|
|
| |
» Cagney And Lacey |
|
CAGNEY AND LACEY
aired: 1981 - 1988
The Cast
Atkin, Harvey as Ronald Colman,
Bardolph, Dana and Paige as Alice Lacey,
Clayton, Merry as Verna Dee Jordan,
Clute, Sydney as Al Coressa,
Daly, Tyne as Det. Mary Beth Lacey,
Foster, Meg as Det. Christine Cagney (1982),
Gless, Sharon as Det. Christine Cagney,
Hegyes, Robert as Det. Manny Esposito,
Kamel, Stanley as Mick Solomon,
Karlen, John as Harvey Lacey,
Kove, Martin as Det. Victor Isbecki,
La Torre, Tony as Harvey Lacey, Jr.,
Lumbly, Carl as Marcus Petrie,
Macht, Stephen as David Keeler,
O�Neill, Dick as Charlie Cagney,
Pymer, David as Dept. D.A. Feldberg,
Sattels, Barry as Tony Stantinopolis,
Shor, Dan as Det. Jonah Newman,
Slaten, Troy as Michael Lacey,
Swit, Loretta as Det. Christine Cagney (pilot),
Waxman, Al as Lt. Bert Samuels,
Weintraub, Carl as Nick Amatucci
About Cagney And Lacey
Cagney and Lacey was the first show on television with two female cops. The series was based on a made-for-tv movie, aired October 8th, 1981, which had starred Loretta Swit and Tyne Daly as Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey. Swit was unable to continue her role in a series and was replacey by Meg Foster. But Foster seemed to be not the right one for the role of Christine Cagney.
In 1982 she was replaced by Sharon Gless. The new combination worked wonderful. Tyne Daly played the role of Mary Beth Lacey, a earthy wife and mother. Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney was beautiful, single and independent.
Both women not only became partners. Their friendship grew with personal crises for example Lacey�s breast cancer or the death of Cagney�s father. It was Mary Beth who opened up Christine�s eyes and helped her out of her alcoholism.
And it was Christine who was there when Mary Beth got waft. As thankyou Mary Beth namend the new born baby Alice Christine.
The police women solved cases with suicides, murderers, violence against children, demonstrations, drugs, smugglers, holdups and rapes.
The series ended after six successful seasons in 1988. Almost six years later and six years older most of the cast found together again for four Cagney And Lacey movies.
The first was Cagney And Lacey - The Return: Mary Beth is out of work and her boys are out of the house. Little Alice is in school. Christine is married for the first time with James Burton. She was more successful in her job and was promoted to lieutenant and is chief investigator.
On a retirement party Chris throws for Samuels Harvey has a heart attack. Mary Beth neds a job. Chris needs help on a difficult case involves stolen guns and a dead cop. Chris has not only problems with her age. Her marriage get on a test when her husband has been offeres a big job in Washington.
In the second movie Cagney And Lacey - Together Again Mary Beth has a job and Chris tries a commuter marriage with her husband. But there is always the job and a new case. A homeless man was murdered. After many dry years Chris takes her first drink when she finds out that her husband is unfaithful.
In the third one titled Cagney And Lacey - The View Through The Class Ceiling Chris is divorced and very gungho about her career. Mary Beth must deal with her father. The police women work on a case involving corrupt police and forged immigrant documents.
In the last movie Cagney And Lacey - True Convictions Chris� next door neighbor�s boyfriend is shot. This is not her case but she gets involved with the father of a dead girl. Mary Beth does not approve, but maybe the father arranged the murder. The Lacey plot line concerns Harvey�s dislike of capital punishment and Alice�s attempt to take a knife to school.
About Sharon Gless As Christine Cagney
Cagney was the sexy, blonde single and Lacey the dark-haired wife and mother. Together they represented Women in America, at least straight white women in America. But we all knew: Chris Cagney, that fireball, was a dyke at heart. Where Mary Beth was absorbed with hubby Harvey and the kids, Chris was out there alone, struggling with her alcoholic dad and dysfunctional relationships.
We loved Chris because she proved you could be tough and feminine and still be lovable. We also loved it that Chris Cagney was a flawed character. She had challenges; she had relationship issues; she was an alcoholic and she was strong and opinionated. She and Mary Beth Lacey were not only co-workers, they were best friends. We loved that, too.
Taken from The Queer Folk's Sweetheart -
Sharon Gless Get To The Heart Of Things
written by Deidre Strohm from Lesbian News (Issue January 2002)
THE CAGNEY & LACEY PICTURE GALLERIES: Cagney And Lacey | Chris Cagney | Sharon & Tyne |
The Episodes
Season 1 (1981/1982)
Episode 1.1
Bang, Bang, You're Dead (aka You Call This Plain Clothes?)
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes.
Episode 1.2
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.
Episode 1.3
Beyond the Golden Door
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
Episode 1.4
Street Scene
Hispanic gang member is killed.
Episode 1.5
Suffer the Children
A little girl is killed by her parents. The catch is that there's no body, it happened a while ago, and the parents say that the child never existed. This also has a "B" story line where Harvey climbs out onto a ledge to rescue a child's pigeon.
Episode 1.6
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.
Episode 1.7
Witness to An Incident
NOTE: First episode with Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney.
One of the uniforms accidentally kills a civilian, mistaking him for a perp. C&L both see it, but they have very different recollections of the event. Marquette and Samuels pressure Lacey to agree with Cagney, but you know how stubborn she is. The bad guy is a crewman on a foreign ship, and it ends with a chase on the ship.
Episode 1.8
One of Our Own
A uniform cop is shot in a restaurant. The assumption is that the cop was shot because he knew too much, but it was actually mistaken identity. The B story is that the precinct is going to field a softball team. Of course, Cagney wants to play and drags Lacey along. Isbecki is the captain and tries to keep them out but eventually has to allow them in when he learns that the team must include both men and women.
Episode 1.9
Beauty Burglars
A group of baddies is preying on wealthy patrons of beauty shops. They get into these shops by pretending to be policemen. C&L get to head up the task force, and Cagney befriends one of the victims.
Episode 1.10
High Steel
A construction worker falls to his death, and everyone thinks it's an accident, including Isbecki, who lets the ladies take over the case. You see, Harvey knew the fellow, and he thinks there's something funny. It turns out that the victim was on the take, and Harvey and Mary Beth go out to the construction site to inspect first hand.
Episode 1.11
Hot Line
A group of unrelated stranglings has the NYPD very worried. Turns out all the women work for telephone erotic hotlines. There's a very funny scene where C&L go to investigate and the hotline manager thinks they're looking for work.
Episode 1.12
Internal Affairs
The 14th precinct has an informer in its midst. The undercover agents working on a truck hijacking are getting exposed. IAD "asks" C&L to investigate, since they're "outsiders." When Cagney refuses, the IAD lieutenant smirkily tells her that Charlie was on the take when he was a cop. All they turn up is that LaGuardia has a girlfriend and Samuels is seeing aa psychiatrist because of the effect of his divorce.
Episode 1.13
Mr. Lonelyhearts
A farmer from Vermont comes in looking for his wife, who has disappeared in New York City. Seems that she has "married" several men, and is collecting money from all of them.
Episode 1.14
Conduct Unbecoming
C&L and another detective are working on a case involving some illegal weapons. The catch is that the third detective has just had his picture turn up in a gay magazine. Is he gay? Will he be suspended before he helps C&L catch the bad guy?
Episode 1.15
I'll Be Home for Christmas
A Christmas episode, lighter than usual. The "villain" is a nebbish who steals from parking meters. When he gets arrested, he makes off with a squad car, which so enrages Samuels that nobody gets to leave early on Christmas Eve. The villain is played by character actor David Masur The "B" story is that Petri's Lauren daughter is born. We first meet Dory McKenna as Chris' boyfriend.
Episode 1.16
Recreational Use
C&L are assigned to work for Sgt. Dory McKenna on a murder investigation. The baddy is a slumlord who is trying to get rid of his tenants so he can make a co-op out of his building. The kicker is that Dory is using cocaine. After he snorts up at Mary Beth's and doesn't show up as backup, Chris threatens to turn him in unless he gets help for his addiction.
Episode 1.17
Hopes and Dreams
A gang of thieves have an intriguing modus operandi. They wait until a family is at a funeral and then break in and steal everything. One of the victims is a crippled girl.
Episode 1.18
The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All
Albert Grand is the most famous jewel thief in the world. He has even written a book about his career. Can the elegant dog lover who stops a petty crime really be the great thief?
Episode 1.19
Affirmative Action
A new detective has been assigned to the 14th. Lacey thinks it's nice to have another woman; Cagney thinks she's incompetent.
Episode 1.20
Open and Shut Case
Lacey is the main witness in an open-and-shut case, only it isn't that open-and-shut. in the "B" story, a witness in an old rape case has to testify. The defendants' strategy is stall and stall, and C&L have to support her when she wants to quit.
Episode 1.21
Jane Doe #37
A bag lady, is murdered. Only Cagney cares what happened, and strives to find the woman's real name. The "B" plot is very funny: our heroines are assigned to do recruiting, and wind up trying to do a commercial for the NYPD. Of course, they get replaced by "real" actresses.
Episode 1.22
Date Rape
It's a rape case, but the victim knew her assailant, which makes it date rape. Cagney and Harvey think the woman asked for it; Lacey is more supportive. The "B" story is that the guys in the precinct are playing practical jokes such as fixing Isbecki up with a female impersonator and Samuels with a prostitute. Cagney thinks it's funny and points out that it's a great step forward for them to be included in this.
Episode 1.23
Burn Out
The "A" story is that Cagney goes undercover as a nun to investigate the theft of drugs from a hospital. The "B" story is that she goes alone because Lacey has gone off AWOL. After her vacation is canceled at the last minute, she just says, "the hell with it" and disappears.
Episode 1.24
Chop Shop
When C&L screw up a backup assignment, Isbecki is taken hostage. The situation gets worse when Petri kills a child. As the child is black, public relations thinks they can solve the problem by putting Petri's picture in the paper, so everyone can see he's also black.
Episode 1.25
Let Them Eat Pretzels
A poor Jewish man is hit by a car, and we know who did it. The problem is that he's the son of an Arabian diplomat, and safe as long as he stays in the embassy. After he escapes twice, the women had better work something out.
Episode 1.26
The Gang's All Here
To celebrate Petri's promotion to detective first grade, the gang goes out to celebrate. Alas, they get robbed (including their guns and shields), and have to restore face. LaGuardia is so upset that he threatens to quit.
Episode 1.27
A Cry for Help
The "A" story is that a con man is doing very well, but when he's arrested as he's fleeing, there's nothing of value in his suitcase. The "B" story is that one of the cops working with them, who Mary Beth has known since academy days, is beating his wife.
Episode 1.28
The Informant
To find out who's selling drugs to high school students, C&L use a teenage informer. But the youth is not to be trusted, and the detectives wind up with eggs on their face when it turns out that he's selling drugs himself.
Season 3 (1983/1984)
Episode 3.1
Matinee
A wealthy Westchester housewife is found dead in the city. Since Cagney comes from a well- off family in Westchester, we get to learn a little bit about her background. The "B" story is that Samuels' son David gets arrested for car theft, and relations between the two are very strained.
Episode 3.2
A Killer's Dozen
The uniforms are on strike, and the detectives must wear uniforms and go back on the street, all the while solving the case of the "Don Juan Strangler." This is the first episode in which Cagney plays poker.
Episode 3.3
Victimless Crime
The ladies happen on a porno movie filming, and the next day the leading man dies. The female star would make a great witness, but she doesn't want to talk.
Episode 3.4
The Bounty Hunter
This time it's clear who the bad guy is. But he's being pursued for bail jumping by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter not only has a legal right, if he can find him, but he makes a point of irritating Cagney.
Episode 3.5
Baby Broker
When an abandoned infant is turned in, C&L go to work on a baby-broker scheme. The baby is deaf, and Mary Beth wants to take it home for child #3. (This was shown before Tyne Daly's pregnancy.) In the B plot, Cagney is dating a glamorous playwright, but he doesn't think much of her career.
Episode 3.6
Partners
Cagney gets show by a bad guy early in the episode. Not to worry, she solves the case from her hospital bed. She has to, because Mary Beth gets stuck with a real dweeb as a replacement. In a role reversal, Mary Beth is the "hot dog" and the guy is only interested in getting home on time.
Episode 3.7
Choices
The crime story is a sequel to #16 (slumlord trying to get rid of tenants.) The witness has died, since the defense strategy is to stall, so C&L have to find new witnesses.
Season 4 (1984/1985)
Episode 4.1
Child Witness
A little girl appears to have been molested by her babysitter, but the girl's father doesn't want her to testify, not because he's a bad guy, but because he doesn't want her to face a trial.
Episode 4.2
Heat
Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.
Episode 4.3
Insubordination
Dory McKenna is back, rehabilitated from cocaine, and C&L again get to assist him. Meanwhile, Samuels must deal with a former subordinate who is now a captain and wants to "improve" the 14th Precinct.
Episode 4.4
Old Debts
A cop killer has just been paroled. C&L have to guard him for only a little while, but of course he gets killed on their shift. This was a popular killing, but the ladies don't like anybody messing with them, so they track down the killer.
Episode 4.5
Fathes and Daughters
Both the wife and daughter confess to a killing, but they can't both have done it. ADA Feldberg has a great time sarcastically pointing out how two confessions are not better than one.
Episode 4.6
Taxicab Murders
This is the only episode with the title displayed. The cabbies of New York are disappearing, and the detectives drive shifts to find the killer. This so worries Michael Lacey that he runs off to Christine's to get reassurance.
Episode 4.7
Unusual Occurence
Cagney shoots an Hispanic teenager. It doesn't matter that he attacked her or that he was full of angel dust - the local press has her drawn and quartered.
Episode 4.8
Thank God It's Monday
The 14th Precinct has done its paperwork so badly that everyone (except for Petrie) has to come in over the weekend and clear it up. but C&L discover a statute of limitations that's about to expire and they must serve the warrant that weekend. The paperwork doesn't get done. Petrie is no better off - Claudia makes him spend the weekend painting the place.
Episode 4.9
Hooked
Dory's sponsor in the cocaine rehabilitation program is caught with cocaine. When Dory defends him, Chris has to consider the possibility that Dory is still using it himself.
Episode 4.10
Lady Luck
The episode begins with Mary Beth talking a successful businesswoman out of jumping off a ledge. Not so successful - she has a good income, but horrendous gambling debts. When she dies they must track down the loan shark. To make contacts, C&L go out gambling themselves.
Episode 4.11
Out of Control
The crime story concerns a cat burglar who never uses a gun. Yet somebody gets shot. Chris is now sufficiently involved with Dory to meet his kids by a prior marriage.
Episode 4.12
American Dream
A company is getting ahead in business by some well-placed fires. The small firms can choose between burning and blackmail.
Episode 4.13
Happily Ever After
Dory finally pops the question. Will Christine marry him? Of course he will; there's just a few things to iron out. The crime story concerns a fellow who works in the credit department of a store and is making good money by stealing one penny from each refund.
Episode 4.14
Rules of the Game
C&L think it's wonderful to be assigned to a hot case under the hot Captain Hennessey. it seems that his interest in Chris is more personal than professional. Finally, Chris announces that she will file departmental charges against him for sexual harassment.
Episode 4.15
Stress
Cagney is a witness to a stabbing. The bad guy has the charming habit of erasing people he doesn't like, such as witnesses, and he goes after her.
Episode 4.16
Who Says It's Fair (1)
A two parter where Mary Beth discovers that she has a lump in her breast, but she refuses to talk about it or do anything about it. Chris finds out when Harvey gets worried and sneaks out to tell her. Chris finally convinces Mary Beth to see a doctor and then to get a second opinion. Meanwhile the detectives must find a missing child. Cagney thinks the kid ran away because the mother was unfit. The mother thinks that they would look harder for a white child. Finally he turns up in an underground passage and Chris goes in after him. Mary Beth goes in for her surgery, but Chris can't be there because she is taking the sergeant's exam. But she gets back in time to learn that the operation is a success.
Episode 4.17
Who Says It's Fair (2)
A two parter where Mary Beth discovers that she has a lump in her breast, but she refuses to talk about it or do anything about it. Chris finds out when Harvey gets worried and sneaks out to tell her. Chris finally convinces Mary Beth to see a doctor and then to get a second opinion. Meanwhile the detectives must find a missing child. Cagney thinks the kid ran away because the mother was unfit. The mother thinks that they would look harder for a white child. Finally he turns up in an underground passage and Chris goes in after him. Mary Beth goes in for her surgery, but Chris can't be there because she is taking the sergeant's exam. But she gets back in time to learn that the operation is a success.
Episode 4.18
Lost and Found
Cagney's car (a yellow Corvette) has been stolen and boy is she mad. She doesn't get much help from Mary Beth, who is convalescing at home and considering quitting for good. The good news is that the second half of the sergeants exam has a question about auto theft technique.The episode introduces Hector (El Vengeador). It is later learned that Cagney's nemesis Mansfield had him murdered for his role as a drug informant in the episode "The Man Who Shot Trotsky".
Episode 4.19
Two Grand
In a sequel to #18, the noted jewel thief Albert Grand returns. All Chris asks of him is that he not give her anything stolen. It is considered a classic episode for Albert Grand's confession to Cagney.
Episode 4.20
Con Games
Cagney's sexual harassment case comes to trial (follow up to #49). Lacey is busy with the bunco squad. She manages to get approached by a completely different bunco scam and reels them in.
Episode 4.21
Violation
A teenager is thrown into a very tough jail by mistake for am minor offense and gets raped. The angry parents file a lawsuit for $7 million dollars against the NYPD.
Episode 4.22
Organized Crime
When a nun is killed, C&L assume it's their case. However, the nun's family was friends with the Godfather, and the ladies find themselves with some very efficient but unwanted assistance.
Season 5 (1985/1986)
Episode 5.1
On the Street
A teenager has run away from her wealthy home, preferring prostitution to Princeton. Cagney and Lacey need her to testify against her pimp.
Episode 5.2
Ordinary Hero
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.
Episode 5.3
The Psychic
A psychic is hired to find a missing woman (hired by the family of the woman). Cagney senses trouble.
Episode 5.4
Lottery
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.
Episode 5.5
Entrapment
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.
Episode 5.6
The Clinic
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.
Episode 5.7
Mothers & Sons
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.
Episode 5.8
Filial Duty
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.
Episode 5.9
Old Ghosts
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.
Episode 5.10
Power
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.
Episode 5.11
Play It Again, Santa
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.
Episode 5.12
Rebukes (aka The Rapist)
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.
Episode 5.13
Act of Conscience
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.
Episode 5.14
DWI
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.
Episode 5.15
The Gimp
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.
Episode 5.16
Family Connections
This is sometimes referred to as Cagney & Lacey's "Lucy and Ethel" episode for its comedic touches. At last, Lacey has baby Alice. 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.
Episode 5.17
Post Partum
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.
Episode 5.18
The Man Who Shot Trotsky
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?
Episode 5.19
Exit Stage Centre
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.
Episode 5.20
Capitalism
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.
Episode 5.21
Extradition
Cagney and Lacey get a sweetheart trip - to Los Angeles to bring back a bail jumper.
Episode 5.22
A Safe Place
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.
Episode 5.23
Model Citizen
A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wanted him dead.
Episode 5.24
Parting Shots
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.
Season 6 (1986/1987)
Episode 6.1
Schedule One
In the fifth-season opener, Cagney, Lacey and Lieutenant Samuels are forced to investigate one of their own. It starts when a junkie's broad-daylight burglary makes him easy prey for Cagney and Lacey, who happen to be across the street at the time. What isn't easy to take is the tip the addict (Tonyo Melendez) offers in a bid for leniency; he says he saw a cop pocket some heroin from a crime scene�a detective from their own 14th squad. Bypassing Internal Affairs, Chris and Mary Beth go to Lieutenant Samuels, who orders them to have the junkie ID the alleged felon�and it's a real shocker. Even more shocking is their suspect's behavior when they set a trap for him�a trap that could very well ensnare them all.
Episode 6.2
Culture Clash
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.
Episode 6.3
Sorry, Right Number
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.
Episode 6.4
Disenfranchised (aka 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.
Episode 6.5
Role Call
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.
Episode 6.6
The Zealot
An assistant D.A. has devoted his entire career to prosecuting child pornography. When he turns up dead, Cagney thinks one of those scuzzy pornographers had killed him.
Episode 6.7
The Marathon
The 14th precinct has to help support the annual New York City marathon. One of the 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.
Episode 6.8
Rites of Passage
A college sorority initiate falls off a building. The detectives suspect a hazing prank gone sour, but the sorority sisters won't talk.
Episode 6.9
Revenge
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.
Episode 6.10
To Thine Own Self Be True (aka The Rapist II)
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.
Episode 6.11
Cost of Living
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.
Episode 6.12
Waste Deep
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.
Episode 6.13
Favours
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.
Episode 6.14
Ahead of the Game
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.
Episode 6.15
Easy Does It
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.
Episode 6.16
To Sir, With Love
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.
Episode 6.17
Divine Couriers
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.
Episode 6.18
Right to Remain Silent
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.
Episode 6.19
Special Treatment
Lacey participates in a protest march against nuclear weapons. She gets arrested and thrown to the tender mercies of Detective Dupnick.
Episode 6.20
Happiness is a Warm Gun
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.
Episode 6.21
Turn, Turn, Turn (1)
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.
Episode 6.22
Turn, Turn, Turn (2)
In the B plot, Lacey rescues a child from a burning car and then has to return the child to the proper mother.
Season 7 (1987/1988)
Episode 7.1
No Vacancy
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.
Episode 7.2
The City is Burning
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.
Episode 7.3
Loves Me Not gs: Alan Fudge
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.
Episode 7.4
Different Drummer
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?
Episode 7.5
You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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.
Episode 7.6
Video Verite
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.
Episode 7.7
Greed
A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).
Episode 7.8
Secrets
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?
Episode 7.9
Do I Know You?
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.
Episode 7.10
Old Flames
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.
Episode 7.11
Trading Places
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.
Episode 7.12
Shadow of a Doubt
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.
Episode 7.13
Hello Goodbye
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.
Episode 7.14
School Daze
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.
Episode 7.15
Land of the Free
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.
Episode 7.16
A Class Act
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.
Episode 7.17
Button, Button
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.
Episode 7.18
Amends
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.
Episode 7.18
Friendly Fire
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.
Episode 7.19
Yup
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.
Episode 7.20
A Fair Shake (1)
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.
Episode 7.21
A Fair Shake (2)
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.
The Cagney And Lacey Reunion Movies (1994/1995)
The Return
It's six years later. Mary Beth has done her 20 years and is collecting her pension. The boys are out of the house (why don't we have grandchildren?) and Alice is in school. Chris is married! He's a wealthy businessman who went to law school with Bill Clinton. She's been promoted to lieutenant and is chief investigator for the D.A.'s office, reporting to A.D.A. Feldberg. Chris throws a retirement party for Samuels, at which Harvey has a heart attack. So Mary Beth needs a job and a medical plan. Guess who needs help? The police case involves stolen guns and a dead cop. The original suspect is Sgt. Petrie, but the fine hand of Bruce Mansfield is again seen. To complicate matters, Chris' husband has been offered a big job in Washington and he wants Chris to go.
Together Again
Mary Beth has settled into her job, but now there may be layoffs and she's junior. Since Harvey can't work, and won't stick to his diet, she needs to hang on. Chris and husband James are trying a commuter marriage. When a homeless man gets murdered, the case looks open-and-shut against another homeless man. But Harvey used to work with the suspect (yes, he seems to know every person in the New York construction industry) and Mary Beth talks Christine into taking the case. Mary Beth takes up smoking again (she smoked in year 0, and gave it up at Harvey's request in episode #6). When Chris finds her husband is unfaithful, we see her taking a drink.
The View Through the Grass Ceiling
A now-divorced Chris is up for appointment to the Law Enforcement Oversight Board, and very gungho about her career. Mary Beth must deal with her aging father (Richard Bradford, reprising his occasional role in the series). The ladies are working on a case involving corrupt police and forged immigrant documents. This is very convenient for Chris, as it allows her to collect dirt about one of her rivals, and use it effectively. Well, not as effectively as she thinks. Their boss is now played by Chip Zien instead of David Paymer. Still no grandchildren.
True Convictions
Mary Beth has settled into her job, but now there may be layoffs and she's junior. Since Harvey can't work, and won't stick to his diet, she needs to hang on. Chris and husband James are trying a commuter marriage. When a homeless man gets murdered, the case looks open-and-shut against another homeless man. But Harvey used to work with the suspect (yes, he seems to know every person in the New York construction industry) and Mary Beth talks Christine into taking the case. Mary Beth takes up smoking again (she smoked in year 0, and gave it up at Harvey's request in episode #6). When Chris finds her husband is unfaithful, we see her taking a drink.
on top
|
| |
|
