Barbara Avedon
Director
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Season 3
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
9.0
S3E1 - Matinee
A wealthy Westchester housewife is found dead in the city. Since Cagney comes from a well- off family in Westchester, we get to learn a little bit about her background. The ""B"" story is that Samuels' son David gets arrested for car theft, and relations between the two are very strained
March 19, 1984, midnight
S3E2 - A Killer's Dozen
The uniforms are on strike, and the detectives must wear uniforms and go back on the street, all the while solving the case of the ""Don Juan Strangler."" This is the first episode in which Cagney plays poker.
March 26, 1984, midnight
7.0
S3E3 - Victimless Crime
The ladies happen on a porno movie filming, and the next day the leading man dies. The female star would make a great witness, but she doesn't want to talk
April 16, 1984, midnight
S3E4 - The Bounty Hunter
This time it's clear who the bad guy is. But he's being pursued for bail jumping by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter not only has a legal right, if he can find him, but he makes a point of irritating Cagney.
April 23, 1984, midnight
S3E5 - Baby Broker
When an abandoned infant is turned in, C&L go to work on a baby-broker scheme. The baby is deaf, and Mary Beth wants to take it home for child #3. (This was shown before Tyne Daly's pregnancy.) In the B plot, Cagney is dating a glamorous playwright, but he doesn't think much of her career.
April 30, 1984, midnight
S3E6 - Partners
Cagney gets show by a bad guy early in the episode. Not to worry, she solves the case from her hospital bed. She has to, because Mary Beth gets stuck with a real dweeb as a replacement. In a role reversal, Mary Beth is the ""hot dog"" and the guy is only interested in getting home on time
May 7, 1984, midnight
S3E7 - Choices
The crime story is a sequel to #16 (slumlord trying to get rid of tenants.) The witness has died, since the defense strategy is to stall, so C&L have to find new witnesses.
May 14, 1984, 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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