7.3/10226 votes#1 - The Son Also Rises
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1986
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
7.3/10218 votes#2 - The Man Who Cried Wife
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1986
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
7.4/10222 votes#3 - Symphony in Knocked Flat
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1986
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.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: Dale Gelineau, Pauline Miller
7.2/10201 votes#4 - Yours, Very Deadly
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1986
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Roger Director
7.3/10204 votes#5 - All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1986
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.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Eric Blakeney
7.8/10288 votes#6 - Big Man on Mulberry Street
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1986
Maddie becomes consumed with curiosity when David announces he must fly back to New York to attend the funeral of his former wife's brother.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II, Stanley Donen
Writer: Karen Hall
8.3/10425 votes#7 - Atomic Shakespeare
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1986
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.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
7.6/10233 votes#8 - It's a Wonderful Job
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/1986
A depressed Maddie gets a chance to see what her life and the rest of Blue Moon staff would be like if she had sold the agency as she originally intended.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
6.3/10201 votes#9 - The Straight Poop
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/1987
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Director: Jay Daniel
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
6.7/10192 votes#10 - Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/1987
Ms. Dipesto tries to solve a haunted house case refused by Dave and Maddie to show Bert Viola that she's just as good a detective as he is.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee
7.5/10235 votes#11 - Blonde on Blonde (1)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/1987
Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
Director: Jay Daniel
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
7.3/10214 votes#12 - Sam & Dave (2)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/1987
Dave and Maddie quarrel over Sam as they keep watch on a man for his mistress, who's convinced he's two-timing her-with his wife.
Director: Sam Weisman
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Roger Director
7.6/10211 votes#13 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/3/1987
Maddie feels more and more confused about Sam and Dave after an all-night stakeout with Dave ends in an early morning proposal from Sam.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn, Roger Director
7.8/10243 votes#14 - I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/31/1987
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron, Jeff Reno
7.3/10183 votes#15 - To Heiress Human
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/5/1987
Maddie tries to ignore the previous night as she and David tackle a new case: a woman wants evidence that her fiance loves her and not her father's money.
Director: Sam Weisman
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
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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 3 Ratings Summary
"The Son Also Rises" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 226 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn, it aired on 9/23/1986. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Man Who Cried Wife".