
Season 3
Moonlighting
Episodes

1. The Son Also Rises
September 23, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Paul Sorvino, Brynn Thayer, Edith Fields

2. The Man Who Cried Wife
September 30, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Alley Mills, Jack Blessing, Stephen Godwin

3. Symphony in Knocked Flat
October 14, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Don King, Linda Thorson, Xander Berkeley

4. Yours, Very Deadly
October 28, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Brooke Bundy, John Kassir

5. All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
November 11, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Brad Dourif, Richard Beymer

6. Big Man on Mulberry Street
November 18, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Marilyn Jones, Andra Akers, Betty McGuire

7. Atomic Shakespeare
November 25, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Kenneth McMillan, Ralph Drischell, Joseph G. Medalis

8. It's a Wonderful Job
December 16, 1986
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Cheryl Tiegs, Lionel Stander

9. The Straight Poop
January 6, 1987
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Rona Barrett

10. Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
January 13, 1987
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Ian Abercrombie, John Lehne

11. Blonde on Blonde (1)
February 3, 1987
Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Donna Dixon, John McCook

12. Sam & Dave (2)
February 10, 1987
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, William Washington

13. Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
March 3, 1987
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.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Caitlin Clarke, Gary Cole

14. I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
March 31, 1987
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, Jack Goode Jr.

15. To Heiress Human
May 5, 1987
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.
Guest Stars: William Hickey, Scott Paulin, Ann Hearn
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