1Matinee
Fred Grandy, plays a wealthy businessman whose wife was strangled in a motel room where she had recently trysted with her lover. The solution to the crime gives Det. La Guardia (Sidney Clute) a totally unexpected chance to shine when he notices that a blackmailer photographing the couple in flagrante also photographed the hotel room's TV set, running a soap opera La Guardia secretly and faithfully watches - and featuring a character which was supposedly off the show at the time the photo was taken!
2A Killer's Dozen
A uniformed officers' strike forces the detectives back into their blues and onto the streets, as Cagney and Lacey try to bring an end to the "Don Juan Strangler."
3Victimless Crime
After the star of a pornographic film dies during production, Cagney and Lacey must convince his reluctant co-star to be a witness.
4The Bounty Hunter
While looking for a criminal, Cagney and Lacey encounter a bounty hunter who is also looking for the same person. Samuels tells him that after they're done with him they'll send him back to where he jumped bail from. But the man says it's not good enough because his bail will end in a few days. So they have to find him and contend with the bounty hunter as well.
5Baby Broker
An abandoned baby sets Cagney and Lacey on the trail of a baby broker, and though deaf, Mary Beth considers adopting her. Meanwhile, Chris' new playwright boyfriend doesn't like her being a detective.
6Partners
Getting shot doesn't stop Chris from assisting on a case while in recovery, while Mary Beth's temporary replacement partner leaves a lot to be desired.
7Choices
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, Chris has a pregnancy scare.
1Child Witness
An over-protective father hinders prosecution of a babysitter who may have molested his daughter. Petrie gets beaten by some white NYPD officers who don't know he's a detective.
2Heat
Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.
3Insubordination
Cagney and Lacey assist Sgt. McKenna, newly returned from drug rehab. A captain who used to work under Lt. Samuels envisions changes at the precinct.
4Old Debts
Cagney and Lacey work to track down a murderer who managed to kill a newly-paroled cop-killer who was under their protection.
5Fathers & Daughters
A mans apparent suicide is just the tip of the iceberg. When his wife and daughter confess to his murder in order to protect each other, Cagney and Lacey must determine the guilty one in order to prosecute.
6Taxicab Murders
With the 14th Precinct's detectives driving taxi cabs to solve a rash of hack murders, Mary Beth's son becomes frightened the ruse will cost his mother her life.
7Unusual Occurence
The press paints Christine's self-defense shooting of a Hispanic drug-dealer as being racially motivated.
8Thank God It's Monday
A weekend spent clearing up lousy precinct paperwork leads Chris and Mary Beth to race to serve a warrant before the statute of limitations expires. Meanwhile Det. Petrie finds his weekend used up painting his apartment.
9Hooked
When Sgt. McKenna's drug rehab sponsor is caught with cocaine, his defending of him gives Christine doubts over whether he was ever really drug-free himself.
10Lady Luck
When a woman Mary Beth saved from suicide winds up murdered shortly thereafter, the investigation uncovers massive gambling debts, and sends Cagney and Lacey after a loan shark who may be involved.
11Out of Control
When a captured burglar swears he never uses a gun, it sends Cagney and Lacey to figure out how a shooting also occurred at the scene of the crime. Dory finally feels it's time for Christine to meet his children.
12American Dream
When a series of arsons all seem to benefit the same company, Cagney and Lacey uncover an extortion operation.
13Happily Ever After
Dory proposes to Christine, who has a few questions of her own she needs an answer to before she gives him one. Meanwhile, a long string of tiny thefts leads to big profit for an ingenious credit department employee.
14Rules of the Game
Chris and Mary Beth are delighted when they catch a major case, and get to work for an attractive captain, but Chris takes issue with the captain's advances towards her.
15Stress
After witnessing a stabbing, Chris becomes the target of the prepetrator, who has a history of making witnesses disappear. Meanwhile, the NYPD brass demand stress reduction classes for the 14th Precinct.
16Who Says It's Fair: Part 1
Mary Beth ignores a lump in her breast, while Chris and Harvey beg her to get the care she needs. Meanwhile, the mother of a missing child feels she'd get more attention if her son were white.
17Who Says It's Fair: Part 2
With Christine busy looking for a missing child and getting ready for the sergeant's exam, Mary Beth prepares for her breast surgery.
18Lost and Found
While Mary Beth recovers from breast surgery, and mulls retirement, Chris has her prized Corvette stolen, but it may provide her a leg up on the sergeant's exam. Meanwhile, an informant is murdered, leaving Chris to find out the who and why.
19Two Grand
Albert Grand, the jewel thief whom Chris failed to apprehend, has returned. And she is determined not to let him get away.
20Con Games
Mary Beth swindles the swindlers in a case with the bunco unit. Meanwhile, Chris' sexual harassment charges against Captain Hennesey go to trial.
21Violation
A teenager is raped when he's accidentally sent to a violent prison over a petty crime, resulting in both a lawsuit from his parents and a case for Cagney and Lacey to solve.
22Organized Crime
When the goddaughter of a mobster is murdered, the mobster (José Quintero) offers to have his gang investigate the crime and come up with a suspect. But anything the Mob does as a favor carries a price, and though this particular price is never stated, Mary Beth Lacey is adamant about refusing the offer and pursuing the killer through the regular legal channels. When Cagney and Lacey do find the killer through standard procedures, the mobster drives up to them, thanks them through his car window - and drives away.
1On the Street
Chris and Mary Beth try to convince a teenage runaway, who's shunned her family's wealth and privilege for a life on the streets, to help them convict her pimp.
2Ordinary Hero
Cagney and Lacey feel for the key witness in an upcoming trial, an illegal alien whose reward for his help will be deportation upon the trial's conclusion.
3The Psychic
Cagney doubts the abilities of a psychic who's been hired to locate a missing woman by her family.
4Lottery
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. Meanwhile, the Laceys prepare for an IRS audit.
5Entrapment
Mary Beth faces an ethical dilemma when she has to choose between supporting Chris' claims against a known drug dealer, or admitting she knows nothing about it.
6The Clinic
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.
7Mothers & Sons
A mother's alibi for her son stands in the way of criminal charges, despite other compelling evidence. Meanwhile, Mary Beth's son gets on the wrong side of the law himself.
8Filial Duty
Years of drinking finally put Chris' father into the hospital. Meanwhile, Mary Beth's pregancy forces her to make changes to her work routine.
9Old Ghosts
Chris is accused of being a coward when a robbery suspect eludes her in a chase. Meanwhile, her brother, Brian, comes from California to check on their father.
10Power
Chris gets to fill in for Lt. Samuels as watch commander, but dislikes that one of her first assignments is to force Mary Beth onto maternity leave.
11Play It Again, Santa
Cagney and Newman work a case involving music rights issues.
12The Rapist
Mary Beth's energetic replacement turns vigilante when she angers over the time it's taking to get to arrest a suspected rapist.
13Act of Conscience
The new replacement for Mary Beth comes with a history the 14th Precinct doesn't like--he broke the blue wall of silence when other police were taking bribes, and the Desk Sergeant is taking bets on how long his stay with them will be.
14DWI
While running the night shift, a case of DWI begins to make Chris confront her own demons with the bottle.
15The Gimp
An advocate for the handicapped demands something be done about a rash of robberies against the disabled. Chris goes undercover in a wheelchair and finds herself smitten with the activist.
16Family Connections
Chris races to get a laboring Mary Beth to the hospital before the baby comes out. Meanwhile, she has to deal with her father's new girlfriend.
17Post Partum
Chris tries to help a West Point cadet who refuses to help himself avoid court martial due to his honor code. Mary Beth receives a visit from her father, who abandoned her and her mother when she was little.
18The Man Who Shot Trotsky
With Mary Beth back from maternity leave, she and Chris again go after drug dealer Mansfield, this time with the help of a young Hispanic informant.
19Exit Stage Center
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.
20Capitalism
When a lawyer who has made a living helping his fellow Cambodians winds up murdered, Chris and Mary Beth learn he may have been profitting from misfortunes too much. In the meantime, Chris parts ways with her car.
21Extradition
Chris and Mary Beth go to California to bring back a defendant who skipped on his bail.
22A Safe Place
Cagney and Lacey race against time to catch a thief, whose latest haul included plutonium, before his radiation sickness becomes terminal.
23Model Citizens
To find the murderer of a labor leader, Cagney and Lacey must first find out why anyone would want the apparently squeaky-clean man dead. In the meantime, Cagney gets a visit from her niece.
24Parting Shots
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.
1Schedule One
In the fifth-season opener, Cagney, Lacey and Lieutenant Samuels are forced to investigate one of their own. It starts when a junkie's broad-daylight burglary makes him easy prey for Cagney and Lacey, who happen to be across the street at the time. What isn't easy to take is the tip the addict offers in a bid for leniency; he says he saw a cop pocket some heroin from a crime scene--a detective from their own 14th squad. Bypassing Internal Affairs, Chris and Mary Beth go to Lieutenant Samuels, who orders them to have the junkie ID the alleged felon--and it's a real shocker. Even more shocking is their suspect's behavior when they set a trap for him, a trap that could very well ensnare them all. (TV Guide)
2Culture Clash
When an girl who wants to break away from her traditionally Islamic upbringing is murdered, Chris and Mary Beth must confront her family. Chris lusts for a possible assignment to a potentially career-making task force.
3Sorry, Right Number
A sweltering day leads to an elevator failure, with Chris and a claustrophobic Victor trapped inside.
4Disenfranchised
After a girl accuses her father of molesting her younger sister, Cagney and Lacey are forced to take action to keep the girls safe.
5Role Call
The 14th Precinct is abuzz over a visit from the star of a female TV detective show who wants to tag along with Chris and Mary Beth to see real female cops in action.
6The Zealot
Pornographers come under suspicion when an A.D.A. who championed against child exploitation is murdered.
7The Marathon
Cagney and Lacey are charged with protecting a white South African runner in town for the New York City Marathon.
8Rites of Passage
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.
9Revenge
Petrie falls under suspicion when someone he was squabbling with is murdered. Chris finds out a reporter she's dating isn't just interested in her romantically.
10The Rapist: Part 2
When Sara Jones, one of Mary Beth's maternity replacements, goes to trial for her act of vigilante justice against a rapist, Chris refuses to lie to save her.
11Cost of Living
When drug dealer Mansfield goes on trial, he surprises everyone by hiring David Keeler to represent him, especially upsetting Chris.
12Waste Deep
An environmental champion begs Chris and Mary Beth to investigate a toy company for the dumping of toxic waste. Meanwhile, Chris dates a younger man.
13Favors
Chris and Mary Beth investigate a judge who's friends with Chris' father. Mary Beth is surprised at the results of her performance review from Chris.
14Ahead of the Game
Mary Beth has egg on her face when the Laceys' home is robbed, and it's revealed she doesn't follow the same home safeguarding tips she gives to civilians. Meanwhile, a high school athlete's death is investigated.
15Easy Does It
A rash of AA meeting robberies sends the detectives to pose as alcoholics. At a co-dependents' meeting, Chris is surprised to see Donna, her father's girlfriend.
16To Sir, with Love
Cagney and Lacey get placed in charge of planning a banquet to award Lt. Samuels with the Distinguished Service Award.
17Divine Couriers
Cagney and Lacey try to bring down a scam artist who promises to get messages to the departed by giving them to the terminally ill, but face difficulty in that nobody seems to feel victimized.
18Right to Remain Silent
The detectives question if a deaf girl could have committed the murder of which she's accused. David Keeler wants Christine to forgive him for representing Mansfield.
19Special Treatment
Mary Beth is arrested at a nuclear weapons protest, finding herself in the custody of Queens' Det. Dupnick.
20Happiness Is a Warm Gun
After Lacey is shot, but saved by a bulletproof vest, her and Cagney deal with the stress by seeing the police psychiatrist.
21Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1
Mary Beth saves a baby from a burning car before it explodes, becomes a hero. Meanwhile, Cagney finds her father lying dead at his home.
22Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 2
Mary Beth awaits a possible promotion, while Cagney turns to booze after her fathers death.
1No Vacancy
Cagney and Lacey's guarding of a mentally ill witness is complicated by his refusal to take his medication.
2The City Is Burning
When Det. Corassa's gun is linked to the slaying of a black youth in a white section of town, the African-American community suspects a cover-up.
3Loves Me Not
David Keeler defends Mary Beth after the community demands a Civilian Review Board investigate her role in a neighborhood dispute. Det. Petrie is promoted to Sergeant.
4Different Drummer
An eccentric, older woman who claims she's a witch is getting in the way of a lucrative real estate deal.
5You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Cagney and Lacey go undercover on street corners to investigate a rash of middle-aged prostitute murders. Isbecki is thrilled to discover his new partner is a woman.
6Video Verite
A missing music video may be linked to drugs. Chris' niece visits, with aspirations of becoming an actress in New York.
7Greed
Chris and Mary Beth go uncercover as game show contestants to investigate a rigging accusation.
8Secrets
Chris finally gets to work on the Major Task Force, and immediately is faced with finding out who the turncoat is in their midst.
9Don't I Know You?
Cagney is date-raped and has to deal with the trauma of that while simultaneously trying to prove that it actually happened.
10Old Flames
Harvey, Jr. stuns his parents on his 18th birthday by announcing he's enlisting with the Marines.
11Trading Places
Chris 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.
12Shadow of a Doubt
An undercover operation at a computer manufacturer is jeopardized when Chris fails the company's random drug test.
13Hello Goodbye
David Keeler proposes marriage to Christine.
14School Daze
Chris and Mary Beth have very different attitudes at a mandatory refresher for their precinct at the police academy.
15Land of the Free
When a refugee from El Salvador is slain, different people give wildly different opinions of the life he led to Chris and Mary Beth during their investigation. Meanwhile, Chris meets a friendly, handsome plumber at AA.
16A Class Act
The theft of a valuable painting sends the detectives to upscale galleries, hoping to find out where it went. Christine realizes Nick is the opposite of David.
17Button, Button
The girlfriend of a murdered federal witness asks for help finding his killer. Meanwhile, one of Alice Lacey's classmates has AIDS.
18Amends
In a case of friendly fire, an officer is accidentally shot by Thornton.
19Friendly Fire
Christine's date-rape case against Brad Potter goes to trial. Meanwhile, Harvey Lacey, Jr. disappears from his Marine training.
20Yup
A Wall Street success with friends high on the police command chain is robbed, creating additional pressure to solve the case quickly. Meanwhile, Harvey Jr. visits home.
21A Fair Shake: Part 1
Cagney and Lacey travel upstate in search of a missing bank president, and stolen funds that equal $100 million.
22A Fair Shake: Part 2
The investigation into the stolen $100 million wraps up. Cagney and Lacey get a great surprise at the end.
