Moonlighting, Season One

The Next Murder You Hear


Air Dates: 19 Mar 1985, 13 Aug 1985, 7 Jan 1986, 14 Jul 1987

Synopsis:

Paul McKane (or McCain?) is host of a romantic radio talk-show ("Heartbreak Hotline") at KRKD radio. Everyone in town listens to him, and every woman in town loves him. His show airs late at night, and speaks to people who are in love, or who want to be.

Suddenly, while the show is on the air, bullets fire over the airwaves, and Paul McKane is dead.

David and Maddie decide to take the case (even though they don't have a client). Maddie initially has no sympathy for Paul McKane, believing that he was most likely killed by a jealous husband, but she becomes more sympathetic as she listens to recordings of his past broadcasts.

Returning to McKane's home late at night, she accidentally discovers that he is still alive, and that he faked his own death. It turns out that he dearly loves Laura, the wife of his boss at the radio station, and she loves him. Paul faked his own death so he and Laura could be together without her husband suspecting.

But meanwhile, his boss, Laura's husband, turns up dead. Paul is afraid that he'll be suspected of the murder; Laura is afraid that she'll be suspected; and both of them protest their innocence. Will true love triumph?

Directed by Peter Werner

Written by Peter Silverman

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