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Moonlighting: Season 3

Episode 1: The Son Also Rises (s03e01)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 9/23/1986
Fan Rating: 9.2

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Episode 2: The Man Who Cried Wife (s03e02)

Plot Summary: A man hires David and Maddie to find his wife because she has been making mysterious late night phone calls to him. She's the same wife he's sure he killed and buried in the forest.
Originally aired on: 9/30/1986
Fan Rating: 9.1

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Episode 3: Symphony in Knocked Flat (s03e03)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 10/14/1986
Fan Rating: 9.4

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Episode 4: Yours, Very Deadly (s03e04)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 10/28/1986
Fan Rating: 8.9

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Episode 5: All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great (s03e05)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 11/11/1986
Fan Rating: 8.5

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Episode 6: Big Man on Mulberry Street (s03e06)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 11/18/1986
Fan Rating: 9.3

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Episode 7: Atomic Shakespeare (s03e07)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 11/25/1986
Fan Rating: 9.3

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Episode 8: It's a Wonderful Job (s03e08)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 12/16/1986
Fan Rating: 9.4

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Episode 9: The Straight Poop (s03e09)

Plot Summary: Rona Barrett investigates the rumors about discord among the principals at the Blue Moon Detective agency.
Originally aired on: 1/6/1987
Fan Rating: 9.1

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Episode 10: Poltergeist III--- Dipesto Nothing (s03e10)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 1/13/1987
Fan Rating: 6.5

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Episode 11: Blonde on Blonde (1) (s03e11)

Plot Summary: Maddie's strange mood has David worried so he spends the evening following her, but ends up involved in a murder.
Originally aired on: 2/3/1987
Fan Rating: 9.1

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Episode 12: Sam & Dave (2) (s03e12)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 2/10/1987
Fan Rating: 9.5

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Episode 13: Maddie's Turn to Cry (3) (s03e13)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 3/3/1987
Fan Rating: 9.8

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Episode 14: I Am Curious... Maddie (4) (s03e14)

Plot Summary: Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.
Originally aired on: 3/31/1987
Fan Rating: 9.6

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Episode 15: To Heiress Human (s03e15)

Plot Summary: 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.
Originally aired on: 5/5/1987
Fan Rating: 9.5

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