| If she’d stayed on that plane, that guy would have killed you, and probably everybody else on his list as well. But she didn’t. And because of that, I was here to help you.
Jack's realization about Death's design. |
Jack Curtis is a character in the novel Final Destination: Death of the Senses. He was a commercial bus driver up until he accidentally ran over a young woman named Terry Chaney while trying to make up time on his bus schedule. Subsequently, he lost his job and eventually became homeless. During this time, he became friends with a homeless man named Lonnie.
One winter night, he and Lonnie got in an argument, which ends with Lonnie running off. While trying to keep warm in an alleyway, he encounters a man, who scares him off with his rambling. After passing by an Asian police officer and an elderly police officer, he walks several blocks till he receives a vision of flashes of murders. Recognizing the man's rambling and the Asian police officer, Jack rushes back to the alleyway, just as the man was about to slice her throat open. He tackles the man, saving the officer. Before the man could kill him, Jack grabs her handgun from the ground and shoots him in the head. Seconds later, the other officer arrives and arrests him. Afterwards, he is interrogated over the incident by Detective Cohen, Detective Morris, and the elderly officer, Pete Beriev. During the interview, Jack explains to them that he heard the officer shout for help but received some skepticism from Pete, believing him to be with working with the man. Thankfully, Jack's side of the story added up, clearing him from suspicion.
In the morning, Jack is released from the police station. Before leaving, the officer he saved, Amy Tom, talks to him, asking about how he knew how she was in trouble. He tells her about his premonition. As a reward, Amy tells him that she can reserve him a spot at a homeless shelter. On his way to the homeless shelter, Jack notices a crowd gathering outside a building. After realizing that there was a leaper on the roof, he coincidently meets up with Amy and Pete. He suddenly recognizes that the man was Lonnie. Hearing this, a news reporter, Chelsea Cox, tries to interview him. Instead, Jack rushes to the roof and successfully convinces Lonnie to not jump. But a sudden gust of wind causes Lonnie to fall, causing an icicle to fall onto the reporter. Luckily, Lonnie survives the fall and thanks Jack for saving him before being taken to the hospital. Afterwards, Jack and Amy leave the scene and discuss his premonition. In hopes of finding more information about the John Doe, they go to the morgue at St. Vincent's Hospital. They meet the replacement mortician, William, who allows them to see the John Doe's body and offers Jack some advice, to "watch for the signs". After William leaves to go back to work, they talk to Dr. Klugman, who shows them the only thing that the John Doe had on him: a key. After Jack recognizes the logo on the key, he steals it, and they go to a warehouse with the same logo. After using the key to open the warehouse, they investigate and find a book written by the John Doe. After finally realizing what the advice from William meant, they are able to figure out who are the targets from the vague passages inside the book and from multiple signs of those targets that Jack saw on the night of the John Doe's death. Afterwards, Amy realizes she forgot to call the homeless shelter to reserve a spot for Jack, so she allows Jack to stay at her apartment overnight.
The next day, Jack goes to an office building and asks to speak with Dawson Donahue. He tries to convince him about him being on a death list, but to no avail. While spying on Dawson at a gas station, Jack notices an explosion in the car's reflection. Believing that Dawson would accidently ignite gasoline with his cellphone, he tackles him, slaps the phone out of his hand, and accidently breaks the car's filler cup. Later on, that evening, Jack realizes that Dawson is still in danger, so he and Amy track him down at his house. They prevent him from igniting an accidental gas leak. Dawson still dies when a gas explosion sends his car flying towards him, crushing him against the wall.
After they were kept overnight at the station for questioning over Dawson's death, Jack and Amy decide to split up to warn Katie Astin and Dominique Swann. After tracking down Katie to her television studio, Jack manages to warn Katie and save her from a taxi, boiling hot water, and a flying propane tank. As a reward, he is given a check and a spot on her talk show. Afterwards, Jack and Amy figure out the identity of the four victim to be Joshua Cornell III. Later on, that evening, they arrive at his apartment to warn him. Luckily, with their advice, Joshua is able to save himself from being crushed by falling audio equipment. Together, they arrive at the L'Opera restaurant, with Katie to warn Dominique, only for her to choke to death on a glass shard. Afterwards at the apartment, after being comforted by Amy about Dominique's death, she shows her true feelings towards Jack.
After sleeping together, Jack arrives to the television studio for the interview with Katie. During the interview, Amy enters the studio, warning Jack that he is the sixth victim. Suddenly a lighting rig breaks from the ceiling and swings towards where Jack was standing just as Amy tackles him to the ground. He manages to kick Amy out of the way when the rig swings back. Realizing that Katie is next, he is unable to save her when she is electrocuted by the lighting rig. Soon after, they go to Joshua's apartment in hopes of protecting him, only for him to be decapitated by a palatium record. Knowing that he might not have long to live, Jack and Amy go to St. Vincent Hospital to visit Lonnie to make a will for him.
Jack is the sixth survivor of the John Doe Murder Spree to die.
Death
Believing that they are safe when the full moon ends, they hide out in the apartment. After safe proofing the apartment, Amy makes some coffee. While watching out for signs, Jack panics, accidently causing her to spill the coffee. Amy slips on the spill and falls backwards into a metal bird sculpture. Acting quickly, Jack pulls out the sculpture. While trying to stop her from bleeding out, Pete breaks into the apartment. Mistakenly thinking that Jack attacked her, Pete shoots him three times in the chest, killing him.
Signs
- While arguing with Pete over Amy's safety, Jack ironically says, "You're gonna shoot me?"
- After explaining to Katie about his premonition, she says that he must have "a sixth sense".
- While retracing the path that Jack took on the night of his premonition, Amy realized that if Jack were to have fallen while having his premonition, the mirrored foil in the adult bookstore windows would have made it that the first thing that he would see would be an unrecognizable reflection of himself.
- While on her way to Kate's television studio, Amy notices a shadow passing over Jack's picture on a newspaper.
- A strong gust of wind is what causes the accident that nearly kills Jack.
- While watching for signs, Jack notices a police cruiser outside the apartment.
- Realizing that the metal bird went through Amy's back, Jack panics, saying, "No! It's not your turn! It's meant to be me next!"
- As he dies, the last thing that he sees is a shadow passing over the moon as it finally closes.
Trivia
- His death is similar to Jim Block's death because both of them were shot three times in the chest by a survivor.