Moonlighting: Season Four
by Allan Arkush, Artie Mandelberg, Paul Krasny
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Actor: Allyce Beasley, Bruce Willis, Curtis Armstrong, Cybill Shepherd, Joyce BrothersDirector: Allan Arkush, Artie Mandelberg, Paul Krasny
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
Writer: Doug Steinberg
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
Writer: Jeff Reno
Writer: Jeremy Lew
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Moonlighting: Season Four
Movie Review: Don't Miss Moonlighting Season 4 - Important Truths, Fun and More Magic!
Summary: 5 Stars
From one episode to the next, Moonlighting kept surpassing itself, doing the unexpected and getting more dramatic, funnier and sexier.
Therefore, the expectations for season 4 were unrealistically high after season 3, which to my mind remains the very best season of all television history. Moreover, the show had to deal with the absences of its main actors due to pregnancy, accidents and a movie deal (as well as a Hollywood strike). Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis carry the show and when one of them is missing, the dynamic of Moonlighting is clearly not the same.
The show handled those absences by having Maddie and David behave uncharacteristically, implausibly and by being something they never were before: uncaring towards each other. To my mind, this is the principal reason for the frustration of Moonlighting fans with season 4. In his commentary, Bruce addresses the bad decisions regarding Maddie's pregnancy and complains about the lack of romance and comedy in the scripts.
Nevertheless, I enjoy watching season 4 - and even more so, when focussing on the voices and gestures between Maddie and David. Cybill and Bruce use their acting to betray some of the bad words, keep the flirtatious romance alive and stay as true to their characters as possible.
For David's love declaration to Maddie, the dream sequence with Ray Charles and the Honeymooner parody, I suggest "A Trip to the Moon"; for the Maddie and David claymations bantering and making up "Come Back Little Shiksa"; for the amazing chemistry between Cybill and Bruce and the reunion "Tracks of My Tears"; for comedy at its best, sincere feelings and more chemistry "Maddie Hayes Got Married" and "And the Flesh Was Made Word". These episodes bring back the magic of Moonlighting!
Other highlights are the very believable family well-played by Cybill, Eva Marie Saint and Robert Webber and some hilarious scenes with Curtis Armstrong (standing in as David's Lamaze partner / singing and dancing at the bachelor party).
As a real treat, two of the most frequently asked and discussed questions regarding Maddie and David are answered in the commentaries. Bruce admits that he loves her from the moment he saw her for the first time. Cybill suggests that the baby must have been his. These truths may be not as spectacular and amazing as the long-awaited reunion of Cybill and Bruce in the season 3 documentary, but for many Moonlighting fans they are as important.
To quote a comment by Bruce "stay tuned for season 5" ("Shirts and Skins", "I see England, I see France, I see Maddie's Netherworld"..) which will be released in March 2007. It would be very nice, if some outtakes and deleted scenes could be added. Maybe Cybill and Bruce could comment about the present and future of Maddie and David answering the biggest question of all Moonlighting fans..
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