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About Moonlighting

Moonlighting is a mystery and comedy TV series that premiered on ABC on March 3, 1985. It has 5 seasons and 66 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 13 "Lunar Eclipse", aired on May 14, 1989.

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.

  • Mystery
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Crime

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Episodes

66 episodes · 5 seasons

Season 1

1985 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago

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    6. The Murder's in the Mail

    Finale

    Dave 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.

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    5. Next Stop Murder

    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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    4. The Next Murder You Hear

    Maddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.

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    3. Read the Mind... See the Movie

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

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    2. Gunfight at the So-So Corral

    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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    1. Pilot

    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.

Season 2

1985 · 18 episodes · Last episode: 40 years ago

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    18. Camille

    Finale

    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.

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    17. Funeral for a Door Nail

    A 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.

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    16. Sleep Talkin' Guy

    Dave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.

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    15. Witness for the Execution

    A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.

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    14. Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

    Maddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.

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    13. In God We Strongly Suspect

    Dave 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.

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    12. North by North Dipesto

    A 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.

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    11. The Bride of Tupperman

    Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.

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    10. Twas the Episode Before Christmas

    Ms. Dipesto finds a baby left in her apartment by a woman named Mary fleeing from the hit men who killed her husband, and Dave and Maddie quarrel over using the agency phones as a "Santa hot line."

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    9. Atlas Belched

    Dave 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.

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    8. Portrait of Maddie

    Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.

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    7. Somewhere Under the Rainbow

    Dave 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.

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    6. Knowing Her

    Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.

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    5. My Fair David

    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.

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    4. The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

    Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.

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    3. Money Talks, Maddie Walks

    Maddie 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.

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    2. The Lady in the Iron Mask

    A 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.

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    1. Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

    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.

Season 3

1986 · 15 episodes · Last episode: 39 years ago

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    15. To Heiress Human

    Finale

    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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    14. I Am Curious... Maddie (4)

    Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.

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    13. Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

    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.

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    12. Sam & Dave (2)

    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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    11. Blonde on Blonde (1)

    Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.

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    10. Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

    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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    9. The Straight Poop

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

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    8. It's a Wonderful Job

    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.

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    7. Atomic Shakespeare

    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.

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    6. Big Man on Mulberry Street

    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.

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    5. All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great

    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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    4. Yours, Very Deadly

    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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    3. Symphony in Knocked Flat

    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.

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    2. The Man Who Cried Wife

    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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    1. The Son Also Rises

    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.

Season 4

1987 · 14 episodes · Last episode: 38 years ago

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    14. And the Flesh Was Made Word

    Finale

    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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    13. Here's Living With You, Kid

    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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    12. Maddie Hayes Got Married

    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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    11. Eek! A Spouse!

    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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    10. Tracks of My Tears

    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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    9. Fetal Attraction

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

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    8. Los Dos DiPestos

    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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    7. Father Knows Last

    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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    6. Cool Hand Dave (Part II)

    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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    5. Cool Hand Dave (Part I)

    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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    4. Tale in Two Cities

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

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    3. Take a Left at the Altar

    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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    2. Come Back Little Shiksa

    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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    1. A Trip to the Moon

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

Season 5

1988 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 37 years ago

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    13. Lunar Eclipse

    Finale

    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.

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    12. Eine Kleine Nacht Murder

    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.

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    11. In 'N Outlaws

    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.

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    10. When Girls Collide (1)

    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.

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    9. Perfetc

    Maddie resists, but David plunges ahead when a dying burglar asks for their help in proving he committed the perfect crime 25 years earlier.

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    8. Those Lips, Those Lies

    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.

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    7. I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld

    Dave and Maddie keep company with a popular corpse and visit a graveyard when a man seeking a bodyguard drops dead in their office.

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    6. Take My Wife, For Example

    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.

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    5. Shirts and Skins

    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.

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    4. Plastic Fantastic Lovers

    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.

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    3. The Color of Maddie

    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.

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    2. Between a Yuk and a Hard Place

    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.

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    1. A Womb With a View

    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.

Cast & crew

Created by Glenn Gordon Caron

  • Curtis Armstrong

    Curtis Armstrong

    Herbert Viola

  • Joyce Brothers

    Joyce Brothers

    Dr. Joyce Brothers (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)

  • Kay Lenz

    Kay Lenz

    Melissa

  • Terry O'Quinn

    Terry O'Quinn

    Bryant Wilbourne

  • Ellen Albertini Dow

    Ellen Albertini Dow

    Mrs. Baer

  • Cristine Rose

    Cristine Rose

    Lauren Baxter

  • Johnny Brown

    Sam the Piano Player

  • Paul Sorvino

    Paul Sorvino

    David Addison Sr.

  • Alley Mills

    Alley Mills

    Claire

  • Don King

    Don King

    Don King

  • Caitlin Clarke

    Caitlin Clarke

    Elaine Johnson

  • Ana Alicia

    Ana Alicia

    Mary Erin-Gates

  • Rona Barrett

    Rona Barrett

    Rona Barrett

  • Cristina Raines

    Cristina Raines

    Joan Spring

  • Donna Dixon

    Donna Dixon

    Joan Teniwitch

  • Brooke Bundy

    Brooke Bundy

    Gail Woodley

Moonlighting FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Moonlighting?

Moonlighting has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 14, 1989.

When did the latest episode of Moonlighting come out?

The most recent episode of Moonlighting, Season 5 Episode 13 "Lunar Eclipse", aired on May 14, 1989.

How many seasons of Moonlighting are there?

Moonlighting has 5 seasons with 66 episodes in total.

When did Moonlighting first air?

Moonlighting first aired on ABC on March 3, 1985.

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