Murphy Brown Season 7 Episode 8 Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows
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00:00it's on a hot summer night
00:03murphy on the phone
00:06and that appears to be a can't confirm a source slam
00:11oh no no no no that's the sound she makes when she can't find her state flirt
00:15amateurs the slam followed by a thud is always run around from the state department
00:21sorry spoke too soon justice department
00:24now i have to disagree jim on this occasion history is on my side
00:28oh this is what i like to see brilliant news minds engaged in a healthy exchange of thoughts and ideas
00:36what's the topic
00:37story fell through
00:43damn my story fell through
00:47what happened murphy i thought you said you were close
00:50yes i did say that frank five weeks three dented wastebaskets and 42 failed leads ago
00:56but i was wrong turns out this organization is legit
01:00their money is going where they say it is for the betterment of those less fortunate
01:04god i hate that
01:08i'm gonna cancel those plane reservations hope i'm going to the cayman islands
01:12now my story's dead
01:14you know murphy
01:15when life gives me lemons
01:18i make lemonade
01:20yeah yeah mr bluebird's on your shoulder what's your point
01:26what i'm saying is if i had a free weekend a plane ticket and reservations to a romantic tropical hotel
01:35work with me here you are in a relationship now you have to start thinking like it
01:49whisk peter away for a romantic island weekend
01:52quirky busy people do not whisk
01:55you were just saying last week that you and peter never get to spend enough time together
01:58well that's true but murphy
02:01in the sexual life of a woman
02:03there are ebbs
02:05and there are flows
02:09and frankly your tide's been out for a long long time
02:14what surf's up now murphy ride that flow be spontaneous be romantic
02:24i don't know really i guess just the words spontaneous and romantic don't spring to mind when i think of you that's all
02:33no i'd say those two came in right around dainty
02:37did it ever occur to you that i might be just a little bit shy in expressing my feelings
02:46so back off
02:52hey everybody
02:54hey peter we were just talking about you
02:57peter how's that uh new show viewers going what's it called again here and there
03:01now and then oh maybe later
03:04now and tomorrow
03:06oh right right
03:08you know it is so hard to keep track of all the new magazine shows you know the way they just
03:12drank them right off the air like that
03:15but hey i'm sure you're gonna be fine
03:18well thanks frank you know how much your opinion means to me
03:25hi hi
03:26hi
03:27sir
03:27yep
03:28listen i made a reservation for two at a cozy little bistro i know of
03:32supposed by the name of phil's
03:34great i've been dying to try it
03:36hey peter i just had the craziest idea
03:39my work plans have changed and i'm stuck with a free weekend and reservations at a tropical hotel
03:45in the cayman islands bear with me here i'm just kind of thinking on my feet but um
03:50what do you say i just whisk you away for a romantic weekend huh what do you say about that
03:55i'm impressed spontaneous romantic thanks perky
04:09what do you say about that
04:18nice room
04:34great view
04:39mints on the pillow
04:46mints on the pillow
04:50what's that
05:08what's that
05:10don't tell me you've forgotten already
05:12it's like fyi fax me something
05:24this is good
05:30oh
05:32oh this is very very good
05:37thanks i've been working on it
05:41don't move i'll be right back
05:44okay
05:46it looks like my story may not be as dead as i thought
05:50your story murphy
05:54jeez miles do you always answer the phone with your mouth full
05:56this will just take a minute
05:59oh that's that's fine
06:01don't worry about me
06:03i'll just
06:05fill out this room survey
06:07no no no you were right to fax me so when did you hear this would you categorize the check-in staff
06:13is helpful and courteous
06:15me too
06:17so what's his link to the organization
06:21yeah
06:24that sounds a little tentative but maybe it's okay
06:28is he willing to come forward
06:30you know murphy
06:32you're busy
06:34and uh
06:36very very hot
06:38i just
06:39go on down to the pool and cool off
06:46yeah fax me all of the notes from my office and make sure you look under my desk i might have
06:50thronged some of them right exactly would you mind rubbing some of this on my back
07:08send me everything you can get your hands on especially bank statements if you can find them
07:13right right no no i can take care of that from this end i'll contact him as soon as i hang up
07:19great okay peter
07:23yes can you get me that pan thanks
07:32remember when summer stood for r and r and r
07:35are rest relaxation and reruns the greatest summers of my life
07:40not anymore now some tv networks air new shows with unknown characters and unfamiliar
07:47plot lines right in the middle of your summer it's like school it's not fair luckily there's easy tv
07:54summer on nick at night each night chill out with two easy four-hour marathons of shows you already know
08:00your love
08:03peter there you are sorry i just lost track of the time but as of this moment i am all yours
08:10so you want to go to the pool i'm available now for that suntan ocean thing murphy the sun set an hour ago
08:18so it has moonlight walk on the beach i've actually never done one of those myself but
08:23i've seen it on greeting cards and it looks quite pleasant
08:29you go on ahead i gotta get some thoughts down here the weirdest thing happened
08:33i'm sitting here losing my 87th game of liar's dice with jimmy and i run into this old buddy of mine
08:39you got a buddy in the cayman islands yeah that guy's an arms merchant one of the nice ones
08:45anyway we're knocking down a couple of beers and he tells me about the shipment that's going to the
08:50islamic jihad now he's not exactly sure where the cash is coming from but he thinks some charity is
08:55laundering it through a bank here in cayman and he says he can put me in contact with somebody who can
09:00give me more information isn't that great great wait till i tell miles can i have a phone please miles
09:09we didn't have enough to go with for next week's show but this is the proof i need for my story
09:14i may just have to think of a few new ways to thank you tonight your story oh boy and i thought
09:24that moment on the plane we both wanted the window seat was awkward you'll just give me the name of
09:29your friend i can't do that murphy this is my story i'm sure that you meant it was your story but
09:39now that you realize it's my story you'll just hand over your information to me i already called
09:45it into my producer she wants me to run with it you're doing the story i'm doing the store you
09:50can't do the story it is my story i had it first first there's no first in journalism there is a
09:57first there's a first one i have it first he wouldn't have even stumbled across this story if i
10:03hadn't brought you here for a relaxing weekend of fun and romance so those napkins are mine no no no
10:09they're not come on if we've been up in that room setting records the way we're supposed to be i
10:13never would have wandered down here and found the story in the first place so you got nobody to blame
10:18but yourself right my fault my napkins no no no my buddy my napkins my story well well well well
10:31i guess we've discovered where the line is haven't we oh come on murphy you had a lead on the story
10:39you wouldn't just hand it over to somebody else if i'm not mistaken aren't you the one who locked
10:44diane sawyer in the sauna to keep her from scooping your yeltsin interview first of all it was a steam
10:51room a sauna would have killed her and let me tell you that woman's skin never looked lovelier
10:59besides this is completely different i didn't sleep with diane sawyer i didn't squirt suntan
11:04lotion on diane sawyer then that article in the inquirer wasn't true
11:08all right i didn't want to say this but you forced me into it
11:23i think this story is out of your league
11:25oh really and what league might that be the humboldt award-winning league because i'm definitely in
11:36that one oh please do you actually think your one measly humboldt can stand up to my five my peabody
11:44can trump your humboldts any day that is so like a man always bragging about his peabody
11:56all right what do you want to do murphy you want to share the story we'll share the story we can run
11:59it on both shows oh right when your show airs on monday and mine is on wednesdays very sneaky pd
12:06i'm sneaky how come you never mentioned anything about the story until i broke it wide open
12:11you are a selfish story-stealing vulture and you are a cocky self-serving snake liar weasel cutthroat worm
12:22you know in a movie this would be the exact moment we would fall into each other's arms
12:28i'd rather kiss dirt i pity the dirt
12:33well looks like i won't be needing this
12:47or these
12:51or that
13:03excuse me we didn't order this i did before ah enjoy oh to see my galipi duty top
13:17uh look we won't be needing this anymore i i thought we'd be hungry but we're not
13:31ah nico salanda
13:37that's great that's really that's okay thank you we'll just
13:42i'm not lady and he's not the tramp so much as we appreciate this little scenario we want it
13:57uh
14:14well
14:18this candlelight's sort of chipping away at this good anger i had going towards you really i'm okay with the
14:24candlelight it's the damn water lapping at the shore noise that's driving me nuts
14:31you know it would be a shame to waste the strawberries
14:35on the view and that thing in your suitcase
14:41you know murphy i don't think we should let a little thing like the islamic jihad come between us
14:46what do you say we just forget about the story for tonight story what story
14:53you know peter
15:00peter
15:01uh-huh
15:02don't take this the wrong way but you're gritty and greasy and you smell like flipper
15:07you don't find that alluring
15:15i'll be lying on the beach i'll i'll be right back
15:28uh
15:38uh
15:40uh
15:42uh
15:50Frank Frank it's me no Peter didn't have a diving accident but thanks for asking
16:05listen I need you to run a name check for me it's spoken Bruce spoken b-o-l-k-i-n you got that
16:15when you call back if I don't answer use an alias I'll explain later I gotta go bye
16:20hi here I am all squeaky clean and minty fresh you miss me oh I sure did where were we
16:35boy somebody's got a lot of energy tonight
16:50what do you think about this oh well like that that's good that's good let's just go a little
17:09more here yeah oh that's nice your arm I don't know what it is but my arm is just on fire okay
17:20Murphy your arms aren't that long
17:24what's going on ah that's go to the bathroom
17:54I am I forgot my brush there is yeah I'll miss you every minutes an hour
18:14it's me did you set it up
18:30now
18:33all right look I'll be downstairs in five minutes Ellie we're in a blue shirt
18:42where are you going get some ice
18:53what do you need your clothes for it's just down the hall
18:58thought it might be cold near all that ice
19:03I'll probably be okay
19:08Peter huh
19:14where's your bucket
19:18I only want one cube
19:22I'll get it
19:27hello
19:28it's for you
19:31someone by the name of Stavros
19:35this kid take a minute
19:39why don't you get the ice
19:41okay
19:42I'll be back
19:45Stavros
19:59oh great alias Frank
20:01no never mind what did you come up with
20:03no that's it that's all you got well I think he's got some information
20:09what that is some pretty shoddy checking Frank that's all
20:14oh wait I gotta go he's past the ice machine
20:17just as I suspected going to get ice huh
20:30it just so happens I thought the ice in the bar would be fresher
20:33oh the jig is above I am on to you
20:37let's forget about the story we came here to be together
20:39it is just one lie after another with you isn't it Pinocchio Pete
20:43well at least my lies aren't pathetic
20:46at least I'm not getting phone calls from Stavros Fontana the greco-italian spy
20:51and what about this whisking me away stuff
20:55the only thing you wanted to whisk away was my notes
20:57how dare you
20:59okay
21:00maybe I thought about it
21:02but to actually do something like that
21:05I would think you would know me better
21:08I do know you
21:09that's why I know you would do something like that
21:11oh yeah well only someone who would do something like that
21:13would think someone would do something like that
21:16well I would and I do
21:17oh yeah
21:18yeah
21:19well you have clammy feet
21:21oh
21:24oh so that's the direction this is heading
21:27well that's just fine because
21:28you have a few sleeping habits I'd like to discuss
21:31Miss Drooly Face
21:33oh that is very
21:35drool drool drool
21:37excuse me
21:38are you Peter Hunt
21:42uh yes I am
21:45before you say a word to this man
21:47I think it's only fair to tell you
21:48this was my story
21:49listen she just told that palm tree she was Cokie Roberts
21:52ignore her
21:53she's a wacko
21:54you know you might have recognized me for my award winning SNL report
21:57did you see my piece in time magazine
21:59put it on me
22:00let me buy you a drink
22:01I'll tell you all about it
22:02you can't just barge in here and bribe my source
22:05oh your source
22:07yes there's no first but there's yours apparently
22:09yes you could just
22:10yours as in mine
22:11my friend
22:13excuse me
22:14I'm the night clerk
22:16I just have a note for Mr. Hunt
22:19but
22:20they do like confidits
22:22beat it
22:23no that wasn't just to you
22:26but it's only fair that I see it
22:27he's gone
22:28what
22:28he's gone
22:29my source is gone
22:31he's not showing
22:31Mr. Hunt I was here but there were two lunatics in robes making a scene
22:35sorry I missed you but I couldn't risk being recognized
22:37I'm taking
22:38Sam Donaldson
22:41he's telling our story to Sam Donaldson
22:45I guess Sam's staying down at the hill
22:47this is just great
22:53we ruined our weekend
22:55we blew the story
22:57and now that everyone's seen us in these robes
23:00it'll be impossible to sneak them out of here in our suitcases
23:03what kind of people do this
23:09what kind of people screw each other over just for a story
23:13you know Peter
23:15I don't foresee giving up being a reporter anytime soon
23:21and um
23:21I'm assuming you don't either
23:24maybe we ought to set some ground rules
23:27good idea
23:29we may end up competing for another story again
23:32it'd be nice if one of us actually got it
23:35okay
23:37my first ground rule is
23:40that I will do whatever it takes to get a story
23:42even if I have to squash you like a bug in the process
23:47but that doesn't mean I don't care for you
23:53fair enough
23:55and I will regard you as a vicious competitor
23:58if you get between me and a story
24:00I will make your life a living hell
24:02but it won't mean I'm not crazy about you
24:06oh boy
24:10all this cutthroat underhanded maneuvering has worn me out
24:15what do you say we call it a day
24:17we still have some of that chocolate sauce waiting for us upstairs
24:22I like the way you think
24:24um
24:26I tell you what
24:29why don't you go on out
24:31and I'll be there in a minute
24:32I'm just gonna get a club soda at the bar
24:36the bar at the Hilton
24:38and while I'm gone
24:41you're gonna call your buddy
24:42don't wait up
24:46I'll leave a light on
24:47are you tired of doing stuff?
24:59yes
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