"Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
No Exit (2005)

Director:

Jean de Segonzac

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (developer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 May 2005 (Season 4, Episode 20)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A suicide club that causes a train derailment leads back to a law practice and another suicide. |

Plot Keywords:

Prosecution | Prosecutor | Trial | District Attorney | Gun

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Darrell Hammond	...	Leonard Timmons
Jason Antoon	...	Mr. Smythe
Susan Bigelow	...	Mrs. Elverson
Frank Girardeau	...	Timmons' Attorney
Arye Gross	...	Hubert Skoller
Patrick Husted	...	Frank Elverson
Alok Tewari	...	Dr. Bachan
Tara Greenway	...	Valerie Skoller
Sam Rosen	...	Steve
Lynne Marie Stetson	...	Eugenie Crawford
James Nardella	...	Nicholas Rojakis

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating)

Company:

Wolf Films

Can Guilt Drive People To Murder?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This begins with a dramatic "suicide club" scene in which four young people are in a car, which they purposely leave on nearby railroad tracks, waiting for the 9 p.m. train to come by and smash into them. That's exactly what happens with all four killed, of course. One of them, however, wasn't really part of the club. This "suicide" was news to him! Can you imagine his horror? It turns out he - "Carmine" - got lured into the car ride by someone else who planned to have him killed in this manner.....but who?

When it's all said-and-done, this story is really one about guilt. That guilt comes about for not speaking out against injustice, for lying to protect evil people. In this case, it's a demanding company and a brutal boss, out to harass and torment a selected employee or two. Part of that is because of an office romance gone bad. The main thing it involves is a company "yes man" who finally snaps and is ready to kill himself over all of his misdeeds of going along with evil people to save his job. He also tries to atone in a very twisted way. Fortunately, Goren and Eames figure things out before he kills himself and the whole case is lost, too.

I wonder how many viewers can relate to this episode, at least on a lesser basis? I used to know several employees who lied regularly for a corrupt boss I once had. For the honest employees, it can be rough.

This is another unpleasant-but-interesting story that keeps you guessing on exactly who-did-what.