Next Stop, Nowhere 

Quincy takes a look into the world of punk rock, a music that he believes may have contributed to the death of a teenage boy.

Director:

Ray Danton

Writers:

Sam Egan, Glen A. Larson (created by)

Stars:

Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Klugman	...	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.
Garry Walberg	...	Lt. Frank Monahan
John S. Ragin	...	Dr. Robert Asten
Val Bisoglio	...	Danny Tovo
Robert Ito	...	Sam Fujiyama
Joseph Roman	...	Sgt. Brill
Melora Hardin	...	Abby Garvin
Karlene Crockett	...	Molly Howard
Kelly Ward	...	Skip
Barbara Cason	...	Susan Garvin
James T. Callahan	...	Adrian Mercer
Alex Henteloff	...	Fingerprint Analyst
Anita Gillette	...	Dr. Emily Hanover
Nicholas Georgiade	...	Vince Lasker (as Nick Georgiade)
Rick Dano	...	Fly Fester (as Richard Dano)

Storyline

Quincy takes a look into the world of punk rock, a music that he believes may have contributed to the death of a teenage boy.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 1982 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Cathode Fuck (1986)

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Soundtracks

Next Stop Nowhere
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Sam Egan
Music by Irvin Kramer

User Reviews

Possibly the most ridiculous and corny episode of the series

Next Stop, Nowhere begins at a club where a punk rock band is playing and a bunch of teenagers are thrashing around to the music. When one of them ends up stabbed to death on the dance floor, Quincy (Jack Klugman) conducts the autopsy and lists the lyrics in the music as a contributing cause of death because it motivates the teenagers to commit violent acts. The findings cause debate within the coroner's office and a media frenzy leaving Quincy to defend his position while trying to help the police solve the murder.

As other reviewers perfectly pointed out, this is possibly the most ridiculous and corny episode of the Quincy series which is saying a lot considering some of the nonsense that we've seen in the later seasons. The punk rock club scenes are unintentionally hilarious and then you have Klugman standing up there trying to lecture them later in the story in a "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!" style which is just sad and embarrassing for all involved. Although there is a murder mystery featured, it is so buried among the craziness and silliness of this story that you practically miss it.

While this is an epically bad episode, I still have to recommend watching because this is nothing like anything else you've seen on Quincy or possibly even television in general!