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Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey
★ 7.0/10•1982•45m•Crime•Drama
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Two women cops working twice as hard for half the glory, twice the excitement!

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.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 25, 1982

Episodes

Episode 1 - You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)E145m

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

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

Mar 25, 1982

Episode 2 - Pop Used to Work ChinatownE245m

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.

Apr 1, 1982

Episode 3 - Beyond the Golden DoorE345m

Beyond the Golden Door

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

Apr 8, 1982

E445m

Street Scene

Hispanic gang member is killed.

Apr 15, 1982

E545m

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.

Apr 22, 1982

E645m

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.

Apr 29, 1982

Actors

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Mary Beth Lacey

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless

Christine Cagney

John Karlen

John Karlen

Harvey Lacey

Al Waxman

Al Waxman

Lieutenant Bert Samuels

Martin Kove

Martin Kove

Det. Victor Isbecki

Harvey Atkin

Harvey Atkin

Sgt. Ronald Coleman

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