Barbara Avedon
Director
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Season 7
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
Released March 25, 1982
Episode 45 min
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Production Companies: Orion Television, Filmways Pictures, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S7E1 - No Vacancy
Cagney and Lacey have another star witness who needs special treatment. This one is a schizophrenic, although not too bad if he takes his medication. But, of course, he doesn't.
Sept. 21, 1987, midnight
S7E2 - The City is Burning
Corassa's gun is used to kill a black kid who just happens to be in a white section of town. The black community alleges coverup. This is based on a real-life incident.
Sept. 28, 1987, midnight
S7E3 - Loves Me Not
Petrie gets his promotion to sergeant and leaves the show (Carl Lumbly wanted out). Lacy interferes in a neighborhood dispute and her enraged neighbors call for a Civilian Review Board. David Keeler (back in Chris' good graces) comes to the rescue
Oct. 5, 1987, midnight
S7E4 - Different Drummer
There's an older woman who acts strange, burns incense, and claims to be a witch. Is she? Or is she merely lonely and poor and standing in the way of higher real estate prices?
Oct. 19, 1987, midnight
S7E5 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Mature"" prostitutes are getting bumped off, so our heroines go undercover to investigate. Merry Clayton joins the cast as Detective Verna Dee Jordan. Isbecki just adores having a woman partner.
Oct. 26, 1987, midnight
S7E6 - Video Verite
A valuable music video has been stolen, and there's some suspicious white powder about. In the meantime, Cagney's niece Bridget again visits, trying to carve out a career as a New York actress
Nov. 9, 1987, midnight
S7E7 - Greed
A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).
Nov. 16, 1987, midnight
S7E8 - Secrets
Cagney gets her dream - a chance to work with the Major Task Force. But one of those so-polished officers is really a traitor. Will they find the traitor, or will the glamour get to Cagney?
Nov. 23, 1987, midnight
S7E9 - Do I Know You?
Brad Potter seems like the perfect date - tall, handsome, successful. But he's really a date rapist. Cagney must explain to the guys at the precinct why she didn't draw her gun, and of course, the baddy says yes, it happened, but she consented
Jan. 5, 1988, midnight
S7E10 - Old Flames
Harvey Jr. has his 18th birthday. His birthday present from his parents is a computer. His present to them is the announcement that he will enlist in the Marines.
Jan. 12, 1988, midnight
S7E11 - Trading Places
When Samuels takes some time off, Chris expects to be put in charge. But a high-tech, none-""street"" officer, Lt. Thornton, gets the job. The crime case deals with construction kickbacks, so Harvey volunteers to help out by wearing a wire
Jan. 19, 1988, midnight
S7E12 - Shadow of a Doubt
Cagney and Lacey go undercover at a computer manufacturer. But the company has random drug testing and Chris flunks it. Of course, David argues that this is a violation of her civil rights.
Jan. 26, 1988, midnight
S7E13 - Hello Goodbye
David finally pops the question to Chris. she's consistent - she says no, even though Mary Beth likes him much better than she did Dory.
Feb. 9, 1988, midnight
S7E14 - School Daze
The 14th Precinct gang takes a refresher course at the police academy, along with Detective Dupnick from Queens. Lacey is the eager, hand-up, teacher's pet. Chris thinks it's a waste of time
Feb. 16, 1988, midnight
S7E15 - Land of the Free
A Salvadoran refugee is murdered. Some people say he ran drugs, others say he was a saint. In the B story, Chris meets Nick the plumber at an AA meeting.
Feb. 23, 1988, midnight
S7E16 - A Class Act
A very valuable painting is stolen, and Cagney and Lacey make the rounds of fancy galleries looking for leads. In the B plot, Samuels has a reunion with an old friend. Also, the dissimilarities between David Keeler and Nick are shown. Nick was decidedly everything David was not and vice-versa.
March 15, 1988, midnight
S7E17 - Button, Button
A man is murdered, and his girl friend begs the police for help. It's a hard case, since he was in the Federal Witness Protection Program
March 22, 1988, midnight
S7E18 - Amends
Thornton shots a fellow officer in an operation that went bad. That's what happens when you put someone with no practical experience in charge
March 29, 1988, midnight
S7E19 - Friendly Fire
In a sequel to episode #112, Cagney's rape case goes to trial. The main story is that Harvey Jr. is missing while doing maneuvers. Fortunately Mary Beth has moral support from both her father and Christine.
April 5, 1988, midnight
S7E20 - Yup
A Wall Street tycoon is burgled, and he has a lot of clout with the higher-ups. Harvey Jr. comes home for a visit, and nobody mentions the previous episode. (Rosenzweig usually does a much better job of continuity.)
May 2, 1988, midnight
S7E21 - A Fair Shake (1)
A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends
May 16, 1988, midnight
S7E22 - A Fair Shake (2)
A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends
May 16, 1988, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 5625 min.
Released: March 25, 1982
Last Air Date: May 16, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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