Season 6

Cagney and Lacey are told by a junkie that one of their own is scooping heroin; the informer points out Isbecki. Cagney, Lacey and Samuels decide to investigate, keeping it to themselves. They plan to set Isbecki up. When they catch him red-handed, he tells them it is for his mother (his only family) who is dying of cancer and in terrible pain. She is allergic to anything the doctors can prescribe. She begged Victor to kill her; what else could he do? Cagney, Lacey and Samuels must decide among themselves how to handle the situation. They unanimously agree to cover for Isbecki, even though they might be risking their own careers. The morning they are to tell Isbecki his fate, he is two hours late. Samuels begins to explode when Isbecki tells them his mother just died.