Cagney & Lacey
Two women cops working twice as hard for half the glory, twice the excitement!
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Crime
Drama
Seasons | 7
Episodes | 125
avg.Runtime | 45 min
First EP | 1982-03-25
Last EP | 1988-05-16
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Rating : 6.9
Overview
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Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
Produced by
Orion Television
CBS
Filmways Pictures
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1982-03-25
Season one picks up where the original made-for-TV movie left off--with Cagney and Lacey on their first undercover assignment as prostitutes. Other episodes introduce Cagney's father, a retired cop that helps out with a case, investigation of a human smuggling ring, and accusations of racism in the wake of a gang murder.
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You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
1982-03-25
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
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Pop Used to Work Chinatown
1982-04-01
The first appearance of Dick O'Neill as Charlie Cagney. The case occurs in Chinatown, where Charlie just happened to work, so he helps out. This is the episode where Lacey shoots and kills a fleeing perp.
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Beyond the Golden Door
1982-04-08
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
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Street Scene
1982-04-15
Hispanic gang member is killed.
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Suffer the Children
1982-04-22
Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.
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Better Than Equal
1982-04-29
C&L are assigned to protect a feminist, only not a Gloria Steinem type, but a Phyllis Schlafy type. This episode was very controversial, and several stations refused to run it.
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