After Murphy and Peter put their wedding plans on hold, she becomes more negative then usual. When Miles and Corky announce their surprise marriage, Murphy cannot bring herself to wish them well.
Lansing's devious nephew Andrew returns as head of a TV division and offers Murphy a spot opposite Walter Cronkite on a news show. Murphy accepts, but the show's content is fluff and her co-host is Miller.
Frank evades a deadly situation at a prison, and it proves to be a ratings booster. He would like to cover tamer stories, but head honcho Lansing pushes him into dangerous circumstances, so Frank seeks Murphy's advice.
Murphy is called into traffic court due to her questionable driving skills, and asks for no special treatment because she is famous. She finds more trouble when she ignores the community service she is sentenced to.
Stuck between the hammer and the anvil, Miles assigns both Corky and Murphy to work on the same breaking news story. Corky and Miles decide that the time is right to consummate their marriage.
Murphy begins to question her impeccable communication skills when she loses an interview to Miller, but grudgingly allows that he may be making progress as a journalist - until she discovers his methods.
While visiting her old college to receive an honorary doctorate, Murphy tries to prove the students in the women's studies, a class she helped establish, that she's still in touch with young women's issues.
Murphy is told to continue with her exclusive fluff interview with a reclusive celebrity despite her wish to move on to a more important story that just broke.
