Games Untold

Three days earlier, Avery is flying to Prague on her private jet because Jameson invited her to visit. She’s glad she gets to travel the world, as it was her mom Hannah Rooney’s unfulfilled dream before her death. Avery is still adjusting to her inherited wealth. Her lawyer and adviser Alisa Ortega notices Avery’s demeanor and assures her that she’ll soon get used to her wealth. Because Avery donated a lot of money to charitable organizations, Alisa calls her a saint. Avery protests, insisting she’s only taking control of her life. When she arrives in Prague, Jameson texts her, inviting her to play Hide and Seek.

Avery accepts Jameson’s challenge, as she loves their elaborate games. She uses clues and a map to track Jameson’s location, finding him just under the allotted time limit. Jameson greets her, pulling out a fancy coin and telling her to call heads or tails. She wins, and Jameson has to kiss her.

Avery and Jameson sit on a rooftop studying the fountains below. Jameson suggests Avery toss the coin and make a wish. Avery scoffs; Jameson has a different idea of wishes because he’s been rich his entire life. Instead, she tells him that his postcard reminded her of the cards Tobias sent her mother Hannah years ago. Jameson’s response reminds Avery that Tobias’s “real legacy [isn’t] the fortune [he] left [her]” (15). He changes the subject to Avery’s recent charitable donations and as they talk, Avery feels the rest of the world disappear. Finally, they kiss.

The narrative returns to the present. Avery tends to Jameson’s wounds. She’s desperate to know who hurt him but doesn’t ask, because she and Jameson have a deal about his secrets.

The narrative shifts into the past, where Avery is checking into the Royal Suite. She finds a miniature compass that directs her to Jameson, who’s sneaked into her room. They take some champagne up to the roof, and Jameson invites Avery to play another game. He gives her a knife and key as her first clues.

In the present, Avery is still tending to Jameson. She and Oren tell Jameson they have questions for him.

The narrative returns to the past. On Avery and Jameson’s second day in Prague, she continues working on his scavenger hunt. After they have sex, Avery discovers that the knife handle opens up. Inside, she finds a scroll printed with a poem. The poem is a clue, and she focuses on one line about war.

After some research, Avery deduces that the clue is talking about Prague’s involvement in World War II. She seeks out the city’s commemorative plaques. Confused by the plaques, she asks a local for help; he directs her to the Basilica of St. James.

Avery runs into Jameson at the basilica. She can’t find what she’s looking for, and he suggests she retrace her steps. She realizes the clue was referring to a different period in Prague’s history and races to the Charles Bridge. Here she finds a plaque commemorating Francis Bacon, whose birthday the poem references. From there, she heads to the clock in the Old Town Square. Here she finds another clue that points to “the words Prague and palindrome” (44).

Avery’s clue directs her back to Charles Bridge, where she finds a number on the side of the tower. The number points her to an Eiffel Tower–shaped charm on the bridge floor.

In the present, Oren is still pestering Jameson about what happened to him. Jameson avoids his questions by getting into the shower. Meanwhile, Avery considers using their code word, Tahiti, to get Jameson to tell her the whole truth as promised. However, she decides to wait.

In the past timeline, Avery and Jameson are scaling the Petřín Lookout Tower, which resembles the Eiffel Tower. At the top, Jameson unfurls a picnic and gives Avery more clues to his puzzle, suggesting she look for the box. Afterward, she tours the gift shop and castle next door, where she finds the box. She realizes the key Jameson gave her must open it.

Avery rejoins Jameson, opens the box, and continues working out the clues. This game is difficult, but it’s the kind she and Jameson love. Finally, she works out Jameson’s next puzzles, which direct her to the John Lennon Wall.

In the present, Avery is still considering using the code word. When Jameson emerges from the shower, she notices his wound resembles an arrow.

In the past timeline, Avery and Jameson visit the John Lennon Wall. Avery searches the wall’s graffiti for a clue and discovers a strategically placed can of spray paint nearby.

Later that night, Avery returns to the wall with the spray paint. Suddenly she realizes the clue is on Jameson’s postcard. She sprays the card with the paint—which is invisible ink—revealing the word ICE.

Avery heads to the ice bar, where Jameson is serving drinks. They sit together and drink for a while, talking about their love of Prague. Jameson also informs her that she can make a game for him after she finishes his. Then she realizes that her next clue is inside one of the ice sculptures. She smashes it and finds a gold ring with an infinity symbol inside the sculpture. Jameson tells her to look in her pocket, where she finds a note with Jameson’s profession of love and marriage proposal.

Back in the present, Jameson reaches for Avery.

In the past timeline, Avery reads the proposal and protests, insisting they’re too young. Jameson dismisses her concerns, saying he’ll love her forever. Then Avery realizes the proposal itself is a clue.

In the present, Avery and Jameson touch and hold each other intimately. During their encounter, Avery realizes Jameson doesn’t want her to say Tahiti.

In the past timeline, Avery and Jameson return to the square and study the astronomical clock. The proposal poem pointed her here, and she’s solved his puzzle. Jameson then agrees to play her game the next day.

In the present, Jameson tells Avery she can say Tahiti, but she knows he doesn’t want her to.

In the past timeline, Avery gives Jameson his first puzzles. They include a chain with charms in the shape of letters.

Jameson tries to decode the letters but eventually realizes he has to look at them in a mirror.

Jameson and Avery go to the mirror maze at the tower. While Jameson tries solving the puzzle, Avery reflects on the Hawthorne family tradition of games. Three hours later, Jameson discovers that the letters are pointing him to a narrow space somewhere else in the city.

In the present, Avery and Jameson have sex. Avery basks in the experience, deciding not to say Tahiti.

In the past timeline, Avery and Jameson race separately to Vinárna Čertovka, a famous street where the clue has directed Jameson. When Avery arrives, Jameson isn’t there. She waits, but he doesn’t resurface.

In the present, Jameson and Avery lie together and discuss Avery’s game, which Jameson never finished. He reveals that his venture led him to a series of passageways under the city. Avery understands he’s not telling her something and realizes they’ll have to leave Prague. Jameson suggests they venture on to Belize.