What does that ‘5150’ comment actually mean in No Good Deed?

Everyone is watching No Good Deed on Netflix, a new dark comedy about three couples who are all competing to buy the same home. 

Lydia Morgan, played by none other than Lisa Kudrow, owns the unique Spanish-style villa with her husband Paul. 

Things get pretty eerie when we find out their son Jacob was murdered in the house, and we are eager to find out who did it. 

In one of the episodes, their neighbour Margo makes a comment about her husband JD getting “5150’d” which is leaving people confused.

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He is talking about some pills he was taking that caused him to hallucinate and blames his marriage issues and lowered libido on them. 

Margo then reminds her husband that she stuck by him through everything and found it really hard when he “5150’d” – but what does that mean?

The comment refers to JD being detained by a mental health professional because he was a danger to himself or another person.

It’s a popular term that stems from the California law code 5150 which allows for this temporary, involuntary psychiatric hold to take place. 

The person having a mental health crisis is held for a 72-hour observation period, during which they are assessed and the next steps are decided.

It’s become a bit of a derogatory slang term on the internet and on TV to refer to someone who is out of control mentally and is behaving irrationally.

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No Good Deed is set in a Los Angeles neighbourhood, which is why the 5150 comment was made. The real No Good Deed house is in an area called Hancock Park.

It wouldn’t make sense to people in other states as it is a California law, but other locations have similar laws with different names.

For example, Pennsylvania calls it a “302”, Massachusetts calls it a “Section 12” and Virgina calls it a “Temporary Detention Order (TDO)”.

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