The BEST episodes of Cagney & Lacey season 7

#1 - A Fair Shake (2)

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1988

#2 - The City is Burning

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1987

Corassa's gun is used to kill a black kid who just happens to be in a white section of town. The black community alleges coverup. This is based on a real-life incident.

#3 - Do I Know You?

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1988

Brad Potter seems like the perfect date - tall, handsome, successful. But he's really a date rapist. Cagney must explain to the guys at the precinct why she didn't draw her gun, and of course, the baddy says yes, it happened, but she consented

#4 - Loves Me Not

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1987

Petrie gets his promotion to sergeant and leaves the show (Carl Lumbly wanted out). Lacy interferes in a neighborhood dispute and her enraged neighbors call for a Civilian Review Board. David Keeler (back in Chris' good graces) comes to the rescue

#5 - No Vacancy

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1987

Cagney and Lacey have another star witness who needs special treatment. This one is a schizophrenic, although not too bad if he takes his medication. But, of course, he doesn't.

#6 - Friendly Fire

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1988

In a sequel to episode #112, Cagney's rape case goes to trial. The main story is that Harvey Jr. is missing while doing maneuvers. Fortunately Mary Beth has moral support from both her father and Christine.

#7 - A Fair Shake (1)

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1988

A bank is missing some money - not much, only $100,000. The baddy offers a plea bargain - she knows who stole $100 million. Now that's worth sending Cagney and Lacey to upstate New York to hunt down the bank president. But when they find him, they discover that the real bank president is gone, and that this is an FBI agent. Our heroines narrowly escape a shootout and get offered a promotion to Major Case Squad as the series ends

#8 - A Class Act

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/1988

A very valuable painting is stolen, and Cagney and Lacey make the rounds of fancy galleries looking for leads. In the B plot, Samuels has a reunion with an old friend. Also, the dissimilarities between David Keeler and Nick are shown. Nick was decidedly everything David was not and vice-versa.

#9 - Button, Button

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/1988

A man is murdered, and his girl friend begs the police for help. It's a hard case, since he was in the Federal Witness Protection Program

#10 - Shadow of a Doubt

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/1988

Cagney and Lacey go undercover at a computer manufacturer. But the company has random drug testing and Chris flunks it. Of course, David argues that this is a violation of her civil rights.

#11 - Old Flames

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1988

Harvey Jr. has his 18th birthday. His birthday present from his parents is a computer. His present to them is the announcement that he will enlist in the Marines.

#12 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1987

"Mature" prostitutes are getting bumped off, so our heroines go undercover to investigate. Merry Clayton joins the cast as Detective Verna Dee Jordan. Isbecki just adores having a woman partner.

#13 - School Daze

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/1988

The 14th Precinct gang takes a refresher course at the police academy, along with Detective Dupnick from Queens. Lacey is the eager, hand-up, teacher's pet. Chris thinks it's a waste of time

#14 - Land of the Free

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/1988

A Salvadoran refugee is murdered. Some people say he ran drugs, others say he was a saint. In the B story, Chris meets Nick the plumber at an AA meeting.

#15 - Greed

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1987

A game show is supposedly crooked. Once again, undercover work, this time as game show contestants (dressed up like fruits).

#16 - Secrets

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1987

Cagney gets her dream - a chance to work with the Major Task Force. But one of those so-polished officers is really a traitor. Will they find the traitor, or will the glamour get to Cagney?

#17 - Trading Places

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1988

When Samuels takes some time off, Chris expects to be put in charge. But a high-tech, none-""street"" officer, Lt. Thornton, gets the job. The crime case deals with construction kickbacks, so Harvey volunteers to help out by wearing a wire

#18 - Hello Goodbye

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/1988

David finally pops the question to Chris. she's consistent - she says no, even though Mary Beth likes him much better than she did Dory.

#19 - Amends

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1988

Thornton shoots a fellow officer in an operation that went bad. That's what happens when you put someone with no practical experience in charge

#20 - Yup

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1988

A Wall Street tycoon is burgled, and he has a lot of clout with the higher-ups. Harvey Jr. comes home for a visit, and nobody mentions the previous episode. (Rosenzweig usually does a much better job of continuity.)

#21 - Different Drummer

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1987

There's an older woman who acts strange, burns incense, and claims to be a witch. Is she? Or is she merely lonely and poor and standing in the way of higher real estate prices?

#22 - Video Verite

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1987

A valuable music video has been stolen, and there's some suspicious white powder about. In the meantime, Cagney's niece Bridget again visits, trying to carve out a career as a New York actress