Cagney & Lacey: Season 1
Cagney & Lacey is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network. The series follows Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney, two NYPD police detectives, as they work together to solve crimes. Their opposing personalities, one tough and the other sensitive, are a key aspect of their partnership. The series explores various cases, including a human smuggling ring and a gang mur
Season overview
Cagney & Lacey is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network. The series follows Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney, two NYPD police detectives, as they work together to solve crimes. Their opposing personalities, one tough and the other sensitive, are a key aspect of their partnership. The series explores various cases, including a human smuggling ring and a gang murder, as well as personal issues such as accusations of racism. The show features a team-up of the two detectives as they go undercover as prostitutes in one of the episodes. The series premiered on March 25, 1982, and ran for seven seasons until May 16, 1988.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
Mar 25, 1982 · 45 min
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
Pop Used to Work Chinatown
Apr 1, 1982 · 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 a
Beyond the Golden Door
Apr 8, 1982 · 45 min
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
Suffer the Children
Apr 22, 1982 · 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.
Better Than Equal
Apr 29, 1982 · 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.