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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 5

Every episode of Moonlighting Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 5!

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, while getting comfortable with each other.

Genres:ComedyDramaMysteryCrime
Network:ABC

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Moonlighting" season 5 is "A Womb With a View", rated 6.3/10 from 188 user votes. It was directed by Jay Daniel and written by Glenn Gordon Caron, Charles H. Eglee. "A Womb With a View" aired on 12/6/1988 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Between a Yuk and a Hard Place".

  • A Womb With a View
    6.3/10 188 votes

    #1 - A Womb With a View

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/1988

    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

    Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron, Charles H. Eglee

  • Between a Yuk and a Hard Place
    6.8/10 157 votes

    #2 - Between a Yuk and a Hard Place

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/1988

    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

  • The Color of Maddie
    7.0/10 144 votes

    #3 - The Color of Maddie

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/1988

    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

  • Plastic Fantastic Lovers
    7.2/10 152 votes

    #4 - Plastic Fantastic Lovers

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/1989

    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

  • Shirts and Skins
    7.0/10 144 votes

    #5 - Shirts and Skins

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/17/1989

    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: N/A

  • Take My Wife, For Example
    7.0/10 139 votes

    #6 - Take My Wife, For Example

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1989

    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

  • I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld
    6.6/10 143 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1989

    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

  • Those Lips, Those Lies
    7.1/10 142 votes

    #8 - Those Lips, Those Lies

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/1989

    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

    Writer: Chris Ruppenthal, James Kramer

  • Perfetc
    6.9/10 139 votes

    #9 - Perfetc

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/9/1989

    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

    Writer: Chris Ruppenthal, Jerry Stahl, James Kramer

  • When Girls Collide (1)
    7.3/10 173 votes

    #10 - When Girls Collide (1)

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/1989

    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

  • In 'N Outlaws
    6.7/10 137 votes

    #11 - In 'N Outlaws

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/1989

    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

  • Eine Kleine Nacht Murder
    7.0/10 141 votes

    #12 - Eine Kleine Nacht Murder

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/1989

    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

  • Lunar Eclipse
    7.4/10 180 votes

    #13 - Lunar Eclipse

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 5/14/1989

    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