Cagney & Lacey: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Cagney & Lacey Season 6.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
No Vacancy
Sep 21, 1987 · 45 min
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.
The City is Burning
Sep 28, 1987 · 45 min
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.
Loves Me Not
Oct 5, 1987 · 45 min
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 B
Different Drummer
Oct 19, 1987 · 45 min
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?
You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Oct 26, 1987 · 45 min
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
Video Verite
Nov 9, 1987 · 45 min
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
Greed
Nov 16, 1987 · 45 min
A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).
Secrets
Nov 23, 1987 · 45 min
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 t
Do I Know You?
Jan 5, 1988 · 45 min
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, an
Old Flames
Jan 12, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Trading Places
Jan 19, 1988 · 45 min
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 ki
Shadow of a Doubt
Jan 26, 1988 · 45 min
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 civi
Hello Goodbye
Feb 9, 1988 · 45 min
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.
School Daze
Feb 16, 1988 · 45 min
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 was
Land of the Free
Feb 23, 1988 · 45 min
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.
A Class Act
Mar 15, 1988 · 45 min
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 di
Button, Button
Mar 22, 1988 · 45 min
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
Amends
Mar 29, 1988 · 45 min
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
Friendly Fire
Apr 5, 1988 · 45 min
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
Yup
May 2, 1988 · 45 min
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 doe
A Fair Shake (1)
May 16, 1988 · 45 min
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
A Fair Shake (2)
May 16, 1988 · 45 min
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