Locomotion

Episode aired May 18, 2005
TV-14
1h

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7.5/10

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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 h... Read allA 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.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.

Director
- Matthew Penn
Writers
- Eric Ellis Overmyer
- Roz Weinman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

314

YOUR RATING

Director
- Matthew Penn
Writers
- Eric Ellis Overmyer
- Roz Weinman
Stars

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Trivia
This episode appears to be based on the 2005 Glendale, California Metrolink train crash. Juan Manuel Alvarez slashed his wrists and parked his car on train tracks. He then had a change of heart and walked away from the car which was hit by a commuter train killing 11 people.

Goofs
During the trial the defendant's attorney questions a physician from a local free clinic who treated him on several occasions for depression, the attorney noted on each visit he was prescribed Haloperidol (Haldol).

Haloperidol is actually an anti-psychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia, mania in people with bipolar disorder, acute psychosis and drug induced hallucinations. It also acts as a powerful sedative, as such it is not an effective drug for treating depression and would never be prescribed for it, this is something a medical student would know. The appropriate drug to prescribe for depression would be an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) such as Fluoxetine (Prozac), Paroxetine (Paxil) or Sertraline (Zoloft).