Before the premiere of that episode in March 1987, TV Guide told us Maddie and David were finally getting together. So, with my two small children tucked in bed, I anxiously watched the show. As the hour ticked down I was becoming leery. When Maddie started undressing at bedside, I thought there was still a chance, but, of course, the writers couldn't let it happen conventionally, M & D had to have another fight, and hold off any intimacy until the last 2 minutes of the show. Then she slapped him… and the pull…and the music started the explosion of passion.

Since I cared about the characters, I felt cheated, manipulated. That first time I saw their first time, I didn't know David said, "I love you” in bed, as has been reported. All I could see was that they both looked happy to be together in the final shot. I was glad they finally got there, but the way they got there seemed awkward, too "streetcar named desire”- staged, and much less romantic than I had imagined.

Now, with teenagers, and watching each episode in sequence on Bravo, I see that the way the scene unfolded fit the characters, and because they had fought so much previously, they had to have another fight. But, in 1987, I didn't get David Addison. I didn't appreciate his POV. Now, I'm a less serious boomer, and I want fun as well as fine, and see that Maddie needed David more than I realized then. David is sweeter, funnier and deeper than I thought when the show first aired. I've come to appreciate his virtues. Now, I see the scene as a thrilling beginning… if only the writers had tried harder to see the POV of Moonlighting fans.

~~Jeanette R., Lincoln, NE