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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!

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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 7 Episode 1 - No Vacancy
    8.2/10(66 votes)

    #1 - No Vacancy

    S7:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 2 - The City is Burning
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    #2 - The City is Burning

    S7:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 3 - Loves Me Not
    7.8/10(55 votes)

    #3 - Loves Me Not

    S7:E3

    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

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  4. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 4 - Different Drummer
    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #4 - Different Drummer

    S7:E4

    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:Unknown

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  5. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 5 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
    7.3/10(57 votes)

    #5 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby

    S7:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 6 - Video Verite
    6.4/10(57 votes)

    #6 - Video Verite

    S7:E6

    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:Unknown

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  7. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 7 - Greed
    6.6/10(56 votes)

    #7 - Greed

    S7:E7

    A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 8 - Secrets
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    #8 - Secrets

    S7:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 9 - Do I Know You?
    8.7/10(67 votes)

    #9 - Do I Know You?

    S7:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 10 - Old Flames
    7.6/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Old Flames

    S7:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 11 - Trading Places
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #11 - Trading Places

    S7:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 12 - Shadow of a Doubt
    7.1/10(48 votes)

    #12 - Shadow of a Doubt

    S7:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 13 - Hello Goodbye
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    #13 - Hello Goodbye

    S7:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 14 - School Daze
    7.6/10(54 votes)

    #14 - School Daze

    S7:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 15 - Land of the Free
    7.3/10(53 votes)

    #15 - Land of the Free

    S7:E15

    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:Unknown

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  16. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 16 - A Class Act
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #16 - A Class Act

    S7:E16

    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:Unknown

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  17. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 17 - Button, Button
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #17 - Button, Button

    S7:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 18 - Amends
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #18 - Amends

    S7:E18

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 19 - Friendly Fire
    8.8/10(59 votes)

    #19 - Friendly Fire

    S7:E19

    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
    Writers:Jonathan Estrin, Shelley List

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  20. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 20 - Yup
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Yup

    S7:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 21 - A Fair Shake (1)
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #21 - A Fair Shake (1)

    S7:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. Cagney & Lacey Season 7 Episode 22 - A Fair Shake (2)
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #22 - A Fair Shake (2)

    S7:E22

    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:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"No Vacancy" is the best rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey" season 7. It scored 8.2/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by James Frawley and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The City is Burning".