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 Maxwell sits on the board of directors of The Discount Foundation. Maxwell was rumored to be a serious candidate for Secretary of Labor in Barack Obama's administration. She would have been the first openly lesbian cabinet secretary. Instead, Obama selected Hilda Solis, a member of Congress. Maxwell lives in Washington D.C. with her seven-year-old adopted son. Maxwell earned a BA in English, philosophy and political science from Marquette University. Mary Beth Maxwell Mary Beth Maxwell was the founding executive director of American Rights at Work and the author of the organization's inaugural report. Maxwell was chosen in April 2009 by President