Comments on: When Did Moonlighting Jump the Shark?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 19 May 2024 07:10:54 +0000

In reply to Phoenix.

Yeah, isn’t it fascinating that even before it jumped, they were already having some major problems?

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sun, 12 May 2024 07:13:16 +0000

I’m watching for the first time, and I really loved the early noir detective stories…. I just watched the one with the boxing match, which prompted me to google jump the shark, and find this article. Mid S3 is already nothing like the show I started watching.

By: Teague von Bohlen

Teague von Bohlen — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:33:12 +0000

Man, I loved this show. Beginning to end, loved it. But yeah, it jumped, probably when Maddie married the other guy for really no apparent reason. (Though by that time, it was already all but over, what with the missing stars for most of Season 4.)

The first three seasons are still some of the best TV I recall seeing, though.

By: John King

John King — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 19:57:05 +0000

I felt that the show had a number of moments in which it went downhill

Number 1 – at the end of season 2 as they drove off from the studio in which the series was filmed.
Season 3 felt weaker – partially because of a change of direction, shifting away from the detective stories and over-the-top chase scenes to focus more on the relationships between characters, and partially because of industrial action (a writers’ strike, if I remember rightly)

Number 2 – the beginning of season 4 as Maddie leaves the city …so now the series is focussed on the relationship between 2 characters who aren’t even seeing each other … with the odd break for a detective story.

Number 3 – the transition from season 4 to 5 – I hated the clip show at the beginning of season 5, and the following episode was a failed attempt to recapture the glory of the first 2 seasons – going through the motions, following the “formula” but lacking the “magic”

By: Tim Pendergast

Tim Pendergast — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:09:39 +0000

Agreed!