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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. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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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    Writer:N/A
  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Maddie Hayes Got Married

    S4:E12

    Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.

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    Director:N/A
  18. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Here's Living With You, Kid

    S4:E13

    Bert, bored on an all-night stakeout, dreams about how nice it would be to live with Agnes, but her hesitation when he actually asks her hurts his tender ego.

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  19. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - And the Flesh Was Made Word

    S4:E14

    Dave and Maddie try to recover their working relationship while dealing with the romantic writings of a man obsessed by one woman.

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    Director:Paul Krasny
  20. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Fetal Attraction

    S4:E9

    Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.

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  21. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Tracks of My Tears

    S4:E10

    Maddie returns home by train. She is still unsure about David and has dreams and nightmares about being married to him on the trip back. On the journey, she meets a systems analyst returning to Los Angeles and they become friends.

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    Director:Paul Krasny
  22. 8.3/10(549 votes)

    #21 - The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

    S2:E4

    Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.

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  23. 7.8/10(348 votes)

    #22 - Twas the Episode Before Christmas

    S2:E10

    Ms. Dipesto finds a baby left in her apartment by a woman named Mary fleeing from the hit men who killed her husband, and Dave and Maddie quarrel over using the agency phones as a "Santa hot line."

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  24. 7.7/10(388 votes)

    #23 - The Lady in the Iron Mask

    S2:E2

    A mysterious veiled woman asks Dave and Maddie to find the man who disfigured her twenty years ago on her wedding day-so she can marry him.

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  25. 7.7/10(279 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. 7.6/10(439 votes)

    #25 - The Next Murder You Hear

    S1:E4

    Maddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Son Also Rises" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, it aired on 9/23/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Man Who Cried Wife".