Cagney & Lacey Cain, and show the two lead characters being promoted to plainclothes detectives and later disguised as prostitutes. This was replaced the following season by an instrumental theme composed by Bill Conti set to a collage of action and comical scenes featuring the characters from the series. The series was followed by four television movies which reunited the characters Christine Cagney (promoted and now working at the District Attorney's office) and Mary Beth Lacey (now retired from the police force). Following the conclusion of "Cagney & Lacey", Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless have reunited onscreen three times: all three times playing
Mary Beth Long her as an Outstanding Alumni Scholar in 2006. In 2010, Long was the 15th speaker in the annual Mark Luchinisky Memorial Lecture series at Penn State University. In June 2017, Long received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State University, the University’s highest honor presented to its alumni. The same year, she was appointed to the inaugural Provost's Global Advisory Council at the University. Mary Beth Long Mary Beth Long is an American foreign policy expert, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Government official. From 2007-2009, Long served as the first woman confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary of Defense,