Moonlighting: Season 3

1986 · 15 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 3 of Moonlighting

Season 3 of Moonlighting Has 15 episodes and premiered on September 23, 1986. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

15episodes

Sep 23, 1986premiered

May 5, 1987latest episode

11.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Son Also Rises
Sep 23, 1986 · 46 min
David's estranged father makes a surprise visit to announce his upcoming wedding and to introduce his bride-to-be, who comes as a shock to David.
Directed by Allan Arkush · Written by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno · Starring Paul Sorvino, Brynn Thayer, Edith Fields, Charles Rocket
3x02 The Man Who Cried Wife
Sep 30, 1986 · 46 min
A man hires Dave and Maddie to find his wife, who's been making mysterious late night phone calls to him, the same wife he's sure he killed and buried in the forest.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby II · Starring Alley Mills, Jack Blessing, Stephen Godwin, Patricia Duff
3x03 Symphony in Knocked Flat
Oct 14, 1986 · 46 min
Dave and Maddie agree to each arrange what they consider to be an ideal evening for the other, but the concert tickets Dave buys from a scalper get them into nothing but trouble.
Directed by Paul Lynch · Written by Dale Gelineau, Pauline Miller · Starring Don King, Linda Thorson, Xander Berkeley, Allan Kolman
3x04 Yours, Very Deadly
Oct 28, 1986 · 46 min
Dave and Maddie are hired by a married woman to find the man she has been sharing a torrid romantic correspondence with and make sure he understands the arrangement is over.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby II · Written by Roger Director · Starring Curtis Armstrong, Brooke Bundy, John Kassir, Martin Ferrero
3x05 All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
Nov 11, 1986 · 46 min
A priest asks Dave and Maddie to find a woman he's become infatuated with during confession and whose latest revelation was her intention to kill herself.
Directing: Christian I. Nyby II · Writing: Charles H. Eglee, Eric Blakeney · Starring: Curtis Armstrong, Brad Dourif, Richard Beymer, Jessica Harper
3x06 Big Man on Mulberry Street
Nov 18, 1986 · 46 min
Maddie becomes consumed with curiosity when David announces he must fly back to New York to attend the funeral of his former wife's brother.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby II, Stanley Donen · Written by Karen Hall · Starring Marilyn Jones, Andra Akers, Betty McGuire, William Applegate Jr.
3x07 Atomic Shakespeare
Nov 25, 1986 · 46 min
A boy hoping to watch Moonlighting but forced to study Shakespeare instead daydreams about the cast performing their own version of The Taming of the Shrew complete with Petruchio Dave and Kate Maddie.
Directed by Will Mackenzie · Written by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno · Starring Kenneth McMillan, Ralph Drischell, Joseph G. Medalis, Hap Lawrence
3x08 It's a Wonderful Job
Dec 16, 1986 · 46 min
A depressed Maddie gets a chance to see what her life and the rest of Blue Moon staff would be like if she had sold the agency as she originally intended.
Directing: Edwin Sherin · Writing: Debra Frank, Carl Sautter · Starring: Curtis Armstrong, Cheryl Tiegs, Lionel Stander, Richard Libertini
3x09 The Straight Poop
Jan 6, 1987 · 46 min
Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Directed by Jay Daniel · Written by Glenn Gordon Caron · Starring Curtis Armstrong, Rona Barrett
3x10 Poltergeist III—Dipesto Nothing
Jan 13, 1987 · 46 min
Ms. Dipesto tries to solve a haunted house case refused by Dave and Maddie to show Bert Viola that she's just as good a detective as he is.
Directed by Christopher Hibler · Written by Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee · Starring Curtis Armstrong, Ian Abercrombie, John Lehne, Rhoda Gemignani
3x11 Blonde on Blonde (1)
Feb 3, 1987 · 46 min
Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
Directing: Jay Daniel · Writing: Kerry Ehrin · Starring: Curtis Armstrong, Donna Dixon, John McCook, Robert Wuhl
3x12 Sam & Dave (2)
Feb 10, 1987 · 46 min
Dave and Maddie quarrel over Sam as they keep watch on a man for his mistress, who's convinced he's two-timing her-with his wife.
Directing: Sam Weisman · Writing: Roger Director, Charles H. Eglee · Starring: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, William Washington, Julia Jennings
3x13 Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)
Mar 3, 1987 · 46 min
Maddie feels more and more confused about Sam and Dave after an all-night stakeout with Dave ends in an early morning proposal from Sam.
Directed by Allan Arkush · Written by Roger Director, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno · Starring Curtis Armstrong, Caitlin Clarke, Gary Cole, Mark Harmon
3x14 I Am Curious... Maddie (4)
Mar 31, 1987 · 46 min
Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
Directing: Allan Arkush · Writing: Glenn Gordon Caron, Jeff Reno · Starring: Curtis Armstrong, Mark Harmon, Jack Goode Jr.
3x15 To Heiress Human Season Finale
May 5, 1987 · 46 min
Maddie tries to ignore the previous night as she and David tackle a new case: a woman wants evidence that her fiance loves her and not her father's money.
Directed by Sam Weisman · Written by Kerry Ehrin · Starring William Hickey, Scott Paulin, Ann Hearn, Bill Marcus