Moonlighting
Moonlighting: Season 3

Air Date

September 23, 1986

Episodes

15 episodes

Moonlighting

Season 3

Episodes

The Son Also Rises

1. The Son Also Rises

10.0
September 23, 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.

The Man Who Cried Wife

2. The Man Who Cried Wife

10.0
September 30, 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.

Symphony in Knocked Flat

3. Symphony in Knocked Flat

10.0
October 14, 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.

Yours, Very Deadly

4. Yours, Very Deadly

10.0
October 28, 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.

All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great

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

10.0
November 11, 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.

Big Man on Mulberry Street

6. Big Man on Mulberry Street

November 18, 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.

Atomic Shakespeare

7. Atomic Shakespeare

10.0
November 25, 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.

It's a Wonderful Job

8. It's a Wonderful Job

December 16, 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.

The Straight Poop

9. The Straight Poop

January 6, 1987
46 min

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

Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

10. Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

January 13, 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.

Blonde on Blonde (1)

11. Blonde on Blonde (1)

February 3, 1987
46 min

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

Sam & Dave (2)

12. Sam & Dave (2)

February 10, 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.

Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

13. Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

March 3, 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.

I Am Curious... Maddie (4)

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

March 31, 1987
46 min

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

To Heiress Human

15. To Heiress Human

May 5, 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.