Episode
Murphy Brown: The Usual Suspects
Overview
Murphy goes off the deep end when a tabloid prints lies about her, one of which says she is drinking again.
Details
- Series
- Murphy Brown
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1991-05-06
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Usual Suspects is Episode 24 in Season 3 of Murphy Brown. It aired on 1991-05-06. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 23: Small
Murphy makes a flip remark that insults short men, especially members of ""The 66 Club."" She shows them their ""short"" sightedness.
Episode 25: Q & A on FYI
The FYI staff vies against Yale on a TV quiz show, but at the dress rehearsal, they realize just how much they've forgotten since their school days.
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Episode 22: Corky's Place
Corky gets her own network special, she decides to do it as an interview show with a ""tea party"" theme. Murphy comes on as her first guest and is humiliated when Corky asks her really tough, Murphy Brown type of questions.
Episode 26: Uh-Oh (1)
Jake resurfaces with matrimony on his mind, Murphy is caught between him and her ex-lover, Jerry Gold, when he returns unexpectedly. Later Murphy takes a home pregnancy test, the results are positive.
Episode 21: Everytime it Rains... You Get Wet
Suffering from ""3rd year burnout,"" Miles asks for a positive uplifting story. When everyone else fails, Murphy takes on the challenge. She gets a perfect story, until the interview is on the air.
Episode 20: Driving Miss Crazy
While the FYI staff car pool together, Murphy works on her will, Frank gets over a relationship, Corky obsesses over being right about a trivia question, Jim tries to think of an anecdote for an interview and Miles almost gets everyone killed.
Episode 19: On Another Plane (2)
Frank and Murphy witness their wake, giving them further time for reflection on their lives.
Episode 18: On Another Plane (1)
When their plane gets in trouble: Murphy and Frank's lives flash before their eyes.
Episode 17: Terror on the 17th Floor
The network is sold to American Industrial, a large corporation, who send in a management consultant to streamline the network. Miles and Murphy go to New York to meet with the new mis-management.
Episode 16: The Novel
Jim's new novel, seems to uncover his affection for Murphy, when the central character meets a blonde female reporter.
Episode 15: Hoarse Play
Ten years ago Murphy was banned from the White House press conferences. To top off her story on the education crisis, Murphy decides she needs a quotation from the ""Education"" president. When she manages to get a pass, she loses her voice two days before the conference.
Episode 14: Contractions
The Wolf network tries to woo Murphy away, something she isn't interested in until she finds out the network is taking her for granted.