: Some viewers enjoyed the "escape room" dynamic of the five-person test, specifically the realization at the end that they should have worked together [24, 36]. Lore Expansion
The central narrative engine of Saw V is the ascension of Detective Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). In the previous installment, Hoffman was revealed to be the second apprentice of Jigsaw, assisting in the games while the FBI hunted Agent Peter Strahm (Scott Patterson). Saw V acts as an origin story for Hoffman, explaining how a hardened detective became the cold, calculating successor to a serial killer. Saw V -2008-
: Flashbacks reveal that Hoffman originally used Jigsaw's methods to kill Seth Baxter , the man who murdered Hoffman’s sister. : Some viewers enjoyed the "escape room" dynamic
