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The Worst Episodes of Cagney & Lacey

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The Worst Episodes of Cagney & Lacey

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...

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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.

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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

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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.

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    #4 - 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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    #5 - Heat

    S4:E2

    Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.

    Director:Karen Arthur
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - 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.

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    #7 - 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.

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    #8 - 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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    #9 - 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.

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    #10 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - 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.

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    #12 - 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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    #13 - 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

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    #14 - 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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    #15 - 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

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    #16 - 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

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    #17 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - 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

    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - 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
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    #20 - Who Says It's Fair (2)

    S4:E17

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    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - 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

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    #22 - 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

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    #23 - 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.

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    #24 - 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:Unknown
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    #25 - 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.

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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".