No Good Deed : Can someone please explain what his plan was?

Can someone please explain what his plan was?

What was he planning to do? All that just to prove her husband is cheating on her?

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His plan wuz 2 make u pay 2 see dis film. And he succeeded...a suckah born each min...

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Simply his plan was to break out of prison (which he did) in order to kill his ex girlfriend, Alexis (in which he did) and he crashed on purpose in order to try & kill Terri's husband (which he failed).

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If this was his plan, that movie was complete overkill. When it was revealed that her husband was cheating, I was disappointed that the motive for all he'd done wasn't something bigger than that. So he wanted to kill her husband, happened upon their house and tortures her and her children?! At what point was her husband even going to come into the picture?

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Let me explain this fully to you.

Jeffery was a lawyer who testified against Colin Evans (That's the case he was working on) when he said he was a lawyer, he had him arrested for the murders of that man & those five ex girlfriend that Colin Evans killed, Jeffery met Alexis at a parole hearing, sometime in the middle of the film when Evans found the note on the bed that Jeffery wrote, He wanted to kill his ex-girlfriend in order to get revenge at her in which that he succeeded, He then crashed his car on purpose in order to find the 17 Creston Lane address to kill Jeffery but it never came to fruition, so he just terrorized Terri for the whole film to try & get revenge back at Jeffery, he asked her a couple of times when her husband was going to be home.

Do you understand what i mean now?

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Yes, but it still makes everything he did totally unnecessary (for the movie's sake). What was the point in taking her and the kids to Alexis' house if he didn't intend to kill them? It's like all that built-up suspense came down to nothing other than her husband cheating on her, which was painfully obvious anyways.

And I don't recall any point in the movie where it's mentioned that Jeffrey worked on Colin's case. I thought he told Terri something about a "Hopkins" case. I may be wrong but that's what I remember...

Furthermore, nobody recognized him? I realized everything happened in Nashville and the setting is in Atlanta, but he's an escaped criminal and we are expected to believe nobody's looking for him or recognized him?

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Lol. Sure....coming right up!!!

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LOL at your last comment Grits and Spam... Thanks I needed that!

ps saw the movie and I did not see any reference to Jeffrey the hubby and Alexis having an affair??

I need to pay attention and see it again...
duh I'm slow LOL

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What? Did you fall asleep?? His name was on the card left on Alexis' bed, and Colin kept hinting about cheating and looking at Jeffrey's picture. Jeffrey also called Alexis on her phone (after she was dead) and TEri recognized his voice. I started to suspect he was cheating because he was just out all the time.

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LOL No didn;t fall asleep.

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He was crazy--a "malignant narcissist." There's nothing rationale to his behavior. He can't control himself and gets violent.

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I think he left Teri's house with her and the kids because she had called the cops and they were on their way. So he needed to leave there, and he ended up at Alexis' house simply because he knew where it was, nearby. That was unplanned.

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I really don't think he crashed his car on purpose. Why would he? He knew where he was going and what he planned to do (presumably), so why would he take the risk of seriously injuring himself when he could have just parked down the street and walked? He didn't need the car to be crashed, and it was actually a bigger risk since it was sure to draw the police at some point. Also, you can see that he has trouble seeing and he crashed because he was trying to clear the window and lost control. He was alone when he crashed. Why would he pretend to himself? If he needed a crashed car he could just have driven off the road without all of the dramatics.

It's very likely that Colin knew that Jeffrey wouldn't be home. Jeffrey says that he left multiple messages for Colin's ex-fiance when Terri answers his call towards the end of the movie. The ex-fiance even gets a text while Colin is confronting her right before he kills her. He could have easily read that or any of the other multiple messages that Jeffrey said he sent and have been fully aware that he wouldn't be home. Of course, he might not have, but he's supposed to be some intelligent criminal so one would think that he would. The hints were there for the audience to put that scenario together for themselves.

And I don't remember anything about Jefferey being the prosecutor that helped put Colin away. Maybe I missed it, but that makes even less sense to me than Colin just making things up as he went. I mean, I guess it could have happened that way, but there was nothing to make the audience think that it did. The whole movie was a jumble of circumstance and miraculous timing. Nothing was really explained very well other than: Colin is a bad man and he's angry at Jeffrey, Jeffrey is a cheater, and Terri is an overworked and under-appreciated woman.

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AGREE HIGHSPOT- no way he crashed the car on purpose- not sure how/why anyone would come up with that

Plainview: Stop crying, you sniveling ass! Stop your nonsense. You're just the afterbirth, Eli.

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Highspot everything you said was spot on except one thing....he is an intelligent criminal. He knew once he touched that cell phone his finger prints would have been on that phone.
Also I doubt seriously that he knew Jeffery wasn't home.

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HOw did Colin find out where Jeffrey lived?

It didn't seem like he would have enough time to follow Jeffery and then arrive at his fiance's home before she got there.

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It was on the back of the note Jeffrey left for Alexis that morning. The same one that Jeffrey confronted Alexis with "Didn't want to wake you...blah, blah, blah..." And the same one that was lying next to Alexis that Terri found and picked up.

Reese: I'm not going to think about killing you. I'm going to kill you.

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Stop trying yourself appear to be intelligent. "He crashed his car on purpose." Really?! Good thing for him that the branch that crashed through his windshield just missing him was in on the plan and didn't kill him. If you're a troll, good job. You got me.

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jordanheineman3214: Jeffery was a lawyer who testified against Colin Evans
Where in the world did you get that from.



jordanheineman3214: He then crashed his car on purpose
Where in the world did you get that from.

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Can someone please explain what his plan was?

Potential spoilers: Suspect it's intricacies were revised seconds after Leslie Bibb hiked her always formidable calves up onto that chair in the dining room table, then allowed them to fall apart...

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Spoiler alert-Terri's husband was the one who testified against Colin in court, if you guys would have paid close attention to what Jeffery was, Colin's plan was simple, to kill Alexis, to terrorize Terri & then to kill the husband when the husband came home,

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Terri's husband was the one who testified against Colin in court
Where are you getting that from? I don't recall them saying that at all, and simply because Jeffery was a lawyer, has nothing to do with it. The fact that he was complaining about a case when he came home is nothing new in the life of a lawyer. It would make more sense that Jeffery was his attorney and that's how he met Alexis (I noticed you said that they met at a hearing, I don't recall how they met being explained at all). I'm wondering if you saw an un-edited version. Also, Colin was up for parole, so if Jeffery had testified against him, the writers wouldn't have needed the plot twist of he was sleeping with his ex-finance. And Colin found the note with Jeffery's address on when he broke into Alexis' house and not before.

I got the impression that Colin went to see Alexis because he wanted her to run away with him. He found her having lunch (and kissing) another man, and then set a plan in motion to kill both of them.

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Yeah, I just watched the movie and there is NOTHING to suggest that "Terri's husband was the one who testified against Colin in court." I was listening to that aside dialogue carefully since I knew a twist was coming.

It was simply that Collin wanted to kill the guy Alexis was sleeping with, period. Anything about Jeffery or Terri's involvement in Collin's case is pure conjecture.

And honestly, as I said in another post, the whole thing about Terri being a DA and putting away guys who commit violence against women was a red herring/fake twist. The reason the producers think they are so clever is because they want you to think this was always about Collin wanting to kill the DA who put him away, when in reality, she wasn't involved in his case (as far as we know), and he just wanted to kill the guy banging Alexis.

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[Spoilers] No. He wanted to kill her and the kids in front of the hubby, who was banging his girlfriend. Not hard to figure out. [/Spoilers]

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Obviously Colin crashed his car on purpose to come kill Jeffrey and when he showed up he wasn't there. She informed him that he'll be home shortly so he decided to wait. When she finally tells him that Jeffrey won't be coming home he starts to realize that Jeffrey may be going over to his exes house. Which is why he became extremely impatient when the best friend came over. Once he dealt with her, he decided to take her and the kids to his exes house, thinking that Jeffrey either is there or will be there at some point and wants to shove it in his face that he killed his lover and is about to kill his family right before his eyes.

Either he was expecting him to arrive there during the night or he was going to text Jeffrey on his exes phone to come to her house.

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I don't think he crashed on purpose. He was on his way to the house anyways but then crashed, so he just used that as a good excuse to get invited inside. He might not have known that the first house he went to was the husband's house. That's why he had the wife tell him the exact address so he could be sure.

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^^^^ This ^^^^^
No way he planned to crash on purpose. There was no reason for him to destroy his getaway car. Plus anyone coming across a wreck like that is going to call the police. The police are going to be on the lookout for a victim. Too much risk involved. He happened to wreck the vehicle and used it as an excuse. It also throws us, the viewers, off the trail that Terry was being targeted.


The director made it clear that he wrecked by accident (the wiping of the windshield, the on coming car). A man planning to wreck isn't going to act like that.

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I think he was planning on killing the wife in front of her husband (or calling him afterwards/recording it) so torture him and to get revenge on him sleeping with his ex. He wanted to hurt the husband and this was the perfect way to do it.

I think he could've been planning on having the husband come to his exes house and then revealing who he was and would've killed his wife in front of him before killing him.

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Maybe this has already been explained, but this is what I got the plan was. He went to see his fiance and discovered her cheating. That's when the plan to get revenge on the guy she cheated with began. He saw the address on the little note on the bed. The accident was an accident but he was heading to the house when it happened. He probably would have used that excuse to get in regardless but this worked with his plan, in addition to Terry dropping her phone in the rain because her husband was too much of a jerk to watch the kids while she went shopping, forcing her to go shopping in the storm. Anywho, it was never his plan to attack Terry, he was stalling until her husband got home. Notice, he always perked up when she mentioned him and he kept asking probing questions: i.e. do you still love him and etc. He also kept bringing up cheating and getting the crazy eyes. He also got really upset when he found out the husband WASN'T COMING HOME. Ruining his plan, making him more frantic because he doesn't know how long he can stall. When Terry's friend got to inquisitive, even after saying he and Terry were having an affair to try to get rid of her, he kills her so she doesn't get in the way. Unfortunately, he forgot to get rid of her coat and umbrella which made Terry suspicious and she started to fight back. He has no issue killing people, so the fact that he hadn't killed her, he didn't intend to, exactly like she said. Everything else was a response to Terry's actions. So only stayed alive because of her fight and that she wasn't the original target. The entire plan was to get to her husband, neither she or the children were the target.

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Based upon my opinion of things, and the diagnosis that we were given on Idris' character at the beginning, this is what I think his plan was.

Since he was diagnosed as a malignant narcissist, which include a need to prove that one is superior to those around him, I think that he intended to steal the woman of the man that stole his woman. He was probably going to seduce her into bed to prove his domination over her husband (seduce, not rape). Afterwards, he was probably going to kill the husband's whole family in front of him before finishing him off. When his true nature was discovered, he decided to skip the seduction part and just go straight to the killing part once the husband came back.

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-after he broke out of jail he confirmed his ex gf moved on and killed her and then planned to kill her BF that he knew from the letter he left on her bed
-on his way he crashed in the rain BY ACCIDENT
-he walked the rest to the address and used the crash as a way to get inside
-once he found out the bf had a wife he planned to kill his family before killing him to make him suffer the most.

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I agree with you Amaziah.

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Maybe this has already been explained, but this is what I got the plan was. He went to see his fiance and discovered her cheating. That's when the plan to get revenge on the guy she cheated with began. He saw the address on the little note on the bed. The accident was an accident but he was heading to the house when it happened. He probably would have used that excuse to get in regardless but this worked with his plan, in addition to Terry dropping her phone in the rain because her husband was too much of a jerk to watch the kids while she went shopping, forcing her to go shopping in the storm. Anywho, it was never his plan to attack Terry, he was stalling until her husband got home. Notice, he always perked up when she mentioned him and he kept asking probing questions: i.e. do you still love him and etc. He also kept bringing up cheating and getting the crazy eyes. He also got really upset when he found out the husband WASN'T COMING HOME. Ruining his plan, making him more frantic because he doesn't know how long he can stall. When Terry's friend got to inquisitive, even after saying he and Terry were having an affair to try to get rid of her, he kills her so she doesn't get in the way. Unfortunately, he forgot to get rid of her coat and umbrella which made Terry suspicious and she started to fight back. He has no issue killing people, so the fact that he hadn't killed her, he didn't intend to, exactly like she said. Everything else was a response to Terry's actions. So only stayed alive because of her fight and that she wasn't the original target. The entire plan was to get to her husband, neither she or the children were the target.


















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Was there really an address on the note?

My understanding was that Jeffery wrote the note because he did not want to wake-up Alexis in the morning after sleeping with her all night.

Why would there be an address on the note? He didn't mail it!

Also, if he was cheating on his family why would he put his address on the letter?

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HOw did colin find out where Jeffrey lived? It didn't seem like he would have enought time to follow Jeffery and then arive at his fiance's home before she got there.

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There was a clip of either colin or terri finding the note and turning it over, and jeffrey's address was at the back. So Colin knew exactly where to go.


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Jeffrey was having an affair with Alexis in his house. When she was asleep, he grabbed an old electric bill (it says Peach Electric) and wrote on the back of it "Didn't want to wake you because you look so beautiful." The electric bill has his name and address. Alexis saved the note/electric bill, folded it, placed it in her purse and took it home with her. Both Jeffrey and Alexis are the stupidest cheaters alive and really don't know how to cover their tracks.

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Maybe this has already been explained, but this is what I got the plan was. He went to see his fiance and discovered her cheating. That's when the plan to get revenge on the guy she cheated with began. He saw the address on the little note on the bed. The accident was an accident but he was heading to the house when it happened. He probably would have used that excuse to get in regardless but this worked with his plan, in addition to Terry dropping her phone in the rain because her husband was too much of a jerk to watch the kids while she went shopping, forcing her to go shopping in the storm. Anywho, it was never his plan to attack Terry, he was stalling until her husband got home. Notice, he always perked up when she mentioned him and he kept asking probing questions: i.e. do you still love him and etc. He also kept bringing up cheating and getting the crazy eyes. He also got really upset when he found out the husband WASN'T COMING HOME. Ruining his plan, making him more frantic because he doesn't know how long he can stall. When Terry's friend got to inquisitive, even after saying he and Terry were having an affair to try to get rid of her, he kills her so she doesn't get in the way. Unfortunately, he forgot to get rid of her coat and umbrella which made Terry suspicious and she started to fight back. He has no issue killing people, so the fact that he hadn't killed her, he didn't intend to, exactly like she said. Everything else was a response to Terry's actions. So only stayed alive because of her fight and that she wasn't the original target. The entire plan was to get to her husband, neither she or the children were the target.


Perfect explanation.

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tERRY SHOULD HAVE LET HIM KILL HER HUSBAND, NASTY CHEATER

It's just a film!! Chilllllllllll

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SPOILTERS SPOILERSThis movie was very obvious from the beginning and very lame with numerous goofs. First off, didn't he get shot in the prison bus? If he did, where did he get treated for that? Secondly, The whole scene where they sit down and drink wine? wtf seriously you invite a stranger to your house, got 2 kids and then you sit down with your stupid gf to drink wine? 3, If you are going to kill him, then finish the job. This movie has at least 4 failed attempts to kill the guy, he wakes right up everytime. 4, This movie has the stupidest portrayal of cops, first the cop doesn't call for back up after he pulls the guy over, second when she calls 911, the line is busy lol, and then cops never call back to check on her or neither do they send someone to check on the house, which is the first thing they do even if they get a missed call from you. Trust me, ive but dialed 911 a few times.

Everyone keeps talking about the BIG TWIST! What twist? You already know her husband is cheating on her because he is not showing any love, neither does he kisses her on the lips. How much more obvious could it be? [spoiler]

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I see this has had some serious discussion, but my interpretation hasn't been touched on, yet, so let me give the pundits some fodder to belittle yet someone else.

I feel that Colin wanted out of prison, end of initial premise. He tried manipulation, via a long con, so brute force was his only recourse. He needed to be back with the person of his obsession. He truly believed he loved her. Seeing her with another man enraged him, which ultimately kills Alexis. Colin blames Jeffrey for the death of his beloved and has enough clues as to his name, and location to immediately head on over.

His planning needed to be less recon and more action after he lost control of his vehicle. He walks up the path to 17 Creston Lane, where we witness the titular action of No Good Deed (Goes Unpunished).

Hopefully, the rest now speaks for itself (it does in my head).

I thought this was a solid piece of writing and wonderfully directed with superb actors.

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He was probably planning to kill Jeffrey, but when it turned out he wasn't home, he improvised. He ended up wanting to take everything from Jeffrey the way that Jeffrey took everything from him (in his sick, twisted mind). If Colin had gotten his way, he probably would've killed Taraji's character and the kids at the home of his ex-girlfriend, so that the husband would know that it was his (Jeffrey's) fault (again, in his effed-up head), because it all happened because Jeffrey was cheating with his (Collin's) ex. This was all about mind-effing everyone that he perceived had done him wrong. Really nasty stuff when you think about it. Jeff would know that the only reason this guy knows about his family is because he was cheating with Collin's ex, and then he goes and leaves a note written on a piece of paper with his name and address on it. Jeffrey probably would've left the note on top of one of the dead bodies. Then it would go into evidence, the media would've found out, and on top of his family being dead, his career would've been ruined because everyone would know that this all happened because he cheated on his wife with the girlfriend of a murderer. If you totally want to make someone suicidal, this is the way to do it, for sure.

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Guess I kind of understand the plan now.

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Jeffrey being the man that Alexis was seeing is a plot hole. Colin sees Alexis at the beginning with a different man. They seemed to have tacked Jeffrey on at the end simply to give Terry a justified reason to leave him, while completely forgetting about the man we saw Alexis with. That was obviously NOT Jeffrey.

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Maybe Colin thought she was seeing multiple men.

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Two things that people are confusing. I just saw the movie last night and even rewound the dvr to make sure I wasn't trippin.

*Jeffery's address WAS on the back of the card for Alexis. This is shown when Teri is talking to her husband on DEAD Alexis's phone and she (Teri) recognizes her husband's voice. A flashback is then shown showing the back of the card with Jeffery's name on the back and the address of 17 Creston Ln. During that flashback they flashback even further where Colin was at the front door (fake talking on the phone) and confirmed the address for the "person to pick him up" at 17 Creston Ln.

*Collin DID NOT wreck that car on purpose. During the scene you see that he is clearly driving to fast for the conditions with very poor visibility. You then hear the wailing of an oncoming vehicle and Colin SWERVES to avoid a collision with that vehicle. He subsequently loses control of the vehicle and plows into the tree. 2-3 inches to the right and he would have been impaled by the tree. Plus if you are expecting a physical altercation with the guy banging your girl, why risk injuring yourself?
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