Dr. Lauren Marino was a child psychologist and the doctor of Tommy Jarvis.
Personality[]
Dr Marino is a kind, caring and considerate Child Psychologist who takes her job very seriously. She always let Tommy air out his personal feelings and was the only person (besides Trish Jarvis) that always stood by his side no matter what throughout his mid childhood/pre-teen years after his mother's death,trauma and misery caused at the hands of Infamous Crystal Lake Mass Murderer, Jason Voorhees. Although, after the events of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives due to Detective Rico's clear frustrations of the eighteen innocent people Jason slaughtered and assailed after his inadvert resurrection by Jarvis himself, He stresses out Lauren to the point where she slowly starts getting frustrated with Tommy and his unknown but completely accurate beliefs about Jason.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Nothing is known about Lauren's life prior to becoming a doctor/child psychologist and meeting young Tommy Jarvis. She was born in Crystal Lake (town), Although, if she's a child psychologist, this means she graduated high school (possibly at Lakeview High School.) and obtained a master's degree, with a major in child development or clinical psychology studies in college as psychologists need a Ph. D., which focuses on research, or a Psy. D., which focuses on clinical practice, to advance to top positions such as the one she currently holds.
Jarvis Tape 1/Post-Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter[]
Not long after saving his sister and ridding Crystal Lake of it's infamous residential mass murderer, Jason Voorhees, 12-year-old Tommy Jarvis is brought in by the Crystal Lake Police for questioning on the gruesome murders that took place moments prior. While the police are talking to a recovering Trish Jarvis, Tommy is introduced to the kind and caring child psychologist, Dr Lauren Marino to talk upon the recent events. When the clearly distressed, slightly bald 12-Year Old asks about his sister, Lauren assures him that shes in the doctors great care he'll see her the second their done with their taped interview. Afterwards, Tommy, expressing worry and horror in his voice asks about the whereabouts of his deceased mother, Tracy Jarvis, who was sadly killed by Jason Voorhees, during the bloodshed on the summer home and the Jarvis Residence. Before Lauren could in a heartbreaking manner answer the question, Detective Alex Rico comes into the room and cuts off the surprised psychologist. He explains to Dr Marino how tonight's incident is now a state matter before introducing himself to Tommy, who then expresses concern about his dog, Gordon. Lauren quickly assures Tommy that she will personally make sure he's unharmed and that he "Gets his breakfast." Not long after that, Tommy gets furious and demands to know where his mother is. After a long silence and a brief conversation, It was at this point Lauren reveals to him that she's a child psychologist and works with other kids his age to held them get through traumatic experiences. Lauren asks The Detective to leave the room. She expresses great sorrow and confirms Tommy's assumption that his mother was killed. Tommy, with virtually obvious frustration and grief, accurately assumes Jason was his Mother's killer. Dr Marino, unaware that it was indeed Voorhees who had killed the teenagers and his mother, asks the distraught young boy who in fact Jason is. The Interview session concludes from here.
Jarvis Tape 2/Post-Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter[]
Continuing from where they left off, Tommy, in a distressed tone, tells Lauren Jason's full name. He then tells her once again that he was the evil culprit behind all of the murders that took place on his property and the summer home next door. Lauren then goes on to tell Tommy that Trish had told the police that he had saved her and had killed the murderer, to which Tommy once again says "Jason." Dr Marino then asks if he remembers killing him, to which Tommy replies yes in a cold manner. Lauren follows up by letting Tommy know that when Detectives Rico & Web come back into the room, they are gonna ask him a lot of questions about what happened about "The man." She then follows up by begging Tommy to be strong and answer all of the detectives questions as a favor for her. Just then someone knocks on the door in the middle of her talking. This is followed by Lauren shushing them off and telling whoever it was to give her a moment with Tommy. She once again asks Tommy to be strong for her and answer all of their questions. Tommy then demands to see his sister, to which Dr Marino immediately assures and promises that he will in just a moment. Lauren then tells Tommy that it's very serious that he tells The detectives and the police everything he remembers, to which he promises that he will. Lauren then tells the frightened young boy that she will be by his side no matter what. She then gives the detectives the green light to come in and start questioning Tommy. Detective Rico comes in and politely asks how he's doing, to which Lauren replies that he's still in shock from the things that happened. Tommy once again demands to see Trish, and Lauren tells him that they only have a few more questions about who the killer is before he is taken to his sister. Tommy once again follows this question by saying Jason was the man who had killed everyone. Detective Rico then quickly asks if he had seen the killer around his home and was threatened by him prior to the 4th Crystal Lake murder spree. Tommy angrily tells Rico to stop calling Voorhees "The Man" and that it was indeed Jason who was the killer. Lauren steps in before things escalate and asks Tommy if he's in contact with his father, Malcolm Jarvis. Jarvis then replies that he hasn't spoken to him since his eighth birthday and that he's in Mexico with another women named Sally. Lauren inadvertently angers the young boy by asking him if he's in contact with Sally, to which Tommy angrily and quickly says no. Tommy, stressed out and overwhelmed tells Marino that he doesn't want to answer anymore questions and that he's to be taken to Trish immediately. Afterwards, Tommy begins calling for his sister and Lauren respectfully complies with his demands. She then suggests to Detective Rico that they should take a break and end the interview session, But Rico instead tries to get more information about the killer. Tommy, now riled up and still calling out for Trish, knocks over some items and exists the room in search for his older sister. Both Rico and Marino call out to the young boy, but no dice. Rico, annoyed that he couldn't get anymore info on the Crystal Lake Psycho says "God Dammit" and tells Lauren to shut off the tape. The interview session concludes from here.
Jarvis Tape 3/Post-Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter[]
Sometime shortly after the last interview session, Lauren and Detective Rico manage to get Tommy to calm settle down. Rico says that he only has a few more questions left for him, then he can go get some rest. Lauren follows this by informing Tommy that the nurses are prepping a bed for him in Trish's room. She follows this by asking him if that sounds good to him. Tommy says nothing, He instead makes a light noise. This is followed by Detective Rico asking about 'the man that attacked' him. Tommy cuts him off by once again saying Jason's name, which is followed by a sigh from Rico. He then allows the killer's name to be called "Jason" for the time being, as Rico is still oblivious to the fact that it was indeed Voorhees who caused the 4th Crystal Lake mass murder spree. Tommy then coldly comments on how the detective doesn't believe him. This is followed by Lauren asking about Tommy shaving his head and attacking Jason. Tommy explains to Lauren that he thought if he looked like Jason as a child, then the madman would listen to him and that they would understand each other. After a long but brief silence, Lauren comments asks if he realizes that Jason was extremely dangerous and disturbed, which is followed by Tommy, calmly but nervously saying yes. Lauren then quickly assures the young & distressed boy that no one is angry with him and that everyone knows that he killed the murderer in self defense. Lauren then calmly asks if Tommy understands that killing is wrong. This is followed by another long silence from Tommy. Afterwards, Lauren asks Tommy if he feels bad for killing the man that tried to harm him and his sister. Tommy then remarks that he's "Sleepy". Lauren then insists that he tells her how he feels about killing Jason, to which Tommy says he doesn't know. This is likely due to Tommy having very little empathy for Jason's unfortunate drowning and "death" caused at the hands of his cruel bullies/fellow campers. Lauren's question is followed by Detective Rico asking Tommy if he's killed anything prior to tonight's events. Tommy inadvertently says "i don't think so", which raises curiosity from the detective. Lauren then asks if Tommy thinks it's wrong to kill people. Before he can answer the question, one of the nurses comes in and politely informs them that Tommy has a visitor that wants to see him. Tommy's spirits is immediately lifted when his visitor turns out to be his pet dog, Gordon. As Tommy happily embraces his pet dog, Lauren suggests to the detectives that Tommy should get some rest as he's been through more than any 12-year old child should have to go through. Detective Rico informs Dr Marino that he and his colleague still have a great amount of questions to ask the boy and a lot of them need answering. Lauren brushes him off and states that his questions will get answered, but she needs to put Tommy & Gordon to bed so that they can get some rest. Tommy then happily takes Gordon to Trish's hospital room/his and Trish's room. After Tommy and Gordon leave the room, Detective Rico comments on how Tommy creeps him out. Lauren then asks him if Tommy told him anything that would help them identify the psychopath that killed his mother and his 12 other victims. Rico states how it's just more "Jason Voorhees Bullshit" and that it's the reason he was called up to Crystal Lake. Lauren, annoyed and irritated, scolds Rico about how the legend and curse of Crystal Lake and Jason Voorhees is real to the resident of the town's community and how Lauren and her fellow Crystal Lake residents have been through a lot of misery due to the murders in 1958, 1979 & the recent week currently in 1984. Detective Rico, annoyed, brushes it offs and says it was nothing but copycats played by deranged psychopaths who 'wanna see a sick "ghost story" come true.' Lauren with all due respect tries to say something, but is cut off by the annoyed detective. Rico then goes on to state that it was Jason's psychotic mother, Pamela Voorhees, and her fellow good citizens that created the "boogeyman bullshit". Rico then coldly states that if the Crystal Lake Police can't identify the psychopath that Tommy "chopped up", they are to instruct the Wessex County Morgue to make up a bogus name to give the public and to cremate the body and that the "Jason Voorhees shit" end immediately. Lauren attempts to speak, but the Detective cuts her off, not granting her anything and says that that's all he has for now, to which Lauren reluctantly complies with. The interview session concludes from here.
Jarvis Tape 4/Post-Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter[]
It is now 1985, a full year after the events of The Final Chapter. Jason has now been deceased for a year. Lauren walks into Tommy's room and happily says hi to the young boy. Tommy, who's in a much better mood than he was throughout the majority of 1984/Last Year, happily greets his doctor & close friend a hello in return. The enthusiastic young Jarvis then shows Lauren the newest mask he's made and added to his collection, which was the famous elf princess Arwen from Lord Of The Rings, which the good doctor is familiar with. Tommy then expresses his excitement and amazement at the fact that an "older lady" such as herself would be familiar with youthful pop culture. Lauren playfully decides to take Tommy calling her an older lady as a compliment. The doctor then reveals to Tommy that Trish is leaving for college in the upcoming fall semester. She also reveals that she and the older Jarvis sibling have also been talking about the next steps to take in Tommy's treatment. Tommy then begins to expresses is annoyance with his treatments and him being eager for them to permanently end as a whole. Lauren reminds the young teenager that it's only been a year since the traumatic events that he had endured. She also reveals that based on his recent behaviors (Tommy being involved in a total of 11 fights) and activities, she decided that she'd have to take Tommy's therapy up a few notches. Tommy remarks how he had only been involved in "one stupid fight" to which Marino corrects him by reminding him of the amount of fights he's actually been in. She then tells the boy that she has good news for him. She tells Tommy that she has been speaking to her associates at the special hospital she had been telling him about have accepted him into their facility as a part of the ext stages in his treatment. Lauren tells him the good things about the place like him being with others kids his age and similar to him, to which Tommy questions if she means "crazy?" like him. Marino assures the boy that he's not crazy and that he's been through a lot of trauma. She once again reminds the boy that he'll bond with children that are his age and have gone through similar experiences like him. She follows this by telling him the program is exceptional and is the best in the country. After being told that Trish and Lauren would bring him there tomorrow, Tommy asks if he could bring his pet dog Gordon with him. He's saddened when Lauren tells him that the hospital doesn't allow pets. His spirits are quickly lifted when Dr Marino tells him that he's allowed to bring his masks along with him. With Tommy now in a much better mood, she playfully scorns him to hurry up and start packing. Once Jarvis leaves the room, Lauren records a note of how Tommy positively took the news of himself being institutionalized in the now revealed Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital in Springwood, Ohio and how Dr. Neil Gordon will be Tommy's primary doctor at the hospital on tape. The interview session concludes from here.
Jarvis Tape 5/ Pre-Friday the 13th: A New Beginning[]
Four years have passed since Tommy was admitted to Westin Hills, five years since the horrors of 1984. It is now 1989. Tommy is now 17 years old and is no longer a legal ward of the state of New Jersey.