"Detective agency" Moonlight ": a description of the series, roles and actors. "Detective agency" Moonlight "»: seasons

In the nineties, the CIS television channels began to showcase various American television series. They quickly found their fans among domestic audiences. One of the favorite was the television series Moonlighting, or, as translated in Russia, "Detective Agency" Moonlight ". This series with humor told about the amusing investigations of private detectives David Addison and Madeline Haze, as well as their difficult relationships.

The series "Detective Agency" Moonlight "(1985-1989)

Moonlighting is a teleproject that was broadcast for five seasons, until it was closed due to a sharp drop in ratings. Sixty-six episodes were broadcast. The genre of this TV series can be defined as a detective with elements of comedy, parody and grotesque.

Plot

The action of the series begins with the fact that the former supermodel Madeline Haze was stolen all her fortune. She now has a house and several small businesses, like a sports store and a family portrait studio. To somehow earn extra money, Maddy decides to sell these unprofitable enterprises. Finding that she is also the owner of the detective agency "City Angels," Haze decides to sell him. But the head of the agency, and concurrently the main detective David Addson, begs the obstinate model not to sell this enterprise, but to take the leadership over it in their own hands. Agreeing, Madeline changes the name of the agency to "Blue Moon" and falls into a whirlpool of incredible and life-threatening adventures.

First season

In the first season of the television series, the plot was twisted mainly around the ongoing crimes and investigations by David and Maddy. In parallel, there were constant quarrels between business partners, which were amusing to watch. In total there were seven episodes in the season - this is the shortest season in the history of the project.

Second season

Since the beginning of the second season, the actors "Detective Agency" Moonlight "" began to address directly to the audience, as if conducting dialogue with him. In addition, now the whole emphasis was shifted to character relationships, although the detective line continues to be present.

Also in some episodes of the season ("Agnes is published") the main character becomes a secondary heroine - the secretary of the agency Agnes Dipesto.

In total, the second season has eighteen episodes and is the longest in the history of the television series.

The third season

Since the third season, David and Maddie have finally started a romance. But at first it was just a realization of feelings for each other. But with the appearance of an opponent in the face of an old friend of Maddy - Sam - David began to fight for his love. Soon Madeline responded to him in kind.

However, as soon as the main characters were "put to bed", the ratings of the series "Detective Agency" Moonlight "began to fall." The actors of the project were forced to somehow improvise and add musical numbers, the adaptation of the Shakespearean play ("The Taming of the Shrew") was removed and much more, in order to somehow keep the attention of the audience. In addition, in the middle of the third season was introduced a new character - Bert Viola. He was also an employee of the Blue Moon. Between Bert and the secretary Agnes, a novel was gradually fastened, and in some series the main actors were precisely these. But, despite all these tricks, ratings gradually began to fall.

In total this season, fifteen episodes.

Fourth season

Actors ("Detective Agency" Moonlight "is divided into 5 seasons), performing two main roles, began to participate in parallel in other projects, and their interest in this television series began to disappear.

Also, because of the busy performance of the main male role of Bruce Willis on the set of Die Hard, he began to appear less often on the set, so it was necessary to explain this in the story somehow. Simultaneously, Sybil Shepherd became pregnant and could not, as before, actively withdraw. The situation reached the point where the actors were shot separately and then mounted the footage, so that Sybille and Bruce simply did not see each other on the set. What could not be overlooked by the audience: the former fascinating energy that the actors radiated ("The Lunar Light" detective agency "the spectators fell in love just for it) disappeared.

In this season, fourteen episodes were shot.

Final fifth season

In the last season there were only thirteen episodes, during which the child of Maddi and David died, and they themselves moved away from each other, although they retained their senses. Investigations and the relationship between Agnes and Berth were unexpectedly brought to the forefront. In May 1989, the last series of the project entitled "Lunar Eclipse" was released.

Bruce Willis - the performer of the role of David Addison

All viewers will agree that Bruce Willis (David Addison) became the brightest star, which was lit up thanks to the television project "Detective Agency" Moonlight ". Actors others, despite a successful career in film and television, could not compare in success with Willis.

Paradoxically, Bruce did not want to assert for a long time the role of David, dreaming to replace him. After all, by the time the shooting began, Willis had three tiny roles in little-known projects behind him. However, with participation in the Moonlighting series, the actor's career went up, although at that time he was already thirty-one years old.

In 1987, Willis was invited to star in a comedy with Kim Basinger "Acquaintance with the Blind." A year later, he starred in the action movie, which became his business card, - Die Hard, which in the Russian box office was translated as "Die Hard".

After the success of Die Hard, the actor decided to focus on his career in film, so soon the series "Detective Agency" Moonlight "was closed.

True, as it turned out, Bruce did not lose. Up to the beginning of the two thousandth actor starred in many different films, proving that he can perform any role. Among his most successful works in this period were "Death to her face", "Die Hard 2", "The Last Boy Scout", "At a strike distance", "Pulp Fiction", "12 Monkeys", "The Fifth Element", " Sixth Sense "and" Nine Yards ".

In the two thousandth, despite his considerable age, Bruce Willis continued to be in demand. However, most of his well-known roles in this period are police or special agents. The most famous films of Willis for the last sixteen years are "Sin City" (1 and 2), "Die Hard 4.0", "Expendables", "RED" and others.

Sybil Shepherd - Madeline Haze

As for Sybil Shepherd, she made a good career in the movie even before the television series "Detective Agency" Moonlight ". Since the seventies she managed to star in more than ten serious projects.

Interestingly, the biography of Sybil is in many respects similar to the fate of Madeline Hayes. Like her heroine, Shepherd in her youth made a successful modeling career, and later, seeing Sybille's face in one of the magazines, director Peter Bogdanovich invited the beauty to appear in several of his films.

For the role of Madeline Haze Shepherd approved without hesitation immediately. And although they did not expect much from her, Sybil was able to prove that she was not just a beautiful face, but also an outstanding actress, having won two Golden Globes for the role of Maddie.

After the closing of the "Detective Agency" Moonlight "» Shepherd continued to withdraw, but the main roles have been received since then, it is not very often. Among her main achievements was the role of Martha Stewart in the film of the same name. In addition, during the period 1995-1998. The actress had her own comedy TV show "Sybil".

"Detective Agency" Moonlight "»: actors and roles secondary

It's interesting that for five seasons many famous actors starred in this TV project. "Detective agency" Moonlight "" allowed to shine stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore, Pierce Brosnan, etc. In addition to the above actors thanks to this television series, famous Ellis Beasley (Agnes Dipsto) and Curtis Armstrong (Bert Viola).

Performer of the role of a complex, but incredibly romantic secretary Agnes - actress Ellis Beesley. Prior to participating in this project, she starred in three more television series, but they did not bring much popularity to her. Starting with the second season of Moonlighting, the actress began to allocate more screen time, sometimes devoting entire series to her. And from the middle of the third season she was even given a personal admirer - Bert Viola, thanks to which her character had her own love story line. After the closure of the "Lunar Light" Detective Agency, "the actress continued to withdraw, mostly in television series. Unfortunately, the main roles she no longer got.

But Curtis Armstrong after Moonlighting career was better than his screen lover. After the closure of the project, he, like Ellis, continued to interrupt random episodic roles in various projects and was even invited to "Sybil". However, the breakthrough happened in 2013, when an aging actor was invited to play the scribe angel Metatron in the cult mystical TV series Supernatural. He so fell in love with the audience in this role, that for four seasons has been removed in "Supernatural".

To give an accurate description of the series "Detective Agency" Moonlight ", as well as explain the motivation of the actions of many of its heroes, is almost impossible. This is due to the fact that this project is largely due to the finds of the actors themselves, in particular Bruce Willis, Sibylle Shepherd, Ellis Beesley and Curtis Armstrong. To support the ratings of the series, each of them came up with original story moves, tricks and numbers. Thanks to this, this television series was able to please viewers for so long.