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The Worst Episodes of Moonlighting

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 Straight Poop
    6.3/10(225 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Tracks of My Tears
    6.5/10(175 votes)

    #2 - Tracks of My Tears

    S4:E10

    Maddie returns home by train. She is still unsure about David and has dreams and nightmares about being married to him on the trip back. On the journey, she meets a systems analyst returning to Los Angeles and they become friends.

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    Director:Paul Krasny
  3. Background image for Tale in Two Cities
    6.6/10(180 votes)

    #3 - Tale in Two Cities

    S4:E4

    Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.

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  4. Background image for Los Dos DiPestos
    6.6/10(178 votes)

    #4 - Los Dos DiPestos

    S4:E8

    Ms. Dipesto's mother returns from a visit to Mexico carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target for several different parties.

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  5. Background image for Here's Living With You, Kid
    6.6/10(166 votes)

    #5 - Here's Living With You, Kid

    S4:E13

    Bert, bored on an all-night stakeout, dreams about how nice it would be to live with Agnes, but her hesitation when he actually asks her hurts his tender ego.

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  6. Background image for Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
    6.7/10(218 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.

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  8. Background image for A Trip to the Moon
    6.7/10(196 votes)

    #7 - A Trip to the Moon

    S4:E1

    After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.

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  9. Background image for Come Back Little Shiksa
    6.8/10(192 votes)

    #8 - Come Back Little Shiksa

    S4:E2

    With Maddie in Chicago, Dave feels very sympatico with a client who offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.

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  10. Background image for Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
    6.8/10(188 votes)

    #9 - Cool Hand Dave (Part I)

    S4:E5

    Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.

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  11. Background image for Cool Hand Dave (Part II)
    6.8/10(184 votes)

    #10 - Cool Hand Dave (Part II)

    S4:E6

    Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.

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  12. Background image for Take a Left at the Altar
    6.9/10(181 votes)

    #11 - Take a Left at the Altar

    S4:E3

    David recruits Bert Viola as his detecting companion in a case concerning a man who failed to show up for his wedding while Maddie continues to brood in Chicago.

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    Director:Sam Weisman
    Writer:Karen Hall
  13. Background image for Fetal Attraction
    6.9/10(172 votes)

    #12 - Fetal Attraction

    S4:E9

    Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.

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  14. Background image for Eek! A Spouse!
    6.9/10(172 votes)

    #13 - Eek! A Spouse!

    S4:E11

    Dave is skeptical about the existence of Walter Bishop and bugs Maddie about it as they work on case for a woman who wants to buy off her husband's mistress.

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  15. Background image for Maddie Hayes Got Married
    6.9/10(188 votes)

    #14 - Maddie Hayes Got Married

    S4:E12

    Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.

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  16. Background image for Read the Mind... See the Movie
    7.0/10(434 votes)

    #15 - Read the Mind... See the Movie

    S1:E3

    Maddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Father Knows Last
    7.0/10(175 votes)

    #16 - Father Knows Last

    S4:E7

    Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.

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    Director:Allan Arkush
  18. Background image for The Son Also Rises
    7.2/10(255 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Yours, Very Deadly
    7.2/10(227 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
    7.2/10(233 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Sam & Dave (2)
    7.2/10(236 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for And the Flesh Was Made Word
    7.2/10(168 votes)

    #21 - And the Flesh Was Made Word

    S4:E14

    Dave and Maddie try to recover their working relationship while dealing with the romantic writings of a man obsessed by one woman.

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    Director:Paul Krasny
  23. Background image for Gunfight at the So-So Corral
    7.3/10(536 votes)

    #22 - Gunfight at the So-So Corral

    S1:E2

    Dave and Maddie face a difficult situation when they have to tell their client that the son he hired them to find is a notorious contract killer.

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  24. Background image for The Man Who Cried Wife
    7.3/10(248 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for To Heiress Human
    7.3/10(205 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:Sam Weisman
  26. Background image for Next Stop Murder
    7.4/10(426 votes)

    #25 - Next Stop Murder

    S1:E5

    Maddie and Dave get trapped on a train filled with mystery buffs when they try to deliver Agnes on time for her big weekend solving a make-believe murder staged by a famous author.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Straight Poop" is the worst rated episode of "Moonlighting". It scored 6.3/10 based on 225 votes. Directed by Jay Daniel and written by Glenn Gordon Caron, it aired on 1/6/1987. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Tracks of My Tears".