Moonlighting
Season 1
7 listed hours · 1985–1989 · ABC
From the desk
How this season is filed
Moonlighting dressed screwball detective TV like a premiere: Cybill Shepherd’s ice, Bruce Willis’s grin, and a black-and-white dream hour that still photographs as a fashion thesis.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Moonlighting (1985–1989) on ABC as the first listed season of 5 — 7 listed hours, 1985-03-03–1985-04-02 from “Moonlighting” (S01E01) to “The Murder's in the Mail” (S01E07). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Moonlighting
Ice and grin as a brand launch. Two-hour premiere energy; the agency is a fitting room.
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S01E01 Moonlighting
Moonlighting — Season 1, Episode 1 of Moonlighting. Aired 1985-03-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
Pilot note — From the desk: Moonlighting opens its catalog run with “Moonlighting” (1985-03-03). Tone-mixing comedy-drama that still influences rom-com TV. On-set friction and the curse of resolving the tension too soon.
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S01E02 Moonlighting
Moonlighting — Season 1, Episode 2 of Moonlighting. Aired 1985-03-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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S01E03 Gunfight at the So-So Corral
It is Maddie's first day at the Blue Moon Detective Agency 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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S01E04 Read the Mind--- See the Movie
Maddie is glad because the agency has finaly got a good client, RTC, a weaponry corporation. However, her joy turns to disappointment when the CEO fires them for failing to discover who sabotaged a test for military officers. Maddie decides to go on with the case despite David's objections. All the clues seem to point in one direction, a psychic who works for the corporation's rival.
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S01E05 The Next Murder You Hear
The Next Murder You Hear — Season 1, Episode 5 of Moonlighting. Aired 1985-03-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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S01E06 Next Stop Murder
The Blue Moon agency detectives, Maddie and David, get caught on a train for mystery buffs, then find they have a real mystery to contend with when a writer is murdered.
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S01E07 The Murder's in the Mail
The Murder's in the Mail — Season 1, Episode 7 of Moonlighting. Aired 1985-04-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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