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...with Frank and Joyce (Daniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel) heading closer to a permanent split as she leaves for Paris; a character on St. Elsewhere with liver cancer will take a turn for the worse; and Officer Chris Cagney (Sharon Gless) will believe she is pregnant as Cagney & Lacey departs for its summer vacation. Dallas' season finale is still a deep secret, but hints are that the enemies of J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) may have something ominous in store for the dastardly oilman. Most spectacular of all will be the finish of Falcon Crest's third season...
...that was yesterday. Now CBS is busily refurbishing the image of the city and its inhabitants. Four of the network's current shows revolve around street-smart New York women, all but one of them single, and none a ditsy ingenue. Cagney & Lacey and the newest show, Kate & Allie, feature pairs of female buddies trying to cope; Mama Malone and Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs showcase brassy and boisterous women who cannot help stirring up trouble...
Although the most authentic New York touch about Cagney & Lacey is the latter's Bronx accent ("I swear I'll take ya outta the game"), the relationship between the leads is canny and convincing. The pair do a balancing act: Cagney is hard bitten on the outside, a soft touch underneath; Lacey, played with subtlety and warmth by Tyne Daly, is motherly in manner but rough with the "poipatraters." The original show was canceled last spring, but CBS decided to bring it back to life in part because of a deluge of protest mail from viewers who responded...
...most expensive costume went for $14 to a student who came to find a "pregnant nun" outfit, Johnson said. He opted instead for an elaborate Louis X VI cost made of rich brocade with lacey cuffs...
...perhaps, time to reflect on a comment by Lacey, one of the calmest and most benign of the journalists who write about the monarchy: "One must not reveal too much of the mystery because the royals have faults, dishonesties, nastinesses like anyone else. A lot of us happen to think that the illusions and idealization which surround this family is quite a healthy thing. Everyone needs vehicles for their social dreams...