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The Worst Episodes of Moonlighting

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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, while getting comfortable with each other.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 9 - The Straight Poop
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Straight Poop

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Jay Daniel
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  2. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 11 - Blonde on Blonde (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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
    Writer:Kerry Ehrin

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  3. Moonlighting Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    After an embezzling accountant leaves her penniless, ex-model Maddie Hayes decides to sell the few failing businesses she still owns, among them a detective agency. But private eye David Addison wants to keeps his job, so he persuades a reluctant Maddie to form a partnership. Their first case gives them little to go on: Maddie gets a broken watch from a dying man.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  4. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 6 - Big Man on Mulberry Street
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Directors:Christian I. Nyby II, Stanley Donen
    Writer:Karen Hall

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  5. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 8 - It's a Wonderful Job
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Edwin Sherin
    Writers:Debra Frank, Carl Sautter

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  6. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 10 - Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writers:Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee

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  7. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 12 - Sam & Dave (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Sam Weisman
    Writers:Roger Director, Charles H. Eglee

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  8. Moonlighting Season 3 Episode 13 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writers:Roger Director, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno