8.0/1059 votes#1 - No Vacancy
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1987
Cagney and Lacey have another star witness who needs special treatment. This one is a schizophrenic, although not too bad if he takes his medication. But, of course, he doesn't.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
8.0/1056 votes#2 - The City is Burning
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1987
Corassa's gun is used to kill a black kid who just happens to be in a white section of town. The black community alleges coverup. This is based on a real-life incident.
Director: Helaine Head
Writer: N/A
7.8/1050 votes#3 - Loves Me Not
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1987
Petrie gets his promotion to sergeant and leaves the show (Carl Lumbly wanted out). Lacy interferes in a neighborhood dispute and her enraged neighbors call for a Civilian Review Board. David Keeler (back in Chris' good graces) comes to the rescue
Director: Jonathan Estrin
Writer: Frank South
7.2/1056 votes#4 - Different Drummer
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1987
There's an older woman who acts strange, burns incense, and claims to be a witch. Is she? Or is she merely lonely and poor and standing in the way of higher real estate prices?
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: N/A
7.2/1050 votes#5 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1987
Mature"" prostitutes are getting bumped off, so our heroines go undercover to investigate. Merry Clayton joins the cast as Detective Verna Dee Jordan. Isbecki just adores having a woman partner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1051 votes#6 - Video Verite
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1987
A valuable music video has been stolen, and there's some suspicious white powder about. In the meantime, Cagney's niece Bridget again visits, trying to carve out a career as a New York actress
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: N/A
6.4/1049 votes#7 - Greed
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1987
A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1048 votes#8 - Secrets
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1987
Cagney gets her dream - a chance to work with the Major Task Force. But one of those so-polished officers is really a traitor. Will they find the traitor, or will the glamour get to Cagney?
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
8.5/1059 votes#9 - Do I Know You?
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1988
Brad Potter seems like the perfect date - tall, handsome, successful. But he's really a date rapist. Cagney must explain to the guys at the precinct why she didn't draw her gun, and of course, the baddy says yes, it happened, but she consented
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: N/A
7.5/1051 votes#10 - Old Flames
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1988
Harvey Jr. has his 18th birthday. His birthday present from his parents is a computer. His present to them is the announcement that he will enlist in the Marines.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
7.3/1046 votes#11 - Trading Places
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1988
When Samuels takes some time off, Chris expects to be put in charge. But a high-tech, none-""street"" officer, Lt. Thornton, gets the job. The crime case deals with construction kickbacks, so Harvey volunteers to help out by wearing a wire
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
6.9/1045 votes#12 - Shadow of a Doubt
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/1988
Cagney and Lacey go undercover at a computer manufacturer. But the company has random drug testing and Chris flunks it. Of course, David argues that this is a violation of her civil rights.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: N/A
7.5/1045 votes#13 - Hello Goodbye
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/1988
David finally pops the question to Chris. she's consistent - she says no, even though Mary Beth likes him much better than she did Dory.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1049 votes#14 - School Daze
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/1988
The 14th Precinct gang takes a refresher course at the police academy, along with Detective Dupnick from Queens. Lacey is the eager, hand-up, teacher's pet. Chris thinks it's a waste of time
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: N/A
7.1/1047 votes#15 - Land of the Free
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/1988
A Salvadoran refugee is murdered. Some people say he ran drugs, others say he was a saint. In the B story, Chris meets Nick the plumber at an AA meeting.
Director: Stephen Macht
Writer: N/A
7.2/1043 votes#16 - A Class Act
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/1988
A very valuable painting is stolen, and Cagney and Lacey make the rounds of fancy galleries looking for leads. In the B plot, Samuels has a reunion with an old friend. Also, the dissimilarities between David Keeler and Nick are shown. Nick was decidedly everything David was not and vice-versa.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
8.0/1044 votes#17 - Button, Button
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/1988
A man is murdered, and his girl friend begs the police for help. It's a hard case, since he was in the Federal Witness Protection Program
Director: Al Waxman
Writer: N/A
7.9/1046 votes#18 - Amends
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1988
Thornton shots a fellow officer in an operation that went bad. That's what happens when you put someone with no practical experience in charge
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1053 votes#19 - Friendly Fire
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1988
In a sequel to episode #112, Cagney's rape case goes to trial. The main story is that Harvey Jr. is missing while doing maneuvers. Fortunately Mary Beth has moral support from both her father and Christine.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Shelley List, Jonathan Estrin
6.7/1044 votes#20 - Yup
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1988
A Wall Street tycoon is burgled, and he has a lot of clout with the higher-ups. Harvey Jr. comes home for a visit, and nobody mentions the previous episode. (Rosenzweig usually does a much better job of continuity.)
Director: Nancy Malone
Writer: N/A
8.0/1057 votes#21 - A Fair Shake (1)
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1988
A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
8.2/1059 votes#22 - A Fair Shake (2)
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1988
A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 7
Every episode of Cagney & Lacey Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Season 7!
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 7 Ratings Summary
"No Vacancy" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 7. It scored 8/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by James Frawley and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The City is Burning".