Cagney & Lacey (1982)

Name: Cagney & Lacey
Rating: 6.9

Rating: 6.9

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1982-03-25

Last Air Date: 1988-05-16

Number of Seasons: 7

Number of Episodes: 125

Created By: Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday

Networks: CBS

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Top Cast

Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey
John Karlen as Harvey Lacey
Al Waxman as Lieutenant Bert Samuels
Martin Kove as Det. Victor Isbecki
Harvey Atkin as Sergent Ronald Coleman
Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney
Carl Lumbly as Mark Petrie
Tony La Torre as Harvey Lacey, Jr.
Sidney Clute as Paul La Guardia
Robert Hegyes as Manny Esposito

Seasons

Season 1 (1982)

Season 2 (1982)

Season 3 (1984)

Season 4 (1984)

Season 5 (1985)

Season 6 (1986)

Season 7 (1987)

Season 1 (1982)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead) (1982-03-25)

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
Ep. 2: Pop Used to Work Chinatown (1982-04-01)

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.
Ep. 3: Beyond the Golden Door (1982-04-08)

An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
Ep. 4: Street Scene (1982-04-15)

Hispanic gang member is killed.
Ep. 5: Suffer the Children (1982-04-22)

Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.
Ep. 6: Better Than Equal (1982-04-29)

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.