I absolutely love your take on the whole Sam thing ...

And I love the way you described our favorite characters!

THX

God bless you!

Thara

What an absolute delight. Your characterizations, your dialogue, all the little details were spot-on. Thank you!

Ann Radcliffe? Gothic Division? Udolpho Publishing? "Taller heroes"? Oh. My. Goodness!

What a great coda to an excellent story! It's the right, sparkling up-note. And, of course, the tale itself is a perfect launching point for continuing your AU if you ever decide to do so. I hope you will. You've such a sense of comedy (one that I envy), skill with dialogue, insight to characters, the ability to balance dialogue, action and exposition, a good grasp of plotting: really the complete package as far as a writer's concerned. I'll definitely keep reading.

Thanks, GR, for giving me, the Moonlighting non-fan, a more enjoyable ride with this remix than the original series ever did.

Wonderful story. I actually could view the characters in my head...hear them speak these lines. I cannot think of any higher praise for such a wonderful piece of fan fiction.

Sorry I haven't reviewed before now. This story is a gem...very true to the characters, and the show while putting your own special spin on it. You have a gift with a phrase.

Hope there's more coming.

diane

AWESOME chapter, yes i hate to see this story end! Love your take on this BIG part of the tv show! You are such a great writer! Thanks for writing!

There's something very satisfying about this chapter, a sense of events starting to come full circle. Love the way Sam's nastier qualities are drawn out to their logical progression and become instrument by which Maddie recognizes how much he's remained the same since his first proposal, versus how much she's changed. And then it plays out later in actions when Maddie is surprised by Agnes' expectation that she'll be reprimanded and fired. Would the Maddie of 20 years prior have acted differently? The undercurrents here lead me to believe, yes, she would.

I also had to laugh out loud at Agnes' indignation at NOT being considered capable of deviousness...and Maddie's conception that *she's* the one running the kindergarten, when she's more childish in some ways than those she thinks she's supervising.

In a word, this is an excellent piece of storytelling, GR!

"Sweet little Miss DiPesto as a master manipulator, puppet-string puller extraordinaire." made me laugh out loud.
And also I could picture Ms. DiPesto's facial expression at
“Sam’s not here. He…went back.”
“To space?” Agnes’ eyes widened." (:

Can't wait to read something from David's point of view :)

another great great chapter! Keep it coming! AWESOME!

WOWEE! Another great chapter! SO much going on,its just tearing me apart! LOL Poor David! Can't wait for the next few chapters!

This is the one time that it's a good thing Maddie doesn't react spontaneously!David figured as much when he saw the ring ol' Sam was showing off!

This chapter reminds me of the oldie "It's in His Kiss"...it's in those eyes of his too, Maddie!

This keeps getting better and better GR! Can't wait for the last chapter or two! ;)

Ugh... Maddie, Maddie, Maddie! LOL, Gentle... you got me hanging on a string...great installment~

Not quite the resolution your readers are hoping for, and especially a sad situation in which to find our hero, David, but what a delightful you take to get us there! Loved the sarcastic little nicknames David thought up for Sam ("Buck Rogers" made me laugh out loud.) So many clever turns of phrase here, too. "Fifty shades of **" is a great line. But the best, I think, is "...wordless poetry, declaimed between warm sheets". Aw...really touching that Addison, for all his rough edges, thinks lovely thoughts like that. Will he find a way to *say* them, and tell Maddie about her "inner Maddie"?

Ready for 17! Thanks, GR!

This is so like David to get fired up about something and then let a few words (painful words but still) ruin all the stuff he wanted to say. He is always good at explaining himself when he does something silly but when it comes to explaining his feelings he's just clueless. Poor David (:

Ah, I was hoping for a kiss but David and Maddie arguing is almost as good as David and Maddie kissing (:

Wow this is propably the most in-character Moonlighting fanfiction I've ever read and I know how hard it is to write these characters :D
Great job, I read it all at once yesterday instead of studying :D
Can't wait for the next chapter :)