Watch Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Cagney & Lacey: The Return is a feature-length television film from 1994, a revival of the much-loved 1980s crime drama series Cagney & Lacey. This engaging program is a blend of police procedural, character drama and social commentary all rolled into one, designed to not just entertain but to make viewers think and maybe even change their perspectives.

The original series, which aired from 1981 to 1988, featured two titular characters, Mary Beth Lacey, portrayed by Tyne Daly, and Chris Cagney, originally played by Loretta Swit in a TV movie pilot before Sharon Gless took over in the regular series. Both actresses returned to reprise their roles in this 1994 film, which sees the dynamic duo being recalled to active duty to solve a case that could be linked to one from their past.

Cagney (Gless) and Lacey (Daly), were groundbreaking characters for their time, portrayed as two competent, dedicated, and resilient detectives in the New York City Police Department. Despite being in a field generally dominated by men, they were not restricted to clich