David (Bruce Willis) is having problems with Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and the relationship she has begun with Sam (Mark Harmon) and it’s just going to cause him to spin out of control, drunkenly, even as he tries to be civil and friendly. Sam & Dave was writte by Charles H. Eglee and Roger Director from…
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Moonlighting (1987) – Poltergeist III DiPesto Nothing, and Blonde on Blonde
Agnes DiPesto (Allyce Beasley) has been working for the Blue Moon Detective Agency from the beginning, Bert Viola (Curtis Armstrong who made a great addition to the cast) has been there for three months and he’s already working a case. So Agnes, without telling David (Bruce Willis) or Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) takes on one of…
Moonlighting (1986) – Big Man on Mulberry Street, and Atomic Shakespeare
David (Bruce Willis) was married?! Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) is as shocked as the audience as the detective travels to New York after he learns that his former brother-in-law has died in Big Man on Mulberry Street. Written by Karen Hall this episode debuted on 18 November, 1986. Maddie trails David to New York to learn…
Moonlighting (1986) – Yours, Very Deadly, and All Creatures Great… and Not So Great
Roger Director pens Maddie (Cybill SHepherd) and David’s (Brice Willis) first case this week, Yours, Very Deadly. It first aired on 28 October, 1986. Gail Woodley (Brooke Bundy), a fairly unhappily married woman, comes to the Blue Moon Detective Agency for help. Over the past few years she has been trading letters with an admirer….
Moonlighting (1986) – North by North DiPesto, and In God We Strongly Suspect
Debra Frank and Carl Sautter pen the first episode up this week, North by North DiPesto (a fun nod to one of my favorite Hitchcock films – and no doubt has a bit of an effect on the plot). It first aired on 21 January, 1986, and lets Agnes DiPesto (Allyce Beasley) take the limelight…
Moonlighting (1985/1986) – Twas the Episode Before Christmas, and The Bride of Tupperman
David (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) get into the holiday spirit this week with Twas the Episode Before Christmas. Written by showrunner and creator Glenn Gordon Caron, the xmas-themed episode aired on 17 December 1985. When a man in the witness protection program, Joseph (Ralph Meyering Jr.) is murdered by Leonard (Richard Belzer), his…
Moonlighting (1985) – Pilot
I decided to lighten it up a bit now that I’ve finished Miami Vice, and I definitely wanted to dig into another classic 80s series. I remember only seeing a couple of Moonlighting episodes when it originally aired, and of course, the pilot when it was released to home video as a feature length film….
The Mind Reels 