Jumping the shark...the "Moonlighting Curse"

[david&maddie4ever]

Alrighty, let's face facts. We all know when Moonlighting jumped the shark, but truthfully, could the "Moonlighting Curse" really have been avoided?

I mean, break it down. When you look at all the facts, the poor show was, in reality, roped into doing...well..."doing it." Now, the world of TV labels all situations in which romantic tension is deliberately broken as successors of this Curse.

Part of me is actually proud that my favorite show could create an entire world of superstition, but, really folks; let's all give Dave and Maddie a break. Why would they voluntarily break up such brilliant tension?

Just my two cents.

~Lauren

[Stuck In The '70's]

I think what really hurt Monnlighting is that after they "did it" the writers ruined the story and forgot why the audience loved these characters in the first place. On top of that Cybill Shephard got pregnant and missed a lot of the following season and Bruce Willis got board with the show after he hit it big with Die Hard.

[david&maddie4ever]

Originally posted by mr roper
I think what really hurt Monnlighting is that after they "did it" the writers ruined the story and forgot why the audience loved these characters in the first place. On top of that Cybill Shephard got pregnant and missed a lot of the following season and Bruce Willis got board with the show after he hit it big with Die Hard.

Yeah, that's a good point. It wasn't really the "doing it" that ruined the show. It was what they did after "it." The writers probably could've made it work, but they went right into the relationship. Yuck.

I'll tell ya, those episodes without Cybill really did suck. LOVED Die Hard, though!

~Lauren