The BEST episodes of Moonlighting season 1

Every episode of Moonlighting season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Moonlighting season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 12/12/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Next Stop Murder
star
8.20
219 votes

#1 - Next Stop Murder

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1985

Maddie and Dave get trapped on a train filled with mystery buffs when they try to deliver Agnes on time for her big weekend solving a make-believe murder staged by a famous author.

Directors: Kevin Connor
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The Murder's in the Mail
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7.94
246 votes

#2 - The Murder's in the Mail

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/1985

Dave and Maddie find a dead body as they try to collect money for a collection agency, but it disappears without a trace when they try to report it.

Directors: Peter Werner
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The Next Murder You Hear
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7.93
226 votes

#3 - The Next Murder You Hear

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1985

Maddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.

Directors: Peter Werner
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Gunfight at the So-So Corral
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7.67
390 votes

#4 - Gunfight at the So-So Corral

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/1985

Dave and Maddie face a difficult situation when they have to tell their client that the son he hired them to find is a notorious contract killer.

Directors: Peter Werner
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Read the Mind -- See the Movie
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7.66
260 votes

#5 - Read the Mind -- See the Movie

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1985

Maddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.

Writer: Joe Gannon
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Pilot
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7.52
476 votes

#6 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/1985

After an embezzling accountant leaves her penniless, ex-model Maddie Hayes decides to sell the few failing businesses she still owns, among them a detective agency. But private eye David Addison wants to keeps his job, so he persuades a reluctant Maddie to form a partnership. Their first case gives them little to go on: Maddie gets a broken watch from a dying man.

Directors: Robert Butler
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