Season 1

Episodes

• You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)
  You Call This Plain Clothes? (aka Bang, Bang, You're Dead)E1 · 1982-03-25

  The detectives again go undercover as prostitutes

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• Pop Used to Work Chinatown
  Pop Used to Work ChinatownE2 · 1982-04-01

  The first appearance of Dick O'Neill as Charlie Cagney. The case occurs in Chinatown, where Charlie just happened to work, so he helps out. This is the episode where Lacey shoots and kills a fleeing perp.

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• Beyond the Golden Door
  Beyond the Golden DoorE3 · 1982-04-08

  An illegal immigrant is murdered, and the trail leads to a large racket in modern-day slave trading.

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• Street Scene
  Street SceneE4 · 1982-04-15

  Hispanic gang member is killed.

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• Suffer the Children
  Suffer the ChildrenE5 · 1982-04-22

  Cagney and Lacey become involved in an investigation of child abuse and possible murder when they rescue a child from a window ledge.

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• Better Than Equal
  Better Than EqualE6 · 1982-04-29

  C&L are assigned to protect a feminist, only not a Gloria Steinem type, but a Phyllis Schlafy type. This episode was very controversial, and several stations refused to run it.

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