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Peter Friedkin is a main character in the film Final Destination 5. He is a survivor of the North Bay Bridge collapse. He is an employee at Presage Paper and the boss and best friend of Sam Lawton. He is also the secondary antagonist after the death of his coworker and girlfriend, Candice Hooper.
Biography
Peter lived in New York and worked as a middle manager at Presage Paper. He was dating Candice Hooper and was also good friends with Sam Lawton and Molly Harper.
Final Destination 5
Peter is on his way to a corporate retreat with his colleagues when Sam has a vision that the bridge they're crossing will collapse, killing everyone on it. Peter leaves the bus to go check on Sam just moments before the bridge collapses, as Sam predicted, killing the remaining people on it. He later goes to a memorial service for the victims, where he encounters the mysterious William Bludworth, who warns him that Death doesn't like to be cheated, but Peter disregards his warning.
The next day, he goes with Candice to her gymnastics practice, where he witnesses her death. A devastated Peter returns to work, where he shares a drink with Sam, Molly, Nathan Sears, and Olivia Castle. Afterwards, he learns about Isaac Palmer's death, and they all rush over to the Ming Yung Spa, where they encounter William again. William explains that Death is still after the survivors and that if they wish to cheat Death, they must kill someone who was never meant to die on the bridge and claim their remaining lifespan.
Peter at the memorial.
Peter, still depressed over Candice's death.
After Nathan accidentally kills his co-worker Roy Carson in a warehouse accident, Peter, Molly, and Sam arrive. Peter deduces that he must have claimed Roy's remaining lifespan shortly before witnessing Dennis Lapman's death. Peter grows jealous that Molly was meant to survive the initial bridge collapse, contrary to the rest of the group (especially Candice). He decides that Molly doesn't deserve to live more than the rest of the group.
Peter is the fifth survivor of the North Bay Bridge to die.
Death
While attempting to kill Molly, Peter is stopped by Sam who impales him with a meat skewer.
Final Destination 5 Peter's Death (HQ)
Peter later interrupts a date between Sam and Molly and attempts to kill Molly, but when Agent Jim Block arrives, he ends up killing him instead. Despite stealing Jim's lifespan, he continues to pursue Molly to remove any witnesses. Just as he is about to stab Molly, Sam arrives and stabs him in the back with a large skewer, killing him and stealing Jim's lifespan.
Signs/Clues
- Sam places the meat spit in an oven during his shift.
- During Sam's shift, the line cook nearly impales Sam with the meat spit and says that "could've been ugly".
- Candice, Peter's girlfriend, was impaled through the back in Sam's premonition.
- Peter is impaled with multiple bars in the premonition, just as he is in real life.
- The meat spit has multiple teeth.
- Seconds before his death, Peter whispers to Molly, "Tell Candice I love her". Ironically, he dies seconds later, meaning that he can tell her himself.
- Peter's last name has the word FRIED in it, and a meat spit is used for frying meat.
- Before the North Bay Bridge collapse, a water tank falls, collides with the bridge pillar base, and sinks into the water. Peter died similarly in Sam's premonition; he falls, collides with the pillar base, and finally falls into the water.
Appearances
- Final Destination 5 (portrayed by Miles Fisher)
Trivia
- In the script film, he is described as: PETER FRIEDKIN, 27.
- Peter is the only survivor who's killed by another survivor in the entire series.
- Peter is the only survivor who was not killed by Death in the entire series.
- Peter is the only servant of Death who actively wants Death's assistance in killing its target (i.e., him turning on the stoves at high temperatures so that Death could kill Sam).
- Peter's death is based on the real-life death of Leslie Ince, who was impaled by a 22-inch meat skewer in his own home. He was found half alive in a cupboard but died a month later in the hospital. The authorities are still trying to determine if it was murder or a self-inflicted accident.
- His death is similar to Perry Malinowski's: getting impaled through the back.
- Peter is the first and only true killer throughout the whole franchise. He purposely killed Agent Jim Block. Nathan isn't considered a killer, as it was unintentional and is truly an accident. Sam isn't considered a killer, as it was self-defense.
- Peter's deaths always have something to do with impalement.
- In Sam's vision, he was meant to die by being impaled throughout his body by several rebar sticks.
- He was killed by the same meat spit that was meant to kill him before.
- He tried to kill Molly by stabbing her with a knife.
- Peter's surname, Friedkin, may be a reference to filmmaker William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist (1973).
- While Peter was having drinks with his co-workers, there are model planes and cars in Sam's cubicle, which hint at the following disasters in the series that occur in each of the four previous films.