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The Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 5

Every episode of Moonlighting Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Moonlighting Season 5!

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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, while getting comfortable with each other.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 13 - Lunar Eclipse
    7.3/10(234 votes)

    S5:E13

    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.

    Director:Dennis Dugan
    Writer:Ron Clark

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  2. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 10 - When Girls Collide (1)
    7.2/10(223 votes)

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Dennis Dugan
    Writer:Merrill Markoe

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  3. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 4 - Plastic Fantastic Lovers
    7.1/10(207 votes)

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Jerry Stahl

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  4. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 5 - Shirts and Skins
    7.0/10(196 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown

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  5. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 8 - Those Lips, Those Lies
    7.0/10(195 votes)

    S5:E8

    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.

    Director:Dennis Dugan
    Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, James Kramer

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  6. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 3 - The Color of Maddie
    6.9/10(200 votes)

    S5:E3

    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

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  7. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 6 - Take My Wife, For Example
    6.9/10(194 votes)

    S5:E6

    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

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  8. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 12 - Eine Kleine Nacht Murder
    6.9/10(188 votes)

    S5:E12

    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.

    Director:Jay Daniel
    Writer:Barbara Hall

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  9. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 9 - Perfetc
    6.8/10(187 votes)

    S5:E9

    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
    Writers:Chris Ruppenthal, Jerry Stahl, James Kramer

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  10. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 2 - Between a Yuk and a Hard Place
    6.7/10(209 votes)

    S5:E2

    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

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  11. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 11 - In 'N Outlaws
    6.6/10(187 votes)

    S5:E11

    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

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  12. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 7 - I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld
    6.5/10(197 votes)

    S5:E7

    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

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  13. Moonlighting Season 5 Episode 1 - A Womb With a View
    6.2/10(247 votes)

    S5:E1

    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
    Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Charles H. Eglee

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Lunar Eclipse" is the best rated episode of "Moonlighting" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 234 votes. Directed by Dennis Dugan and written by Ron Clark, it aired on 5/14/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "When Girls Collide (1)".