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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 2

Every episode of Moonlighting Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 2

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. 8.3/10(540 votes)

    #1 - The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

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    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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  2. 7.8/10(343 votes)

    #2 - Twas the Episode Before Christmas

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    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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  3. 7.7/10(382 votes)

    #3 - The Lady in the Iron Mask

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    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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  4. 7.6/10(385 votes)

    #4 - Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

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    S2:E1

    Dave's older brother shows up unexpectedly, flashing a big roll of money and determined to impress a bemused Maddie, unaware that he's pursued by a drug dealer who wants his money back.

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  5. 7.6/10(272 votes)

    #5 - Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

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    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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  6. 7.5/10(338 votes)

    #6 - Knowing Her

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    S2:E6

    Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.

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  8. 7.5/10(278 votes)

    #7 - Witness for the Execution

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    S2:E15

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

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  9. 7.4/10(340 votes)

    #8 - My Fair David

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    S2:E5

    Maddie bets David that he can't act like a mature responsible professional for one full week while they deliver ransom money for the mother of a kidnapped concert pianist.

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  10. 7.4/10(279 votes)

    #9 - The Bride of Tupperman

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    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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  11. 7.4/10(266 votes)

    #10 - Sleep Talkin' Guy

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    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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  12. 7.4/10(249 votes)

    #11 - Funeral for a Door Nail

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    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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  13. 7.3/10(336 votes)

    #12 - Money Talks, Maddie Walks

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    S2:E3

    Maddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.

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  14. 7.3/10(283 votes)

    #13 - Atlas Belched

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    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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  15. 7.3/10(279 votes)

    #14 - North by North Dipesto

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    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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  16. 7.3/10(265 votes)

    #15 - In God We Strongly Suspect

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    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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  17. 7.2/10(337 votes)

    #16 - Somewhere Under the Rainbow

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    S2:E7

    Dave and Maddie argue over whether to help a young woman who claims to be a leprechaun find the pot of gold she insists her father has hidden for her in Los Angeles.

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  18. 7.2/10(298 votes)

    #17 - Portrait of Maddie

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    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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  19. 6.8/10(308 votes)

    #18 - Camille

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    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting" season 2. It scored 8.3/10 based on 540 votes. Directed by Peter Werner and written by Debra Frank, Carl Sautter, it aired on 10/15/1985. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Twas the Episode Before Christmas".