7.6/10359 votes#1 - Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1985
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.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
7.7/10352 votes#2 - The Lady in the Iron Mask
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1985
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.
Director: Christopher Leitch
Writer: Roger Director
7.3/10309 votes#3 - Money Talks-- Maddie Walks
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1985
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Ali Marie Matheson, Kerry Ehrin
8.3/10504 votes#4 - The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1985
Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
7.4/10312 votes#5 - My Fair David
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1985
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.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Bruce Franklin Singer
7.5/10314 votes#6 - Knowing Her
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1985
Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
7.2/10307 votes#7 - Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1985
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.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
7.2/10272 votes#8 - Portrait of Maddie
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1985
Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Ali Marie Matheson, Kerry Ehrin
7.3/10257 votes#9 - Atlas Belched
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1985
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Roger Director
7.8/10313 votes#10 - Twas the Episode Before Christmas
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1985
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."
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
7.4/10259 votes#11 - The Bride of Tupperman
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1986
Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II, Will Mackenzie
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
7.3/10256 votes#12 - North by North Dipesto
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1986
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.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
7.3/10245 votes#13 - In God We Strongly Suspect
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1986
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.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
7.6/10252 votes#14 - Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/1986
Maddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Debra Frank, Bruce Franklin Singer
7.5/10252 votes#15 - Witness for the Execution
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/1986
A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.
Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
7.3/10245 votes#16 - Sleep Talkin' Guy
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/1986
Dave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
7.4/10228 votes#17 - Funeral for a Door Nail
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/1986
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn, Charles H. Eglee, Jonathan Lemkin
6.8/10286 votes#18 - Camille
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/1986
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.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Roger Director
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!
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,...
Genres:ComedyDramaMysteryCrime
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 359 votes. Directed by Peter Werner and written by Glenn Gordon Caron, it aired on 9/24/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Lady in the Iron Mask".