saw III, she has a brief appearance in Jigsaw's hallucinations as the kidnapped doctor Lynn Denlon is hesitantly performing brain surgery on him to relieve some of the pressure to his brain. She is shown at a park with John as he records her with a video camera. Jigsaw, in a state of delirium, mistakes Lynn for Jill, and tells Lynn that he loves her. This causes Jigsaw's apprentice Amanda, who had been watching, to become jealous of Lynn and, along with her initial dislike of Lynn, leads her to disobeying Jigsaw and refusing to release Lynn from her trap when she has completed her test, which leads to the deaths of Jigsaw, Amanda, Lynn, and her husband Jeff.
Saw IV
In Saw IV, the events of which happen concurrently with Saw III, Jill's backstory is slowly revealed while she is being interrogated by FBI agent Peter Strahm for information on Jigsaw while SWAT Commander Daniel Rigg is participating in one of Jigsaw's "games".
Jill, then seven months pregnant, ran a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts with the motto "Cherish Your Life", which John would later use for the basis of his "work" as Jigsaw. One of her clients was a man named Cecil, who became infuriated with waiting for several hours and pulled a knife on Jill, but was subsequently stopped by John. Cecil later tried to rob the clinic while Jill was closing up for the night and John was waiting in the car. After taking the money, Cecil accidentally pushed the door into Jill's stomach, causing her to miscarry her and John's child Gideon. In a panic, Cecil ran off with the money. Seeing Cecil escaping, John got out of the car and discovered Jill bleeding on the floor and carried her to the hospital. Months later, after they had divorced and John had been diagnosed with cancer, Jill discovered pictures of Cecil in John's workshop, and after questioning John, he warned her not to return.
As the situation escalates and his partner Lindsey Perez is severely injured, Strahm becomes more and more aggressive and forces Jill to tell him the location of the first building John had built as an engineer (which their child had been named after), a meat packing plant, as he had surmised that this was where the "games" were being played out. Strahm then arrives at the building and uses the key that Kerry sent him earlier to open the door to discover the bodies of Jigsaw, Amanda, and Lynn. He then shoots Jeff in panic before being sealed in the room by Jigsaw's successor Mark Hoffman.
Saw V
In Saw V, Jill met with the lawyer in charge of John's estate, who gave her a locked box that had been entrusted to him.. After being shown a videotape of John telling her that she is his "heart" and that the contents of the box were of "grave importance," Jill pulled out a key strung on her necklace to unlock it. She looked inside, then closed the box and carried it out of the office without revealing its contents.
Later in the film, she paid a visit to FBI Agent Erickson and told him that another agent (presumably Peter Strahm, who had escaped the plant alive and suspected Hoffman as being Jigsaw's apprentice) was following her. Erickson had already taken note of Strahm's unusual behavior, and this visit served to heighten his suspicions.
Saw VI
In Saw VI it is revealed that Jill's box contained information from Jigsaw. At the end of the movie, she puts Hoffman in the reverse bear-trap, leaving him to die. However, Hoffman escapes.
