The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.2/10(232 votes)

   #1 - A Womb With a View

   S5:E112/6/1988

   An angel from above visits Baby Hayes as he waits to be born and gives him the low down on his parents and their relationship.

   Director:Jay Daniel

   Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Charles H. Eglee

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   Director:Jay Daniel

   Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Charles H. Eglee
2. 

   6.7/10(199 votes)

   #2 - Between a Yuk and a Hard Place

   S5:E212/13/1988

   Maddie takes on several new cases in an effort to bury her sorrow, including one where a woman is convinced that her husband is still in love with someone from his past.

   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writer:Kerry Ehrin

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   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writer:Kerry Ehrin
3. 

   6.9/10(190 votes)

   #3 - The Color of Maddie

   S5:E312/20/1988

   Maddie and David struggle to find a new footing for their relationship while working on a case for a woman whose husband of one week returns after a ten year absence.

   Director:Artie Mandelberg

   Writer:Barbara Hall

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   Director:Artie Mandelberg

   Writer:Barbara Hall
4. 

   7.1/10(198 votes)

   #4 - Plastic Fantastic Lovers

   S5:E41/10/1989

   Maddie and David are hired by a disfigured man who has become a recluse and needs the detectives' help in proving that a plastic surgeon wantonly caused his disfiguration.

   Director:Allan Arkush

   Writer:Jerry Stahl

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   Director:Allan Arkush

   Writer:Jerry Stahl
5. 

   7.0/10(188 votes)

   #5 - Shirts and Skins

   S5:E51/17/1989

   The office divides along gender lines when Maddie takes on a case for a woman who shot her boss for sabotaging her career when she refused his sexual advances.

   Director:Artie Mandelberg

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Artie Mandelberg

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   6.9/10(184 votes)

   #6 - Take My Wife, For Example

   S5:E62/7/1989

   A ruthless divorce lawyer comes to Blue Moon for help in reconciling a couple she helped split up, and Maddie tries to buy David a present.

   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writer:James Kramer

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   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writer:James Kramer
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7. 

   6.6/10(184 votes)

   #7 - I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld

   S5:E72/14/1989

   Dave and Maddie keep company with a popular corpse and visit a graveyard when a man seeking a bodyguard drops dead in their office.

   Director:Paul Krasny

   Writer:Chris Ruppenthal

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   Director:Paul Krasny

   Writer:Chris Ruppenthal
8. 

   7.0/10(185 votes)

   #8 - Those Lips, Those Lies

   S5:E84/2/1989

   Maddie is sympathetic while David is skeptical when his brother shows up asking for help tracking down his fiancee's former partner, who has absconded with all their company assets.

   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, James Kramer

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   Director:Dennis Dugan

   Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, James Kramer
9. 

   6.8/10(178 votes)

   #9 - Perfetc

   S5:E94/9/1989

   Maddie resists, but David plunges ahead when a dying burglar asks for their help in proving he committed the perfect crime 25 years earlier.

   Director:Gerald Perry Finnerman

   Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, Jerry Stahl, James Kramer

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   Director:Gerald Perry Finnerman

   Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, Jerry Stahl, James Kramer
10. 

    7.2/10(215 votes)

    #10 - When Girls Collide (1)

    S5:E104/16/1989

    David goes beyond the call of duty to help entertain Maddie's cousin Annie, and Maddie realizes that David may be over his obsession with her.

    Director:Dennis Dugan

    Writer:Merrill Markoe

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    Director:Dennis Dugan

    Writer:Merrill Markoe
11. 

    6.7/10(178 votes)

    #11 - In 'N Outlaws

    S5:E114/23/1989

    Burt pouts and frantically tries to solve the crime when Agnes is forced to miss his family reunion because she won't vote to convict a man of murdering his partner / lover.

    Director:Christopher T. Welch

    Writer:Marc Abraham

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    Director:Christopher T. Welch

    Writer:Marc Abraham
12. 

    6.9/10(182 votes)

    #12 - Eine Kleine Nacht Murder

    S5:E124/30/1989

    As the sole eyewitness to a murder, Maddie is given police protection. But David suspects that her handsome young bodyguard is setting her up for death.

    Director:Jay Daniel

    Writer:Barbara Hall

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    Director:Jay Daniel

    Writer:Barbara Hall
13. 

    7.3/10(225 votes)

    #13 - Lunar Eclipse

    S5:E135/14/1989

    Dave breaks it off with Annie when her husband comes to California, everyone attends the wedding of Burt and Agnes, and the agency closes its doors for a final time as everyone tries to figure out why it all had to end.

    Director:Dennis Dugan

    Writer:Ron Clark

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    Director:Dennis Dugan

    Writer:Ron Clark