Portrait of Maddie
An artist named Philip Wright paints a portrait of Maddie and then kills himself. The police want to know what Maddie knows about Philip Wright. She doesn't know anything and tells the police detective investigating the apparent suicide just that.
Maddie decides to buy the portait with the little bit of profit that Blue Moon has made recently. Charlie Wright, Philip's brother, shows up the next day. He expresses regret at the loss of his brother. He seems sincere to Maddie and she decides to give him the portrait.
Charlie takes the picture to his brother's apartment and kills himself. Once again the detective investigating the case has Maddie come in for questioning. Maddie insists that she doesn't know anything.
David and Maddie go back to her place after the interrogation. They find her living room has been torn to shreds and there is a man there waiting for them. He tells them a story about a different painting, a stolen painting called the Duchess. He forces them at gun point to go to Philip's apartment and take the picture with them.
The man ties them up, after he finds a clue as to where the Duchess might be, and leaves. Maddie figures out where the painting might really be while she is tied up. She and David manage to get themselves untied and then go across the street to a car painting business. They find the painting but then someone else shows up.
The first half of this episode really dragged. I wasn't sure where it was going. The only guest star with a speaking part in the first half of the episode was the detective. For the most part it was just Maddie, David (and Agnes) until Charles entered the picture.
There are some weird and inconsistent lighting choices in the scene at Maddie's place with the man who tells them about the Duchess.
This wasn't an awful episode but it isn't a favorite of mine. There are quite a few episodes that have been more entertaining than this one.
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