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Episodes are not necessarily listed in the order in which they were
filmed or exhibited, but rather (in some cases) in the order the scripts
were commissioned.
At a glance:
ON THE STREET | ORDINARY HERO | THE PSYCHIC | THE LOTTERY | ENTRAPMENT
| THE CLINIC | MOTHERS AND SONS | FILIAL DUTY | OLD GHOSTS | POWER
| PLAY IT AGAIN, SANTA | THE RAPIST | ACT OF CONSCIENCE (aka THE FINK)
| DWI | THE GIMP | FAMILY CONNECTIONS | POST PARTUM | THE MAN WHO
SHOT TROTSKY | EXIT - STAGE CENTER | CAPITALISM | EXTRADITION | A
SAFE PLACE | MODEL CITIZEN | PARTING SHOTS
Synopses:
ON THE STREET
Director: Alexander Singer
Written by: Cynthia Darnell
Short Synopsis: Chris and Mary Beth try to convinced a teenage runaway
to help them convict her pimp. Original air date September 30, 1985.
EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
ORDINARY HERO
Note: Winner of Humanitas Award for writer Eisele.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Written by: Robert Eisele
Short Synopsis: Cagney and Lacey feel for the key witness an upcoming
trial, an illegal alien was only reward for his help will be deportation.
Original air date October 7, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
THE PSYCHIC
Director: Ray Danton
Written by: Debra Frank & Scott Rubenstein
Short Synopsis: Cagney does the abilities of the psychic was bilking
innocent people out of their money. Original air date October 21,
1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
THE LOTTERY
Director: James Frawley
Written by: Steve Johnson
Short Synopsis: when lottery jackpot has more than one claimant, Chris
and Mary Beth was figure out who the real winners are. Original air
date October 28, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
ENTRAPMENT
Director: Al Waxman
Written by: Steve Johnson
Short Synopsis: Mary Beth faces an ethical dilemma between Chris and
a known drug dealer. Original air date November 4, 1985. EXTENDED
SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
THE CLINIC
Director: Alexander Singer
Written by Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers
Short Synopsis: when a firebombing abortion clinic kills a patient,
it ignites a debate. Original air date November 11, 1985. EXTENDED
SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
MOTHERS AND SONS
Note: Emmy Award for John Karlen (Harvey Lacey) for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series.
Director: Ray Danton
Written by: Frank South
Short Synopsis: A mother's alibi for her son stands in the way of
criminal charges. Original air date November 25, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW
FILIAL DUTY
Director: Sharron Miller
Written by: Richard Gollance
Short Synopsis: Chris's father is in the hospital while Mary Beth
pregnancy forces herdsman changes to her work routine. Original air
date December 2, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
OLD GHOSTS
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Written by: Georgia Jeffries
Short Synopsis: Chris is accused of being a coward when a robbery
suspect eludes her in a chase. Meanwhile, her brother Brian, visits
from California. Original air date December 9, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW
POWER
Director: James Frawley
Written by: Patricia Green
Short Synopsis: Chris gets to fill in for Lieut. Samuels, the dislikes
her first assignment - forcing Mary Beth on maternity leave. Original
air date December 16, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
PLAY IT AGAIN, SANTA
Director: Charlotte Brown
Written by: Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers
Short Synopsis: Cagney and Newman are working case involving music right issues. Original air date December
23, 1985. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
REBUKES (THE RAPIST)
Director: James Frawley
Written by: Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers
Short Synopsis: Mary Beth energetic replacement turns vigilante. Original
air date January 6, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
ACT OF CONSCIENCE (aka THE FINK)
Note: Features Emmy Award winning actor, Michael Moriarty
Director: Jan Eliasberg
Written by: Frederick Rappaport
Short Synopsis: Mary Beth replacement broke the blue wall of silence
of officers taking bribes. Original air date January 13, 1986. EXTENDED
SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
DWI (DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED)
Director: Al Waxman
Written by: Les Carter & Susan Sisko
Short Synopsis: While running the night shift, a case of DWI begins
to make Chris uncomfortable with her own demons with the bottle. Original
air date January 20, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
THE GIMP
Note: Mulitple Emmy award winner: Outstanding Drama Series, Sharon
Gless for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Director: Sharron Miller
Teleply by Cynthia Darnell
Story by Norm Chandler Fox
Short Synopsis: an advocate for handicapped demand something is done
about a rash of robberies against the disabled. Original air date
January 27, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
FAMILY CONNECTIONS
Director: James Frawley
Written by: Georgia Jeffries
Short Synopsis: Chris races to get a laboring Marybeth to the hospital
before the baby comes. Meanwhile, she has to deal with her father's
new girlfriend. Original air date February 10, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW
POST PARTUM
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Written by: Liz Coe & Steve Brown
Short Synopsis: Chris tries to help a West Point cadet who refuses
to help himself avoid court-martial due to his code of honor. Mary
Beth receives a visit from her estrangedfather, who abandoned her
and her mother when she was a child. Original air date February 17,
1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
THE MAN WHO SHOT TROTSKY
Director: Alexander Singer
Writen by: Peter Lefcourt and Kathryn Ford
Short Synopsis: With Mary Beth back from maternity leave, she and
Chris again go after drug dealer Mansfield, with the help of a young
Hispanic informant. Original air date March 3, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW
EXIT - STAGE CENTER
Director: James Frawley
Teleplay by Steve Johnson
Story by Steve Johnson and Jeff Nelson
Short Synopsis: The suicide of a stage actress starts to look like
murder when Cagney and Lacey discover everyone involved in the play
seemed to have a motive. Original air date March 10, 1986. EXTENDED
SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
CAPITALISM
Director: Alexander Singer
Written by: Frederick Rappaport
Short Synopsis: When a lawyer who has made a living helping his fellow
Cambodians winds up murdered, the pair learn he may have been profiting
from misfortunes too much. In the meantime, Chris, parts wayswith
her car. original air date April 7, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS &
REVIEW
EXTRADITION
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Teleplay by Kathryn Ford
Story by Bob Rosenfarb
Short Synopsis: Chris and Mary Beth go to California to bring in defendant
back who skipped his bail and visit with her family there. Original
air date May 5, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
A SAFE PLACE
Director: Alexander Singer
Written by: Georgia Jeffries
Short Synopsis: Cagney and Lacey race against time to catch a thief,
whose latest haul includes plutonium, before his radiation sickness
becomes terminal. Original air date made 12 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW
MODEL CITIZEN
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Written by: Hannah Louise Shearer
Revisions by Patricia Green
Short Synopsis: To find the murderer of a labor leader, Cagney and
Lacey must first find out why anyone wants the apparent squeaky clean
man dead. In the meantime, Cagney gets a visit from her niece, Bridget.
Original air date May 25, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS & REVIEW
PARTING SHOTS
Note: Emmy award for Georg Stanford Brown, Outstanding Directing in
a Drama Series
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Written by: Liz Coe
Short Synopsis: The 14th precinct suffers the loss of one of their
own, as Chris and Mary Beth set out to find out who shot and killed
their coworker and why. Original air date May 26, 1986. EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
& REVIEW