Jackson commit suicide after he convinces his mother to crush pills into his drink. This has nothing to do with trying to tell a story about assisted suicide and all to do with yet another melodramatic situation for Aaron. Oh poor Aaron how he suffers, because of that dead guy. They have never done a thing to make viewers care about Jackson. They repeatedly treat serious subjects as nothing more than some type of angst porn for the weeper. It's all so crass, like a lot of the show's recent decisions, but what gets me the most is that only last spring Aaron almost killed himself. He has done nothing but be miserable and bring misery on people (and his poor dead dog) since then. Why shouldn't Aaron kill himself too?? Isn't that what the show is saying?