Moonlighting: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Moonlighting Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Son Also Rises
Sep 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
Sep 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
Oct 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
Oct 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
Nov 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
Nov 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
Nov 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
It's a Wonderful Job
Dec 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
Jan 6, 1987 · 46 min
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
Jan 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)
Feb 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)
Feb 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)
Mar 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)
Mar 31, 1987 · 46 min
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
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.