# List of Cagney & Lacey episodes

The following is an episode list for the American television series Cagney & Lacey. A total of 125 episodes were produced, as well as five television movies (the 1981 pilot and four reunion movies from 1994 to 1996).

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| Pilot | Pilot | Pilot | October 8, 1981 | October 8, 1981 |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | March 25, 1982 | June 28, 1982 |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 25, 1982 | May 9, 1983 |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | March 19, 1984 | May 14, 1984 |
| 4 | 22 | 22 | October 15, 1984 | April 8, 1985 |
| 5 | 24 | 24 | September 30, 1985 | May 26, 1986 |
| 6 | 22 | 22 | September 29, 1986 | March 30, 1987 |
| 7 | 22 | 22 | September 21, 1987 | May 16, 1988 |
| TV-movies | TV-movies | TV-movies | November 6, 1994 | January 29, 1996 |

## Episodes
### Pilot (1981)

* Loretta Swit played Det. Christine Cagney (TV movie pilot only)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| Cagney & Lacey | Ted Post | Story by : Barbara Avedon & Barbara Corday Teleplay by : Barbara Avedon | October 8, 1981 (1981-10-08) |
| Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey, two female New York City policewomen working in a male-dominated police department, are promoted to detectives after uncovering a major heroin dealer, only to be patronized by being assigned as decoys on an undercover prostitute detail. ||||

### Season 1 (1982)

* Meg Foster played Det. Christine Cagney (season 1 only)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "You Call This Plain Clothes?" | Georg Stanford Brown | Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday | March 25, 1982 (1982-03-25) |
| A series of prostitute murders brings Cagney and Lacey to the rescue as undercover decoys. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Pop Used to Work Chinatown" | Georg Stanford Brown | Brian McKay | April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) |
| A Chinatown robbery brings Cagney's father (Dick O'Neill) out of retirement to show his daughter and Lacey how an investigation should be conducted. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Beyond the Golden Door" | Reza Badiyi | Marshall Goldberg | April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08) |
| Cagney and Lacey go undercover in the garment industry to help an illegal alien from Guatemala track down her sister's murderers. ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Street Scene" | Ray Danton | Claudia Adams | April 18, 1982 (1982-04-18) |
| An elderly man (George Petrie) is accused of murdering a member of a street gang, and Cagney and Lacey eventually prove his innocence through the victim's brother. ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Suffer the Children" | Ray Danton | Paul Ehrmann | April 25, 1982 (1982-04-25) |
| In rescuing a four-year-old girl from a seventh floor window ledge, Cagney and Lacey discover she's a victim of parental abuse in a family whose older daughter has disappeared. ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Better Than Equal" | Ray Danton | Bud Freeman | June 28, 1982 (1982-06-28) |
| Cagney and Lacey are assigned to protect Helen Granger (Julie Adams), an anti-feminist who is being harassed by an obscene phone caller bent on killing her. ||||||

### Season 2 (1982–83)

* Sharon Gless played Det. (later Sgt.) Christine Cagney (seasons 2–7 and post-series TV movies)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 7 | 1 | "Witness to An Incident" | Alexander Singer | Story by : Paul Ehrmann Teleplay by : Paul Ehrmann and April Smith & Robert Crais & Jeffrey Lane & Frank Abatemarco | October 25, 1982 (1982-10-25) |
| A young policeman's career hangs in the balance when Cagney and Lacey can't agree on the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a civilian. ||||||
| 8 | 2 | "One of Our Own" | Reza Badiyi | Robert Crais & April Smith | November 1, 1982 (1982-11-01) |
| A case of mistaken identity leads to a police officer's shooting at a restaurant; meanwhile, Isbecki does all he can to keep Cagney and Lacey off the precinct's softball team. ||||||
| 9 | 3 | "Beauty Burglars" | Ray Danton | Story by : Patt Shea & Robert K. Weiss Teleplay by : Robert Crais & April Smith | November 8, 1982 (1982-11-08) |
| Cagney and Lacey lead an investigation into a series of robberies at exclusive beauty salons committed by assailants posing as the police. ||||||
| 10 | 4 | "High Steel" | Reza Badiyi | Rogers Turrentine | November 15, 1982 (1982-11-15) |
| After a former co-worker falls to his death at a construction site, Harvey disagrees with the conclusion that his death is accidental and joins Lacey to investigate. ||||||
| 11 | 5 | "Hotline" | Leo Penn | Frank Abatemarco | November 22, 1982 (1982-11-22) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate a series of stranglings involving women who worked for the telephone sex trade. ||||||
| 12 | 6 | "Internal Affairs" | Alexander Singer | Story by : Joanne Pagliaro Teleplay by : Aubrey Soloman & Steven Greenburg | November 29, 1982 (1982-11-29) |
| Assigned to Internal Affairs, Cagney and Lacey reluctantly spy on their colleagues to uncover a deadly information leak in the 14th precinct. ||||||
| 13 | 7 | "Mr. Lonelyhearts" | James Sheldon | Jeffrey Lane | December 6, 1982 (1982-12-06) |
| When an elderly man comes looking for his missing wife, the case evolves into a major probe of bigamy and fraud; meanwhile, Cagney deals with an ardent suitor (Steven Keats). ||||||
| 14 | 8 | "Conduct Unbecoming" | Alexander Singer | Rogers Turrentine | December 13, 1982 (1982-12-13) |
| Cagney and Lacey's working with a third detective (Christopher Allport) to investigate illegal weaponry suffers from his overexposure in a gay magazine. ||||||
| 15 | 9 | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Alexander Singer | Robert Crais | December 20, 1982 (1982-12-20) |
| The detectives are looking forward to a quick getaway on Christmas Eve until a fake "Santa Claus" (Richard Masur) arrested for a charity fraud manages to escape from his cell; meanwhile, Det. Petrie's daughter is born. ||||||
| 16 | 10 | "Recreational Use" | Alexander Singer | April Smith | December 27, 1982 (1982-12-27) |
| A shady landlord attempting to turn his building co-op is a prime suspect in a murder, but the investigation becomes more complicated when Cagney and Lacey have to work with Sgt. Dory McKenna (Barry Primus), Cagney's boyfriend and a heavy cocaine user. Follow up of this episode is "Choices" (S03E07). ||||||
| 17 | 11 | "Hopes and Dreams" | Peter Levin | Frank Abatemarco | January 10, 1983 (1983-01-10) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate a rash of burglaries committed while the occupants are away at funerals, with a handicapped girl among the victims. ||||||
| 18 | 12 | "The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All" | Victor Lobl | Michael Piller | January 17, 1983 (1983-01-17) |
| Albert Grand (Ferdy Mayne), never convicted of all the hotel safe robberies the police are sure he committed, is now 70 years-old, released from jail, and back into his old habits. Follow up of this episode is "Two Grand" (S04E19). ||||||
| 19 | 13 | "Affirmative Action" | Peter Levin | Jeffrey Lane | January 24, 1983 (1983-01-24) |
| When the 14th precinct is assigned a talented, young female detective (Talia Balsam), Cagney and Lacey don't agree on whether she's qualified to be there or not. ||||||
| 20 | 14 | "Open and Shut Case" | Nicholas Sgarro | Terry Louise Fisher and Steve Brown | January 31, 1983 (1983-01-31) |
| Lt. Samuels hands Cagney and Lacey a seemingly open and shut case – a matter of a man being murdered in front of dozens of witnesses. ||||||
| 21 | 15 | "Jane Doe #37" | Stan Lathan | Peter Lefcourt | February 14, 1983 (1983-02-14) |
| When a Jane Doe homeless lady is murdered, Cagney vows to find her killer and her identity; meanwhile, Cagney and Lacey shoot a recruiting commercial for the NYPD. ||||||
| 22 | 16 | "Date Rape" | John Tiffin Patterson | Story by : Terry Louise Fisher & Steve Brown Teleplay by : Terry Louise Fisher | February 21, 1983 (1983-02-21) |
| A rape victim (Kathleen Lloyd) suffers further when male detectives think her report is a vengeful lie, and the investigation also divides Cagney and Lacey. ||||||
| 23 | 17 | "Burn Out" | Don Weis | Del Reisman & Chelsea Nickerson | March 7, 1983 (1983-03-07) |
| Cagney poses as a nun as part of an investigation into missing drugs from a hospital; meanwhile, Lacey vanishes after a last-minute vacation cancellation. ||||||
| 24 | 18 | "Chop Shop" | Bill Duke | Kevin Sullivan | March 14, 1983 (1983-03-14) |
| Isbecki becomes a hostage after Cagney and Lacey fail to back him up properly; meanwhile, Petrie tries to sort out his confused feelings after accidentally shooting a black youth. ||||||
| 25 | 19 | "Let Them Eat Pretzels" | Harry Harris | Peter Lefcourt | March 21, 1983 (1983-03-21) |
| Cagney and Lacey try to find a way to arrest the son of a immunized diplomat who's using his nation's embassy to avoid justice after hitting a poor man with his car. ||||||
| 26 | 20 | "The Gang's All Here" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Sheldon | March 28, 1983 (1983-03-28) |
| The detectives from the 14th precinct are robbed of their guns, shields and possessions at a celebration for Petrie's promotion at a bar and set out to bring the perpetrators to justice before they become the laughing stock of the NYPD. ||||||
| 27 | 21 | "A Cry for Help" | Barbara Peters | Terry Louise Fisher & Chris Abbott | May 2, 1983 (1983-05-02) |
| A con man (Daniel Pilon) has to be let go because he had nothing on him when arrested, so Cagney and Lacey have to find a way to get him with the goods; meanwhile, a fellow police academy graduate of Lacey's (Greg Mullavey) is a wife-beater. ||||||
| 28 | 22 | "The Informant" | Michael Vejar | Larry Konner & Ronnie Wenker-Konner | May 9, 1983 (1983-05-09) |
| Cagney and Lacey have a high school drug case blow up in their faces when it turns out their teenage informant is a drug pusher himself. ||||||

### Season 3 (1984)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 29 | 1 | "Matinée" | Karen Arthur | Chris Abbott-Fish | March 19, 1984 (1984-03-19) |
| A housewife from Cagney's hometown in Westchester County winds up dead in New York City, and the investigation offers a glimpse into Cagney's past. ||||||
| 30 | 2 | "A Killer's Dozen" | John Tiffin Patterson | Peter Lefcourt | March 26, 1984 (1984-03-26) |
| Cagney and Lacey are removed from an important homicide investigation when a patrolman's strike forces them back into uniform and onto the streets. ||||||
| 31 | 3 | "Victimless Crime" | James Frawley | Peter Lefcourt | April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate the death of a man at a pornographic filming site; meanwhile, Lacey dodges advances of a visiting French detective (Paul Freeman). ||||||
| 32 | 4 | "The Bounty Hunter" | Bill Duke | Steve Brown | April 23, 1984 (1984-04-23) |
| While looking for a criminal wanted for bail jumping, Cagney and Lacey encounter a bounty hunter named MacGruder (Brian Dennehy) who is also looking for the same person. ||||||
| 33 | 5 | "Baby Broker" | John Tiffin Patterson | Terry Louise Fisher | April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) |
| An abandoned baby sets Cagney and Lacey on the trail of a baby broker, and Lacey decides to offer temporary housing for the deaf child. ||||||
| 34 | 6 | "Partners" | Joel Oliansky | Patricia Green | May 7, 1984 (1984-05-07) |
| Cagney lands in the hospital after being shot by a fleeing liquor store hold-up suspect; Lacey must try to find him with the help of her new temporary partner. ||||||
| 35 | 7 | "Choices" | Karen Arthur | Terry Louise Fisher | May 14, 1984 (1984-05-14) |
| After the key witness in the upcoming trial of a shady landlord dies, Cagney and Lacey must re-canvas his building in search of new witnesses before he gets set free; meanwhile, a false pregnancy forces Cagney to face her biological clock and realize that her options in life, as to when to marry and when to have a family, have diminished. Follow up of episode "Recreational Use" (S02E10). ||||||

### Season 4 (1984–85)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 36 | 1 | "Child Witness" | Karen Arthur | Deborah Arakelian | October 15, 1984 (1984-10-15) |
| Cagney and Lacey are called by a school principal who has reason to believe that a six-year-old girl (Natalie Gregory) has been sexually abused; the child accuses her 22 year-old babysitter, who denies the allegation, and she later tells Cagney and Lacey (after coaching from her father) that she lied but they don't believe her. ||||||
| 37 | 2 | "Heat" | Karen Arthur | Leo E. Arthur | October 22, 1984 (1984-10-22) |
| While Cagney and Lacey investigate vandalism at a railroad yard, Lacey is abducted by a young armed thug (Michael Madsen) who keeps her locked in a railroad car. ||||||
| 38 | 3 | "Insubordination" | John Tiffin Patterson | Peter Lefcourt | October 29, 1984 (1984-10-29) |
| When Cagney and Lacey are assigned to a cocaine dealing case, they discover that their commanding officer is Dory McKenna, Cagney's ex-boyfriend and cocaine addict. ||||||
| 39 | 4 | "Old Debts" | John Tiffin Patterson | Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers | November 5, 1984 (1984-11-05) |
| Cagney and Lacey are assigned to guard a cop killer on parole at a hotel until he can get new identity and be moved out of the city. ||||||
| 40 | 5 | "Fathers and Daughters" | Karen Arthur | Steve Brown | November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate a suicide which turns into a murder case involving a sordid relationship between the victim and his daughter (Dinah Manoff). ||||||
| 41 | 6 | "Taxicab Murders" | Karen Arthur | Ronni Wenker-Konner | November 19, 1984 (1984-11-19) |
| Cagney and Lacey, undercover driving cabs, are in search of a murderer who has been killing taxi cab drivers with a mountain-climbing pick. ||||||
| 42 | 7 | "Unusual Occurrence" | Alexander Singer | Georgia Jeffries | November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26) |
| Cagney finds a young, wild-eyed Puerto Rican boy swinging a baseball bat in an alley; after he ignores her commands to stop and keeps coming at her, Cagney shoots him. ||||||
| 43 | 8 | "Thank God It's Monday" | Victor Lobl | Peter Lefcourt | December 3, 1984 (1984-12-03) |
| An unsolved case nearing the statute of limitations sends Cagney and Lacey on a hurried search for the culprit during a weekend spent clearing up precinct paperwork. ||||||
| 44 | 9 | "Hooked" | Karen Arthur | Patricia Green | December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) |
| When the man who sponsored Dory McKenna through the drug rehab program is arrested for cocaine possession sale, Dory tells Cagney it's a case of mistaken identity. ||||||
| 45 | 10 | "Lady Luck" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Story by : Daniel S. Preniszni Teleplay by : Lisa Seidman | December 17, 1984 (1984-12-17) |
| Lacey thwarts a career woman's suicide attempt, but then feels a sense of responsibility for her life when the woman winds up murdered shortly thereafter. ||||||
| 46 | 11 | "Out of Control" | Karen Arthur | Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers | December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31) |
| A man is shot to death during an attempted cat burglary; upon further investigation, Cagney and Lacey learn he was accidentally shot with the gun which he and his wife had purchased illegally in order to protect themselves from intruders. ||||||
| 47 | 12 | "American Dream" | Sharron Miller | Story by : Steve Brown & Harvey Brenner Teleplay by : Harvey Brenner | January 7, 1985 (1985-01-07) |
| Cagney and Lacey suspect the owner of a trucking company of arson after a series of garment businesses are destroyed. ||||||
| 48 | 13 | "Happily Ever After" | Alexander Singer | Terry Louise Fisher | January 14, 1985 (1985-01-14) |
| A stray bullet leads Cagney and Lacey to the solution of 32,000 petty thefts committed by an ingenious credit department employee; meanwhile, Dory proposes to Cagney causing her to wonder what will happen if she doesn't accept. ||||||
| 49 | 14 | "Rules of the Game" | Sharron Miller | Georgia Jeffries | January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) |
| Capt. Hennessey (Edward Winter), an officer in command, retains Cagney as his investigative partner while relegating Lacey to desk duty; his interest in Cagney becomes more personal than professional, and when she refuses to trade sexual favors for professional ones, he threatens her with a poor job evaluation. ||||||
| 50 | 15 | "Stress" | Alexander Singer | Debra Frank & Scott Rubenstein | February 4, 1985 (1985-02-04) |
| Cagney witnesses a stabbing and successfully apprehends the vicious perp, who then threatens her life. ||||||
| 51 | 16 | "Who Says It's Fair?: Part 1" | Ray Danton | Story by : Barbara Avedon & Barbara Corday & Claudia Adams and Patricia Green Teleplay by : Patricia Green | February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11) |
| Cagney and Lacey respond to a call from a worried mother (Lynn Whitfield), who fears her young son (Bumper Robinson) is missing; meanwhile, Lacey may have breast cancer but is unwilling to go to a doctor. ||||||
| 52 | 17 | "Who Says It's Fair?: Part 2" | Ray Danton | Patricia Green | February 18, 1985 (1985-02-18) |
| Lacey must confront her own mortality with Harvey and the kids; the 14th precinct is psyching up for the Sergeant's exam, and Lacey is forced to miss it because of her operation. ||||||
| 53 | 18 | "Lost and Found" | Al Waxman | Story by : Georgia Jeffries & Les Carter Teleplay by : Georgia Jeffries | February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) |
| Cagney's yellow Corvette is stolen and the only clue is a graffiti signature; meanwhile, Lacey is recovering from surgery and tries to decide whether she should retire from the force. ||||||
| 54 | 19 | "Two Grand" | Alexander Singer | Steve Johnson | March 4, 1985 (1985-03-04) |
| Albert Grand, a jewel thief extraordinaire and Cagney's past nemesis, reappears on the scene when the clues from a major jewel theft lead to members of the 14th precinct. Follow up of episode "The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All" (S02E12). ||||||
| 55 | 20 | "Con Games" | Alexander Singer | Terry Louise Fisher & Steve Brown | March 11, 1985 (1985-03-11) |
| Cagney ignores both advice and threats as she presses charges of sexual harassment against Capt. Hennessey; meanwhile, Lacey looks into fraud against the elderly. ||||||
| 56 | 21 | "Violation" | Allen Baron | Les Carter | March 18, 1985 (1985-03-18) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate when a teenager, who is accidentally sent to a violent prison for shoplifting, is brutally assaulted and his parents file a $7 million lawsuit. ||||||
| 57 | 22 | "Organized Crime" | Stuart Margolin | Terry Louise Fisher & Steve Brown | April 8, 1985 (1985-04-08) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate a rash of poorbox robberies in the city's Catholic churches and a murdered nun; meanwhile, Cagney gets the promotion to Sergeant. ||||||

### Season 5 (1985–86)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 58 | 1 | "On the Street" | Alexander Singer | Cynthia Darnell | September 30, 1985 (1985-09-30) |
| Cagney and Lacey try to convince a teenage runaway (Kristy Swanson), who's shunned her family's wealth and privilege for a life on the streets, to help them convict her pimp. ||||||
| 59 | 2 | "Ordinary Hero" | Reza Badiyi | Robert Eisele | October 7, 1985 (1985-10-07) |
| Cagney and Lacey feel for the key witness in an upcoming trial – an undocumented worker whose reward for his help will be deportation upon the trial's conclusion. ||||||
| 60 | 3 | "The Psychic" | Ray Danton | Debra Frank & Scott Rubenstein | October 21, 1985 (1985-10-21) |
| Cagney doubts the abilities of a psychic (Elizabeth Ashley) who's been hired to locate a missing woman by her family. ||||||
| 61 | 4 | "Lottery" | James Frawley | Steve Johnson | October 28, 1985 (1985-10-28) |
| When a lottery jackpot has one more claimant than there should be, Cagney and Lacey try to find out who's got the counterfeit ticket. ||||||
| 62 | 5 | "Entrapment" | Al Waxman | Steve Johnson | November 4, 1985 (1985-11-04) |
| Lacey faces an ethical dilemma when she has to choose between supporting Cagney's claims against a known drug dealer, or admitting she knows nothing about it. ||||||
| 63 | 6 | "The Clinic" | Alexander Singer | Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers | November 11, 1985 (1985-11-11) |
| When a firebomb at an abortion clinic kills a patient, it ignites a debate over whether the death of a fetus constitutes a second murder. ||||||
| 64 | 7 | "Mothers & Sons" | Ray Danton | Frank South | November 25, 1985 (1985-11-25) |
| A mother's alibi for her son stands in the way of criminal charges, despite other compelling evidence; meanwhile, Lacey's son gets on the wrong side of the law himself. ||||||
| 65 | 8 | "Filial Duty" | Sharron Miller | Richard Gollance | December 2, 1985 (1985-12-02) |
| Years of drinking finally put Cagney's father into the hospital; meanwhile, Lacey's pregnancy forces her to make changes to her work routine. ||||||
| 66 | 9 | "Old Ghosts" | Georg Stanford Brown | Georgia Jeffries | December 9, 1985 (1985-12-09) |
| Cagney is accused of being a coward when a robbery suspect eludes her in a chase; meanwhile, her brother Brian (David Ackroyd) comes from California to check on their father. ||||||
| 67 | 10 | "Power" | James Frawley | Patricia Green | December 16, 1985 (1985-12-16) |
| Cagney gets to fill in for Lt. Samuels as watch commander, but dislikes that one of her first assignments is to force Lacey to go on maternity leave. ||||||
| 68 | 11 | "Play It Again, Santa" | Charlotte Brown | Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers | December 23, 1985 (1985-12-23) |
| Cagney and Det. Newman (Dan Shor) work a case involving music rights issues. ||||||
| 69 | 12 | "The Rapist" | James Frawley | Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers | January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) |
| Sara Jones (Julie Fulton), Lacey's energetic replacement, turns vigilante when she angers over the time it's taking to get to arrest a suspected rapist. ||||||
| 70 | 13 | "Act of Conscience" | Jan Eliasberg | Frederick Rappaport | January 13, 1986 (1986-01-13) |
| The new replacement for Lacey comes with a history the 14th precinct doesn't like – he broke the blue wall of silence when other police were taking bribes. ||||||
| 71 | 14 | "DWI" | Al Waxman | Les Carter & Susan Sisko | January 20, 1986 (1986-01-20) |
| While running the night shift, a case of DWI begins to make Cagney confront her own demons with the bottle. ||||||
| 72 | 15 | "The Gimp" | Sharron Miller | Story by : Norm Chandler Fox Teleplay by : Cynthia Darnell | January 27, 1986 (1986-01-27) |
| An advocate for the handicapped demands something be done about a rash of robberies against the disabled. ||||||
| 73 | 16 | "Family Connections" | James Frawley | Georgia Jeffries | February 10, 1986 (1986-02-10) |
| Cagney races to get a labouring Lacey to the hospital before the baby comes out; meanwhile, she also has to deal with her father's new girlfriend. ||||||
| 74 | 17 | "Post Partum" | Georg Stanford Brown | Liz Coe & Steve Brown | February 17, 1986 (1986-02-17) |
| Cagney investigates a West Point cadet accused of cocaine possession; meanwhile, Lacey receives a visit from her father (Richard Bradford), who abandoned her 30 years ago. ||||||
| 75 | 18 | "The Man Who Shot Trotsky" | Alexander Singer | Peter Lefcourt & Kathryn Ford | March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03) |
| With Lacey back from maternity leave, she and Cagney again go after drug dealer Mansfield (John Harkins) with the help of a young Hispanic informant. ||||||
| 76 | 19 | "Exit Stage Centre" | James Frawley | Story by : Steve Johnson & Jeff Nelson Teleplay by : Steve Johnson | March 10, 1986 (1986-03-10) |
| The apparent suicide of a stage actress starts to look like murder when Cagney and Lacey discover everyone involved in the play seems to have a motive. ||||||
| 77 | 20 | "Capitalism" | Alexander Singer | Frederick Rappaport | April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07) |
| When a lawyer who has made a living helping his fellow Cambodians winds up murdered, Cagney and Lacey learn he may have been profiting from misfortunes too much. ||||||
| 78 | 21 | "Extradition" | Charles S. Dubin | Story by : Bob Rosenfarb Teleplay by : Kathryn Ford | May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) |
| Cagney and Lacey go to California to bring back a defendant who skipped on his bail; meanwhile, Cagney visits her brother Brian and his family for the first time in twelve years. ||||||
| 79 | 22 | "A Safe Place" | Alexander Singer | Georgia Jeffries | May 12, 1986 (1986-05-12) |
| Cagney and Lacey race against time to catch a thief, whose latest haul included plutonium, before his radiation sickness becomes terminal. ||||||
| 80 | 23 | "Model Citizen" | Jeffrey Hayden | Hannah Louise Shearer and Patricia Green | May 19, 1986 (1986-05-19) |
| To find the murderer of a labour leader, Cagney and Lacey must first find out why anyone would want the apparently squeaky-clean man dead. ||||||
| 81 | 24 | "Parting Shots" | Georg Stanford Brown | Liz Coe | May 26, 1986 (1986-05-26) |
| The 14th precinct suffers the loss of one of their own, as Cagney and Lacey work to find out who shot and killed Det. Newman. ||||||

### Season 6 (1986–87)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 82 | 1 | "Schedule One" | Alexander Singer | Robert Eisele | September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29) |
| A suspect has an intriguing deal for leniency – he'll reveal who in the precinct is involved with heroin possession; meanwhile, the Laceys move into a new home. ||||||
| 83 | 2 | "Culture Clash" | Ray Danton | Frank South | October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06) |
| When a girl who wants to break away from her traditionally Islamic upbringing is murdered, Cagney and Lacey must confront her family. ||||||
| 84 | 3 | "Sorry, Right Number" | Alexander Singer | Bill Taub | October 20, 1986 (1986-10-20) |
| A sweltering day leads to an elevator failure with Lacey and a claustrophobic Isbecki trapped inside. ||||||
| 85 | 4 | "Disenfranchised (aka Incest)" | James Frawley | Daniel Freudenberger | October 27, 1986 (1986-10-27) |
| After a girl accuses her father of molesting her younger sister, Cagney and Lacey are forced to take action to keep the girls safe. ||||||
| 86 | 5 | "Role Call" | James Frawley | Marcey Vosburg and Sandy Sprung | November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03) |
| The female star (Shannon Tweed) of a TV police series visits the 14th precinct and tags along with Cagney and Lacey to learn about the work of real-life detectives. ||||||
| 87 | 6 | "The Zealot" | Francine Parker | Kathryn Ford | November 17, 1986 (1986-11-17) |
| An attorney who had been building a case against child exploitation for years is brutally murdered and pornographers come under suspicion. ||||||
| 88 | 7 | "The Marathon" | Ralph S. Singleton | Josef Anderson | November 24, 1986 (1986-11-24) |
| Cagney and Lacey are charged with protecting a white South African runner in town for the New York City Marathon. ||||||
| 89 | 8 | "Rites of Passage" | Reza Badiyi | Georgia Jeffries | December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01) |
| When hazing is suspected to have caused a girl to fall off a roof while rushing a sorority, the sisters close ranks, impeding the investigation. ||||||
| 90 | 9 | "Revenge" | Reza Badiyi | Frederick Rappaport | December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08) |
| Petrie falls under suspicion when someone he was squabbling with is murdered; Cagney finds out a reporter she's dating isn't just interested in her romantically. ||||||
| 91 | 10 | "To Thine Own Self Be True (aka The Rapist: Part 2)" | Helaine Head | Patricia Green | December 15, 1986 (1986-12-15) |
| When Sara Jones (one of Lacey's maternity replacements) goes to trial for her act of vigilante justice against a rapist, Cagney refuses to lie to save her. ||||||
| 92 | 11 | "Cost of Living" | Al Waxman | Frank South and Joe Viola | January 12, 1987 (1987-01-12) |
| When drug dealer Mansfield goes on trial, he surprises everyone by hiring David Keeler (Stephen Macht) to represent him, especially upsetting Cagney. ||||||
| 93 | 12 | "Waste Deep" | Claudia Weill | Michael Berlin and Eric Estrin | January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) |
| An environmental champion (Didi Conn) begs Cagney and Lacey to investigate a toy manufacturer's unlawful disposal of toxic wastes. ||||||
| 94 | 13 | "Favors" | Al Waxman | Frederick Rappaport | January 26, 1987 (1987-01-26) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate a judge (Robert Cornthwaite) who is a friend of Cagney's father; Lacey is surprised at the results of her performance review from Cagney. ||||||
| 95 | 14 | "Ahead of the Game" | Joel Rosenzweig | Allison Hock | February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) |
| Lacey has egg on her face when the Laceys' home is robbed, and it is revealed she doesn't follow the same home safeguarding tips she gives to civilians. ||||||
| 96 | 15 | "Easy Does It" | Helaine Head | Les Carter and Susan Sisko | February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09) |
| Cagney and Lacey, undercover as alcoholics, investigate a string of robberies at AA meetings; meanwhile, at a co-dependents' meeting, Cagney is surprised to see Donna (Carole Cook), her father's girlfriend. ||||||
| 97 | 16 | "To Sir, With Love" | Ray Danton | Sandy Sprung and Marcy Vosburgh | February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16) |
| Cagney and Lacey get placed in charge of planning a banquet to award Lt. Samuels with the Distinguished Service Award. ||||||
| 98 | 17 | "Divine Couriers" | Sharron Miller | Frederick Rappaport | February 23, 1987 (1987-02-23) |
| Cagney and Lacey try to bring down a scam artist (Lois Nettleton) who promises to get messages to the departed by giving them to the terminally ill. ||||||
| 99 | 18 | "Right to Remain Silent" | Sharron Miller | David Abramowitz | March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09) |
| Cagney and Lacey question if a deaf girl could have committed the murder of which she's accused; David Keeler wants Cagney to forgive him for representing Mansfield. ||||||
| 100 | 19 | "Special Treatment" | Jackie Cooper | Allison Hock | March 16, 1987 (1987-03-16) |
| Lacey is arrested at a nuclear weapons protest, finding herself in the custody of Queens' Det. Dupnick (Dan Lauria). ||||||
| 101 | 20 | "Happiness is a Warm Gun" | James Frawley | Joe Viola | March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23) |
| After Lacey is shot, but saved by a bulletproof vest, she and Cagney deal with the stress by seeing the police psychiatrist. ||||||
| 102 | 21 | "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1" | Sharron Miller | Georgia Jeffries | May 4, 1987 (1987-05-04) |
| After years of drinking finally cost Charlie Cagney his life, Cagney and her brother Brian must deal with the aftermath. ||||||
| 103 | 22 | "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 2" | Sharron Miller | Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin | May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11) |
| As Cagney turns to the bottle herself to deal with her father's death, Lacey tries to save her by getting her back to AA. ||||||

### Season 7 (1987–88)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 104 | 1 | "No Vacancy" | James Frawley | Eric Blakeney and Gene Miller | September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21) |
| Cagney and Lacey's guarding of a mentally ill witness (Joe Regalbuto) is complicated by his refusal to take his medication. ||||||
| 105 | 2 | "The City is Burning" | Helaine Head | Samm-Art Williams | September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28) |
| When Det. Corassa's gun is linked to the slaying of a black youth in a white section of town, the black community suspects a cover-up. ||||||
| 106 | 3 | "Loves Me Not" | Jonathan Estrin | Frank South | October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05) |
| David Keeler defends Lacey after the community demands a Civilian Review Board investigate her role in a neighborhood dispute; Det. Petrie is promoted to Sergeant. ||||||
| 107 | 4 | "Different Drummer" | Sharron Miller | Allison Hock | October 19, 1987 (1987-10-19) |
| An eccentric, older woman (Jeanette Nolan) who claims she's a witch is getting in the way of a lucrative real estate deal. ||||||
| 108 | 5 | "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" | Joel Rosenzweig | Frederick Rappaport | October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26) |
| Cagney and Lacey go undercover on street corners to investigate a rash of middle-aged prostitute murders. ||||||
| 109 | 6 | "Video Verité" | Jackie Cooper | Eric Estrin and Michael Berlin | November 9, 1987 (1987-11-09) |
| A missing music video may be linked to drugs; Cagney's niece Bridget (Amanda Wyss) visits with aspirations of becoming an actress in New York City. ||||||
| 110 | 7 | "Greed" | Nessa Hyams | Douglas Steinberg | November 16, 1987 (1987-11-16) |
| Cagney and Lacey go undercover as game show contestants to investigate a rigging accusation. ||||||
| 111 | 8 | "Secrets" | Reza Badiyi | Joe Viola | November 23, 1987 (1987-11-23) |
| Cagney finally gets to work on the Major Task Force and immediately is faced with finding out who the turncoat is in their midst. ||||||
| 112 | 9 | "Don't I Know You?" | Sharron Miller | Kathryn Ford | January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) |
| When Cagney claims to have been date-raped by a well-respected businessman (Jack Bannon), he claims the sex was consensual and she must prove that it actually happened. ||||||
| 113 | 10 | "Old Flames" | Reza Badiyi | Robert Bielak | January 12, 1988 (1988-01-12) |
| Cagney and Lacey investigate the apparent suicide of an elderly man in a retirement home and the disappearance of his wife; meanwhile, Harvey Lacey Jr. stuns his parents on his 18th birthday by announcing he's enlisting with the Marines. ||||||
| 114 | 11 | "Trading Places" | James Frawley | Wayne Powers and Donna Dottley Powers | January 19, 1988 (1988-01-19) |
| Cagney is disappointed when she's passed over to fill in during Lt. Samuels' vacation; Harvey assists in a case involving kickbacks at a construction site. ||||||
| 115 | 12 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | Jackie Cooper | Larry and Paul Barber | January 26, 1988 (1988-01-26) |
| Cagney and Lacey pose as factory workers to expose an employee's theft of microchips but the undercover operation is jeopardized when Cagney fails the company's random drug test. ||||||
| 116 | 13 | "Hello Goodbye" | Janet Davidson | P.K. Knelman | February 2, 1988 (1988-02-02) |
| A rash of bogus 911 calls leads Lacey to a pair of abused children; meanwhile, David Keeler proposes marriage to Cagney. ||||||
| 117 | 14 | "School Daze" | Jackie Cooper | Allison Hock | February 16, 1988 (1988-02-16) |
| Cagney and Lacey have very different attitudes at a mandatory refresher course in interrogation procedures for their precinct at the police academy. ||||||
| 118 | 15 | "Land of the Free" | Stephen Macht | Sharon Elizabeth Doyle | February 23, 1988 (1988-02-23) |
| When a refugee from El Salvador is slain, different people give wildly different opinions of the life he led to Cagney and Lacey during their investigation. ||||||
| 119 | 16 | "A Class Act" | James Frawley | Wayne Powers and Donna Dottley Powers | March 15, 1988 (1988-03-15) |
| Cagney and Lacey pose as art collectors to solve the theft of a painter's (Peter Boyle) valued work. ||||||
| 120 | 17 | "Button, Button" | Al Waxman | Michelle Ashford | March 22, 1988 (1988-03-22) |
| The girlfriend of a murdered federal witness asks for help finding his killer; meanwhile, one of Alice Lacey's classmates has AIDS. ||||||
| 121 | 18 | "Amends" | Michael Caffey | Larry and Paul Barber | March 29, 1988 (1988-03-29) |
| In a case of friendly fire, an officer is accidentally shot by Thornton (James Stephens); meanwhile, Cagney makes amends with Donna while sponsoring a new AA member. ||||||
| 122 | 19 | "Friendly Smoke" | Reza Badiyi | Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin | April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) |
| Cagney's date-rape case against Brad Potter goes to trial; meanwhile, Harvey Lacey Jr. disappears from his Marine training. ||||||
| 123 | 20 | "Yup" | Nancy Malone | Sharon Elizabeth Doyle | May 2, 1988 (1988-05-02) |
| A Wall Street success with friends high on the police command chain is robbed, creating additional pressure to solve the case quickly. ||||||
| 124 | 21 | "A Fair Shake: Part 1" | Reza Badiyi | Barney Rosenzweig | May 9, 1988 (1988-05-09) |
| A plea bargain over a missing $100,000 from a bank sends Cagney and Lacey upstate in search of its president and of another $100 million. ||||||
| 125 | 22 | "A Fair Shake: Part 2" | Reza Badiyi | Max Jack | May 16, 1988 (1988-05-16) |
| Cagney and Lacey wrap up the investigation into the stolen $100 million by narrowly escaping a shootout and they get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad at its conclusion. ||||||

### TV movies (1994–96)

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| Cagney & Lacey: The Return | James Frawley | Terry Louise Fisher and Steve Brown | November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06) |
| Mary Beth Lacey has retired from the police force and Christine Cagney-Burton is now a lieutenant working as a senior investigator for the District Attorney's office and married to lawyer James Burton (James Naughton); the women have lost touch over the years, but circumstances bring them back together again when they search for a cache of missing firearms. ||||
| Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | Reza Badiyi | Terry Louise Fisher and Steve Brown | May 2, 1995 (1995-05-02) |
| Cagney and Lacey re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment building with screaming threats, insults and physical intimidation; although the cops think the culprit is another street person, Cagney and Lacey believe the real killer is one of the tenants; meanwhile, Cagney's divorce is finalized and she ends up single again. ||||
| Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling | John Patterson | Michele Gallery | October 25, 1995 (1995-10-25) |
| Cagney and Lacey must investigate a local precinct when a murder leads to suspicion of police corruption; when the findings of the DA's police corruption investigation turn out to be useful to Cagney's political ambitions, she makes a choice that will have a lasting impact on her life, Lacey's and the twenty-year friendship between them; meanwhile, Lacey has to deal with the return of her estranged, aging father Martin (Richard Bradford) who is in the hospital. ||||
| Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions | Lynne Littman | Michele Gallery | January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29) |
| After the girlfriend of a murder victim from her building commits suicide, Cagney gets romantically involved with the girl's still-married father (Michael Moriarty); Cagney and Lacey are assigned to work New York's first capital murder case in a decade and everyone seems to have an opinion on capital punishment. ||||