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Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

  • Air date:1985-09-30
  • User score:
    10.0
  • Number of episodes:24

List of Episodes

On the Street
S5E1
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Air date: 1985-09-30

Runtime: 45 min

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

Ordinary Hero
S5E2
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Air date: 1985-10-07

Runtime: 45 min

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

The Psychic
S5E3
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Air date: 1985-10-21

Runtime: 45 min

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

Lottery
S5E4
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Air date: 1985-10-28

Runtime: 45 min

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

Entrapment
S5E5
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Air date: 1985-11-04

Runtime: 45 min

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.

The Clinic
S5E6
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Air date: 1985-11-11

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Mothers & Sons
S5E7
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Air date: 1985-11-25

Runtime: 45 min

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

Filial Duty
S5E8
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Air date: 1985-12-02

Runtime: 45 min

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

Old Ghosts
S5E9
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Air date: 1985-12-09

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Power
S5E10
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Air date: 1985-12-16

Runtime: 45 min

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

Play It Again, Santa
S5E11
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Air date: 1985-12-23

Runtime: 45 min

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

The Rapist (aka Rebukes)
S5E12
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Air date: 1986-01-06

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Act of Conscience
S5E13
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Air date: 1986-01-13

Runtime: 45 min

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.

DWI
S5E14
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Air date: 1986-01-20

Runtime: 45 min

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

The Gimp
S5E15
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Air date: 1986-01-27

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Family Connections
S5E16
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Air date: 1986-02-10

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Post Partum
S5E17
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Air date: 1986-02-17

Runtime: 45 min

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

The Man Who Shot Trotsky
S5E18
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Air date: 1986-03-03

Runtime: 45 min

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?

Exit Stage Centre
S5E19
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Air date: 1986-03-10

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Capitalism
S5E20
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Air date: 1986-04-07

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Extradition
S5E21
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Air date: 1986-05-05

Runtime: 45 min

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

A Safe Place
S5E22
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Air date: 1986-05-12

Runtime: 45 min

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

Model Citizen
S5E23
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Air date: 1986-05-25

Runtime: 45 min

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

Parting Shots
S5E24
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Air date: 1986-05-26

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Top Cast

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Mary Beth Lacey

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless

Christine Cagney

John Karlen

John Karlen

Harvey Lacey

Al Waxman

Al Waxman

Lieutenant Bert Samuels

Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

Mark Petrie

Martin Kove

Martin Kove

Det. Victor Isbecki

Harvey Atkin

Harvey Atkin

Sergent Ronald Coleman

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