Moonlighting (TV Series) Sleep Talkin' Guy (1986) User Reviews

A fun episode

[FlorianLaur · 8/10 · 16 August 2023]

Maddie and Dave celebrate 1 year of Blue Moon as a team. The festivities are soon dampened by an argument over a potential raise and Maddie making light of David's detective skills. After Maddie already left the office, David is visited by another blonde (Lisa Blount) who wants to warn him about an imminent homicide. She tells David that one of her clients (she's a lady of the night) talks in his sleep and that she gained that information through him.

David doesn't really seem to believe her, but is shocked to see the next day that she was indeed correct! He suggests a partnership...

This episode is definitely one of the better ones in season 2. Lisa Blount and Bruce Willis had a great chemistry and it's interesting to see how David treats other women and is treated by them. It's kind of a shame that Maddie never really knows (she takes a step aside in this episode) because she might be jealous.

The episode has that strong 80s vibe I love about Moonlighting. Not only do we get some nice shots of LA at night, we are also shown the dating scene, here in a smokey bar where David's client works.

And although David soon swims on a wave of success, he doesn't seem to be happy and misses Maddie.

The case has a more comedic than serious overtone, but that's ok in this case because the relation between David and his client (basically just business, but with a hint of care and romance) becomes the strong part and focus.

I give this episode an 8/10.

Not sure why Maddie is so mad at David!

[grumpsterlwc-338-647208 · 8/10 · 14 February 2024]

David, as a detective, had a source and used her affectively. This is something that any detective worth his salt would do. In doing so he brought criminals to justice, notoriety to the Blue Moon Detective Agency, not to mention making the agency profitable and giving the staff something to do besides sit around snd read the paper! So there is no reason for Maddie to be angry or act like David is less of a detective for this.

Overall the episode is pretty good, with David and Toby having really good chemistry together (makes you wish they could have developed her character more and maybe used her in other episodes)!

Rather 'Addison' than Willis

[Cristi_Ciopron · 8/10 · 9 October 2009]

I understood that it is 'David Addison' whom I like, not particularly Bruce Willis as apart from this role, or rather I like Willis only as Addison; I like more Costner and Gibson as persons and movie-actors. I enjoy certain Willis movies; but no so much, or even—not because of him. Yet I definitely acknowledge that 'Addison' wouldn't be himself without Willis; or, that I like so much David Addison as played by Willis, that the script needed Willis and Willis defines the character. So it's not just the script—but the performance as well. With 'David Addison', Willis gave his best and only performance—so fun that it eclipses everything else he might have done.

None could do 'David Addison' as well as Willis; and no other character Willis ever got was as interesting and exciting. The comedy actor—not the action star, Stallone's pal. Therefore I never took him completely serious as an action star—I was always expecting him to laugh, to say something funny, etc.. He happened to be in good movies; but the roles he got, even in those movies, were insipid or two—dimensional. In MOONLIGHTING he was an awesomely—timed gag—deliverer, a philosopher, a lover, a moralist, a libertine, a wisecracker, a sharp screwball performer.

Responding to previous reviewer

[bpvalentine · 10/10 · 18 September 2013]

this is one of the better classic Moonlighting episodes. I sorta wish the prostitute character been developed more in other episodes. I happened to see on IMDb this actress died back in 2010 of some sort of blood disease, too bad. I only remember her being in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness in 1987, which I expect she probably got because of this episode. Moonlighting was that popular and trendsetting at that time where something like that could happen. After all, Bruce Willis did get DIE HARD, which even with Moonlighting being popular on TV still blows my mind.

Anyway, I mostly wanted to respond to the above review trying to differentiate Addison from Bruce Willis. If you like Addison, then you like Bruce Willis. Addison wasn't written like this, Bruce didn't get into character. If you watch the pilot and see what the show was by the end of season 1, you know Moonlighting was built around Bruce Willis and his wild man persona. A persona he talks about having developed in high school to deal with his shyness and sorta skated on all the way into Hollywood (which is probably why it took so long after Moonlighting for him to shake it).

I don't understand what the motivation is to say you like Addison and not Willis anyway. Sounds like you're holding onto preconceptions from tabloids or something. Preconceptions probably have no logical right having anyway.

I wish Bruce knew how to lighten up again. He is getting that Harrison Ford thing where you almost want to see someone put a mirror under his nose to make sure he's still with us.