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bry · 09-06-2004, 05:44 PM

"i knew that was gonna happen"

a man hired dave and bert to find the man who left his sister at the alter. after so much street work, he is found. and the brother is set up by the sister to kill him.
only on this show is there a chase scene with a vinatage plane chasing a car on the highway.
maddie is still with her family, not talking to anyone. she gets a note from david.

rating: 5

kismet · 09-06-2004, 05:46 PM

I don't even have anything to say about this one -- I haven't seen it in at least 10 years.

bry · 09-06-2004, 08:01 PM

the best thing about it to me is the parts where bert is so over anxious to impress david. that happens in a lot of episodes in the timeframe.

CyBr · 09-06-2004, 08:40 PM

The only scene I like is the one between David and Bert about beepers. This is just one in a long string where Maddie and David mope the whole time. Boring!

pmarier · 09-07-2004, 01:46 AM

this is the first moonlighting i saw and i honestly don't remember what happened in it except that david looked unbelievably sad.

CindyK · 09-07-2004, 05:19 PM

An interesting, convoluted case. I sure missed Maddie in this one. She would have had a thing or two interesting to say about that crazy woman.

David is so heartbreaking in this.. He tries to act like he is fine, no big deal, but is so devastated throughout. Love the scene where he gives Bert the speech about how he is over the blonde, and then the beeper goes off and he about kills himself trying to get to the phone to see if it is Maddie.

bry · 09-07-2004, 05:30 PM

yeah, if maddie were here, they'd be fighting over why they should and shouldn't take the case. we missed out on a good arguement here.

gypsygem81 · 02-20-2005, 12:35 PM

I read about this episode and had expected it to be pretty rubbish. Maybe that's why I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I found a lot of parts really funny, and I laughed out loud, mostly where Burt was being unbelievably irritating in his trying to be constantly helpful (I liked the bleepers scene). And I liked the chase scene with the helicopter and Davids comment that Burt is 'starting to sound like the blonde'.

The thing I don't like about these episodes, apart from not having Maddie in them, of course, is the way that we feel all the sympathy for David cause he's the one in the picture, but we don't really see Maddie so we can't feel sorry for her at all. I understand that she was preggers at this point and couldn't really be in it, but it seems to me like Maddie is being made out to be the bad guy.

Love Gem

Tamm · 02-20-2005, 12:48 PM

You are correct there. I was going on about balance last weekend and the shows without Maddie didn't have it and suffered hugely

gypsygem81 · 02-20-2005, 01:33 PM

Yeah, that's what I meant - there was no balance! How did you manage to say in a couple of words, what I could only sum up in a huge waffling paragraph?

Love Gem

Tamm · 02-20-2005, 02:59 PM

Thanks for the compliment Gem. Must be the training in writing scientific reports I had as a student! But now I am in a different field and get in to trouble for being too concise sometimes

Mind you I am rarely concise about Moonlighting, there is far too much to say

gypsygem81 · 02-20-2005, 04:17 PM

You're welcome. And you're right, there is a lot to talk about. I just forced my best friend to watch the pilot. She didn't hate it, she laughed, and though she didn't admit that she enjoyed it, I know she did. She just doesn't like to admit that I was right and she was wrong.

What field are you in now?

Love Gem

SweetCakes · 02-21-2005, 01:57 PM

I didn't like this episode that much, but there were some moments that did make me laugh. Bert was annoying, but not altogether in a bad way. He sort of held the episode together, in my opinion.

I missed the David&Maddie interaction

09-06-2004, 05:44 PM	#1
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	"Turn Left At The Alter" "i knew that was gonna happen" a man hired dave and bert to find the man who left his sister at the alter. after so much street work, he is found. and the brother is set up by the sister to kill him. only on this show is there a chase scene with a vinatage plane chasing a car on the highway. maddie is still with her family, not talking to anyone. she gets a note from david. rating: 5
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09-06-2004, 05:46 PM	#2
kismet I'm addicted too! Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,239	I don't even have anything to say about this one -- I haven't seen it in at least 10 years.
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09-07-2004, 05:19 PM	#6
CindyK Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2004 Location: Panama City Beach Florida Posts: 639	An interesting, convoluted case. I sure missed Maddie in this one. She would have had a thing or two interesting to say about that crazy woman. David is so heartbreaking in this.. He tries to act like he is fine, no big deal, but is so devastated throughout. Love the scene where he gives Bert the speech about how he is over the blonde, and then the beeper goes off and he about kills himself trying to get to the phone to see if it is Maddie.
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02-20-2005, 12:48 PM	#9
Tamm Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 408	You are correct there. I was going on about balance last weekend and the shows without Maddie didn't have it and suffered hugely
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02-21-2005, 01:57 PM	#13
SweetCakes Obsessionist Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 107	I didn't like this episode that much, but there were some moments that did make me laugh. Bert was annoying, but not altogether in a bad way. He sort of held the episode together, in my opinion. I missed the David&Maddie interaction
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09-06-2004, 08:01 PM	#3
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	the best thing about it to me is the parts where bert is so over anxious to impress david. that happens in a lot of episodes in the timeframe.

09-06-2004, 08:40 PM	#4
CyBr Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 515	The only scene I like is the one between David and Bert about beepers. This is just one in a long string where Maddie and David mope the whole time. Boring!

09-07-2004, 01:46 AM	#5
pmarier pmarier Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 24	this is the first moonlighting i saw and i honestly don't remember what happened in it except that david looked unbelievably sad.

09-07-2004, 05:30 PM	#7
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	yeah, if maddie were here, they'd be fighting over why they should and shouldn't take the case. we missed out on a good arguement here.

02-20-2005, 12:35 PM	#8
gypsygem81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 427	I read about this episode and had expected it to be pretty rubbish. Maybe that's why I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I found a lot of parts really funny, and I laughed out loud, mostly where Burt was being unbelievably irritating in his trying to be constantly helpful (I liked the bleepers scene). And I liked the chase scene with the helicopter and Davids comment that Burt is 'starting to sound like the blonde'. The thing I don't like about these episodes, apart from not having Maddie in them, of course, is the way that we feel all the sympathy for David cause he's the one in the picture, but we don't really see Maddie so we can't feel sorry for her at all. I understand that she was preggers at this point and couldn't really be in it, but it seems to me like Maddie is being made out to be the bad guy. Love Gem

02-20-2005, 01:33 PM	#10
gypsygem81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 427	Yeah, that's what I meant - there was no balance! How did you manage to say in a couple of words, what I could only sum up in a huge waffling paragraph? Love Gem

02-20-2005, 02:59 PM	#11
Tamm Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 408	Thanks for the compliment Gem. Must be the training in writing scientific reports I had as a student! But now I am in a different field and get in to trouble for being too concise sometimes Mind you I am rarely concise about Moonlighting, there is far too much to say

02-20-2005, 04:17 PM	#12
gypsygem81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 427	You're welcome. And you're right, there is a lot to talk about. I just forced my best friend to watch the pilot. She didn't hate it, she laughed, and though she didn't admit that she enjoyed it, I know she did. She just doesn't like to admit that I was right and she was wrong. What field are you in now? Love Gem