Cagney & Lacey
Two women cops working twice as hard for half the glory, twice the excitement!
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.
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Episodes
6 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
0145 minS1:E1 You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
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0245 minS1:E2 Pop Used to Work Chinatown
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.
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0345 minS1:E3 Beyond the Golden Door
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
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Hispanic gang member is killed.
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Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E6 Better Than Equal
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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