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“The Bride of Tupperman”

This was always one of my favorite Moonlighting episodes back when the show was on ABC every Tuesday, so I was very excited when it was the next episode on the list to rewatch. I will say that the episode was not quite as epic as I recalled, but I still loved it very much.

The movie “The Bride of Frankenstein” is used a couple of times during the episode, once at the beginning with David and once at the end with Tupperman. It is a great analogy to the story of the episode.

Tupperman came to Dave and Maddie to hire them to find a missing person… a woman that he could marry. Of course, they disagreed on the case. Dave and Maddie compromised and each of them decided to find their own version of a woman for Tupperman.

Like many of the Blue Moon clientele, Tupperman had an ulterior motive in hiring Dave and Maddie. He had already made up a fake wife and was looking for a way to cash in on the life insurance. For that, he needed a body. That was a really cold blooded plan.

The end chase scene in the hospital was funny and really slapstick funny. David keeping Maddie tied in the wheelchair to make the chase fair is a hoot. David also had an awesome fourth wall break when confronting Tupperman in the hospital. David started laying out Tupperman’s plan to him and Maddie asked him when he figured this out. David’s response?: during the commercial. LOL

This is a clever episode with a ton of fun. The connection between David and Maddie continues to grow and their banter/arguing remains top notch.