Whenever Moonlighting is mentioned online or in more traditional printed formats, Maddie and David's sexual chemistry & sexual activity is usually discussed. Such as:

Zap2it.com: "Their chemisty also made for one of the most anticipated and highly rated fictional consummations on television."

Inthe80's.com calls "Moonlighting: When David and Maddie finally "did it" with the song "Be My Baby" in the background," as one of the most memorable moments on TV in the 80's.

Yesterdayland.com : "...So the banter went. And went and went and went. That flirty and clever banter, after all, was the main way Moonlighting's combustible lead couple demonstrated their mutual attraction for one another, until they finally consummated things later in the show's four-year run. Viewers love to hate that‘will they ever do it?' apprehension dance that the best abstaining TV couples provide—some fans just want it to happen already, some want the sexualtension to stretch on and on, into an infinity of cold showers. Whatever you cheered for, there haven't been many couples who did the dance as well as Dave and Maddie."

Cult TV, The Comedies and Cult TV, The Detectives by Jon E. Lewis & Penny Stempel: "Their subsequent lust-hate relationship was the essence of the show, with the investigations almost incidental. Sexual chemistry sparked on screen; he wolf-whistled after her, sang the lyrics from sixties girl-watchin' songs, but Maddie resisted -- until season two, when the producers succumbed to the obvious temptation: a heavily hyped bed scene between Maddie and David, which raised ratings to heavenly heights."