Moonlighting
Model Maddie Hayes is left almost penniless after being fleeced by investment adviser. All she has left is a two-bit detective agency. The manager of the agency, David Addison, convinces her to keep and run the agency. Together they form a dynamic partnership.
- Metascore62
- 1985-1989
- 5 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy, Drama, Suspense
- TV-PG
Model Maddie Hayes is left almost penniless after being fleeced by investment adviser. All she has left is a two-bit detective agency. The manager of the agency, David Addison, convinces her to keep and run the agency. Together they form a dynamic partnership.
Season 5 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
A Womb with a View
Tue, Dec 6, 1988 48 mins
The Blue Moon staff show they're happy that the show is on again for another season with a song and dance number. In utero, Maddie's baby is given an introduction to his future life. He decides he is not happy with all the fighting between Maddie and David. David decides to interview some women to be the baby's au pair but Maddie is not happy that they're all young and busty. Maddie has her baby shower during which she suddenly is rushed to hospital.
Episode 2
Between a Yuk and a Hard Place
Tue, Dec 13, 1988 49 mins
After the loss of the baby, Maddie and David have been avoiding each other. David, in particular, spends his days away from the office. Herbert sees it as a chance to better himself. Agnes arranges for David and Maddie to be stuck together alone in a lift and they come out happy. The agency gets a case where a woman wants them to find out about a mystery woman in her husband's past. They find out that she died in a car accident 10 years ago. Then the current wife dies in the same manner. This leads to a pursuit in a hot air balloon.
Episode 3
The Color of Maddie
Tue, Dec 20, 1988 46 mins
David is unsettled when Maddie starts accepting him for what he is after he starts work late and hungover. A woman approaches Blue Moon to find out whether the man she is living with is really her husband. She had married him 10 years ago but he disappeared before suddenly reappearing a few months ago claiming to be her husband. Apparently he had been in a Mexican jail. When her husband appears to have been killed in a car bomb, it seems that he had a criminal past. Then the wife is murdered. David and Maddie are on the case.
Episode 4
Plastic Fantastic Lovers
Tue, Jan 10, 1989 47 mins
Agnes is suffering from beard burn on her face from Herbert. He offers to shave his beard off publicly in the agency. The agency is asked by a man who had failed plastic surgery to found out if his operation was a deliberate, unethical act of sabotage. Maddie goes undercover to the surgeon to find out what happened. Meanwhile, David works on the receptionist. They then follow the surgeon and find out that he is having an affair with the patient's beautiful wife. Then the surgeon is killed and there are a number people who wanted to kill him.
Episode 5
Shirts and Skins
Tue, Jan 17, 1989 46 mins
A woman shoots and wounds her boss after he sacked her because she wouldn't sleep with him. Maddie investigates her story that appears to be a case of sexual harassment. David takes the side of the boss, in opposition to Maddie. Then the whole staff of Blue Moon see it as a challenge and a battle of the sexes, with the women siding with Maddie and the men with David.
Episode 6
Take My Wife, for Example
Tue, Feb 7, 1989 60 mins
A divorce lawyer hires Blue Moon agency after she has doubts after arranging the divorce of a couple. She wants to know whether the husband is really having an affair. Maddie and David follow the couple and find out what is really happening. Maddie presents David with a car from Blue Moon, which he doesn't particularly like. So he tries to arrange for it to be stolen but Bert is too good and prevents it being taken.
Episode 7
I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld
Tue, Feb 14, 1989 49 mins
A client dies in Maddie's office before they even have a chance to meet. Agnes says he is there for because he wants a bodyguard. Later a friend turns up looking for him. They each had half of a lottery ticket worth $10 million. Maddie and David are hired to find the other half of the ticket.
Episode 8
Those Lips, Those Lies
Sun, Apr 2, 1989 48 mins
The fiancée of David's brother, Richard, has been ripped off by her business partner, Benny. Richard asks David and Maddie to find Benny and find the missing money. During the pursuit, David ends up modelling swimwear. They then find out the fiancée and Benny have been running an escort service. When David gives Richard the news he gets an unexpected response. But there are more twists before they reach the end.
Episode 9
Perfetc
Sun, Apr 9, 1989 48 mins
Tensions are rising in the office and there's tomfoolery going on between the workers due to the current monotony. A man, Ash, who is dying comes to Blue Moon claiming to have committed a perfect crime 25 years ago. He wants them to prove that he committed the robbery from a museum. Ash wants Maddie to find a security guard who was on duty and has information that will prove to the police that he did it. Maddie refuses but David wants to them to take the case. They manage to solve the crime but then the man throws a spanner in the works by coming to them to say he isn't dying and he wants them to stop.
Episode 10
When Girls Collide
Sun, Apr 16, 1989 47 mins
Maddie's cousin comes to town and David is smitten by her, and she is very interested in him. They spend a lot of time together and end up in bed, which upsets Maddie as her cousin is married and she is still confused about her feelings for David. Bert comes to Blue Moon with a case for them. His accountant has some suspect transactions that need investigation. David gives the case to Bert to solve, and he goes overboard as only he can.
Episode 11
In 'N Outlaws
Sun, Apr 23, 1989 49 mins
Agnes is apprehensive about meeting Herbert's family at a party and then she is also called up for jury duty. The case, which appears to be a crime of passion, has parallels to what has happened between David and Maddie over the years. Agnes is the lone standout in the jury and thinks the man is not guilty of strangling his partner. She then misses the party because she is sequestered because of the impasse. Herbert's relatives think that Agnes is figment of his imagination. To break Agnes' deadlock, Herbert decides to solve the crime.
Episode 12
Eine Kleine Nacht Murder
Sun, Apr 30, 1989 47 mins
After a cooking class, Maddie witnesses a murder, after which the killer tries to murder her. She is given a police bodyguard to protect her round the clock. David's romance with Annie is continuing, despite Maddie's misgivings. Herbert doesn't like the look of the detective and David is not happy with him either. When Herbert investigates further, he finds out that his suspicions are well-founded and then David finds out the police officer is associating with criminals. However, it turns out that there are a few bad apples in the police department.
Episode 13
Lunar Eclipse
Sun, May 14, 1989 48 mins
Agnes proposes to Herbert and he agrees, although he has some misgivings. David is asked by Agnes to give her away and he is also going to be the best man. Annie's husband, Mark, turns up and throws a spanner in David's life. He hires a detective to find out what Annie is doing but the detective gets the wrong idea and thinks Herbert is having an affair with Annie. David conspires to make Annie to return to her husband.
