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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 6434" data-attributes="member: 23">BETTER THAN EQUALOnce again, the episode opens with the requisite action scene. This one features an almost-siege at the station when a prisoner overcomes LaGuardia who is accompanying him to the toilet. There&#039;s a brief shoot out before he&#039;s recaptured, and - to be fair - it&#039;s an exciting little sequence. Cagney and Lacey arrive late onto the scene to see the captive being hauled away:CAGNEY: &quot;What happened?&quot;SAMUELS: &quot;He wanted a car and a tank full of gas.&quot;LACEY: &quot;Unleaded?&quot;They quickly discover their newest assignment is to provide security for über-conservative WASP mouthpiece Helen Granger who opposes equal rights for women, believing that &quot;every American woman has the right to be a full-time wife and mother without being forced to work outside the home… An awful lot of women insist upon going out to work and competing with men.&quot; Naturally, she&#039;s about as impressed with her female security as they are with her viewpoints.In the limo, Granger asks if they&#039;d like to be put in the picture of the situation regarding her stalker. Cagney cooly reels off dates, places and incidents. The longer her recitation goes on, the more nonplussed Granger looks while Mary Beth beams with amusement. At the end of her little spiel, Chris casually flips her notebook closed and looks out of the limo window with disinterest. It&#039;s a really nice moment for Meg Foster as Cagney. I especially enjoyed the sardonic deepening of her voice as she said &quot;you began to receive telephone calls of an obscene nature&quot;.The topic of feminism makes for some interesting discussion at the station:PETRIE: &quot;You guys sure are touchy about that woman.&quot;CAGNEY: &quot;How would you feel if you were guarding the head of the Ku Klux Klan?&quot;PETRIE: &quot;Might leave my gun at home.&quot;SAMUELS: &quot;It&#039;s that Gloria Steinem feminism stuff, right? C&#039;mon. C&#039;mon, explain it to me. I wanna know.&quot;LACEY: &quot;Men will not be truly liberated until women are. But Helen Granger doesn&#039;t want women to be liberated because she thinks men should take care of women.&quot;SAMUELS: &quot;I don&#039;t get it.&quot;LaGUARDIA: &quot;It&#039;s simple. Helen Granger says that women are already better than equal under the law. They don&#039;t have to serve in the army. They don&#039;t pay alimony.&quot;ISBECKI: &quot;You ask me, it&#039;s all bull.&quot;There&#039;s more personal touch as the net closes on the stalker and the two women visit his home and speak to his mother. Mary Beth looks at photos and shows an interest in what&#039;s in them, drawing comparisons to her own sons. A similar thing had happened when visiting the murdered girl&#039;s grandmother in the previous episode. There&#039;s a sense that Mary Beth is interested in human stories - something that she uses to enhance her police work. And indeed, it&#039;s the information she picked up there that she uses to keep the stalker on the phone long enough for him to be apprehended.Julie Adams (I recall her as the Cabot Cove gossip in a semi-regular role in later Murder, She Wrote seasons) is note perfect as Helen Granger, poised at all times with an undercurrent of venom and resentment. I appreciated that she didn&#039;t respond on learning that Cagney and Lacey had been instrumental in capturing her stalker. There was a brief flicker of something that passed over her face (respect? astonishment?) and she went back to brushing her perfectly coiffed hairflip.Nelson Riddle goes all out on this one. It&#039;s as OTT as any of his six episodes. The opening siege has that jazzy Batman sound which at this point was (sadly) par for the course with an episode. An appearance or phone call from the stalker is heralded by stinging strings. He may have been going for Bernard Herrmann, but the end result is uncannily similar to the brash and unsubtle score Harry Manfredini did for Friday The 13th.In the previous episode, I mentioned Mary Beth&#039;s smoking. There&#039;s a (possible) end to it here when she hasn&#039;t had time to get Harv an anniversary present. He asks her to quit smoking, telling her that if it buys him ten more years with her, it&#039;ll be one hell of a present. For anyone who&#039;s wondering, Harv got her some sexy lingerie, and Daly had the rare chance to look extremely glam and show off a frankly rather amazing leg.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 6434, member: 23"] [B][I]BETTER THAN EQUAL[/I][/B] Once again, the episode opens with the requisite action scene. This one features an almost-siege at the station when a prisoner overcomes LaGuardia who is accompanying him to the toilet. There's a brief shoot out before he's recaptured, and - to be fair - it's an exciting little sequence. Cagney and Lacey arrive late onto the scene to see the captive being hauled away: CAGNEY: "What happened?" SAMUELS: "He wanted a car and a tank full of gas." LACEY: "Unleaded?" They quickly discover their newest assignment is to provide security for über-conservative WASP mouthpiece Helen Granger who opposes equal rights for women, believing that "every American woman has the right to be a full-time wife and mother without being forced to work outside the home… An awful lot of women insist upon going out to work and competing with men." Naturally, she's about as impressed with her female security as they are with her viewpoints. In the limo, Granger asks if they'd like to be put in the picture of the situation regarding her stalker. Cagney cooly reels off dates, places and incidents. The longer her recitation goes on, the more nonplussed Granger looks while Mary Beth beams with amusement. At the end of her little spiel, Chris casually flips her notebook closed and looks out of the limo window with disinterest. It's a really nice moment for Meg Foster as Cagney. I especially enjoyed the sardonic deepening of her voice as she said "you began to receive telephone calls of [I]an obscene nature[/I]". The topic of feminism makes for some interesting discussion at the station: PETRIE: "You guys sure are touchy about that woman." CAGNEY: "How would you feel if you were guarding the head of the Ku Klux Klan?" PETRIE: "Might leave my gun at home." SAMUELS: "It's that Gloria Steinem feminism stuff, right? C'mon. C'mon, explain it to me. I wanna know." LACEY: "Men will not be truly liberated until women are. But Helen Granger doesn't want women to be liberated because she thinks men should take care of women." SAMUELS: "I don't get it." LaGUARDIA: "It's simple. Helen Granger says that women are already better than equal under the law. They don't have to serve in the army. They don't pay alimony." ISBECKI: "You ask me, it's all bull." There's more personal touch as the net closes on the stalker and the two women visit his home and speak to his mother. Mary Beth looks at photos and shows an interest in what's in them, drawing comparisons to her own sons. A similar thing had happened when visiting the murdered girl's grandmother in the previous episode. There's a sense that Mary Beth is interested in human stories - something that she uses to enhance her police work. And indeed, it's the information she picked up there that she uses to keep the stalker on the phone long enough for him to be apprehended. Julie Adams (I recall her as the Cabot Cove gossip in a semi-regular role in later [I]Murder, She Wrote[/I] seasons) is note perfect as Helen Granger, poised at all times with an undercurrent of venom and resentment. I appreciated that she didn't respond on learning that Cagney and Lacey had been instrumental in capturing her stalker. There was a brief flicker of something that passed over her face (respect? astonishment?) and she went back to brushing her perfectly coiffed hairflip. Nelson Riddle goes all out on this one. It's as OTT as any of his six episodes. The opening siege has that jazzy [I]Batman[/I] sound which at this point was (sadly) par for the course with an episode. An appearance or phone call from the stalker is heralded by stinging strings. He may have been going for Bernard Herrmann, but the end result is uncannily similar to the brash and unsubtle score Harry Manfredini did for [I]Friday The 13th[/I]. In the previous episode, I mentioned Mary Beth's smoking. There's a (possible) end to it here when she hasn't had time to get Harv an anniversary present. He asks her to quit smoking, telling her that if it buys him ten more years with her, it'll be one hell of a present. For anyone who's wondering, Harv got her some sexy lingerie, and Daly had the rare chance to look extremely glam and show off a frankly rather amazing leg. [/QUOTE]

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