"Moonlighting" My Fair David (TV Episode 1985) Poster

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(1985)

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7/10
Light and shadow
FlorianLaur14 August 2023
Maddie is tired of being the bad guy at the office and is upset that while she feels she has compromised with David, he isn't behaving mature and professional enough. They make a bet that David can't behave like a mature guy for a week.

In the meantime, Blue Moon is being hired to pay off the kidnappers of a rich lady's gambling-addicted stepson. They succeed, but find out it was the son himself who had faked his kidnapping. Before they can break the good news to her though, he disappears again...

This episode starts with the famous limbo scene at the office and gives us a nice back and forth between Maddie and Dave and their very different attitude and beliefs. It's interesting to see that as Maddie seemingly won, she loses the respect and love of Agnes and even she herself starts to miss David being David.

The case is not bad either, although as it's unfortunately often the case on Moonlighting, it seems a bit rushed.

Overall, it's a good episode and I give it a good 7/10.
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9/10
Character beats are so fun, plot doesn't matter...
mrchrishain7 February 2024
...and in many ways, this episode is the full realization of the 30s screwball comedy vision of Moonlighting.

Yes, the mechanics of the plot are flawed, clunky. But the character beats are so fun and funny that the plot doesn't matter. This is why it's a 9. The kidnapping-ransom plot is a sideshow, like many of the shenanigans of those 30s films. But the banter and character is 10+. And think about how many shows the reverse is true. How many detective procedurals have you seen where the mystery mechanics are a 10 but the character beats are just OK. So many. And yet any mystery fan will eat it up. But Moonlighting is the reverse. It is character and comedy first, mystery second. And from that perspective this episode is strong, very strong.
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