Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

Air Dates: 24 Sep 1985, 3 Dec 1985, 1 Jul 1986, 4 Aug 1987

Synopsis:

This episode introduces Charles Rocket as David's brother, Richard Addison.

Richard is a con-artist wannabe, but without the talent, who tries unsuccessfully to make money selling bogus get-rich-quick schemes to people. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a briefcase containing $100,000 appears under the hood of Richard's car.

Richard promptly begins to spend it, mainly in an attempt to impress his brother David into believing that Richard is a financial genius and a huge business success. David isn't impressed – he doesn't believe Richard is capable of financial success – but Maddie spends time with Richard, saying that she thinks he's a nice guy, which makes David jealous, although he doesn't say so.

But then the owner of the money, a Mr. Navarone, comes calling for it – it turns out the money was drug money, stashed temporarily to hide it from the police – but mistakenly thinks that David Addison is the one who took it. Navarone roughs up David, warning that he wants his money back.

Now David knows what Richard's game is, and he knows that Richard is in trouble. But does David really want to come to his aid?

Directed by Peter Werner

Written by Glenn Gordon Caron

Guest Stars:

Memorable Dialog and Additional Links:

• See Christine Graves's Moonlighting Madness page for this episode.

Music:

• Richard Addison performs The Thin and Rich Story. The music used for this is the instrumental version of the song, "Rappin' Duke" by Shawn Brown.
• For the Love of Money, by The O'Jays
• If Only You Knew, by Patti LaBelle, as Maddie and Richard are slow dancing and David looks on

Notes:

• The radio station which Maddie and David are listening to at the beginning of this episode is KRKD, which is the same (fictional) radio station where Paul McKane worked in The Next Murder You Hear.
• The slow dancing scene between Richard and Maddie also appears in The Straight Poop, but in that episode, the song they're dancing to is Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin

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