The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 1

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 118 votes. Directed by Georg Stanford Brown and written by N/A, it aired on 3/25/1982. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Pop Used to Work Chinatown".

7.1/10118 votes
#1 - You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/1982
The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Writer: N/A
7.2/1079 votes
#2 - Pop Used to Work Chinatown
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/1982
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: N/A
7.6/1073 votes
#3 - Beyond the Golden Door
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/1982
An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
6.9/1069 votes
#4 - Street Scene
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1982
Hispanic gang member is killed.
Director: Ray Danton
Writer: N/A
7.8/1063 votes
#5 - Suffer the Children
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/1982
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Director: Ray Danton
Writer: N/A
7.8/1065 votes
#6 - Better Than Equal
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/1982
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: N/A