Okay, but you can't even imagine how much I love that Moonlighting is on Hulu. The show ran from 1985 to 1989, and it really set the stage for me for my enemies to friends to lovers trope adoration. It was the grump one and the sunshine one; a love triangle. It had stuck together, fake dating, opposites attract. It had musical numbers, dance numbers, a Shakespeare episode for no reason whatsoever. It broke the fourth wall. It was everything! I had never seen anything like it. The writing was fast and fresh; the two leads had such chemistry from the get-go.
No matter what was going on, every Tuesday, I watched and recorded every episode of that show. Back then, it was not as if I could jump on Tumblr and squee about them online. No, I had photo albums full of clippings from TV Guide, from newspapers, from anywhere. If either of them was in any magazine, I'd buy it. A Moonlighting behind-the-scenes book came out during the height of the show's popularity. I read it cover to cover, over and over again. I bought a copy of the "Atomic Shakespeare" script that I had seen for sale---it cost young me a pretty penny, but to me, it was worth it. I even had (and still have) the soundtrack album.
When the show was canceled, I was devastated. At least Bruce Willis was finding fame on the big screen, so I had that one consolation. (Yes, I adored Die Hard.)
Eventually, Moonlighting became a memory, a ghost, a show Bruce Willis and Cybill Sheperd were once on, many, many moons ago. My VHS tapes of the show sat untouched in my basement (who had a VHS player anymore?).
When the first two seasons came out on DVD in the early 2000s, I bought the set and devoured them, surprised I still knew every line, every look, every sigh.
So, finally, 38 years after the show's premiere, it's on Hulu. Will it still hold up? Some parts will be cringe, but for the most part, yeah, it will hold up.
If you're watching it for the first time, let me know what you think. If you're watching it again, share your favorite episode.