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Season 1

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Pilot

    • October 8, 1981
    • CBS

    Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey, two female New York City policewomen working in a male-dominated police department, are promoted to detectives after uncovering a major heroin dealer, only to be patronized by being assigned as decoys on an undercover prostitute detail.

  • S01E01 You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)

    • March 25, 1982
    • CBS

    The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

  • S01E02 Pop Used to Work Chinatown

    • April 1, 1982
    • CBS

    A Chinatown robbery brings Cagney's retired father (Dick O'Neill) back on the beat.

  • S01E03 Beyond the Golden Door

    • April 8, 1982
    • CBS

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

  • S01E04 Street Scene

    • April 15, 1982
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey are accused of racial prejudice when they investigate a gangland beating.

  • S01E05 Suffer the Children

    • April 22, 1982
    • CBS

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

  • S01E06 Better Than Equal

    • April 29, 1982
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey must ignore their feminist sentiments when they are assigned to protect the life of a female Equality Rights Amendment critic.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Witness to an Incident

    • October 25, 1982
    • CBS

    A young policeman's career hangs in the balance when Cagney and Lacey can't agree on the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a civilian.

  • S02E02 One of Our Own

    • November 1, 1982
    • CBS

    A case of mistaken identity leads to a police officer's shooting at a restaurant. Meanwhile, Isbecki does all he can to keep Chris and Mary Beth off the precinct's new softball team.

  • S02E03 Beauty Burglars

    • November 8, 1982
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey lead an investigation into a series of robberies at exclusive beauty salons committed by assailants posing as cops.

  • S02E04 High Steel

    • November 15, 1982
    • CBS

    Harvey aids Chris and Mary Beth as they investigate the suspicious death of a former co-worker of his who fell from a high-rise.

  • S02E05 Hot Line

    • November 22, 1982
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey investigate a series of stranglings involving women who worked for an erotic phone line, and Samuels' job is put in jeopardy when he publicly disagrees with his superior about the case.

  • S02E06 Internal Affairs

    • November 29, 1982
    • CBS

    Internal Affairs puts Cagney and Lacey in the uncomfortable position of snooping into the private lives of their co-workers after a leak in the department is discovered during an investigation.

  • S02E07 Mr. Lonelyhearts

    • December 6, 1982
    • CBS

    A search for a missing woman leads to a bigamy scam; Cagney deals with an ardent suitor.

  • S02E08 Conduct Unbecoming

    • December 13, 1982
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey's working with a third detective to investigate illegal weaponry suffers from his overexposure in a gay magazine.

  • S02E09 I'll Be Home for Christmas

    • December 20, 1982
    • CBS

    On Christmas Eve, the squad searches for a sticky-fingered Santa inadvertently released from a holding cell; and Petrie's wife goes into labor.

  • S02E10 Recreational Use

    • December 27, 1982
    • CBS

    A murder investigation into a shady landlord attempting to turn his building co-op becomes more complicated when Cagney and Lacey are assigned to work with the drug-addicted homicide detective Chris has been dating.

  • S02E11 Hopes and Dreams

    • January 10, 1983
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey investigate a rash of burglaries taking place in upscale apartment buildings; and a disabled girl's cynicism makes Chris all the more determined to recover the girl's stolen bicycle.

  • S02E12 The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All

    • January 17, 1983
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey set out to determine if a man who stopped a minor crime is himself a wanted, world-famous jewel thief.

  • S02E13 Affirmative Action

    • January 24, 1983
    • CBS

    When a new female detective is assigned to the 14th precinct, Cagney and Lacey can't agree on whether or not she is just too eager to prove herself or completely incompetent.

  • S02E14 Open and Shut Case

    • January 31, 1983
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey lend support to a rape victim who is reluctant to take the stand a fifth time; and Lacey testifies in what should be an open-and-shut murder case.

  • S02E15 Jane Doe #37

    • February 14, 1983
    • CBS

    Chris takes on the case of a murdered bag lady; and Cagney and Lacey are asked to star in a recruiting commercial for the NYPD.

  • S02E16 Date Rape

    • February 21, 1983
    • CBS

    A date rape investigation divides Cagney, who, along with the male detectives, feels the victim brought it on herself, and Lacey, who doesn't believe that philosophy.

  • S02E17 Burn Out

    • March 7, 1983
    • CBS

    Lacey goes AWOL after family and job demands drive her to the brink of a nervous breakdown, while Cagney poses as a nun as part of an investigation into missing drugs from a hospital.

  • S02E18 Chop Shop

    • March 14, 1983
    • CBS

    Members of a car-theft ring take Isbecki hostage after they learn he's a cop; and Petrie is involved in the shooting of a black youth.

  • S02E19 Let Them Eat Pretzels

    • March 21, 1983
    • CBS

    Efforts to arrest a diplomat's son for hit-and-run become tangled in red tape.

  • S02E20 The Gang's All Here

    • March 28, 1983
    • CBS

    The detectives of the 14th precinct set out to bring the perpetrators to justice after they are robbed of their guns, shields and possessions while celebrating Petrie's promotion at a bar--except for La Guardia, who found the experience so humiliating that he wants to resign.

  • S02E21 A Cry for Help

    • May 2, 1983
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey work to arrest a con-man involved in a Ponzi scheme against elderly women; and Mary Beth learns that one of the detectives they are working with is beating his wife.

  • S02E22 The Informant

    • May 9, 1983
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey disagree about using a young informant to help them nab a drug dealer selling PCP to students.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Matinee

    • March 19, 1984
    • CBS

    The investigation into the death of a wealthy woman from Chris' hometown offers a glimpse into Cagney's past. Meanwhile, the son of Lt. Samuels is arrested for stealing a car.

  • S03E02 A Killer's Dozen

    • March 26, 1984
    • CBS

    A uniformed officers' strike forces the detectives back into their blues and onto the streets, as Cagney and Lacey try to bring an end to the "Don Juan Strangler."

  • S03E03 Victimless Crime

    • April 16, 1984
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey investigate the death of a man at a porno filming site; and a visiting French policeman makes overtures toward Lacey.

  • S03E04 The Bounty Hunter

    • April 23, 1984
    • CBS

    A cocky bounty hunter has Cagney seething as he stays one step ahead of her in their separate pursuits of a bail jumper wanted for armed robbery.

  • S03E05 Baby Broker

    • April 30, 1984
    • CBS

    Emotions run high for Cagney, whose suitor doesn't appreciate her job dedication; and for Lacey, who volunteers to temporarily care for an abandoned deaf infant.

  • S03E06 Partners

    • May 7, 1984
    • CBS

    Mary Beth feels guilty when Chris is hit by a robber's bullet, but getting shot doesn't stop Cagney from assisting on a case while in recovery; meanwhile, Lacey's temporary partner leaves a lot to be desired.

  • S03E07 Choices

    • May 14, 1984
    • CBS

    After the key witness in the upcoming trial of a shady landlord dies, Cagney and Lacey must re-canvas his building in search of new witnesses before he gets set free; meanwhile, Chris thinks she may be pregnant.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Child Witness

    • October 15, 1984
    • CBS

    An over-protective father refuses to let his child testify in a molestation case. Meanwhile, Petrie feels the way he was treated by two white officers who mistook him for a car thief was racially motivated.

  • S04E02 Heat

    • October 22, 1984
    • CBS

    Tension rises with the temperature after Lacey is grabbed by an armed robber and held hostage in a sweltering boxcar.

  • S04E03 Insubordination

    • October 29, 1984
    • CBS

    Cagney's ex, Sgt. Dory McKenna, fresh out of rehab, is teamed with Chris and Mary Beth on a cocaine dealing case; and a captain who once worked for, and holds a grudge against Samuels, arrives to evaluate the 14th precinct.

  • S04E04 Old Debts

    • November 5, 1984
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey hunt for the murderer of a recently paroled cop killer, who was under their protective custody at the time.

  • S04E05 Fathers and Daughters

    • November 12, 1984
    • CBS

    A case of suicide becomes complicated when both the victim's wife and daughter confess to murder.

  • S04E06 Taxicab Murders

    • November 19, 1984
    • CBS

    The dangers of Lacey's job hit home when her son overhears his parents arguing about Mary Beth's dangerous assignment to stop a rash of cab-driver murders.

  • S04E07 Unusual Occurrence

    • November 26, 1984
    • CBS

    In the wake of questionable police shootings, the press paints Cagney's self-defense shooting of a Hispanic drug-dealer as being racially motivated.

  • S04E08 Thank God It's Monday

    • December 3, 1984
    • CBS

    A weekend spent clearing up precinct paperwork leads to a race against time as Cagney and Lacey discover their forgery collar, who just made bail, is the culprit in an unsolved case nearing the statute of limitations.

  • S04E09 Hooked

    • December 10, 1984
    • CBS

    The man who sponsored Dory through the drug rehab program is arrested for cocaine possession, causing tension between Cagney and Lacey when the evidence disappears shortly thereafter.

  • S04E10 Lady Luck

    • December 17, 1984
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey investigate when a woman Lacey saved from suicide winds up murdered a short while later; meanwhile, Isbecki falls for an artist who fought off a strangler.

  • S04E11 Out of Control

    • December 31, 1984
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey try to figure out how a man was shot to death during an attempted burglary by a cat burglar who didn't have a gun; meanwhile, Chris meets Dory's kids, and Lacey's son ignores warnings about playing with her gun.

  • S04E12 American Dream

    • January 7, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey uncover an extortion operation when a series of arsons all seem to benefit the same company; meanwhile, after Harvey gets a promotion, the prospect of finally being able to buy a house hits home for the Lacey's.

  • S04E13 Happily Ever After

    • January 14, 1985
    • CBS

    A stray bullet leads Cagney and Lacey to the solution of 32,000 petty thefts committed by an ingenious credit department employee; meanwhile, Cagney considers marriage when Dory pops the question.

  • S04E14 Rules of the Game

    • January 28, 1985
    • CBS

    Assigned to a task force to investigate the shooting death of a mugging victim, a fast-rising captain suggests that Cagney would do well to accept his advances or suffer the consequences of a bad evaluation.

  • S04E15 Stress

    • February 4, 1985
    • CBS

    After witnessing a stabbing, Cagney becomes the target of the perpetrator, who has a history of making witnesses disappear; meanwhile, the NYPD brass implements mandatory stress reduction classes.

  • S04E16 Who Says It's Fair (1)

    • February 11, 1985
    • CBS

    After a large amount of cash is found in the locker of an eight-year-old latchkey kid, Cagney and Lacey respond to a call from his worried mother, who fears her young son is now missing; meanwhile, Mary Beth refuses to face the possibility of breast cancer.

  • S04E17 Who Says It's Fair (2)

    • February 18, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey are called to testify against Kevin's mother in a custody hearing; meanwhile, as the rest of the 14th precinct prepares to take the Sergeant's exam, Mary Beth must miss it as she enters the hospital to treat her breast cancer diagnosis.

  • S04E18 Lost and Found

    • February 25, 1985
    • CBS

    Comfortable with convalescence, Lacey considers staying home permanently; meanwhile, Cagney is doing double duty as she investigates the murder of an informant and hunts for the thief who stole her prized Corvette.

  • S04E19 Two Grand

    • March 4, 1985
    • CBS

    After detectives at the 14th precinct are implicated in a jewel theft, Cagney gets a second chance to match wits with Albert Grand, the debonair jewel thief who made her look foolish during their last encounter.

  • S04E20 Con Games

    • March 11, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney ignores both advice and threats as her sexual harassment charges against Captain Hennesey go to trial; meanwhile, Lacey acts as a decoy for the bunco squad during an investigation into fraud against the elderly.

  • S04E21 Violation

    • March 18, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey look into the rape of a teenage boy who was mistakenly sent to a violent adult prison for a petty crime.

  • S04E22 Organized Crime

    • April 8, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey catch the case of a murdered nun, whose family has Mafia connections; meanwhile, the squad receives the results of the sergeants' exam.

Season 5

  • S05E01 On the Street

    • September 30, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney illegally detains a pimp to protect a prostitute who implicated him in murder.

  • S05E02 Ordinary Hero

    • October 7, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey have no trouble with a case, thanks to their star witness. Alas, he's an illegal alien, who can only stay in the country until the trial ends. When the baddy takes a plea bargain, the witness and family are going to be deported

  • S05E03 The Psychic

    • October 21, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney doubts the abilities of a psychic hired by an irate husband after police evidence indicates his missing wife is a voluntary runaway.

  • S05E04 Lottery

    • October 28, 1985
    • CBS

    After the New York State Lottery has paid out millions, here comes another ticket. Somebody has a fake, but who? In the B story, Harvey and Mary Beth must face an IRS audit

  • S05E05 Entrapment

    • November 4, 1985
    • CBS

    Lacey faces an ethical dilemma when Cagney demands that she go along with Chris' lie that she didn't entrap a drug dealer; meanwhile, Isbecki betrays Petrie's confidence.

  • S05E06 The Clinic

    • November 11, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney walks the line, while Lacey is clearly pro-choice in abortion discussions sparked by the bombing of a women's clinic.

  • S05E07 Mothers & Sons

    • November 25, 1985
    • CBS

    A mother lies to clear her son of a violent robbery; and the Laceys disagree on how to handle a vandalism charge against Harvey Jr.

  • S05E08 Filial Duty

    • December 2, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney's father is hospitalized; and a murder case prompts a pregnant Lacey to consider taking a desk job.

  • S05E09 Old Ghosts

    • December 9, 1985
    • CBS

    A complaint charges Cagney with cowardice when a robbery suspect eludes her in a chase; and Chris' estranged brother wants their ailing father to join him in California.

  • S05E10 Power

    • December 16, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney's temporary command of the squad during Samuels' absence brings power-trip accusations from some of the men, particularly when she questions Isbecki's arrest of a hit man, and an order from Inspector Knelman to put Lacey on maternity leave.

  • S05E11 Play It Again, Santa

    • December 23, 1985
    • CBS

    Cagney and Newman don Santa suits to probe the disappearance of two street musicians; and Chris discovers that the lawyer she's dating is seeing other women.

  • S05E12 The Rapist (aka Rebukes)

    • January 6, 1986
    • CBS

    Lacey's energetic replacement impresses Cagney with hard work that provides a suspect in a rape case, until her zeal for justice starts to threaten the investigation.

  • S05E13 Act of Conscience

    • January 13, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney is teamed with a detective who broke the blue wall of silence by going to the press about fellow cops on the take.

  • S05E14 DWI

    • January 20, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney starts to confront her own demons with the bottle while helping Lacey build a case against a drunken driver who put her neighbor's son in a coma.

  • S05E15 The Gimp

    • January 27, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney gains insight into the life of the physically impaired when she takes to a wheelchair to nail muggers preying on the disabled.

  • S05E16 Family Connections

    • February 10, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney meets the new woman in her father's life; Isbecki regrets his lack of a family life; and, after a wild ride to the hospital, the Laceys welcome a new family member.

  • S05E17 Post Partum

    • February 17, 1986
    • CBS

    A West Point cadet caught with cocaine refuses to help himself avoid court-martial due to his code of honor; and Mary Beth receives an unwanted visit from her estranged father, who abandoned her and her mother thirty years ago.

  • S05E18 The Man Who Shot Trotsky

    • March 3, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney presses an informant to get information on a drug supplier who walked away from an earlier arrest, after she admitted to entrapping him.

  • S05E19 Exit Stage Centre

    • March 10, 1986
    • CBS

    An investigation of an actress's apparent suicide reveals several murder suspects; Cagney makes an interesting date; and Harvey reveals a secret from his past to Mary Beth.

  • S05E20 Capitalism

    • April 7, 1986
    • CBS

    A lawyer who "helped" fellow Cambodian refugees for a fee is murdered; Lacey is affected by Harvey's job pressures; and Cagney tries to sell her car.

  • S05E21 Extradition

    • May 5, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney has an uneasy reunion with her brother when she and Lacey travel to Los Angeles to extradite a criminal.

  • S05E22 A Safe Place

    • May 12, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey race against time to catch a thief who stole more than he bargained for; meanwhile, Cagney faces another birthday, and the Laceys make an offer on a house.

  • S05E23 Model Citizen

    • May 25, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey each deal with surprise visitors in their lives while they investigate the slaying of a "model citizen."

  • S05E24 Parting Shots

    • May 26, 1986
    • CBS

    The 14th precinct suffers the loss of one of their own, setting off a manhunt for a cop killer on the loose.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Schedule One

    • September 29, 1986
    • CBS

    The Laceys move into their first home, but Mary Beth's joy is diminished by a junkie's claims that he saw a cop take heroin from a crime scene.

  • S06E02 Culture Clash

    • October 6, 1986
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey investigate the murder of a teenage girl who wanted to break away from her traditional Islamic upbringing; meanwhile, Chris is excited by the prospect of being chosen for a potentially career-making task force.

  • S06E03 Sorry, Right Number

    • October 20, 1986
    • CBS

    A rash of burglaries coincides with a heat wave; Lacey and Isbecki are trapped in an elevator; and Cagney frets over a long weekend with David.

  • S06E04 Disenfranchised (aka Incest)

    • October 27, 1986
    • CBS

    (Also given to me as ""Incest."") A girl says that their father is molesting the younger daughter, who is too young to testify. How does she know? Because she was molested herself. Cagney and Lacey get the children away from their parents, but have to split up the girls to do so.

  • S06E05 Role Call

    • November 3, 1986
    • CBS

    In a self-referential show, the 14th is visited by a TV star, ""Detective Deedee,"" who has permission from the brass to learn how real policemen work. She especially wants to learn from Cagney and Lacey.

  • S06E06 The Zealot

    • November 10, 1986
    • CBS

    An assistant D.A. has devoted his entire career to prosecuting child pornography. When he turns up dead, Cagney (who would have liked to have gotten to know him better) thinks one of those scuzzy pornographers had killed him.

  • S06E07 The Marathon

    • November 24, 1986
    • CBS

    The 14th precinct has to help support the annual New York City marathon. One of the (white) runners is from South Africa, and is facing death threats if she runs. Cagney and Lacey are assigned to talk her out of running but if they can't, then they must protect her.

  • S06E08 Rites of Passage

    • December 1, 1986
    • CBS

    A college sorority initiate falls off a building. The detectives suspect a hazing prank gone sour, but the sorority sisters won't talk.

  • S06E09 Revenge

    • December 8, 1986
    • CBS

    A wife beater is brutally murdered, and Petrie identifies the man's jewelry as belonging to his sister---who was raped and murdered 14 years earlier.

  • S06E10 To Thine Own Self Be True (aka The Rapist II)

    • December 15, 1986
    • CBS

    In a sequel to episode #69, Sara Jones goes on trial. She wants Cagney to back up her story, but Cagney won't do it.

  • S06E11 Cost of Living

    • January 12, 1987
    • CBS

    In a sequel to episode #75, Mansfield goes on trial. He's done something clever - he's hired David Keeler to defend him. David explains how principled he is. Chris tells him to go to hell.

  • S06E12 Waste Deep

    • January 19, 1987
    • CBS

    A toy company is dumping toxic wastes, and a gungho environmentalist is willing to do whatever it takes to get Cagney and Lacey to investigate.

  • S06E13 Favors

    • January 26, 1987
    • CBS

    The detectives go after a corrupt judge. but he has an ""in"" - he's an old friend of Charlie Cagney's. Cagney also has to do the performance reviews, and smoke flies when she doesn't give Lacey top ranking.

  • S06E14 Ahead of the Game

    • February 2, 1987
    • CBS

    Story by Allison Hock. The crime story hits close to home here. The Laceys are burglarized and Mary Beth must deal with Detective Dupnick from Queens. Of course, she's neglected all the precautions that she lectures civilians about. Cagney attends the Emerald Ball, while dealing with a high school athlete who dropped dead of steroid overuse

  • S06E15 Easy Does It

    • February 9, 1987
    • CBS

    The detectives go undercover at Alcoholics Anonymous to find out who's holding up AA meetings. At a session for co-dependents they meet Donna, Charlie's girlfriend, who's figured out that Charlie's an alcoholic.

  • S06E16 To Sir, With Love

    • February 16, 1987
    • CBS

    Story by Sandy Sprung and Marcy Vosburgh. Samuels is getting the Distinguished Service Award at a banquet. All Cagney and Lacey have to do is plan the banquet, coordinate the entertainment, get the balloons, and make cannoli. Very funny, especially the cannoli scene.

  • S06E17 Divine Couriers

    • February 23, 1987
    • CBS

    A spiritualist has a new gimmick. She charges people to get messages to their dead loved ones by hiring terminally ill people as messengers. The funny thing is that everyone except Cagney and Lacey are happy with the setup.

  • S06E18 Right to Remain Silent

    • March 9, 1987
    • CBS

    A deaf girl is suspected of murder. Could someone with such a severe handicap commit a crime like that? Also, a drunken David Keeler appears on Cagney's door step begging her forgiveness. She hadn't seen him since ""the Cost of Living"" although he left numerous messages on her answering machine.

  • S06E19 Special Treatment

    • March 16, 1987
    • CBS

    Lacey participates in a protest march against nuclear weapons. She gets arrested and thrown to the tender mercies of Detective Dupnick.

  • S06E20 Happiness is a Warm Gun

    • March 23, 1987
    • CBS

    This time it's Lacey's turn to get shot. She isn't hurt as badly as Cagney was, but the trauma sends them to the police psychiatrist. Lacey is saved from certain death by her bullet-proof vest.

  • S06E21 Turn, Turn, Turn (1)

    • March 30, 1987
    • CBS

    Charlie's drinking finally catches up with him and he goes to the Great Bar in the Sky. Chris and brother Brian send him off with a wake at Flannery's. But Chris can't handle it, and winds up dead drunk in her apartment. Only Lacey can save her and get her to AA.

  • S06E22 Turn, Turn, Turn (2)

    • March 30, 1987
    • CBS

    In the B plot, Lacey rescues a child from a burning car and then has to return the child to the proper mother.

Season 7

  • S07E01 No Vacancy

    • September 21, 1987
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey have another star witness who needs special treatment. This one is a schizophrenic, although not too bad if he takes his medication. But, of course, he doesn't.

  • S07E02 The City is Burning

    • September 28, 1987
    • CBS

    Corassa's gun is used to kill a black kid who just happens to be in a white section of town. The black community alleges coverup. This is based on a real-life incident.

  • S07E03 Loves Me Not

    • October 5, 1987
    • CBS

    Petrie gets his promotion to sergeant and leaves the show (Carl Lumbly wanted out). Lacy interferes in a neighborhood dispute and her enraged neighbors call for a Civilian Review Board. David Keeler (back in Chris' good graces) comes to the rescue

  • S07E04 Different Drummer

    • October 19, 1987
    • CBS

    There's an older woman who acts strange, burns incense, and claims to be a witch. Is she? Or is she merely lonely and poor and standing in the way of higher real estate prices?

  • S07E05 You've Come a Long Way, Baby

    • October 26, 1987
    • CBS

    "Mature" prostitutes are getting bumped off, so our heroines go undercover to investigate. Merry Clayton joins the cast as Detective Verna Dee Jordan. Isbecki just adores having a woman partner.

  • S07E06 Video Verite

    • November 9, 1987
    • CBS

    A valuable music video has been stolen, and there's some suspicious white powder about. In the meantime, Cagney's niece Bridget again visits, trying to carve out a career as a New York actress

  • S07E07 Greed

    • November 16, 1987
    • CBS

    A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).

  • S07E08 Secrets

    • November 23, 1987
    • CBS

    Cagney gets her dream - a chance to work with the Major Task Force. But one of those so-polished officers is really a traitor. Will they find the traitor, or will the glamour get to Cagney?

  • S07E09 Do I Know You?

    • January 5, 1988
    • CBS

    Brad Potter seems like the perfect date - tall, handsome, successful. But he's really a date rapist. Cagney must explain to the guys at the precinct why she didn't draw her gun, and of course, the baddy says yes, it happened, but she consented

  • S07E10 Old Flames

    • January 12, 1988
    • CBS

    Harvey Jr. has his 18th birthday. His birthday present from his parents is a computer. His present to them is the announcement that he will enlist in the Marines.

  • S07E11 Trading Places

    • January 19, 1988
    • CBS

    When Samuels takes some time off, Chris expects to be put in charge. But a high-tech, none-""street"" officer, Lt. Thornton, gets the job. The crime case deals with construction kickbacks, so Harvey volunteers to help out by wearing a wire

  • S07E12 Shadow of a Doubt

    • January 26, 1988
    • CBS

    Cagney and Lacey go undercover at a computer manufacturer. But the company has random drug testing and Chris flunks it. Of course, David argues that this is a violation of her civil rights.

  • S07E13 Hello Goodbye

    • February 9, 1988
    • CBS

    David finally pops the question to Chris. she's consistent - she says no, even though Mary Beth likes him much better than she did Dory.

  • S07E14 School Daze

    • February 16, 1988
    • CBS

    The 14th Precinct gang takes a refresher course at the police academy, along with Detective Dupnick from Queens. Lacey is the eager, hand-up, teacher's pet. Chris thinks it's a waste of time

  • S07E15 Land of the Free

    • February 23, 1988
    • CBS

    A Salvadoran refugee is murdered. Some people say he ran drugs, others say he was a saint. In the B story, Chris meets Nick the plumber at an AA meeting.

  • S07E16 A Class Act

    • March 15, 1988
    • CBS

    A very valuable painting is stolen, and Cagney and Lacey make the rounds of fancy galleries looking for leads. In the B plot, Samuels has a reunion with an old friend. Also, the dissimilarities between David Keeler and Nick are shown. Nick was decidedly everything David was not and vice-versa.

  • S07E17 Button, Button

    • March 22, 1988
    • CBS

    A man is murdered, and his girl friend begs the police for help. It's a hard case, since he was in the Federal Witness Protection Program

  • S07E18 Amends

    • March 29, 1988
    • CBS

    Thornton shoots a fellow officer in an operation that went bad. That's what happens when you put someone with no practical experience in charge

  • S07E19 Friendly Fire

    • April 5, 1988
    • CBS

    In a sequel to episode #112, Cagney's rape case goes to trial. The main story is that Harvey Jr. is missing while doing maneuvers. Fortunately Mary Beth has moral support from both her father and Christine.

  • S07E20 Yup

    • May 2, 1988
    • CBS

    A Wall Street tycoon is burgled, and he has a lot of clout with the higher-ups. Harvey Jr. comes home for a visit, and nobody mentions the previous episode. (Rosenzweig usually does a much better job of continuity.)

  • S07E21 A Fair Shake (1)

    • May 16, 1988
    • CBS

    A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends

  • S07E22 A Fair Shake (2)

    • May 16, 1988
    • CBS

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