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"Moonlighting" (1985): Season 5: Episode 13 -- Agnes and Herbert announce wedding plans.
"Moonlighting" (1985): Season 5: Episode 12 -- Police give Maddie protection after she witnesses a murder.
"Moonlighting" (1985): Season 5: Episode 11 -- Agnes is the dissenting vote on a sequestered jury.
"Moonlighting" (1985): Season 5: Episode 10 -- Maddie's beautiful cousin gets David's attention.
"Moonlighting" (1985): Season 5: Episode 9 -- A dying man wants to be proven guilty of committing the perfect crime.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
5 March 1985 (USA) more
Plot:
The quirky cases of an ex model and a wiseguy detective who co-run a private detective agency. full summary
Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 51 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(34 articles)
Moonlighting | Cable girl
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Reliving the 80's with one of my favorite shows. more (30 total)

Cast

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Cybill Shepherd ... Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes / ... (54 episodes, 1985-1989)

Allyce Beasley ... Agnes DiPesto / ... (54 episodes, 1985-1989)

Bruce Willis ... David Addison Jr. / ... (54 episodes, 1985-1989)

Curtis Armstrong ... Herbert Quentin Viola (23 episodes, 1986-1989)

Jack Blessing ... MacGillicudy (17 episodes, 1986-1989)
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Runtime:
60 min (66 episodes) | Argentina:60 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 (seasons 1 and 2) | Singapore:PG (season 3) (season 4) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (2005) (self applied) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Argentina:13

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Trivia:
Because of the trademark conversations/arguments on this show (mostly, but not always, between David and Maddie), in which two or more characters are talking at length simultaneously, the scripts for this show were typically two to three times the length of a script for a similar hour-long drama. more
Quotes:
Lucentio/Viola: Stay! Didst I hear, "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua?"
Petruchio/Addison: Pray sir, yea sir, I dare say I did say.
Lucentio/Viola: Yea sir, you do say you did say?
Petruchio/Addison: Yea, I say, but why do you bray? Do not gainsay what I say that we may make headway. I foray this way that I may be home ere midday.
Lucentio/Viola: Hooray for this day and the words that you say and forgive my display, but I have something to say.
Petruchio/Addison: Then without further delay, I say, fire away!
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Referenced in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) more
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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Reliving the 80's with one of my favorite shows., 22 July 2000
Author: sarita kiehm (cedrakay@prodigy.net) from Torrance, Ca., USA

Presently, "Moonlighting" is being shown on cable (Bravo)here in the U.S. I must say watching these episodes after fifteen years brings back a lot of joy for me. It was one of my favorite shows of the '80's. I remember enjoying the verbal sparring between Maddie and David. It was also fun to watch what antics David would pull. True, some episodes weren't all that great, but what T.V. show has been truly perfect? Anyway, for the most part "Moonlighting" was a wonderful show that was well-written. As I watch these episodes again, I'm struck by how beautiful Cybill Sheperd was photographed and how young looking Bruce Willis was. (I think they've aged pretty well.)Last night I saw "Twas the Episode Before Xmas" and loved how they (writers and actors) frequently broke through the "fourth wall". That's another thing I loved about the show. It frequently broke through the "fourth wall". In all, "Moonlighting" was a witty romantic comedic show that put a whole new spin on the detective show genre.

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