Amy is then given the choice to either whip Travis or choose any player to stab. Ultimately, Travis is badly injured and, Peter, knowing he won't survive another lashing, stabs Linda in the leg, but he hits the femoral artery and she dies shortly after stabbing Amy. Iris and Lucas choose to whip Travis, out of fear of killing someone, and Travis chooses to be whipped by Bevans. In the second round, each contestant has 30 seconds to choose between stabbing the person next to them in the thigh with an ice pick or whipping Travis three times with a sjambok. The contestants take turns making the difficult decision, and the round ends with no one eliminated.Īfter a heated argument occurs between Travis and Julian, the second round begins. The first round is played by having two contestants connected to the shock machine, and one person decides whether they should shock themselves or the other person. The remaining contestants learn how serious and deadly the game is, and realize they can only win the game if they are the last surviving player. After Shepard's butler, a former MI5 agent named Bevans, wheels in an electric shock machine, Conway attempts to leave but is shot dead. Shepard reveals it to be a version of the party game " would you rather" in which players must choose between two options. When Conway declines, Shepard offers him $50,000 to drink an entire decanter of Scotch, which Conway accepts.Īfter dinner ends, the game begins.
When Shepard realizes Conway is a recovering alcoholic, he offers him $10,000 to drink a glass of wine. Shepard then offers her $10,000 to compromise her principles she reluctantly accepts his offer and eats the steak. A steak and foie gras dinner is served but Iris, a vegetarian, initially declines to eat it. The following day at Shepard's manor, Iris is introduced to his son Julian and the other contestants: Lucas Travis, a war veteran Linda, a paralyzed elderly woman Peter, a gambling addict Amy Conway, an alcoholic debtor and Cal. He offers her a deal, if she wins a parlour game at a dinner party he is hosting, he will pay for Raleigh's treatment and use his foundation's influence to shortlist a bone marrow donor for him. Barden introduces Iris to Shepard Lambrick, a philanthropist who heads the Lambrick Foundation that manages schools and hospitals in third world countries. Iris, a young woman caring for her sick brother Raleigh, is unable to afford the costs of his treatment for leukaemia.