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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 3

Every episode of Moonlighting Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 3

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. Background image for The Son Also Rises
    7.2/10(270 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. Background image for The Man Who Cried Wife
    7.3/10(261 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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  3. Background image for Symphony in Knocked Flat
    7.4/10(269 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. Background image for Yours, Very Deadly
    7.2/10(244 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. Background image for All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
    7.3/10(250 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. Background image for Big Man on Mulberry Street
    7.8/10(337 votes)

    #6 - Big Man on Mulberry Street

    S3:E6

    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.

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  8. Background image for Atomic Shakespeare
    8.3/10(487 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for It's a Wonderful Job
    7.6/10(279 votes)

    #8 - It's a Wonderful Job

    S3:E8

    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.

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  10. Background image for The Straight Poop
    6.3/10(241 votes)

    #9 - The Straight Poop

    S3:E9

    Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.

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  11. Background image for Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
    6.7/10(233 votes)

    #10 - Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

    S3:E10

    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.

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  12. Background image for Blonde on Blonde (1)
    7.5/10(275 votes)

    #11 - Blonde on Blonde (1)

    S3:E11

    Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.

    Director:Jay Daniel
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  13. Background image for Sam & Dave (2)
    7.2/10(251 votes)

    #12 - Sam & Dave (2)

    S3:E12

    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.

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  14. Background image for Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
    7.6/10(248 votes)

    #13 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

    S3:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
    7.8/10(281 votes)

    #14 - I Am Curious... Maddie (4)

    S3:E14

    Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.

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  16. Background image for To Heiress Human
    7.2/10(219 votes)

    #15 - To Heiress Human

    S3:E15

    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
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Son Also Rises" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 270 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, it aired on 9/23/1986. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Man Who Cried Wife".