Moonlighting The Podcast

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...

Glenn Gordon Caron is an American Writer, Director, and Producer, best known for the television series Moonlighting in the 1980s and Medium in the 2000s.  Glenn shares with Shawna and Grace his experiences in creating this Emmy Award-winning TV Series. They discuss the behind-the-scenes fast-paced environment due to Cybill and Bruce being in the majority of the scenes.&nbs...

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...

SYNOPSIS: In this first episode of Season Two, David’s brother Richie (Charles Rocket) arrives in town, spending money extravagantly and flirting with Maddie, which makes David jealous. Maddie has just found out that she owes the IRS $35,000. David asks his brother Richie for a loan to help Maddie out but tells him not to say a word about it. David gets angry when due to a mistaken ident...

SYNOPSIS: In this first episode of Season Two, David’s brother Richie (Charles Rocket) arrives in town, spending money extravagantly and flirting with Maddie, which makes David jealous. Maddie has just found out that she owes the IRS $35,000. David asks his brother Richie for a loan to help Maddie out but tells him not to say a word about it. David gets angry when due to a mistaken ident...

SYNOPSIS: David and Maddie do some moonlighting of their own for a debt collection agency when Blue Moon is short of money.  They discover that one of the debtors has been killed, but when they return with the police, the body has disappeared and a completely different man is at the scene claiming to be the client.  This leads the duo to become involved in an assassination plot and in or...

SYNOPSIS: David and Maddie do some moonlighting of their own for a debt collection agency when Blue Moon is short of money.  They discover that one of the debtors has been killed, but when they return with the police, the body has disappeared and a completely different man is at the scene claiming to be the client.  This leads the duo to become involved in an assassination plot and in or...

SYNOPSIS: Miss DiPesto wins a competition to join a Murder On The Orient Express-inspired crime game in a train created by her favourite crime author, JB Harland. She is accompanied by Maddie and David to Central Station because she doesn't want to leave her car there overnight. Due to David's antics on the train, Maddie and David miss leaving the train before it starts off and now have to stay on...

In this Bonus Episode, Grace and Shawna have a chat with Scott Ryan, Author of Moonlighting, An Oral History. Scott talks about his interviews and the structure of his book. A few mysteries that he solved while interviewing the cast and crew. He interviewed Cybill Shepherd, Jay Daniel, Glen Gordon Caron (Creator), Allyce Beasley (Agnes DiPesto), Roger Director, and many more. Scott opens up a...

SYNOPSIS: Miss DiPesto wins a competition to join a Murder On The Orient Express-inspired crime game in a train created by her favourite crime author, JB Harland. She is accompanied by Maddie and David to Central Station because she doesn't want to leave her car there overnight. Due to David's antics on the train, Maddie and David miss leaving the train before it starts off and now have to stay on...