The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 1
Every episode of Moonlighting Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 1!
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, while getting comfortable with each other.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Moonlighting" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.5/10 from 2680 user votes. It was directed by Robert Butler and written by Glenn Gordon Caron. "Pilot" aired on 3/3/1985 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Gunfight at the So-So Corral".
7.5/10 2,680 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/1985
After an embezzling accountant leaves her penniless, ex-model Maddie Hayes decides to sell the few failing businesses she still owns, among them a detective agency. But private eye David Addison wants to keeps his job, so he persuades a reluctant Maddie to form a partnership. Their first case gives them little to go on: Maddie gets a broken watch from a dying man.
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
7.3/10 468 votes#2 - Gunfight at the So-So Corral
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/1985
Dave and Maddie face a difficult situation when they have to tell their client that the son he hired them to find is a notorious contract killer.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron, Michael Petryni
7.0/10 376 votes#3 - Read the Mind... See the Movie
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1985
Maddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 388 votes#4 - The Next Murder You Hear
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1985
Maddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron, Peter Silverman
7.4/10 381 votes#5 - Next Stop Murder
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1985
Maddie and Dave get trapped on a train filled with mystery buffs when they try to deliver Agnes on time for her big weekend solving a make-believe murder staged by a famous author.
Director: Kevin Connor
Writer: Ali Marie Matheson, Kerry Ehrin
7.4/10 342 votes#6 - The Murder's in the Mail
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/1985
Dave and Maddie find a dead body as they try to collect money for a collection agency, but it disappears without a trace when they try to report it.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff