and Megan are pulled over by Sheriff Garris. Although his daughter points out that Tommy has been with her for the past few hours, and therefore could not have murdered Cort and Nicola, the sheriff locks Tommy up anyway, telling Megan he'll decide what to do with her later. Then Garris and two of his deputies head out for the camp to arrest Tommy's (nonexistent) "other accomplice"; instead, all three lawmen are slain by Jason. Megan breaks Tommy out of jail and they rush to the camp. Jason is about to kill Megan when Tommy calls to him from a boat out on the lake; remembering his killer, Jason goes after Tommy instead. Tommy chains a boulder around Jason's neck, trapping him underwater, but Jason demolishes the boat and drags him beneath the lake's surface. When Megan dives in to rescue Tommy, Jason grabs her leg; she runs the monster through with the boat's outboard motor. Megan swims Tommy back to shore and revives him via CPR. Tommy says that Jason is finally home. Jason is shown to be still alive - albeit anchored to the lake's floor - waiting for another opportunity to return. Cast Thom Mathews as Tommy Jarvis Jennifer Cooke as Megan Garris C.J. Graham as Jason Voorhees David Kagen as Sheriff Mike Garris Kerry Noonan as Paula Mott Renée Jones as Elizabeth "Sissy" Baker Tom Fridley as Carter "Cort" Andrews Darcy DeMoss as Nicola "Nikki" Parsley Nancy McLoughlin as Lizbeth Mott Tony Goldwyn as Darren Robinson Alan Blumenfeld as Larry Matthew Faison as Stan Ann Ryerson as Katie Ron Palillo as Allen Hawes Vincent Guastaferro as Deputy Rick Cologne Michael Swan as Officer Pappas Courtney Vickery as Nancy Whitney Rydbeck as Roy Bob Larkin as Martin Wallace Merck as Burt Roger Rose as Steven Halavex Cynthia Kania as Annette Edwards Michael Nomad as Officer Thornton Justin Nowell as Billy Tommy Nowell as Tyen Dan Bradley as Jason Voorhees (Paintball scene, uncredited) Production Pre-production and writing Although the previous film in the series, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, had been a financial success, it had disappointed the series' fans and received some of the worst reviews of any film in the series. In order to prevent further alienating the fans (and thus potentially endangering the series), the producers decided to take the series in a new direction, moving it away from what producer Frank Mancuso Jr.