The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 1

#1 Fan Favorite
7.8/10(87 votes)
#1 - Suffer the Children
S1:E54/22/1982
Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.
Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Paul Laurence
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Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Paul Laurence
7.7/10(89 votes)
#2 - Better Than Equal
S1:E64/29/1982
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.
Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(94 votes)
#3 - Beyond the Golden Door
S1:E34/8/1982
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
Director:Reza Badiyi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Reza Badiyi
Writer:Unknown
7.2/10(104 votes)
#4 - Pop Used to Work Chinatown
S1:E24/1/1982
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.
Director:Georg Stanford Brown
Writer:Brian McKay
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Director:Georg Stanford Brown
Writer:Brian McKay
7.1/10(156 votes)
#5 - You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
S1:E13/25/1982
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
Director:Georg Stanford Brown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Georg Stanford Brown
Writer:Unknown
6.7/10(90 votes)
#6 - Street Scene
S1:E44/15/1982
Hispanic gang member is killed.
Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ray Danton
Writer:Unknown