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Murphy Brown•Season 5•Episode 13

Games Mother Play

7.3/10 · 48 votesJan 4, 199330 min

Ranked #19 of 25 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

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.

Directed byPeter Bonerz

Written byGary Dontzig, Steven Peterman

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Seasons10

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Season 5 Episodes25

You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (1)

You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato (2)

Life After Birth

Black, White & Brown

I Never Sang for My Husband

Night of Living News

A Year to Remember

Midnight Plane to Paris

Me Thinks My Parents Doth Protest Too Much

Winners Take All

Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part

I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas

E13 7.3Now viewing

Games Mother Play

The British Invasion

Back to the Ball

The Intern

Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye

The World According to Avery

Bump in the Night

To Market, to Market

Two For the Road

Murphy and the Amazing Leaping Man

The Egg & I

Ship of Phil's

One

Cast7

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Murphy Brown

Faith Ford

Faith Ford

Corky Sherwood

Joe Regalbuto

Joe Regalbuto

Frank Fontana

Charles Kimbrough

Charles Kimbrough

Jim Dial

Grant Shaud

Grant Shaud

Miles Silverberg

Robert Pastorelli

Robert Pastorelli

Eldin Bernecky

Pat Corley

Pat Corley

Phil

Crew3

G

Gary Dontzig

Writer

S

Steven Peterman

Writer

Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz

Director

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Episode Summary

"Games Mother Play" is episode 13 of Murphy Brown season 5. It scored 7.3/10 from 48 votes, ranking #19 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Peter Bonerz and written by Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman, it aired on January 4, 1993.

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