All language subtitles for Murphy Brown s04e01 Uh-Oh

I need love, love to ease my mind. I
need to find,

find someone to call mine.

When mama said you can't hurry love, no,
you just have to wait.

She said love.

And then you try chewing it, but what's
the point? Because it's just a slippery

mess.

and Miss Worried.

We're talking about a woman who's proven
she can handle any situation, no matter

how difficult.

She once had a date with Ted Kennedy,
for God's sake.

Let's just stay out of her affairs. It
is simply not right to...

We've lost her.

Don't just stand there. Do something.

Corky, this is the woman's thing.

Go in there.

Talk about freshness.

I've lost her hair for a while.

Then ask her what's going on. Me?

I'm not going in there alone. You go.

Oh, yes. I'm very good at this sort of
thing. Excuse me, Murphy. I notice

wearing strange animals on your feet and
you spoke to bones. Is there anything

you'd like to tell me? All right.

Just hold on a minute. Somebody has got
to get through to her.

Fourteen years.

There isn't anything Murph and I haven't
been able to talk about.

I'll handle it.

God be with you, Frank.

Murph, can I come in?

Thanks.

Let me... Let me just start out by
saying that I know you're confused.

I know you're upset, but I'm your best
friend.

You can talk to me.

at midnight.

Murph, come on. Now I'm reaching out
here. Talking is good.

It's healthy. Now, try to open up.

Okay.

I think I'm pregnant.

What? I said I think... I heard you the
first time. What's wrong with you?

You don't just say a thing like that.
You lead up to it a little bit. You put

few sentences in front of it. You talk
about the weather, sports, and...

Didn't seem the appropriate time to
bring up that incoming high -pressure

system.

I took one of those home pregnancy
tests.

The stick was blue. A positive result.

Murph, I'm going to tell you something
now.

And I hope you don't think less of me
for this, but I've got to get out of

I don't know how to deal with a problem
like this. You'll look to me for advice.

I could give you the wrong answer.

Okay, you can go.

This is what best friends do, right?

They're strong.

They're supportive.

Are you out of your mind?

Running around with two guys having
unprotected sex in the 90s? Oh, a little

credit here. I was not running around
with two guys. I was with one man. One

man.

One time. Which one? Jake or Jerry? Oh,
man.

not sure i want to hear this and i'm not
going to tell you it wouldn't be right

to tell you before i tell him let's just
say that the

man and i have very strong feelings for
each other i was trying to avoid a

physical relationship so my judgment
wouldn't get clouded but you know me

i have sex about as often as we get a
democrat for president i was a walking

I wanted to be sure to protect myself. I
didn't want to get into a situation

that could be hazardous to my health, so
just in case, the man and I decided to

have blood tests.

Clean bill of health, no problems.

Oh, I can't tell you how relieved I am
to hear that.

Then, one afternoon, the man came to my
office to take me to lunch.

It was totally spontaneous. I was like
Mount St. Helens, Frank.

What are you saying? That it happened in
this room?

Take any precautions.

I'm 42 years old, Frank.

All my friends are going to fertility
clinics paying doctors a lot of money to

get pregnant.

It never occurred to me I'd be any
different.

I did it once.

Once. And bingo!

It's like you wanted it to happen.
Wanted it to happen? How could I?

Okay, maybe it is my last chance to have
a kid.

Ever.

But I don't have room in my life.

I can't be distracted?

What am I going to say? Excuse me, Mr.
President. Could you speak a little

louder? I can't hear you over my breast
pump.

Oh.

And what about your travel schedule?

What do you do? Do you take the kid with
you? Do you leave it at home with a

nanny? In public school or private
school? And how do you handle the

question? Do you make them take music
lessons? And what the hell comes after

a little teapot short and stout? Do you
see what I'm going through here, Frank?

Oh, God.

I'm sweating. My head is soaked.

But I'm okay.

Keep talking. I think this is going
well.

There's an even bigger question, Frank.

Would something happen to me if I became
a mother?

I mean, would I lose my edge?

And if I don't, what kind of mother am
I?

What are you going to do, Murph? I don't
know. Do you have any thoughts, any

feelings one way or the other? I don't
know.

I never thought I'd be in a situation
like this.

thought I was too smart.

Does that mean I have to live with my
mistake?

Does a child have to live with it?

I know I have the right to make this
decision.

I just didn't expect it would be this
hard.

Okay.

I'm going to give you some advice.

I think you should definitely not have
the baby.

No habit.

Habit, but look into adoption.

Definitely one of those.

Has any of this helped you? No.

What am I going to do, Frank? I have no
idea.

I mean, is it possible that the test was
wrong? Maybe you didn't do it right.

It's not that complicated, Frank. I
mean, there's putting on shoes.

What?

this morning.

Look,

Frank, you're right.

I should call my doctor, make an
appointment.

And in the meantime, I should take
another test. I could be worrying over

nothing. Right, maybe it's nothing.

Okay, Frank, if I'm late for the morning
meeting, just tell Miles I had to stop

at the drugstore.

And Frank, thanks for the shoulder.

Just don't go anywhere.

I may need the other one.

Nine out of ten doctors recommended for
relief of heartburn, indigestion, and

gas.

That's nine out of ten doctors. What
more do you want?

Their names.

And where did they go to medical school?
They never tell you that, do they? You

know, every time I come in here, you try
to sell me what's on special. So don't

buy the product. See if I care.

Just don't come crying to me during
sweep month when all you network guys

the damn place with your colons and
overdrive.

Just picking up my monthly supplies.

How about you?

Um, same.

Same.

Oh,

gee, it's almost 10 o 'clock.

You don't want to be late for the
morning meeting.

That would be a first, wouldn't it?
You're right. Better get going.

Come on, Murphy, give me your basket. My
treat. Oh, no, it's okay. I still have

something around I want to do.

Oh, look, gnomes are on sale.

See? Here's Turkle, the little banjo
player.

We've got to go, Murphy. Let me have
your basket. I mean...

How often do I get a chance to treat my
star reporter to something? Just as long

as you don't have a Ferrari hidden in
here.

Murphy, what are these?

What? What are what?

These boxes.

They're home pregnancy tests.

They are?

Well, that's not my basket.

I must have picked up somebody else's
basket.

Ah, here we are. Ma 'am, I think I have
your basket.

And I'll take that one. Hey, girly, you
get your hands off my basket or I'm

calling the manager.

Well,

looks like I'm left holding the basket,
so to speak.

You've got five seconds to tell me
something that will prevent my heart

I think I'm pregnant.

Let's go talk in the cotton ball aisle.
There's better sound absorption.

Look, Miles, I didn't mean for you to
find out about this right now. There's

still a possibility I'm not pregnant.

What do you mean a possibility?

How much of a possibility?

More than a 50 % chance?

51 %?

75? 98? How much? How much?

Not much.

How can you be pregnant?

You're 42 years old.

Almost 43.

Closer to 43 than to 42.

And that's extremely old for eggs. They
don't have that kind of shelf life.

Deal with this.

How do you deal with this?

You are a major network news star, a
role model.

How many unmarried pregnant role models
have you ever seen on Pride Time?

None. Zero.

Garnished. I don't know. Sometimes
audiences surprise us. Right, right,

I'll be surprised in a dark alley by
Reverend Wildman. Would that make you

happy? And what about the job?

How will you get stories?

What happens when your face gets like a
cassava melon and we have to use the

jaws of life to get you out of the
anchor chair and I think I'm having an

ephelism?

Then maybe it's just a mistake.

Yes, maybe you didn't follow the
directions on the box. That could have

right.

Let's do it right now.

Okay, what do we got here?

No messy cups? No droppers? That's good.

I think there's a restroom in the back.
Is your bladder full? What am I, a four

-page project?

I can do this by myself. Get away from
me.

You're right.

You're right. You're right. I'm not
worried about this.

I'm not.

And I... I'm sure one day very soon
we'll be sitting in Phil's talking about

this and having a good laugh.

Laugh with me now, Murphy.

All right.

When will you know for sure?

Tomorrow morning.

I'll keep you posted.

Keep you posted?

You do that, you keep the executive
producer posted.

You're looking for me.

I'll be at the cardiac care ward at
the...

Yo, Juliet!

from the planet Gertrude.

You know, you've been in that bathroom
for almost two hours now. No offense or

anything, but I would have expected you
to come out looking a lot better.

I wasn't putting on makeup, Eldon. No
kidding.

I just want to warn you, Eldon, I'm in a
very fragile state of mind right now.

Any attempt to change my mood will fail,
so proceed at your own risk.

What am I going to do? What am I going
to do? What am I going to do?

What are you going to do?

What am I going to do?

Linseed oil just went up a dollar a can.

Well, you don't see me letting my
appearance go to hell.

Eldon, someone's coming over here now.

A man.

Because there's something I have to tell
him.

And the something I have to tell this
man is very private.

Oh, yeah? What is it? I'm trying to be
subtle here, Eldon. I know it's not a

skill I'll ever master, so could you
give me a break, okay?

Would you mind going home now?

Oh.

This again.

Okay, fine.

Fine, but just let me say this.

You would think after living under the
same roof for three years, there would

no more secrets.

I mean, after you let someone shave
their legs with your putty knife, you'd

think there'd be a little truss.

I'll get that on my way out.

You're gonna make me go.

I didn't do nothing.

Eldon? Yeah, yeah.

Look, let me just say this. If she says
she's gonna marry you, I still get to

keep my own towels. I was here first.

Hello, Mark.

Hello, Jake.

I brought you these.

They're beautiful.

You shouldn't have.

Yeah, that's pretty much what the
security guard said.

I got him out of the White House Rose
Garden.

You know, I can still jump a fence
pretty good.

Jake, we have to talk.

I know.

You've asked me to marry you every day
for the last three weeks.

You've been very patient waiting for my
answer.

But, Jake, something's happened.

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll
just say it.

I'm pregnant.