Moonlighting Strangers: An Expanded Universe of, by, and for the Fans

Moonlighting Strangers: An Expanded Universe of, by, and for the Fans

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Boy Dance Party Bruce Willis SNL / Listen to the Moonlighting podcast here: playpodca.st/mtp
Moonlighting - A Kiss With A Fist
Moonlighting - Stuck In The Middle With You
David and Maddie
Moonlighting: Against All Odds
Bruce Willis Moonlighting World Of Our Own
David - Monster
David and Maddie - Moonlighting - Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Uptown Girl - Moonlighting - Maddie and David
Moonlighting - Lighting My Fire
Moonlighting: Maddie: I Fucked Up / Maddie & David: Crazy For You
Moonlighting ~ Lucky One
Moonlighting - Beneath Your Beautiful
Moonlighting: You've Lost That Loving Feeling
Moonlighting ~ Marvin Gaye
Moonlighting ~ True Love
Moonlighting FanVid: SEXY & SAD, featuring Body Party by Ciara and UNI By Ed Sheeran
Moonlighting - Things will never be the same again
Moonlighting: Same thing, different episode.
Bruce Willis Moonlighting Ain't No Other Man
Moonlighting ~ You Take My Breath Away
David and Maddie / Sleigh Ride
Moonlighting - Hello, I Love You
Moonlighting: Rehab - Clumsy

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Present Day Current time in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Agnes' Desk

The place to introduce yourself, announce new Moonlighting stories, and discuss anything within the Expanded Universe beyond the scope of a single episode or story.
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Agnes Dipesto's Age

Maddie's Office

The place to discuss anything Moonlighting-related from a real-world perspective, such as behind-the-scenes topics, tales of cast or crew, related music, books, products, etc.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Curtis Armstrong Q&A with Moonlighting-21 - SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS!

David's Office

Anything goes! If it doesn't fall into either of the above categories, this is the place for it! Let's keep it clean, though, kids. Maddie has a way of popping in without warning.
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northernlight
What is your favorite David Bowie song?

Wobblypedia: The Moonlighting Wiki

Often perceived as little more than a group of childish, selfish warm bodies at Blue Moon, the Wobblies actually perform a critical function. They maintain the company files, which contain precious information about clients, associates, and just about anyone and everything else ever observed in the Moonlighting Expanded Universe.
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The most consistent Wobbly seating arrangement

PERIOD I - PAST LIVES BEFORE 1951  (PREQUEL SERIES)
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Incarnations Past Lives, Seasons 1-?

Before 1951 PL.1-?

Petruchio & Kate

(PL.1, characters created by William Shakespeare)  1500s.  The incarnations of "David and Maddie" as seen in "Atomic Shakespeare." According to Jerome, "the doors were heavier then and made a lot more racket."

Zach & Rita

(PL.2, characters created by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  1910s - 1940s.  The incarnations of "David and Maddie" as seen in "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." According to Jerome, this is "Maddie and David's last trip through the world" before arriving as "Maddie and David."

PERIOD II - YOUNG MADDIE & DAVID 1952-1982  (PREQUEL SERIES)
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Foundations Young Maddie & David, Series 1

September 23, 1952 - May 8, 1973 YMD.1

The First Day of School

(YMD.1.1, by CissySkipsquat)  Mon, August 30, 1965.  David is starting the fifth grade.
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Young 'Uns

(YMD.1.2, by Terry Knowles)  Tues-Wed, October 4-5, 1966.  David and Maddie have a chance encounter years before they would actually meet.
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Endeavour: Lesson

(YMD.1.3, TV-MA, by Parakeetist)  1967.  A Moonlighting/Endeavour (early season 6) crossover in which a very young David Addison visits the Thames Valley Police, and learns a lot, on a “ride along with the police” mission.
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Publications Young Maddie & David, Series 2

September 23, 1969 - May 13, 1980 Maddie Hayes, Cover Girl (YMD.2)

Relocation Young Maddie & David, Series 3

September 25, 1973 - May 9, 1978 David Takes Manhattan (YMD.3)

SPOILER ALERT!

No stories exploring David's years in New York have yet been written, but when they are, they will be accessible here. This arrangement exists to avoid spoiling significant revelations made in the Original Series, which should really be viewed in its entirety beforehand.
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Destination Young Maddie & David, Series 4

September 26, 1978 - May 11, 1982 L.A. Stories (YMD.4)

Gilted

Framework in Progress
(YDM.4.4.F)  Tues, May 11, 1982.  Arriving at home from work on a seemingly normal night, David is devastated to discover that Gillian has moved out of their apartment and left him.
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PERIOD III - CITY OF ANGELS 1982-1985  (PREQUEL SERIES)
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Corporation City of Angels, Seasons 1-3  (NOTE: This written series is a project of MoonlightingStrangers.com that is in the very early stages of development.)

September 21, 1982 - May 10, 1983 COA.1
  • Agnes tells Doug in NBND that "David Addison hired me" and reminds David in BCYSAB that "I've been here as long as you have." By the time of P3DN (set in January 1988), she has "put five years of hard work and loyalty into this company."

How the Nest Was Won

Framework in Progress
(COA.1.1)  c. Tues, September 21, 1982.  After discovering that no one is really paying attention, bartender David Addison forges his way into a once in a lifetime "dream job."
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Once Upon a Rhyme

Framework in Progress
(COA.1.2)  c. Tues, September 28, 1982.  The story of how Agnes Dipesto became the first of the "cuckoos" hired by David into the "nest."
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September 20, 1983 - May 8, 1984 COA.2

One Steph Forward, Two Steps Back

Framework in Progress
(COA.2.X)  Thurs-Mon, December 22-26, 1983.  David dashes his father's hopes for a Christmas with family together when he instead spends his weekend in Philadelphia with a woman he "wins" in a bar.
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September 25, 1984 - March 3, 1985 COA.3

PERIOD IV - THE RISE OF BLUE MOON 1985-1986  (ORIGINAL SERIES)
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Unification Moonlighting, Season 1

March 3-9, 1985 Blue Moon Rises  (ML.1)
  • David and Maddie first meet in the "Pilot" on March 4, 1985, and City of Angels officially becomes Blue Moon off-screen on March 9.
  • An apparent but unconfirmed appearance by Kris in the “Pilot” makes her the only Wobbly to appear in all five OS seasons.

Into the Light

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(ML.1.1.1p)  Sun, March 3, 1985.  Across town from each other on the eve of their first meeting, both David Addison and Maddie Hayes momentarily gaze upon the moon and have the uncanny feeling that their lives are about to change.
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Pilot

(ML.1.1, by Glenn Gordon Caron)  Mon-Thurs, March 4-7, 1985.  Maddie Hayes wakes up to find her staff have quit and all her money has been stolen. One of her few remaining assets is a loss-making investigation agency run by David Addison. She intends to sack the staff, but David is determined to keep it going.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Mims and Maim, Over the Moon: A Moonlighting Podcast" discusses the Pilot

A Safe Place for the Night

(ML.1.1.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Tues, March 5, 1985.  A very short story, a vignette, that takes place during the "Pilot" when David takes Maddie to the City of Angels office after their dangerous run-in with Simon at Maddie's house.
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Attraction

(ML.1.1.3, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, March 5, 1985.  A vignette of Maddie's thoughts during that very first dance with David in that very first episode.
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His "Blue Moon Girl" Friday

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(ML.1.1.4)  Thurs-Sat, March 7-9, 1985.  After literally wiping away David's false-start rebranding attempt a few days earlier, Maddie meets with her lawyer Alan, David, and Agnes at the office off-hours to discuss the staff and sign the paperwork giving official rise to Blue Moon Investigations.
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March 9-15, 1985 ML.1

Gunfight at the So-So Corral

(ML.1.2, by Michael Petryni)  Sat-Thurs, March 9-14, 1985.  It is Maddie's first day at Blue Moon, but there is nothing to do. In desperation, David "steals" a client from a rival agency. The man wants them to find his estranged son, but all is not as it seems.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Mims and Maim, Over the Moon: A Moonlighting Podcast" discusses GATSSC

So Farley, So Good!

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(ML.1.2.1)  Fri, March 15, 1985.  The staff celebrates Maddie's first week at the agency and Blue Moon's first paying case successfully closed.
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Fri, March 15, 1985

March 16-24, 1985 ML.1

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.1.2.2)  c. Tues, March 19, 1985.
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March 25-31, 1985 ML.1

Read the Mind--- See the Movie

(ML.1.3, by Joe Gannon)  Mon-Fri, March 25-29, 1985.  Blue Moon has been hired as security consultants for an aerospace firm from which a rival company has been stealing secrets.
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Frances Farmer
"Mims and Maim, Over the Moon: A Moonlighting Podcast" discusses RTMSTM

Drying Off in a Getaway Car

(ML.1.3.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed, March 27, 1985.  Set during RTMSTM after Maddie and David jump off of Omar Gouse's roof into his pool. Here's a little banter in the car while David drives her home.
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Work Before Play

(ML.1.3.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Thurs, March 28, 1985.  This fill-in-the-gap vignette is set during RTMSTM, after Maddie and David tell Vivian Baker that they have solved the case - and before David calls Maddie questioning who sabotaged the laser gun.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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April 1-5, 1985 ML.1

The Next Murder You Hear

(ML.1.4, by Peter Silverman)  Tues-Fri, April 2-5, 1985.  Maddie and David investigate the on-air shooting of a radio talk-show host.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TNMYH

April 6-11, 1985 ML.1

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.1.4.1)  c. Tues, April 9, 1985.
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April 12-15, 1985 ML.1

Next Stop Murder

(ML.1.5, by Ali Marie Matheson & Kerry Ehrin)  Fri, April 12 - Mon, April 15, 1985.  Maddie and David join Agnes on a "murder mystery train" hosted by a famous writer of mystery stories. While the train is in motion, the writer is murdered, and the Blue Moon trio find that every one of the passengers had a motive.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses NSM

April 16-21, 1985 ML.1

The Murder's in the Mail

(ML.1.6, by Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff)  Tues-Wed, April 16-17, 1985.  David gets the agency a job collecting money from debtors, which he believes will be easy while Maddie is not so sure. They find themselves involved in murder, a disappearing body, and an international conspiracy.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TMITM

Le Pacte

(ML.1.6.1, by blithers)  Wed, April 17, 1985 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  A look into Maddie's subconscious after the pie fight in TMITM.
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April 22-28, 1985 ML.1

Oh, How I Hate To Get Shot in the Morning

(ML.1.6.2, by Franelle Silver and Ron Zwang)  Mon-Wed, April 22-24, 1985.  As David and Maddie are each successively incarcerated for the murder of a narcotics dealer, the other works on the outside to find the identity of the real killer.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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April 29 - May 5, 1985 ML.1

Pair Abnormal

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(ML.1.6.3)  c. Mon, April 29 - Fri, May 3, 1985.  The case behind "Synchronized Swimming." David tries to reassure a concerned Maddie their often differing viewpoints make their partnership as detectives ideal, rather than "abnormal", "merely normal" or even "better than normal."
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Synchronized Swimming

(ML.1.6.4, by 51stCenturyFox)  c. Fri, May 3, 1985.  "You know, you really should think about getting some clothes more appropriate for surveillance, Ms Hayes. Something in black, like a cat burglar would wear. Or something in black latex, like Catwoman would wear."
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May 6-12, 1985 ML.1

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.1.6.5)  c. Tues, May 7, 1985.
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May 13-14, 1985 ML.1

Flying in a Blue Dream (Maddie's Story)

Work in Progress
(ML.1.6.6, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon-Tues, May 13-14, 1985.  A snapshot of Maddie's worldview at the end of Blue Moon's beginning. Inspired by the Joe Satriani song of the same name.
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I Believe (David's Story)

Work in Progress
(ML.1.6.7, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon-Tues, May 13-14, 1985.  A snapshot of David's worldview at the end of Blue Moon's beginning. Inspired by the Joe Satriani song of the same name.
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Vacation 1985

May 15 - September 23, 1985 ML.v1985

The Love/Hate Boat

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(ML.1.50.1p)  c. Sun, September 15, 1985.  The Moonlighting story behind the "All-Star Spectacular." Unbeknownst to Maddie, "Love Boat" fan David convinces ABC to let the Blue Moon duo pose as Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd at the network's star-studded cruise event, in exchange for solving a mystery involving the many celebrity suspects aboard.
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The ABC All-Star Spectacular

(ML.1.50, by Robert Arthur)  Sun, September 15, 1985.  ABC kicks off their 1985-86 season with a "Love Boat"-hosted event attended by stars of the network. While others aboard refer to "Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis", the scene in which both of their likenesses appear is 100% Maddie and David, with her clearly calling him "Addison" at one point.
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Sun, September 15, 1985

Cooperation Moonlighting, Season 2a

September 24-29, 1985 ML.2a

Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

(ML.2.1, by Glenn Gordon Caron)  Tues-Fri, September 24-27, 1985.  When David's brother Richard shows up, he not only seems to be a rich man, but he also makes an impression on Maddie.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses BCYSAB

September 30 - October 6, 1985 ML.2a
  • TLITIM reveals an animosity between Wobblies Lewis and Simmons 1 that has "been brewing for a while."

The Lady in the Iron Mask

(ML.2.2, by Roger Director)  Mon-Wed, September 30 - October 2, 1985.  David and Maddie are hired by a woman in a veil to track down an ex-boyfriend who threw acid on her face in a fit of anger. She claims she wants to give him another chance, but shortly after they find him, he is killed.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TLITIM

Legitimate Dinner

(ML.2.2.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon, September 30, 1985.  This is a fill-in-the-gap story that takes place after Maddie calls Barbara Wiley to tell her that she and David found Frank Harbert and before they see the televised news report that Frank Harbert has been murdered.
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October 7-13, 1985 ML.2a
  • MTMW marks the first onscreen appearance of Jergenson, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

Money Talks-- Maddie Walks

(ML.2.3, by Kerry Ehrin & Ali Marie Matheson)  Mon-Fri, October 7-11, 1985.  Maddie learns that her ex-accountant has bought a new life in Argentina with the money he stole from her. She is determined to travel there and confront him, against David's advice. When she travels there, David follows her.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses MTMW

A Quick Trip

(ML.2.3.1, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Thurs, October 10, 1985 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  During her return flight to L.A., Maddie dreams about what could have happened if she had accepted David's kiss in Buenos Aires... and what might still happen in the aftermath of her leaving him there.
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October 14-18, 1985 ML.2a

The Bigelow Case*

Available Concept
(ML.2.4.1p)  Mon-Wed, October 14-16, 1985.  David and Maddie spend three days following the wife of a real estate investor who wants evidence to justify divorcing her.
*Episode title TBD.
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The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

(ML.2.4, by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  Tues-Fri, October 15-18, 1985.  David and Maddie meet the owner of a club who tells them about an unsolved murder that occurred there 40 years ago. They argue about who they think the real murderer is and, in their dreams, set about solving the crime.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TDSART

Don't Panic

Deleted Scene
(ML.2.4.2)  Thurs, October 17, 1985 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  A never-aired TDSART "EU scene" from which a filmed outtake appears in TSP's closing-credits "blooper" collection.

We'll Fly By Day

(ML.2.4.3, by fearlessfan)  Fri, October 18, 1985 - Dream Sequence.  An unusual client brings David and Maddie a case that sends them on a journey through a series of genres.
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October 19-25, 1985 ML.2a
  • A re-cast Lewis and Simmons 1 go from fisticuffs in TLITIM to limboing in MFD, which marks the former's last onscreen appearance.
  • Though offscreen, Simmons 1 remains at Blue Moon long enough into season 3 that he can recall, during his one-time guest reappearance in TITC, "old times" of MacGilicuddy "getting his head handed to him."
  • MFD marks the first onscreen appearance of O'Neill, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

My Fair David

(ML.2.5, by Bruce Franklin Singer)  Sat-Fri, October 19-25, 1985.  Maddie bets David that cannot act 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 the staff.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses MFD

The Bet

(ML.2.5.1, by sweetytweety8)  Mon, October 21, 1985.  The scene of the bet in "My Fair David", with dialogue spoken in rhyme.
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Something That Really Matters

(ML.2.5.2, by sandra70)  Thurs, October 24, 1985 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Between the day David loses the bet (and Maddie momentarily fears he has been shot) and the morning she lets him off the hook, Maddie dreams of a slightly altered wager, in which there is a little more at stake for her than just limboing - a kiss.
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October 26-31, 1985 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

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(ML.2.5.3)  c. Tues, October 29, 1985.
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Dipesto to Kill

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(ML.2.5.4)  c. Thurs, October 31, 1985.  Maddie and David are cautiously optimistic when Agnes is pursued by an unidentified gentleman at the company's annual "Blue Moon Howl!" Halloween costume party... until they discover that "Next Stop Murder's" Rodney Dillon is one of several recently escaped prison inmates believed to be headed for Los Angeles. Could the disguised man be Rodney? What are his intentions regardless?
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November 1-11, 1985 ML.2a

A Detective and a Gentleman

(ML.2.5.5, by Emmanuel Eytan)  Mon-Tues, November 4-5, 1985.  Maddie is charmed by a patent lawyer who works in the same office building, and a client hires Blue Moon to guard the Fabergé egg for which he believes his aunt was murdered.
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A note from the author...

November 12-17, 1985 ML.2a

Knowing Her

(ML.2.6, by Jeff Reno & Jon Osborn)  Tues-Sun, November 12-17, 1985.  Maddie is hired to find a silver locket by an old girlfriend of David's. He has strong feelings for her and thinks that her husband is trying to kill her.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses KH

Knowing Him?

(ML.2.6.1, video by Ryan K. Michaels)  Fri, November 15, 1985.  The moment when perhaps Maddie's seeds of doubts about David were planted. If only he had been wiser or... at the very least... left her that rose.
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Lock, Stock, and Bad Debt

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(ML.2.6.2)  Sun, November 17, 1985.  Shocked by how callously David had abandoned her (and Blue Moon, in particular), Maddie spends the evening at the office, pondering the agency's fragility and how she might put it on more stable financial ground.
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November 18-24, 1985 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.7.1p)  Mon-Tues, November 18-19, 1985.
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow

(ML.2.7, by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  Tues-Fri, November 19-22, 1985.  An Irish girl who claims to be a leprechaun hires David and Maddie to protect her from men she claims are after her pot of gold.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses SUTR

November 25-30, 1985 ML.2a

Plenty To Be Thankful For

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(ML.2.7.2)  c. Mon-Fri, November 25-29, 1985.  A particularly profitable but time-sensitive case results in David and Maddie spending their first Thanksgiving as business associates alone together.
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A Trip to Philadelphia

(ML.2.7.3, edited from "A Trip to New York" by MrsMendes19)  Thurs, November 28, 1985 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  After learning on Thanksgiving that David lost his mother at a young age, Maddie dreams about what it would be like if his mother had just now passed away. Maddie knows nothing about David's father at this point, even his name. Why won't David speak of his father? How would he handle the present-day passing of his mother? Would he invite Maddie to the funeral?
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Ryan K. Michaels
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December 1-8, 1985 ML.2a

Portrait of Maddie

(ML.2.8, by Kerry Ehrin & Ali Marie Matheson)  Mon-Thurs, December 2-5, 1985.  An artist paints a portrait of Maddie, whom he has never met, and then commits suicide. Maddie buys the painting and presents it to the artist's brother, only for him to also die.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses POM

Looky Lou

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(ML.2.8.1)  Fri, December 6, 1985.  When Blue Moon makes international headlines by recovering the stolen painting, The Duchess, Lou LaSalle begins to consider purchasing the agency.
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December 9-14, 1985 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.8.2)  c. Tues, December 10, 1985.
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December 15-20, 1985 ML.2a

Atlas Belched

(ML.2.9, by Roger Director)  Sun-Fri, December 15-20, 1985.  When Maddie accepts the offer from a rival detective agency to buy Blue Moon, David is upset and sets up his own agency.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses AB

December 21-25, 1985 ML.2a
  • TTEBC marks the first onscreen appearance of Simmons 2, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

Twas the Episode Before Christmas

(ML.2.10, by Glenn Gordon Caron)  Sat-Tues, December 21-24, 1985.  When a baby is left in Agnes' apartment without any explanation, Maddie and David decide to try to find the mother.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TTEBC

Christmas for David and Maddie

(ML.2.10.1, by Love in Chicago)  Tues, December 24, 1985 - Dream Sequence.  Maddie and David consider if there is more behind their Christmas kiss than just the mistletoe above it.
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December 26-31, 1985 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.10.2)  c. Tues, December 31, 1985.
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Happy New Year, Maddie

(ML.2.10.3, by LadyOfPurple306)  Tues, December 31, 1985 - Wed, January 1, 1986.  Maddie is in her office, attempting to sort out the finances far later than she should be. David, however, just wants to celebrate the new year.
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Marlena
Original Series reality or a Dream Sequence?

January 1-19, 1986 ML.2a

The Bride of Tupperman

(ML.2.11, by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Fri, January 3 - Sat, January 18, 1986.  When a wealthy but lonely man hires David and Maddie to find him a suitable wife, they decide to search separately for a candidate based on their own ideals.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses TBOT

Conflicticut

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(ML.2.11.1)  Mon-Fri, January 13-17, 1986.  After arrangements are made for Stevie and Molly to make contact with Alan Tupperman, a new client arrives with a case to which David and Maddie commit their Wednesday through Friday.
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One Night in Connecticut

(ML.2.11.2, TV-MA, by madolynhaze)  Sat, January 18, 1986 - Dream Sequence.  A dream of what might have happened the night David and Maddie spent in Connecticut after the arrest of Alan Tupperman.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Tupperman's Truth

(ML.2.11.3, by GentleReader)  Sun, January 19, 1986.  A few home truths at 25,000 feet on the return flight from Connecticut.
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January 20-26, 1986 ML.2a

North by North Dipesto

(ML.2.12, by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  Tues-Thurs, January 21-23, 1986.  Agnes is looking for some excitement in her life, so Maddie and David give her their tickets to a top industry banquet. This leads to her involvement in an espionage operation.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses NBND

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.12.1)  c. Tues-Fri, January 21-24, 1986.
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January 27-31, 1986 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.12.3)  c. Tues, January 28, 1986.
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February 1-9, 1986 ML.2a

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.12.4)  c. Tues, February 4, 1986.
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February 10-16, 1986 ML.2a
  • Maddie "celebrates" her 34th birthday on February 11, 1986 in IGWSS.

In God We Strongly Suspect

(ML.2.13, by Scott Spencer Gordon)  Mon-Fri, February 10-14, 1986.  A widow approaches Blue Moon asking for protection from her late husband, an escape artist who had threatened to return and kill her after his death.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses IGWSS

Birthday Girl

(ML.2.13.1, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tues, February 11, 1986 - David's Dream Sequence.  What David dreamed (or, according to the author, "what should have happened") the night he and Maddie stayed at the funeral home.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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February 17-23, 1986 ML.2b

The Begano Case*

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(ML.2.14.1p)  Mon-Tues, February 17-18, 1986.  David works the case that leaves him with the black eye seen in EDFIAV. Please read "Message After a Bottle" for more information.
*Episode title TBD.
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Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

(ML.2.14, by Bruce Franklin Singer)  Mon-Fri, February 17-21, 1986.  When Maddie's parents are in town, and her mother is worried that her father is having an affair, David follows her father for Maddie to find out the truth.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses EDFIAV

Message After a Bottle

(ML.2.14.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed, February 19, 1986.  What does David do after he catches Alexander Hayes in the act of cheating, but before he goes back to the office to give Maddie the bad news at 9:20 at night?
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Marlena
Rate "Message After a Bottle"

Papa Is a Rolling Stone

(ML.2.14.3, by GentleReader)  Wed, February 19, 1986.  David's thoughts as he drives back to Blue Moon, after tailing Mr. Hayes in EDFIAV. Will he tell Maddie the truth?
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Osculation Moonlighting, Season 2b

February 24-28, 1986 ML.2b

Witness for the Execution

(ML.2.15, by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Mon-Fri, February 24-28, 1986.  An elderly and very sick man tells Maddie and David that he wishes to die, but that if he kills himself his life insurance policy will not pay out. He has therefore hired someone to murder him and wants the sleuths to witness the act.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses WFTE

Maddie and the Tramp

(ML.2.15.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Fri, February 24-28, 1986.  This story connects the dots between scenes in WFTE. Did you ever wonder... Where did David go while he was on the run? What made Maddie think of Mr. Everett's slippers? Did David ever see the ad Maddie placed in the personals?
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Marlena
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Grow Up, David Addison!

(ML.2.15.2, UNFINISHED by Ink Spotz)  Mon, February 24, 1986 - David's Dream within a Dream Sequence.  The afternoon Maddie insists, "David, you're a grown man, not a schoolboy...", he dreams of meeting her in the present day as his actual younger self. Inspired by Moonlighting seasons 1-2, with a little bit of 17 Again.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "Grow Up, David Addison!"

March 1986 ML.2b
  • David and Maddie "celebrate" the one-year anniversary of their first meeting on March 4, 1986 in STG.

Sleep Talkin' Guy

(ML.2.16, by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  Mon, March 3 - Sat, March 29, 1986.  David becomes famous when he solves several big cases in quick succession. Maddie is impressed, unaware that he is using information passed to him by a prostitute with a mobster client who talks in his sleep.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses STG

Happy Anniversary, Maddie!

(ML.2.16.1, TV-MA, by virginiat)  Tues, March 4, 1986 - Dream Sequence.  How David and Maddie's negotiation about his raise might have gone if both had handled it very differently...
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MoonlightingMagic
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Sleep Losin' Gal

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(ML.2.16.2)  Tues, March 4 - Sat, March 29, 1986.  What cases was Maddie working, and what was she thinking and feeling, during David's month of sudden, phenomenal success?
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Tues. Company

(ML.2.16.3)  Mon, March 24, 1986.  A gathering of individuals with a certain weeknight in common assembles in Maddie's office to welcome two "strangers" to the party.
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Sandra
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April 1-6, 1986 ML.2b

April Fools' Errand

Available Concept
(ML.2.16.4)  c. Tues, April 1, 1986.  The fame David achieved in "Sleep Talkin' Guy" comes back to bite him when a jealous Lou LaSalle challenges Blue Moon to take on a case he claims his own agency has deemed unsolveable. Is the case legitimate, or are David and Maddie being played for fools?
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April 7-13, 1986

Once in a Steele Blue Moon

(ML.2.16.5, by My Barbaric YAWP)  Mon-Sun, April 7-13, 1986.  A "Moonlighting"/"Remington Steele" crossover in which a simple murder inquiry throws our favorite 80s detective agencies together sometime after David and Maddie's garage kiss that didn't happen.
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MoonlightingMagic
Rate "Once in a Steele Blue Moon"

April 14-26, 1986

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.2.16.6)  c. Tues, April 15, 1986.
(ML.2.16.7)  c. Tues, April 22, 1986.
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April 27 - May 5, 1986 ML.2b

By Default or Destiny

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(ML.2.17.1p)  Wed, April 30 - Thurs, May 1, 1986.  When Maddie's "Nice Safe Man" dentist is suddenly unable to accompany her to a family wedding in Chicago, she spends a fruitless day scrambling to find an alternative and a sleepless night struggling with the idea that all roads lead to David.
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Funeral for a Door Nail

(ML.2.17, by Jonathan Lemkin, Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn, Charles H. Eglee)  Sun, April 27 - Sat, May 3, 1986.  Depressed after the apparent death of his wife but unable to bring himself to commit suicide, a man decides to hire a hitman to kill him. After realizing she is in fact still alive, he hires Blue Moon to find her and stop the hitman.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses FFADN & Camille

What Could Have Been

(ML.2.17.2, by Isabel)  Thurs, May 1, 1986 - David's Dream Sequence.  The Clements case may have ended David's hopes of attending a wedding with Maddie in reality, but "the stuff of dreams" lives on. Ideas from this apparent rough draft MAY have inspired elements in "Anything Goes" and "One Night in Connecticut", both of which were written several years after.
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Marlena
Rate "What Could Have Been"

May 6 - June 3, 1986 ML.2b

Camille

(ML.2.18, by Roger Director)  Tues, May 6 - Tues, June 3, 1986.  When a con artist becomes a national hero by accidentally preventing the assassination of a politician, David and Maddie decide to cash in on the publicity by giving her a job.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonies Never Say Die Hard!" discusses FFADN & Camille

Vacation 1986

June 3 - September 22, 1986 ML.v1986

New York Days, Mexico Nights

(ML.2.50.1, TV-MA, by madolynhaze)  June 1986 - David's Dream Sequence.  After Maddie and David said goodbye for the summer in "Camille", they each went on vacation, he to Mexico and she to NYC. Let's see what may have happened.
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Marlena
Rate "New York Days, Mexico Nights"

Serendipity

(ML.2.50.2, by beesnbears)  Summer 1986. What happened after David and Maddie said goodbye for Blue Moon's summer hiatus?
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Rate "Serendipity"

Intensification Moonlighting, Season 3a

September 23-27, 1986 The Pre-V Three, Part I  (ML.3a)
  • TSAR marks the first onscreen appearance of Jamie Lamont, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

RIGL (Rolling In Grave Laughing)

Available Concept
(ML.3.1.1p)  Tues, September 23, 1986.  As they receive the script and prepare for the "Memory of Irma Addison" Emmy gag, Maddie tries to get David to open up and asks him how he feels about the death of his long-passed mother being used for a punchline. He smiles and offers simply, "Mom would have said we were robbed. She would have wanted it this way."
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Another Royal Wedding

Available Concept
(ML.3.1.2p, based on an idea by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Wed, September 24, 1986 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Before waking up on Blue Moon's first business day of the season, Maddie has a dream inspired by another series' cliffhanger episode and subsequent season premiere.
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The Son Also Rises

(ML.3.1, by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Tues-Sat, September 23-27, 1986.  David is shocked to find that his father's bride-to-be is a woman with whom he himself once spent an "unforgettable" night of passion.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses TSAR

Taking a Walk

Deleted Scene
(ML.3.1.3)  Thurs, September 25, 1986.  A never-aired TSAR "EU scene" from which filmed clips appear in the promo video.

The Seduction of Maddie Hayes

(ML.3.1.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Sat, September 27, 1986 - Dream Sequence.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "The Seduction of Maddie Hayes"

September 27 - October 7, 1986 The Pre-V Three, Part II  (ML.3a)
  • TMWCW marks the first onscreen appearance of MacGilicuddy, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

The Man Who Cried Wife

(ML.3.2, by Kerry Ehrin)  Mon, September 22 and Sat, September 27 - Tues, October 7, 1986.  A man hires Blue Moon to investigate threatening phone calls from his wife, whom he is certain he killed and buried after an argument.
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Marlena
Rate "The Man Who Cried Wife"

MacTHRILLicuddy

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(ML.3.2.1)  Mon, September 29, 1986.  Disgusted with Bower's confession of murder in TMWCW, Maddie leaves David behind and storms angrily back to the office, where everyone has left for the day except Agnes. The two share their thoughts on MacGilicuddy's spontaneous marriage, and Agnes reveals that she herself had been swept by his extraordinary passion for life into a whirlwind romance the previous summer.
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Ryan K. Michaels
When Agnes Met MacGillicuddy

The Man Who Cried Wife, Take 2

(ML.3.2.2, by Snappysara)  Mon, September 29, 1986 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  This is an extended version of the scene in which Maddie slaps David.
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Quest
Rate "The Man Who Cried Wife, Take 2"

Slap Me Once, Slap Me Twice

(ML.3.2.3, by beesnbears)  Mon, September 29, 1986 - David's Dream Sequence.  Ever wonder what Maddie and David were thinking after she slapped him in TMWCW?
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beesnbears
Rate "Slap Me Once, Slap Me Twice"

October 7-13, 1986 ML.3a

The Lindenberg Case*

Available Concept
(ML.3.2.4)  c. Tues, October 7, 1986.  David and Maddie work a case referenced in "A Fun Evening Was Had by All."
*Episode title TBD.
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October 13-20, 1986 The Pre-V Three, Part III  (ML.3a)

Symphony in Knocked Flat

(ML.3.3, by Dale L. Gelineau & Pauline Turboff Miller)  Mon-Wed, October 13-15, 1986.  Following an argument about their respective expectations from a date, David challenges Maddie to provide a "fun" evening out, while he provides her with a "fine" one.
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Frances Farmer
God, SIKF is so good!

A Fine Evening

(ML.3.3.1, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tuesday, October 14, 1986 - Dream Sequence.  What would have happened if David hadn't spoiled the symphony for Maddie?
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Symphony in Knocked Flat: The Lost Epilogue

(ML.3.3.2, by GentleReader)  Thursday, October 16, 1986.  A little scenette to finish off this episode right!
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Quest
Rate "Symphany in Knocked Flat: The Lost Epilogue"

A Fun Evening Was Had By All

(ML.3.3.3, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Thurs, October 16, 1986 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Maddie, David, and her dream of a fun evening with an interesting aftermath that has them reeling.
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MoonlightingMagic
Rate "A Fun Evening Was Had By All"

David's "Fun" Evening

(ML.3.3.4, by madolynhaze)  Fri-Sat, October 18, 1986.  David's post-boxing match pleading for a fun night do-over and his comment about the car inspire Maddie to try to deliver.
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Marlena
Rate "David's 'Fun' Evening"

PERIOD V - THE LOST YEAR 1986-1987  (ORIGINAL SERIES TIMEFRAME)
View opening crawl.

Flirtation (Part I) The Lost Year, Season 3b1

October 21-31, 1986 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8610.1)  c. Tues, October 21, 1986.
(LY.8610.2)  c. Tues, October 28, 1986.
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November 1986 LY.3b1

The People's Republic of Blue Moon

(LY.8611.1, by Kaitlin)  Mon-Tues, November 3-4, 1986.  The staff votes to determine whether David's or Maddie's method of management is better for the business.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "The People's Republic of Blue Moon"

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8611.2)  c. Tues, November 11, 1986.
(LY.8611.3)  c. Tues, November 18, 1986.
(LY.8611.4)  c. Tues, November 25, 1986.
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December 1986 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8612.1)  c. Tues, December 2, 1986.
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Maddie's Christmas Wish

(LY.8612.2, by FanofMoonlighting)  Mon, December 8 - Fri, December 19, 1986.  A story told in screenshots. Throughout the final two weeks before their time apart for the holidays, David tries to convince Maddie to tell him what she really wants for Christmas.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "Maddie's Christmas Wish"

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8612.3)  c. Tues, December 9, 1986.
(LY.8612.4)  c. Tues, December 16, 1986.
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Home for the Holidays

Available Concept
(LY.8612.5)  c. Tues, December 23, 1986.  David travels to Philadelphia to spend time with family and old friends at Christmas.
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Ryan K. Michaels
I envision the woman...

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8612.6)  c. Tues, December 30, 1986.
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January 1987 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8701.1)  c. Tues, January 6, 1987.
(LY.8701.2)  c. Tues, January 13, 1987.
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A Birthday, Banquet and Ball

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(LY.8701.3)  Mon-Wed, January 19-21, 1987.  Knowing that his year's PI Banquet and Ball happens to fall on a hesitant Agnes' birthday, MacGilicuddy insists that they attend together as friends to celebrate.
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Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8701.4)  c. Tues, January 20, 1987.
(LY.8701.5)  c. Tues, January 27, 1987.
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February 1987 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8702.1)  c. Tues, February 3, 1987.
(LY.8702.2)  c. Tues, February 10, 1987.
(LY.8702.3)  c. Tues, February 17, 1987.
(LY.8702.4)  c. Tues, February 24, 1987.
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March 1987 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8703.1)  c. Tues, March 3, 1987.
(LY.8703.2)  c. Tues, March 10, 1987.
(LY.8703.3)  c. Tues, March 17, 1987.
(LY.8703.4)  c. Tues, March 24, 1987.
(LY.8703.5)  c. Tues, March 31, 1987.
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April 1987 LY.3b1

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8704.1)  c. Tues, April 7, 1987.
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I Can't

NEW!
(LY.8704.2)  Fri-Sat, April 10-11, 1987.  What happens when a drunk Maddie calls David for a ride home?
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "I Can't"

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8704.3)  c. Tues, April 14, 1987.
(LY.8704.4)  c. Tues, April 21, 1987.
(LY.8704.5)  c. Tues, April 28, 1987.
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May 1-12, 1987 LY.3b1

Celia Later

Available Concept
(LY.8705.1)  c. Tues, May 5, 1987.  Roger Clements' widow returns to Blue Moon seeking David's help with a case of her own, but are her intentions for him purely professional?
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Celia Later (Part II)

Available Concept
(LY.8705.2)  c. Tues, May 12, 1987.  Just as Blue Moon is wrapping up business before another summer vacation, the resolution of the Celia Clements case brings David and Maddie... again... to the brink of opening up to each other.
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Vacation 1987

May 13 - September 21, 1987 LY.v1987

It's a Maddie Maddie Maddie Maddie World

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(LY.870*.*)  May 13 - September 21, 1987.  Sensing that her relationship with David may be poised to move into uncharted territory in the fall, Maddie decides to try a little spontaneity, hit the road, and sort out her place the in world.
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Flirtation (Part II) The Lost Year, Season 3b2

September 22-30, 1987 LY.3b2

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8709.1)  c. Tues, September 22, 1987.
(LY.8709.2)  c. Tues, September 29, 1987.
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October 1-12, 1987 LY.3b2

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8710.1)  c. Tues, October 6, 1987.
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October 13-19, 1987 LY.3b2

Moonlighting on the Mississippi

(LY.8710.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest, based on an idea by Cybill Shepherd)  Tues-Tues, October 13-20, 1987.  A client seeks both his missing grandmother and a box of old prize-winning recipes in a case that takes Maddie and David to Memphis.
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October 20-31, 1987 LY.3b2

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8710.3)  c. Tues, October 20, 1987.
(LY.8710.4)  c. Tues, October 27, 1987.
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November 1-9, 1987 LY.3b2

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting: The Lost Year fanfiction is welcome here!
(LY.8711.1)  c. Tues, November 3, 1987.
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PERIOD VI - THE BIG BANG 1987-1989  (ORIGINAL SERIES)
View opening crawl.

Viola-tion Moonlighting, Season 3c

November 1-22, 1987 ML.3c

Moon Landing

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(ML.3.4.1p)  c. Mon-Mon, November 2-9, 1987.  The week in the life of Herbert Quentin Viola leading up to his arrival at Blue Moon.
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Yours, Very Deadly

(ML.3.4, by Roger Director)  Mon, November 9 - Thurs, November 19, 1987.  A married woman who has been writing to an unknown admirer hires Maddie and David to find him and tell him that she cannot continue the correspondence.
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John Kassir

November 10, 1987 ML.3c

Atomic Shakespeare

(ML.3.7*, by Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno)  Tues, November 10, 1987.  When a real-world teenage Moonlighting fan is forced by his mother to do his homework rather than watch "Yours, Very Deadly", he imagines the regular characters enacting a version of William Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew."
*This episode is set in the "real world" as "Yours, Very Deadly" airs on TV.
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YouCantBurySurvivors
What if M&D had seen themselves as Katerina and Petruchio?

November 23-30, 1987 ML.3c

The Kendrick Case*

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(ML.3.4.2)  c. Mon-Wed, November 23-25, 1987. David and Maddie begin gathering evidence for the client seen in BMOMS.
*Episode title TBD.
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I Need a Hero

(ML.3.4.3, by Nala)  Mon, November 23, 1987.  David and Maddie discuss what women want, and if either of them has truly figured out what they want.
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December 1-7, 1987 ML.3c

All Creatures Great and... Not So Great

(ML.3.5, by Charles H. Eglee)  Tues-Fri, December 1-4, 1987.  A Catholic priest hires Blue Moon to find a woman he has fallen in love with during confession, even though he does not know her name or what she looks like.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses ACGANSG

Working Hard

(ML.3.5.1, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tues, December 1, 1987 - David's Dream Sequence.  As Maddie continues to review cab logs, David dreams of other late night office activities.
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December 7-10, 1987 ML.3c

Big Man on Mulberry Street

(ML.3.6, by Karen Hall)  Mon-Thurs, December 7-10, 1987.  David reveals something surprising about his past to Maddie, and she follows him to New York to find out more.
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Mon-Thurs, December 7-10, 1987

What Happened in Vegas

(ML.3.6.1, by Yahtzee)  Mon, December 7, 1987 - Agnes' Dream Sequence.  With the revelation of David's past marriage fresh in everyone's minds, ponderings emerge as to what might happen if he married somebody else...
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Bert Delivers

(ML.3.6.2, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon-Tues, December 7-8, 1987.  A story told in screenshots. How Mrs. Kendrick of BMOMS was ultimately satisfied in the end...
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In the Dark

(ML.3.6.3, by GentleReader)  Tues, December 8, 1987.  A small addendum to a terrific scene from BMOMS...
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His Other Half

(ML.3.6.4,. by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed, December 9, 1987.  David has skipped out on his ex-brother-in-law's funeral, and Maddie has gone to see Tess. This story takes place later that evening at their hotel in New York City.
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Confused Days on Mulberry Street (Part I)

(ML.3.6.5, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Thurs, December 10, 1987.  Maddie is awakened by a crash from David's hotel room after he returns from skipping the funeral in BMOMS. Will his being drunk and her being groggy from sleep set something into motion between them?
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December 11-16, 1987 ML.3c

The Mackenzie Case*

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(ML.3.8.1p)  Fri-Sun, December 11-13, 1987.  David works a case referenced in "Confused Days on Mulberry Street (Part II)."
*Episode title TBD.
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Confused Days on Mulberry Street (Part II)

(ML.3.8.2p, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, December 15, 1987.  Maddie struggles to sort through both her post-New York feelings and a mountain of paperwork relating to the Hamilton case (referenced in IAWJ).
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It's a Wonderful Job

(ML.3.8, by Debra Frank & Carl Sautter)  Wed, December 16, 1987.  When Maddie wishes she had never kept the agency, her guardian angel obliges and shows her how things would have turned out had she sold it off.
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Frances Farmer
"It was Murder: A Hart to Hart Podcast" discusses IAWJ

Jolly Ol' Saint Dave

(ML.3.8.3, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed, December 16, 1987.  A Christmas story that begins where IAWJ ends... with Maddie and David kissing on the desk in the front office.
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Marlena
Christmas songs with the "soul of Dave"

December 17-28, 1987 ML.3c

On Our Maddie's Secret Service

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(ML.3.8.4)  Thurs, December 17 - Mon, December 28, 1988.  Unbeknownst to Maddie, David is impressed enough by Bert's "handling of Mrs. Kendrick" to grant his request to covertly continue working the Hamilton case while everyone else is out the week of Christmas.
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It's a Wonderful Epilogue

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(ML.3.8.5)  Tues, December 22, 1987.  The IAWJ rerun epilogue omitted from home video releases, in which Bert and Agnes hold the fort and wish everyone the happiest of holidays.
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A Winter Break

(ML.3.8.6, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sat, December 19 - Tues, December 29, 1987.  After their IAWJ-closing kiss and my story, "Jolly Ol' Saint Dave", Maddie goes to Chicago and David to Philadelphia for Blue Moon's winter hiatus. This story brings them together, but do things go well?
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December 28-31, 1987 ML.3c

The Straight Poop

(ML.3.9, by Glenn Gordon Caron)  Tues, December 29, 1987.  Gossip columnist Rona Barrett arrives at Blue Moon to investigate why there is no new episode, and why David and Maddie are unable to get along with each other.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses TSP

January 1-10, 1988 ML.3c

Anselmo's Fire (Part I)

Work in Progress
(ML.3.9.1, by Ryan K. Michaels)  c. Mon-Thurs, January 4-7, 1988.  The rise of Blue Moon's most infamous case starts here...
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New York State of Mind

(ML.3.9.2, by Partners-in-Crime Int)  Mon-Sun, January 4-10, 1988.  When David invites Maddie to join him at an old friend's birthday party in NYC (Is it too soon after Jimmy's funeral?), the duo find themselves neck-deep in Richie's latest faux pas!
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January 11-17, 1988 ML.3c

The Gunderson Case*

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(ML.3.10.1p)  c. Tues, January 12, 1988.  David and Maddie work a case referenced in P3DN.
*Episode title TBD.
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January 18-24, 1988 ML.3c

No Time to Dine

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(ML.3.10.2p)  Mon-Tues, January 18-19, 1988.  Will the Annual PI Banquet and Ball deliver the adventure that (new full-time employee #007) Bert is hoping for when he strongarms the tickets away from last year's attendees, Agnes and MacGilicuddy?
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The McPhinney Case*

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(ML.3.10.3p)  Wed-Fri, January 20-22, 1988.  David and Maddie work another case referenced in P3DN and join the Wobblies at a birthday party for Agnes. Please read "Love Drunk" for more information.
*Episode title TBD.
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Love Drunk

(ML.3.10.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Wed, January 20, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Secretly envious of how wholeheartedly David ate, drank, and was merry with the staff at Agnes' birthday party, Maddie dreams about what might have happened if she had indulged more freely.
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January 25-31, 1988 ML.3c
  • P3DN marks Agnes' Blue Moon tenure at approximately 5 years, and Bert's at 2.5 months ("full-time, as of the new year").

Poltergeist III--- Dipesto Nothing

(ML.3.10, by Karen Hall & Charles Eglee)  Mon-Fri, January 25-29, 1988.  Agnes is jealous of Bert's increasing status at Blue Moon, and when Maddie and David decline to take on the case of a woman who wants proof that her house is haunted, she takes it on herself.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses P3DN

February 1-8, 1988 ML.3c

We Don't Do No Ghosts

(ML.3.10.5, by Michael R. Barnard)  Mon-Wed, February 1-3, 1988.
When there's something strange,
And you need help soon,
Who you gonna call?
Why, of course, Blue Moon!
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Marlena
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Redfield of Dreams (Part I)

(ML.3.10.6, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Thurs-Mon, February 4-8, 1988.  A seemingly rational woman is so captivated by a man who appears in her recurring dreams that she hires Blue Moon to find him for real.  NOTE: "The Redfield Case" is referenced in S&D.
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Cover art

Consummation Moonlighting, Season 3d

February 8-9, 1988 The Sam Saga, Part I  (ML.3d)

Blonde on Blonde

(ML.3.11, by Kerry Ehrin)  Mon-Tues, February 8-9, 1988.  Maddie is feeling a bit low and wants to go out and pick up a man for a one night stand. David decides to follow her.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses BOB

Sam (Chapter 1)

(ML.3.11.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Tues, February 8-9, 1988.  The first time we see Sam Crawford, he is spending the night at Maddie's house. But what were the circumstances that led him to be there that night? We know he was her childhood friend, but what else is there to know about Sam? This is a background story to the Sam Saga, told from Sam's point-of-view.
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Since I Fell For You

(ML.3.11.2, by Elyse)  Tues, February 9, 1988 - David's Dream Sequence.  What if David had turned back to Maddie's house after his encounter with "some man" at her front door? If he climbed through her window and woken her up to "just tell her"?
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mumdocrock
"Since I Fell For You" song lyrics

Battered Flowers

(ML.3.11.3, by sandra70)  Tues, February 9, 1988 - David's Dream Sequence.  What would have happened if there wasn't "some man" at Maddie's front door, and if it was Maddie herself who answered when David came knocking?
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February 9, 1988 The Sam Saga, Part II  (ML.3d)

Sam & Dave

(ML.3.12, by Karen Hall, Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno, Charles Eglee & Roger Director)  Tues, February 9, 1988.  David attempts to be civil towards Maddie and Sam, but ends up becoming a drunken embarrassment.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Moonlighting: The Podcast" discusses S&D

Sam (Chapter 2)

(ML.3.12.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Tues, February 9, 1988.  This is the second chapter of a background story to the Sam Saga, told from Sam's point-of-view.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

(ML.3.12.2, TV-MA, by sandra70)  Tues, February 9, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  What would have happened if the dinner had gone a little differently? If Maddie had been a little more encouraging at that dinner table? If she hadn't welcomed Sam so eagerly back?
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Scarf on Blonde

(ML.3.12.3, TV-MA, by virginiat)  Tues, February 9, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Another of the dreams Maddie might have had after her lovemaking session with Sam.
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Intriguing title

February 10-11, 1988 The Sam Saga, Part III  (ML.3d)

Maddie's Turn To Cry

(ML.3.13, by Charles H. Eglee and Karen Hall, Roger Director, Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Wed-Thurs, February 10-11, 1988.  Maddie is still torn between Sam and David, and David is still jealous of the situation.
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Quest
What you see in David's sweats...

Sam (Chapter 3)

(ML.3.13.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed-Thurs, February 10-11, 1988.  This is the third chapter of a background story to the Sam Saga, told from Sam's point-of-view.
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David's Turn To Talk

(ML.3.13.2, TV-MA, by sandra70)  Thurs, February 11, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  The famous trunk scene in MTTC - perfect as it was, didn't we all wish it went a bit differently? How it could have gone if both had been a little bit more bold...
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The Longest Time

(ML.3.13.3, by Nala)  Thurs, February 11, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Maddie had come to David's apartment at 4:00 AM and asked him what he wanted to tell her, and before she could go back to Sam, he was determined to answer.
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February 11, 1988 The Sam Saga, Part IV  (ML.3d)

I Am ALMOST Curious... Harvey

Deleted Scene
(ML.3.14.1p, by Ron Osborn, Karen Hall, Roger Director and Charles H. Eglee, Glenn Gordon Caron & Jeff Reno)  The March 17, 1987 YVD rerun cold open omitted from home video releases, in which a "nice, safe man" is called in to update viewers on the latest events in the lives of David and Maddie, between MTTC and IACM.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "I Am ALMOST Curious... Harvey"

I Am Curious... Maddie

(ML.3.14, by Ron Osborn, Karen Hall, Roger Director and Charles H. Eglee, Glenn Gordon Caron & Jeff Reno)  Thurs, February 11, 1988.  Maddie is non-committal with her answer when Sam proposes to her, as the situation forces David to consider how he feels about her.
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Frances Farmer
Question about David’s bedroom

Sam (Chapter 4)

(ML.3.14.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Thurs, February 11, 1988.  This is the fourth and final chapter of a background story to the Sam Saga, told from Sam's point-of-view.
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Marlena
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Don't

(ML.3.14.3, by GentleReader)  Thurs, February 11, 1988.  Set during a scene from IACM, Maddie wants to know how David feels. Will he tell her?
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Maddie's Thoughts on David's Silence

(ML.3.14.4, by Snappysara)  Thurs, February 11, 1988.  A response to "Don't", these are Maddie's thoughts and feelings about David.
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Marlena
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Night and Day

(ML.3.14.5, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Thurs-Fri, February 11-12, 1988.  Inspired by the scene in IACM when David tells Maddie he loves her. We, the viewer, don't hear him because they played music over it, but we can very clearly see when he says it. These are their thoughts during that scene and throughout the night.
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February 12-13, 1988 The Morning Aftershock  (ML.3d)

To Heiress Human

(ML.3.15, by Kerry Ehrin)  Fri-Sat, February 12-13, 1988.  A wealthy heiress hires Blue Moon to prove that her boyfriend loves her and isn't after her money.
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YouCantBurySurvivors
Music change

Fear of Falling

(ML.3.15.1, by GentleReader)  Fri, February 12, 1988.  From the episode "To Heiress Human," Maddie and David's thoughts during the famous "pact" scene.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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What Would've Happened?

(ML.3.15.2, by GentleReader)  Fri, February 12, 1988.  From THH. In the middle of a knock-down, drag-out with Maddie, David gets a phone call. Or not...
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The Pact

(ML.3.15.3, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  A twist on the morning after the "big bang."
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Ambivalent David

(ML.3.15.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  What would have happened if David was the one confused and unsure after "I Am Curious ... Maddie"?
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Ryan K. Michaels
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After the Fall

(ML.3.15.5 by mandd)  What if the morning after "I Am Curious... Maddie" had gone a little differently?
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Quest
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Be Careful What You Wish For

(ML.3.15.6, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  An alternate version of THH.
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Marlena
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Inside Out

(ML.3.15.7, by Terry Knowles)  Sat, February 13, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  Immediately following the rolling BMW of "To Heiress Human", Maddie and David get a new, "Freaky Friday"-inspired perspective on each other's lives.
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February 13 - c. February 29, 1988 Together-ish  (ML.3d)

Redfield of Dreams (Part II)

Work in Progress
(ML.3.50.1, by Ryan K. Michaels)  c. Sat, February 13 - Tues, February 16, 1988.  "The Redfield case still needs a follow-up," as David told Maddie in S&D.
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David's Confession

(ML.3.50.2, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  David confesses a secret to Maddie.
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Marlena
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Bathroom Break

(ML.3.50.3, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Maddie and David are stuck in David's office bathroom.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Moonlighting Strangers

(ML.3.50.4, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  c. Fri, February 19, 1988.  David is in seduction mode, Maddie is trying (and failing) to resist. Fun ensues!
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Sandra
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Rhapsody

(ML.3.50.5, by BlueMoon)  Thurs-Fri, February 25-26, 1988.  Maddie swore to herself it would never happen again, so how does she find herself tangled up in her partner's arms every morning? Set during that month together in between S3 and S4.
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BlueMoon
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Poolside Convo

(ML.3.50.6, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Sun-Mon, February 28-29, 1988.  Maddie and David enjoy a lazy Sunday by her pool, being… well… almost like a couple, without messing with the grand scheme of things.
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And When You Say Jump, I Do the Twist

(ML.3.50.7, by blithers)  Five times David shows up at Maddie's place, and one time she shows up at his.
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c. March 1-8, 1988

The Marriage Proposal

(ML.3.50.8, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  David tells Mr. Hayes in FKL that he proposed to Maddie. We never saw that proposal, but this is what might have happened.
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MoonlightingMagic
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An Honest Answer

(ML.3.50.9, by My Barbaric YAWP)  He’d love to give her an honest answer. He just doesn’t know how to answer all the questions she’ll never ask. Takes place between seasons three and four.
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David Broods

(ML.3.50.10, by Nala)  A little vignette that takes place sometime towards the end of "the month."
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And Back Again

(ML.3.50.11, by Ieyre)  Set roughly around the events of "A Trip to the Moon." - probably shortly before it. David wonders if he'd ever been this turned on by one of their arguments BEFORE they slept together.
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The Month

(ML.3.50.12, TV-MA, by madolynhaze)  We finally get a glimpse at what went on during that month when Maddie and David thrashed at each other better than any John Deere machine out there.
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Love Is a Slippery Slope

(ML.3.50.13, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sat, February 13 - Tues, March 8, 1988.  A collection of short vignettes, each representing a day in the three and a half weeks when David and Maddie were intimate. From the day the BMW rolled down the hill to the ill-fated laundromat date...
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Steak a La Dave

(ML.3.50.14, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, March 8, 1988.  The infamous voicemail message that David left Maddie about making her dinner and what could have been, had he left it during that hot and heavy month together.
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Separation Moonlighting, Season 4a

March 9-10, 1988 Unhappy Anniversary  (ML.4a)
  • Agnes acknowledges Blue Moon's official 3rd anniversary on March 9, 1988 in ATTTM.

A Trip to the Moon

(ML.4.1, by Glenn Gordon Caron)  Wed-Thurs, March 9-10, 1988.  After spending an intense three and a half weeks together, David expresses his love for Maddie and she doesn't know what she wants.
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Making sense of Maddie in this episode

Redfield of Dreams (Part III)

COMING SOON!
(ML.4.1.1, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Thurs-Thurs, March 3-10, 1988.  David and Maddie are at a crossroads as the "Redfield trilogy" concludes.
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Maddie's Choice

(ML.4.1.2, by Nala)  Thurs, March 10, 1988.  After their less-than-successful "date" at the laundromat, Maddie considers her options...
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Fight or Fly to a European Country and Hide Und...

(ML.4.1.3, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Full title: "Fight or Fly to a European Country and Hide Under a Bed"  Thurs, March 10, 1988.  What were Maddie and David thinking after she left him in the laundromat that night? Is it possible they had one more very important conversation before she decided to leave?
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Ain't Too Proud

(ML.4.1.4, by MoonlightingMagic)  Wed, March 9, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  What would have happened if David left when Maddie ran into her house during the "going out on a date" scene in "A Trip to the Moon"?
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The Olympia Gambit

(ML.4.1.5, by notjuanjones)  Thurs, March 10, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  Finally finding sleep after their laundromat "date" disaster, David and/or Maddie might have dreamed things had gone just a little bit more like this...
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My Kind of... Trip to the Moon

(ML.4.1.7, by callmeditzy)  A version of "A Trip to the Moon" in which events are altered slightly to dial down the angst. The beginning of a season 4 rewrite that has yet to be followed up on.
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March 10-15, 1988 Separation Anxiety, Part I  (ML.4a)
  • CBLS marks the first onscreen appearance of Inez, who will remain at Blue Moon through the end of the OS.

Come Back Little Shiksa

(ML.4.2, by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn)  Thurs-Fri, March 10-11, 1988.  A client wants Blue Moon to find a particularly beautiful woman he met at a charity ball, with the only clue being a valuable earring she left behind.
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Bruce Willis and John Goodman's friendship...

Tripping Over the Moon

(ML.4.2.1, by Ameeraidoj)  Thurs-Fri, March 10-11, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  An alternate version of both the ending of "A Trip to the Moon" and the entirety of "Come Back Little Shiksa." The beginning of another season 4 rewrite that has yet to be followed up on.
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Unopened Blue Moon Case File

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(ML.4.2.2)  c. Tues, March 15, 1988.
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March 16-23, 1988 Separation Anxiety, Part II  (ML.4a)

Take a Left at the Altar

(ML.4.3, by Karen Hall)  Wed-Wed, March 16-23, 1988.  David is desperate to hear from Maddie, who is still at home and starting to worry her father.
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Wed-Wed, March 16-23, 1988

Lovers and Letters

(ML.4.3.1, by GentleReader)  Wed, March 23, 1988.  While she's in Chicago, Maddie writes to David...
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Sleep Deprived

(ML.4.3.2, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Wed/Thurs, March 23-14, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Maddie... David... and a mutual aching going on...
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March 23-25, 1988 Separation Anxiety, Part III  (ML.4a)
  • Not seen on TV since MFD, Simmons 1 makes a one-time guest reappearance in TITC after having left Blue Moon at some point in season 3.

Anselmo's Fire (Part II)

Work in Progress
(ML.4.4.1p, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon-Wed, March 21-23, 1988.  Bert is thrilled to join David in the ongoing search for the mysterious Mr. Anselmo, but who... or what... will they find when the smoke clears?
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Tale in Two Cities

(ML.4.4, by Charles Eglee & Roger Director)  Wed-Fri, March 23-25, 1988.  Maddie's parents throw a party in an attempt to cheer her up, while David and Bert, who thinks he has lost Agnes to another man, go out on the town.
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Just a Day Job

(ML.4.4.2, by My Barbaric YAWP)  Thurs, March 24, 1988.  After mistakenly believing for a moment that Maddie had returned, David pauses in her office to gaze upon her empty chair and then reflects in his own office upon times before and after she entered his life.
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Maddie's Diary (Part I)

(ML.4.4.3, by Danielle/Dana)  Thurs, March 10 - Fri, March 25, 1988.   This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 1 of 6.
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March 25-30, 1988 Addison's Medicine, Part I  (ML.4a)

Cool Hand Dave

(ML.4.5, by Charles Eglee & Roger Director)  Fri-Wed, March 25-30, 1988.  David tries to fly to Chicago, but his identity stolen and he finds himself arrested, in jail, and then in solitary confinement.
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David, Maddie, and parenthood? Together? In general?

Once Upon a Tale in Two Cities

(ML.4.5.1, by Partners-in-Crime Int)  Fri, March 25, 1988 - David's CHD Dream Sequence.  Something David may have considered during his first night in solitary confinement: What if he had been home to answer the phone last night - instead of out with Rita - and Maddie had actually called him to deliver news of her pregnancy?
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From Here to Uncertainty

(ML.4.5.2, by Danielle/Dana)  Sun, March 27, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  Another night in the hole, another possible dream sequence for David, this one imagining that he goes to Chicago after he hears from Bert that Maddie is pregnant.
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Unopened Blue Moon Case File

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(ML.4.5.3)  c. Tues, March 29, 1988.
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March 31 - April 13, 1988 Addison's Medicine, Part II  (ML.4a)

Cool Hand Dave (Part II)

(ML.4.6, by Charles Eglee & Roger Director)  Thurs, March 31 - Tues, April 12, 1988.  David is released from solitary and ends up on a chain gang, where his fellow workers advise him to marry Maddie and he comes to the conclusion that "this woman is essential."
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Continuity errors

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

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(ML.4.6.1)  c. Tues, April 5, 1988.
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For What It's Worth

(ML.4.6.2, by atlasmoon)  Tues, April 12, 1988.  This story re-establishes communication between our beloved pair during Maddie's stay in Chicago. Let's see if it leads Maddie on a different path returning to Los Angeles.
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Dial M for Maddie

(ML.4.6.3, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Tues-Wed, April 12-13, 1988.  Maddie's message of gratitude may have convinced David to stay in Los Angeles, but his determination to ask her to marry him remains undeterred.
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April 13-14, 1988 Addison's Medicine, Part III  (ML.4a)

Father Knows Last

(ML.4.7, by Kerry Ehrin)  Wed-Thurs, April 13-14, 1988.  David returns to Blue Moon to find repossession agents clearing out the furniture and the staff about to walk out. Maddie's father learns of her pregnancy and goes to see David in Los Angeles to persuade him to "do the right thing."
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Script vs. Screen

Someone You Can Count On

(ML.4.7.1, video by Ryan K. Michaels)  Wed, April 13, 1988.  Though she may be unsure about David as a husband, she knows she can depend on him as a partner in just about every other element of her life.
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Maddie's Diary (Part II)

(ML.4.7.2, by Danielle/Dana)  Fri, March 25 - Wed, April 13, 1988.  This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 2 of 6.
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Determination Moonlighting, Season 4b

April 15 - May 10, 1988 Regular Season Wrap-Up  (ML.4b)

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

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(ML.4.7.2)  c. Tues, April 19, 1988.
(ML.4.7.3)  c. Tues, April 26, 1988.
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Bang Bang

(ML.4.7.4, by gayrobochicken)  c. Tues, May 3, 1988.  Bert gets shot, and David is concerned.
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Reacquainted

(ML.4.7.5, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Thurs-Sat, May 5-7, 1988 - Dream Sequence.  Maddie has been in Chicago for about two months when she receives a phone call in the middle of the night with upsetting news about David.
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Extra Seasoning

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(ML.4.7.6)  c. Tues, May 10, 1988.  David celebrates the traditional mid-May season wrap-up with the Wobblies and bids them all farewell as the Blue Moon set is dismantled for the summer. Privately, however, he has decided to continue working through the would-be "off-season" from home, so he can repay Mr. Hayes sooner than later and minimize "distractions" from his goal of reuniting with Maddie.
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Maddie's Diary (Part III)

(ML.4.7.7, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues, April 19 - Tues, May 10, 1988.  This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 3 of 6.
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May 11 - June 15, 1988 Overtime, Part I  (ML.4b)

All Work and No Play Makes Dave a Dull Boy

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(ML.4.7.8)  c. Tues, May 17, 1988.  Missing their usual and expected summer of living large with their ringleader, David's friends try to pressure him into backing his nose away from the grindstone.
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Where There's a Bill, There's a Hayes

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(ML.4.7.9)  c. Tues, May 24, 1988.  When they are contacted with questions from Blue Moon's accountant, Agnes and Bert catch onto the fact that David is still working... and depositing every penny he earns into an account referencing Maddie's father.
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United We Wobble

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(ML.4.7.10)  c. Tues, May 31, 1988.  Bert and Agnes rally the Wobblies to join them in demanding that ABC rebuild the Blue Moon set for the summer, so they can unite behind David and bring the business back to full strength (at least by Wobbly standards).
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Roll the Dice

(ML.4.7.11, by GentleReader)  Tues, June7, 1988 - David's early morning Dream Sequence.  Maddie is still in Chicago when David travels there on a case. Are these two willing to risk their hearts... again?
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Old Habits... Well, You Know

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(ML.4.7.12)  Tues-Fri, June 7-10, 1988.  A former NYPD Detective who has "retired" to Los Angeles sees David as a younger version of himself, and the two team up for a very personal and particularly dangerous case.
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Old Habits... Well, You Know (Part II)

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(ML.4.7.13)  Fri-Wed, June 10-15, 1988.  The explosive conclusion to David's joint venture with retired NYPD Detective Joe Leland (played by Frank Sinatra).
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June 16-21, 1988 Overtime, Part II  (ML.4b)

Los Dos Dipestos

(ML.4.8, by Doug Steinberg)  Thurs-Mon, June 16-20, 1988.  Bert helps Agnes investigate when her visiting mother is pursued by various unsavory characters.
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Where did David go for the weekend?

David's Drive

Work in Progress
(ML.4.8.1, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Fri-Sun, June 17-19, 1988.  When David receives prompt and in-person payment for the Leland case, he is able and inspired to hit the road and pay back Mr. Hayes in a similar manner. He spends the long drive to Chicago contemplating his past, present, and future... with Maddie and beyond.
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A Chip Off the Old Rock

Work in Progress
(ML.4.8.2, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Sun, June 19, 1988.  The day after his meeting with David in Chicago, Maddie's father decides it is time to share some serious, personal thoughts with Maddie, including his increasingly favorable opinion of her Blue Moon partner.
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Any ETA for this story or "David's Drive"?

Maddie's Diary (Part IV)

(ML.4.8.3, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues, May 17 - Tues, June 21, 1988.  This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 4 of 6.
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June 21 - July 22, 1988 Overtime, Part III: Blue Moon  (ML.4b)

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

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(ML.4.9.1p)  c. Tues, June 21, 1988.
(ML.4.9.2p)  c. Tues, June 28, 1988.
(ML.4.9.3p)  c. Tues, July 5, 1988.
(ML.4.9.4p)  c. Tues, July 12, 1988.
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Here's Living With You, Kid

(ML.4.9, by Roger Director, Charles H. Eglee, Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn & Kerry Ehrin)  Tues, June 28 - Fri, July 15, 1988.  When Agnes needs time to consider Bert's idea of moving in together, he sits at home in front of the TV and sees his life with her in a series of old movies.
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Proof that HLWYK belongs during FA / before TOMT

Fontasy Football

(ML.4.9.5, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Wed-Fri, July 6-8, 1988, epilogue set Fri, July 15, 1988.  The story behind the "Blue Moon Investigations" window sign font change, very heavily inspired by The Brady Bunch episode, "Confessions, Confessions."
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So, what color is O'Neill's football?

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

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(ML.4.9.6)  c. Tues, July 19, 1988.
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Maddie's Diary (Part V)

(ML.4.9.7, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues, June 28 - Tues, July 19, 1988.  This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 5 of 6.
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June 23 - July 22, 1988 Overtime, Part III: Beyond  (ML.4b)
  • With the exception of one brief editing oversight in TOMT, FA marks the final onscreen appearance of the original "Blue Moon Investigations" window sign.

Fetal Attraction

(ML.4.10, by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno & Kerry Ehrin, Charles H. Eglee and Roger Director)  Thurs, June 23 - Fri, July 22, 1988.  While David prepares for fatherhood and finds a partner to attend Lamaze classes with him, Maddie makes preparations to return to Los Angeles.
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Blue Moon "INVESTIGATIONS" font change after "Fetal Attraction"

Maddie's Diary: Off the Record

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(ML.4.10.1)  Thurs, July 21, 1988.  Maddie is crushed when a doctor's appointment reveals a condition that puts prospects of her baby's healthy delivery in probable but uncertain territory. Aware of the pain she has already caused David, and wanting to spare him any sense of personal guilt or responsibility for the potential loss of another baby, she decides to tell him that Sam is the father until after all goes well with the birth and the baby's parentage can be conclusively determined.
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Maddie's Diary (Part VI)

(ML.4.10.2, by Danielle/Dana)  Thurs-Fri, July 21-22, 1988.  This is the journal Maddie kept during her four and a half months in Chicago. Part 6 of 6.
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Reconciliation Moonlighting, Season 4c

July 22-25, 1988 Bishop's Wife, Part I  (ML.4c)

Tracks of My Tears

(ML.4.11, by Debra Frank and Kerry Ehrin, Judith Kahan)  Fri-Mon, July 22-25, 1988.  As Maddie returns to Los Angeles by train, she is still unsure about David and has dreams and nightmares about being married to him.
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Blaming the writers

Absolutely... Sure

(ML.4.11.1, video by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon, July 25, 1988.  Not really a story. It's just a moment, and not even a written one that. But still. This had to be running through David's mind, and I think it adds a little something to a significant conversation in ML history.
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Questing for a Maddie Vision

(ML.4.11.2, by Diamond77)  A Maddie and David romance set during the events of "Tracks of my Tears."
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July 25-31, 1988 Bishop's Wife, Part II  (ML.4c)

Eek! A Spouse!

(ML.4.12, by Roger Director, Kerry Ehrin & Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn and Charles H. Eglee)  Mon-Wed, July 25-27, 1988.  As David moves past his initial skepticism about Maddie being married, he challenges her to prove her love for Walter.
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Partial script by "To be determined"

A Rotten Egg and Volcano

Deleted Scene
(ML.4.12.1)  A never-aired EAS "EU scene" from which filmed clips appear in the promo video.

August 1-6, 1988 Bishop's Wife, Part III  (ML.4c)

Maddie Hayes Got Married

(ML.4.13, by Charles Eglee & Roger Director)  Tues-Sat, August 2-6, 1988.  David finally gets to meet Walter at the office and then offers to throw Maddie a big church wedding, complete with a bachelor party.
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Marlena
Hospital End Scene…what’s resolved??

Relationship Out of WHAK

(ML.4.13.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sat, August 6, 1988.  This short story takes place during MHGM, between the scenes where Terri has her baby and where Maddie and David have their little heart-to-heart talk in the hospital.
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Stripped

(ML.4.13.2, by TheSigyn)  After agreeing to move in together in HLWYK, Bert and Agnes' plans are complicated by questions surrounding his recent activities in MHGM.
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August 7-10, 1988 ML.4c

Double Date

(ML.4.14.1p, by Nala)  Sun, August 7, 1988 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Set between Maddie's meeting Terri and the annulment of Maddie's marriage to Walter. I really wanted to give Maddie some agency about what was happening in her life, and also for David to act in what I would consider to be a normal reaction to his situation.
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And the Flesh Was Made Word

(ML.4.14, by Kerry Ehrin)  Mon-Wed, August 8-10, 1988.  Maddie and Walter have their marriage annulled, leading to a celebration in the office. Maddie wants to restart the relationship with David, but he isn't sure at first how he feels about it.
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Terri Knowles and Walter Bishop

Fleshless

(ML.4.14.2, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Mon, August 8, 1988.  This story takes place during the scene in "And the Flesh Was Made Word" where Maddie and David are reading John Wicklow's poetry in Maddie's office.
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Deny

(ML.4.14.3, by dihop)  Mon, August 8, 1988.  An added scene from my imagination for "And the Flesh Was Made Word."
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Silent Driving

(ML.4.14.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tues, August 9, 1988.  What would have happened if the drive in "And the Flesh Was Made Word" had gone a little differently?
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Vacation 1988

August 10 - October 6, 1988 Baby Steps (ML.v1988)

Breathing Lessons

(ML.4.50.1, by GentleReader)  Wed, August 10 - Tues, October 4, 1988.  David and Maddie take Lamaze classes, prepare for parenthood, and try to rebuild their relationship along the way.
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Ryan K. Michaels
"Breathing Lessons" and timelines

Teacher's Pet

(ML.4.50.2, by Ashley)  Tues, August 16, 1988.  The first time Maddie and David go to Lamaze class together.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Letting David's Guard Down

(ML.4.50.3, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, August 16, 1988.  David gives Maddie a backrub during her pregnancy, which spirals out of control in the most delectable way. Will it help them forward in their relationship, as David is still cautious in his approach?
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You and Me Tuesday

(ML.4.50.4, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Tues, August 23, 1988.  It's one of those Tuesday nights. You know... dinner at 7:30, Lamaze class at 9, getting together afterwards to talk. Well, on this particular Tuesday night, there just might be some romance in the air for Maddie and David.
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Mi Casa Es?

(ML.4.50.5, by GentleReader)  Wed, October 5, 1988.  Maddie and David talk about living together... but whose house would be home?
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Devastation Moonlighting, Season 5a

October 7-17, 1988 Tragedy  (ML.5a)

A Womb With a View

(ML.5.1, by Glenn Gordon Caron & Charles Eglee)  Fri-Sat, October 7-8, 1988.  Just after Maddie's baby is given an in-utero introduction to his future life, Maddie has complications and must be rushed to the hospital.
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Canuck21
The seismic shift from season 4 to season 5

Since I Lost My Maddie (Part I)

(ML.5.1.1, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Fri-Mon, October 7-10 and Mon, October 17, 1988.  This story covers a critical time period for Maddie and David. When Maddie lost her baby, it had a significant effect on her relationship with David. This is my version of what might have happened.
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Filling In the Blanks

(ML.5.1.2, by DEMORE)  Sun-Fri, October 9-14, 1988.  This story takes place after AWWAV and responds to a sense that more was going on than we were being told.
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Marlena
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Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.1.3)  c. Tues, October 11, 1988.
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October 18-23, 1988 Denial & Anger  (ML.5a)

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.1.4)  c. Tues, October 18, 1988.
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October 24 - November 6, 1988 Denial & Anger  (ML.5a)

So Near, Anselmo Far

Work in Progress
(ML.5.1.5, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Mon, October 24 - Sun, November 6, 1988.  Frustrated by his inability to get Maddie to open up to him, David shifts focus and relentlessly pursues a new lead suggesting fresh activity from the elusive Mr. Anselmo.
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Blowhard With a Vengeance

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(ML.5.1.6)  c. Tues-Fri, October 25-28, 1988.  With David away on the Anselmo case and Maddie overbooked with work, Bert and MacGilicuddy are forced to team up and save the day in a relentless barrage of buddy cop movie cliches.
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Vowel Play

Available Concept
(ML.5.1.7)  c. Tues-Fri, November 1-4, 1988.  After years of growing frustration with people spelling his name incorrectly, Bert is pushed over the edge by the gift he receives of a misspelled personalized doormat. He embarks on a personal mission to clarify the matter for everyone, but is he prepared for what he will find?
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November 7-9, 1988 Bargaining  (ML.5a)
  • November 7, 1988 had been Baby Hayes' due date, a fact that surely played an unspoken (onscreen) role in David and Maddie's reconnection that day.

Between a Yuk and a Hard Place

(ML.5.2, by Kerry Ehrin)  Mon-Tues, November 7-8, 1988.  After the loss of the baby, Maddie and David avoid each other until Agnes intervenes.
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Songs?

Let My Love Open the Door

(ML.5.2.1, by beesnbears)  A respectful manipulation of "Between A Yuk And A Hard Place."
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Marlena
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Things Left Unsaid

(ML.5.2.2, by Danielle/Dana)  David and Maddie discuss their relationship after the loss of the baby. Takes place during “Between a Yuk and a Hard Place.” Could be a missing scene.
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Marlena
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Today Has Been Okay

(ML.5.2.3, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  This takes place during BAYAAHP. Instead of getting trapped in that elevator by Agnes, Maddie and David deal with their issues all on their own... in the sexiest way possible. WARNING! The rating is there for a reason...
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Since I Lost My Maddie (Part II)

(ML.5.2.4, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Wed, November 7-9 and Sun, December 11, 1988.  This story covers a critical time period for Maddie and David. When Maddie lost her baby, it had a significant effect on her relationship with David. This is my version of what might have happened.
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Marlena
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November 10-30, 1988 Depression  (ML.5a)

Unopened Blue Moon Case Files

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.2.5)  c. Tues, November 15, 1988.
(ML.5.2.6)  c. Tues, November 22, 1988.
(ML.5.2.7)  c. Tues, November 29, 1988.
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December 1-11, 1988 Reconstruction  (ML.5a)

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.2.8)  c. Tues, December 6, 1988.
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Just the Way You Is

(ML.5.2.9, by Terry Knowles)  Tues, December 6, 1988.  David takes Maddie out for a night "on the town."
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Ryan K. Michaels
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The Birds and the Babies

(ML.5.2.10, by dugzter)  Fri, December 9, 1988.  Terri drops by the Blue Moon office with an unexpected request.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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December 12-17, 1988 Reconstruction  (ML.5a)

The Color of Maddie

(ML.5.3, by Barbara Hall)  Mon-Wed, December 12-14, 1988, epilogue set Tues, January 17, 1989.  A woman comes to Blue Moon wondering if the man with whom she is living is really her long-missing and now-returned husband. David is annoyed when Maddie insists they are "pals" and says he knows her better than she will admit.
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Canuck21
Outtakes

Unclean Slate

(ML.5.3.1, by MoonlightingMagic)  Mon, December 12, 1988 - David's Dream Sequence.  On a roller-coaster-ride of emotions after Maddie labels them "pals", David dreams of what might happen if they ever crossed paths with Rita.
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Quest
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Stories

(ML.5.3.2, by TheSigyn)  Tues, December 13, 1988.  Bert and Agnes reflect on how recent events have begun to affect their relationship.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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December 18-26, 1988 Reconstruction  (ML.5a)

The Gift

(ML.5.3.3, by MoonlightingMagic)  Mon, December 19, 1988.  David has a surprise for Maddie that he hopes will help to clarify their relationship.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Counting on Christmas

(ML.5.3.4, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sun-Mon, December 18-19, 1988; epilogue set Fri, December 23, 1988.  Having just lost her baby a little over two months ago, Maddie is not particularly excited about this Christmas season. David tries to help, but unexpected events occur that will affect both of them... and start to change who they are and how they view their relationship.
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Marlena
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Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.3.5)  c. Tues-Fri, December 20-23, 1988.
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Twas a Blue Moon Christmas

(ML.5.3.6, by beesnbears)  Sat, December 24, 1988.  Merry Christmas from Agnes Dipesto!
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Ryan K. Michaels
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December 27-31, 1988 Reconstruction  (ML.5a)

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.3.7)  c. Tues-Fri, December 27-30, 1988.
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Desk Duty

(ML.5.3.8, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tues, December 27, 1988. 
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Marlena
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Rita and Weep

(ML.5.3.9, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Fri, December 23 and Sat, December 31, 1988.  Just as David and Maddie are preparing for a romantic New Year's weekend together, he is forced by a resurfacing "personal matter" to disrupt their plans.
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Marlena
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January 1-15, 1989 Reconstruction  (ML.5a)

Couple's Retreat

(ML.5.3.10, TV-MA, UNFINISHED by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, December 27, 1988 - Sun, January 15, 1989.  David and Maddie are dragged into a case that takes them to a Couple's Retreat. Can they keep their wits about them while being poked and prodded by a shady psychiatrist about their relationship?
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January 16-22, 1989 Acceptance  (ML.5a)

Convention Redemption

(ML.5.3.11, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Tues, January 16-17, 1989.  What will happen when David and Maddie finally attend the PI Banquet & Ball together for the first time?
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BlueMoon
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Orchestra to Balcony

(ML.5.3.12, TV-MA, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues, January 17, 1989.  This picks up after the PI Banquet & Ball and involves David and Maddie coping, both individually and together, with the loss of their child.
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D
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Alternate Ending For: The Color of Maddie

(ML.5.3.13, by Pam Hardin)  Tues-Wed, January 17-18, 1989.  Have you ever wondered about the last scene of TCOM, when David and Maddie played pool at the PI Banquet & Ball? How about what happened afterwards?
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Sandra
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Cleaning Slates

(ML.5.3.14, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed-Fri, January 18-20, 1989.  The day after David and Maddie's seemingly successful night at the PI Banquet & Ball and beyond, the Anselmo case and other issues resurface.
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Marlena
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Vacillation Moonlighting, Season 5b

January 23-29, 1989 ML5b

Plastic Fantastic Lovers

(ML.5.4, by Jerry Stahl)  Mon, January 23, 1989.  The agency is asked by a man who had failed plastic surgery to find out if his operation was a deliberate act of sabotage.
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Blue Goose
Bruce Willis returns to Nakatomi Plaza!

Afternoon Delight?

(ML.5.4.1, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Mon, January 23, 1989.  What happened (and didn't happen) in the hotel room between Maddie and David in "Plastic Fantastic Lovers"?
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Ryan K. Michaels
Rate "Afternoon Delight?"

Raincheck

(ML.5.4.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Tues, January 24, 1989.  On the day after they solve the Hunzinger case, Maddie decides to redeem her raincheck for dinner with David at Pink's Hot Dogs.
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Marlena
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Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.4.3)  c. Wed-Sun, January 25-29, 1989.
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January 30 - February 10, 1989 Equal Partners (ML5b)

Shirts and Skins

(ML.5.5, by Roger Director)  Mon, January 30 - Thurs, February 9, 1989.  Maddie agrees to take the case of a female worker who shot her boss after she was fired for refusing to sleep with him. At the same time, David takes the case of the boss.
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Marlena
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City of Snow Angels

Available Concept
(ML.5.5.1)  Tues-Wed, February 7-8, 1989.  The night after all charges are dropped against Robin Fuller, a freak snow storm hits L.A. and leads to Blue Moon's first "snow day." This sets up the framework for David and Maddie's dreams in "Storms and Second Chances" and "Stuck with You."
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Ryan K. Michaels
Real-world inspiration for "City of Snow Angels"

Storms and Second Chances

(ML.5.5.2, by ckincaid)  Wednesday, February 8, 1989 - David's Dream Sequence.  With nothing to do at home during Blue Moon's snow day, David dreams about being snowbound for several days with Maddie at the office.
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Stuck With You

(ML.5.5.3, by MoonlightingMagic)  Wednesday, February 8, 1989 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Also at home alone during Blue Moon's snow day, Maddie dreams about being snowed into a romantic cabin with David.
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BlueMoon
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Terms of the Heart

(ML.5.5.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Thurs, February 9, 1989 - David's Dream Sequence.  The night after Maddie formally makes David an equal partner in the business, David dreams about taking their partnership to a whole new level.
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Marlena
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Sparring Partners

(ML.5.5.5, by dihop)  Fri, February 10, 1989.  Initial hopes of David's and Maddie's equal partnership blooming beyond business are met by a firm dose of reality.
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February 11-26, 1989 ML5b

Lovin' on Empty (Part I)

(ML.5.6.1p, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sat-Sun, February 11-12, 1989.  While out shopping at the mall one day, Maddie runs into someone who makes her question her relationship with David.
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Judge, Jury and Disillusioner

(ML.5.6.2p, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon, February 13, 1989.  David spends the morning in Maddie's office, trying to convince her to reconsider her "see other people" mindset, and Agnes drops in to inform them that she has been summoned for jury duty.
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Marlena
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In 'n Outlaws

(ML.5.6, by Marc Abraham)  Mon, February 13 and Tues-Wed, February 21-22, 1989.  When Agnes is the lone standout in a jury that causes her to be sequestered, and Bert is desperate for her to attend his family reunion, he decides to solve the crime to free her.
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Myriamme
Filmed but unseen footage of David and Maddie on the couch

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.6.3)  c. Mon-Fri, February 13-17, 1989.
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Whose Curse Is It Anyway?

Available Concept
(ML.5.6.4)  Mon-Fri, February 20-24, 1989.  While Agnes is out on jury duty and Bert takes time off for his family reunion, panic erupts when the network orders everyone else at Blue Moon to welcome cousins "Ace" (played by Ted McGinley) and Oliver (Robbie Rist) aboard the staff as a temporary receptionists/assistants.
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February 27 - March 1, 1989 ML5b

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.7.1p)  c. Mon-Wed, February 27 - March 1, 1989.
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March 2-10, 1989 ML5b

Double Dating

(ML.5.7.2p, by MoonlightingMagic)  Thurs, March 2, 1989 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Some time after suggesting to David that they should be free to see other people, Maddie dreams of what it might be like if they encountered each other doing exactly that.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Take My Wife, For Example

(ML.5.7, by James Kramer)  Thurs, March 2 - Thurs, March 9, 1989.  A famously fierce divorce lawyer known as "The Barracuda" has a crisis of conscience and hires Blue Moon to help save a marriage. David and Maddie exchange gifts.
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Canuck21
On the subject of kissing...

Fourth Anniversary*

Available Concept
(ML.5.7.3)  Wed-Thurs, March 9, 1989.  As David goes necklace shopping, both he and everyone else back at the office try to make sense of the current state of affairs heading into Blue Moon's fourth anniversary.*
*Episode title TBD.
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Memorandus Telecidus

(ML.5.7.4, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Thurs, March 9, 1989.  A story told in screenshots. When David and Maddie's TMWFE "duo-directional lipus lockus" is interrupted by Agnes' delivery of a memo from network executives announcing that Moonlighting would be moving from Tuesday to Sunday nights, they recall a conversation they'd had just over a year ago.
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UnderMoonlight
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March 11-18, 1989 ML5b

Of Gifts and Expectations

(ML.5.8.1p, by GentleReader and beesnbears)  Sat-Mon, March 11-13, 1989.  A bridge of more dreams and conversations from "Take My Wife..." to "I See England..."
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Ryan K. Michaels
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I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Net...

(ML.5.8, by Chris Ruppenthal)  Full title: "I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld"  Sun-Tues, March 12-14, 1989.  A client dies in Maddie's office before they even have a chance to meet. Later, a friend turns up looking for him. They each had half of a lottery ticket worth $10 million.
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Marlena
Sun-Tues, March 12-14, 1989

Dead Bodies and All

(ML.5.8.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Tues, March 13-14, 1989.  At the end of ISEISFISMN, Maddie is knocked unconscious and has a horrible nightmare in which David is the Grim Reaper. He is actually anything but...
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Rate "Dead Bodies and All"

A Harry Situation

(ML.5.8.3, TV-MA, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Tues, March 14, 1989 - Dream Sequence.  What should have happened after that naughty shower scene from season 5 (you know which one)...
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Marlena
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Lovin' on Empty (Part II)

(ML.5.8.4, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed, March 15, 1989.  Maddie opens up to Mrs. Rubin during her second therapy session, but will David be willing to open up to Maddie as friends?
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March 19-26, 1989 ML5b

Sunlighting

Available Concept
(ML.5.9.1p)  Sun, March 19, 1989.  While Maddie tries to figure out ways to make the most of Blue Moon's new Sunday hours, everyone else comes up with reasons (religious, a case of poison ivy that may or may not have been deliberately self-inflicted, etc.) that they should be allowed to go home.
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Those Lips, Those Lies

(ML.5.9, by James Kramer & Chris Ruppenthal)  Sun-Wed, March 19-22, 1989.  David's brother, Richie, arrives with his new girlfriend and asks a favor from David and Maddie. His girlfriend's business partner embezzled all her money and Richie wants them to help get it back.
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Marlena
Script vs. Screen

Addison's Surprise

(ML.5.9.2, by Terry Knowles)  Tues, March 21, 1989 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  Richie shows up at Blue Moon with a surprise announcement that plays like a more hopeful version of "Those Lips, Those Lies."
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Ryan K. Michaels
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Friend Therapy

(ML.5.9.3, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Fri, March 24, 1989.  David's friend's wife just had a baby, and it's time to celebrate! The two men find themselves in a dingy bar where they eat too much and drink too much. David goes on about how much he misses being with Maddie, while Benny ends up drunk as a skunk!
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Marlena
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March 27-31, 1989 ML5b

Perfetc

(ML.5.10, by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn, James Kramer, Chris Ruppenthal & Jerry Stahl)  Mon-Fri, March 27-31, 1989.  A dying man hires Blue Moon to help prove that he committed the "perfect crime." David thinks it will be good publicity, but Maddie does not want to get involved.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Agnes and Bert's unspoken bond

March 31 - April 4, 1989 ML.5b

City of Love

(ML.5.10.1, by GentleReader and beesnbears)  Fri, March 31 - Tues, April 4, 1989.  Maddie and David in Paris: Will it rekindle their romance? Or close the door on it forever?
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Marlena
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April 4-9, 1989 ML.5b

Better Let Love and Friendship Depart

(ML.5.10.2, TV-MA, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Tues-Fri, April 4-7, 1989.  Upon returning home from his Paris trip with Maddie, David receives bad news about his best friend, Benny. This sends him into a downward spiral that, sadly, takes its toll on his relationship with Maddie.
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Marlena
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April 10-16, 1989 ML5b

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(ML.5.10.3)  c. Mon-Fri, April 10-14, 1989.
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Desolation Moonlighting, Season 5c

April 16-18, 1989 The Annie Arc, Part I  (ML.5c)

Party's Over

(ML.5.11.1p, TV-MA, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Wed, April 12 - Mon, April 17, 1989.  The title says it all.
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Ryan K. Michaels
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When Girls Collide

(ML.5.11, by Charles Eglee, Merrill Markoe, and Leo Tecate)  Mon-Tues, April 17-18, 1989.  David's involvement with Maddie's visiting cousin upsets Maddie, as her cousin is married, and Maddie is still confused about her feelings for David.
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Canuck21
Maddie falling asleep in David's bed

Force of Nature

(ML.5.11.2, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Sun-Tues, April 16-18, 1989.  David has accepted the fact that his relationship with Maddie is over, and he is open to meeting someone new. Annie is on a flight headed to Los Angeles. Thus, the "Annie Arc" begins... This story fills in a lot of the blanks, while staying true to the original series.
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Marlena
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You and I Collide

(ML.5.11.3, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Mon, April 17, 1989 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  An alternate version of WGC that shows what a difference the choice of just a few, seemingly inconsequential words can sometimes make.
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Pillow Talk

(ML.5.11.4, TV-MA, by MoonlightingMagic)  Tues, April 18, 1989 - Dream Sequence.  What would have happened if things had gone differently when David found Maddie in his bed in "When Girls Collide"?
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My Version of Lunar Eclipse (An Alt. WGC Ending)

(ML.5.11.5, by Ella)  Tues, April 18, 1989 - Dream Sequence.  An alternate ending to "When Girls Collide."
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April 19-23, 1989 ML.5c

Dancing on Eggshells

(ML.5.11.6, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Wed-Thurs, April 19-20, 1989.  The day after David leaves Maddie sitting alone on his bed, while he goes running out after Annie, is a regular workday. Can Maddie and David put their differences aside and help a client find her lost love?
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April 24-30, 1989 The Annie Arc, Part II  (ML.5c)

Eine Kleine Nacht Murder

(ML.5.12, by Barbara Hall)  Wed-Fri, April 26-28, 1989.  Maddie witnesses a murder and is placed under police protection, but David thinks her bodyguard is crooked and is planning to kill her himself.
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I Need To Tell You

(ML.5.12.1, by Pam5)  Wed, April 26, 1989.  An added scene from "Eine Kleine Nacht Murder", this takes place in Maddie's guest room after Maddie persuades Annie to stay at David's apartment.
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It's Not Over 'Til... It's Not Over

(ML.5.12.2, by Pam5)  Wed, April 26, 1989.  An added scene from "Eine Kleine Nacht Murder", this takes place in David's apartment after Annie has left Maddie's house.
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The Space Between

(ML.5.12.3, by BlueMoon)  Wed, April 26, 1989.  David finds out Maddie witnessed a murder and may still be in danger. Considering the current state of their relationship, what position is he in to do anything about it? A little angsty piece, set mid-EKNM.
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Fortress

(ML.5.12.4, by Sandra/Mardre Ebridge)  Fri, April 28, 1989 - Dream Sequence.  Maddie is left with the chaos that is her house after the happenings in EKNM. The entire ordeal of being almost killed makes her stop and think. Will David be on her mind?
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Eine Kleine Nacht Musing

(ML.5.12.5, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Mon-Fri, April 24-28, 1989.  Beginning two nights before Maddie witnesses a murder in the parking garage, this story is told from Maddie's point-of-view and gives greater depth to the events of EKNM.
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May 1-14, 1989 The Annie Arc, Part III  (ML.5c)

Dream Lover

(ML.5.13.1p, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Tues, May 2, 1989.  A story told in screenshots. When David tells Annie about what he dreamed the night before, he wisely omits one key detail.
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Lunar Eclipse

(ML.5.13, by Ron Clark)  Tues, May 2 - Sun, May 14, 1989.  Agnes proposes to Herbert, and in spite of having some misgivings, he agrees. Annie's husband, Mark, arrives in L.A. and hires a detective to follow Annie, and David conspires to drive her back to her husband.
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The Trunk

(ML.5.13.2, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Friday, May 5, 1989.  A tormented David receives an answer from somewhere unexpected as he questions his ability to make a "right choice."
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Lunar Restoration

(ML.5.13.3, by dihop)  Sun, May 7, 1989 - David's Dream Sequence.  The night after Bert and Agnes' wedding went off the deep end, David dreams of a much happier ending for the resulting police station visit.
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May 8-14, 1989 ML.5c

Missing Scene From Lunar Eclipse

(ML.5.13.4, by Pam Hardin)  Mon, May 8, 1989 - Maddie's Dream Sequence.  The night after Bert and Agnes' waterlogged wedding, Maddie dreams of a happier day ahead reconciling with David at the office.
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Eclipsed: Ron Clark's Lost Episode*

(ML.5.13.5, by Ron Clark)  c. Mon-Fri, May 8-12, 1989.  Before it was lost to what became "Lunar Eclipse", David and Maddie had another case on their hands that remains unsolved to this day... at least for fans of Moonlighting.
*Episode title unknown.
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He Had a Purpose

(ML.5.13.6, by Marlena/Lena Leest)  Fri-Sun, May 12-14, 1989.  After Bert and Agnes' wedding... but before the show's cancellation announcement... someone arrives who ignites what may be the romantic reconciliation of Maddie and David.
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Revelation Moonlighting, Season 5d

The Seventh Sunday ML.5d

In a Perfetc World...

(ML.5.14.1p, video by Ryan K. Michaels)  The Seventh Sunday.  "Lunar Eclipse" is script #88012, and "Perfetc" is #88013. With respect to both that original order and what became of LE after plans changed, here is how episode #88014 might have opened on the promised but unrealized 7th straight week of "No Repeats!"
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We Almost Had Paris*

(ML.5.14)  The Seventh Sunday.  "Lunar Eclipse" is script #88012, and "Perfetc" is #88013. If LE had not been altered into the finale and "Perfetc" had kept its place, the promised but unrealized 7th straight week new episode (#88014) would logically have followed, with Maddie wearing this gown in Paris and David by her side.
*Episode title unknown.
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Straight From the Source's Mouth

(ML.5.14.2, by Shawna Saari & Glenn Gordon Caron, with Grace Chivell)  The Seventh Sunday.
"As the creator, did you envision them (David and Maddie) ultimately ending up together?"
"Why would you present this great romance and have it end going the other way?"
-Glenn Gordon Caron, Creator of Moonlighting
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Open

(ML.5.14.3, video by Ryan K. Michaels)  Date unknown.  Inspired by both the ending of TDSART and GGC's comments in "Straight from the Source's Mouth", this short video bridges the chasm between the David and Maddie of later seasons with the characters and possibilities their creator originally envisioned.
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING: A MOONLIGHTING STORY 1988-PRESENT  (SPINOFF)

Reincarnation The Look Who's Talking Trilogy

October 7, 1988 - December 1996 LWT

A Womb With a View

(ML.5.1, by Glenn Gordon Caron & Charles Eglee)  Fri-Sat, October 7-8, 1988.  The Look Who's Talking Trilogy spins off implicitly from the end of this Moonlighting episode, with the one-time soul of Baby Hayes living on as Michael "Mikey" Jensen/Ubriacco.

Look Who's Talking

(LWT.1.0, by Amy Heckerling)  Sat, October 8, 1988 - April 1991.  When a woman is left on her own to give birth to a child whose thoughts are narrated through voice-over, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver.
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Ryan K. Michaels
Ideas recycled within series and across actors' and producers' careers

Look Who's Talking Too

(LWT.2.0, by Amy Heckerling & Neal Israel)  July 1990 - April 1992.  In the midst of rising tensions between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister, Julie.
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Look Who's Talking Now

(LWT.3.0, by Tom Ropelewski & Leslie Dixon)  September - December 1996.  The dogs can talk at a the Ubriacco household, where mom loses her job the same day that dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.
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An Occasional Incident of Déjà Vu

Work in Progress
(LWT.3.1, by Ryan K. Michaels)  1999.  Mikey confides in his father that he has been having increasingly vivid "memories" of people with whom he feels connected and yet has never met.
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PERIOD VII - MADDIE'S VIRTUAL TIMELINE 1989-2003  (SEQUEL SERIES)
View opening crawl.

Virtualization Virtual Moonlighting, Season 6a

April 28 - May 5, 1989 VM.6a

Transcend the Material Plane (Maddie's Story)

(VM.6.1.1p, by Ryan K. Michaels)  Sun, May 14, 1989?  Individually but not alone, David and Maddie face a turning point in their forever-connected destinies, as one door closes and another one opens. This is Maddie's story...
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Little Problem Annie

(VM.6.1, TV-MA, by Danielle/Dana, with "eine kleine" input from Ryan K. Michaels)  Fri, April 28, 1989.  Opening near the end of EKNM, Maddie assesses the damage to her house and senses the unfolding of a pivotal moment concerning her relationship with David. An argument ensues, and one thing leads to another...
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Little Problem Annie (Part II)

(VM.6.2, by Danielle/Dana)  Sat, April 29 - Fri, May 5, 1989.  The Annie situation is resolved, Maddie goes out with Donnigan, and David finally opens up to Maddie.
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Vacation 1989

May 6 - September 25, 1989 VM.v1989

Summer Stories

Your appropriate Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(VM.6.2.X)  May 6 - September 25, 1989.
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Revitalization Virtual Moonlighting, Season 6b

September 26-30, 1989 VM.6b

Chairman of the Bored

(VM.6.3, by Diane & Darla)  Tues-Sat, September 26-30, 1989.  Maddie and David seem at odds about a small "morale problem."
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September 30 - October 8, 1989 VM.6b

Chairman of the Bored (Part II)

(VM.6.4, by Diane)  Sat, September 30 - Mon, October 2, 1989.  Where's Agnes? Isn't she where you left her? Can teamwork solve the case of the missing Dipesto?
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The Romantic Rut

(VM.6.4.1, by caitybelle)  Tues-Wed, October 3-4, 1989.  As David and Maddie try to move forward, a millionaire porn star client walks in, and sparks ensue.
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October 9-15, 1989 VM.6b

Without a Hitch

Available Concept
(VM.6.5.1p)  c. Mon-Fri, October 9-13, 1989.  When picking up David for an early appointment, Maddie sees the couch he had bought for Annie. An Alfred Hitchcock-obsessed fan whose mother was convicted of a brutal knife murder hires Blue Moon to find out who is sabotaging his efforts to open a Psycho-themed motel.
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Smeared Window

(VM.6.5, by Sarah)  Mon, October 9, 1989.  The Hitchcock fan case and discovery of David's couch lead to Maddie dreaming a spoof of Rear Window.
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October 16-22, 1989 VM.6b

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Virtual Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(VM.6.5.2)  c. Tues, October 17, 1989.
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October 23-30, 1989 VM.6b

I've Got Your Number

(VM.6.6, by Danielle/Dana)  Mon-Wed, October 23-25, 1989.  Maddie and David discuss what they know about each other - fantasies, intimacies, likes and dislikes.
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October 31 - November 6, 1989 VM.6b

Cold Feet, Warm Heart

(VM.6.8, by Diane)  Tues, October 31 - Mon, November 6, 1989.  David supports Maddie through a personal crisis… and finally gets to the Windy City.
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November 7-10, 1989 Gabby  (VM.6b)

Signs of Life

(VM.6.9, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues-Fri, November 7-10, 1989.  Maddie and David are both haunted by the memory of the loss of Maddie's baby.
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November 11-19, 1989 VM.6b

The Smith Case*

Your appropriate Virtual Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(VM.6.9.1)  c. Mon-Fri, November 13-17, 1989.  David and Maddie work a case referenced in "Signs of Life (Part II)."
*Episode title TBD.
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November 20-27, 1989 VM.6b

The Jenkins Case*

Your appropriate Virtual Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(VM.6.9.2)  c. Mon-Wed, November 20-22, 1989.  David and Maddie work a case referenced in "Signs of Life (Part II)."
*Episode title TBD.
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Gabby Thanksgiving

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(VM.6.9.3)  c. Thurs-Mon, November 23-27, 1989.  David and Maddie spend Thanksgiving and David's birthday with Gabby.
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November 28 - December 10, 1989 VM.6b

Unopened Blue Moon Case File

Your appropriate Virtual Moonlighting fanfiction is welcome here!
(VM.6.9.4)  c. Tues-Fri, November 28 - December 1, 1989.
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Signs of Life (Part II)

(VM.6.10, by Danielle/Dana)  Tues, November 28 - Wed, December 6, 1989.  David and Maddie help the child through the death of her grandmother.
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December 11-17, 1989 VM.6b

Dog... Cat... Man... Woman

(VM.6.11, by Diane)  c. Mon-Fri, December 11-15, 1989.  Maddie and David are hired to find a very wealthy feline.
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December 18-21, 1989 VM.6b

She's a Little Bit Country, He's a Little Bit R&B