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POST PARTUM

Director: Georg Stanford Brown

Written by: Liz Coe & Steve Brown

Lacey’s estranged father, Martin Zzbiske tracks her down despite his abandonment of the family when she was a child. Lacey, still bitter and angry, at first refuses to see him. She relents enough to see him before he leaves, but not enough to forgive him.

Subplot
: Cagney and David Keeler team up to investigate the case of a West Point cadet accused of possession of cocaine who refuses to speak in his own defense.

THE MAN WHO SHOT TROTSKY

Director: Alexander Singer

Writen by: Peter Lefcourt and Kathryn Ford

Cagney goes after Mansfield (the drug dealer first seen in ENTRAPMENT) determined to arrest him and have it stick. It’s become a personal grudge with her, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to bring him in. That includes using Hector Estevez (the car thief first seen in LOST AND FOUND) as an informant again and pushing him too far. Lacey clashes with Cagney over her use of Hector, and, although they do get Mansfield (acting on Hector’s information) it is a Pyrrhic victory when Hector is murdered as a result of his being an informer.

Subplot
: Petrie and Isbecki investigate a murder in Union Square Park. The victim’s name: Leon Trotsky.

EXIT - STAGE CENTER

Director: James Frawley

Teleplay by: Steve Johnson

Story by: Steve Johnson and Jeff Nelson

Noreen Dixon, star of stage and screen (and one of Lacey’s idols) is dead. Cagney and Lacey have to determine if it was suicide or murder and if the latter, then by whom: the jealous understudy, the thwarted lovers, the threatened ex—husband, or the greedy producer? The final conclusion: Accidental death, by overacting.

Subplot
: Harvey reveals that he’d been married, at 16, for all of 24 hours. Lacey feels betrayed that Harvey kept this a secret all these years.

Subplot
: Samuels’ son is buying into a restaurant, and Samuels asks Cagney to find him a date for the opening night party.

CAPITALISM

Director: Alexander Singer

Written by: Frederick Rappaport

A Cambodian immigration lawyer, is murdered. Suspicion centers on other Cambodian immigrants who he was exploiting, but it turns out his American business partner, who taught him English, murdered him when she learned he was planning to end their partnership.

Subplot
: Delayed by bad weather in his start on the Saratoga job, Harvey is ridden with anxiety that creates friction in the Lacey household. He toys with giving up his job, although he sees it as their ticket to a better life. Lacey helps pull Harvey through this difficult time until the weather breaks.

Subplot
: Cagney tries to sell her beloved problematic Corvette. In the end, she cannot part with it and decides to keep it with her forever as a piece of sculpture…a cube of crushed metal.

EXTRADITION

Director: Charles S. Dubin

Teleplay by: Kathryn Ford

Story by: Bob Rosenfarb

Cagney and Lacey travel to Los Angeles to extradite a perp in an old case of Lacey’s. Unfortunately, the perp is released prematurely by computer error, and promptly goes into hiding. Cagney and Lacey track him down. In the airport, he escapes again, and gives himself up when Lacey appeals to his fatherly instincts. It is clear their perp is not a typical criminal. He has rehabilitated himself, and now has a wife, a child and a good job. What would a term in prison serve? When Lacey learns that the complainant has died, she arranges for her charge’s release.

Subplot
: Cagney visits her brother Brian’s family for the first time in twelve years. Cagney and Brian clash over his older daughter Bridget, who’s a lot like Cagney.

A SAFE PLACE

Director: Alexander Singer

Written by: Georgia Jeffries

Cagney and Lacey investigate a plutonium theft: two yuppie thieves steal a car containing a small vial of the metal. When the FBI agent assigned to the investigation pulls jurisdiction on Cagney and Lacey and takes the case away from them, concerns are raised about nuclear responsibility and the government’s handling of the problem.

Subplot
: The Laceys make an offer on their dream house.

Subplot
: Cagney turns an uncomfortable 40.

MODEL CITIZEN

Director: Jeffrey Hayden

Written by: Hannah Louise Shearer

Revisions by: Patricia Green

When an exemplary labor leader is killed execution style, Cagney and Lacey search for a connection with the mob. The connection turns out to be that he was mistakenly killed in his drug-dealing son’s place.

Subplot
: Cagney’s niece arrives unexpectedly from Los Angeles and gives Cagney her first taste of parenting.

Subplot
: Cagney gifts Lacey with a British nanny when Harvey’s mother has to be out of town.

PARTING SHOTS

Note:
Emmy
award for Georg Stanford Brown, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Director: Georg Stanford Brown

Written by: Liz Coe

The 14th Precinct is shattered when Newman is shot outside the court house. While the murder investigation becomes top priority, each detective deals with the death in his or her own way. It turns out the shooter had no reason for killing Newman. He just wanted to see if he could commit a murder and get away with it. Cagney, who is masking her grief with humor, is shattered by the revelation that the killing was random. At last, she tries to deal with her true sadness about Newman’s untimely death.

SEASON 6 (1986-7)

SCHEDULE ONE

Director: Alexander Singer

Written by: Robert Eisele

Cagney and Lacey are told by a junkie that one of their own is scooping heroin; the informer points out Isbecki. Cagney, Lacey and Samuels decide to investigate, keeping it to themselves. They plan to set Isbecki up. When they catch him red-handed, he tells them it is for his mother (his only family) who is dying of cancer and in terrible pain. She is allergic to anything the doctors can prescribe. She begged Victor to kill her; what else could he do? Cagney, Lacey and Samuels must decide among themselves how to handle the situation. They unanimously agree to cover for Isbecki, even though they might be risking their own careers. The morning they are to tell Isbecki his fate, he is two hours late. Samuels begins to explode when Isbecki tells them his mother just died.

Subplot
: Harvey and Lacey are getting ready for their move. Lacey is working long hours due to the Isbecki situation and Harvey is left to do the packing with his own complicated numbering system. Lacey’s secrecy about Isbecki creates tension between them. They finally move to their dream house.

CULTURE CLASH

Director: Ray Danton

Written by: Frank South

Cagney and Lacey respond to a series of calls from an Afghani immigrant, about his younger sister. First a poisoning, then a rape, finally a kidnapping. During their various interviews it becomes apparent that the young immigrant and his older sister are not adjusting to life in their new country the way the younger sister has. The younger sibling has become thoroughly Americanized while they cling to the old ways. They fear for her soul and want the American police to teach her respect for her heritage. It becomes clear that the young girl has run away, but then is found brutally murdered. Her brother confesses to the crime, abiding by the laws of his new country. He “had” to kill her because, according to their religion and tradition, she had “lost her soul.”

Subplot
: Cagney and Lacey are recommended for an armed robbery task force. They do not get the promotion because Cagney’s interviewer is an old partner of her old nemesis, Hennessy.

Subplot
: The Laceys attempt to settle into their new house and brave a neighborhood barbecue.

Subplot
: Isbecki is overcompensating for the error of his ways in SCHEDULE ONE. No one knows what to think. Finally Petrie manages to bring back the old Isbecki.

DISENFRANCHISED

Director: James Frawley

Written by: Dan Freudenberger

A thirteen-year-old child claims her five-year-old sister is being molested by their father but due to insufficient evidence the case is dismissed. Cagney and Lacey are deeply involved, feeling that children can get no justice as they pull out all the stops to go after the father. The mother reveals, to their disgust, that she knew what the father was doing all along. The children are taken to a shelter where Cagney learns that when the older girl, Jenny, was young, he “did it to her.” This opens the case back up, and Cagney and Lacey approach one of Jenny’s teachers who refuses to help even though she knows there was a problem in Jenny’s past. In court, Jenny accuses her father of raping her and he falsely accuses her of being sexually active with several boys. Finally the teacher comes forward to offer testimony and as a result of the trial, the two children are separated and sent to different foster homes. Cagney and Lacey plead with the judge to keep the children together but the judge tells them her hands are tied by laws that are unjust to children.

Subplot
: Charlie has applied for a job as a security officer. They turn him down because of his age and he goes off the wagon. Cagney fights with him about his drinking.

Subplot
: The Laceys are still settling in and Michael has a persistent stomach ache that disappears once he feels more confident and comfortable in his new school.

SORRY, RIGHT NUMBER

Director: Alexander Singer

Written by: Bill Taub

It’s hot and the city seems on the verge of a blackout. Cagney and Lacey are investigating a series of burglaries, all uptown Fifth Avenue, all doctors or therapists of some sort. Meanwhile, Petrie and Isbecki are investigating a homicide in the same building as one of Cagney and Lacey’s burglaries. Lacey and Isbecki are trapped in an elevator on their way to their respective crime investigations. Isbecki is claustrophobic. They talk about his mother, western movies and finally, their cases. Lacey realizes another common factor: all the burglaries and the homicide used the same answering service. Lacey and Isbecki are saved from the elevator and Lacey tells all that Victor has solved the cases.

Subplot
: Cagney is planning for a long weekend away from the city with Keeler, against her better judgment.

Subplot
: Harvey buys Lacey a microwave but they just can’t seem to get it right. Lacey vows they’ll use it to make things better for themselves, somehow.

ROLE CALL

Director: James Frawley

Written by: Marcy Vosburgh and Sandy Sprung

Cagney and Lacey differ on how to deal with a sexy TV star who rides along with them for research. Cagney feels she is making fun of police work in her television show and of women in general, while Lacey is delighted to find she is very real, a working single parent. In the end, Cagney realizes that she isn’t that different from herself. They are both women who have struggled to gain respect in their different fields.

Subplot
: Petrie invests in a Black community real estate project and Isbecki feels that he has been left out, discriminated against because he isn’t Black. Ultimately, Petrie’s dreams of success are shattered when the deal falls through.

THE ZEALOT

Director: Francine Parker

Written by: Kathryn Ford

Cagney and Lacey are working closely with a charismatic D.A. on a big kiddie porn case. Cagney feels a special bond with him because they both share a passion for their work. When he is murdered after a dinner date with Cagney, she and Lacey enter the gray world with which he was obsessed in order to find his killer. Cagney has a hard time coming to grips with the fact that he may have become too deeply enmeshed in this world especially after they learn that he had been seeing a prostitute on a regular basis. Eventually they find the murderer, the prostitute’s ex-pimp, and discuss how difficult but necessary it is to leave your work at the office and not take it home. Cagney has a tougher time with this and struggles at the end with whether or not she should bring her work home.