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Cagney & Lacey

Season 5 1985 - 1986

  • 1985-09-30T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 45m
  • 18h (24 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime
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.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

1985-09-30T04:00:00Z

5x01 On the Street

Season Premiere

5x01 On the Street

  • 1985-09-30T04:00:00Z45m

A teenager has run away from her wealthy home, preferring prostitution to Princeton. Cagney and Lacey need her to testify against her pimp

1985-10-07T04:00:00Z

5x02 Ordinary Hero

5x02 Ordinary Hero

  • 1985-10-07T04:00:00Z45m

Cagney and Lacey have no trouble with a case, thanks to their star witness. Alas, he's an illegal alien, who can only stay in the country until the trial ends. When the baddy takes a plea bargain, the witness and family are going to be deported

1985-10-21T04:00:00Z

5x03 The Psychic

5x03 The Psychic

  • 1985-10-21T04:00:00Z45m

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

1985-10-28T05:00:00Z

5x04 Lottery

5x04 Lottery

  • 1985-10-28T05:00:00Z45m

After the New York State Lottery has paid out millions, here comes another ticket. Somebody has a fake, but who? In the B story, Harvey and Mary Beth must face an IRS audit

1985-11-04T05:00:00Z

5x05 Entrapment

5x05 Entrapment

  • 1985-11-04T05:00:00Z45m

Cagney and Lacey try to nail drug dealer Mansfield. But their case rests on Chris' unsubstantiated conversation with him. Mary Beth would rather go bowling than lie, but she has to stick up for Chris.

1985-11-11T05:00:00Z

5x06 The Clinic

5x06 The Clinic

  • 1985-11-11T05:00:00Z45m

Cagney and Lacey escort a poor Latina to an abortion clinic, as she's afraid to run the gauntlet of protestors. When the clinic is firebombed and someone dies, it becomes murder. When the baddy is discovered, Lacey points out that since she's pregnant, attacking her is just like killing a baby. This was a controversial episode, not shown by every affiliate.

1985-11-25T05:00:00Z

5x07 Mothers & Sons

5x07 Mothers & Sons

  • 1985-11-25T05:00:00Z45m

There's good evidence against a suspect, but his mother insists that he was at home with her. As long as the suspect has an alibi, he's all right

1985-12-02T05:00:00Z

5x08 Filial Duty

5x08 Filial Duty

  • 1985-12-02T05:00:00Z45m

Charlie Cagney's drinking begins to catch up with him and he winds up in the hospital. Lacey, now well advanced in her pregnancy, wants to get off the street and into a desk

1985-12-09T05:00:00Z

5x09 Old Ghosts

5x09 Old Ghosts

  • 1985-12-09T05:00:00Z45m

Cagney sees a robbery in progress, gives chase, loses the perp, and then gets into trouble because she didn't catch the guy. She doesn't like being accused of cowardice. Brother Brian shows up from L.A. to see how Charlie is doing.

1985-12-16T05:00:00Z

5x10 Power

5x10 Power

  • 1985-12-16T05:00:00Z45m

Samuels' absence gives Cagney a chance to shine as temporary commander. Inspector Knelman gives her her orders - put Lacey on maternity leave. This is considered a classic episode because it is the one in which Cagney takes her turn as watch commande

1985-12-23T05:00:00Z

5x11 Play It Again, Santa

5x11 Play It Again, Santa

  • 1985-12-23T05:00:00Z45m

A Christmas episode, where Cagney is teamed with Newman to solve a dispute over who has rights to a song. Since Chris just had a fight with David, maybe Newman will be a romantic prospect? See Cagney dressed up as a Santa with big elf shoes on

1986-01-06T05:00:00Z

5x12 The Rapist (aka Rebukes)

5x12 The Rapist (aka Rebukes)

  • 1986-01-06T05:00:00Z45m

Also given to me as ""The Rapist, Part 1"")"" As a temporary replacement for Lacey, Sara Jones seems like a fine detective, and very gungho on finding a rapist. Too gungho - she decides to take matters into her own hands when it seems it is taking too long to nail the suspected rapist. A very, very sad ending to this episode.

1986-01-13T05:00:00Z

5x13 Act of Conscience

5x13 Act of Conscience

  • 1986-01-13T05:00:00Z45m

Cagney's new partner, Michael Moriarty, is famous - he ""ratted"" on some cops on the take. The other police officers will have nothing to do with him - in fact, Coleman has a ""book"" on how long the guy will last.

1986-01-20T05:00:00Z

5x14 DWI

5x14 DWI

  • 1986-01-20T05:00:00Z45m

To gain more command experience, Cagney commands the night shift, with its own bunch of wackos. The cop case is a hit-and-run drunken driver. Cagney must convince the driver's girlfriend to testify. This episode is one of the first to talk about Cagney's drinking

1986-01-27T05:00:00Z

5x15 The Gimp

5x15 The Gimp

  • 1986-01-27T05:00:00Z45m

Handicapped people are being robbed, and a wheelchair activist wants the NYPD to do something about it. Cagney goes undercover by appearing as a handicapped individual in a wheelchair and falls for the activist.

1986-02-10T05:00:00Z

5x16 Family Connections

5x16 Family Connections

  • 1986-02-10T05:00:00Z45m

This is sometimes referred to as Cagney & Lacey's ""Lucy and Ethel"" episode for its comedic touches. At last, Lacey has baby Alice. (It did seem like the longest pregnancy on record, didn't it?) Cagney has to drive her to the hospital in the obligatory get-me-to-the-hospital-on-time scene. Chris has another problem - Charlie has a girlfriend, Donna.

1986-02-17T05:00:00Z

5x17 Post Partum

5x17 Post Partum

  • 1986-02-17T05:00:00Z45m

A West Point cadet is facing court martial and refuses to talk because of his honor code. David Keeler is sure that the cadet is innocent, so Chris goes up to help out. Lacey has a visitor - her long-lost father, who ran out on her mother when Mary Beth was a child. Now he wants to see his grandchildren

1986-03-03T05:00:00Z

5x18 The Man Who Shot Trotsky

5x18 The Man Who Shot Trotsky

  • 1986-03-03T05:00:00Z45m

In a sequel to #62,Cagney and a back-on-duty-again Lacey go after Mansfield again. Cagney's informant is a street-smart Hispanic youth - is he tough enough to handle Mansfield?

1986-03-10T05:00:00Z

5x19 Exit Stage Centre

5x19 Exit Stage Centre

  • 1986-03-10T05:00:00Z45m

An actress in a play has died, and it appears to be suicide. However, when the ladies start digging around, they discover that everybody in the play hates everybody else - plenty of reason for murder. We learn that Cagney tried acting in college.

1986-04-07T05:00:00Z

5x20 Capitalism

5x20 Capitalism

  • 1986-04-07T05:00:00Z45m

A Cambodian lawyer who specialized in helping his fellow countrymen is killed. Further investigation reveals that he made a lot of money off other Cambodian's misfortunes.

1986-05-05T04:00:00Z

5x21 Extradition

5x21 Extradition

  • 1986-05-05T04:00:00Z45m

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

1986-05-12T04:00:00Z

5x22 A Safe Place

5x22 A Safe Place

  • 1986-05-12T04:00:00Z45m

A thief gets more than he expected, when the goods include plutonium. He needs to be caught quickly, so that his radiation sickness can be treated

1986-05-25T04:00:00Z

5x23 Model Citizen

5x23 Model Citizen

  • 1986-05-25T04:00:00Z45m

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

Season Finale

1986-05-26T04:00:00Z

5x24 Parting Shots

Season Finale

5x24 Parting Shots

  • 1986-05-26T04:00:00Z45m

A labor leader is killed. Once again, the victim seems to have led a blameless life, yet someone wanted him dead. In the B plot, Cagney's niece (who we met in #78) comes for a visit.

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