Portrait of Maddie

1Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

48 minSep 24, 1985

Dave's older brother shows up unexpectedly, flashing a big roll of money and determined to impress a bemused Maddie, unaware that he's pursued by a drug dealer who wants his money back.

2The Lady in the Iron Mask

45 minOct 1, 1985

A mysterious veiled woman asks Dave and Maddie to find the man who disfigured her twenty years ago on her wedding day-so she can marry him.

3Money Talks, Maddie Walks

47 minOct 8, 1985

Maddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.

4The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

49 minOct 15, 1985

Dave and Maddie each dream their own solutions to an unsolved 1946 murder case after hearing the story while finishing an investigation.

5My Fair David

50 minOct 29, 1985

Maddie bets David that he can't act like a mature responsible professional for one full week while they deliver ransom money for the mother of a kidnapped concert pianist.

6Knowing Her

49 minNov 12, 1985

Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.

7Somewhere Under the Rainbow

47 minNov 19, 1985

Dave and Maddie argue over whether to help a young woman who claims to be a leprechaun find the pot of gold she insists her father has hidden for her in Los Angeles.

8Portrait of Maddie

47 minNov 26, 1985Now viewing

Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.

9Atlas Belched

48 minDec 10, 1985

Dave busies himself finding an important phone index for a hapless young executive while Maddie mulls over an offer to sell the agency to a competitor.

10Twas the Episode Before Christmas

40 minDec 17, 1985★ 8.7

Ms. Dipesto finds a baby left in her apartment by a woman named Mary fleeing from the hit men who killed her husband, and Dave and Maddie quarrel over using the agency phones as a "Santa hot line."

11The Bride of Tupperman

49 minJan 14, 1986

Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.

12North by North Dipesto

48 minJan 21, 1986

A restless Ms. Dipesto gets a chance for danger and excitement when she gets a piece of paper from a mysterious man while attending a ball in Dave and Maddie's place.

13In God We Strongly Suspect

45 minFeb 11, 1986

Dave and Maddie agree to "corpse-sit" for an escape artist's widow, who believes her dead husband's threats to come back and get even with her.

14Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

43 minFeb 18, 1986

Maddie worries about her parents' strange behavior, so Dave tails her father to see if he's having an affair.

15Witness for the Execution

49 minMar 11, 1986

A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.

16Sleep Talkin' Guy

49 minApr 1, 1986

Dave uses information passed on to him from a prostitute with an important client who talks in his sleep to solve several big cases.

17Funeral for a Door Nail

46 minApr 29, 1986

A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.

18Camille

48 minMay 13, 1986

Dave hires an unlucky con woman who accidentally became a heroine when she stopped an assassination attempt against a United States senator, but who is still pursued by a determined crooked cop.