The BEST episodes of Moonlighting season 5
Every episode of Moonlighting season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Moonlighting season 5!
When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she is tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.
#1 - Lunar Eclipse
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/14/1989
Dave breaks it off with Annie when her husband comes to California, everyone attends the wedding of Burt and Agnes, and the agency closes its doors for a final time as everyone tries to figure out why it all had to end.
#2 - A Womb with a View
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/1988
An angel from above visits Baby Hayes as he waits to be born and gives him the low down on his parents and their relationship.
#3 - Those Lips, Those Lies
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/1989
Maddie is sympathetic while David is skeptical when his brother shows up asking for help tracking down his fiancee's former partner, who has absconded with all their company assets.
#4 - Between a Yuk and a Hard Place
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/1988
Maddie takes on several new cases in an effort to bury her sorrow, including one where a woman is convinced that her husband is still in love with someone from his past.
#5 - Plastic Fantastic Lovers
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/1989
Maddie and David are hired by a disfigured man who has become a recluse and needs the detectives' help in proving that a plastic surgeon wantonly caused his disfiguration.
#6 - When Girls Collide (1)
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/1989
David goes beyond the call of duty to help entertain Maddie's cousin Annie, and Maddie realizes that David may be over his obsession with her.
#7 - Eine Kleine Nacht Murder
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/1989
Maddie witnesses a murder and is placed under police protection, but David thinks her bodyguard is crooked and is planning to kill her himself. Annie moves in with David, largely because of the discomfort their relationship is causing Maddie. David goes to Maddie's house to convince her to try to flee from the bad guys, only for a SWAT team to show up and severely damage the house.
#8 - The Color of Maddie
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/1988
Maddie and David struggle to find a new footing for their relationship while working on a case for a woman whose husband of one week returns after a ten year absence.
#9 - In 'n Outlaws
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/1989
Agnes misses Herbert's family reunion when she is called for jury duty. She is the only juror convinced of the defendant's innocence, and the jury is now sequestered until a verdict can be agreed. Herbert is desperate to ensure that Agnes makes it to the reunion so sets out to solve the case himself.
#10 - Take My Wife, for Example
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1989
A ruthless divorce lawyer comes to Blue Moon for help in reconciling a couple she helped split up, and Maddie tries to buy David a present.
#12 - Shirts and Skins
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/17/1989
The office divides along gender lines when Maddie takes on a case for a woman who shot her boss for sabotaging her career when she refused his sexual advances.
#13 - I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1989
Dave and Maddie keep company with a popular corpse and visit a graveyard when a man seeking a bodyguard drops dead in their office.