Murphy Brown — Season 2
01 The Brothers Silverberg
Sep 18, 198924m★ 7.0
Miles becomes increasingly uncomfortable when his confident older brother, Josh, visits Washington and immediately develops a mutual attraction with Murphy. His efforts to interfere in their relationship quickly become intrusive.
02 Anchors Away
Sep 25, 198924m★ 7.0
The network sends Jim on a temporary assignment in Libya, allowing executives to audition handsome young reporter Miller Redfield as his possible replacement. Murphy and the rest of the FYI staff unite to undermine the network’s plan.
03 The Memo that Got Away
Oct 2, 198924m★ 7.0
A teenage computer hacker obtains a private memorandum in which Murphy candidly evaluates her colleagues. When he threatens to publish it in his school newspaper, Murphy attempts to recover the document before the FYI staff discovers what she wrote about them.
04 TV or Not TV
Oct 16, 198924m★ 7.0
A television network develops a sitcom inspired by FYI and sends glamorous actress Julia St. Martin to study Murphy for the leading role. Although the staff initially resents the project, everyone soon becomes eager to influence how they will be portrayed.
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05 Miles' Big Adventure
Oct 23, 198930m★ 7.0
While on vacation, Miles' return flight is delayed by an Air Force pilot who has hijacked an F15-Eagle loaded with nuclear warheads.
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06 Buddies Schmuddies
Oct 30, 198930m★ 7.0
Frank and Murphy compete for the same story, but their intense competition puts the story in jeopardy. Phil, to improve his business at night, tries adding live entertainment to the bar.
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07 Whose Garbage is it Anyway?
Nov 6, 198930m★ 7.0
Jerry Gold bets the staff that they can't be environmentally responsible for a two week period, if they lose Murphy must appear on his show.
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08 And the Whiner Is...
Nov 13, 198930m★ 7.0
Murphy & Frank lose the Humboldt Award to Corky. Then to ride the PR wave, the network brass decide to give next week's lead story to the award winner.
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09 Roasted
Nov 20, 198930m★ 7.0
The staff plans a surprise roast for Jim on his 25th anniversary at the network, he tells Murphy before the event that he ""couldn't handle a chance meeting with anyone I know.""
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10 Brown Like Me (1)
Nov 27, 198930m★ 7.0
Murphy is set to receive the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, so the rest of the staff convince her that at least one of her estranged parents should attend. She concedes and invites her father, but the sparks fly when her father arrives with his new young wife and child and later her mother shows up.
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11 Brown Like Me (2)
Nov 27, 198930m★ 7.0
The sparks and the barbs fly back and forth; however, eventually the Browns call a truce. To quote Murphy: ""Interesting family, kind of like a Fellini version of the Waltons.""
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12 The Strike
Dec 11, 198930m★ 7.0
To start a significant dialog, Murphy decides she will break the technicians' strike by bringing both sides together for cake and conversation.
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13 Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella
Dec 18, 198930m★ 3.0
While Murphy is throwing a birthday party for Gene Kinsella, Miles recognizes a woman he had a one-night stand with at a broadcaster's convention, Mrs. Kinsella. However, Kinsella thinks that his wife is having an affair with Frank.
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14 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Jan 1, 199030m★ 7.0
Corky is having a New Year's Eve party, and Murphy wants to avoid it. Everyone challenges her to be able enjoy the occasion without the her old vice. Sober, Murphy can still bring life to a dull party.
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15 Subpoena Envy
Jan 8, 199030m★ 7.0
Murphy is subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury, but instead of divulging her source she goes to jail. Prison is not what she hoped for or expected, but then neither is the duration of her stay.
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16 I Want My FYI
Jan 29, 199024m★ 7.0
Miles asks the staff to be mentors for a group of young reporters who will be doing a pilot for FYI For Kids; Murphy over helps her protégé.
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17 Frankly Speaking
Feb 5, 199030m★ 7.0
Frank meets the woman of his dreams, a woman he dates more than once. However, she is a psychologist and analyzes every little thing Frank does, something that drives him crazier than he already is.
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18 The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting
Feb 12, 199030m★ 7.0
Murphy's journalism mentor from her high school days has retired, to combat inactivity he comes to Washington to open a journalism school using her name.
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19 Bad Girls
Feb 19, 199030m★ 3.0
It's February and sweeps month, so Miles gets Murphy and Corky to pose as hookers to break open an oil company scandal.
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20 Heart of Gold
Feb 26, 199030m★ 7.0
When Murphy learns things about Jerry Gold that no one else is privy to, she looks at him in a different light. They begin to have an affair that shocks everyone at FYI.
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21 On the Road Again
Mar 5, 199030m★ 7.0
On a publicity jaunt, Murphy and Jim find themselves snowbound in Kansas. While killing time in the bar Murphy challenges Jim's ability to flirt, something Jim may later regret.
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22 But First a Word From Our Sponsor
Mar 19, 199030m
A worried viewer urges advertisers to boycott FYI for an upcoming piece Murphy has on sex education. Murphy flies out to keep the one sponsor they have for the controversial show.
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23 Frank's Appendectomy
Apr 9, 199030m★ 7.0
A series of outrageous practical jokes, which start with a visit from ""Deep Throat,"" get out of hand.
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24 Fax or Fiction
Apr 30, 199030m★ 7.0
When a secret admirer sends a fax to Miles, Murphy takes it as a challenge to answer for him and then winds up starting a correspondence.
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25 The Bitch's Back
May 7, 199030m★ 7.0
Miles orders the staff to take a stress reduction class. After reluctantly showing up for it, Murphy slips a disc however that doesn't stop her from working on a hot story.
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26 Going to the Chapel (1)
May 14, 199030m★ 7.0
When a ""geek"" from her high school days comes to Washington, Corky's mother & his mother arrange to have them get together. They meet, fall in love, and within two weeks announce their plans to get married. Corky runs out into the night with Eldin, when she thinks that maybe she hasn't really experienced life.
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27 Going to the Chapel (2)
May 21, 199030m★ 7.0
Upon returning, Corky decides to go ahead with the wedding, but the event is marred by even more last minute indecision, and then Murphy brings out the ""soul.""