Daniel Matthews

## Biography

### Eric Matthews' Test

The next day, Eric went to the Wilson Steel Plant, accompanied by Kerry and a SWAT team led by Sergeant Daniel Rigg. While the detectives stayed outside, Rigg entered the building with three of his men. Unfortunately, they accidentally triggered a booby trap set up by Jigsaw in a staircase, which caused two officers' death, while a third one, Officer Pete Baker, was severely injured. When Rigg called them in for reinforcements, Eric, Kerry, and the remaining SWAT members stormed the plant. Moments later, they finally made their way to the upper floor, where the Jigsaw Killer sat at a table and waited for them. (*Saw II*)

Initially, Rigg ordered his men to arrest him. However, Jigsaw spoke to Eric and told him that he should stay where he was until Eric had dealt with his "problem." Then, he told him to take a look in the next room. Eric carefully approached the door to the adjacent area, along with Kerry and Rigg. After securing the room, they discovered the surveillance monitors hidden under a white cloth. Upon looking at the monitors, they saw the recordings of Jigsaw's previous game. When he recognized his son, Eric angrily attacked Jigsaw, as he believed that the recording was a live broadcast. However, he was held back by Rigg. Jigsaw explained the rules of his game to him. To save his son, Eric had to sit down and talk to Jigsaw for two hours. After that time, Daniel would be released. Otherwise, he and the other prisoners would succumb to deadly nerve gas. Eventually, Kerry convinced Eric to accept Jigsaw's challenge and play by his rules while she kept an eye on the game's progress.

As the game went on, Eric became more and more distressed and ultimately lost his composure. To force Jigsaw to reveal his son's whereabouts, he violently battered him, broke one of his fingers, and threatened him with his gun. Although Kerry tried to stop him, she was held back by Rigg. Eventually, Jigsaw ended Eric's test with the words "Game Over" and promised to take him to the house. However, he demanded to go there with Eric alone. Eric agreed, and they left the building in a hidden elevator. As they escaped, Kerry sent the SWAT team after them while she stayed with SWAT Officer Joe and a tech team, which traced the video feed to the address at 237 North Hyde Crescent shortly afterward. However, when Rigg and his team arrived there, they realized the game had taken place in a different house and was already over long before they even arrested Jigsaw. Upon learning that the video feed was merely a recording, Kerry told the team to come back. As the timer eventually went off, the safe in Jigsaw's hideout suddenly opened and revealed Daniel, who had been locked up in the safe all the time. (*Saw II*)

### Post-Rescue

After being found and rescued by his father's fellow officers, Daniel was taken to the Saint Andrews Hospital to recover. During his stay, Daniel was nearly interviewed against his will by Scott Tibbs for his documentary in his obsession to find out more about Jigsaw's motives following his best friend Adam Stanheight's disappearance. To do so, Scott futilely tried about being Daniel's cousin and, after refusing to sign the papers to proveit, tried to sneak into Daniel's room, but a nurse and a security guard came across him and demanded him to leave so he would not disturb Daniel and other patients, which Scott reluctantly did. (*The Scott Tibbs Documentary*)

## Personality

Daniel Matthews was a rebellious teenager who smarted from his troubled family environment. When his father, Eric, cheated on Daniel's mother, Daniel stayed with the latter and developed a grudge against Eric. Around this time, he committed numerous petty offenses. Due to the strained relationship with his father, it could be speculated that Daniel committed these crimes to provoke Eric. Furthermore, Daniel often acted disrespectfully towards the latter and even implied that he deemed him a bad father. This behavior indicated that Daniel was loyal to his mother and preferred living with her instead of spending time with Eric.

Despite his criminal activities, Daniel was a kindhearted individual. Throughout his captivity, Daniel comforted Laura Hunter, who seemingly had the most trouble dealing with their situation, and had attempted to comfort Laura as the nerve gas was killing her. On another occasion, he was the only one to help Amanda Young after she was thrown into the needle pit by Xavier Chavez. Given his young age and the horrors he had seen during his imprisonment, it can be assumed that Daniel was severely traumatized by his life-threatening experience, especially when he was forced to kill Xavier to save his own life.