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Murphy Brown Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Respect
Mon, Nov 14, 198830 mins
After spending months at the Betty Ford Center, TV reporter Murphy Brown tries to re-enter her life. The task is complicated by the addition to her show of a former Miss America as co-reporter, and a new Executive Producer who's half her age.
Episode 2
Devil with a Blue Dress On
Mon, Nov 21, 198830 mins
Murphy's animosity towards Corky grows when she's forced to take her on to help with an important story.
Episode 3
Nowhere to Run
Mon, Nov 28, 198830 mins
Miles becomes the target of death threats when the show investigates the dealings of a mob boss.
Episode 4
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Mon, Dec 5, 198830 mins
Murphy struggles to maintain her professionalism when her next interview is a man she was married to twenty years before.
Episode 5
Murphy's Pony
Sun, Dec 11, 198830 mins
Two days before Christmas, three children show up at FYI with a note from their mother. She says she cannot take care of them anymore, and thinks Murphy would make a good mother - much to Murphy's irritation.
Episode 6
Baby Love
Mon, Dec 12, 198830 mins
A friend of Murphy's is having a baby, and Murphy starts to wonder if something is missing in her life, leading her to consider her options.
Episode 7
Set Me Free
Mon, Dec 19, 198830 mins
Murphy's having a rotten day, complicated by a gunman who interrupts the show and demands they read his statement on the air and it gets capped off by the painter she hired to do her kitchen sticking around to finish "extending myself." During this whole ordeal, she is craving cigarettes and a drink, and definitely a soft number 2 pencil.
Episode 8
And So He Goes
Mon, Jan 2, 198930 mins
The man that Murphy has been in a prank war for decades with dies suddenly, and asks that she eulogize him.
Episode 9
I Would Have Danced All Night
Mon, Jan 9, 198930 mins
Murphy can't understand why she isn't invited to the Inaugural Ball, and can't get anyone to take her.
Episode 10
Kyle
Mon, Jan 16, 198930 mins
Murphy's story gets an innocent inmate released. Everyone feels sorry for him, so they give him a job as Murphy's secretary.
Episode 11
Off the Job Experience
Mon, Jan 23, 198930 mins
When Murphy behaves rudely to a belligerent Army colonel in a live interview, Miles takes the decision to suspend her from work, which drives her up a wall and threatens their working relationship.
Episode 12
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Mon, Feb 13, 198930 mins
Frank and Murphy fix each others blind dates, while Miles has to deal with his break up with Jackie and Jim wonders what to do with an attractive lady that wants him. We learn more than what we would have wanted to for Phil's marriage life and have a sneak peak at Eldin's sexual relationship.
Episode 13
Soul Man
Mon, Feb 20, 198930 mins
When Murphy is denied access into the last gentlemen's only club in Washington, she is determined to join. That makes her relationship with Jim uptight, and stirs a war between the sexes in the office.
Episode 14
It's How You Play the Game
Mon, Feb 27, 198930 mins
When the FYI show goes lower onto the ratings - the network suggests to its journalists to make the news more pleasant and easy to the public. Though the FYI team wouldn't like to be less professional - they struggle with the reality of having to face a tough decision and compromise for the sakes of Frank's touching story for the homeless being seen by a larger sum of people.
Episode 15
Mama Said
Mon, Mar 6, 198930 mins
Murphy's mom whom she was never close to comes for a visit. And she spends all the time fawning after Murphy which has Murphy perplexed.
Episode 16
Moscow on the Potomac
Mon, Mar 13, 198930 mins
The FYI show accepts a guest from the USSR - the newswoman Vladia.
Episode 17
My Dinner with Einstein
Mon, Mar 20, 198930 mins
Murphy is excited to meet "the modern Einstein" Victor Rudman. She tries to challenge herself on a date with him, since "You can't judge a book by its cover", but discovers that geniuses can also be unpleasant people.
Episode 18
Funnies Girl
Mon, Apr 10, 198924 mins
Murphy makes a joking remark, but her lurid comment is aired on live TV. She is faced with the consequences the next day as cartoonist Pat O'Shea starts a comic strip named "The Adventures of Mouthy Brown".
Episode 19
The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown
Mon, May 1, 198930 mins
Murphy is not her usual driven self after a guilty judge drops dead during a live broadcast.
Episode 20
The Summer of '77
Mon, May 8, 198930 mins
Miles needs a story for FYI and Corky suggests covering Phil's 70th anniversary. The celebration causes flashbacks to 1977 when Frank and Murphy auditioned for the show with Murphy's primary competition being Linda Ellerbee.
Episode 21
The Bickners
Mon, May 15, 198930 mins
Murphy is involved in a fender bender with a seemingly sweet old couple who bring her home made cookies. She changes her opinion when they sue her for $1.5 million dollars. Frank's fear of the dentist causes him to accidentally break Jim's coffee cup which turns out to be a big deal.
Episode 22
The Morning Show
Mon, May 22, 198930 mins
Murphy and Corky are asked to fill in on a morning show. They quickly discover that Corky is perfect for the time and format, while Murphy berates a children's author and turns a cooking segment into a disaster.