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Cagney & Lacey Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Child Witness
Mon, Oct 15, 198460 mins
An over-protective father hinders prosecution of a babysitter who may have molested his daughter. Petrie gets beaten by some white NYPD officers who don't know he's a detective.
Episode 2
Heat
Mon, Oct 22, 198460 mins
Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.
Episode 3
Insubordination
Mon, Oct 29, 198449 mins
Cagney and Lacey assist Sgt. McKenna, newly returned from drug rehab. A captain who used to work under Lt. Samuels envisions changes at the precinct.
Episode 4
Old Debts
Mon, Nov 5, 198460 mins
Cagney and Lacey work to track down a murderer who managed to kill a newly-paroled cop-killer who was under their protection.
Episode 5
Fathers & Daughters
Mon, Nov 12, 198460 mins
A man's apparent suicide is just the tip of the iceberg. When his wife and daughter confess to his murder in order to protect each other, Cagney and Lacey must determine the guilty one in order to prosecute.
Episode 6
Taxicab Murders
Mon, Nov 19, 198460 mins
With the 14th Precinct's detectives driving taxi cabs to solve a rash of hack murders, Mary Beth's son becomes frightened the ruse will cost his mother her life.
Episode 7
Unusual Occurence
Mon, Nov 26, 198460 mins
The press paints Christine's self-defense shooting of a Hispanic drug-dealer as being racially motivated.
Episode 8
Thank God It's Monday
Mon, Dec 3, 198460 mins
A weekend spent clearing up lousy precinct paperwork leads Chris and Mary Beth to race to serve a warrant before the statute of limitations expires. Meanwhile Det. Petrie finds his weekend used up painting his apartment.
Episode 9
Hooked
Mon, Dec 10, 198460 mins
When Sgt. McKenna's drug rehab sponsor is caught with cocaine, his defending of him gives Christine doubts over whether he was ever really drug-free himself.
Episode 10
Lady Luck
Mon, Dec 17, 198460 mins
When a woman Mary Beth saved from suicide winds up murdered shortly thereafter, the investigation uncovers massive gambling debts, and sends Cagney and Lacey after a loan shark who may be involved.
Episode 11
Out of Control
Mon, Dec 31, 198460 mins
When a captured burglar swears he never uses a gun, it sends Cagney and Lacey to figure out how a shooting also occurred at the scene of the crime. Dory finally feels it's time for Christine to meet his children.
Episode 12
American Dream
Mon, Jan 7, 198560 mins
When a series of arsons all seem to benefit the same company, Cagney and Lacey uncover an extortion operation.
Episode 13
Happily Ever After
Mon, Jan 14, 198560 mins
Dory proposes to Christine, who has a few questions of her own she needs an answer to before she gives him one. Meanwhile, a long string of tiny thefts leads to big profit for an ingenious credit department employee.
Episode 14
Rules of the Game
Mon, Jan 28, 198560 mins
Chris and Mary Beth are delighted when they catch a major case, and get to work for an attractive captain, but Chris takes issue with the captain's advances towards her.
Episode 15
Stress
Mon, Feb 4, 198560 mins
After witnessing a stabbing, Chris becomes the target of the prepetrator, who has a history of making witnesses disappear. Meanwhile, the NYPD brass demand stress reduction classes for the 14th Precinct.
Episode 16
Who Says It's Fair: Part 1
Mon, Feb 11, 198560 mins
Mary Beth ignores a lump in her breast, while Chris and Harvey beg her to get the care she needs. Meanwhile, the mother of a missing child feels she'd get more attention if her son were white.
Episode 17
Who Says It's Fair: Part 2
Mon, Feb 18, 198560 mins
With Christine busy looking for a missing child and getting ready for the sergeant's exam, Mary Beth prepares for her breast surgery.
Episode 18
Lost and Found
Mon, Feb 25, 198549 mins
While Mary Beth recovers from breast surgery, and mulls retirement, Chris has her prized Corvette stolen, but it may provide her a leg up on the sergeant's exam. Meanwhile, an informant is murdered, leaving Chris to find out the who and why.
Episode 19
Two Grand
Mon, Mar 4, 198560 mins
Albert Grand, the jewel thief whom Chris failed to apprehend, has returned. And she is determined not to let him get away.
Episode 20
Con Games
Mon, Mar 11, 198560 mins
Mary Beth swindles the swindlers in a case with the bunco unit. Meanwhile, Chris' sexual harassment charges against Captain Hennesey go to trial.
Episode 21
Violation
Mon, Mar 18, 198549 mins
A teenager is raped when he's accidentally sent to a violent prison over a petty crime, resulting in both a lawsuit from his parents and a case for Cagney and Lacey to solve.
Episode 22
Organized Crime
Mon, Apr 8, 198549 mins
When the goddaughter of a mobster is murdered, the mobster (José Quintero) offers to have his gang investigate the crime and come up with a suspect. But anything the Mob does as a favor carries a price, and though this particular price is never stated, Mary Beth Lacey is adamant about refusing the offer and pursuing the killer through the regular legal channels. When Cagney and Lacey do find the killer through standard procedures, the mobster drives up to them, thanks them through his car window - and drives away.