Season 1

Cagney & Lacey

6 Episodes ★ 7.0 Premiered March 25, 1982

Season Overview

Season one picks up where the original made-for-TV movie left off--with Cagney and Lacey on their first undercover assignment as prostitutes. Other episodes introduce Cagney's father, a retired cop that helps out with a case, investigation of a human smuggling ring, and accusations of racism in the wake of a gang murder.

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Episodes

You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
EP 1

You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)

Mar 25, 1982

★ 5.2

The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

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Pop Used to Work Chinatown
EP 2

Pop Used to Work Chinatown

Apr 1, 1982

★ 8.0

The first appearance of Dick O'Neill as Charlie Cagney. The case occurs in Chinatown, where Charlie just happened to work, so he helps out. This is the episode where Lacey shoots and kills a fleeing perp.

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Beyond the Golden Door
EP 3

Beyond the Golden Door

Apr 8, 1982

★ 7.0

An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.

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4
EP 4

Street Scene

Apr 15, 1982

★ 7.0

Hispanic gang member is killed.

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5
EP 5

Suffer the Children

Apr 22, 1982

★ 7.0

Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.

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EP 6

Better Than Equal

Apr 29, 1982

★ 8.0

C&L are assigned to protect a feminist, only not a Gloria Steinem type, but a Phyllis Schlafy type. This episode was very controversial, and several stations refused to run it.

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