Moonlighting: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
A Trip to the Moon
Sep 29, 1987 · 46 min
After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.
Come Back Little Shiksa
Oct 6, 1987 · 46 min
With Maddie in Chicago, Dave feels very sympatico with a client who offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.
Take a Left at the Altar
Oct 13, 1987 · 46 min
David recruits Bert Viola as his detecting companion in a case concerning a man who failed to show up for his wedding while Maddie continues to brood in Chicago.
Tale in Two Cities
Nov 3, 1987 · 46 min
Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.
Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
Nov 17, 1987 · 46 min
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Cool Hand Dave (Part II)
Dec 1, 1987 · 46 min
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Father Knows Last
Dec 15, 1987 · 46 min
Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.
Los Dos DiPestos
Jan 5, 1988 · 46 min
Ms. Dipesto's mother returns from a visit to Mexico carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target for several different parties.
Fetal Attraction
Jan 19, 1988 · 46 min
Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.
Tracks of My Tears
Feb 2, 1988 · 46 min
Maddie returns home by train. She is still unsure about David and has dreams and nightmares about being married to him on the trip back. On the journey, she meets a systems analyst
Eek! A Spouse!
Feb 9, 1988 · 46 min
Dave is skeptical about the existence of Walter Bishop and bugs Maddie about it as they work on case for a woman who wants to buy off her husband's mistress.
Maddie Hayes Got Married
Mar 1, 1988 · 46 min
Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.
Here's Living With You, Kid
Mar 15, 1988 · 46 min
Bert, bored on an all-night stakeout, dreams about how nice it would be to live with Agnes, but her hesitation when he actually asks her hurts his tender ego.
And the Flesh Was Made Word
Mar 22, 1988 · 46 min
Dave and Maddie try to recover their working relationship while dealing with the romantic writings of a man obsessed by one woman.