From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@perv.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: murphy brown - excellent!
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 16:44:37 GMT

In article <5W!G0IH!-@linac.fnal.gov> June Cummins Lewis, lewis@linac.fnal.gov writes:
>Ahrgh!  I set the VCR for this show, but forgot to take out my kid's 
>Thomas the Tank Engine video, so I didn't get to see it.  Can someone
>give a rundown of what happened?  I'd also like to know the name.
>Does it have something to do with Murphy's mother?
>
>June


Spoiler ahead...




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[I'm sure the quotes aren't verbatim...they just stick in my head this
way.  And...there were other things going on but this is the main stuff
as closely as I can remember it two days later.]

Okay...the episode starts out with Murphy getting ready to go to a 
European summit in Paris.  She's set to take baby Winston...

  Frank:  You're not naming him after Winston Churchill, are you?
  Murphy:  No Frank, I'm naming him after a cigarette.  I wanted to 
      name him after something I've given up and Ernest & Julio was too 
      long!

...with her to Paris with a nanny.  Someone (Miles?) asks Murphy when
she's going to pick the baby's real name and she says it's too hard to 
decide since he had no real personality...

  Murphy:  All he does is eat, sleep, and whine.
  Miles:  Why not name him Frank?

...When she gets home, Eldon tells her Maria Shriver had stopped by to
see her and hired the new nanny (played by Liz Torres) away.  The nanny
comes into the room and Murphy lights into her and offers to match all
of Maria's offers but the nanny is still determined to leave...

  Murphy:  What do Maria's kids have that mine doesn't?
  Nanny:  Different parents.

...After the nanny leaves, Eldon offers to take care of the baby while
she goes to Paris.  She agonizes over the decision and has a talk with
the baby about it.  She talks to him about his grandmother and how much
she would be loving all the trouble he's causing her.  The baby laughs
and she says that's all she needs...another Avery.  It dawns on her 
that Avery is the perfect name and decides to leave the baby with 
Eldon.  She hands the baby to Eldon...

  Murphy:  Take good care of Avery while I'm gone.
  Eldon (very pleased):  Avery?  I like it...I *really* like it.  
      What's his middle name?
  Murphy:  Middle name?
  Eldon:  He needs a middle name...how else will he know when you're
      mad at him?
  Murphy:  Well, gee...what's your middle name?
  Eldon:  Razimov.  [Or something...I really didn't catch it but it was
      weird.]
  Murphy:  Oh.  He'll *know* when I'm mad at him.

...She leaves and returns from the summit a day early to find Eldon and
Avery finger painting in identical outfits:  bib overalls over red 
plaid shirts with one of the bib hooks hanging loose.  They looked very
cute.  Murphy is all gushing over the baby and admits that she really
missed him.  She thanks Eldon for taking care of him while she was gone
and says she'll call the agency right away to get a new nanny.  Eldon
says he and Avery discussed matters while she was out of town and says
he'd love to take over -- that he does most of the work anyway.  Murphy
says she doesn't know about it and he starts saying how good a job he 
will do -- just look at how meticulous he's been with the house.  She 
protests that he's an artist not a nanny and he says he needs some 
hardship in his life in order to create art.  She finally agrees and
he's quite happy...

  Eldon (to Avery):  It's official...we're now a threesome.
  Murphy:  Yep...that's us...a typical American family.

That's it.  Too bad so many of you missed it...it was a great episode.

Joanna.

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