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Murphy Brown Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Executive Decision
Mon, Sep 16, 1996
The executive producer of a game show replaces Miles as the producer in charge of FYI.
Episode 2
Power Play
Mon, Sep 23, 199630 mins
Kay and Murphy clash over who really gets to run FYI, with Kay offering exciting assignments to win over the staff.
Episode 3
A Comedy of Eros
Mon, Sep 30, 199630 mins
Frank wrote a play inspired by his own life. He even wrote a character who's inspired by someone he knew who's special to him. When he has to leave town he asks Murphy to make sure rehearsals go smoothly but when she's too busy, she lets the director take care of the whole. And when he asks her about the character who's based on Frank's friend, she tells him why don't you play it. And he does. And on opening night Frank invites his friend to watch the play.
Episode 4
Son of Dottie
Mon, Oct 7, 1996
Tensions between Murphy and Dottie escalate over her Dottie's son's birthday party, and an exposé Murphy does on Dottie's clothing line.
Episode 5
Office Politics
Mon, Oct 14, 1996
Murphy decides to turn her bedroom into an office, but she has to get her annoying neighbor to agree to the renovations first.
Episode 6
Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's
Mon, Oct 21, 1996
The FYI team decides to buy their favorite bar after the owner dies. But who will run it, and how?
Episode 7
That's the Way the Corky Crumbles
Mon, Oct 28, 1996
Kay and Murphy clash once again, this time over Kay's new restrictions on the FYI team.
Episode 8
Defending Your Life
Mon, Nov 4, 199623 mins
Murphy's numerous previous assistants team up and face her.
Episode 9
Underdogs
Mon, Nov 11, 1996
When the gang gets the TV Q's and they see how low Miller's is, they think that he's on his way out but Kay says that as long as Miller is on Lansing's good side he's not going anywhere. When Miller sees his numbers, he asks Murphy if he should play hardball with Lansing when he renegotiates his contracts. At first Murphy was about to tell him that's absurd but she then tells him that he should and makes up a thing called the Underdog theory which she says that since he's at the bottom, he can only go up. So he and his agent go to Lansing and ask for a raise and they get kicked out. That's when Murphy tells them to make a ruckus, which gets Miller fired. When the gang learns what Murphy did they go to Miller to tell him that the Underdog theory is bogus. So they go to his place and they find him partying like crazy. He thinks that it's only a matter of time before he gets a new offer. When they tell him, he goes into shock cause he just spent all of his money. Murphy offers to find him a job but no luck. Later his agent shows up with offers from other networks. That's when Lansing shows up and offers to give him a big raise. Murphy is shocked that Lansing is doing this. He says he has to cause Miller is hot property. Later Frank goes to Lansing asking for a raise and throws things around and Lansing belts him.
Episode 10
Nobody's Perfect
Mon, Nov 18, 199630 mins
Frank wants to marry Dana, since he's in love with her perfect public image. When she lets him get a glimpse of her complicated private life, he learns that nobody's perfect.
Episode 11
A One Night Stan
Mon, Nov 25, 199630 mins
Murphy convinces Kay to start her own talk show. To keep her occupied, the entire FYI team offers help, and Kay even lands Tom Hanks as her first guest. Unfortunately, everything goes horribly wrong.
Episode 12
Separation Anxiety
Mon, Dec 2, 1996
Jim and Doris' annual theme party turns into a fight, and his co-workers are stunned when he moves out of the house.
Episode 13
Montezuma's Retreat
Wed, Dec 18, 1996
While on a network-sponsored vacation at a resort in Mexico, Murphy must avoid a group of workers staying there whom she previously exposed.
Episode 14
The Big Thaw
Mon, Jan 6, 199730 mins
When a blizzard strands Murphy and Kay at the office alone, they recall moments from their past and discover a shared experience.
Episode 15
Who Do You Truss?
Mon, Jan 13, 1997
Frank and Murphy argue over who gets to do the commentary now that Jim is in hospital. Corky gets a new protege she can't stand.
Episode 16
You Don't Know Jackal
Mon, Jan 20, 1997
Murphy and Frank hire actors to protect the identity of Murphy's source from Kay. Their plan goes horribly wrong.
Episode 17
Blind Date
Mon, Feb 3, 1997
When Jim expresses interest in a staff member, Murphy secretly arranges a date at an upcoming banquet - but the woman mistakenly thinks the date is with Miller, causing confusion and embarrassment for everyone.
Episode 18
Oh, Danny Boy
Mon, Feb 10, 1997
Dana's troubled son Danny becomes part of FYI, but a sudden assignment forces Murphy to take the teen along to Atlantic City.
Episode 19
Desperate Times
Mon, Feb 17, 1997
Murphy retrieves Andrew from a monastery, and they team up to stop Kay's new plans for radically reorganizing FYI.
Episode 20
And That's the Way It Was?
Tue, Feb 25, 1997
Murphy desperately tries to find out what Walter Cronkite said about her privately.
Episode 21
How to Marry a Billionaire
Mon, Apr 28, 1997
A billionaire proposes marriage to Murphy while she's interviewing him on-air, and he won't take no for an answer.
Episode 22
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
Mon, May 5, 1997
Murphy suspects that a hero security guard who intervened when fire broke out set the fire himself.
Episode 23
Mama Miller
Mon, May 12, 1997
Miller lies to his domineering mother, telling her that he and Murphy are friends. She misconstrues this to mean that they're in fact a couple.
Episode 24
When One Door Closes...
Sun, May 18, 1997
Murphy inadvertently insults President Clinton on-air and refuses to apologize. This leads to serious, unintended consequences.
