Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Cagney & Lacey' from 1970-1982:
- Al Waxman as Lt. Bert Samuels (1982-1988)
- Carl Lumbly as Mark Petrie (1982-1988)
- Harvey Atkin as Ronald Coleman (1982-1988)
- John Karlen as Harvey Lacey (1982-1988)
- Martin Kove as Victor Isbecki (1982-1988)
- Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney (1982-1988)
- Sidney Clute as Paul La Guardia (1982-1988)
- Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey (1982-1988)
- Meg Foster as Christine Cagney (1982)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Cagney & Lacey':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Barbara Avedon, Barbara Corday D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Larry Gelman, David Paymer (Vinnie), Melonie Mazman (Cleo), Kenneth O'Brien (Father Kavanagh).
Debut of a police drama series about two female detectives who struggle against sexism -- and their chauvinist boss. Tonight, Cagney and Lacey go undercover as prostitutes to investigate a murder case.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Brian McKay D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Dick O'Neill (Charlie Cagney), Kim Miyori (Mai Ling), Phil Leeds (Hughes), Barney Martin (Sully), Mario Gallo (Benny Lewis).
Charlie Cagney assists Chris and Mary Beth on a case in Chinatown, one of his old beats from his police days.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Marshall Goldberg D: Reza Badiyi
With Antony Ponzini (Miles Grayson), Woody Eney (Blaine Stewart), Julie Carmen (Carmen), Marco Rodriguez (Manuel), Daniel Faraldo (Lopaca), Victor Campos (Cabrillo).
The murder of an illegal immigrant uncovers a human trafficking operation; Harvey performs a brave, yet dangerous, act to recover a child's pet.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Claudia Adams D: Ray Danton
With George Petrie (Polaski), Rose Portillo (Anna), Panchito Gomez (Esteban), Danny De la Paz (Mario).
Cagney and Lacey work the murder of a Hispanic gang member and are accused of racial prejudice.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Paul Reaman D: Ray Danton
With Lyman Ward (Arthur Barret), Gail Strickland (Ruth Dawes), Susan French (Rachel Collins), Douglas Dirkson (George Dawes), Martin Rudy (Reuben Comfort), Graham Brown (Dr. Norell).
Cagney and Lacey find evidence of a murder when responding to a child abuse call.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Bud Freeman D: Ray Danton
With Julie Adams (Helen Granger), John Walter Davis (Mike Walker), Tom Castronova (Mr. Aparicio), Sylvia Walden (Mrs. Walker), Johnny Haymer (Interviewer).
When an outspoken ERA critic's life is in danger, Cagney and Lacey are placed in charge of her protection.
October 25, 1982: Witness To An Incident
Season 2, episode 1
W: April Smith, Jeffrey Lane, Frank Abatemarco, Robert Crais D: Alexander Singer
With Sam Weisman (Greg Oliver), Paul Lieber (Willie Cahn), Lew Palter (Bob Fisher), Jason Bernard (Inspector Marquette), Jason Ronard (Panther), Milt Kogan (Hauser).
Cagney and Lacey witness an accidental police shooting, but have differing memories of exactly how it happened. Lacey feels heat from her superiors to fall in line with Cagney's accounting of events.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Robert Crais, April Smith D: Reza Badiyi
With Alan Fudge (Peter Caswell), Martin Garner (Mankowitz), George Loros (Arnold Cream), Michael V. Gazzo (Dino Lampella), Bert Remsen (Deputy Chief), Greg Monaghan (Joe Manelli), Sab Shimono (Cunningham).
A case of mistaken identity leads to a police officer's shooting at a restaurant; Isbecki does all he can to keep Chris and Mary Beth off the precinct's new softball team.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Robert Crais, April Smith D: Ray Danton
With Christine Belford (Theresa), Anne Seymour (Ethel), Jason Bernard (Inspector Marquette), Larry Gelman (Bill), Dennis Patrick, Henry Polic II (Francois), Barbara Cason (Elizabeth Moran).
Cagney and Lacey lead an investigation into a series of robberies at exclusive beauty salons committed by assailants posing as the police.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Rogers Turrentine D: Reza Badiyi
With Conchata Ferrell (Charlene), Pat Corley (Tom), Michael McGuire (Paul Hansen).
After a former co-worker falls to his death at a construction site, Harvey Lacey disagrees with the conclusion that his death was accidental and joins his daughter Mary Beth in the investigation.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Frank Abatemarco D: Leo Penn
With Jason Bernard (Inspector Marquette), Rick Lenz (Colton Wyler), Rita Taggart (Joy), Antony Ponzini (Allen Brown), Richard Minchenberg (Peter Daniels), Philip Baker Hall (Lt. Sweeney).
Chris and Mary Beth investigate a series of stranglings involving women who worked for the telephone sex trade; Lt. Samuels puts his career on the line when he bucks the opinion of a senior officer and tells the press that a single strangler is responsible.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Steve Greenberg, Aubrey Solomon D: Alexander Singer
With Meshach Taylor (Stereo Salesman), Dick O'Neill (Charlie Cagney), Louis Guss (Harold Krupp), Michael Durrell (Anthony Berwick), Tom Castronova (Mario).
When undercover agents start having their covers blown, Internal Affairs calls on Cagney and Lacey to uncover the informant lurking in their precinct, putting them in the uncomfortable position of snooping into the private lives of their fellow officers.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jeffrey Lane D: James Sheldon
With Fred Lehne (Burt), Jusith Ivey (Gwen), Amy Johnston (Julie Carson / Donna Moline), Janet MacLachlan (Lynne Sutter), Peggy McCay (Mrs. Moline), Henry Wilcoxon (Mr. Mathers), Harvey Vernon (Ed Waits), Steven Keats (Frank), Joe Horvath (Dr. Altman).
An elderly man asks the pair to find his young wife who has disappeared mysteriously, but when Cagney and Lacey start digging they find the wife is not who she claimed to be.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Rogers Turrentine D: Alexander Singer
With Christopher Allport (Charles Stephens), Robert Constanzo (Scarfali), Frantz Turner (Rasco), Tony Plana (Freddie).
Cagney and Lacey's working with a third detective to investigate illegal weaponry hits a snag when it is revealed that he may be gay and faces possible suspension.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Robert Crais D: Burt Brinckerhoff
With Suzanne Stone (Claudia Petrie), Barry Primus (Sgt. McKenna), Milton Selzer (Willie Boxer), Richard Masur (Ralph Barbinski), Michael C. Gwynne (Phillip Malik), Ned Glass (Pickpocket), Lyla Graham (Doris Rainey), John Del Regno (Myer Rudolpho).
A petty criminal's escape in a stolen squad car turns Lt. Samuels into a Scrooge, who forces the precinct to stay their entire shifts on Christmas Eve in effort to catch him.
Season 2, episode 10
W: April Smith D: Alexander Singer
With Barry Primus (Sgt. McKenna), Peter Jason (Leonard Nolan), David Fresco (George Poulianakis), Susan French (Mrs. Skimmins), Ron Max (Vince Russell), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Nolan).
A shady landlord attempting to turn his apartment building into condominiums is a prime suspect in the murder of an elderly resident.