| "Locomotion" | ||
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| ← | 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
- Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana
- Michael Imperioli as Detective Nick Falco
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Annie Parisse as A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Recurring cast
- Peter McRobbie as Judge Walter Bradley
- Giancarlo Esposito as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
- Selenis Leyva as Detective Mariluz Rivera
- Lizzy Davis as Assistant M.E. Carla Birch
- Liz Larsen as C.S.U. Technician Jessica Reed
Guest cast
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as Davey Buckley
- Matte Osian as James Buckley
- J.D. Jackson as Casey Jones
- Doc Dougherty as Sergeant
- Marsha Stephanie Blake as Clinic Doctor
- John Randolph Jones as Engineer
- John Boyd as Zack Burns
- Leslie Elliard as Detective Jones
- Henny Russell as Agent Melanie Moran
- Guiesseppe Jones as Atkinson
- Ron Scott as Tech
- Wiley Wisdom as Jury Foreperson
- Vince Cupone as Yankee Fan
- David Shumbris as Boston Red Sox Fan
- John Roney as Third Commuter
- Ed Bogdanowicz as ESU Officer
- Laura Lynn Berrios as Maureen Buckley (uncredited)
- Ilene Schwartz as Injured Commuter (uncredited)
- Sonny Vellozzi as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Edgar Felix as MTA Woker (uncredited)
- Kristan Stewart Chase as Juror #12 (uncredited)
- Brian Andersson as Outdoor Cafe Customer (uncredited)
- Fast Ali as Commuter / Student (uncredited)
- Antonio Saillant as MTA Rescue Worker (uncredited)
- Robert Bizik as Crash Victim (uncredited)
References
- 9/11
- 2004 Boston Red Sox season (which ended in a World series championship)
- FBI
- IRS
- JTTF
- Kansas
- Madrid train bombings
- Mark Nesoff
- People v. Payne
- New York Mets
- New York Yankees
- Casey Jones
- Texas
- Lenny Thorne
- Andrea Yates
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 |
P.S. 121 Gymnasium |
H.I.D.T.A. Intel Center |
Residence of |
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Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
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