8.1/1095 votes#1 - Witness to An Incident
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1982
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.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.8/1074 votes#2 - One of Our Own
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/1982
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
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
7.7/1072 votes#3 - Beauty Burglars
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1982
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
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
8.2/1076 votes#4 - High Steel
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1982
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.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
8.2/1079 votes#5 - Hot Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1982
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.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
8.4/1071 votes#6 - Internal Affairs
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1982
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.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.5/1068 votes#7 - Mr. Lonelyhearts
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1074 votes#8 - Conduct Unbecoming
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/1982
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?
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.6/1067 votes#9 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/1982
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.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
8.1/1071 votes#10 - Recreational Use
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/27/1982
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.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.0/1066 votes#11 - Hopes and Dreams
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1069 votes#12 - The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1983
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?
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
7.9/1066 votes#13 - Affirmative Action
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1983
A new detective has been assigned to the 14th. Lacey thinks it's nice to have another woman; Cagney thinks she's incompetent
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1059 votes#14 - Open and Shut Case
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/1983
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
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1061 votes#15 - Jane Doe #37
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1983
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.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
8.2/1065 votes#16 - Date Rape
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1983
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
Director: John Patterson
Writer: N/A
8.7/1086 votes#17 - Burn Out
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1983
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
Director: Don Weis
Writer: N/A
7.9/1062 votes#18 - Chop Shop
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1983
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
Director: Bill Duke
Writer: N/A
6.8/1057 votes#19 - Let Them Eat Pretzels
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1983
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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
7.8/1059 votes#20 - The Gang's All Here
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1983
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
8.1/1066 votes#21 - A Cry for Help
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Louise Fisher, Chris Abbott
7.7/1059 votes#22 - The Informant
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 2
Every episode of Cagney & Lacey Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 2!
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Witness to An Incident" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by N/A, it aired on 10/25/1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "One of Our Own".