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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 Worst Episode
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    Cagney & Lacey Season 2 Episode 15 - Jane Doe #37
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    #1 - Jane Doe #37

    S2:E15

    a bag lady, is murdered. Only Cagney cares what happened, and strives to find the woman's real name. The ""B"" plot is very funny: our heroines are assigned to do recruiting, and wind up trying to do a commercial for the NYPD. Of course, they get replaced by ""real"" actresses.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  2. Cagney & Lacey Season 2 Episode 16 - Date Rape
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    #2 - Date Rape

    S2:E16

    It's a rape case, but the victim knew her assailant, which makes it date rape. Cagney and Harvey think the woman asked for it; Lacey is more supportive. The ""B"" story is that the guys in the precinct are playing practical jokes such as fixing Isbecki up with a female impersonator and Samuels with a prostitute. Cagney thinks it's funny and points out that it's a great step forward for them to be included in this

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Steve Brown

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  3. Cagney & Lacey Season 2 Episode 22 - The Informant
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    #3 - The Informant

    S2:E22

    To find out who's selling drugs to high school students, C&L use a teenage informer. But the youth is not to be trusted, and the detectives wind up with eggs on their face when it turns out that he's selling drugs himself.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writers:Ronnie Wenker-Konner, Lawrence Konner

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  4. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 2 - A Killer's Dozen
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    #4 - A Killer's Dozen

    S3:E2

    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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  5. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 4 - The Bounty Hunter
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    #5 - The Bounty Hunter

    S3:E4

    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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  6. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 5 - Baby Broker
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    #6 - Baby Broker

    S3:E5

    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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  7. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 6 - Partners
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    #7 - Partners

    S3:E6

    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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  8. Cagney & Lacey Season 3 Episode 7 - Choices
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    #8 - Choices

    S3:E7

    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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  9. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 1 - Child Witness
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    #9 - 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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  10. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 2 - Heat
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    #10 - Heat

    S4:E2

    Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 3 - Insubordination
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    #11 - 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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  12. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 4 - Old Debts
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    #12 - 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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  13. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 5 - Fathers and Daughters
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    #13 - 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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  14. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 6 - Taxicab Murders
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    #14 - 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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  15. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 7 - Unusual Occurrence
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    #15 - 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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  16. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 8 - Thank God It's Monday
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    #16 - 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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  17. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 9 - Hooked
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    #17 - 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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  18. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 10 - Lady Luck
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    #18 - 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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  19. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 11 - Out of Control
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    #19 - 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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  20. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 12 - American Dream
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    #20 - 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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  21. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 13 - Happily Ever After
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    #21 - 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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  22. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 14 - Rules of the Game
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    #22 - 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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  23. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 15 - Stress
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    #23 - 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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  24. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 16 - Who Says It's Fair (1)
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    #24 - 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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  25. Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episode 17 - Who Says It's Fair (2)
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    #25 - Who Says It's Fair (2)

    S4:E17

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    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Jane Doe #37" is the worst rated episode of "Cagney & Lacey". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Stan Lathan and written by Peter Lefcourt, it aired on 2/14/1983. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Date Rape".