TV SERIES · Crime / Drama

Cagney & Lacey.

Name: Cagney & Lacey
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1982-03-25
Rating: 7.0

Two women cops working twice as hard for half the glory, twice the excitement!

7.0 / 1019827 seasons125 episodesEnded

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.

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Created by Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday

THE STORY CONTINUES

Season 1.

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.

You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)

1982-03-25 · 45m5.2

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

Pop Used to Work Chinatown

1982-04-01 · 45m8.0

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.

Beyond the Golden Door

1982-04-08 · 45m7.0

An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.

Street Scene

1982-04-15 · 45m7.0

Hispanic gang member is killed.

Suffer the Children

1982-04-22 · 45m7.0

Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.

Better Than Equal

1982-04-29 · 45m8.0

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.