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Sharon Gless Interview on "Cagney & Lacey" Date Rape Episode (January 4, 1988)

TV Review; Date Rape on 'Cagney and Lacey' Jan. 5, 1988 WHY does CBS keep conveying the distinct impression that, all things being equal, it would prefer not to have ''Cagney and Lacey'' on its schedule? You may remember that the series was officially canceled a few years ago and then brought back, thanks largely to viewer protests. Since then the show had been doing reasonably well in the ratings on Monday nights, although rumors of its permanent cancellation continued to circulate each year at renewal time. But the thing keeps on winning Emmy Awards, most notably for its two stars, Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless. Nevertheless, CBS has now seen fit to move ''Cagney and Lacey'' to Tuesdays at 10, while giving the comfortably established Mondays-at-10 slot to the new and highly touted series ''Wiseguy.'' In the new lineup, ''Cagney and Lacey'' will be competing with ''Crime Story'' on NBC and ''Thirtysomething'' on ABC. All of which makes Barney Rosenzweig, the fiercely protective executive producer of ''Cagney and Lacey,'' so nervous that he has been circulating advance copies of this evening's episode. Perhaps he wants to assure fans that the series will continue to tackle controversial subjects. Of course, attention of any sort can't hurt, either. Having taken on sensitive subjects ranging from racial prejudice to alcoholism, ''Cagney and Lacey'' turns its attention tonight to what has come to be called date rape. Detective Sgt. Christine Cagney (Ms. Gless) has a date with Brad Potter (Jack Bannon), a businessman who is smooth and elegant enough to impress even Detective Mary Beth Lacey (Ms. Daly). What we see of the evening borders on the ideal. Bringing Chris home, Brad is the perfect gentleman, respecting her wish not to invite him in for a drink and departing after a brief but romantic kiss. But then Mary Beth gets a telephone call from a traumatized Chris. She has been raped. She explains that Brad returned to her apartment, saying his car battery was dead. Getting inside, supposedly to call for help, he attacked Christine, threatening to kill her if she did not submit. Terrified, she let him do whatever he wanted. After years of investigating other rape cases and dealing with personal traumas, Christine suddenly finds she is completely unprepared to deal with her own problem. She has to go through a painstaking gynecological examination and then face the questions of investigating officers, one of whom is openly skeptical about her story. At work, her well-meaning colleagues are unintentionally insensitive, especially when it comes to the issue of her ''submission.'' She has to argue her own case: ''I did submit because I wanted to stay alive. Damn it, it's my body. He had no right.'' Not surprisingly, before long Christine, an alcoholic, is pouring herself a stiff drink and facing even more problems. Kathryn Ford's script and Sharron Miller's direction pack the episode with powerful moments. Indeed, too many. Here is an instance where a two-parter may have been advisable. The issues and character turns are crammed just a bit too tightly into this single 50-minute hour. The conclusion, designed to be reassuring, is delivered in what amounts to shorthand. Just when tough Christine seems ready to teach her slick attacker a lesson, the show is over and the credits are flowing over a freeze-frame. We learn two things: ''Cagney and Lacey'' is feisty, and the single-hour format has its limitations. Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress and author, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88), the title role in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–92), Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer as Folk (2000–2005), and Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007–2013). A 10-time Emmy Award nominee[1] and seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won a Golden Globe in 1986[2] and Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for Cagney & Lacey,[1] and a second Golden Globe in 1991 for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill.[2] Gless received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995.[3] Early life and career A fifth-generation Californian, Gless was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Marjorie (McCarthy) and sportswear manufacturing executive Dennis J. Gless. She was raised Catholic.[4] She has two brothers, Michael McCarthy Gless and Arick Dennis Gless. Her parents divorced when she was in her teens.[4] Her maternal grandfather was Neil McCarthy,[5] a prominent Los Angeles attorney for Howard Hughes, who also had a large clientele of major film-studio executives and actors. Wanting to become an actress, she sought her grandfather's advice and he told her, "Stay out of it, it's a filthy business!"[5] A few years later, though, when she spoke to him again about acting, he encouraged her, and gave her money for acting classes.[6][7]