Moonlighting: Season 4 (1985)

Maddie Hayes a wealthy former model discovers one morning that her business manager has stolen all the money she has in the bank. However it turns out that she still owns some nonliquid assets -- money-losing companies which were maintained as tax write-offs -- one of which is a detective agency run by David Addison. Maddie meets with him to inform him that the company is to be shut down but he persuades her to keep it open by convincing her that the detective agency can make money. Maddie becomes David's new boss and accompanies him on adventure after adventure. While their personalities clash a sexual tension arises in the time they spend together. But the question always remains...will they or won't they?System Requirements:Running Time: 600 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 031398201144 Manufacturer No: 20115 Product Description

the moonglow is dimmer, but Season Four still spells success

MOONLIGHTING started to stumble during Season Four, arguably it's weakest season in terms of writing and overall performance standard. Things weren't helped by a long and messy writers' strike, and Cybill Shepherd's offscreen pregnancy limited the number of episodes she could appear in.

The characters of Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) consummated their long-held sexual tension during the penultimate episode of Season Three. Given that writers chose to commit the "cardinal sin" of television writing by allowing that to happen, the bulk of Season Four's storylines fell on kooky receptionist Agnes DiPesto (Allyce Beasley) and her unlikely love interest, Herb (Curtis Armstrong). Beasley and Armstrong provide a solid anchor for this season's action, but Willis and Shepherd's screen magic is sorely missed during some of the weaker episodes.

Things returned to normal just in time for the fifth and final season, but fans of MOONLIGHTING should still enjoy this fourth chapter of magic, murder and mayhem.

COMPLETE EPISODE LISTING:

"A Trip to the Moon" - It's been one month since detectives Maddie Hayes and David Addison revealed their feelings for one another - and their relationship is worse than ever. Maddie has dreams that her life is a TV sitcom, while David receives imaginary advice from Ray Charles.

"Come Back, Little Shiksa" - When Maddie heads off for Chicago, David focuses all his energies on an impossible case: tracking down a mystery woman who left behind nothing except a single earring.

"Take a Left at the Altar" - As David tracks down a runaway groom, Maddie's parents must solve another mystery: What's the real reason their daughter came home?

"Tale of Two Cities" - David becomes increasingly frustrated with Maddie's absence and decides to return to his old partying, playboy lifestyle.

"Cool Hand Dave (Parts 1 & 2)" - When David learns that Maddie is pregnant, he desperately tries to catch a flight to Chicago to see her...and is tricked into switching identities with a wanted felon. David's typically wacky stay in jail involves a botched break-out, a murderous guard, a full-scale prison riot and an outrageous musical number!

"Father Knows Last" - The Blue Moon Detective Agency faces financial ruin, the employees are striking and the furniture is being repossessed. And as if David doesn't have enough problems - Maddie's father drops by to discuss his daughter's pregnancy.

"Los Dos DiPestos" - Ace secretary Miss DiPesto must solve a mystery of her very own: why are dangerous crooks pursuing her elderly mother?

"Fetal Attraction" - David's decision to prepare for the arrival of Maddie's baby has unintended consequences: he meets a pregnant woman who just might be his perfect match.

"Tracks of My Tears" - As Maddie finally heads back to Los Angeles, she begins to wonder if marriage and fatherhood will change everything that makes David special.

"Eek! A Spouse!" - When Maddie shows up at the office with her surprise new husband, everyone is confused by David's complete non-reaction.

"Maddie Hayes Got Married" - Maddie is frustrated by David's refusal to believe that she's really in love with Walter Bishop...and David offers to pay for a big church wedding so she can prove she means it.

"Here's Living With You, Kid" - Bored and lonely as he spends long nights guarding a top-secret grapefruit, Bert imagines his relationship with Agnes DiPesto as a topsy-turvy version of "Casablanca".

"And the Flesh Was Made Word" - David and Maddie finally reunite as partners to solve a case. A businessman wants them to find the mystery woman who is distracting his partner from the company's work. June 12, 2008

Perfect third installment for fans.

Season 4 is the third boxed set they released, and it makes a perfect addition to the other two sets. My wife is terribly pleased with my selection. February 25, 2008

A MUST SEE

THIS WAS A GREAT SEASON! I AM GLAD I DIDN'T LISTEN TO OTHER'S OPINIONS. GREAT ACTING, GREAT DIRECTING, AND LOTS OF LAUGHS!!! January 2, 2008

Terrible season, but don't give up! Season 5 is much better!

Moonlighting as a whole was a great TV series that was groundbreaking in many ways. However, after finishing season three at an all time high, the writers delivered a non-stop disappointment from beginning until end with season four. Many blame the consummation of David and Maddie's relationship (in season three) for the eventual decline in interest among viewers. However, the real problem was quite simply due to horrible writing and the two main leads being absent (or separate from each other) for most of the entire fourth season.

Once you finish watching the endless and often unfunny adventures of Burt and Agnes (because of "missing in action" lead actors), and wade through the extremely depressing atmosphere of season four, season FIVE will be an uplifting surprise. While it never quite attains the same level of creative writing found in the first three seasons, season five really shines and finally delivers the laughs and honest substance that should have been found in season four!

This is the only season of the series that I would consider a disappointment.

JM September 17, 2007

Ohh, Boo Hoo Hoo!!!

Hey, guess what? Cybil got pregnant during the filming of this season, and therefore was unavailable to film in many of the shows. The writers had to write whole new scenarios not to include her due to her condition. Therefore, she was not present.

If this was your workplace, and you were making the complaints you do, then you would be so fired, your heads would spin! SHE WAS PREGNANT! LIVE WITH IT. And listen to the commentaries, so you can learn!

I think Curtis Armstrong, while having an interesting acting style, is more of a "character actor" and less of a front man. Too bad. His career seemed to go down the toilet, after this era, and I can only remember seeing him in Van Wilder's Animal House, or whatever the name of that DVD was. Too bad. I could see him in many starring roles behind John Travolta, and other main actors. In this role, he was an obsessed, stalking troll, not somebody who would be laughed "with" in today's modern times.

I gave this three stars due to low number of episodes. Average is 20-22, 14 is super low! And a travesty! I won't knock the actors, but I'll knock the producers for underproducing the season!

Boo to the other reviewers! July 22, 2007

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