List of Moonlighting episodes
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The following is list of episodes for Moonlighting, a television series which starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
| # | TItle/Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | After being left broke by her embezzling accountant, Maddie decides to sell off her few remaining businesses kept open as tax write-offs — including Blue Moon Investigations. |
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| 3 | Gunfight at the So-So Corral March 5, 1985 |
Maddie arrives for her first day of work to find there are no cases on the books, so David poaches one from a rival agency. Unfortunately, the case puts them in the middle of two rival underworld hitmen. |
| 4 | Read the Mind... See the Murder March 12, 1985 |
An old friend of Maddie hires Blue Moon to provide security for SRT industries, and investigate a case of industrial espionage. |
| 5 | The Next Murder You Hear March 19, 1985 |
Maddie and David investigate the on-air shooting of a romantic talk-show host. |
| 6 | Next Stop Murder March 26, 1985 |
Agnes DiPesto, Maddie and David are trapped on a "murder mystery train," hosted by a famous mystery author. Unfortunately, a real murder occurs and the trio must solve the case. |
| 7 | The Murder's in the Mail April 2, 1985 |
Blue Moon is hurting for cash, so David and Maddie do some moonlighting of their own for a collection agency. They stumble into a mystery when they discover a dead body that subsequently disappears. |
[edit] Season 2
| # | Title/Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde? September 24, 1985 |
David's brother Richard (Charles Rocket) breezes into town, throwing money right and left while putting the moves on Maddie. When David is cornered by a menacing stranger, he realizes that the source of Richard's wealth may not be legitimate. |
| 2 | The Lady in the Iron Mask October 1, 1985 |
David and Maddie are hired by a woman in a veil to track down an ex-boyfriend who threw acid on her face in a fit of anger. She claims she wants to give him another chance, but shortly after they find him, he winds up dead. |
| 3 | Money Talks — Maddie Walks October 8, 1985 |
Maddie learns where her ex-accountant has bought a new life with her stolen money. She confronts him and demands her money back. David follows to prevent Maddie from embarrassing herself. The big confrontation involves a high stakes poker game. |
| 4 | The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice October 15, 1985 |
Orson Welles introduces this tribute to 1940s film noir. Maddie and David learn of a murder committed at a posh 1940s Big Band night club. Each dreams the role of the convicted murder and the circumstances leading to the crime; Cybill Shepherd turned in performances of "Blue Moon" and "I Told You I Love Ya, Now Get Out!" that breathlessly evoked the classic Swing Era band singers. Unfortunately each projects their own bias into their dream sequence. Welles died five days before the episode was broadcast, and it was dedicated to his memory. |
| 5 | My Fair David October 29, 1985 |
After walking in on an office limbo party, Maddie bets David that he can't act like a mature adult for one week as the two investigate the kidnapping of a famous concert pianist. |
| 6 | Knowing Her November 12, 1985 |
Maddie takes a wealthy female client who is being harassed by her rich husband. David used to date her, wants to help her, but becomes caught in the middle when the husband is murdered. |
| 7 | Somewhere Under the Rainbow November 19, 1985 |
A woman is being chased by several men, and hires the agency to protect her. She claims to be a leprechaun and Maddie and David must sort out fact from fiction. |
| 8 | Portrait of Maddie November 26, 1985 |
Maddie becomes obsessed with discovering the reasons behind the suicide of a man who had painted her portrait. |
| 9 | Atlas Belched December 10, 1985 |
David helps a young executive (played by Mark Linn-Baker) find his boss's prized Rolodex as Maddie considers selling the agency. |
| 10 | Twas the Episode Before Christmas December 17, 1985 |
A baby is left in Agnes' apartment, and Blue Moon must decide what to do when the baby's mother shows up for help. |
| 11 | The Bride of Tupperman January 14, 1986 |
A wealthy man hires the detectives to find him a suitable wife. David and Maddie decide to go their separate ways, each finding a candidate based on their own ideals. |
| 12 | North by North Dipesto January 21, 1986 |
Agnes, looking for some excitement, gets involved in a mystery after someone mistakes her for the owner of Blue Moon. |
| 13 | In God We Strongly Suspect February 11, 1986 |
David and Maddie are hired to watch over the body of an escape artist whose widow believes he will come back from the dead and kill her. |
| 14 | Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin February 18, 1986 |
Maddie asks David to follow her father after suspecting he is cheating on her mother. |
| 15 | Witness for the Execution March 11, 1986 |
An elderly man hires Maddie and David to witness his suicide and report the death as murder so his daughter can collect his life insurance. (This episode is notable as it contains the first non-imaginary kiss between the two.) |
| 16 | Sleep Talkin' Guy April 1, 1986 |
David solves several big cases and simultaneously impresses Maddie, who is unaware he is using information passed to him by a prostitute with a client who talks in his sleep. |
| 17 | Funeral for a Door Nail April 29, 1986 |
A man, depressed after the apparent death of his wife, decides to hire a hitman to kill him. After realising she is still alive, he hires Blue Moon to find her and stop the hitman. |
| 18 | Camille May 13, 1986 |
Conwoman Camille Brand (Whoopi Goldberg) becomes a national hero after accidentally preventing the assassination of a politician. David and Maddie decide to cash in on the publicity by giving her a job. Judd Nelson also stars as a policeman who spends much of the episode pursuing and attempting to arrest Camille. This episode also marks the first time that Moonlighting breaks the fourth wall not through brief one-line asides, but through an extended sequence in which the characters wander right off the show's set into other parts of the studio, and several members of the show's production crew appear on camera as part of the plot resolution. |
[edit] Season 3
| # | Title/Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Son Also Rises September 23, 1986 |
David's father arrives and tells his son that he is getting married... to a woman David once spent a torrid night with. |
| 2 | The Man Who Cried Wife September 30, 1986 |
A man hires Blue Moon to find his wife. He is certain that he killed her during an argument, but the day after he buried her in the woods, she started harassing him with threatening phone calls. |
| 3 | Symphony in Knocked Flat October 14, 1986 |
After complaining about uninspired dates, Maddie is challenged by David to let him provide a "fine" evening out, while she provides him with a "fun" one. |
| 4 | Yours, Very Deadly October 28, 1986 |
A married woman who has been writing to an unknown admirer hires David and Maddie to find him and tell him that she cannot continue the correspondence. |
| 5 | All Creatures Great and... Not So Great November 11, 1986 |
A Catholic priest hires Blue Moon to find a woman he has fallen in love with during confession — but does not know her name, or what she looks like. |
| 6 | Big Man on Mulberry Street November 18, 1986 |
Maddie discovers that David was once married when his ex brother-in-law dies and he must go to the funeral. Music in this episode is from Billy Joel - "Big Man on Mulberry Street" and "New York State of Mind". |
| 7 | Atomic Shakespeare November 25, 1986 |
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew seen through the eyes of a teenage Moonlighting fan. |
| 8 | It's a Wonderful Job December 16, 1986 |
Maddie wishes she'd never kept open Blue Moon Investigations. Her guardian angel obliges, and shows her how it could have been. See It's a Wonderful Life. |
| 9 | The Straight Poop January 6, 1987 |
Rona Barrett arrives at Blue Moon to investigate why there is no new episode, and why David and Maddie can't get along. Clip show. |
| 10 | Poltergeist III — Dipesto Nothing January 13, 1987 |
Bert is hired full-time and put to work on cases. Jealous of his increasing status at Blue Moon, Agnes takes a case turned down by Maddie and David — to investigate a haunting. |
| 11 | Blonde on Blonde February 3, 1987 |
Maddie reveals to David that she feels closed-in and needs to do something wild and crazy. David follows her to a club, but mistakenly ends up tailing a different girl. |
| 12 | Sam & Dave February 10, 1987 |
David crashes a dinner date between Sam and Maddie. David gets drunk and Sam takes him home. Sam returns to Maddie's house and spends the night with her. Sam asks Maddie to marry him. |
| 13 | Maddie's Turn to Cry March 3, 1987 |
David finds out about Sam's proposal, and that Maddie has not yet given him an answer. |
| 14 | I Am Curious... Maddie March 31, 1987 |
Maddie reaches a decision about her feelings for both Sam and David. |
| 15 | To Heiress Human May 5, 1987 |
It's the morning after the night before, and Maddie believes she's made a big mistake. |
[edit] Season 4
| # | Title/Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Trip to the Moon September 9, 1987 |
After a month of sleeping with David, Maddie wonders where the relationship is headed. |
| 2 | Come Back Little Shiksa October 6, 1987 |
Maddie retreats to her parents' house in Chicago while David tries to find a client's one-night stand. |
| 3 | Take a Left at the Altar October 13, 1987 |
David and Bert try to find a man who fails to show up for his wedding while Maddie continues to brood in Chicago. |
| 4 | Tale in Two Cities November 3, 1987 |
Unaware that Maddie is pregnant, her parents throw a party for her in an attempt to cheer her up. |
| 5 | Cool Hand Dave November 17, 1987 |
David finds out that Maddie is pregnant. While at the airport booking a flight to Chicago, David finds himself tricked into swapping places with a convict on his way to prison. |
| 6 | Cool Hand Dave (part 2) December 1, 1987 |
Mistakenly taken to prison under the name Scott Huntley, David must find a way to let Maddie know what has happened. |
| 7 | Father Knows Last December 15, 1987 |
David returns to Blue Moon to find the repo men clearing out the furniture, and the staff about to walk out having not been paid. Maddie's father finds out about her pregnancy and goes to see David in Los Angeles. |
| 8 | Los Dos DiPestos January 5, 1988 |
Agnes' mother (Imogene Coca) arrives in Los Angeles for a visit, fresh from a holiday in Mexico. Someone is following her and Agnes and Bert must help her find out who and why. |
| 9 | Fetal Attraction January 19, 1988 |
David finds a partner (Brooke Adams) to attend Lamaze classes with. Maddie makes preparations to return to Los Angeles. |
| 10 | Tracks of My Tears February 2, 1988 |
Maddie travels back to Los Angeles by train and meets Walter Bishop (Dennis Dugan) on the way. David and Maddie are finally reunited, but Maddie has some news for him. |
| 11 | Eek! A Spouse! February 9, 1988 |
Maddie's sudden marriage to Walter Bishop continues to make life at Blue Moon awkward. Maddie and David are hired by a woman to pay her husband's mistress to leave town. |
| 12 | Maddie Hayes Got Married March 1, 1988 |
David arranges a marriage ceremony for Maddie and Walter. |
| 13 | Here's Living With You, Kid March 15, 1988 |
Bert asks Agnes to move in with him. |
| 14 | And the Flesh Was Made Word March 22, 1988 |
Maddie and Walter have their marriage annulled. Blue Moon is hired by a business man to find the girl that his business partner is infatuated with. |
[edit] Season 5
| # | Title/Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Womb With a View December 6, 1988 |
Maddie's baby is given the chance to see his future parents from within the womb. Maddie loses the baby. |
| 2 | Between a Yuk and a Hard Place December 13, 1988 |
In the wake of her miscarriage, Maddie throws herself into her work and David decides to get away. |
| 3 | The Color of Maddie December 20, 1988 |
A woman comes to Blue Moon wondering if the man she's living with is really her husband. David tells Maddie he knows her better than she will admit. |
| 4 | Plastic Fantastic Lovers January 10, 1989 |
Blue Moon is hired by a victim of botched plastic surgery. David and Maddie discuss whether their attraction was more than skin deep. |
| 5 | Shirts and Skins January 17, 1989 |
The boys and girls of Blue Moon investigate different sides of the same sexual harassment case. |
| 6 | Take My Wife, For Example February 7, 1989 |
An infamous divorce lawyer, "The Barracuda", hires Blue Moon to help save a marriage. |
| 7 | I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld February 14, 1989 |
A client dies in Maddie's office. His friend arrives looking for him and reveals that they have won the lottery... and he has only half the winning ticket. |
| 8 | Those Lips, Those Lies April 2, 1989 |
David's brother, Richie, arrives with his new girlfriend and asks a favor from David and Maddie. |
| 9 | Perfetc April 9, 1989 |
A dying man hires Blue Moon to help prove that he committed the "perfect crime." |
| 10 | When Girls Collide April 16, 1989 |
Maddie's cousin Annie (Virginia Madsen) arrives in Los Angeles. |
| 11 | In 'n Outlaws April 23, 1989 |
Agnes misses Bert's family reunion when she is called for jury duty. |
| 12 | Eine Kleine Nacht Murder April 30, 1989 |
Maddie witnesses a murder and is placed under police protection. Annie moves in with David. |
| 13 | Lunar Eclipse May 14, 1989 |
Annie's husband arrives at Blue Moon. David breaks it off with Annie for her own good. Bert and Agnes get married. Maddie and David learn that Moonlighting has been cancelled when they return to the office and it's in the process of being dismantled by studio staff. |
Total number of episodes: 66
