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Dr. Gordon joined Jigsaw after the events of the first film. Following his escape from the bathroom, he cauterized his severed leg on a steam pipe and passed out. John Kramer found him, nursed him back to health, and fitted him with a prosthetic foot. Viewing Gordon as a survivor who truly understood the value of life, John recruited him as a secret accomplice. Gordon used his medical expertise to assist with complex traps (including the Venus Fly Trap in Saw II and the Mausoleum Trap in Saw IV) and recommended Dr. Lynn Denlon for the game in Saw III. He remained hidden from other apprentices until Saw 3D, where he fulfilled John's final request to protect Jill Tuck by capturing Mark Hoffman and sealing him in the original bathroom.
Based on the events revealed throughout the Saw franchise (primarily in Saw 3D: The Final Chapter), here is the detailed account of how Dr. Lawrence Gordon joined Jigsaw:
At the end of the first Saw film, Dr. Gordon saws off his own foot to escape his shackles and save his family. He crawls out of the bathroom, promising a dying Adam that he will bring help. However, due to severe blood loss and shock, he only makes it a short distance down the hallway. To prevent himself from bleeding to death, he uses a steaming hot pipe in the corridor to cauterize his stump—a moment of extreme willpower that deeply impressed John Kramer.
John Kramer (Jigsaw), who had been lying on the floor of the bathroom posing as a corpse, exits the room after Gordon. He finds the doctor unconscious in the hallway. Instead of leaving him to die or letting him go to a hospital where he might implicate John, John rescues him. He drags Gordon to safety, treats his wound, and eventually provides him with a prosthetic limb.
John views Dr. Gordon as his "greatest success." Because Gordon demonstrated an absolute will to live and made the ultimate sacrifice (his foot), John believes Gordon has been "rehabilitated" and truly understands the value of life.
During his recovery, John takes Gordon under his wing, showing him the "philosophy" behind the traps. Gordon becomes a secret accomplice—a silent partner whose existence is kept hidden even from John’s other apprentices, Amanda Young and Mark Hoffman.
Dr. Gordon served as the medical expert for Jigsaw's later games. While John had the engineering mind, Gordon had the surgical precision. Retrospective scenes in Saw 3D reveal that Gordon was responsible for many of the medical procedures seen in previous movies, including:
Before John Kramer died, he left a final request for Dr. Gordon via a video tape. John asked Gordon to watch over his ex-wife, Jill Tuck, and instructed him to take immediate action if anything were to happen to her.
For years, Gordon remained a "sleeper agent." He only re-emerged in the final act of Saw 3D after Detective Mark Hoffman killed Jill Tuck. Gordon, along with two masked accomplices, ambushes Hoffman. Gordon reveals his alliance with Jigsaw, returns Hoffman to the original bathroom where his journey began, and leaves him there to die, famously uttering the line, "Game over," before throwing the saw away—the very tool he used to join Jigsaw’s inner circle.
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