Murphy Brown: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Murphy Brown Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Murphy Redux
Oct 1, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy says her goodbyes to the gang of FYI. She takes a month off before her new job at the White House starts. On her first day, Murphy enters the gate of the White House and for
A Butcher, A Faker a Bummed-Out Promo Maker
Oct 8, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy needs a biopsy, which she reluctantly gets right away and must wait to hear the results at the end of the next day. In the morning of the next day the staff fights the netwo
Ectomy, Schmectomy
Oct 15, 1997 · 30 min
When Murphy and Frank don't show up for dinner, Kay speculates they have are a having a relationship. Murphy drops the bomb on the rest of the staff. Jim is speechless. Frank tries
Operation: Murphy Brown
Oct 22, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy worries about how she is going to tell Avery about the trip to the hospital she is making to treat a word she can't yet bring herself to say. The gang plans to help Murphy k
Florence Night-en Corky
Oct 29, 1997 · 30 min
Frank can't stop telling the story about him punching the paparazzi. Murphy returns to work the day after her surgery and she looks like hell and is very disoriented. Corky takes h
Waiting to Inhale
Nov 5, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy begins her chemotherapy treatments. The treatments make her uncomfortable and take a lot out of her. She confronts Jim about his avoidance of her and her condition. In an ef
Petty Woman
Nov 12, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy's archrival, Athena Gillington, invites her to one of her parties. Murphy doesn't want to go because she thinks it is a pity invitation. Murphy relents and attends the party
From Here to Jerusalem
Nov 19, 1997 · 30 min
While acting as chaperone for one of Avery's field trips, Murphy meets a younger man who wants to take her out on a date. The staff worry about nominations for the upcoming Humbold
Tempus Fugit
Nov 24, 1997 · 30 min
Frank signs his new contract; Murphy is in the midst of negotiating her new deal. After Murphy can't make her appearance on the show, Corky fills in and does a great job conducting
I Hear a Symphony
Dec 10, 1997 · 30 min
Corky is working to help the zoo with their charity auction. Murphy's bout with cancer has made her realize there may not another chance to do some of the things she'd like to do.
From the Terrace
Dec 17, 1997 · 30 min
Murphy fires yet another secretary and while searching for a story idea for Corky, Kay suggests the staff go out on the terrace. They get trapped out there, when the door closes an
The Last Temptation of Murphy
Jan 7, 1998 · 30 min
Murphy's new secretary makes a great cup of coffee, but doesn't have time for much else. Murphy receives a call from a former Wall Street trader who has just been released from his
Turpis Capillus Annus (Bad Hair Day)
Jan 14, 1998 · 30 min
The chemotherapy begins to take its toll on Murphy's hair. She begins to wear a wig and attend support group meetings.
Wee Small Hours
Jan 21, 1998 · 30 min
Murphy battles insomnia and the gang helps her to get through the night. Frank, while he is on a stakeout with a SWAT team. Jim, while he is working on getting back together with D
Then and Now
Jan 28, 1998 · 30 min
Kay's idea to take the show to Paris turns into the network's idea of airing old stories on a cable special. The staff tries to decide upon which of their old stories to show. Murp
Opus One
Apr 6, 1998 · 30 min
Murphy is done with her chemotherapy and she thinks that is the best birthday she could get for her upcoming 50th birthday. Frank and Murphy decide that it might be interesting to
Seems Like Gold Times
Apr 13, 1998 · 30 min
Jerry Gold returns from Germany and it seems just like old times for Murphy and Jerry and the gang. Even Kay sees it as she tells the gang how she thinks there perfect for each oth
Second Time Around
Apr 20, 1998 · 30 min
For a birthday present, Murphy helps her friend Lisa, from the canccer support group, to meet her high school crush. The gang decides to return the same favor for Murphy when Murph
A Man and a Woman
Apr 27, 1998 · 30 min
To prove her point about gender identification, Kay shows up at Phil's dressed as a man. The disguise fools the staff and Murphy uses Kay in her disguise to stop the advances of an
Dial and Substance
May 4, 1998 · 30 min
Murphy finds a secretary that she likes; only nobody else likes his abrasive approach. Jim is planning a rendezvous with Doris in Maine. When he tries to go through the metal detec
Never Can Say Goodbye (1)
May 18, 1998 · 30 min
Murphy fires her last secretary, she plans on leaving FYI, it has been six months since her last chemotherapy treatment. She wants to live the rest of her life. Jim mentions it mig
Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
May 18, 1998 · 30 min
Jim seeks some career advice from Mike Wallace. Mike tells him he is boring and has lost his spark. Murphy begins her interview with God, who tells her she must make the best of th