Law and Order
"Locomotion"
L&O, Episode 15.24
Production number: E5329
First aired: 18 May 2005
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Written By
Eric Overmyer & Roz Weinman

Directed By
Matthew Penn

Plot

McCoy faces a man who insists on being his own defense counsel after he is charged with multiple counts of murder following a suicide attempt.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

References

Quotes

[Fontana & Green at Davey Buckley's apt.]

Fontana: [to Davey] Your wrist is bleeding.

Buckley: Yeah, I don't know why it keeps doing that.

Fontana: That happen at the wreck? [Davey agrees] Well, they should've taken you to the hospital and had it sewn up.

Buckley: Yeah, well, it wasn't too bad...

Fontana: But what? You refused medical aid?

Buckley: I don't have insurance. [Fontana grabs a chair to sit by Davey and unwraps the gauze bandage and sees a fresh cut...]

Fontana: Oh yeah. Yeah, that's gonna need a fresh bandage... This is not right. This is not right at all... Well, this wasn't caused by flying glass. [Davey disagrees] No. No, it's too clean. This was caused by a blade. You cut yourself. You slashed your wrist... Nick?

Falco: It's a blade cut. No question.

Fontana: Why would you do that... Well, you're gonna need a doctor... Why would you do such a thing, David? David!?

Buckley: I didn't mean to hurt anybody. Uh, I didn't mean to kill anybody.

Fontana: You killed twelve people! [Davey starts crying and shaking his head]

Buckley: I'm sorry. I just meant to kill myself.

Falco: You wanna give us a statement now?

Buckley: Sure. Why not? [Still crying]

Background information and notes

  • Remade in 2013 as Law & Order: UK episode "Tracks".
  • Andrea Yates, who drowned all five of her children and not four as stated in the episode, was at first found guilty of murder. Her conviction of murder was later overturned due to perjury of a psychiatrist on the prosecution's side. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006.
  • Another episode that deals with a train colliding with an automobile to try to commit suicide is the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "No Exit", which aired seventeen days before.

Episode scene cards

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New York MTA
Monitoring Room
453 East 120th Street
Monday, April 5

P.S. 121 Gymnasium
2295 Second Avenue
Monday, April 5

H.I.D.T.A. Intel Center
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Tuesday, April 6

Residence of
Dave Buckley
597 West 134th Street
Tuesday, April 6

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Supreme Court
Trial Part 43
Monday, May 24

Supreme Court
Trial Part 34
Tuesday, May 25

Supreme Court
Trial Part 43
Motion Hearing
Wednesday, May 26

Supreme Court
Trial Part 43
Tuesday, June 1

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