| So what, we're doomed to die? I mean, i-is that it? We just got our lives back, so, what kind of fucked up karma is that?
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Nathan Sears is a main character in Final Destination 5. He is an employee at Presage Paper and a survivor of the North Bay Bridge collapse.
Biography
Nathan lived in New York City and worked at the factory wing of Presage Paper, eventually being promoted to supervisor. He was also good friends with Sam Lawton. However, he would often get into fights with an abrasive factory worker named Roy Carson.
Final Destination 5
Nathan on the bus before the retreat.
Nathan and his co-workers are on their way to a business retreat when Sam has a premonition that the bridge they're crossing will collapse, killing everyone on it. Nathan leaves the bus to check on Sam just moments before the bridge collapses, as Sam predicted. During the escape from the bridge, he helps Olivia Castle get to safety as she lost her glasses as in Sam's premonition.
He later meets up with the other survivors at the memorial service for the victims.
At work, he joins Sam, Molly Harper, Peter Friedkin, and Olivia to share some drinks. Afterwards, they learn of Isaac Palmer's death and head over to the Ming Yung spa, where they meet mortician William Bludworth. William explains that Death is still after them, and if they wish to cheat death, they must kill someone who was never meant to die on the bridge and take their remaining lifespan. Of all the survivors, Nathan is the most skeptical, but despite this, he agrees with Molly that they should warn Olivia.
After Olivia dies, Sam realizes that Nathan is next on Death's list. Meanwhile, Nathan returns to the plant where he argues with Roy and accidentally kills him by shoving him in front of a lifting hook that was meant to strike Nathan. When Sam, Peter, and Molly arrive, he learns he claimed Roy's life, and they all witness Dennis Lapman's death shortly after.
Nathan is the eighth and final survivor of the North Bay Bridge to die.
Death
Nathan's remains after he was crushed by the landing gear.
Final Destination 5 - Nathan's Death (1080p)
Several weeks later, Nathan is at a local bar that is holding a memorial for Roy. There, he meets a co-worker named John , who reveals that Roy had a brain aneurysm that could have burst any day now. As Nathan realizes his life is still in danger, the landing gear from Volée Airlines Flight 180 crashes through the bar and crushes him, and his hand is sent flying at the screen.
Signs/Clues
- While at the bar, Nathan sees a picture of Roy standing near a race car with a six on it. This is the same car that starts the speedway collapse in The Final Destination.
- When Nathan is talking to Sam before they get on the bus, he tells Sam that if he does go to Paris (Flight 180), then he should take Roy with him. Flight 180 is responsible for Nathan's death later on.
- Right after Dennis dies, his blood makes what seems to be a nine on Nathan's face. While Nathan is the eighth and last survivor to die, he is the ninth major character to die in the movie. This is the second time this has happened in the series (the first in-universe chronologically).
- While talking to John, John says, "Life's a bitch". This is also one of the omens Nick O'Bannon sees before the speedway collapses in The Final Destination.
- During the conversation with John, "Dust in the Wind" is playing quietly in the background just before Nathan is killed. Also, the lyrics "Nothing lasts forever..." can be heard just after Nathan learns that Roy would have died soon anyway, meaning that although Nathan bought himself a new life by killing Roy, he will still die one day.
- Nathan is associated with Hice Pale Ale throughout this movie:
- He brings in a pack of this brand of beer from Roy's truck for his friends to enjoy.
- There is a neon sign of the beer at Cocktails, the bar where Nathan is killed by the landing gear from Flight 180.
- When the song Dust in the Wind is heard, the lyrics are as follows: Now, don't hang on, Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky, dust in the wind. Each part of these lyrics relates to his death.
- At the factory, before Roy's death, Nathan looks down from the walkway, and sees a dark shadow pass by, which resembles the yellow crane that would later kill Roy. However, when Nathan looks up, there is no crane there.
Appearances
- Final Destination 5 (portrayed by Arlen Escarpeta)
Trivia
- Nathan is the first character to kill someone, albeit by accident.
- In the script for Final Destination 5, Nathan was originally written as: NATHAN SEARS, 26, a part time chef (a job that was later given to Sam in the final script) which was scrapped later on. Rather than Roy, the life that Nathan "stole" was originally that of an obnoxious customer at the restaurant, who Nathan "pulled in front of him" when it was his turn to die. How he was originally meant to die has yet to be confirmed.
- Nathan says, "I see dead people," which is a famous line from The Sixth Sense, and could actually be important for the following reasons:
- Both The Sixth Sense and Final Destination 5 contain a twist ending that most viewers will only notice the clues pointing to it, after already knowing the twist is coming.
- Although it looks like Nathan is referencing a classic movie, it turns out he is referencing a current one, making this a clue to the twist.
- While Nathan and his co-workers were having drinks, there's a model plane and cars in Sam's cubicle, which hints at the following disasters in the series that set off the events of the first four films.