The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 3

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7.2/10(282 votes)
#1 - The Son Also Rises
S3:E19/23/1986
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.
Director:Allan Arkush
Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
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Director:Allan Arkush
Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
7.3/10(272 votes)
#2 - The Man Who Cried Wife
S3:E29/30/1986
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.
Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(280 votes)
#3 - Symphony in Knocked Flat
S3:E310/14/1986
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.
Director:Paul Lynch
Writers:Dale Gelineau, Pauline Miller
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Director:Paul Lynch
Writers:Dale Gelineau, Pauline Miller
7.2/10(254 votes)
#4 - Yours, Very Deadly
S3:E410/28/1986
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.
Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Roger Director
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Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writer:Roger Director
7.3/10(261 votes)
#5 - All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
S3:E511/11/1986
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.
Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writers:Charles H. Eglee, Eric Blakeney
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Director:Christian I. Nyby II
Writers:Charles H. Eglee, Eric Blakeney
7.8/10(346 votes)
#6 - Big Man on Mulberry Street
S3:E611/18/1986
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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Directors:Christian I. Nyby II, Stanley Donen
Writer:Karen Hall

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8.3/10(500 votes)
#7 - Atomic Shakespeare
S3:E711/25/1986
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.
Director:Will Mackenzie
Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
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Director:Will Mackenzie
Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
7.6/10(290 votes)
#8 - It's a Wonderful Job
S3:E812/16/1986
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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Director:Edwin Sherin
Writers:Debra Frank, Carl Sautter
6.3/10(250 votes)
#9 - The Straight Poop
S3:E91/6/1987
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Director:Jay Daniel
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
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Director:Jay Daniel
Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron
6.6/10(250 votes)
#10 - Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
S3:E101/13/1987
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
Writers:Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee
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Director:Christopher Hibler
Writers:Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee
7.6/10(292 votes)
#11 - Blonde on Blonde (1)
S3:E112/3/1987
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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Director:Jay Daniel
Writer:Kerry Ehrin
7.3/10(266 votes)
#12 - Sam & Dave (2)
S3:E122/10/1987
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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Director:Sam Weisman
Writers:Roger Director, Charles H. Eglee
7.6/10(261 votes)
#13 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
S3:E133/3/1987
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
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Director:Allan Arkush
Writers:Roger Director, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
7.8/10(294 votes)
#14 - I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
S3:E143/31/1987
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
Director:Allan Arkush
Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Jeff Reno
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Director:Allan Arkush
Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Jeff Reno
7.2/10(232 votes)
#15 - To Heiress Human
S3:E155/5/1987
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.
Director:Sam Weisman
Writer:Kerry Ehrin
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Director:Sam Weisman
Writer:Kerry Ehrin