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Murphy Brown · S5 · E11

Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part

  • TV-PG
  • Dec 7, 1992
  • 30 min

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.

About this episode

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.

Season 5

25 episodes
  1. 1You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1)

    30 minSep 21, 1992

    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.

  2. 2You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2)

    30 minSep 21, 1992

    Murphy is angry over the Vice President's comments about her choice of ""family values,"" while trying to deal with her choice.

  3. 3Life After Birth

    30 minSep 28, 1992

    During her first day back at FYI, Murphy discovers just how hard it is to leave the baby at home with a nanny.

  4. 4Black, White & Brown

    30 minOct 5, 1992

    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.

  5. 5I Never Sang for My Husband

    30 minOct 12, 1992

    Doris, feeling that her life is miserable, decides to become a cabaret singer and Jim has hard time dealing with it.

  6. 6Night of Living News

    30 minOct 26, 1992

    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.

  7. 7A Year to Remember

    30 minNov 2, 1992

    While working their way through Election Day, the staff recalls casting their first votes.

  8. 8Midnight Plane to Paris

    30 minNov 9, 1992

    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.

  9. 9Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much

    30 minNov 16, 1992

    Miles is embarrassed when his activist parents come to Washington for a large demonstration.

  10. 10Winners Take All

    30 minNov 23, 1992

    The Museum of Broadcast Arts awards ceremony honoring FYI turns into a colossal battle of egos and nobody has a bigger one than Murphy.

  11. 11Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part

    30 minDec 7, 1992Now viewing

    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.

  12. 12I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas

    30 minDec 14, 1992

    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.

  13. 13Games Mother Play

    30 minJan 4, 1993

    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.

  14. 14The British Invasion

    30 minJan 11, 1993

    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.

  15. 15Back to the Ball

    30 minJan 18, 1993

    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.

  16. 16The Intern

    30 minFeb 1, 1993

    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.

  17. 17Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye

    30 minFeb 8, 1993

    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.

  18. 18The World According to Avery

    30 minFeb 15, 1993

    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.

  19. 19Bump in the Night

    30 minFeb 21, 1993

    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.

  20. 20To Market, to Market

    30 minMar 1, 1993

    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.

  21. 21Two For the Road

    30 minMar 15, 1993

    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.

  22. 22Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man

    30 minMar 22, 1993

    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.

  23. 23The Egg & I

    30 minMay 3, 1993

    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.

  24. 24Ship of Phil's

    30 minMay 10, 1993

    Murphy and Phil play for high stakes during their annual poker cruise aboard his houseboat. Miles suffers from an overdose of seasick medication.

  25. 25One

    30 minMay 17, 1993

    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 stars

Stephen Root