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Season 1 – Cagney & Lacey

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Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are female police officers in New York City. The women are partners and friends, but they lead different personal lives. Cagney is a single, career-minded woman, while Lacey is a married mother. In addition to going after the bad guys, the ladies also have to combat sexism in the male-dominated workplace. Tyne Daly stars as Mary Beth Lacey and Sharon Gless plays the part of Chris Cagney for most of the series.
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Mike Duffy Detroit Free Press 06/15/2021
I cared about Cagney and Lacey as I watched this show. They own a blessed sense of survivor's humor, and they are endowed with a believable humanity that violent cartoon cops like T.J. Hooker or Sgt. Joe Friday would only choke on. Go to Full Review Noel Holston Orlando Sentinel 06/15/2021
It can be tense, and at times it can be quite funny. But the best reason for watching Cagney & Lacey is the title characters... Chris Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey are arguably the best-written women characters in the history of series TV. Go to Full Review Fred Rothenberg Associated Press 06/15/2021
All in all, Cagney & Lacey is still worth watching because of the female-female friendship and its novelty on TV. It's a sophisticated treatment of two professional women working and playing together. Go to Full Review Owen McNally Hartford Courant 06/16/2021
Screenwriters Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday and Barney Rosenzweig have seasoned the plot with some amusing dialogue and situations. But the new series' real asset is the fine working rapport between Foster as Cagney and Daly as Lacey. Go to Full Review Sandra Earley Miami Herald 06/16/2021
Cagney & Lacey is a show that should succeed. Its edges are worn, its voice a bit strident, but its heart is pure. Go to Full Review Barry Garron Kansas City Star 06/15/2021
If the show had to stand or fall on its plot, it would be laid out flat. Fortunately, Miss Foster and Miss Daley turn in good performances... Given some better plots, the show has the potential to become a long-running series. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Barbara Avedon

Creator

Barbara Corday

Creator

Tyne Daly

Det. Mary Beth Lacey

Al Waxman

Lt. Bert Samuels

Carl Lumbly

Det. Mark Petrie

Martin Kove

Det. Victor Isbecki

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 25, 1982 You Call This Plainclothes? The partners, working under cover as prostitutes, become bait to trap a psychopathic killer who has already claimed three victims. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 1, 1982 Pop Used to Work in Chinatown A bank robbery in Chinatown becomes personal when Mary Beth must shoot a suspect and Chris endures interference from her father. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 8, 1982 Beyond the Golden Door The partners' search for a missing Central American teenager leads to smugglers supplying garment manufacturers with cheap labor. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 15, 1982 Street Scene An elderly white man (George Petrie) says he shot a young Puerto Rican in self-defense; the boy's family cries murder. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 22, 1982 Suffer the Children After rescuing a 4-year-old girl from a building ledge, Chris and Mary Beth begin to suspect trouble in the child's home life. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 29, 1982 Better Than Equal Chris and Mary Beth have trouble getting along with an outspoken feminist (Julie Adams) they must protect. Details

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Cagney & Lacey — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Ray Danton, Reza Badiyi, Georg Stanford Brown
Creator
Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday
Executive Producer
Barney Rosenzweig
Screenwriter
Barbara Avedon, Brian McKay, Bud Freeman, Marshall Goldberg, Claudia Adams, Paul L. Ehrmann, Barbara Corday
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 25, 1982