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The Best Episodes of Murphy Brown Season 2

Every episode of Murphy Brown Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murphy Brown Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 23 - Frank's Appendectomy
    8.1/10(66 votes)

    S2:E23

    A series of outrageous practical jokes, which start with a visit from ""Deep Throat,"" get out of hand.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 2 - Anchors Away
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    S2:E2

    The network sends Jim on a temporary assignment in Libya, allowing executives to audition handsome young reporter Miller Redfield as his possible replacement. Murphy and the rest of the FYI staff unite to undermine the network’s plan.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Kathryn Baker

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  3. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 11 - Brown Like Me (2)
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    S2:E11

    The sparks and the barbs fly back and forth; however, eventually the Browns call a truce. To quote Murphy: ""Interesting family, kind of like a Fellini version of the Waltons.""

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 4 - TV or Not TV
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    S2:E4

    A television network develops a sitcom inspired by FYI and sends glamorous actress Julia St. Martin to study Murphy for the leading role. Although the staff initially resents the project, everyone soon becomes eager to influence how they will be portrayed.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 14 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    S2:E14

    Corky is having a New Year's Eve party, and Murphy wants to avoid it. Everyone challenges her to be able enjoy the occasion without the her old vice. Sober, Murphy can still bring life to a dull party.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 15 - Subpoena Envy
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    S2:E15

    Murphy is subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury, but instead of divulging her source she goes to jail. Prison is not what she hoped for or expected, but then neither is the duration of her stay.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  7. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 20 - Heart of Gold
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    S2:E20

    When Murphy learns things about Jerry Gold that no one else is privy to, she looks at him in a different light. They begin to have an affair that shocks everyone at FYI.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  8. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 5 - Miles' Big Adventure
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    S2:E5

    While on vacation, Miles' return flight is delayed by an Air Force pilot who has hijacked an F15-Eagle loaded with nuclear warheads.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 10 - Brown Like Me (1)
    7.6/10(73 votes)

    S2:E10

    Murphy is set to receive the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, so the rest of the staff convince her that at least one of her estranged parents should attend. She concedes and invites her father, but the sparks fly when her father arrives with his new young wife and child and later her mother shows up.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 16 - I Want My FYI
    7.6/10(64 votes)

    S2:E16

    Miles asks the staff to be mentors for a group of young reporters who will be doing a pilot for FYI For Kids; Murphy over helps her protégé.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 9 - Roasted
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    S2:E9

    The staff plans a surprise roast for Jim on his 25th anniversary at the network, he tells Murphy before the event that he ""couldn't handle a chance meeting with anyone I know.""

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 13 - Here's to You Mrs. Kinsella
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    S2:E13

    While Murphy is throwing a birthday party for Gene Kinsella, Miles recognizes a woman he had a one-night stand with at a broadcaster's convention, Mrs. Kinsella. However, Kinsella thinks that his wife is having an affair with Frank.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  13. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 26 - Going to the Chapel (1)
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    S2:E26

    When a ""geek"" from her high school days comes to Washington, Corky's mother & his mother arrange to have them get together. They meet, fall in love, and within two weeks announce their plans to get married. Corky runs out into the night with Eldin, when she thinks that maybe she hasn't really experienced life.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 27 - Going to the Chapel (2)
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    S2:E27

    Upon returning, Corky decides to go ahead with the wedding, but the event is marred by even more last minute indecision, and then Murphy brings out the ""soul.""

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 1 - The Brothers Silverberg
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    S2:E1

    Miles becomes increasingly uncomfortable when his confident older brother, Josh, visits Washington and immediately develops a mutual attraction with Murphy. His efforts to interfere in their relationship quickly become intrusive.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 7 - Whose Garbage is it Anyway?
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    S2:E7

    Jerry Gold bets the staff that they can't be environmentally responsible for a two week period, if they lose Murphy must appear on his show.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  17. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 12 - The Strike
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    S2:E12

    To start a significant dialog, Murphy decides she will break the technicians' strike by bringing both sides together for cake and conversation.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman

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  18. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 21 - On the Road Again
    7.4/10(56 votes)

    S2:E21

    On a publicity jaunt, Murphy and Jim find themselves snowbound in Kansas. While killing time in the bar Murphy challenges Jim's ability to flirt, something Jim may later regret.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  19. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 3 - The Memo that Got Away
    7.3/10(55 votes)

    S2:E3

    A teenage computer hacker obtains a private memorandum in which Murphy candidly evaluates her colleagues. When he threatens to publish it in his school newspaper, Murphy attempts to recover the document before the FYI staff discovers what she wrote about them.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Denise Moss, Sy Dukane

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  20. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 19 - Bad Girls
    7.3/10(62 votes)

    S2:E19

    It's February and sweeps month, so Miles gets Murphy and Corky to pose as hookers to break open an oil company scandal.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writers:Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman

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  21. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 22 - But First a Word From Our Sponsor
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    S2:E22

    A worried viewer urges advertisers to boycott FYI for an upcoming piece Murphy has on sex education. Murphy flies out to keep the one sponsor they have for the controversial show.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 24 - Fax or Fiction
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    S2:E24

    When a secret admirer sends a fax to Miles, Murphy takes it as a challenge to answer for him and then winds up starting a correspondence.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 6 - Buddies Schmuddies
    7.2/10(58 votes)

    S2:E6

    Frank and Murphy compete for the same story, but their intense competition puts the story in jeopardy. Phil, to improve his business at night, tries adding live entertainment to the bar.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Russ Woody

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  24. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 8 - And the Whiner Is...
    7.2/10(60 votes)

    S2:E8

    Murphy & Frank lose the Humboldt Award to Corky. Then to ride the PR wave, the network brass decide to give next week's lead story to the award winner.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Kathryn Baker

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  25. Murphy Brown Season 2 Episode 18 - The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting
    7.2/10(51 votes)

    S2:E18

    Murphy's journalism mentor from her high school days has retired, to combat inactivity he comes to Washington to open a journalism school using her name.

    Director:Barnet Kellman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Frank's Appendectomy" is the best rated episode of Murphy Brown season 2. It scored 8.1/10 from 66 votes. Directed by Barnet Kellman and written by Unknown, it aired on April 9, 1990. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Anchors Away".