Cagney & Lacey

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•1982

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Episodes

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

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

2. Pop Used to Work Chinatown

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.

3. Beyond the Golden Door

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

4. Street Scene

Hispanic gang member is killed.

5. Suffer the Children

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

6. Better Than Equal

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.

Overview

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.