How To SURVIVE Saw!

"How To SURVIVE Saw!" (subtitled "How to WIN Saw") is the 285th episode of Film Theory, uploaded to The Film Theorists channel on June 22, 2021.

The video analyzes the motives and modes of operation of Jigsaw and his apprentices throughout the Saw film series and attempts to determine what strategies would help increases one's chances of surviving Jigsaw's situations.

Summary
The best way to survive Jigsaw is to not get selected by him or his apprentices in the first place. According to the video, Jigsaw selects people who he believes don't appreciate their lives. As such, one would be less likely to be selected if they don't fall under the following characteristics:


 * Being corrupt or working for corrupt people.
 * Being related or married to anyone corrupt.
 * Being the spouse or child or someone who's died because of a corrupt person.
 * Being "a jerk" (e.g., racists, snitches, adulterers, those who laugh at the sick or elderly).
 * Participating in criminal activities (e.g., illegal drug use, murder, hit-and-runs).
 * Being depressed (i.e., try to hide being depressed, don't discuss it on public social media accounts).
 * Being a doctor, a police officer, or employed by "Big Pharma" or "Big Insurance".
 * Pretending to be a survivor of Jigsaw. This is the most important trait to avoid.

However, avoiding all these characteristics does guarantee not being selected, as Jigsaw and his apprentices tend to be fickle on whom they select. If one is selected, the following strategies will greatly increase one's chances of surviving if the situation is designed to be beatable and survivable:


 * Listen carefully to Jigsaw's rules and instructions and follow them fully and completely.
 * "Just go ham on it!", act fast and act "hard" (e.g., Amanda in the pit of needles in Saw II, Charles in the necktie trap in Saw V).
 * If working in a group scenario, kill and sacrifice all of your teammates, as they will inevitably turn on you, statistically speaking.
 * Assess the scene, take your time, and bring as many items that could be useful to you as you can from one room to the next (e.g., dead bodies, tools, broken pipes, long sticks, clothes).
 * Use urine as a substitute for blood, if necessary.

After surviving, one would be under the surveillance of Jigsaw and his associated for the rest of their life.