Murphy Brown: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Altered States
Sep 18, 1995 · 30 min
With her marriage to Peter canceled, Murphy is skeptical at the sudden marriage of Miles and Corky.
The Awful Truth
Sep 25, 1995 · 30 min
Lansing's nephew becomes Vice President of Current Affairs and he lures Murphy into a new hard news show he's created featuring Walter Cronkite; however, soon Cronkite becomes Redf
Fearless Frank
Oct 2, 1995 · 30 min
Frank escapes death while interviewing a mass murderer. Frank would like to cover less action stories; however, Lansing, hoping for a ratings boost, wants Frank to cover even riski
Murphy's Law
Oct 9, 1995 · 30 min
Murphy's appearance in traffic court and her need to not get special treatment, because of her celebrity status, gets her a fine and 40 hours of community service. The judge demand
Sex or Death
Oct 16, 1995 · 30 min
Sex (consummation of his marriage to Corky) or death (from Murphy) is on the line for Miles when he gives a pivotal political story to each of them, then must take it back. He waff
Miller's Crossing
Oct 23, 1995 · 30 min
Murphy fears that she is losing her touch when she loses an important interview to Miller Redfield; however, his touch is a little different.
The Feminine Critique
Oct 30, 1995 · 30 min
A truck crashes through the studio window, so the team accompanies Murphy back to her alma mater where she is receiving an honorary doctorate. However, the students in the women's
Bad Company
Nov 6, 1995 · 30 min
Andrew comes down to Murphy with a story idea, for a profile of a business mogul. She rejects the idea. Frank takes the idea but doesn't do anything with it. Andrew provides the di
The Ten Percent Solution
Nov 13, 1995 · 30 min
Murphy fires her agent and then the rivalry begins when she signs with Jim's agent and gets everything she wants. Jim's jealously builds and is revealed during an airing of the McL
The Humboldt Doldt
Nov 20, 1995 · 30 min
An ungrateful Miller wins the Humboldt Award for a story that the entire FYI staff works on in a pinch for him on Front and Center. The staff waits anxiously for Murphy's retaliati
Dick and Dottie
Nov 27, 1995 · 30 min
Lansing wants Murphy to apologize publicly about a comment she made about a popular talk-show host. She tries, but things only get worse.
All in the Family
Jan 8, 1996 · 30 min
Corky and Miles decide to make their marriage official by having a real ceremony. The trouble begins when Nana Silverberg meets the Sherwood's and their differences of opinion are
If You're Going to Talk the Talk
Jan 15, 1996 · 30 min
Murphy is the reluctant winner of an interview with a celebrity who's never given one. Just as she gets into doing the whole ""fluff"" piece, a real news story breaks out. The netw
My Fair Miller
Jan 22, 1996 · 30 min
Lansing asks Jim to turn Miller into a real newsman. The rest of FYI is shocked to find out that Jim is responsible for the change in Miller. Jim is shocked to find out that a simi
Old Flames
Feb 5, 1996 · 30 min
Murphy misses a social event and tries to pull an all-nighter to work on her latest story. Peter drops by unexpectedly (he's only in town for 24 hours). Murphy wants to keep workin
Up in Smoke
Feb 12, 1996 · 30 min
Stuart Best is now a tobacco lobbyist but he has a change of heart when he decides that smoking really stinks. He gives FYI the memos and etc. that will expose the tobacco industry
Aftermath
Feb 19, 1996 · 30 min
Jim's surprise resignation last week, impacts the future of FYI. The FYI staff convince Lansing to get him back, but that doesn't work out the way they'd hoped. Lansing makes Mille
Trick or Retreat
Feb 26, 1996 · 24 min
Elizabeth Taylor cancels her interview with Murphy, because the police have a lead on her stolen pearls. Jim stops by for a chance to meet Miss Taylor. Meanwhile, Miles wants the t
All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable!
Mar 4, 1996 · 30 min
Murphy is coordinator of the Press-capades and is set on playing the role of Hillary Clinton in a sketch she's written. The rest of the cast wants her out and she concedes; however
The Bus Stops Here
Mar 11, 1996 · 30 min
Miles gets to use the new T-2000 bus to cover a primary campaign stop in Madison. The bus breaks down before they get there, so they decide to do their coverage from a local diner.
When A. Lansing Loves a Woman
Apr 29, 1996 · 30 min
A secret admirer fills Murphy's office with flowers, candy and other gifts. It's obvious who the admirer is, Andrew J. Lansing III. Andrew gets her to his place (under false preten
Casa Nova
May 6, 1996 · 30 min
Frank, smitten with a real estate agent, buys a 5 million dollar mansion that he can't afford.
Stepping Out (1)
May 13, 1996 · 30 min
Murphy celebrates her 8th year of sobriety, but she has a few steps to go. Making amends is her next step, an awfully big one but she tries really hard; everyone else is concerned
Miles Away (2)
May 20, 1996 · 30 min
The unemployed staff members decide it would be a slap in the face to the network if they helped Jim and his team out. Miller wants to move into Murphy's office. Miles fills Lansin