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30 mins
11/14/1988
1.
Respect (Pilot)
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Murphy returns to FYI after ""drying out"" at the Betty Ford clinic. The show has undergone some changes while she was gone, including the addition of a beauty queen to the anchor desk and a new young executive producer. In her first week back she isn't sure whether she still has her edge.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Diane English
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Guest starring:
Tony Goldwyn, Mary Cadorette, Mark Lonow, John Achorn, Kathleen Freeman
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30 mins
11/21/1988
2.
Devil With a Blue Dress On
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Miles assigns Corky to work with Murphy on a big story about a corporate big shot. Corky inadvertently uncovers the fact that he is a drug smuggler, this isn't immediately apparent to her. Murphy almost feels guilty about taking credit for the story, but she doesn't get the chance, Corky ""grabs the brass ring.""
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Korby Siamis
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Guest starring:
Dinah Lenney
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30 mins
11/28/1988
3.
Nowhere to Run
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Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor who's linked to mob-run prostitution, Miles fears for his life when he receives his first death threat.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Russ Woody
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Guest starring:
Fran Ryan, Michael Gregory, Lily Mariye, Myra Turley, Ebbe Roe Smith, Tom McCleister
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30 mins
12/5/1988
4.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
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Miles schedules Murphy to interview her radical ex-husband. Murphy & Jake's feelings for one another begin to ruin the chance of a professional interview.
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30 mins
12/11/1988
5.
Murphy's Pony
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During the Christmas holidays, a mother abandons her children to the care of Murphy Brown. Murphy goes all out to help them out.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Diane English
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Guest starring:
Todd Cameron Brown, Edan Gross, Chelsea Hertford, Doug Dale, Lisa Cloud, Beverly Dixon
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30 mins
12/12/1988
6.
Baby Love
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Murphy feels maternal pangs after visiting with a pregnant friend. She considers in vitro fertilization and talks Frank into being the donor. When that option doesn't pan out, they consider a physical union.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Korby Siamis
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Guest starring:
Jenny O'Hara, Jane Galloway, Marianne Muellerleile, Dan Gilvezan
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30 mins
12/19/1988
7.
Set Me Free
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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.""
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Diane English
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Guest starring:
Robert Harper
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30 mins
1/2/1989
8.
And So He Goes
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Murphy's long time nemesis asks for her to deliver the eulogy at his funeral, and Murphy sees it as her chance to have the last laugh or so she thinks.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Sy Dukane
/ Denise Moss
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Guest starring:
DeLane Matthews, Dan Ziskie, Marie Denn, Charlie Phillips, Ron Perkins
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30 mins
1/9/1989
9.
I Would Have Danced All Night
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Murphy is perplexed and angry when everyone on the staff is invited to the inaugural ball of President-elect Bush. Was it something she reported? Miles debates about asking a taller woman to the ball.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Steven Peterman
/ Gary Dontzig
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Guest starring:
Suzie Plakson, Annabelle Gurwitch, Lou Wills, Edith Fields
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30 mins
1/16/1989
10.
Kyle
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Murphy's story wins freedom for an innocent man; when the rest of the team realizes he has a problem adjusting with the outside world, Miles offers him a job as Murphy's secretary.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Russ Woody
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Guest starring:
William Frankfather, Scott Lawrence, Leslie Jordan
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30 mins
1/23/1989
11.
Off the Job Experience
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Miles suspends Murphy for her handling of an interview. So she leaves the office for two weeks and becomes miserable.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Norm Gunzenhauser
/ Tom Seeley
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Guest starring:
William Sadler
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30 mins
2/13/1989
12.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
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Cupid strikes the staff when Murphy reluctantly fixes Frank up on the condition he finds someone for her. Murphy's latest secretary has a crush on Jim.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Korby Siamis
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Guest starring:
Terri Treas, Deborah May, Harley Venton, Donna Ponterotto, Rick Rousseau
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30 mins
2/20/1989
13.
Soul Man
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Murphy tries to gain entry into Washington's last exclusive club, trouble is, it's for men only. Murphy tries to get Jim to sponsor her, when she discovers a loophole in the by-laws.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Norm Gunzenhauser
/ Tom Seeley
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Guest starring:
David Sabin, John Apicella, Scott Lawrence, Steve Shaffer, George C. Simms, Charles Stransky, Charles Woolf, Sarah Zinsser
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30 mins
2/27/1989
14.
It's How You Play the Game
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To get the public to see Frank's piece on the homeless, the FYI team competes with Jerry Gold's show on its level, with surprising results.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Russ Woody
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Guest starring:
Lee Garlington, Susan Krebs, Ron Marasco, Vivian Paxton, Julie Payne, Ann Ryerson, Hilary Shepard Turner
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30 mins
3/6/1989
15.
Mama Said
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Murphy's overbearing mother comes to visit for an unspecified length of time.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Diane English
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Guest starring:
Colleen Dewhurst
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30 mins
3/13/1989
16.
Moscow on the Potomac
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Murphy prepares for a joint broadcast with the Soviet news equivalent of Murphy Brown.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Sy Dukane
/ Denise Moss
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Guest starring:
Robin Strasser, Mary Pat Gleason, Ivan G'Vera
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30 mins
3/20/1989
17.
My Dinner with Einstein
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Murphy dates a physicist to prove looks aren't everything, but he proves to be a party guy.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Steven Peterman
/ Gary Dontzig
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Guest starring:
Buck Henry,
Vernee Watson-Johnson, Judy Prescott, John Mansfield, Ron Orbach
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30 mins
4/10/1989
18.
Funnies Girl
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An on-camera slip of the tongue, makes Murphy the butt of a cartoonist's joke in ""The Adventures of Mouthy Brown,"" then the rest of the staff falls victim.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Norm Gunzenhauser
/ Tom Seeley
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Guest starring:
Gregory Procaccino, Josh Pais, John Sanderford, Scott Lawrence
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30 mins
5/1/1989
19.
The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown
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While Murphy is grilling him on the show, a judge dies of a heart attack. This causes Murphy to lose her edge, so she attends a group therapy session.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Sy Dukane
/ Denise Moss
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Guest starring:
Steven Culp, Michael Ayr, John Capodice, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Trebor, Mary Catherine Wright, Christopher Wynne, Lilly Lyman
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30 mins
5/8/1989
20.
The Summer of '77
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Eldin meets Corky for the first time and becomes infatuated with her. Phil reflects on the first time he met Murphy, when she first came to Washington to audition against Linda Ellerbee & Frank Fontana for FYI.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Diane English
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Guest starring:
Linda Ellerbee, James Karen, Eva Charney, Rick Scarry, Jason Marsden, Judy Kain
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30 mins
5/15/1989
21.
The Bickners
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A minor traffic accident, with a sweet elderly couple, results in a 1.5 million dollar lawsuit for Murphy.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Russ Woody
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Guest starring:
Amzie Strickland, Eric Christmas, Michael G. Hagerty, Nicholas Hormann
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30 mins
5/22/1989
22.
The Morning Show
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During an off week at FYI, Murphy & Corky co-anchor the network's morning show, and Murphy finds it's a job she just isn't made for. Murphy's new secretary has a passing resemblance to a ""dead"" celebrity.
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Director:
Barnet Kellman
Writer:
Kathryn Baker
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Guest starring:
James Staley, Marge Redmond, Jim Jansen, Pete Willcox, Don Lake
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