Murphy Brown
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Its also an opportunity to pursue his foolish ambition to add just a little objectivity to his data pipe.
Over at CNC HQ, theres greater preshow pandemonium than usual.
Franks doing yoga, Miles is juiced about a full day of rock-solid old-fashioned reporting, and hold on.
Murphy is now wearing a red velvet bow tie???!!!
It leans maroon, but she just blew a gasket about Averys red tie.
It doesnt help when Miguel pipes up, Mazel tov.
Theyve got a show to do!
Avery foolishly tries to insert factual information into the broadcast, but Haggerty explains the order of things.
I make the jokes, and when I say something, you go along with it.
Hes the top dog.
Why else would the president call every night and ask for his advice?
Im actually running the country.
This, Avery discovers, is not one of the jokes hes supposed to go along with.
At 3 p.m., Franks fizzling with liquid energy and Murphys midterm excitement is fizzling out.
Pats stumbling over decimal points.
As East Winnsocket has gone, so has the nation, in every election since 1850.
They cut the registrar off when she starts explaining Bills personal business to the nation.
Frank may be wired, but hes definitely not tongue-tied.
He cant stop calling out Nazis, white supremacists, pimps, and child molesters.
Here, sign my petition asking the New YorkTimeseditorial board to hire him.
Today, hes polling higher than Abraham Lincoln!
And, by the way,no collusion.
Phyllis, um, doesnt vote because voting doesnt make a difference.
Were over, Phyllis.
But Miguel is here to serve as her personal Relatable Undocumented Millennial.
He sure does, and then Im going to get you to give me health insurance witha dental plan.
In a horrifying betrayal, the beautiful and vacuous Callie Clark pipes up, Amen to that,Avery!
Miguel has researched the City Council candidates and made her a cheat sheet.
Maybe theyll talk about that health insurance when she comes back.
Its 9:41 p.m. when President Trump finally hangs up.
Adds Avery, the audiobooks read by Ted Nugent.
Haggerty has had enough.
Oh, ho, ho.
Funny thing, John.
No seats ever permanent, even yours.
Theres always some young wolf coming up right behind you.Capisce?
I realize were supposed to find this satisfying, but Averys so ageist.
The polls are closing and the returns are coming in.
Murphy gratefully signs off, reminding viewers that Americans have had their voices heard from Sea to signing she.
The anchors all lose it.
We werethis close,Pat, Miles says.
Cut to the zhush, Pat replies firmly.
Its almost midnight, and Haggerty wants to call Nevada.
Just as Avery starts to argue with him about it, Nevada comes in.
Its a cliffhanger, sorta.
In both studios, the returns are greeted with wide eyes and sober demeanors all around.
Wow, how about that, I did not see that coming.
Intones Murphy Brown, Welcome to the next two years.
Fade to black and a message from Diane English in white text: Elections have consequences.
Louder, for the disaffected millennials in the back, just!
Feeling some kinda way about the weird little jabs at women.
The Wolf anchor babes are beautiful and vacuous.
He gets a little more airtime here, but Im unhappy with how one-note Miguel is.
But the writers are doing a drastically better job with Avery and Pat.
They have roles to play, but theyre also sketched with a light hand.
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