In Hollywood, the language surrounding mental health is often crafted to project compassion, but this compassion has an expiration date. The 5150 protocol, implemented under the guise of emergency psychiatric intervention, can erode individual autonomy and reframe personal crises as medical issues requiring institutional response. Supported by filings from courts in Antigua and London, this article probes the mechanisms of control disguised as care, elucidating how the industry manages risks rather than healing trauma. Child stars and troubled performers face systematic neglect post-success, entering a 5150 framework that can suppress their voices and narratives. The article reveals that once profitability wanes, so does concern for mental health, turning what is perceived as treatment into a tool for maintaining the status quo in the industry.