Ep 15. Jane Doe #37

Cagney & Lacey season 2 episode 15, titled "Jane Doe #37", follows detectives Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey as they investigate the case of a woman found unconscious and severely beaten in a park.

As the detectives start to piece together the events leading up to the woman's attack, they discover that the victim, whom they refer to as "Jane Doe #37", had been working as a prostitute to support herself. The investigation takes Cagney and Lacey into the seedy underbelly of the city as they interview other sex workers and their clients.

The episode also explores the personal lives of the detectives. Lacey grapples with the decision to put her mother in a nursing home, and Cagney confronts her feelings of loneliness and lack of fulfillment in her personal life.

As the investigation of "Jane Doe #37" continues, Cagney and Lacey discover that the victim had been trying to change her life and get out of the sex industry. The detectives work diligently to identify the attacker and bring him to justice, uncovering a complex web of lies and deception along the way.

Throughout the episode, the bond between Cagney and Lacey deepens as they support each other through their personal struggles and work together to solve the case. With its combination of gritty police procedural and nuanced character development, "Jane Doe #37" is a standout episode in Cagney & Lacey's second season.