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She's not

I thought you wanted a tour of our plans.

Now you're accusing me of illegal dumping?

That's absurd.

Here's where I stuck your nail in. Did you see his eyes shift?

Mr.

Olsen, I have lease agreements showing that ships involved in toxic dumping off

New Jersey can be traced back through dummy corporations to you here at Rayco

Chemical. Lease agreements obtained from an anonymous source within your

company. A source?

Who is the source?

Never expected a source.

You see that bead of sweat? Right here. See it?

Boy, I could look at this all day.

Gee, isn't it time for lunch?

My golly, you're right. Stop it.

Well,

I see you're all jealous.

Okay, fine.

You'll just have to wait to see it on the Emmy.

Excuse me, Miss Brown.

Oh, boy. Here we go again.

Okay, first of all, you're 20 minutes late. Not a good sign on your first day.

And if you are any of the following, a smoker, a manic depressive, a trivia

expert, an S graduate, a fan of Donald Trump, or a collector of Nazi

memorabilia, this isn't going to work.

Miss Brown, I'm not here to work for you. Thank God.

Here.

You've been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

What? I love your show.

Bye.

The Justice Department is starting an investigation into Rayco Chemicals. They

want me to testify.

They're after my source.

I've been subpoenaed.

Congratulations,

Slugger. You brought honor to all of us at FYI. I'm so proud of you.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You call yourselves news people?

Am I the only one who sees a problem here?

Murphy, you can't tell them your source.

not. I have to uphold the cause of journalistic integrity and protect the

freedom of the press.

But if you refuse to testify, you can go to jail.

Congratulations,

Murph. I'm happy for you.

What's this, Frank?

Do I detect a little subpoena envy?

I can't help it. It's something I've always wanted. The accolades, the media

coverage, not to mention the dinner they throw for you at the press club.

Can I smell it?

Guys, guys, guys, I hate to rain on the parade, but don't you think we might be

jumping the gun here? I mean, how many journalists really go to jail anymore?

Who's the judge?

Norman Whitley.

Chauvinistic, conservative, sexist.

I'm in.

anything to get out of work.

Thanks, guys. This is a great send -off.

Could have been me. This party could have been for me.

No, stop it, Frank. It's getting old.

Murphy, I met with Legal. They're putting together a strong appeal. They

me they will have you out in a couple of hours. Hey, don't spring me too fast.

Give me time to down some chow in the mess hall. It'll play better on couple.

You people are so strange.

I am sorry, but I hate the idea of you being in prison, Murphy.

They'll call you names like...

and squeal.

And then some cruel matron will throw you into this big cement room.

You'll come back a hard and embittered woman.

And who will marry you then, Murphy?

Chances are by then I'll be more interested in you, Corky.

Mr. Fredrickson, you can't just show up here. It's very dangerous.

I know, but I had to talk to him.

In my office.

Mr.

Fredrickson, an anonymous source shouldn't be showing up in a reporter's

I know, but I heard they were going to throw you in jail until you revealed who

I am. Is that true?

Well, yes, but it's all part of the job. It gets a little dirty sometimes, a

little rough, but what can I say? Miss Brown, when I brought you that evidence,

I didn't think it'd land you in the bin.

I'm not going to let that happen. I'm going to go to that judge and come

right now.

Oh, let's not be rash about this, Mr.

Fredrickson. If you come forward, your days in shipping and handling would be

over. I know, but... And didn't you tell me you were up for a promotion? Well,

you can kiss that goodbye.

But putting you in jail doesn't seem like the right thing to do.

Right?

Right, and providing for your family, your lovely wife, Brenda, wasn't it? And

how many children did you say you had? Four?

Five? One.

One, right.

No siblings to rely on. Your child needs you, Mr. Fredrickson. Now, why don't

you just let me take the rap on this one, really?

This is my job. This is what I'm paid to do.

Well, I suppose you're right. Of course I'm right.

Now, why don't you go back to work and stop worrying about me? I'll be fine.

Brown, you are a remarkable woman. I will never forget this.

Oh, go on.

And this is our recreation center.

This is where our ladies like to socialize when they're not involved in

activities. Uh, wait a minute. I think there's been a mistake.

I was supposed to be transported to a prison.

Nestlebrook is a federal minimum security facility.

The Board of Corrections thought that because of who you are, you'd be much

safer here than in a county lockup.

Uh, look, I don't mean to complain, Ivy, but I'm supposed to be doing hard time.

You know, the pen, up the river, in the big house.

Oh, that's cute.

Actually, you'll be in bungalow three.

It's past the tennis courts and just before the pool.

Well, I guess that's everything.

Dinner is at six in the Monticello room.

Hello. Hello.

Bess Sherman.

Murphy Brown.

So, what are you in for?

Insider trading.

And this is Sidney Lewis.

Eight counts of embezzlement.

I didn't do it.

I wish you'd stop introducing me that way, Bess. It was a setup. I didn't do

Murphy, I believe we met once.

Millicent Bain.

Right, Congresswoman Bain. You siphoned half a million dollars from a school

bond into your re -election campaign.

Yes, well, that was a long time ago.

Long before I knew the Lord.

And why are you here, Murphy?

Oh, it's a First Amendment case. I'll just be here for a couple of hours, long

enough to have my press conference.

You'll be hearing about it soon.

So... What's the story on this place?

Well, women are committing more and more white -collar crime.

Isn't it wonderful?

We're finally starting up the economic ladder.

We've come a long way, baby.

I can't believe it. My summer camp was rougher than this place.

Oh. Well, perhaps you didn't realize we also have jobs around here. It's

considered a major part of our rehabilitation.

I work in a videotape library.

No one rewinds. There's such animals.

It's crochet hour.

Murphy, you want to join us?

I'm making lap ropes for a nearby convalescent home.

It's just a little thing we do to give something back to society.

Crochet? Gee, I think I'll take a pass.

I've got to prepare for my interviews, so I'll just leave you to your arts and

crafts.

Maybe you want to knit a shovel and dig your way out of here.

This can't be the right place.

There's an ice sculpture class on the front lawn, for God's sake.

Hi, guys.

Gee, you must have come for my press conference.

We've come to lend you a moral support, Murphy.

You'll understand if I don't look up. I've never been in a prison before, and

I'm trying to deal with my fear and disgust.

Oh, Murph, this is nice.

Kind of puts a damper on the martyr thing.

Hey, do you mind?

So, where's the press setting up? Not in front of the tennis courts, I hope.

Funny thing.

They're not showing up.

What? Talk about your bad timing. Those First Amendment stories are hot this

week. Seems that a performance arts student in Arkansas did an erotic

interpretation of The Last Supper. The university pulled his grant and he's

suing.

So? So a naked Pontius Pilate makes better copy than an anchorwoman doing

in the faculty lounge at Bryn Mawr.

I hate this place, Murphy.

How can you defend the Constitution in a prison that serves breathe?

Edward R. Murrow never ate breathe.

Hey, I'm sorry.

How do you think I feel? I'm sitting here with the committee to free Ivan

Boesky. And stop looking at the floor, Corky. I can't help it.

I love your carpet.

Boy, this really stinks.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Uh, Murphy.

My appeal did come through.

Well... Oh, God! It's not going to be much longer, Murphy. That darn legal

system is just a little trickier than we thought.

Oh, wow, they've got one of those stride masters.

What an adorable...

shirt. Is that 100 % cotton?

Can I get one of those in the gift shop?

Miles, I don't want to stay here.

They make us get up at 7.

We have to make our beds.

I have a roommate who has an autographed picture of Leona Helmsley on the wall.

Murphy, all you can do is try to be patient and top it out.

This is great. Let's see what this does.

I don't want to top it out, Miles. I hate this place.

It is horrible here. I might have to use the sauna after this.

Well, you don't understand.

This place isn't what it seems.

Tomorrow they're going to give me a job.

Oh, come on, Murphy. How bad could a job here be?

I'm sorry, the warden can't be disturbed.

Yes, I can take a message.

Could you talk a little slower, please? I don't know shorthand.

Reprieve. Wait a minute, that doesn't look right.

I before E. Hey, slow down, okay?

I did ask you nicely.

And now I'm telling you, slow down.

Hello? Governor?

Murphy!

Yes, warden.

Perhaps you'd care to explain this to me.

It's that letter you asked me to type. I made a few changes.

Murphy, you do not punch up the lead on a letter revoking someone's parole.

And look at these typos.

There, there, there.

You've been doing this for a week now. You're still not getting it. What

is your problem?

Well, it's not so easy trying to type something when someone is constantly

interrupting you with phone calls to be made and pestering you for files she

could easily get herself.

Perhaps you'd rather spend the rest of your time here gutting trout in the

kitchen.

I heard that.

Hey there, chain gang girl.

Here's that change of clothes you ordered.

Finally. Give it.

This is nice.

I particularly like that color selection for the east wing.

Mauve dusk. Excellent choice.

What is this?

I found it in the back of your closet, behind all those boxy suits you always

wear. I don't know why you don't wear it more often.

It was a Halloween costume from ten years ago I went as a hooker.

Oh, God!

I asked you for pantyhose!

Men hate pantyhose. You walk in the bathroom, the first thing you see are

two shrivelly little legs hanging over the shower rod like creatures that are

alive. You look away, but it's too late. The mood is gone.

Alvin, I want you to go back to my house and bring me something I can wear

without being mistaken for Jessica Hahn.

Shut up!

I can see your rehabilitation still has a long way to go.

I'd like to leave.

Oh, and don't feel you have to hurry home because I took up the floorboards

your foyer and I don't think you can make the jump.

Obviously. we'll need to review the intercom procedure.

But first, I am still waiting for that letter. I'll need lunch reservations for

1 .30 and get me a fresh cup of coffee. This one is stale.

Mr. Fredrickson, this is Murphy Brown.

Oh, okay.

You know, we haven't talked since that day you came by the office, and I

maybe you'd like to stop by for a little visit, and we could just, you know,

chat.

They say the best things in life are things you can save them for the first

time. Just give me money.

That's what I... A boardwalk with one very large, very red hotel, which makes

the rent...

thousand dollars listen murphy uh maybe we can cut some sort of a deal

i um i had to liquidate my hard assets to fight off this hostile

takeover of marvin gardens well excuse me i was just trying to thin our

economy's bloated middle management oh inside traders open an inside trade wait

a minute sydney what do you think you're doing

Nothing. I was just making change.

Making change? My, you're skimming money from the bank, and you're real good at

that, aren't you?

No, I didn't do it.

Oh, please.

Okay, Congresswoman, I'll take your railroad, and we're even. A little

from the private sector.

Roll the dice, Bess.

Just give me more.

Quitters. Yes, Mr.

Fredrickson. I came as soon as I could.

So this is where they put you.

Nice.

Don't be fooled, Mr. Fredrickson. It's still a jail, and I'm a prisoner

of my personal freedoms.

Do you mind, Edna? We'd like a little privacy.

Here's why I asked you here, Mr. Fredrickson.

We have a little problem. We do?

Yeah. You know, when we decided you shouldn't come forward to testify, it

sense. But that was many, many days ago. And now I've heard they're having

trouble bringing an indictment against Rayco.

It looks like the bad guys are winning.

That doesn't seem fair.

No, it doesn't.

We need to do something.

Do you have any ideas, Mr. Fredrickson?

No, not really.

Okay, well...

Looks like we should just sort through this and see if we can't come up with

something.

Now, I guess I could cave in and give your name to the judge, but now that

be turning my back on freedom of the press.

So, that leaves us with what?

What?

Hey, you know what this is starting to sound like? I think your original

instinct was right.

You can come forward and nail these guys, really nail them. Doesn't that

right?

No.

Not really.

Not coming forward was the best thing I ever did.

That promotion that we talked about, well, I got it. Plus a company car and a

four -week vacation.

And with the salary that they gave me, I got some new power tools and a brand

-new stereo system. It's not as nice as the one you've got here, but it's nice.

If you don't come forward, nothing will change.

I'll still be here, waiting.

Miss Brown, I know that is the one thing that has been bothering my conscience.

Now that I see this, I mean, this is really nice.

No, it isn't. It's not what it seems.

Last night, my cable went out.

I'm sorry, Miss Brown. I know that my testifying would speed things up for

but I've come too far to do that.

I hope you understand.

Goodbye, Miss Brown.

No, I don't understand.

Hey, get back here, you little rat.

You snitch.

Stewie!

The sun will come out.

When you speak to her, keep your voice down. You don't wanna startle her.

Murphy? Murphy?

Grandpa?

Murphy?

I have good news.

Happy news.

The judge heard your appeal and granted your relief.

He ruled that your First Amendment rights outweighed the court's need for

information.

Do you understand?

It's over.

After all these weeks, I'm free?

I can't believe it.

Come on, Murphy.

I'm taking you home.

Wait a minute, Miles.

I have to say goodbye to some people.

Just like I said.

Yes, goodbye.

Goodbye.

You know, we've shared some pretty hard times together.

But I believe that when you look back on this, you'll come to understand that my

time here meant something.

Freedom of the press is not just an abstract principle.

It's the backbone of our society.

I believe it was Oliver Wendell Holmes who once said... Sit down! You're

blocking the TV!

I'm ready to go now, Miles.

Murphy!

Will!

Wharton! Looks like I'm getting out of this stinking toilet.

Oh, no, you're not.

We have a problem. A big problem.

What? Oh, I think you know.

You're worth $45 in late videotape charges.

Pay her, Miles.

$45? Are you kidding?

You could buy... Buy a brand new tape for half that. I think you should fight

this movie.