Girl Number 9



""Please. I'll do anything. But I won't do this!""

Girl Number 9 is a six-part web series written by James Moran (Torchwood) and starring Gareth-David Lloyd, described as a cross between Saw and Se7en.

When a serial killer is captured, he tells a detective he has 30 minutes to rescue a girl before she is killed. The rest is pretty much a Shoot the Shaggy Dog story.


 * The Bad Guy Wins
 * Chekhov's Gun: Just a gun, this time.
 * Death Trap: Saw-style
 * Downer Ending: Boy howdy.
 * Driven to Suicide: Hannibal Lectured into it.
 * Forced to Watch: Inverted with the serial killer being in police custody, but then played straight anyway with the captive girls on a webcam for the police.
 * Idiot Ball: How is Matheson supposed to make the call to save his daughter
 * Infant Immortality: Saw doesn't even go there. this one...not so much.
 * Product Placement: Powerbook, iPhone.
 * No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Police and serial killer both.
 * Redemption Equals Death: Oh so subverted.
 * Sadistic Choice:
 * Sequel Hook: But why?
 * Shoot the Shaggy Dog: The closest thing to the point of this series.
 * Torture Cellar: Saw-style warehouses. Seeing a pattern yet?