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“North By North DiPesto”

So here we are.

Moonlighting would do a few of these DiPesto-centric episodes throughout the series, and they were always lowlights of the show. The episodes were fine and Agnus was a beloved member of the cast, but throwing her into these Moonlighting plots never worked. Mainly because we wanted to see David and Maddie in these Moonlighting plots. So while the episodes are fine, they are just not what we want out of this show.

Maddie even made a fourth wall breaking joke at the end of the episode about talking to the writers about bigger roles for next week’s episode. Some of the reasons behind DiPesto episodes were because of Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd’s availability, but this did not seem to be the issue here, as Dave and Maddie were in the episode at the beginning and at the end.

Agnus wound up in some spy craft story with a bunch of spies trying to find hidden plans. It was really an underdeveloped story and needed that extra spice that Dave and Maddie could provide, but weren’t there to do it.

Again, I think the use of DiPesto is fine. I prefer when she is used like she was in “Twas the Episode Before Christmas.” She was a major player in that episode, but it was anchored by Dave and Maddie. These DiPesto episodes get much worse later when they include Curtis Armstrong, who will play office worker Herbert Viola. I’ll talk more about him when he arrives.