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Season 3

Season 3

Moonlighting

1986
Episodes: 15

Episodes

The Son Also Rises

1. The Son Also Rises

September 23, 1986

9.0
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.

Guest Stars: Paul Sorvino, Brynn Thayer, Edith Fields

The Man Who Cried Wife

2. The Man Who Cried Wife

September 30, 1986

9.0
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.

Guest Stars: Alley Mills, Jack Blessing, Stephen Godwin

Symphony in Knocked Flat

3. Symphony in Knocked Flat

October 14, 1986

8.5
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.

Guest Stars: Don King, Linda Thorson, Xander Berkeley

Yours, Very Deadly

4. Yours, Very Deadly

October 28, 1986

9.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Brooke Bundy, John Kassir

All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great

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

November 11, 1986

9.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Brad Dourif, Richard Beymer

Big Man on Mulberry Street

6. Big Man on Mulberry Street

November 18, 1986

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: Marilyn Jones, Andra Akers, Betty McGuire

Atomic Shakespeare

7. Atomic Shakespeare

November 25, 1986

9.0
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.

Guest Stars: Kenneth McMillan, Ralph Drischell, Joseph G. Medalis

It's a Wonderful Job

8. It's a Wonderful Job

December 16, 1986

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Cheryl Tiegs, Lionel Stander

The Straight Poop

9. The Straight Poop

January 6, 1987

5.0
46 min

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

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Rona Barrett

Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

10. Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing

January 13, 1987

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Ian Abercrombie, John Lehne

Blonde on Blonde (1)

11. Blonde on Blonde (1)

February 3, 1987

7.0
46 min

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

Sam & Dave (2)

12. Sam & Dave (2)

February 10, 1987

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, William Washington

Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

13. Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

March 3, 1987

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Caitlin Clarke, Gary Cole

I Am Curious... Maddie (4)

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

March 31, 1987

8.0
46 min

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

Guest Stars: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, Jack Goode Jr.

To Heiress Human

15. To Heiress Human

May 5, 1987

8.0
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.

Guest Stars: William Hickey, Scott Paulin, Ann Hearn

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