Moonlighting 2.10

Twas the Episode Before Christmas

Mary and Joseph Goodman wake up in the middle of the night. Two men have broken into their apartment. They force Joseph to drink some alcohol and then throw him over the balcony of his apartment, killing him. Mary escape with their baby in the confusion.

Mary goes upstairs and leaves the baby in Agnes DiPesto's apartment. Agnes was in the middle of doing laundry and left the door to her apartment open. Mary disappears, leaving Agnes to find the baby without a clue as to where it came from.

David and Maddy have questions for Agnes, the next day, when they find her with a baby. She tells them what she knows. They go back to her apartment looking for answers. In the lobby of her building they meet three detectives names King. The three Kings are looking for the Mary and her baby and tell Maddy and David about what happened to Joseph.

Maddy and David return to the office, without telling the detectives what they know about the baby. Maddy decides to let Agnes spend the night at her place. Maddy and Agnes go back to Agnes' apartment the next day, to get some stuff.

Leonard, one of the men who threw Joseph over the balcony, shows up while Agnes is taking a shower. Maddy asks him to leave. He asks her lots of questions before. he finally leaves, just before Agnes emerges from the shower.

Maddy and Agnes return to the office where she finds David talking to a woman, Mary, who is looking for her baby. Agnes and the baby disappear while they are talking to Mary. David and Maddy go to Agnes' apartment but Agnes and the baby aren't there but Maddy has an idea as to where they might be.

Thoughts

I'm pretty sure I saw this one before, way back when. I'm not sure that I saw it the first time it aired but I'm sure that I did see it before.

Leonard was played by Richard Belzer. I know him best from Homicide: Life on the Streets where he played Detective Munch. Detective Reuben King was played by James Avery who is best known for playing Uncle Philip on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back in the 1990s.

There are a few fourth wall breaking moments, the biggest of which comes at the end when the camera pulls back and the whole cast and crew of the show sing The First Noel. I noticed  Richard Belzer in the crowd singing. Vincent Schiavelli is also in the crowd singing he was also in 1.05 (Next Stop Murder) and was married to Allyce Beasley who played Agnes DiPesto.

This episode was 40 minutes long. Most episodes at this time were 48-50 minutes long. I'm not sure why this one was just 40 minutes.

This was a fun episode. I enjoyed watching it for the first time in probably 35 years or more. It felt a little weird watching a Christmas episode in October.