Cagney & Lacey

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  E1No Vacancy

  Sep 21, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E2The City is Burning

  Sep 28, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E3Loves Me Not

  Oct 5, 1987· 45m

  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

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  E4Different Drummer

  Oct 19, 1987· 45m

  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?

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  E5You've Come a Long Way, Baby

  Oct 26, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E6Video Verite

  Nov 9, 1987· 45m

  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

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  E7Greed

  Nov 16, 1987· 45m

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

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  E8Secrets

  Nov 23, 1987· 45m

  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?

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  E9Do I Know You?

  Jan 5, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E10Old Flames

  Jan 12, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E11Trading Places

  Jan 19, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E12Shadow of a Doubt

  Jan 26, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E13Hello Goodbye

  Feb 9, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E14School Daze

  Feb 16, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E15Land of the Free

  Feb 23, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E16A Class Act

  Mar 15, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E17Button, Button

  Mar 22, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E18Amends

  Mar 29, 1988· 45m

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

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  E19Friendly Fire

  Apr 5, 1988· 45m

  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.

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  E20Yup

  May 2, 1988· 45m

  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.)

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  E21A Fair Shake (1)

  May 16, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E22A Fair Shake (2)Finale

  May 16, 1988· 45m

  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

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  E1Schedule One

  Sep 29, 1986· 45m

  Detective Newman is just walking down the street, celebrating a successful collar, when he is shot down. A cop killed is always taken very seriously.

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  E2Culture Clash

  Oct 6, 1986· 45m

  An Islamic girl from a very devout family wants to be more American. No arranged marriage for her; she'd rather go to Malibu.When she turns up dead, Cagney and Lacey must face her angry family. They're also being considered for a very select task force that Cagney sees as her path to sta

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  E3Sorry, Right Number

  Oct 20, 1986· 45m

  Lacey and Isbecki are trapped in an elevator. Of course it's the hottest day of the year, and Victor is claustrophobic. The episode also features character actor Stanley Kamel as Det. Solomon

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  E4Disenfranchised (aka Incest)

  Oct 27, 1986· 45m

  (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.

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  E5Role Call

  Nov 3, 1986· 45m

  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.

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  E6The Zealot

  Nov 10, 1986· 45m

  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.

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  E7The Marathon

  Nov 24, 1986· 45m

  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.

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  E8Rites of Passage

  Dec 1, 1986· 45m

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

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  E9Revenge

  Dec 8, 1986· 45m

  When someone who Petrie held a grudge against is killed, Marcus is the suspect. In the B plot, Chris dates a reporter and discovers that he has a hidden agenda.

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  E10To Thine Own Self Be True (aka The Rapist II)

  Dec 15, 1986· 45m

  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.

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  E11Cost of Living

  Jan 12, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E12Waste Deep

  Jan 19, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E13Favors

  Jan 26, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E14Ahead of the Game

  Feb 2, 1987· 45m

  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

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  E15Easy Does It

  Feb 9, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E16To Sir, With Love

  Feb 16, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E17Divine Couriers

  Feb 23, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E18Right to Remain Silent

  Mar 9, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E19Special Treatment

  Mar 16, 1987· 45m

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

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  E20Happiness is a Warm Gun

  Mar 23, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E21Turn, Turn, Turn (1)

  Mar 30, 1987· 45m

  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.

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  E22Turn, Turn, Turn (2)Finale

  Mar 30, 1987· 45m

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

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  E1On the Street

  Sep 30, 1985· 45m

  A teenager has run away from her wealthy home, preferring prostitution to Princeton. Cagney and Lacey need her to testify against her pimp

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  E2Ordinary Hero

  Oct 7, 1985· 45m

  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

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  E3The Psychic

  Oct 21, 1985· 45m

  A psychic is hired to find a missing woman (hired by the family of the woman). Cagney senses trouble.

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  E4Lottery

  Oct 28, 1985· 45m

  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

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  E5Entrapment

  Nov 4, 1985· 45m

  Cagney and Lacey try to nail drug dealer Mansfield. But their case rests on Chris' unsubstantiated conversation with him. Mary Beth would rather go bowling than lie, but she has to stick up for Chris.

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  E6The Clinic

  Nov 11, 1985· 45m

  Cagney and Lacey escort a poor Latina to an abortion clinic, as she's afraid to run the gauntlet of protestors. When the clinic is firebombed and someone dies, it becomes murder. When the baddy is discovered, Lacey points out that since she's pregnant, attacking her is just like killing a baby. This was a controversial episode, not shown by every affiliate.

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  E7Mothers & Sons

  Nov 25, 1985· 45m

  There's good evidence against a suspect, but his mother insists that he was at home with her. As long as the suspect has an alibi, he's all right

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  E8Filial Duty

  Dec 2, 1985· 45m

  Charlie Cagney's drinking begins to catch up with him and he winds up in the hospital. Lacey, now well advanced in her pregnancy, wants to get off the street and into a desk

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  E9Old Ghosts

  Dec 9, 1985· 45m

  Cagney sees a robbery in progress, gives chase, loses the perp, and then gets into trouble because she didn't catch the guy. She doesn't like being accused of cowardice. Brother Brian shows up from L.A. to see how Charlie is doing.

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  E10Power

  Dec 16, 1985· 45m

  Samuels' absence gives Cagney a chance to shine as temporary commander. Inspector Knelman gives her her orders - put Lacey on maternity leave. This is considered a classic episode because it is the one in which Cagney takes her turn as watch commande

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  E11Play It Again, Santa

  Dec 23, 1985· 45m

  A Christmas episode, where Cagney is teamed with Newman to solve a dispute over who has rights to a song. Since Chris just had a fight with David, maybe Newman will be a romantic prospect? See Cagney dressed up as a Santa with big elf shoes on

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  E12The Rapist (aka Rebukes)

  Jan 6, 1986· 45m

  Also given to me as ""The Rapist, Part 1"")"" As a temporary replacement for Lacey, Sara Jones seems like a fine detective, and very gungho on finding a rapist. Too gungho - she decides to take matters into her own hands when it seems it is taking too long to nail the suspected rapist. A very, very sad ending to this episode.

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  E13Act of Conscience

  Jan 13, 1986· 45m

  Cagney's new partner, Michael Moriarty, is famous - he ""ratted"" on some cops on the take. The other police officers will have nothing to do with him - in fact, Coleman has a ""book"" on how long the guy will last.

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  E14DWI

  Jan 20, 1986· 45m

  To gain more command experience, Cagney commands the night shift, with its own bunch of wackos. The cop case is a hit-and-run drunken driver. Cagney must convince the driver's girlfriend to testify. This episode is one of the first to talk about Cagney's drinking

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  E15The Gimp

  Jan 27, 1986· 45m

  Handicapped people are being robbed, and a wheelchair activist wants the NYPD to do something about it. Cagney goes undercover by appearing as a handicapped individual in a wheelchair and falls for the activist.

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  E16Family Connections

  Feb 10, 1986· 45m

  This is sometimes referred to as Cagney & Lacey's ""Lucy and Ethel"" episode for its comedic touches. At last, Lacey has baby Alice. (It did seem like the longest pregnancy on record, didn't it?) Cagney has to drive her to the hospital in the obligatory get-me-to-the-hospital-on-time scene. Chris has another problem - Charlie has a girlfriend, Donna.

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  E17Post Partum

  Feb 17, 1986· 45m

  A West Point cadet is facing court martial and refuses to talk because of his honor code. David Keeler is sure that the cadet is innocent, so Chris goes up to help out. Lacey has a visitor - her long-lost father, who ran out on her mother when Mary Beth was a child. Now he wants to see his grandchildren

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  E18The Man Who Shot Trotsky

  Mar 3, 1986· 45m

  In a sequel to #62,Cagney and a back-on-duty-again Lacey go after Mansfield again. Cagney's informant is a street-smart Hispanic youth - is he tough enough to handle Mansfield?

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  E19Exit Stage Centre

  Mar 10, 1986· 45m

  An actress in a play has died, and it appears to be suicide. However, when the ladies start digging around, they discover that everybody in the play hates everybody else - plenty of reason for murder. We learn that Cagney tried acting in college.

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  E20Capitalism

  Apr 7, 1986· 45m

  A Cambodian lawyer who specialized in helping his fellow countrymen is killed. Further investigation reveals that he made a lot of money off other Cambodian's misfortunes.

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  E21Extradition

  May 5, 1986· 45m

  Cagney and Lacey get a sweetheart trip - to Los Angeles to bring back a bail jumper

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  E22A Safe Place

  May 12, 1986· 45m

  A thief gets more than he expected, when the goods include plutonium. He needs to be caught quickly, so that his radiation sickness can be treated

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  E23Model Citizen

  May 25, 1986· 45m

  A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wanted him dead.

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  E24Parting ShotsFinale

  May 26, 1986· 45m

  A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wanted him dead. In the B plot, Cagney's niece (who we met in #78) comes for a visit.

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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.

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