Murphy Brown Season 6 Episode 15 The Thrill Of The Hunt
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00:00oh geez not this again deja hunt you missed me didn't you you did i can see it in your eyes
00:15hold that thought yes i'm listening you just don't get it do you pd what happened when i
00:21walked in here four months ago and found you using my phone oh nothing at first but
00:26didn't you notice how the entire k section of your rolodex mysteriously disappeared
00:33or wonder why a mrs hirschfeld kept showing up on wednesday to give you piano lessons
00:37okay maybe i did miss you a little bit okay bye i'm sorry what were you saying all i heard was
00:45something about missing me you know dealing with one playful infant today is about my limit so
00:51let's skip the small talk what are you doing here i'm in town while the network has my arm checked
00:56out by a specialist oh yeah we heard about your little incident got tagged by a serbian sniper
01:01eh what happened use his phone without asking to
01:03well just between us that sniper story has been a little overblown the whole incident actually
01:11started over a disagreement about slavic ale he said it was less filling i said it tasted great
01:16cute well always good to see you pd the door swings inward
01:22guys i've missed your warm fuzzy side although i did catch a couple weeks back on a satellite feed
01:30your piece on welfare reform i thought it was comprehensive ah and i loved your last report
01:38from sarajevo especially the part where you call the serbian rebels soldiers without sympathy if i'm not
01:44mistaken the same thing you called somali gorillas the month before nice going pd or should i say repeat
01:52murphyite
01:58peter you're back i don't believe it peter's back hey everybody look who i found
02:08you poor thing you we heard all about your arm how are you doing well i still can't hang glide without
02:17veering off to the left but otherwise i'm getting better peter i know i can speak for the whole gang
02:23when i say you have been missed around here isn't that right guys anyone know the date
02:28so hit by a sniper that must be one heck of an interesting story well actually that sniper story
02:40was network pr the truth is i got involved in a little brawl over a card game and give me your best
02:46shot lost a little something in the translation is he a man of the world or what i want an autographed
02:53copy of those memoirs yeah well i'd love to stay around and rehash old times but i promised some of
02:58the suits upstairs they could get their pictures taken wearing my sling see ya wait wait easy there
03:05easy
03:05back in channel let me get down that way thank you very much
03:08oh
03:09oh
03:13don't you be a stranger
03:14why didn't you just offer to carry his school books and walk him to home room
03:21excuse me for trying to make the most of an opportunity i think it's pretty clear to all
03:27of us what peter was doing here well of course it is he came back to see me sometimes his body
03:35is such a curse
03:36and we all admire the way you handle the responsibility
03:41well i was thinking maybe it was something different
03:45what do i have to spell it out for you peter hunt wants back on fyi
03:51next time read the label miles not to exceed six capsules in 24 hours
03:58you guys call yourselves reporters the guy is stateside for the first time in months and he
04:05has nothing better to do than just drop by he wants back he just can't bring himself to send
04:10of course that's it he's shy of poor shrinking violet
04:14guess you never saw him lolling around the executive sauna blithely ignoring the towel rule
04:21even so that doesn't mean he's comfortable enough to waltz in here and announce i made a mistake
04:27take me back unless something were to happen that would make those words a little easier to say
04:36something like oh a carefully orchestrated outpouring of affection from all of us
04:43i'm thinking maybe a casual lunch today it feels what do you say
04:47listen to you not me miles count me out i'm busy
04:57can't you people consider this show for once peter added a certain chemistry to this show
05:02and if he wants to come back on bringing ratings demographics with him i don't want anybody
05:06standing in his way one o'clock fills and i expect you all to be there
05:10oh and corky if you wanted to run home and slip into something a little more clingy
05:16here maybe that red thing that kind of
05:20never mind
05:25well it looks like i'm the first one here
05:31actually you're the only one here
05:33what
05:33jim didn't see the point franklin didn't get away from his street patrol story
05:37and corky said something about not wanting to stoke the embers of peter's desire
05:41and i showed up geez you asked me to do something and i do it i must be coming down with something
05:48now i've been thinking about how to handle this with peter
05:52we need a laser-like almost surgical approach
05:56too desperate we could scare him off too coy he won't feel wanted
06:00he's not wanted
06:02now i'm not asking for much i'd like you to smile nod and be demure
06:08okay maybe we could just stuff your mouth with beer nuts
06:13peter you made it
06:16how was the walk over not too strenuous i hope you're here
06:20let me get this chair for you
06:21no miles
06:22thanks
06:25you know
06:30the others felt terrible about not being here but
06:34i can hardly describe how thrilled they were seeing you again isn't that right murphy
06:39you went back on the show or not
06:41murphy
06:41what not surgical enough for you
06:46what murphy is alluding to peter is that
06:50if the notion of returning to fyi had ever
06:54crossed your mind
06:55i might be able to make that concept a reality
06:58miles
06:59i really
07:00no no no
07:00don't you talk yet
07:02i haven't told you about some of the changes we've made at fyi
07:05we
07:06we've enlarged our research staff
07:09we just got new editing equipment
07:10and our vending machine now has kit kats
07:12as you both know
07:16the idea of being behind a desk full time
07:18did i say full time
07:19part time
07:21you could be fyi's own
07:23vasco da gama
07:25circling the globe on your way to ever more exotic locations
07:30i really don't think
07:31okay
07:32not part time
07:34occasional reports
07:36you only need to see you during sweeps
07:40one appearance only
07:43you could talk about your experiences as a reporter on the front line murphy could interview you
07:47right murphy
07:49all right i'll do it
07:50you will
07:51yeah i'm in town between assignments why not
07:53well hey this is great
07:56isn't this great i feel like we're a family again look i'll let's enough work talk for one day
08:02i'm fine really guys in the emergency room said the bullet just grazed me
08:18don't
08:19please
08:21please i don't believe you frank you are so insecure
08:24peter gets shot so now you have to pretend that
08:27ew there's blood
08:30does it hurt
08:32nah it's not too bad really
08:34i went with the cops to cover a drug deal
08:36guy got a little panicky fired off a few rounds i got caught in a crossfire end of story
08:41why'd you go and take a chance like that you could have gotten yourself killed that's not a nice thing to do to your friend
08:49hey okay okay look i think i've had my share of attention for one day
08:56come on everybody back to work
08:59oh and uh miles don't worry
09:02i'm sure i can have something cut together for tonight's show
09:05you're not still planning on going on tonight
09:08and let some gun-toting punk keep this news professional from doing his job
09:13i don't think so
09:15not this guy
09:19what happened to you
09:27uh it's the routine assignment
09:29that caught a little gunfire you know how it is
09:32you all right
09:33oh it takes a little hot lead to slow me down
09:37i guess it also goes to show you don't have to be in sarajevo to catch a 45
09:42actually in sarajevo you're more likely to catch a 22 that's what got me
09:47oh yeah
09:48hey don't feel bad i mean it's not like a 22 doesn't pack a mean little stinky
09:54if you men are finished comparing the size of your bullets we have a few things to go over
10:01just want to double check some facts
10:11uh how long have you been in sarajevo
10:15three weeks
10:16when did you first start covering bosnia
10:19july 91
10:21why'd you come back here
10:24i got shot
10:25the guys upstairs wanted somebody to look at my arm stop me if any this is sounding familiar
10:30i've heard your story pete
10:33i'm talking about why you came back here
10:36this is the only phone you could find in washington
10:39well actually i usually prefer the princess model but you've got that cute little auto redial feature that i have
10:44and why'd you agree to this interview
10:46one reporter interviewing another it's puppies and you know it
10:50i'm guessing it's because you needed a little attention
10:53a familiar place to swagger
10:55who would have thought that the guy who used to say it's all about the story would jump with a chance to be the story
11:01i don't need attention to validate
11:02oh no funny comebacks how it's the matter getting a little too close to the truth pete
11:06looks like you fell in love with your own hype
11:09so tell me what's next book signings at the mall
11:12little pete pinup calendar
11:14what about your own cologne
11:16you could call it smell of the hunt
11:18god you are irritating you know that
11:23you want to know why i came back
11:25i was unloading my jeep when the sniper fire started
11:31i was just about to take off and this face flashes in front of my eyes
11:36was it my mother's face or my first great girlfriend's face or cindy crawford's face
11:41no it had to be your face
11:43i froze and that's when i got hit
11:46now i don't know why it happened but i hate that it happened
11:49i just thought if maybe i came back i could figure it out
11:54well
11:58i don't know what to say
12:01you were in a situation where you could have been killed
12:04and you saw my face
12:07yes
12:08i think it's hysterical
12:18so what was i wearing
12:19funny you want to laugh laugh but don't think you don't have a few things to explain here too
12:26like why
12:27like why you're the only one who didn't think of an excuse to skip lunch with me last week
12:31why you didn't back out of an interview you know was a puff piece
12:34and why you care so much about why i'm back i'm thinking it's because i've been on your mind too
12:40oh you are so full of yourself are you sure it wasn't your own face that flashed in front of your eyes
12:45yeah see you didn't answer me because you're afraid to because you know something's going on here and you hate it as much as i do
12:51i really don't need this i have a full and complete
12:55life
13:01sure i've shut off this part of it but
13:06i really don't miss it
13:10because i have
13:12two emmys
13:13five humbles
13:14or is it six humbles let's see there's the
13:17epa scandal the bcc i
13:20hud
13:21no i didn't win for hud
13:25you've got to trust me when i tell you that
13:31i'm much better with
13:35two arms
13:36wait
13:42there's something you should know
13:44the lock on my door is broken
13:47slide the file cabinet over
13:50three minutes to air miles are still not here
13:57they'll be here
13:58murphy hasn't missed a show yet
14:00did you uh buzz her office
14:02well not in the last 30 seconds
14:03it's three minutes to air john
14:05buzz buzz buzz
14:06i can't believe i sent him in there alone
14:09the man's disabled practically defenseless
14:12buzz
14:12where have you been
14:15we were uh moving some furniture
14:19he helped and the elevator was slow
14:21let's move it
14:22she wasn't too rough on you was she
14:26i'm walking over here now
14:29hey murphy what's this
14:31what what's what
14:32we got a post-it note stuck in your back
14:34and you've got a couple of colors
14:35pepper
14:36peeps in your head
14:37i got it
14:38all right one minute everybody
14:39that's it he knows they all know
14:42everyone's watching us
14:43don't look don't look
14:44hey don't
14:47what'd they know there's nothing to know
14:49we didn't do anything
14:50we almost did something
14:51we were going to
14:52at least you sure were
14:53oh
14:54well i counted two very busy hands
14:57and at least one of mine is in a sling
14:58i can't believe this
15:01i've had sex with people
15:03and not felt as awkward as i do now
15:05would you take it easy
15:05all we did was kiss
15:07and i did that flutter thing
15:09that's usually a good move for me
15:11not that you would have noticed
15:12you can't exactly hide in the moment
15:14to have an intercom buzzing every 15 seconds
15:16hey you weren't the one sitting on it
15:18and you know this is all your fault
15:20if you only stay for it flashed in front of your eyes
15:23we wouldn't even be here now
15:24look at those two
15:25will they ever stop bickering
15:2720 seconds to air
15:28and they're practically on top of each other
15:30all right here we go
15:32people going live
15:34in five
15:35four
15:35three
15:37two
15:38good evening and welcome to fyi
15:43for your information tonight
15:46frank fontana patrols with the washington dc police
15:49in a report we must caution you
15:51contains footage of graphic violence
15:53and karki sherwood brings us an expose
15:57on a disturbing wave of counterfeit commemorative dishware
16:01but first
16:03we recently reported that former fyi correspondent peter hunt
16:07had been wounded while on assignment in bosnia
16:09well we're very fortunate to have him here tonight
16:12talking to our own murphy brown
16:14murphy
16:15thank you jim
16:16and welcome peter
16:18it's a pleasure to have you
16:19here
16:21tonight
16:23thanks
16:24so
16:27that was quite an experience you had in bosnia
16:30tell us what exactly was flashing through your mind as you came under sniper fire
16:34i'm sure nobody wants to hear the answer to that
16:43so there you are suddenly thrust into a major hot spot
16:47no i don't think so
16:56so peter when do you expect to be returning to the field
17:01oh well i got a green light from the doctors so the network has me on a late night flight out tonight
17:06really
17:07really that soon
17:08of course i could try and put it off it's just that with the current situation in the balkans
17:13oh sure the balkans i understand
17:15i've had a really great time in the states and in fact the more i think about it if i could stay another day or
17:22so there's some additional research i'd really like to get
17:25i don't know if you're leaving tonight you're leaving tonight no one expected anything more
17:30well i guess that's all we have to talk about
17:36except the situation in bosnia
17:46how are things over there
17:52hello there listen if you go into the library the paint's still wet
17:57bars removing les aspens face from the mural
18:00who is who oh is it that obvious well i'm sure only to me and anyone driving within three lanes of
18:17you not that i wouldn't be supportive of you having met someone and i expect it would be much
18:23easier to get along with when the old volcano god is served more than once at a year
18:38hi i just stopped by to use your phone i know i don't usually ask but uh may i come in
18:46you must be the guy you
18:49i won't even ask why you're wearing that
18:53suffice it to say right now my imagination's venturing into places i just assumed it didn't go
19:04you left the show was over it seemed like the right thing to do
19:09look let me just save us some time and say what people are supposed to say in situations like this
19:16we're both adults obviously there was an attraction building but let's not pretend it was more than it
19:20was you still respect me i respect you we can still be friends but you're a rambling kind of
19:26guy and you've got to move on have i left anything out how about where do we go from here
19:30i don't think you get it there is no here here what happened today was a one-time unexplainable event
19:39it was kind of like the chevy chase show you knew it was a mistake from the start and you can only hope
19:45it'll never happen again
19:50my life is full of enough complications as it is i don't need to be involved with someone nine time
19:55zones away so if we can't talk honestly about where we stand here i think maybe i should just leave
20:00right now you know you're always threatening to go away but you never quite do okay then that's it
20:08okay i'm going i'm going go fine i'm on my way take care murphy
20:30aren't you gonna look around a little
21:00okay so where do we go from here you tell me you used most of my best material when i walked in
21:14here the first time i left out something crucial i have an unbroken track record of picking the wrong
21:20men oh well that's where our material differs i usually say that i have an unbroken track record
21:25of leaving the right women this is ridiculous 45 years old there has to be some advantage to age
21:36and experience so that at a certain point relationships aren't so damn complicated
21:42all right let's just be logical what have we got here okay good logic is good go on
21:47we've got attraction with a mutually recognized lack of compatibility that's just great
21:52although i can't say there wouldn't be some comfort in starting a relationship that's
21:57predestined to fail it kind of takes the pressure off you may have something there
22:03no pressure no expectations just a matter of playing it out to its inevitable destruction
22:10might even have some fun and waiting to see what the fatal blow is oh please i think it's pretty
22:15clear what that would be any woman who became involved with you wouldn't know if she'd see you in six
22:19weeks or six months i get impatient waiting for the popcorn to come out of the microwave
22:25i've been told i'm worth waiting for does anyone find that charming
22:31yeah the geography problem your arrogance it's just a question of time before this relationship
22:38blows up and the mere fact i keep using the word relationship doesn't bode too well
22:43i'm not too good at those in fact i'm pretty lousy wow i've been working my way up to lousy
22:52yep safe to say we don't stand a chance i like this idea we jump in with both feet and then just wait
22:59for it to end i think i could give it a shot great
23:17well it seems like we should do something to celebrate but you have a plane to catch
23:22yeah we are off to a great start
23:32oh i almost forgot i brought you a little something here
23:38a lock yeah for your office door i had to use it when i bought it i thought you could use it to lock me
23:44in but now the great thing is that when we burst into flames you can use it to keep me up thanks it's lovely
24:01hey pete
24:04if you ever get shot at again and you happen to see my face yeah picture it saying stay down stupid
24:14uh
24:23oh
24:27oh
24:31oh
24:33oh
24:35oh
24:37oh