7.7/1061 votes#1 - Child Witness
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1984
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: N/A
8.6/1080 votes#2 - Heat
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1984
Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.
Director: Karen Arthur
Writer: N/A
8.0/1060 votes#3 - Insubordination
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1984
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
7.9/1062 votes#4 - Old Debts
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1984
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: N/A
7.8/10100 votes#5 - Fathers and Daughters
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1984
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: N/A
8.0/1055 votes#6 - Taxicab Murders
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1984
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: N/A
7.6/1059 votes#7 - Unusual Occurrence
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1984
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: N/A
8.0/1063 votes#8 - Thank God It's Monday
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1984
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
7.5/1056 votes#9 - Hooked
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1984
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: N/A
7.5/1052 votes#10 - Lady Luck
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1984
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: N/A
8.0/1053 votes#11 - Out of Control
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1984
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: N/A
8.0/1065 votes#12 - American Dream
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1985
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: N/A
7.7/1054 votes#13 - Happily Ever After
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1985
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: N/A
8.5/1063 votes#14 - Rules of the Game
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1985
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: N/A
8.4/1066 votes#15 - Stress
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1985
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: N/A
8.6/1061 votes#16 - Who Says It's Fair (1)
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1985
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
8.7/1055 votes#17 - Who Says It's Fair (2)
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1985
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Director: Ray Danton
Writer: N/A
8.3/1055 votes#18 - Lost and Found
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1985
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: N/A
8.0/1053 votes#19 - Two Grand
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1985
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: N/A
8.0/1056 votes#20 - Con Games
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1985
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: N/A
8.0/1055 votes#21 - Violation
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1985
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: N/A
7.7/1055 votes#22 - Organized Crime
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1985
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: N/A
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!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Child Witness" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Karen Arthur and written by N/A, it aired on 10/15/1984. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Heat".