The BEST episodes of Cagney & Lacey season 4
Every episode of Cagney & Lacey season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cagney & Lacey season 4!
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 - Who Says It's Fair (1)
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1985
After a large amount of cash is found in the locker of an eight-year-old latchkey kid, Cagney and Lacey respond to a call from his worried mother, who fears her young son is now missing; meanwhile, Mary Beth refuses to face the possibility of breast cancer.
#2 - Child Witness
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1984
An over-protective father refuses to let his child testify in a molestation case. Meanwhile, Petrie feels the way he was treated by two white officers who mistook him for a car thief was racially motivated.
#3 - Who Says It's Fair (2)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1985
Cagney and Lacey are called to testify against Kevin's mother in a custody hearing; meanwhile, as the rest of the 14th precinct prepares to take the Sergeant's exam, Mary Beth must miss it as she enters the hospital to treat her breast cancer diagnosis.
#4 - Heat
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1984
Tension rises with the temperature after Lacey is grabbed by an armed robber and held hostage in a sweltering boxcar.
#5 - Rules of the Game
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1985
Assigned to a task force to investigate the shooting death of a mugging victim, a fast-rising captain suggests that Cagney would do well to accept his advances or suffer the consequences of a bad evaluation.
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#6 - Stress
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1985
After witnessing a stabbing, Cagney becomes the target of the perpetrator, who has a history of making witnesses disappear; meanwhile, the NYPD brass implements mandatory stress reduction classes.
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#7 - Out of Control
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1984
Cagney and Lacey try to figure out how a man was shot to death during an attempted burglary by a cat burglar who didn't have a gun; meanwhile, Chris meets Dory's kids, and Lacey's son ignores warnings about playing with her gun.
#8 - Con Games
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1985
Cagney ignores both advice and threats as her sexual harassment charges against Captain Hennesey go to trial; meanwhile, Lacey acts as a decoy for the bunco squad during an investigation into fraud against the elderly.
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Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1984
A case of suicide becomes complicated when both the victim's wife and daughter confess to murder.
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Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1984
A weekend spent clearing up precinct paperwork leads to a race against time as Cagney and Lacey discover their forgery collar, who just made bail, is the culprit in an unsolved case nearing the statute of limitations.
#11 - Organized Crime
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1985
Cagney and Lacey catch the case of a murdered nun, whose family has Mafia connections; meanwhile, the squad receives the results of the sergeants' exam.
#12 - Taxicab Murders
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1984
The dangers of Lacey's job hit home when her son overhears his parents arguing about Mary Beth's dangerous assignment to stop a rash of cab-driver murders.
#13 - Lost and Found
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1985
Comfortable with convalescence, Lacey considers staying home permanently; meanwhile, Cagney is doing double duty as she investigates the murder of an informant and hunts for the thief who stole her prized Corvette.
#14 - Happily Ever After
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1985
A stray bullet leads Cagney and Lacey to the solution of 32,000 petty thefts committed by an ingenious credit department employee; meanwhile, Cagney considers marriage when Dory pops the question.
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Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1984
In the wake of questionable police shootings, the press paints Cagney's self-defense shooting of a Hispanic drug-dealer as being racially motivated.
#16 - Old Debts
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1984
Cagney and Lacey hunt for the murderer of a recently paroled cop killer, who was under their protective custody at the time.
#17 - Two Grand
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1985
After detectives at the 14th precinct are implicated in a jewel theft, Cagney gets a second chance to match wits with Albert Grand, the debonair jewel thief who made her look foolish during their last encounter.
#18 - Violation
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1985
Cagney and Lacey look into the rape of a teenage boy who was mistakenly sent to a violent adult prison for a petty crime.
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Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1984
The man who sponsored Dory through the drug rehab program is arrested for cocaine possession, causing tension between Cagney and Lacey when the evidence disappears shortly thereafter.
#20 - Lady Luck
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1984
Cagney and Lacey investigate when a woman Lacey saved from suicide winds up murdered a short while later; meanwhile, Isbecki falls for an artist who fought off a strangler.
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Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1984
Cagney's ex, Sgt. Dory McKenna, fresh out of rehab, is teamed with Chris and Mary Beth on a cocaine dealing case; and a captain who once worked for, and holds a grudge against Samuels, arrives to evaluate the 14th precinct.
#22 - American Dream
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1985
Cagney and Lacey uncover an extortion operation when a series of arsons all seem to benefit the same company; meanwhile, after Harvey gets a promotion, the prospect of finally being able to buy a house hits home for the Lacey's.