Cagney & Lacey

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Cagney & Lacey

1982TMDB 7.0CrimeDrama

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.

Story Overview

About Cagney & Lacey

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.

Quick Facts

Streaming Snapshot

Release Year

1982

TMDB Rating

7.0

Available Sources

20

Watch Path

/tv/cagney-lacey-4223

Seasons & Episodes

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7 seasons available

Season 1

6 episodes | 1982-03-25

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, investigati...

You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
E1

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

Episode 1
45 min1982-03-25TMDB 5.2

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

Pop Used to Work Chinatown
E2

Pop Used to Work Chinatown

Episode 2
45 min1982-04-01TMDB 8.0

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.

Beyond the Golden Door
E3

Beyond the Golden Door

Episode 3
45 min1982-04-08TMDB 7.0

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

Street Scene
E4

Street Scene

Episode 4
45 min1982-04-15TMDB 7.0

Hispanic gang member is killed.

Suffer the Children
E5

Suffer the Children

Episode 5
45 min1982-04-22TMDB 7.0

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

Better Than Equal
E6

Better Than Equal

Episode 6
45 min1982-04-29TMDB 8.0

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.

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