Warning! Spoilers for Netflix’s No Good Deed ahead!
Margo mentions that JD was “5150ed” inNo Good Deed, but what does this actually mean? Margo and JD (Linda Cardellini and Luke Wilson) make up one of the three couples trying to buy the Morgan house in Netflix’s dark comedy series, and like all the rest, they carry a lot of big secrets.Each episode ofNo Good Deedseemed to reveal something new about all these characters until it’s finally unveiled who was really responsible for murdering Jacob Morgan.For a moment, it seemed like JD might have been the killer since he had just recently had a violent mental breakdown.
Wilson’sNo Good Deedcharacterwas a soap opera star untilhe brought a .40 caliber pistol on set during a mental breakdown. JD was subsequently written off the show and hasn’t been able to find any work ever since. InNo Good Deedepisode 2, “Private Showing,” JD states that this happened because of the medication he had been taking. According to him, his pills were causing him to hallucinate and impacted his marriage since his libido was significantly lowered as well. Margo reminded her husband that she had stuck with him through this, mentioning how hard it was for her when he was “5150ed.”
The 5150 Section Of Welfare & Institutions Code Allows For Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
JD Was Forcibly Hospitalized After His Meltdown At Work
According toCalifornia Legislative Information, 5150 is the legal code attached to the involuntary hospitalization of someone exhibiting dangerous behavior (to themself or others) resulting from a mental health crisis.JD was “5150ed” inNo Good Deed, so he must have been hospitalized following his mental breakdown on set. Because the event involved a gun,JD didn’t have to consent to this hospitalization. It’s never stated in the Netflix series how long JD spent in the hospital, and no further details regarding his medication or mental condition were explored. Instead, JD’s history was used to imply that he could have been a murderer.
Why Margo Tried To Frame Jacob’s Murder On JD In No Good Deed
Margo Knew JD’s Gun Was Used To Murder Jacob
The .40 caliber pistol that JD brought on set leading to his hospitalization under code 5150 just happened to be the same type of weapon used to kill Jacob Morgan inNo Good Deed. Paul and Lydia Morgan (Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow) believed that it had been the 9mm handgun that their daughter Emily fired, but it was ultimately revealed that another weapon had been fired at precisely the same time. Of course, the true culprit was Margo, who had been having an affair with Jacob andkilled him with JD’s gun to keep her husband from finding out about it.
When Lydia figured out the truth and confronted Margo, the woman tried to say that JD had shot Jacob.
For three years,Margo got away with murdering Jacobbecause the Morgans hid the evidence to protect Emily (not realizing she hadn’t killed her brother after all). However, when Lydia figured out the truth and confronted Margo, the woman tried to say that JD had shot Jacob. She stated it was entirely within his right to do so since Jacob had broken into their home. Still, Margo had no interest in protecting JD.She knew his mental health history was damningand was completely willing to take advantage. Luckily, Lydia saw right through Margo’s games inNo Good Deed’s ending.
No Good Deed
Cast
No Good Deed is a dark comedy series created by Liz Feldman for Netflix and stars Ray Romano as Paul Morgan in the lead role. Out of money and at the end of his rope, Paul considers selling his beautiful villa so he can pay his debts off and leave Los Angeles, but as he and two other families soon discover, the past is difficult to outrun.
