The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(69 votes)

   #1 - Partners

   S3:E65/7/1984

   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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   Director:Joel Oliansky

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.2/10(69 votes)

   #2 - Choices

   S3:E75/14/1984

   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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   Director:Karen Arthur

   Writer:Unknown
3. 

   7.9/10(81 votes)

   #3 - Matinee

   S3:E13/19/1984

   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

   Writer:Chris Abbott

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   Director:Karen Arthur

   Writer:Chris Abbott
4. 

   7.9/10(68 votes)

   #4 - The Bounty Hunter

   S3:E44/23/1984

   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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   Director:Bill Duke

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   7.8/10(68 votes)

   #5 - Baby Broker

   S3:E54/30/1984

   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.

   Director:John Patterson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:John Patterson

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   7.7/10(68 votes)

   #6 - A Killer's Dozen

   S3:E23/26/1984

   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.

   Director:John Patterson

   Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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   Director:John Patterson

   Writer:Peter Lefcourt
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   7.7/10(71 votes)

   #7 - Victimless Crime

   S3:E34/16/1984

   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

   Director:James Frawley

   Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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   Director:James Frawley

   Writer:Peter Lefcourt