Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey, two female New York City policewomen working in a male-dominat...

Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of miss...

Cagney and Lacey have to balance their personal demons with the needs of their latest case: the unso...

Grappling with personal issues as Mary Beth's estranged father reappears, and Christine becomes embr...

The two no nonsense female cops, Cagney and Lacey, investigate a murder and deal with their complica...

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The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

The first appearance of Dick O'Neill as Charlie Cagney. The case occurs in Chinatown, where Charlie...

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

Hispanic gang member is killed.

Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they re...

C&L are assigned to protect a feminist, only not a Gloria Steinem type, but a Phyllis Schlafy type....

One of the uniforms accidentally kills a civilian, mistaking him for a perp. C&L both see it, but th...

A uniform cop is shot in a restaurant. The assumption is that the cop was shot because he knew too m...

A group of baddies is preying on wealthy patrons of beauty shops. They get into these shops by prete...

A construction worker falls to his death, and everyone thinks it's an accident, including Isbecki, w...

A group of unrelated stranglings has the NYPD very worried. Turns out all the women work for telepho...

The 14th precinct has an informer in its midst. The undercover agents working on a truck hijacking a...

A farmer from Vermont comes in looking for his wife, who has disappeared in New York City. Seems tha...

C&L and another detective are working on a case involving some illegal weapons. The catch is that th...

A Christmas episode, lighter than usual. The ""villain"" is a nebbish who steals from parking meters...

C&L are assigned to work for Sgt. Dory McKenna on a murder investigation. The baddy is a slumlord wh...

A gang of thieves have an intriguing modus operandi. They wait until a family is at a funeral and th...

Albert Grand is the most famous jewel thief in the world. He has even written a book about his caree...

A new detective has been assigned to the 14th. Lacey thinks it's nice to have another woman; Cagney...

Lacey is the main witness in an open-and-shut case, only it isn't that open-and-shut. in the ""B"" s...

a bag lady, is murdered. Only Cagney cares what happened, and strives to find the woman's real name....

It's a rape case, but the victim knew her assailant, which makes it date rape. Cagney and Harvey thi...

The ""A"" story is that Cagney goes undercover as a nun to investigate the theft of drugs from a hos...

When C&L screw up a backup assignment, Isbecki is taken hostage. The situation gets worse when Petri...

A poor Jewish man is hit by a car, and we know who did it. The problem is that he's the son of an Ar...

To celebrate Petri's promotion to detective first grade, the gang goes out to celebrate. Alas, they...

The "A" story is that a con man is doing very well, but when he's arrested as he's fleeing, there's...

To find out who's selling drugs to high school students, C&L use a teenage informer. But the youth i...

A wealthy Westchester housewife is found dead in the city. Since Cagney comes from a well- off famil...

The uniforms are on strike, and the detectives must wear uniforms and go back on the street, all the...

The ladies happen on a porno movie filming, and the next day the leading man dies. The female star w...

This time it's clear who the bad guy is. But he's being pursued for bail jumping by a bounty hunter....

When an abandoned infant is turned in, C&L go to work on a baby-broker scheme. The baby is deaf, and...

Cagney gets show by a bad guy early in the episode. Not to worry, she solves the case from her hospi...

The crime story is a sequel to #16 (slumlord trying to get rid of tenants.) The witness has died, si...

A little girl appears to have been molested by her babysitter, but the girl's father doesn't want he...

Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.

Dory McKenna is back, rehabilitated from cocaine, and C&L again get to assist him. Meanwhile, Samuel...

A cop killer has just been paroled. C&L have to guard him for only a little while, but of course he...

Both the wife and daughter confess to a killing, but they can't both have done it. ADA Feldberg has...

This is the only episode with the title displayed. The cabbies of New York are disappearing, and the...

Cagney shoots an Hispanic teenager. It doesn't matter that he attacked her or that he was full of an...

The 14th Precinct has done its paperwork so badly that everyone (except for Petrie) has to come in o...

Dory's sponsor in the cocaine rehabilitation program is caught with cocaine. When Dory defends him,...

The episode begins with Mary Beth talking a successful businesswoman out of jumping off a ledge. Not...

The crime story concerns a cat burglar who never uses a gun. Yet somebody gets shot. Chris is now su...

A company is getting ahead in business by some well-placed fires. The small firms can choose between...

Dory finally pops the question. Will Christine marry him? Of course he will; there's just a few thin...

C&L think it's wonderful to be assigned to a hot case under the hot Captain Hennessey. it seems that...

Cagney is a witness to a stabbing. The bad guy has the charming habit of erasing people he doesn't l...

A two parter where Mary Beth discovers that she has a lump in her breast, but she refuses to talk ab...

Cagney's car (a yellow Corvette) has been stolen and boy is she mad. She doesn't get much help from...

In a sequel to #18, the noted jewel thief Albert Grand returns. All Chris asks of him is that he not...

Cagney's sexual harassment case comes to trial (follow up to #49). Lacey is busy with the bunco squa...

A teenager is thrown into a very tough jail by mistake for am minor offense and gets raped. The angr...

When a nun is killed, C&L assume it's their case. However, the nun's family was friends with the God...

A teenager has run away from her wealthy home, preferring prostitution to Princeton. Cagney and Lace...

Cagney and Lacey have no trouble with a case, thanks to their star witness. Alas, he's an illegal al...

A psychic is hired to find a missing woman (hired by the family of the woman). Cagney senses trouble...

After the New York State Lottery has paid out millions, here comes another ticket. Somebody has a fa...

Cagney and Lacey try to nail drug dealer Mansfield. But their case rests on Chris' unsubstantiated c...

Cagney and Lacey escort a poor Latina to an abortion clinic, as she's afraid to run the gauntlet of...

There's good evidence against a suspect, but his mother insists that he was at home with her. As lon...

Charlie Cagney's drinking begins to catch up with him and he winds up in the hospital. Lacey, now we...

Cagney sees a robbery in progress, gives chase, loses the perp, and then gets into trouble because s...

Samuels' absence gives Cagney a chance to shine as temporary commander. Inspector Knelman gives her...

A Christmas episode, where Cagney is teamed with Newman to solve a dispute over who has rights to a...

Also given to me as ""The Rapist, Part 1"")"" As a temporary replacement for Lacey, Sara Jones seems...

Cagney's new partner, Michael Moriarty, is famous - he ""ratted"" on some cops on the take. The othe...

To gain more command experience, Cagney commands the night shift, with its own bunch of wackos. The...

Handicapped people are being robbed, and a wheelchair activist wants the NYPD to do something about...

This is sometimes referred to as Cagney & Lacey's ""Lucy and Ethel"" episode for its comedic touches...

A West Point cadet is facing court martial and refuses to talk because of his honor code. David Keel...

In a sequel to #62,Cagney and a back-on-duty-again Lacey go after Mansfield again. Cagney's informan...

An actress in a play has died, and it appears to be suicide. However, when the ladies start digging...

A Cambodian lawyer who specialized in helping his fellow countrymen is killed. Further investigation...

Cagney and Lacey get a sweetheart trip - to Los Angeles to bring back a bail jumper

A thief gets more than he expected, when the goods include plutonium. He needs to be caught quickly,...

A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wan...

A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wan...

Detective Newman is just walking down the street, celebrating a successful collar, when he is shot d...

An Islamic girl from a very devout family wants to be more American. No arranged marriage for her; s...

Lacey and Isbecki are trapped in an elevator. Of course it's the hottest day of the year, and Victor...

(Also given to me as ""Incest."") A girl says that their father is molesting the younger daughter, w...

In a self-referential show, the 14th is visited by a TV star, ""Detective Deedee,"" who has permissi...

An assistant D.A. has devoted his entire career to prosecuting child pornography. When he turns up d...

The 14th precinct has to help support the annual New York City marathon. One of the (white) runners...

A college sorority initiate falls off a building. The detectives suspect a hazing prank gone sour, b...

When someone who Petrie held a grudge against is killed, Marcus is the suspect. In the B plot, Chris...

In a sequel to episode #69, Sara Jones goes on trial. She wants Cagney to back up her story, but Cag...

In a sequel to episode #75, Mansfield goes on trial. He's done something clever - he's hired David K...

A toy company is dumping toxic wastes, and a gungho environmentalist is willing to do whatever it ta...

The detectives go after a corrupt judge. but he has an ""in"" - he's an old friend of Charlie Cagney...

Story by Allison Hock. The crime story hits close to home here. The Laceys are burglarized and Mary...

The detectives go undercover at Alcoholics Anonymous to find out who's holding up AA meetings. At a...

Story by Sandy Sprung and Marcy Vosburgh. Samuels is getting the Distinguished Service Award at a ba...

A spiritualist has a new gimmick. She charges people to get messages to their dead loved ones by hir...

A deaf girl is suspected of murder. Could someone with such a severe handicap commit a crime like th...

Lacey participates in a protest march against nuclear weapons. She gets arrested and thrown to the t...

This time it's Lacey's turn to get shot. She isn't hurt as badly as Cagney was, but the trauma sends...

Charlie's drinking finally catches up with him and he goes to the Great Bar in the Sky. Chris and br...

In the B plot, Lacey rescues a child from a burning car and then has to return the child to the prop...

Cagney and Lacey have another star witness who needs special treatment. This one is a schizophrenic,...

Corassa's gun is used to kill a black kid who just happens to be in a white section of town. The bla...

Petrie gets his promotion to sergeant and leaves the show (Carl Lumbly wanted out). Lacy interferes...

There's an older woman who acts strange, burns incense, and claims to be a witch. Is she? Or is she...

Mature"" prostitutes are getting bumped off, so our heroines go undercover to investigate. Merry Cla...

A valuable music video has been stolen, and there's some suspicious white powder about. In the meant...

A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (...

Cagney gets her dream - a chance to work with the Major Task Force. But one of those so-polished off...

Brad Potter seems like the perfect date - tall, handsome, successful. But he's really a date rapist....

Harvey Jr. has his 18th birthday. His birthday present from his parents is a computer. His present t...

When Samuels takes some time off, Chris expects to be put in charge. But a high-tech, none-""street"...

Cagney and Lacey go undercover at a computer manufacturer. But the company has random drug testing a...

David finally pops the question to Chris. she's consistent - she says no, even though Mary Beth like...

The 14th Precinct gang takes a refresher course at the police academy, along with Detective Dupnick...

A Salvadoran refugee is murdered. Some people say he ran drugs, others say he was a saint. In the B...

A very valuable painting is stolen, and Cagney and Lacey make the rounds of fancy galleries looking...

A man is murdered, and his girl friend begs the police for help. It's a hard case, since he was in t...

Thornton shots a fellow officer in an operation that went bad. That's what happens when you put some...

In a sequel to episode #112, Cagney's rape case goes to trial. The main story is that Harvey Jr. is...

A Wall Street tycoon is burgled, and he has a lot of clout with the higher-ups. Harvey Jr. comes hom...

A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows...

A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows...