You a Bad Guy? Moonlighting, Season 2

Finished up the last of the Season 2 part of the first Moonlighting DVD set the other day, just as Season 3 is heading to market. Some thoughts on same:

First, the format of the show. When it works, it works by (1) establishing a fairly 'straight' noir/detective yarn, and then (2) throwing the Agents of Chaos at it. At the beginning of the series, Dave is the sole Agent of Chaos, but by the end of season 2, Maddie and, to a lesser extent, Agnes have swirled into the Chaotic Orbit.

Second, the season 2 finale, 'Camille', may well be one of the finest hours of television ever. Damn, but everything worked right in that. Taking a noirish story that already has its own Agent of Chaos (Whoopi's character) as the 'base' allowed them to dial back the incidental winks-and-nods to the audience that broke the fourth wall in the earler episodes (especially the one right before it, another excellent episode in it self) to nothing up until the final act, where it was completely shattered...

Other note: impressive that they managed to re-acquire the rights for all the music used in the first two seasons for the DVDs. Shame that they didn't commentate 'Camille'.