6.3/10204 votesLoading...#1 - The Straight Poop
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/1987
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Director: Jay Daniel
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
6.3/10192 votesLoading...#2 - 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
6.5/10158 votesLoading...#3 - Tracks of My Tears
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/1988
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.
Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: Judith Kahan
6.6/10164 votesLoading...#4 - Tale in Two Cities
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1987
Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Roger Director
6.6/10152 votesLoading...#5 - Here's Living With You, Kid
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 3/15/1988
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.
Director: Artie Mandelberg
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
6.6/10147 votesLoading...#6 - 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
6.7/10196 votesLoading...#7 - Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/1987
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
Writer: Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee
6.7/10176 votesLoading...#8 - A Trip to the Moon
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1987
After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
6.7/10162 votesLoading...#9 - Los Dos DiPestos
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/5/1988
Ms. Dipesto's mother returns from a visit to Mexico carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target for several different parties.
Director: Gerald Perry Finnerman
Writer: Doug Steinberg
6.7/10161 votesLoading...#10 - 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
6.7/10143 votesLoading...#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
6.8/10288 votesLoading...#12 - Camille
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/1986
Dave hires an unlucky con woman who accidentally became a heroine when she stopped an assassination attempt against a United States senator, but who is still pursued by a determined crooked cop.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Roger Director
6.8/10172 votesLoading...#13 - Come Back Little Shiksa
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1987
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn
6.9/10162 votesLoading...#14 - Take a Left at the Altar
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1987
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.
Director: Sam Weisman
Writer: Karen Hall
6.9/10169 votesLoading...#15 - Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1987
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Roger Director
6.9/10166 votesLoading...#16 - Cool Hand Dave (Part II)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1987
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
6.9/10157 votesLoading...#17 - Fetal Attraction
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/1988
Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Roger Director
6.9/10174 votesLoading...#18 - Maddie Hayes Got Married
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/1/1988
Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Roger Director
6.9/10149 votesLoading...#19 - 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
6.9/10144 votesLoading...#20 - 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: Jerry Stahl, Chris Ruppenthal, James Kramer
7.0/10389 votesLoading...#21 - Read the Mind... See the Movie
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1985
Maddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10158 votesLoading...#22 - Father Knows Last
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1987
Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
7.0/10158 votesLoading...#23 - Eek! A Spouse!
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1988
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.
Director: Artie Mandelberg
Writer: Ron Osborn, Charles H. Eglee
7.0/10149 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.0/10146 votesLoading...#25 - 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
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,...
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Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Straight Poop" is the worst rated episode of "Moonlighting". It scored 6.3/10 based on 204 votes. Directed by Jay Daniel and written by Glenn Gordon Caron, it aired on 1/6/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Womb With a View".