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Cagney & Lacey•Season 1•Episode 6

Better Than Equal

7.7/10 · 89 votesApr 29, 198245 min

Ranked #2 of 6 in Season 1•+0.3 vs season avg

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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.

Directed byRay Danton

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Seasons7

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Season 1 Episodes6

E1 7.1

You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)

E2 7.2

Pop Used to Work Chinatown

E3 7.6

Beyond the Golden Door

Street Scene

Suffer the Children

Better Than Equal

Cast7

Tyne Daly

Mary Beth Lacey

Meg Foster

Christine Cagney

John Karlen

Harvey Lacey

Al Waxman

Lieutenant Bert Samuels

Carl Lumbly

Mark Petrie

Martin Kove

Det. Victor Isbecki

Sidney Clute

Paul La Guardia

Crew1

Ray Danton

Director

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Episode Summary

"Better Than Equal" is episode 6 of Cagney & Lacey season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 89 votes, ranking #2 of 6 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Ray Danton, it aired on April 29, 1982.

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