Murphy is perplexed and angry when everyone on the staff is invited to the inaugural ball of President-elect Bush. Was it something she reported? Miles debates about asking a taller woman to the ball.

Miles suspends Murphy for her handling of an interview. So she leaves the office for two weeks and becomes miserable.

Cupid strikes the staff when Murphy reluctantly fixes Frank up on the condition he finds someone for her. Murphy's latest secretary has a crush on Jim.

To get the public to see Frank's piece on the homeless, the FYI team competes with Jerry Gold's show on its level, with surprising results.

Murphy's overbearing mother comes to visit for an unspecified length of time.

Murphy prepares for a joint broadcast with the Soviet news equivalent of Murphy Brown.

Murphy dates a physicist to prove looks aren't everything, but he proves to be a party guy.

An on-camera slip of the tongue, makes Murphy the butt of a cartoonist's joke in ""The Adventures of Mouthy Brown,"" then the rest of the staff falls victim.

While Murphy is grilling him on the show, a judge dies of a heart attack. This causes Murphy to lose her edge, so she attends a group therapy session.

Eldin meets Corky for the first time and becomes infatuated with her. Phil reflects on the first time he met Murphy, when she first came to Washington to audition against Linda Ellerbee & Frank Fontana for FYI.

A minor traffic accident, with a sweet elderly couple, results in a 1.5 million dollar lawsuit for Murphy.