Cagney & Lacey
Season 1
19826 episodes
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.
Episodes
E1You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
5.21982-03-25 · 45m
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
E2Pop Used to Work Chinatown
8.01982-04-01 · 45m
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.
E3Beyond the Golden Door
7.01982-04-08 · 45m
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
- E4
Street Scene
7.01982-04-15 · 45m
Hispanic gang member is killed.
- E5
Suffer the Children
7.01982-04-22 · 45m
Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.
- E6
Better Than Equal
8.01982-04-29 · 45m
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.