Favorite Lines from Season 6

[jpen]

Hope it's OK that I started this section with a tribute to the great great dialogue of VM! IMO, the VM writers did a fantastic job of crafting snappy, sexy, funny, sometimes poignant lines in the finest Moonlighting tradition...

My very favorite lines--the ones in my signature--are from episode 17, "Everyone Says I Love You, and It's About Time." Maddie is finally admitting that she not only loves David, but she WANTS him too; it's an indication of how far she's come. (And you can be darn sure there won't be any pact-talk the next morning.) Great example of summing up a character's journey subtlely and succinctly.

Oh--also, I really love the line that comes just after these, for its pure cleverness: Maddie tells David to "hold her closer," and David replies: "Maddie, if I hold you any closer, you'll be behind me." ;D

What are your faves?

[beesnbears]

Absolutely love "Maddie, if I hold you any closer, you'll be behind me." That whole little trilogy is great!

I also love "Cold Feet, Warm Heart" and the whole exchange they have in a restaurant in Chicago.

David: "You heard me, I said bull!"

I cheer David on every time I read that scene!!

Also, I just think it is really funny in "She's A Little Bit Country..." where David sleeps in the bathtub! ;D

[manitobadesigner]

I'm gonna go back and read those chapters again today, they're so awesome!
Ah, Maddie being vulnerable and honest...me can't get enough. ;D

[beesnbears]

I just love this whole exchange in "Hooked on a Feeling"!!

David: Bert, let me ask you something? What if it had been Agnes in this situation? Wouldn't you have tried to get her out of it - wanted to help her?

Bert: Well, Mr. Addison, what I wanted to do, and what I actually would have done would probably be two different things.

David: How so?

Bert: Well, sir, while meaning no offense, I consider you and I very similar……

David looks askance at Bert.

Bert: What I mean, sir, is we're both men - compadres….traditional, old-fashioned guy's guys who'd like to take care of our women - solve all their problems.

David: Yeah, so?

Bert: Mr. Addison, Agnes would have me singing soprano if she felt I was inferring she couldn't take care of herself.

David: Hmmmm……think I got a taste of that particular knife last night!

Bert: Yeah……it's part of this whole eighties thing. And I'm not saying it's easy. But sometimes you just gotta step back. See if this makes any sense - sometimes Agnes wants me, and sometimes she needs me. Sometimes Agnes wants to need me, and sometimes she needs to want me. Sometimes……..

David whacks himself on the side of his head, and makes a noise like his brains rattling…..

David: Bert, what the hell are you talking about? That makes as much sense as a horse wearing a dress. Try again!

Bert: OK, to simplify, I let Agnes know I am there for her if she needs me, but unless she's sick or in danger, I tread carefully before I barge into her business. I respect the fact that she is smart enough to know when she needs and wants my help.

David: But you're a couple. Why is there her business and your business?

Bert: Boy, you really are new at this relationship stuff, huh?

David gives him a look that would dry paint.

Bert: I think that life would be pretty boring if every two people who fell in love traded in their individuality. Do you wanna give up your Saturday night poker games for Miss Hayes' yoga classes? Why would you want to change Miss Hayes? Isn't what makes Miss Hayes Miss Hayes what you fell in love with?

David looks at Bert and shakes his head.

David: And a small, hairy man shall lead them……




YAY Bert!!

[marple]

I like the whole exchange between David and Maddie in her office in the beginning of gChair Man of the Boredh. I was so pleased (clapping my hands) when she directly and honestly said to him that the whole Annie thing was bad enough and how she got hurt by that. I waited for her to tell him her honest feelings throughout the final arc when it first aired. But sadly, it didnft happen at all. And we got no good conversations between them then the show suddenly ended. (I canft forgive it even now.)

I think CMotB is a very important episode because we are finally able to see the real D&M talk start again! It is serious but funny and very convincing. Maddie regains her edge and brightness and David is still David, he canft easily control his emotion, and what I feel from this conversation and the episode is the warmth. I was really disgusted with those heartless lines in the last arc of the show. I think Diane helped D&M to recover our beloved and true characters by the first scene. It is terrific!

[sandra]

In general, the dialogues are superb, again a big compliment to the writers. When I read them, I can see them both in my mind, and it fits perfectly.

In spite of the witty banters my fav dialogue is:

"Make love to me." - "With pleasure!"