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
The Stepford Husbands third sequel in a string of stories based on the original concept of the novel. The first sequel, "Revenge of the Stepford Wives" (1980), starred Don Johnson, Sharon Gless, and Julie Kavner and suggested a similar drug-induced compliance. The second sequel, "The Stepford Children", (1987) starred Barbara Eden and hewed closer to the original. The third sequel basically reverses the roles, with the women being the oppressors. Louise Fletcher's role, in particular, recalls the role of "Diz", the Men's Club President, in the original. The Executive Producer for the film is Edgar J. Scherick, who produced the first film. "The