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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting

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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases,...

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  1. Background image for Portrait of Maddie
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Portrait of Maddie

    S2:E8

    Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.

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  2. Background image for Atlas Belched
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Atlas Belched

    S2:E9

    Dave busies himself finding an important phone index for a hapless young executive while Maddie mulls over an offer to sell the agency to a competitor.

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  3. Background image for The Bride of Tupperman
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Bride of Tupperman

    S2:E11

    Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.

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  4. Background image for North by North Dipesto
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - North by North Dipesto

    S2:E12

    A restless Ms. Dipesto gets a chance for danger and excitement when she gets a piece of paper from a mysterious man while attending a ball in Dave and Maddie's place.

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  5. Background image for In God We Strongly Suspect
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - In God We Strongly Suspect

    S2:E13

    Dave and Maddie agree to "corpse-sit" for an escape artist's widow, who believes her dead husband's threats to come back and get even with her.

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  6. Background image for Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

    S2:E14

    Maddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.

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  8. Background image for Witness for the Execution
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Witness for the Execution

    S2:E15

    A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.

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  9. Background image for Sleep Talkin' Guy
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Sleep Talkin' Guy

    S2:E16

    Dave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.

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  10. Background image for Funeral for a Door Nail
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Funeral for a Door Nail

    S2:E17

    A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.

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  11. Background image for Camille
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Camille

    S2:E18

    Dave hires an unlucky con woman who accidentally became a heroine when she stopped an assassination attempt against a United States senator, but who is still pursued by a determined crooked cop.

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  12. Background image for The Son Also Rises
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Son Also Rises

    S3:E1

    David's estranged father makes a surprise visit to announce his upcoming wedding and to introduce his bride-to-be, who comes as a shock to David.

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  13. Background image for The Man Who Cried Wife
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Man Who Cried Wife

    S3:E2

    A man hires Dave and Maddie to find his wife, who's been making mysterious late night phone calls to him, the same wife he's sure he killed and buried in the forest.

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  14. Background image for Symphony in Knocked Flat
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Symphony in Knocked Flat

    S3:E3

    Dave and Maddie agree to each arrange what they consider to be an ideal evening for the other, but the concert tickets Dave buys from a scalper get them into nothing but trouble.

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  15. Background image for Yours, Very Deadly
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Yours, Very Deadly

    S3:E4

    Dave and Maddie are hired by a married woman to find the man she has been sharing a torrid romantic correspondence with and make sure he understands the arrangement is over.

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  16. Background image for All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great

    S3:E5

    A priest asks Dave and Maddie to find a woman he's become infatuated with during confession and whose latest revelation was her intention to kill herself.

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  17. Background image for Atomic Shakespeare
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Atomic Shakespeare

    S3:E7

    A boy hoping to watch Moonlighting but forced to study Shakespeare instead daydreams about the cast performing their own version of The Taming of the Shrew complete with Petruchio Dave and Kate Maddie.

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  18. Background image for A Trip to the Moon
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - A Trip to the Moon

    S4:E1

    After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.

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  19. Background image for Come Back Little Shiksa
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Come Back Little Shiksa

    S4:E2

    With Maddie in Chicago, Dave feels very sympatico with a client who offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.

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  20. Background image for Take a Left at the Altar
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Take a Left at the Altar

    S4:E3

    David recruits Bert Viola as his detecting companion in a case concerning a man who failed to show up for his wedding while Maddie continues to brood in Chicago.

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    Director:Sam Weisman
    Writer:Karen Hall
  21. Background image for Tale in Two Cities
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Tale in Two Cities

    S4:E4

    Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.

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  22. Background image for Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Cool Hand Dave (Part I)

    S4:E5

    Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.

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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Cool Hand Dave (Part II)

    S4:E6

    Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.

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  24. Background image for Father Knows Last
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Father Knows Last

    S4:E7

    Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.

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    Director:Allan Arkush
  25. Background image for Los Dos DiPestos
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Los Dos DiPestos

    S4:E8

    Ms. Dipesto's mother returns from a visit to Mexico carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target for several different parties.

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  26. Background image for Eek! A Spouse!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Eek! A Spouse!

    S4:E11

    Dave is skeptical about the existence of Walter Bishop and bugs Maddie about it as they work on case for a woman who wants to buy off her husband's mistress.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Portrait of Maddie" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Peter Werner and written by Ali Marie Matheson, Kerry Ehrin, it aired on 11/26/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Atlas Belched".