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The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 4

Every episode of Cagney & Lacey Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - Child Witness
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #1 - Child Witness

    S4:E1

    A little girl appears to have been molested by her babysitter, but the girl's father doesn't want her to testify, not because he's a bad guy, but because he doesn't want her to face a trial

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 2 - Heat
    8.6/10(91 votes)

    #2 - Heat

    S4:E2

    Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 3 - Insubordination
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    #3 - Insubordination

    S4:E3

    Dory McKenna is back, rehabilitated from cocaine, and C&L again get to assist him. Meanwhile, Samuels must deal with a former subordinate who is now a captain and wants to ""improve"" the 14th Precinct.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  4. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 4 - Old Debts
    8.0/10(68 votes)

    #4 - Old Debts

    S4:E4

    A cop killer has just been paroled. C&L have to guard him for only a little while, but of course he gets killed on their shift. This was a popular killing, but the ladies don't like anybody messing with them, so they track down the killer.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 5 - Fathers and Daughters
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    #5 - Fathers and Daughters

    S4:E5

    Both the wife and daughter confess to a killing, but they can't both have done it. ADA Feldberg has a great time sarcastically pointing out how two confessions are not better than one

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 6 - Taxicab Murders
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    #6 - Taxicab Murders

    S4:E6

    This is the only episode with the title displayed. The cabbies of New York are disappearing, and the detectives drive shifts to find the killer. This so worries Michael Lacey that he runs off to Christine's to get reassurance.

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Ronnie Wenker-Konner

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  7. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 7 - Unusual Occurrence
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    #7 - Unusual Occurrence

    S4:E7

    Cagney shoots an Hispanic teenager. It doesn't matter that he attacked her or that he was full of angel dust - the local press has her drawn and quartered.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 8 - Thank God It's Monday
    8.1/10(67 votes)

    #8 - Thank God It's Monday

    S4:E8

    The 14th Precinct has done its paperwork so badly that everyone (except for Petrie) has to come in over the weekend and clear it up. but C&L discover a statute of limitations that's about to expire and they must serve the warrant that weekend. The paperwork doesn't get done. Petrie is no better off - Claudia makes him spend the weekend painting the place.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  9. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 9 - Hooked
    7.6/10(61 votes)

    #9 - Hooked

    S4:E9

    Dory's sponsor in the cocaine rehabilitation program is caught with cocaine. When Dory defends him, Chris has to consider the possibility that Dory is still using it himself

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 10 - Lady Luck
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Lady Luck

    S4:E10

    The episode begins with Mary Beth talking a successful businesswoman out of jumping off a ledge. Not so successful - she has a good income, but horrendous gambling debts. When she dies they must track down the loan shark. To make contacts, C&L go out gambling themselves

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 11 - Out of Control
    8.0/10(58 votes)

    #11 - Out of Control

    S4:E11

    The crime story concerns a cat burglar who never uses a gun. Yet somebody gets shot. Chris is now sufficiently involved with Dory to meet his kids by a prior marriage

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 12 - American Dream
    8.1/10(72 votes)

    #12 - American Dream

    S4:E12

    A company is getting ahead in business by some well-placed fires. The small firms can choose between burning and blackmail

    Director:Sharron Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 13 - Happily Ever After
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #13 - Happily Ever After

    S4:E13

    Dory finally pops the question. Will Christine marry him? Of course he will; there's just a few things to iron out. The crime story concerns a fellow who works in the credit department of a store and is making good money by stealing one penny from each refund

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 14 - Rules of the Game
    8.6/10(71 votes)

    #14 - Rules of the Game

    S4:E14

    C&L think it's wonderful to be assigned to a hot case under the hot Captain Hennessey. it seems that his interest in Chris is more personal than professional. Finally, Chris announces that she will file departmental charges against him for sexual harassment.

    Director:Sharron Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 15 - Stress
    8.5/10(74 votes)

    #15 - Stress

    S4:E15

    Cagney is a witness to a stabbing. The bad guy has the charming habit of erasing people he doesn't like, such as witnesses, and he goes after her

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 16 - Who Says It's Fair (1)
    8.6/10(69 votes)

    #16 - Who Says It's Fair (1)

    S4:E16

    A two parter where Mary Beth discovers that she has a lump in her breast, but she refuses to talk about it or do anything about it. Chris finds out when Harvey gets worried and sneaks out to tell her. Chris finally convinces Mary Beth to see a doctor and then to get a second opinion. Meanwhile the detectives must find a missing child. Cagney thinks the kid ran away because the mother was unfit. The mother thinks that they would look harder for a white child. Finally he turns up in an underground passage and Chris goes in after him. Mary Beth goes in for her surgery, but Chris can't be there because she is taking the sergeant's exam. But she gets back in time to learn that the operation is a success

    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Patricia Green

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  17. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 17 - Who Says It's Fair (2)
    8.9/10(65 votes)

    #17 - Who Says It's Fair (2)

    S4:E17

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    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 18 - Lost and Found
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #18 - Lost and Found

    S4:E18

    Cagney's car (a yellow Corvette) has been stolen and boy is she mad. She doesn't get much help from Mary Beth, who is convalescing at home and considering quitting for good. The good news is that the second half of the sergeants exam has a question about auto theft technique.The episode introduces Hector (El Vengeador). It is later learned that Cagney's nemesis Mansfield had him murdered for his role as a drug informant in the episode ""The Man Who Shot Trotsky

    Director:Al Waxman
    Writer:Georgia Jeffries

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  19. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 19 - Two Grand
    8.2/10(60 votes)

    #19 - Two Grand

    S4:E19

    In a sequel to #18, the noted jewel thief Albert Grand returns. All Chris asks of him is that he not give her anything stolen. It is considered a classic episode for Albert Grand's confession to Cagney

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 20 - Con Games
    8.1/10(64 votes)

    #20 - Con Games

    S4:E20

    Cagney's sexual harassment case comes to trial (follow up to #49). Lacey is busy with the bunco squad. She manages to get approached by a completely different bunco scam and reels them in.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 21 - Violation
    8.2/10(64 votes)

    #21 - Violation

    S4:E21

    A teenager is thrown into a very tough jail by mistake for am minor offense and gets raped. The angry parents file a lawsuit for $7 million dollars against the NYPD

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Les Carter

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  22. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 22 - Organized Crime
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #22 - Organized Crime

    S4:E22

    When a nun is killed, C&L assume it's their case. However, the nun's family was friends with the Godfather, and the ladies find themselves with some very efficient but unwanted assistance.

    Director:Ralph S. Singleton
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Child Witness" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Karen Arthur and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/15/1984. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Heat".