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The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 3

Every episode of Cagney & Lacey Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 3!

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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 make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 1 - Matinee
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #1 - Matinee

    S3:E1

    A wealthy Westchester housewife is found dead in the city. Since Cagney comes from a well- off family in Westchester, we get to learn a little bit about her background. The ""B"" story is that Samuels' son David gets arrested for car theft, and relations between the two are very strained

    Director:Karen Arthur

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  2. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 2 - A Killer's Dozen
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    #2 - A Killer's Dozen

    S3:E2

    The uniforms are on strike, and the detectives must wear uniforms and go back on the street, all the while solving the case of the ""Don Juan Strangler."" This is the first episode in which Cagney plays poker.

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  3. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 3 - Victimless Crime
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #3 - Victimless Crime

    S3:E3

    The ladies happen on a porno movie filming, and the next day the leading man dies. The female star would make a great witness, but she doesn't want to talk

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  4. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 4 - The Bounty Hunter
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #4 - The Bounty Hunter

    S3:E4

    This time it's clear who the bad guy is. But he's being pursued for bail jumping by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter not only has a legal right, if he can find him, but he makes a point of irritating Cagney.

    Director:Bill Duke
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 5 - Baby Broker
    8.0/10(61 votes)

    #5 - Baby Broker

    S3:E5

    When an abandoned infant is turned in, C&L go to work on a baby-broker scheme. The baby is deaf, and Mary Beth wants to take it home for child #3. (This was shown before Tyne Daly's pregnancy.) In the B plot, Cagney is dating a glamorous playwright, but he doesn't think much of her career.

    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 6 - Partners
    8.6/10(63 votes)

    #6 - Partners

    S3:E6

    Cagney gets show by a bad guy early in the episode. Not to worry, she solves the case from her hospital bed. She has to, because Mary Beth gets stuck with a real dweeb as a replacement. In a role reversal, Mary Beth is the ""hot dog"" and the guy is only interested in getting home on time

    Director:Joel Oliansky
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 7 - Choices
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #7 - Choices

    S3:E7

    The crime story is a sequel to #16 (slumlord trying to get rid of tenants.) The witness has died, since the defense strategy is to stall, so C&L have to find new witnesses.

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Matinee" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by Karen Arthur and written by Chris Abbott, it aired on 3/19/1984. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Killer's Dozen".