Moonlighting The Podcast

SYNOPSIS: Maddie and David are approached by an elderly man called Lawrence Everette, to assist him in witnessing a murder, his own. He says he has hired someone to murder him but wants a witness to the murder to ensure that his family receives his life insurance money as it does not pay out for suicide.  Of course, Maddie and David disagree on whether to take the case. Maddie decides that he...

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season. They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relati...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie’s parents Alexander and Virginia Hayes arrive in town from Chicago to attend the wedding of one of her father’s colleagues. Her mother confides that Maddie’s father may be having an affair and that the woman may have followed them from Chicago. Maddie is determined to prove her mother wrong and wants to conduct an investigation, and follow him for a day to see where he goes. David...

SYNOPSIS: David and Maddie are hired to watch over the body of an escape artist who died as part of a magic trick, attempting to escape out of a tank of water. Before he died, he often threatened his wife that he would come back from the dead and kill her for all of her indiscretions.  The widow is now afraid for her life so she hires them to watch over the body. They spend the night in the m...

SYNOPSIS: David and Maddie are hired to watch over the body of an escape artist who died as part of a magic trick, attempting to escape out of a tank of water. Before he died, he often threatened his wife that he would come back from the dead and kill her for all of her indiscretions.  The widow is now afraid for her life so she hires them to watch over the body. They spend the night in the m...

SYNOPSIS Agnes is in a rut and is looking for some excitement in her life. So Maddie and David give her their tickets to a top industry banquet.  She meets a man who gives her a number to keep and that he will be back for it. They meet up the next day for coffee only for him to be stabbed when she is called away to a phone call.  This leads to her involvement in an espionage operati...

SYNOPSIS: Agnes is in a rut and is looking for some excitement in her life, so Maddie and David give her their tickets to a top industry banquet.  She meets a man who gives her a number to keep and that he will be back for it. They meet up the next day for coffee only for him to be stabbed when she is called away to a phone call.  This leads to her involvement in an espionage operat...

SYNOPSIS: A wealthy but lonely man hires the detectives to find him a suitable wife. He provides them with a description of his perfect mate which he has been unable to find.  Although Maddie initially does not want to take the case as Blue Moon is not a dating agency, Maddie and David eventually decide to go their separate ways, each finding a candidate based on their own ideals. The client...

SYNOPSIS: A wealthy but lonely man hires the detectives to find him a suitable wife. He provides them with a description of his perfect mate which he has been unable to find.  Although Maddie initially does not want to take the case as Blue Moon is not a dating agency, Maddie and David eventually decide to go their separate ways, each finding a candidate based on their own ideals. The client...

Grace and Shawna review this episode during their first-ever live event with devoted Moonlighting fans on 25th June 2022. SYNOPSIS: A man who is in the witness protection program dies when a man who he is about to testify against throws him over the balcony. His wife Mary and the baby manage to escape and Mary takes the baby to Agnes’s apartment to keep him safe. Mary then approaches Blue Moo...

SYNOPSIS: A rival detective agency makes an offer for Blue Moon, and Maddie is seriously considering it. Maddie breaks the news to David. Not happy with this news, David storms off. Whilst sitting in a bar, he meets a man played by Mark Linn-Baker who is about to be sacked because his employer’s prized Rolodex of celebrity phone numbers has been stolen. Once he finds out that the man’s e...

SYNOPSIS: A rival detective agency makes an offer for Blue Moon, and Maddie is seriously considering it. Maddie breaks the news to David. Not happy with this news, David storms off. Whilst sitting in a bar, he meets a man played by Mark Linn-Baker who is about to be sacked because his employer’s prized Rolodex of celebrity phone numbers has been stolen. Once he finds out that the man’s e...

SYNOPSIS: A painter who is obsessed with Maddie, completes a painting of her. He calls the gallery to let them know that it is ready to be collected, then commits suicide. Maddie purchases the portrait from the Gallery, only to gift it to the painter’s brother who shows up at her office the following day. The brother then dies the following day in the same manner and in the loft of his b...

SYNOPSIS: A painter who is obsessed with Maddie, completes a painting of her. He calls the gallery to let them know that it is ready to be collected, then commits suicide. Maddie purchases the portrait from the Gallery, only to gift it to the painter’s brother who shows up at her office the following day. The brother then dies in the same manner and in the loft of his brother’s apartment...

SYNOPSIS: A woman is being chased by several men, and hires the agency to protect her. She claims to be a leprechaun and that the men are after her pot of gold.  Maddie does not want to take the case, as she believes the woman needs psychiatric help, but David decides to take the case anyway.  The "Pot Of Gold" turns out to be money that was stolen from a bank in Ireland by the woman's f...

SYNOPSIS: A woman is being chased by several men, and hires the agency to protect her. She claims to be a leprechaun and that the men are after her pot of gold.  Maddie does not want to take the case, as she believes the woman needs psychiatric help, but David decides to take the case anyway.  The "Pot Of Gold" turns out to be money that was stolen from a bank in Ireland by the woman's f...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie has a bad morning trying to change her flat tyre in the rain. After she arrives at the office, a wealthy client called Gillian Armstrong, played by Dana Delaney, walks into Blue Moon and asks Maddie to find the locket that her grandmother gave her that has been stolen from her hotel room. David walks in stunned when he sees the client because he used to be in a relationship w...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie has a bad morning trying to change her flat tyre in the rain. After she arrives at the office, a wealthy client called Gillian Armstrong, played by Dana Delaney, walks into Blue Moon and asks Maddie to find the locket that her grandmother gave her that has been stolen from her hotel room. David walks in stunned when he sees the client because he used to be in a relationship w...

SYNOPSIS: After Maddie walks in on a limbo contest in the office between David and her employees, she has a wager with David that he can’t behave like a mature adult for one week. If he loses, he must fire two employees, whereas if she loses she must limbo in front of all the staff and pay David $3000. A vvery rich client walks in, a woman whose stepson, who is a gifted concert pianist, has been k...

SYNOPSIS: After Maddie walks in on a limbo contest in the office between David and her employees, she has a wager with David that he can’t behave like a mature adult for one week. If he loses, he must fire two employees, whereas if she loses she must limbo in front of all the staff and pay David $3000. A vvery rich client walks in, a woman whose stepson, who is a gifted concert pianist, has been k...

SYNOPSIS: This iconic episode is a tribute to 1940s film noir, shot mostly in black and white from approximately 12 minutes into the episode. It was mainly shot on location at the Aquarius Theatre.  Maddie and David learn of a murder committed at a 1940s nightclub, by the current owner. Each dream the role of the convicted murderer and the circumstances leading to the crime, but eac...

SYNOPSIS: This iconic episode is a tribute to 1940s film noir, shot mostly in black and white from approximately 12 minutes into the episode. It was mainly shot on location at the Aquarius Theatre.  Maddie and David learn of a murder committed at a 1940s nightclub, by the current owner. Each dream the role of the convicted murderer and the circumstances leading to the crime, but eac...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie learns that her ex-accountant has started a new life in Argentina and bought a Casino with the millions of dollars that he stole from her.  She is determined to travel there and confront him, against David's advice. When she travels there, she approaches her ex-accountant Ron Sawyer, but soon finds out she won’t be getting her money back.  David arrives in a timely manne...

SYNOPSIS: Maddie learns that her ex-accountant has started a new life in Argentina and bought a Casino with the millions of dollars that he stole from her.  She is determined to travel there and confront him, against David's advice. When she travels there, she approaches her ex-accountant Ron Sawyer, but soon finds out she won’t be getting her money back.  David arrives in a timely manne...

SYNOPSIS: David and Maddie are hired by a mysterious woman in a veil to track down an ex-boyfriend who threw acid on her face many years ago, in a fit of anger once he found out she was to marry another man.  She claims she wants to give him another chance, but shortly after they find him, Maddie and David find out he has been murdered.  They later discover that the person who actually h...