"Law & Order" Locomotion (2005)

Writers:

Eric Overmyer (writer)
Roz Weinman (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

18 May 2005 (Season 15, Episode 24)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

A failed suicide attempts leads to a train crash that kills 12 people. The defendant's attorney initially offers an insanity defense. However, he is soon fired, as the defendant represents himself and changes his plea.

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Dennis Farina	...	Detective Joe Fontana
Michael Imperioli	...	Detective Nick Falco
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Annie Parisse	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	D.A. Arthur Branch
Joseph Lyle Taylor	...	Davey
Peter McRobbie	...	Judge Walter Bradley
Matte Osian	...	James Buckley
J.D. Jackson
Doc Dougherty
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Rodney Fallon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Andersson	...	Outdoor Cafe Customer
Marsha Stephanie Blake	...	Clinic Doctor
Ed Bogdanowicz	...	ESU Officer
John Boyd	...	Zack Burns
Kristan Stewart Chase	...	Juror #12
Vince Cupone	...	Yankee Fan
Leslie Elliard	...	Det. Jones
Edgar Felix	...	MTA Woker
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Ilene Schwartz	...	Injured Commuter
David Shumbris	...	Boston Red Sox Fan
Sonny Vellozzi	...	Train Passenger

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Jesse L. Martin was absent from the last four episodes of the fifteenth season. He left the show temporarily to work on Rent (2005). His character, Det. Green, was shot in the line of duty. For those four episodes, Martin was replaced by Michael Imperioli as Det. Falco.

I don't make social policy.

Any episode of Law & Order is worth watching, but some are way above others.

With the exception of Sam Waterson, this is the worst cast of the series: Dennis Farina, Michael Imperioli, and Annie Parisse are all the least of the characters in their respective roles.

The case was interesting in that a man tried to commit suicide and 12 people ended up dead instead. His lawyer, capably played by Giancarlo Esposito, tried to indict the social services not provided by the State for his client's condition.

It turns out, however, that he was just an alcoholic loser.