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Two female cops, Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey,
fight crime in
New York City. It was groundbreaking in its time (
The Eighties); for that matter, you don't see many series like it today, either.
Tropes:
- Buddy Cop Show
- Cop Show
- Chase Scene
- Dirty Harriet
- The Eighties
- '80s Hair: Especially obvious in the first season opening, when they go undercover as hookers.
- Hide Your Lesbians: A constant worry of CBS was that the two female characters would be perceived as lesbians — as a result Mary Beth Lacey was married, and actress Meg Foster (playing Cagney) was replaced by Sharon Gless because she was "too aggressive and likely to be percieved as a lesbian by viewers". CBS hoped Sharon would be a more 'high-class' and 'feminine' Cagney, but fortunately the producers resisted this Executive Meddling and kept Cagney's tough working-class character.
- Missing Episode When reruning Cagney & Lacey, Lifetime omitted the first season episodes featuring Meg Foster as Cagney. The DVD release does likewise, labeling the second season (featuring Sharon Gless as Cagney) as the the first season.
- Lovely Angels
- Made-for-TV Movie: the pilot and four sequels (aired in the mid-1990s)
- Name and Name
- The Other Darrin: Loretta Swit played Cagney in the Made-for-TV Movie, but wasn't available for the series. Meg Foster played her for the first season before being replace by Sharon Gless, who played her for the rest of the run.
- Pretty in Mink: Cagney wears a fox fur coat in the second opening.
- Shirtless Scene: Given this show was for the ladies, Fanservice for them was only fair. Plus it was the best kind that TV standards at the time would allow.
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