Murphy Brown Season 5 |
Episode 1 - [You Say Potatoe I Say Potato Part 1] |
Details : After the delivery Murphy goes through her period of adjustment including the sleepless nights finding a suitable nanny name for the baby then Dan opens his mouth. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Sep. 21, 1992 |
Murphy Brown Season 5 Episode 2 |
Episode 2 - [You Say Potatoe I Say Potato Part 2] |
Details : Murphy is angry over the Vice President's comments about her choice of family values while trying to deal with her choice. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Sep. 21, 1992 |
Episode 3 - [Life After Birth] |
Details : During her first day back at FYI Murphy discovers just how hard it is to leave the baby at home with a nanny. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Peter Tolan | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Sep. 28, 1992 |
Episode 4 - [Black White And Brown] |
Details : The network moves Kinsella into a nothing position Murphy finds herself unusually pleasant to the new black vice president of news at the network Mitchell Baldwin. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Michael Patrick King | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Oct. 05, 1992 |
Episode 5 - [I Never Sang For My Husband] |
Details : Doris feeling that her life is miserable decides to become a cabaret singer and Jim has hard time dealing with it. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Tom Palmer | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Oct. 12, 1992 |
Episode 6 - [Night Of Living News] |
Details : Frank sensing his big break persuades a reluctant Murphy to co-host the network's new overnight news program with him and the pair get punchy while on the air. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Lee Aronsohn | |
Air Date : Oct. 26, 1992 |
Episode 7 - [A Year To Remember] |
Details : While working their way through Election Day the staff recalls casting their first votes. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Billie Bird | Liz Vassey | Writer : Michael Patrick King | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Nov. 02, 1992 |
Episode 8 - [Midnight Plane To Paris] |
Details : Murphy leaves Eldin as nanny when she must fly to Paris for a European Summit Conference. She also decides on the baby's name Avery and a full time nanny Eldin. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | Writer : Lee Aronsohn | |
Air Date : Nov. 09, 1992 |
Episode 9 - [Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much] |
Details : Miles is embarrassed when his activist parents come to Washington for a large demonstration. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Tom Palmer | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Nov. 16, 1992 |
Episode 10 - [Winners Take All] |
Details : The Museum of Broadcast Arts awards ceremony honoring FYI turns into a colossal battle of egos and nobody has a bigger one than Murphy. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Nov. 23, 1992 |
Episode 11 - [Till Death Or Next Thursday Do We Part] |
Details : After finishing his book The Little Dutch Boy and the movie's screenplay Will gets hit with a plagiarism suit at the premiere. The stress of the situation exposes Corky and Will's marital problems. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Stephen Root | Writer : Peter Tolan | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Dec. 07, 1992 |
Episode 12 - [I'm Dreaming Of A Brown Christmas] |
Details : On Christmas Eve Murphy wants to celebrate Avery's first Christmas simply; however she finds herself dealing with two surprise guests. Murphy's father and aunt arrive to celebrate the holiday and it becomes a traditional Brown family Christmas. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Darren McGavin | Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Dec. 14, 1992 |
Episode 13 - [Games Mother Play] |
Details : Though she thinks she knows how to relate to Avery Murphy is swayed into giving him some quality time by playing games and singing children's songs with a group of other mothers. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Peter Bonerz | |
Air Date : Jan. 04, 1993 |
Episode 14 - [The British Invasion] |
Details : Miles and Audrey decide to live together but he finds the living arrangements a little too crowded for his liking when her ex-boyfriend stays for a night and then doesn't leave. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Peter Tolan | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Jan. 11, 1993 |
Episode 15 - [Back To The Ball] |
Details : The staff try to rustle up a date for Murphy when she gets invited to the inaugural ball. Murphy finds her own date Eldin's friend who did a sketch of Avery. Later Murphy has second thoughts about going out on a date. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Lenny Wolpe | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Jan. 18, 1993 |
Episode 16 - [The Intern] |
Details : Corky gets an intern job for one of her sorority sisters a recent college graduate. The staff over-protects their new intern from labor-intensive and meaningless jobs when she turns out to be much older than they expected. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Tom Palmer | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Feb. 01, 1993 |
Episode 17 - [Trickster We Hardly Knew Ye] |
Details : Following his dog's death Jim delivers a commentary on the animal during his commentary. The staff throws a memorial service to help him overcome the loss. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Michael Patrick King | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Feb. 08, 1993 |
Episode 18 - [The World According To Avery] |
Details : When Eldin becomes sick Murphy brings Avery to work. While Murphy is out searching for an interview for that night's show everyone takes turns baby-sitting and sharing their most personal feelings with him. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lee Aronsohn | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Feb. 15, 1993 |
Episode 19 - [Bump In The Night] |
Details : A major story gets Frank a booking on Late Night With David Letterman and Murphy becomes jealous. Frank invites Murphy to come with him and she causes trouble in the green room with the other guests causing their performances to be off. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Peter Tolan | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Feb. 21, 1993 |
Episode 20 - [To Market To Market] |
Details : Murphy gets the car pool to make a quick side trip to the market just so she pick up a quick jar of baby food; also while there she meets up with ex-secretary #37. Corky finds a picture of Will and Cher together so she starts to shop for a binge. Miles tries to buy a female item for Audrey. Frank tries to pick up another shopper but he gets nun. Jim tries to get the deli guy to make him a sandwich. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Tom Palmer | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Mar. 01, 1993 |
Episode 21 - [Two For The Road] |
Details : Murphy decides to take Mitchell on when he wants a set change. When they go to a charity event together each tries to get the upper hand. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Peter Tolan | Writer : Michael Patrick King | Director : Joe Regalbuto | |
Air Date : Mar. 15, 1993 |
Episode 22 - [Murphy And The Amazing Leaping Man] |
Details : When Murphy can't join him for their annual escapades at the Press Club dinners Frank does something unusual he goes alone. At the dinner he is accused of being a bachelor and he stops by Corky's to talk she inspires him to take the leap. So to the shock of everyone he gets a steady girlfriend. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Michael Patrick King | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : Mar. 22, 1993 |
Episode 23 - [The Egg And I] |
Details : When Frank gets back from a story Corky recounts the story about how Murphy tried to beat other newswomen to an interview with the president by taking Avery to the White House Easter Egg Hunt. All she winds up getting is banned from the White House again. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Maggie Roswell | Writer : Lee Aronsohn | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : May. 03, 1993 |
Episode 24 - [Ship Of Phil's] |
Details : Murphy and Phil play for high stakes during their annual poker cruise aboard his houseboat. Miles suffers from an overdose of seasick medication. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : May. 10, 1993 |
Episode 25 - [One] |
Details : Murphy plans Avery's first birthday party; however on the day of the big event her plane from New York is fogged in. While the others celebrate Murphy tries everything to get back. Frank brings a special guest for the event. The missing of this big event in Avery's life makes Murphy decide that maybe she just can't do it all so she plans to make a couple of changes in her career. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Steven Peterman | Writer : Gary Dontzig | Director : Lee Shallat Chemel | |
Air Date : May. 17, 1993 |