← Cagney & Lacey

Season 1

7 episodes · 1982

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.

  1. 0

    Pilot

    60 min★ 7.5

  2. 1

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

    Mar 25, 198245 min★ 7.2

    The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

  3. 2

    Pop Used to Work Chinatown

    Apr 1, 198245 min★ 7.2

    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.

  4. 3

    Beyond the Golden Door

    Apr 8, 198245 min★ 7.6

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

  5. 4

    Street Scene

    Apr 15, 198245 min★ 6.7

    Hispanic gang member is killed.

  6. 5

    Suffer the Children

    Apr 22, 198245 min★ 7.8

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

  7. 6

    Better Than Equal

    Apr 29, 198245 min★ 7.7

    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.