Moonlighting — Season 3
Detectives with a heart
About this season
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.
Episodes (15)
1. The Son Also Rises
9.0Aired 23 September 1986 • 46 min
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.
2. The Man Who Cried Wife
9.0Aired 30 September 1986 • 46 min
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.
3. Symphony in Knocked Flat
8.5Aired 14 October 1986 • 46 min
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.
4. Yours, Very Deadly
9.0Aired 28 October 1986 • 46 min
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.
5. All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
9.0Aired 11 November 1986 • 46 min
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.
6. Big Man on Mulberry Street
8.0Aired 18 November 1986 • 46 min
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.
7. Atomic Shakespeare
9.0Aired 25 November 1986 • 46 min
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.
8. It's a Wonderful Job
8.0Aired 16 December 1986 • 46 min
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.
9. The Straight Poop
5.0Aired 6 January 1987 • 46 min
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
10. Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
8.0Aired 13 January 1987 • 46 min
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.
11. Blonde on Blonde (1)
7.0Aired 3 February 1987 • 46 min
Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
12. Sam & Dave (2)
8.0Aired 10 February 1987 • 46 min
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.
13. Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
8.0Aired 3 March 1987 • 46 min
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.
14. I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
8.0Aired 31 March 1987 • 46 min
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
15. To Heiress Human
8.0Aired 5 May 1987 • 46 min
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.