The BEST episodes of Cagney & Lacey season 2
Every episode of Cagney & Lacey season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cagney & Lacey season 2!
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD detectives in this landmark series. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the greatest crime-fighting duos of all time.
#1 - Recreational Use
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/27/1982
A murder investigation into a shady landlord attempting to turn his building co-op becomes more complicated when Cagney and Lacey are assigned to work with the drug-addicted homicide detective Chris has been dating.
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#2 - A Cry for Help
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1983
Cagney and Lacey work to arrest a con-man involved in a Ponzi scheme against elderly women; and Mary Beth learns that one of the detectives they are working with is beating his wife.
#5 - Internal Affairs
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1982
Internal Affairs puts Cagney and Lacey in the uncomfortable position of snooping into the private lives of their co-workers after a leak in the department is discovered during an investigation.
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Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1983
Efforts to arrest a diplomat's son for hit-and-run become tangled in red tape.
#8 - Burn Out
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1983
Lacey goes AWOL after family and job demands drive her to the brink of a nervous breakdown, while Cagney poses as a nun as part of an investigation into missing drugs from a hospital.
#9 - The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1983
Cagney and Lacey set out to determine if a man who stopped a minor crime is himself a wanted, world-famous jewel thief.
#10 - Affirmative Action
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1983
When a new female detective is assigned to the 14th precinct, Cagney and Lacey can't agree on whether or not she is just too eager to prove herself or completely incompetent.
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Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1983
Cagney and Lacey investigate a rash of burglaries taking place in upscale apartment buildings; and a disabled girl's cynicism makes Chris all the more determined to recover the girl's stolen bicycle.
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Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1982
Cagney and Lacey investigate a series of stranglings involving women who worked for an erotic phone line, and Samuels' job is put in jeopardy when he publicly disagrees with his superior about the case.
#13 - High Steel
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1982
Harvey aids Chris and Mary Beth as they investigate the suspicious death of a former co-worker of his who fell from a high-rise.
#14 - Witness to an Incident
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1982
A young policeman's career hangs in the balance when Cagney and Lacey can't agree on the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a civilian.
#15 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/1982
On Christmas Eve, the squad searches for a sticky-fingered Santa inadvertently released from a holding cell; and Petrie's wife goes into labor.
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Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1983
Chris takes on the case of a murdered bag lady; and Cagney and Lacey are asked to star in a recruiting commercial for the NYPD.
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Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1983
A date rape investigation divides Cagney, who, along with the male detectives, feels the victim brought it on herself, and Lacey, who doesn't believe that philosophy.
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#18 - The Gang's All Here
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1983
The detectives of the 14th precinct set out to bring the perpetrators to justice after they are robbed of their guns, shields and possessions while celebrating Petrie's promotion at a bar--except for La Guardia, who found the experience so humiliating that he wants to resign.
#19 - Chop Shop
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1983
Members of a car-theft ring take Isbecki hostage after they learn he's a cop; and Petrie is involved in the shooting of a black youth.
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#20 - The Informant
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/1983
Cagney and Lacey disagree about using a young informant to help them nab a drug dealer selling PCP to students.
#21 - Mr. Lonelyhearts
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1982
A search for a missing woman leads to a bigamy scam; Cagney deals with an ardent suitor.
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Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1982
Cagney and Lacey lead an investigation into a series of robberies at exclusive beauty salons committed by assailants posing as cops.