He also considers his resulting disfigurements 'art' - a new kind of beauty to grace the world. He has referred to beauty as a type of prison or cage that people are trapped in and believes it necessary to free such a craftman's pride in his/her work. The Carver apparently believes that physical beauty is evil and feels compelled to destroy it. Before raping his victims, and/or carving their cheeks down to the lip to resemble a smile, the Carver tells his victims, 'Beauty is a curse on the world,' sometimes adding, 'It keeps us from seeing who the real monsters are.' Motives He then threatens to kill McNamara if he 'destroys' any more of the Carver's 'masterpieces.' McNamara continues to do so, and in the second season cliffhanger, the Carver exacts revenge by attacking and raping Christian. He attacks McNamara in his bathroom and cuts one side of his face. He becomes upset after Sean McNamara performs corrective plastic surgery on one of his victims.

The Carver is introduced in the episode 'Naomi Gaines' as a masked serial rapist who disfigures, rapes, and/or kills his victims, though he has killed only one victim: Rhea Reynolds, a woman who faked being attacked by the Carver so she could get free plastic surgery. 4.2 Correct guesses and a premature reveal.3 Hints and clues to the Carver's identity.

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