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Moonlighting: Season 2, Episode 10

Twas the Episode Before Christmas (17 Dec. 1985)

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A criminal in the witness protection scheme is killed but his wife and baby manage to escape. When fleeing, the baby is left in Agnes' apartment but without any explanation. Maddie and Addison decide to try to find the mother.

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It's Christmas time and Addison has set up a Santa hot line in the agency to earn some money. At the same time, a criminal in the witness protection scheme is killed but his wife and baby who witnessed the murder manage to escape. When fleeing, the baby is left in Agnes' apartment but without any explanation. Maddie and Addison decide to try to find the mother. The mother eventually turns up at the Blue Moon agency looking for Agnes and her baby. Written by jem

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The title is from "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" or "A Visit from St. Nicholas" first published anonymously in the Troy, New York Sentinel on December 23, 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore. See more »

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David Addison Jr.: I just had a thought.
Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes: There's a first.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (2004) See more »

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"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Performed by Allyce Beasley
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