Girl Number 9

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And boy is Gareth David-Lloyd shaggy

"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.

Tropes used in Girl Number 9 include:

• 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 if he's dead
• 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: Kill yourself or let your daughter die
• 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?