Moonlighting Season 2

Moonlighting Season 2 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available on and . The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 404 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Cybill Shepherd sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Moonlighting Season 2 is worth clearing space for. The jokes in Moonlighting Season 2 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 2 of Moonlighting includes 18 episodes. It aired from September 1985 to May 1986. This season stars Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis and Allyce Beasley. Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1985. The timing in Moonlighting Season 2 is precise enough that even the throwaway lines land on a second watch. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Moonlighting Season 2 respects your intelligence. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Cybill Shepherd's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

🎬 Moonlighting Season 2 — Episode Guide

Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

1985-09-24

Dave's older brother shows up unexpectedly, flashing a big roll of money and determined to impress a bemused Maddie, unaware that he's pursued by a drug dealer who wants his money back.

The Lady in the Iron Mask

1985-10-01

A mysterious veiled woman asks Dave and Maddie to find the man who disfigured her twenty years ago on her wedding day-so she can marry him.

Money Talks, Maddie Walks

1985-10-08

Maddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.

The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

1985-10-15

Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.

My Fair David

1985-10-29

Maddie bets David that he can't act like a mature responsible professional for one full week while they deliver ransom money for the mother of a kidnapped concert pianist.

Knowing Her

1985-11-12

Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

1985-11-19

Dave and Maddie argue over whether to help a young woman who claims to be a leprechaun find the pot of gold she insists her father has hidden for her in Los Angeles.

Portrait of Maddie

1985-11-26

Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.

Atlas Belched

1985-12-10

Dave busies himself finding an important phone index for a hapless young executive while Maddie mulls over an offer to sell the agency to a competitor.

E10

Twas the Episode Before Christmas

1985-12-17

Ms. Dipesto finds a baby left in her apartment by a woman named Mary fleeing from the hit men who killed her husband, and Dave and Maddie quarrel over using the agency phones as a "Santa hot line."

E11

The Bride of Tupperman

1986-01-14

Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.

E12

North by North Dipesto

1986-01-21

A restless Ms. Dipesto gets a chance for danger and excitement when she gets a piece of paper from a mysterious man while attending a ball in Dave and Maddie's place.

E13

In God We Strongly Suspect

1986-02-11

Dave and Maddie agree to "corpse-sit" for an escape artist's widow, who believes her dead husband's threats to come back and get even with her.

E14

Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

1986-02-18

Maddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.

E15

Witness for the Execution

1986-03-11

A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.

E16

Sleep Talkin' Guy

1986-04-01

Dave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.

E17

Funeral for a Door Nail

1986-04-29

A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.

E18

Camille

1986-05-13

Dave hires an unlucky con woman who accidentally became a heroine when she stopped an assassination attempt against a United States senator, but who is still pursued by a determined crooked cop.

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