Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1Pilot 1981-10-08 · 90 min＋

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.

S0 · E2Cagney & Lacey: The Return 1994-11-06 · 93 min＋

Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.

S0 · E3Cagney & Lacey: Together Again 1995-05-02 · 90 min＋

Cagney and Lacey have to balance their personal demons with the needs of their latest case: the unsolved murder of a homeless man who spent most of his time harassing the residents of an upscale apartment building.

S0 · E4Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling 1995-10-25 · 90 min＋

Grappling with personal issues as Mary Beth's estranged father reappears, and Christine becomes embroiled in city politics.

S0 · E5Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions 1996-01-29 · 90 min＋

The two no nonsense female cops, Cagney and Lacey, investigate a murder and deal with their complicated private lives. One of them falls for the man who may be a suspect.

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S1 · E1You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead) 1982-03-25 · 45 min＋

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

S1 · E2Pop Used to Work Chinatown 1982-04-01 · 45 min＋

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.

S1 · E3Beyond the Golden Door 1982-04-08 · 45 min＋

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

S1 · E4Street Scene 1982-04-15 · 45 min＋

Hispanic gang member is killed.

S1 · E5Suffer the Children 1982-04-22 · 45 min＋

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

S1 · E6Better Than Equal 1982-04-29 · 45 min＋

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.

S2 · E1Witness to An Incident 1982-10-25 · 45 min＋

One of the uniforms accidentally kills a civilian, mistaking him for a perp. C&L both see it, but they have very different recollections of the event. Marquette and Samuels pressure Lacey to agree with Cagney, but you know how stubborn she is. The bad guy is a crewman on a foreign ship, and it ends with a chase on the ship.

S2 · E2One of Our Own 1982-11-01 · 45 min＋

A uniform cop is shot in a restaurant. The assumption is that the cop was shot because he knew too much, but it was actually mistaken identity. The B story is that the precinct is going to field a softball team. Of course, Cagney wants to play and drags Lacey along. Isbecki is the captain and tries to keep them out but eventually has to allow them in when he learns that the team must include both men and women

S2 · E3Beauty Burglars 1982-11-08 · 45 min＋

A group of baddies is preying on wealthy patrons of beauty shops. They get into these shops by pretending to be policemen. C&L get to head up the task force, and Cagney befriends one of the victims

S2 · E4High Steel 1982-11-15 · 45 min＋

A construction worker falls to his death, and everyone thinks it's an accident, including Isbecki, who lets the ladies take over the case. You see, Harvey knew the fellow, and he thinks there's something funny. It turns out that the victim was on the take, and Harvey and Mary Beth go out to the construction site to inspect first hand.

S2 · E5Hot Line 1982-11-22 · 45 min＋

A group of unrelated stranglings has the NYPD very worried. Turns out all the women work for telephone erotic hotlines. There's a very funny scene where C&L go to investigate and the hotline manager thinks they're looking for work.

S2 · E6Internal Affairs 1982-11-29 · 45 min＋

The 14th precinct has an informer in its midst. The undercover agents working on a truck hijacking are getting exposed. IAD ""asks"" C&L to investigate, since they're ""outsiders."" When Cagney refuses, the IAD lieutenant smirkily tells her that Charlie was on the take when he was a cop. All they turn up is that LaGuardia has a girlfriend and Samuels is seeing aa psychiatrist because of the effect of his divorce.