Moonlighting
an Episode Guide
by Donna Lemaster
and John Lavalie
Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00
Moonlightingan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Mar 1985 to: May 1989 | 67 eps | ABC | 60 min | mono | ________________ |
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When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she is tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.
Moonlighting was a series was plagued by production delays and erratic scheduling. Scheduled episodes were often delayed for weeks and reruns substituted at the last minute. Many in-jokes and short fill-in pieces refer to this and other topical items at the beginning and end of some programs. Episodes 35 - 39 were particularly affected by this, and in their original broadcast contained intros dealing with the slow production pace.
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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.
b: 3 Mar 85 pc: 18455 w: Glen Caron d: Robert ButlerAfter 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.
b: 3 Mar 85 pc: 18455 w: Glen Caron d: Robert ButlerDave 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.
b: 5 Mar 85 pc: 85001 w: Michael Petryni d: Peter WernerMaddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.
b: 12 Mar 85 pc: 85002 w: Joe Gannon d: Burt BrinckerhoffMaddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.
b: 19 Mar 85 pc: 85003 w: Peter Silverman d: Peter WernerMaddie 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.
b: 26 Mar 85 pc: _________ w: Carri Ehrin & Ali Marie Mathison d: Kevin ConnorDave and Maddie find a dead body as they try to collect money for a collection agency, but it disappears without a trace when they try to report it.
b: 2 Apr 85 pc: _________ w: Michael Scheff & Mary Anne Kasica d: Peter Werner| Back to TOP of Page |
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Dave's older brother shows up unexpectedly, flashing a big roll of money and determined to impress a bemused Maddie, unaware that he's pursued by a drug dealer who wants his money back.
b: 24 Sep 85 pc: 85301 w: Glenn Caron d: Peter WernerA mysterious veiled woman asks Dave and Maddie to find the man who disfigured her twenty years ago on her wedding day-so she can marry him.
b: 1 Oct 85 pc: 85302 w: Roger Director d: Chris LeitchMaddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.
b: 8 Oct 85 pc: 85303 w: Kerry Ehrin & Ali Marie Mathewson d: Chris NybyDave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.
b: 15 Oct 85 pc: 85305 w: Debra Frank & Carl Sautter d: Peter WernerNOTE: This episode was broadcast in black and white.
Maddie bets David that he can't act like a mature responsible professional for one full week while they deliver ransom money for the mother of a kidnapped concert pianist.
b: 29 Oct 85 pc: 85306 w: Bruce Franklin Singer d: Will MackenzieMaddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.
b: 12 Nov 85 pc: 85307 w: Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn d: Peter WernerDave and Maddie argue over whether to help a young woman who claims to be a leprechaun find the pot of gold she insists her father has hidden for her in Los Angeles.
b: 19 Nov 85 pc: 85304 w: Debra Frank & Carl Sautter d: Peter CraneMaddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.
b: 26 Nov 85 pc: 85308 w: Kerry Ehrin & Ali Marie Matheson d: Peter WernerDave busies himself finding an important phone index for a hapless young executive while Maddie mulls over an offer to sell the agency to a competitor.
b: 10 Dec 85 pc: 85309 w: Roger Director d: Chris NybyMs. Dipesto finds a baby left in her apartment by a woman named Mary fleeing from the hitmen whom killed her husband, and Dave and Maddie quarrel over using the agency phones as a "Santa hot line."
b: 17 Dec 85 pc: 85310 w: Glen Gordon Caron d: Peter WernerDave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.
b: 14 Jan 86 pc: 85311 w: Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn d: Chris NybyA restless Ms. Dipesto gets a chance for danger and excitement when she gets a piece of paper from a mysterious man while attending a ball in Dave and Maddie's place.
b: 21 Jan 86 pc: 85312 w: Debra Frank & Carl Sautter d: Chris HiblerDave and Maddie agree to "corpse-sit" for an escape artist's widow, who believes her dead husband's threats to come back and get even with her.
b: 11 Feb 86 pc: 85315? w: Scott Spencer Gordon d: Will MackenzieMaddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.
b: 18 Feb 86 pc: 85314 w: Bruce Franklin Singer d: Chris HiblerA sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.
b: 11 Mar 86 pc: 85315? w: Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn d: Paul KrasnyDave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.
b: 1 Apr 86 pc: 85316 w: Debra Frank & Carl Sautter d: Chris HiblerA depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.
b: 29 Apr 86 pc: 85317 w: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn & Charles H. Eglee d: Allan ArkushDave 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.
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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.
b: 23 Sep 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 30 Sep 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Dave and Maddie agree to each arrange what they consider to be an ideal evening for the other, but the concert tickets Dave buys from a scalper get them into nothing but trouble.
b: 14 Oct 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 28 Oct 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 11 Nov 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 18 Nov 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________A boy hoping to watch Moonlighting but forced to study Shakespeare instead daydreams about the cast performing their own version of The Taming of the Shrew complete with Petruchio Dave and Kate Maddie.
b: 25 Nov 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 16 Dec 86 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
b: 6 Jan 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 13 Jan 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
b: 3 Feb 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 10 Feb 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 3 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
b: 31 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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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After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.
b: 29 Sep 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 6 Oct 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 13 Oct 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.
b: 3 Nov 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 17 Nov 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 1 Dec 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.
b: 15 Dec 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Ms. Dipesto's mother returns from a visit to Mexico carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target for several different parties.
b: 5 Jan 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.
b: 19 Jan 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Maddie returns to Los Angeles by train and spends the time daydreaming about her future and pouring her troubles out to a sympathetic fellow passenger.
b: 2 Feb 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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 of her husband's mistress.
b: 9 Feb 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.
b: 1 Mar 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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.
b: 15 Mar 88 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________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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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.
b: 6 Dec 88 pc: _________ w: Glenn Gordon Caron & Charles H. Eglee d: Jay DanielMaddie 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.
b: 13 Dec 88 pc: _________ w: Kerry Ehrin d: Dennis DuganMaddie 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.
b: 20 Dec 88 pc: _________ w: Barbara Hall d: Artie MandelbergMaddie 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.
b: 10 Jan 89 pc: _________ w: Jerry Stahl d: Allan ArkushThe 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.
b: 17 Jan 89 pc: _________ w: Roger Director d: Artie MandelbergA 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.
b: 7 Feb 89 pc: _________ w: James Kramer d: Dennis DuganDave and Maddie keep company with a popular corpse and visit a graveyard when a man seeking a bodyguard drops dead in their office.
b: 14 Feb 89 pc: _________ w: Chris Ruppenthal d: Paul KrasnyMaddie 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.
b: 2 Apr 89 pc: _________ w: James Kramer & Chris Ruppenthal d: Dennis DuganMaddie resists, but David plunges ahead when a dying burglar asks for their help in proving he committed the perfect crime 25 years earlier.
b: 9 Apr 89 pc: _________ w: James Kramer & Chris Ruppenthal s: Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn d: Gerald Perry FinnermanDavid 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.
b: 16 Apr 89 pc: _________ w: Merril Markoe s: Merill Markoe & Charles H. Elgee d: Dennis DuganBurt 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.
b: 23 Apr 89 pc: _________ w: Mark Abraham d: Chris WelchDave helps Maddie entertain her cousin Annie, who's visiting California to get a perspective on her marriage.
b: 30 Apr 89 pc: _________ w: Barbara Hall d: Jay DanielDave 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.
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Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month.
Thanks to Pat Durkin for providing the missing air dates.