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Starring Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd
Season 4 (ABC) (1987-88)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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ABC Tuesdays 9-10pm (14 episodes)

4.1 [--] Moonlighting: A TRIP TO THE MOON
Prod. no. ? / 29-Sep-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Glenn Gordon Caron
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Ray Charles
Synopsis:
They've done it and they've kept on doing it for some months, but Maddie and David's 'relationship' continues to be the best-kept
of secrets. Will she lighten up? Can legendary soul singers save his reputation? Are laundromats the ideal place for a date?

4.2 [--] Moonlighting: COME BACK, LITTLE SHIKSA
Prod. no. ? / 06-Oct-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Kay Lenz
John Goodman
Synopsis:
Chicago, Chicago, that's her hometown and Addison is left in Los Angeles wondering what it's all about. But although Maddie's
away David must still play detective for a very disarming Prince Charming who is desperate to find his reluctant Cinderella ...
He offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.

4.3 [--] Moonlighting: TAKE A LEFT AT THE ALTAR
Prod. no. ? / 13-Oct-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Karen Hall
Directed by Sam Weisman
Guest Cast:
Terry O'Quinn
Amanda Plummer
Synopsis:
Maddie's still being whimsical and brooding in the Windy City of Chicago, David's still feeling the chill while, at the wedding,
someone's got another variety of cold feet. Hired to find an errant bridegroom, an intrepid Addison looks to the skies and awaits
a telephone call. Enter Herbert Viola and the bleepers ...

4.4 [--] Moonlighting: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Prod. no. ? / 03-Nov-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Charles H. Eglee and Roger Director
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
(no details)
Synopsis:
Los Angeles: David and Bert Viola duet on what becomes of the broken-hearted as their cynicism leads them to the land where the
tequila flows, the Jacuzzis bubble and the women....
Chicago: Maddie's parents throw a party for her although she is still listless, but a chance meeting has her feeling great - very great....

4.5 [--] Moonlighting: COOL HAND DAVE Part 1
Prod. no. 87005 / 17-Nov-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer Christopher T. Welch
Written by Roger Director and Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Tracey Walter
Tony Bill
Ronald G. Joseph
Rocky Giordani Sr.
Leo V. Gordon
Synopsis:
A two-part episode in which Maddie's impregnation leads to David's incarceration ... Maddie should have known better than to trust
Agnes with 'the Big Secret', but once the news gets out, Addison's on his way to Chicago. Well, he would have been except for the detour
and the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang. Meanwhile, in his mentor's absence, Bert gets to do the vocals ...

4.6 [--] Moonlighting: COOL HAND DAVE Part 2
Prod. no. ? / 01-Dec-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer Christopher T. Welch
Written by Roger Director and Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Tracey Walter
Tony Bill
Ronald G. Joseph
Rocky Giordani Sr.
Leo V. Gordon
Synopsis:
The conclusion of a two-part episode in which it's David who goes into labour! Maddie 's pregnant and doesn't know; Agnes and Bert are clueless
and don't know; television executives are desperate and don't know. Nobody knows the trouble Addison's in, breaking rocks and singing those
lonesome prison blues. With Maddie on his mind, can the boy break free before they give the part - and the paternity - to someone else?

4.7 [--] Moonlighting: FATHER KNOWS LAST
Prod. no. ? / 15-Dec-1987 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Kerry Ehrin
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Cleavant Derricks
R.H. Thomson
Synopsis:
He's back from prison, he's not sure if he's responsible for Maddie's unborn child, he's facing an impatient grandfather-to-be and he
seems to have lost his touch: whither the singing, swinging Addison of old? And, back at the detective agency, the workers are revolting....

4.8 [--] Moonlighting: LOS DOS DIPESTOS
Prod. no. 87008 / 05-Jan-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Douglas Steinberg
Directed by Gerald Perry Finnerman
Note:
Cybill Shepherd ("Maddie" Hayes) and Bruce Willis (David Addison) do NOT appear in this episode.
Guest Cast:
Imogene Coca
Ron Troncatty
Reni Santoni
Ellen Albertini Dow
Synopsis:
Like daughter, like mother: retired rhyming telephone operator, Clara Dipesto , returns from a Mexican holiday to see Agnes, only to
discover that visits to exotic places have a habit of staying with you. She is carrying more than she realizes and becomes the target
for several different parties. With Miss Hayes and Mr Addison absenting themselves from this episode, it's up to Ms Dipesto and Bert
to take on the case of the green-eyed monsters....

4.9 [--] Moonlighting: FETAL ATTRACTION
Prod. no. ? / 19-Jan-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Charles H. Eglee and Roger Director
Directed by Allan Arkush
Guest Cast:
Brooke Adams ..... Terri Knowles (recurring)
Sandra Bogen
Janet MacLachlan
Synopsis:
It's tough when you're the possible father-to-be and you want to be prepared for the big moment. All the reading and a heavily padded
Bert Viola fail to do the trick, but how does David get to go to childbirth classes when his 'partner' is miles away with an attitude problem?
Then into Blue Moon walks the very beautiful, very single and very pregnant Terri ...

4.10 [--] Moonlighting: TRACKS OF MY TEARS
Prod. no. 87010 / 02-Feb-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Judith Kahan
Directed by Paul Krasny
Guest Cast:
Dennis Dugan ....... Walter Bishop (recurring)
Robert Glaudini
Henry G. Sanders
Pat Boone ("Love Letters in the Sand")
Synopsis:
It's the big reunion ... Imagine Maddie at the throttle of the Cannonball Express. Imagine David crooning "Love Letters in the Sand". Enough imagination.
There's sufficient fantasy as five-months-gone Maddie takes a mystery train back to Los Angeles and drops not one, but two, bombshells into Mr Addison 's lap....

4.11 [--] Moonlighting: EEK! A SPOUSE
Prod. no. 87011 / 09-Feb-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Ron Osborn and Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Artie Mandelberg
Guest Cast:
Dennis Dugan ...... Walter Bishop (recurring)
Brooke Adams ...... Terri Knowles (recurring)
Christine Rose
Gerald Anthony
Kathleen Layman
Synopsis:
It's way past opening time at Blue Moon, but the new Maddie is not to everyone's liking and it seems that she's back with the old David;
but isn't his reaction to her shattering news a little, well, strange? And then there's the case of the husband, the wife, the mistress and
the payoff ... yes, it's business and banter as usual. They work on a case for a woman who wants to buy of her husband's mistress.

4.12 [--] Moonlighting: MADDIE HAYES GOT MARRIED
Prod. no. 87012 / 01-Mar-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Charles H. Eglee and Roger Director
Directed by Paul Krasny
Guest Cast:
Dennis Dugan ...... Walter Bishop (recurring)
Brooke Adams ...... Terri Knowles (recurring)
Synopsis:
Maddie regrets that her new status came without the usual trappings. Gracious in defeat, David decides to give her that big church
wedding - after an Addison-style bachelor party for Walter.

4.13 [--] Moonlighting: HERE'S LIVING WITH YOU, KID
Prod. no. 87009 / 15-Mar-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn
Directed by Artie Mandelberg
Guest Cast:
Ben Piazza
Johnny Brown
Synopsis:
They have stared longingly across the office, they have snatched moments of passion - but is it time for Viola to find out if Agnes rhymes
in her sleep? A lonely assignment has Bert considering his love life; is he destined to stand for ever on the wet tarmac or will he get the
girl and the Frequent Flyer coupons out of Casablanca?

4.14 [--] Moonlighting: AND THE FLESH WAS MADE WORD
Prod. no. ? / 22-Mar-1988 ABC Tue
Executive Producer Glenn Gordon Caron / Produced by Charles H. Eglee / Co-Producer, Christopher T. Welch
Written by Kerry Ehrin
Directed by Paul Krasny
Guest Cast:
Ana-Alicia
Mark Arnott
Stan Ivar
Dennis Dugan ...... Walter Bishop (recurring)
Brooke Adams ...... Terri Knowles (recurring)
Synopsis:
The story so far: Maddie was supposed to have been reaffirming her vows to Walter at the wedding of the year, but things got disrupted
when Terri delivered an unexpected guest. Can Maddie now say 'I do'? Will David find good reason for her to decide she doesn't? Do detectives
still detect? A passionate writer of purple prose may have the answer....

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