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You put me in a corner, Tapp. I just did what I had to do.
— Jennings tries to justify his crimes.[src]

Jennings Foster is a fictional character from the Saw franchise. He was a supporting character in Saw: The Video Game and Saw II: Flesh & Blood.

He was voiced by Troy Lund.

Biography[]

The Accident[]

Jennings Foster was a crime scene investigator who worked for the Metropolitan Police Department. One day, Jennings hit a homeless man with his car while intoxicated and fled the scene without helping him. Although he tried to convince him otherwise, one of his colleagues, Detective David Tapp, insisted on investigating the case. Afraid that Tapp might discover the truth, Jennings manipulated the evidence and framed an innocent man, who was subsequently sent to prison. (Saw: The Video Game)

Cecil Adams' Death[]

As his role in the accident remained a secret, he continued to work for the police. At some point in his career, Jennings investigated a serial killer case. The first victim was a drug addict named Cecil Adams, who died of blood loss after falling into a cage filled with razor wire. He had eight parallel cuts on his face, and a jigsaw piece had been cut from his shoulder, leading to the killer being nicknamed Jigsaw by Chief Henry Jacobs. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Mitsuka Ito's and Ronnie Navarro's Deaths[]

Soon afterward, the remains of two other victims were found - Mitsuka Ito, a member of the local Yakuza, and Ronnie Navarro, a drug dealer and member of the Blood Eye Gang. The two of them were put in a trap, which consisted of a pulley system and several large barrels filled with sulfuric acid. Those were propped up above the victims, whose hands were strapped to ropes attached to the pulley system. The pulley would have given them enough slack to reach the exit door if they had pulled simultaneously. However, Detective Tapp assumed that something prevented them from working together. Eventually, both of them died when their bodies were spilled with acid. While the acid had not left much of their corpses, the jigsaw pieces cut from their bodies suggested that the murder was another crime committed by Jigsaw. Assuming the killings would continue, Chief Jacobs assigned Jennings to a task force alongside Detective David Tapp, Detective Allison Kerry, Detective Mark Hoffman, and Detective Steven Sing. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Paul Leahy's Death[]

The next victim that was found was a drug addict named Paul Leahy. Jigsaw had chosen him to participate in one of his gruesome games because Paul had sliced his wrists earlier, not because of depression but to attract attention. Therefore, Jigsaw had taken him to a cellar. The back part of the basement where Paul was trapped was fenced-in and turned into a cage filled with razor wire. Upon examining the crime scene, the investigators found an audiotape that the killer had left for Paul. According to the tape, Paul was supposed to crawl through the razor wire to reach the exit door and save his life. However, the wounds he received while doing so were so severe that he ultimately died of blood loss. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Mark Wilson's Death[]

Shortly afterward, the detectives were called to another crime scene. The victim, a man named Mark Wilson, had been trapped inside a dark room with the only light source being a single candle. Furthermore, he was injected with a slow-acting poison and was informed by an audiotape that the only antidote was inside a safe. To open it, Mark had to find the correct combination among hundreds of numbers written all over the walls. Due to the darkness, he had to take the candle and walk to the walls to see the numbers. However, the killer had slathered his naked body with self-made napalm. When walking around the room with the candle, Mark accidentally ignited the napalm, causing him to suffer a heart attack due to the thermal shock. While investigating the crime scene, the detectives found a penlight and immediately sent it to the forensic lab. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Amanda Young's Survival[]

Soon after Mark's body had been found, Amanda Young, a drug addict, came to the police station after escaping one of Jigsaw's games. After a doctor examined her wounds, she was interrogated by Detective Tapp. Amanda told him she had woken up at an unknown location and found herself strapped to a chair. While she was unconscious, Jigsaw had put a mechanical device on her head and hooked it into Amanda's upper and lower jaws. Amanda had received her instructions from a mechanical ventriloquist puppet named Billy, which spoke to her via a video recording. The doll described the device on her head as a "reverse bear trap," which would rip her mouth open if she did not free herself within 60 seconds. Therefore, she had to cut the key to the device from the stomach of her supposedly dead cellmate, Donald Greco. When the tape ended, Amanda successfully freed herself from the chair and ultimately obtained the key by disemboweling her fellow prisoner, who was, in fact, still alive at that point. Upon securing the crime scene, the police found the trap, whereas Donald Greco's body was missing. However, they positively identified him by investigating the blood evidence. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Jigsaw's Hideout[]

Sometime later, Tapp seemingly achieved a breakthrough in the investigation. Upon further examining the video secured at the scene of Amanda Young's game, he spotted a graffito on a wall behind Jigsaw's puppet. This graffito was associated with K2K, a small street gang from 118th Street. Besides that, Tapp heard a fire alarm in the background and reviewed the recent fire reports for the area. With Sing's assistance, he ultimately learned about a fire in a rear house near an abandoned industrial building at 213 Stygian Street. Although they did not expect to get a warrant, the detectives left the police station and went to the location. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Steven Sing's Death[]

Minutes later, Tapp and Sing arrived and entered the building. While examining the location, they found the K2K graffito and recognized it as the same one from the video. When they searched the hideout, they suddenly caught a sound and discovered a man named Jeff Ridenhour strapped to a mechanical chair. However, when they heard a nearby elevator, they went into hiding. Moments later, Jigsaw arrived, disguised with a black cloak and hood. Tapp and Sing observed him as the latter approached Jeff and told him he wanted to use him to test a bigger project. At this moment, the detectives left their hiding spot and aimed their weapons at Jigsaw. Jigsaw reacted quickly and activated the mechanical chair by stepping on a button on the floor. Subsequently, two drills started to approach Jeff's head from both sides. While Sing desperately tried deactivating the contraption, Tapp held Jigsaw at gunpoint. Even though Jigsaw told them that the key to the trap was in a box next to Jeff, Sing could not find the right one in time as dozens of keys were attached to the key ring.

Nonetheless, Sing saved Jeff by shooting the drills in the last nick of time. However, the shots distracted Tapp, allowing Jigsaw to slash his throat with a hidden blade and run away. Sing pursued the killer and shot him in a hallway, causing him to collapse. Thinking he was dead, Sing approached his body and accidentally stepped on a tripwire. This carelessness proved fatal as the wire triggered another trap, which caused Sing to be killed by four shotguns attached to a ceiling beam. Afterward, Jigsaw, who wore bulletproof body armor under his cloak, left the factory unharmed. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Interrogation by David Tapp[]

Tapp, who survived his injury, was saved after Jigsaw called an ambulance. However, he suffered a mental breakdown due to his role in Sing's death. As they had entered Jigsaw's hideout without a warrant, Tapp was on probation from then on. His firearm and badge were taken from him until the Internal Affairs Department finished its initial investigation. Furthermore, he was taken off the case by Chief Jacobs as Tapp was technically a victim now. Therefore, Kerry became the new leading investigator and informed Tapp about this when she visited him at the hospital. However, Tapp felt guilty for Sing's death and was unwilling to accept Jacobs' decision. He tried to put Jennings Foster under pressure to get information about the progress of the investigation. To his dismay, Jennings held his tongue until they were interrupted by Kerry, who angrily told Tapp to let go of the case. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Abduction[]

Jennings continued his work with Allison Kerry as the new leading detective on the case. Unbeknownst to him, he was targeted by the Jigsaw Killer when the latter learned about the truth behind the hit-and-run accident that Jennings was responsible for. Due to his crimes, he was eventually abducted by the killer. He took him to the abandoned Whitehurst Insane Asylum and strapped him to a metal table underneath a giant pendulum-shaped blade in the asylum's furnace room. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

David Tapp's Test[]

Upon waking up, he immediately screamed for help but was interrupted by Jigsaw. To his surprise, the latter knew the truth about the car accident. When Jigsaw confronted him about his crimes, Jennings showed no remorse and, despite his fear, angrily insulted his abductor. Jennings stated that no one would have missed the homeless man as the latter had no family. He also attempted to justify that he wrongfully incriminated an innocent man, saying it was necessary to protect himself. His prevarications, however, did not convince Jigsaw to release him. Instead, he left him behind as Detective Tapp was about to arrive to play one of Jigsaw's games.

Moments later, Tapp finally reached the furnace room. When he entered the room, a TV turned on, and Jigsaw's puppet appeared on-screen. It confronted Jennings about his crimes and told Detective Tapp how to save him from the trap. Three panels with gears were positioned around the table. Tapp had to connect them by adding more cogs of varying sizes. If one series of cogwheels was connected successfully, the pendulum, which was lowered at regular intervals, returned to its original position, granting Tapp more time to finish his task.

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Tapp finds Jennings in his trap.

When the tape ended, the pendulum blade suspended above Jennings started swinging back and forth. While Jennings further panicked and shouted at Tapp, the latter tried to connect the gears on the three panels around the table. Eventually, he successfully did so in time, and the pendulum abruptly came to a standstill. Seconds later, the blade broke away from its holding mechanism and fell right between Jennings' legs, barely missing him.

Afterward, Jennings was released from his shackles and stood up from the table. While Tapp tried to calm him down, Jennings angrily yelled at and insulted him, as Jigsaw had only abducted him because of Tapp's obsession. These accusations resulted in a brief argument between them, during which Tapp confronted Jennings about the accident years earlier, which the latter once again tried to play down. Afterward, he went away to find a way out on his own and left Tapp behind. (Saw: The Video Game)

Reconciliation[]

Later that night, he was released after Tapp had chosen to let go of his pursuit of Jigsaw in exchange for the freedom of all the victims trapped at Whitehurst. Following the traumatic events, Jennings was on sick leave for a short time. Despite his anger during their last conversation at Whitehurst, Jennings was grateful for his salvation and eventually reconciled with Tapp. He occasionally visited him in his apartment to see how his former colleague was doing. Upon seeing how Tapp's obsession with Jigsaw had affected him, Jennings wrote a letter to thank him for his salvation from Whitehurst. He promised to find and kill Jigsaw for what the killer had done to them, stating that he already had a plan for how he wanted to do it. Eventually, he asked Tapp to burn the letter. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

David Tapp's Death[]

Throughout the following days, the press frequently reported the events at Whitehurst, declaring Tapp a hero. Although the newspapers redeemed his reputation, Tapp continued to suffer from severe depression. Unable to let go of his guilt for Sing's death, he asked himself whether he made the right choice at Whitehurst by allowing Jigsaw to escape. Ultimately, Tapp could not overcome his obsession with Jigsaw and committed suicide in his apartment by shooting himself in the head. Following his former colleague's death, Jennings went to Tapp's flat to investigate the scene alongside Chief Jacobs and Detective Joseph Poltzer. On this occasion, he briefly met Tapp's son, Michael. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)

Personality[]

According to David Tapp's files, Jennings Foster was a well-liked young man with a loving family and many friends outside the police force. Nonetheless, Jennings was reckless and selfish, which became especially obvious when he got involved in the hit-and-run accident. He did not show remorse for killing a homeless man and framing an innocent person to protect himself. When the Jigsaw Killer confronted him with his deeds, Jennings played it down, showing that he felt justified in his actions. Furthermore, he even blamed Tapp for his abduction instead of questioning his own behavior.

However, he seemingly had a significant change of heart after escaping from Whitehurst. Although Jennings had previously insulted Tapp and showed a lack of gratitude after the latter had saved him from Jigsaw's trap, he ultimately reconciled with his former colleague. When Tapp's physical and mental health declined, Jennings visited him at home, indicating that he was genuinely concerned about Tapp's well-being. To show his respect and gratitude, he wanted to bring him peace by hunting down and stopping the Jigsaw Killer.

Trivia[]

  • Considering that Jennings continued to work for the police after the events at Whitehurst, his colleagues likely did not find out the truth behind the accident.

Appearances and References[]

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