A black screen appears with the words, "The Great Beyond." The blackness becomes Outer Space. At first, our view is mostly of stars, with moons, planets, and meteors in the background. Then suddenly, the camera seems to move towards a planet that looks like Earth. The camera moves quickly to the land of this mysterious planet and moves towards a building. Outside, the sign on the building says, "Love Headquarters for Planet Moonlighting."
Cut to what looks like a business meeting, except everyone at the meeting has blue hair. At the table sits a woman that resembles Carol Kane, surrounded by another woman and three other men. She seems to be the one in charge. She speaks with a frustrating tone.
"This is getting ridiculous! We've been doing this for years now. We need to either get these two together or quit. I'm galactic inches away from having a meteor land on Blue Moon. Can anyone tell me what the problems seem to be?"
One of the men responds.
"No disrespect, but have you been watching? Despite all our efforts, this seems to be a hopeless case. In fact, Maddie and David are both seeing other people now and they've never been happier. Maddie is finally able to be with someone who is charming and fun, yet not too irritating. David is becoming more mature and is finally with someone who can appreciate him and not judge him. Maddie and David have been fighting less... they're even able to double date together and remain friends."
She becomes combative.
"Is this the sort of crap I pay you for? Maddie and David are soul mates. It's been our job for many years to let them know it. I have not invested all these light years to watch their lives crumble. If Maddie and David are fighting less, it means they're living less and loving less. They've chosen safety because they are both hurt and neither wants to take any risks again. This is where we come in. We must let them see that it can be safe and wonderful, but still have all the magic.
Another man replies.
"I just don't think it's going to happen. Too many bad feelings..."
"But don't you see? They want another chance. That's why they're still there, showing each other how great the other one could be. And I can't help but feel we are to blame. When David ran to Maddie's house to tell her he loved her, Sam answers the door. When Maddie called David to tell her she was pregnant, he wasn't home. When David flew to Chicago to see Maddie, he got arrested....
The other woman at the table responds.
"But that wasn't our fault."
She looks down and points, as if to Hell.
"That was the job of them."
"I know... but I still think we should have seen it coming. We should have made sure we protected them."
The last man looks at her and says, "But Fate, what can you do that we haven't tried already?"
The woman sits back in her chair and thinks. She looks at her hand and then at a small globe sitting on the desk. She touches California with her finger, while the globe sits in her other hand. She looks at it wistfully.
"Oh... if they only knew how long we've been trying to get them together..."
She gently spins the globe in her hand.
Cut to Blue Moon. Maddie is spinning wildly in her chair and giggling. David walks in perplexed. She looks at him with a smirk and stops.
M= What? Can't I spin in my chair if I want?
D= Sure you can. You just look like a lunatic.
M= This from the King of the Cuckoo's Nest.
David retorts with a childish, "takes one to know one."
D= And you're not even doing it right.
M= Doing what right?
D= Spinning in your chair.
M= There's a right and wrong way to spin in a chair? Interesting theory coming from a man who doesn't know right from wrong, right from left...
She smiles and then looks puzzled. "How is it that you only have rules for stupid things?"
"That's not true. What about my rule on how many cups of coffee DiPesto's allowed to have. That's important. Keeps her from bouncing off the walls in the morning."
Maddie smirks.
David pulls her out of the chair. He sits down and demonstrates.
D= But you see, you don't have enough room back there to truly enjoy the swivel chair experience.
He rolls his desk to the center of the office and begins spinning wildly. Maddie watches amused.
M= Doesn't that make you dizzy?
D= Sure, that's half the fun.
M= That explains some of your behavior.
David stops himself and stands up.
D= Now you try.
Maddie looks hesitant, but walks over anyway and sits down. She starts to spin and David begins to push her in circles. Maddie's eyes become wide with fright, but then she starts to laugh and scream.
M= David! David! Stop, I'm getting dizzy...
D= Say the magic word...
Maddie is laughing, but still, she looks very dizzy.
M= Please...
D= That's not it...
Maddie is becoming angry and begins to scream at him. Outside, the staff stares at the office door in wonder.
M= David, stop or I am going to kill you, right here in this office!
Just then the door opens and it's Agnes with a client. Maddie zooms passed Agnes in the chair & pops out of the chair and falls to the side. She gets up and looks at David as if were the devil. He, of course, smiles.
Agnes is confused, but manages to say, "Uh, there's a client here to see you."
M= Thank you Agnes...
D= Excuse Miss Hayes. She just needed a little boost this morning.
The client seems unusually calm and looks at Maddie and David with an odd, sense of understanding. Maddie and David assume she is just in shock. Incidentally, this woman seems to bare a striking resemblance to the Carol Kane.
She walks into the office, calmly and comfortable. She says, "Hello, my name is Faye Dentist."
David takes out a piece of gum.
D= Gum?
F= No, Dentist. Miss Dentist.
D= Any chance you're a dentist? Although that would probably be the occupation you may avoid. Too obvious, huh? You should still consider it... all that laughing gas at your disposal. I'd love to be a dentist.
David begins to daydream out loud.
"Get a pretty girl, get her to open up and say "ahh."
M= Okay David, enough!
D= Sorry, where was I?
The client seems pleasantly amused.
"I have a very unusual task that I think this agency is perfect for."
D= Unusual? Why that's our middle name. Actually, it's her middle name. My middle name is good-looking.
Dafney smiles at him, but Maddie is still visibly angry about the chair incident.
M= But his Indian name is "Talks out of his aa---"
David interrupts.
D= Maddie, I'm ashamed of you. Excuse her Miss Dentist, she lacks a certain respect for the office decorum.
With that, Maddie elbows David in the chest. Faye still seems unusually amused and happy to observe this.
M= Anyway, Miss Dentist, how can we help you?
F= My plight is not that unusual. All my life, I have been looking for the perfect mate. I was always very rational about it. I always assumed he would come along. But he never did. Or at least I thought. The reason I could never find my soul mate is because we already met, one night at a party, and ever since then, I've really just been looking for him. I've tried to discount it a million times. We were nothing alike and at the time, I thought that the perfect one would be just like him, but more like me... I don't know if that makes any sense to you. But now, seeing what's out there, I want him. I've always wanted him.
Maddie and David look at each other strangely, not quite understanding what she means, yet understanding it perfectly. She continues to speak to them as if she knows them.
F= The night I met him was at a Halloween Party in 1967. We went to different high schools, in opposite parts of town. He was like nothing I had ever met before... in fact, I didn't think anything of him. He was cute, but not-at-all my type. Well, he starts flirting with me relentlessly during the party. And although, I wouldn't say it, I really liked him.... and now, I must find him again.
M= Miss Dentist, I know it's not my place... but are you sure?
D= Of course she's sure!
M= Of course you think she's sure...
F= Will you take my case?
M= What case?
D= She always asks that! The Case of a Long-Lost Love... the One that Got Away.... Sometimes, people know things in high school that we forget when we're older.
M= Like trigonometry?
D= Yes, exactly like trigomonah-whatever... my apprentice has so little imagination.
M= Why do you keep doing that?
D= What?
M= I don't work for you.
D= No, but you've worked under me. A fine student you were.
Maddie elbows him harder this time.
F= So, you'll find him?
Maddie= I guess.
David= Honestly, Miss Hayes, you are not very encouraging to the clients. Miss Dentist, please forgive her, she's still in training.
Faye lets out a loud laugh.
F= I should tell you some things...The party was in Philadelphia on Halloween, 1967. The host of the party was some kid named Ron...
David and Maddie suddenly appear perplexed. They both look like they're suddenly counting numbers in their head.
D= Ronnie Wilson? From Philly? You're kidding me? I went to at least 5 of his parties!
Maddie seems to be thinking of numbers in her head...
M= Wait a second... No... wait a second... I think I was at that party too. I thought his name was Don though. Could it be?
She looks at David. They both stare at each other with disbelief.
M= It was a huge house, almost like a mansion. The guy, Don or Ron was a real idiot...
David smiles at the realization.
M= He spent the whole night drunk, dancing around the party, singing....
They both simultaneously laugh and yell out "Beatles songs."
Maddie laughs and David smiles.
M= I can't believe you were there! I was visiting Penn State at the time. My boyfriend went there and told me to visit him while I looked at the school...
D= How could you not tell me that you'd been to Philly?
M= I forgot about it... this is such a funny coincidence!
F= There are no coincidences, Miss Hayes. That is why you must help me. The boy I met there. His name was Dan Stefitey. S-T-E-F-I-T-E-Y. We spent the whole night talking and when the night was over, I didn't have the guts to ask for his number. I never heard from him again.
D= Well, this shouldn't be too hard. Boy, are you lucky! I know the host, the party, and some of the guests there. It should probably take a day to reel this man in for you.
Faye seems to be distracted as she looks at Maddie and David.
F= I have a lot of faith in you, Maddie Hayes and David Addison.
With that, she walks out the door.
M= That is so odd!
D= What?
M= Everything....
D= Like...
M= Like her, she is a very odd client, don't you think?
D= I think she's just about as odd as all our other clients. We should be careful though...
M= About what?
D= Usually, when a client wants us to find someone, one of them turns up dead...
M= That is true... we have an odd history.
David smirks.
D= For once, we are in agreement. Maybe since we anticipate our clients to turn up dead, or as murderers, or as dead murderers, maybe we can stay one step ahead of them!
M= I'll cross my fingers... anyway, let's get crackin.
D= We should have Agnes and Bert help us out... I'll go fill them in....
David suddenly looks at Maddie in an inquisitive way.
D= Maddie?
M= Yeah?
D= Why did you ask her if she was sure?
M= Oh, it does seem a little strange. But I guess we've done stranger. She just seems like a nice woman who's chasing imaginary people, forcing herself to believe in soul mates and stuff... I know what you think... you believe in soul mates and destiny and fate and all that... but I guess I just believe that choices matter more. If there was really something there, don't you think she would have asked him for a number... or looked him up? There must have been something that bothered her that eventually would have bothered her in the future.
D= I agree...
M= You what?
D= I agree.
Maddie is surprised.
M= I can't believe that.
D= Believe it. I believe in attraction, but not soul mates. I even believe in souls and mates, but together... I don't know. And if they do exist, I'm guessing, they would get together right away. I think this woman is seeing things with rose-colored glasses... like when you say "I wish I was in high school." No one would really want to back in high school. No freedom, pressure, acne, insecurity...
M= I would've thought you had fun in high school.
D= Well I could have fun at a funeral. Actually, did I ever tell you about my cousin Ralph's funeral? I brought down the house... told some jokes, got some girls' numbers. What was I saying?
Maddie just nods with her usual perplexed look.
M= I have no idea.
D= Oh yeah, high school. I may have had fun in high school, but most people don't. And most of us spent a lot of time pretending we were having a good time.
M= Well, I had a good time...
D= There's a big shock. Let me guess- everyone was nice to you, you had a few best girlfriends who you still speak to, all the teachers loved you, and you were homecoming queen...
Maddie grins.
M= I lost Homecoming Queen, but I was Class Vice President.
D= Same thing. And who was this college boy that let you run around the country going to local high school parties?
M= He was a jerk. I caught him cheating on me at that party.
David opens his mouth to say something almost definitely stupid, but stops himself as if he is interrupted by a thought.
D= Hey Mad- you sure you were there in 1967?
M= I don't know, maybe it was 68 or 66. Was it my junior year? No, it was my senior year, definitely. Why?
D= I'm just wondering if I was there that year. I went to, I think 5 of his parties, always on Halloween. I think "67" was the first one. And I know there was more than one party where he danced around drunk singing Beatles songs....
M= Oh well, still a shame we didn't meet up there.
D= Like you would have even talked to little old me there. Yeah... Let me go get Agnes and Bert started. And I'll call my brother and see if he can get me Ronnie Wilson's phone number.
David walks out of her office and backs his head against the door. He is thinking.... Of that Halloween Party, 1967.
It is Ronnie Wilson's house, 1967. Everyone is in Halloween costumes. An adolescent David Addison walks up to the front door with his older brother Richie. Richie is wearing a Batman costume and David is wearing a Robin costume. David looks nervous.
D= You know I didn't wanna wear this Richie! We look so stupid!
R= Don't you think I know that? Mom made us... just look cool, David.
D= I shouldn't have come... I'm gonna get beat up here. It's all high school kids.
R= Calm down, no one is going to beat you up with me here.
David is sarcastic.
D= Oh great! You get beat up all the time in school.
R= That's just friendly fighting.
David, still unassured.
D= Right.
R= David, you think I wanted my kid brother tagging along? Mom wouldn't let me go without you, so I don't care what you do. She's picking us up in 2 hours and I don't care if you spend the whole night in the hall closet!
David is breathing heavy and still nervous.
They go into the house and hear the song "Soul Man" by Sam and Dave. Richie is very cocky, but David is stiff as a board. They walk passed a large and fancy staircase and into a huge living room where a bunch of rowdy kids are dancing. Beer cans are all over the floor. Kids are dancing and talking loudly. Richie quickly leaves David's side and runs into the party, as if he is a king. He walks over to a table and pulls alcohol from his jacket and pours it into the punch bowl. Then he yells to the crowd, "It ain't a party till Addison's here!"
David rolls his eyes and walks around. Nobody really notices him and he likes it better that way. The young David is not at all like the older David. He slouches and seems shy, but there is an inkling of the older David in him. He has a twinkle in his eye, a smirk, and an observant and thoughtful way about him. Richie does not. Richie acts like an idiot and is dancing with Ronnie Wilson, singing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." David shrugs and looks at Richie with annoyance.
David sits on the couch and looks around. He kicks his feet against the couch and looks at his watch. He looks bored and insecure. And then his attention shifts... to... you guessed it...
A beautiful, teenaged blonde, walks in with a muscular, good-looking guy, that most definitely is a football player. She is dressed as a princess, complete with a white dress, glass slippers, and her hair in a bun. The song "You Must've Been A Beautiful Baby" is playing. David's mouth has dropped to floor. Even though his eyes are hidden behind a Robin mask, it is clear where his eyes are. He leans forward and falls off the couch, hitting his head.
"Excuse me," says the girl in a blatantly impatient tone. "You're on my shoes."
David clumsily gets up and starts blabbering.
"Oh, sorry, sorry! I'm so sorry... it's just that I think I... had too much of that tricky punch and well, you know... party, party...
The girl rolls her eyes and walks away.
As she's walking, with her back turned to David, he yells, "My name is Dave, but my friends call me Ace."
David continues to sit on the couch and quietly observe the party. Eventually, a drunk Richie comes by to bother David, with a beer in his hand.
R= Hey Kid! Why don't you mingle around the party? Have a drink! Dance! You're such a bore!
David sighs.
D= I'm a little tired. Anyway, these people are stupid. And the girls are mean.
Richie smiles.
R= What girl was mean to you ?
D= Some blonde. She's not in here now.
Just then, the blonde walks backs in with her boyfriend. She is pouting and yelling.
D= There, Richie...
David points.
D= That's the girl.
Richie stares in astonishment.
R= Wow! A girl like that has a right to be mean. I wish she'd be mean to me.
David sighs wistfully.
D= Yeah.
They listen as she walks by, yelling at her boyfriend.
"I am not doing that with you! And if you thought that would happen here, in the middle of Philadelphia, then you've got the wrong girl!" she yells.
"Oh, baby. I'm sorry. I got a little carried away," her boyfriend says.
He looks at her sincerely and says, "You know that I just can't help myself with you. I just love you so much."
She smiles hesitantly.
"Now, let's enjoy the party," he says to her. They walk towards the couch.
She sits down with him. He kisses her on the cheek. Neither of them notices Richie and David sitting there.
The beautiful blonde says to him, "I don't feel much like a party tonight. I'm sorry to be such a downer. I'll stay here for a little while if you wanna dance and stuff..."
"You're the best, baby."
Richie and David stare in amazement and surprisingly have the same opinion on this matter.
D= What a jerk!
R= A rough lesson for a kid like you Dave. But here's a good example of something. Any good-looking guy who plays sports can get any beautiful girl... even if they're a jerk.
D= Mom says I'm good-looking.
R= Mom is the only woman who thinks that Dave!
D= Maybe she doesn't realize he's a jerk. ]
R= Maybe? They never do! Women... can't live them, can't leave them by the curb when you're done with them.
D= Richie, you're so stupid!
Richie walks off and starts dancing again, leaving David alone.
The young blonde continues to sit on the couch patiently, then wistfully, as the song, "Dedicated To The One I Love" by the Mamas and the Papas. She is noticeably upset, and even more so when she touches her wrist and realizes something is missing. She begins to search the couch. Finally, as if seeing him for the first time, she addresses David.
"Hey Kid, could you help me with something?"
The young boy is shocked.
"My name isn't Kid."
"Oh, I don't mean to be rude... oh, that's right. You said your name is Ace... I'm assuming that's a nickname..."
The kid is elated that she remembered.
"Yeah, my friends call me Ace. What's wrong?"
The girl smiles at him with sincerity, her mask of seriousness briefly coming down.
"I can't seem to find the bracelet my boyfriend bought me. You didn't happen to see it, did you?"
"Uh, no."
"Well, don't be too helpful. Maybe I left it in the bedro... somewhere else."
"Listen, it may be none of my business, but your boyfriend seems like a big jerk."
The young girl becomes instantly defensive.
"Oh, really little boy. What do you know?"
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I guess some people could think that without knowing Derk.
The little boy starts to laugh hysterically. The blonde smirks ever so slightly, but then becomes even more defensive.
"What are you laughing at?"
"His name... his name is Derk!?"
"Why is that funny?"
"It rhymes with jerk."
"Oh shut up! I need to find my bracelet."
Some impulse causes the boy to get up from the couch.
"I'll help you."
The blonde looks skeptical.
"Why?"
"Hey, I'm a great detective. I'm like Sherlock Holmes in my house! I get my brother in trouble all the time because I'm too smart for him."
"He must have a single-digit IQ."
Ace doesn't get the sarcasm. The blonde doesn't really acknowledge him, but he follows her across the room anyway.
"You're a strange kid."
"Why?"
"Why would you want to help me find a bracelet?"
"My mom always told me to be a gentleman, and if a lady needs help, help her."
The blonde smiles.
"That's sweet."
They continue to look around the room and in the outside hallway.
"Maybe your boyfriend has it."
"Why would he have it?"
"I don't know. Maybe he found it already. Where is he?"
"I don't know. He was in there a minute ago dancing."
The boy and the blonde continue to search the hallway.
"It's not here."
"No flies on you."
"No what?"
"Never mind."
"Hey kid, thanks for your help, but I'm going to look upstairs."
The boy senses that she is talking about the bedroom, but he doesn't say anything.
She suddenly looks right in his eyes. He seems like such a nice and sensitive kid; the way boys are before the dreaded teen years. She feels guilty that she hasn't been nicer to him because he seems to have such an innocent crush on her.
"You've been so helpful! Would you help me some more?"
The boy's eyes light up.
"Sure."
They walk upstairs to one of the bedrooms, where she rummages around.
The girl seems distracted by her own thoughts.
"You know kid, I have to watch my temper a little bit. Derk is right. I'm always yelling at him."
"So?"
"So... I think I'm too hard on him. He can't help being affectionate. He's so nice... and now I'll bet someone stole my bracelet. It's like a sign..."
The boy doesn't understand.
"A sign of what?" he asks.
She responds with impatience at how he cannot see the spiritual ramifications of a lost bracelet; as if it was a lost love.
"A sign of bad things," she answers.
David is rolling his eyes. He thinks to himself, "Girls ARE stupid."
Suddenly they hear voices. David ignores them, but the blonde doesn't. She peeks out the door and gasps.
"Oh my God, that's Derk! With Sally Donaldson! That tramp!"
Derk and Sally are walking into another bedroom, hand-in-hand. Sally is a curvy brunette, who is incessantly smiling at Derk. They are laughing as Derk leads her to the bedroom. As he grabs Sally's hand, she sees her bracelet on her wrist.
The young blonde crumbles as she stands at the door, tears rolling down her face. But she gathers her composure in moments.
She runs out of the room screaming and flailing her arms.
"You big jerk! That's my bracelet. And you Sally, you big slut!"
Obviously taken off-guard, Derk and Sally flinch.
Derk acts unnaturally calm.
"Baby, we've just grown apart. I didn't want to tell you tonight. I didn't want to hurt your feelings... but... I'm in love with Sally.
Sally grins from ear-to-ear.
Just then, with no warning, Sally gets punched in the eye.
"Oww!" she yells.
David smiles at what he perceives as enormous spunk (for a girl). Inspired by her "oomph," David walks up to Sally and rips her bracelet off her wrist. He hands it to the blonde, who stares at him smiling.
The boy grins a little more than he has all evening.
"I told you I'd find it."
For a moment, it seems like just the two of them, and they don't notice the crowd around them, or the fact that Sally's eye has suddenly become black and blue.
"You'll be a fine detective one day."
Derk stands there silent, and trying to win the approval of the crowd of kids around him.
"He's a little young for you, but maybe he's a little more up to your speed," he says.
And the girl walks away, sad again, and feeling defeated. Her tears return and she forgets the young detective that aches to walk away with her.
She softly glances back his way and says, "Thanks Ace."
He says, "See ya Blondie," under his breath, but she doesn't hear him. And he's left with everyone staring at him. The song, "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge is playing, and for the first time, David understands the song.
And she was gone. The memory had faded for years in David's mind, and he had many other memories of women who had walked away from him without many words. He remember a few of their faces quickly; he recalled girls on beaches, in bars, and on the street, walking away from, with a hair toss and a distant glance. Some of them walked away yelling, or hitting him. Some of them left him a note and others left him with a few bruises from a jealous boyfriend or overprotective brother. But this one was the first that mattered, and maybe he had blocked out some of the memory of how his little heart was first a little broken and a little happy to be able enjoy such a pretty thing. This one turned around and thanked him. And that was the only time that had ever happened.
The 35 year-old Addison smiles at the memory. Could it have been Maddie? It had to be, even though he could not remember her name mentioned. Was it worth sharing this with Maddie? It was the sort of story she would find hard to believe, if it were someone else. He laughed at the thought of how they would debate the merits of fate and destiny, and how he would say it was undeniable, and she would roll her eyes. But now that he had come to the realization that they had met before, he was a little scared by it. He was hesitant to talk to her about it, but there was a little boy inside him that wanted to say something like, "Hey, I gotcha Blondie. Nobody ignores Ace Addison!" Well, for now he would keep it under his hat.... And maybe use it as leverage if the topic of fate ever came up again.
The office is filled with the evening light, close to sunrise. Agnes is busy at her desk, going though papers. Bert is at his desk, rifling through other papers. They both appear frustrated. Maddie is doing the same thing in her office and is becoming bored with the same thing over and over.
Maddie begins to sing "Dedicated To The One I Love"...
Each night before I go to bed, my baby...
Whisper a little prayer for you my baby....
Just then, David walks in...
D= Well, this is a puzzle... a conundrum, if I must say so myself!
M= A what?
D= Yeah, I know. All this work is building my vocabulary. Anyway, nothing has turned up. Richie called Ronnie Wilson and he says that he never met a Dan Stefity. And I can't seem to find anyone under that name... anywhere.
M= Me neither. Maybe Agnes and Bert will come up with someone. What if this woman was a kook?
D= Maybe. But we've had kooky clients before, but I can't remember any of them making up people for us to look for. We've had leprechauns hire us to protect them, men ask us to set them up with wives so they could kill them, people kidnap their stepsons and ask us to find them... but there's always been an actual person for us to find, hasn't there? It would make more sense to me if she wanted us to find someone, and then once we found him, she'd kill him.
M= That would make more sense.
D= Doesn't it seem like a waste of time? On both parts... there must be a motive to this somewhere...
Herbert walks in.
H= I hate to disappoint you two, but I can't find this person. And to be quite frank, I would like to know what this woman's motive is...
David and Maddie sit seriously.
M= Actually, we were thinking the same thing.
Agnes walks in. She is staring at a piece of paper and crinkling her forehead, thinking very hard.
M= I know Agnes. We can't figure it out either.
A= Oh, I gave up on that a little while ago.
D= Now, that's the idea. How about we all go for drinks? And food. I am hungry.
A= There is something I found though.
M= Oh yeah? What?
A= You guys know how I like rhyming words and stuff, right?
David smiles sarcastically.
D= I knew there was something strange about how you answered the phone...
A= Well, I like words. Rhyming words, scrambling words, crosswords, jumbles, all that stuff. And I was looking at the name of the client, you know, cause it's a strange name. Faye Dentist. And I noticed that the name Dan Stefitey has the same exact letters. Don't you find that really weird?
D= Yeah, that is weird. Why would someone scramble their name, come up with another name, and try to find us look for the person with the scrambled name? She must be a schitzo.
A= Wait, it gets better. I also looked at that name to see if you can make words out of it. Cause "dentist" is a word in itself. And you know what? There are two words that kinda jumped out at me.
Agnes smiles as if she realizes something magical and spectacular.
M= What?
A= Fate and destiny. Isn't that amazing?
M= Agnes, have you been sniffing whiteout again?
A= Nope. I just thought it was cool, you know, weird.
David and Maddie begin to rise from their desks, stretching and yawning.
M= It is a bit askew. But I guess that's all. Crazy job, isn't it? Being a detective... having to deal with these crackpots.
Agnes is almost upset by this statement, because for some reason, she thinks that there was a point to it all. But she just can't put her finger on it.
A= Oh, I think there was more to do this then we'll ever know... this woman, whoever she was, had a reason for coming here. And she was looking for someone... or something.
Agnes' confidence and assertiveness catches Maddie and David by surprise, and Maddie becomes thoughtful.
M= Maybe you're right Agnes...
Jokingly, Maddie adds, "Maybe it was a message about Fate and Destiny."
David's head is exploding, holding back the urge to tell Maddie something that she most certainly doesn't know. But instead, he chooses another method. He begins to whistle "You Must've Been A Beautiful Baby"... Maddie looks at him strangely. There's something strange about his choice...
They walk out of her office, while Agnes and Bert begin to get ready to go home...
Then David changes his whistle to "When A Man Loves A Woman"...
Maddie finds this strange... her and David keep exchanging strange glances.
David looks at her in a mocking way and says, "Something wrong, Maddie."
At this point, he is grinning, which Maddie finds extremely unnerving.
They walk out of the office, when David pulls out the big gun (Get your heads out of the gutter)...
He begins to hum, "Each night before you go to bed my baby," as the elevator doors open. He gets in the elevator.
Maddie stares at him incredulously. She does not walk into the elevator with him.
"Cat got your tongue there Blondie?"
The elevator doors begin to close, but David calmly blocks them. He looks down at Maddie's arm and touches it softly, glancing at a gold bracelet she is wearing.
"Better keep your on that one Ace," he says as the doors close on him.
Maddie stands there stunned, putting pieces together in her head. And then she whispers the one word that she can think of... "Ace".
Cut to Planet Moonlighting. The board members are watching a television screen with Maddie, after the elevator doors close. She is staring at her bracelet, when the screen goes black.
Fate (Carol Kane) looks on, satisfied, but not ecstatic...
"Well, they almost got it. I guess I was too subtle again."