The BEST episodes of Moonlighting season 3

Every episode of Moonlighting season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Moonlighting season 3!

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: 9/11/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Poltergeist III -- Dipesto Nothing
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8.57
107 votes

#1 - Poltergeist III -- Dipesto Nothing

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/1987

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.

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It's a Wonderful Job
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8.37
139 votes

#2 - It's a Wonderful Job

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/1986

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.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Blonde on Blonde (1)
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8.01
84 votes

#3 - Blonde on Blonde (1)

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/1987

Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.

Directors: Jay Daniel
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
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Yours, Very Deadly
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8.01
114 votes

#4 - Yours, Very Deadly

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1986

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.

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All Creatures Great and...Not So Great
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7.86
112 votes

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

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1986

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.

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Big Man on Mulberry Street
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7.75
116 votes

#6 - Big Man on Mulberry Street

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1986

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.

Writer: Karen Hall
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Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
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7.57
82 votes

#7 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/3/1987

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.

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To Heiress Human
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7.53
83 votes

#8 - To Heiress Human

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/5/1987

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.

Directors: Sam Weisman
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
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I am Curious...Maddie (4)
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7.44
87 votes

#9 - I am Curious...Maddie (4)

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/31/1987

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

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Symphony in Knocked Flat
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7.33
117 votes

#10 - Symphony in Knocked Flat

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1986

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.

Directors: Paul Lynch
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Atomic Shakespeare
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7.31
117 votes

#11 - Atomic Shakespeare

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1986

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.

Directors: Will Mackenzie
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The Straight Poop
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7.30
110 votes

#12 - The Straight Poop

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/1987

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

Directors: Jay Daniel
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The Man Who Cried Wife
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7.28
88 votes

#13 - The Man Who Cried Wife

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1986

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.

Writer: Kerry Ehrin
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Sam & Dave (2)
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7.27
82 votes

#14 - Sam & Dave (2)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/1987

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.

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The Son Also Rises
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7.06
115 votes

#15 - The Son Also Rises

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1986

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.

Directors: Allan Arkush
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