Harpoon (2019) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Richard ambushes and brutally beats Jonah because he suspects Sasha has been sleeping with him. He found suspicious texts on Sasha's phone and became convinced his girlfriend was cheating. The assault occurs at Richard's home in the morning, shattering whatever trust remained in their friendship.

Foreshadowing: The violent confrontation foreshadows the deadly games that later unfold on the yacht.

• richard
• jonah
• attack
• beating
• jealousy
• sasha

The suspicious texts Richard found were actually birthday plans between Sasha and Jonah to buy Richard a speargun as a gift. This revelation comes after Sasha arrives and pulls Richard off Jonah during the attack. The truth momentarily calms Richard and leads him to invite both on the yacht trip as an apology.

• speargun
• birthday
• gift
• sasha
• jonah
• richard

Sasha reveals during the survival arguments that Richard had an affair a year earlier that resulted in a pregnancy. The woman involved was later murdered. Richard denies any involvement in her death, but the accusation significantly deepens the distrust among the three stranded friends and adds to the growing tension aboard the yacht.

• pregnant woman
• murder
• affair
• richard
• sasha

During the escalating argument about who should be sacrificed for survival, Richard accuses Jonah of being the one who murdered the pregnant girl. Jonah doesn't deny it and confesses the murder was calculated, he killed her to keep the three of them together, believing the crisis would force them to rely on each other and maintain their friendship.

• jonah
• murder
• pregnant woman
• confession
• motive

While disposing of weapons overboard at Richard's insistence, Jonah secretly removed a fuse from the yacht's fuse box. This ensured the engine would fail and they would be stranded with no way to call for help. He also hid food separately, planning to frame Richard's death as a necessary act of survival if authorities ever investigated.

• jonah
• sabotage
• fuse
• engine
• yacht
• stranded

After Jonah kills Richard by tearing his throat with a broken bottle and reveals his calculated plan to strand them and run away together, Sasha realizes she's in extreme danger. Fearing Jonah will kill her too once they're alone, she waits for the right moment and pushes him overboard into the dark water where the propellers tear him apart.

• sasha
• jonah
• overboard
• propellers
• death

After killing Jonah, Sasha panics and rushes to the wheel, flooring the throttle in a desperate attempt to escape. However, the boat jumps and throws her off the side, leaving her stranded in the open ocean with no rescue coming. The yacht speeds away pilot-less, and she's left alone facing death by exposure.

• sasha
• boat
• escape
• stranded
• ocean
• ending

Richard dies when Jonah kills him during a straw-drawing ritual meant to decide who would be sacrificed for cannibalism. After Sasha draws the short straw but can't kill herself, they redraw. Jonah ends up with the short straw but instead of killing Sasha, he turns on Richard and tears out his throat with a broken bottle in a sudden, brutal attack.

• richard
• death
• killed
• jonah
• bottle
• throat

With the engine dead, no radio, and stranded far from shore, the three friends face dwindling supplies. Sasha, a nurse, calculates they have seven days without water before death. As dehydration and starvation set in, they resort to drawing straws to decide who will be killed and eaten so the others can survive.

• cannibalism
• survival
• starvation
• dehydration
• straws