All language subtitles for murphy_brown_s03e14_contractions

So General de Gaulle looks straight into
my eyes, and he says to me, and you

must bear in mind that although he was
quite old at this point, he was

nevertheless an imposing figure. Whoops,
forgot my cigarette. Be right back.

Geez, Frank, can we have a little
courtesy, please? The man's telling a

Okay, okay, I'm back. Sorry, Jim.

So, General de Gaulle said to you... De
Gaulle stares right at me, and he

says... Baggage!

It's like a wedding gift!

Hello! I'm over here!

How long is this going to go on?

You've been married for almost a year,
and you're still Lord & Taylor's

of the month.

According to wedding etiquette, Miles,
guests have one full year to buy gifts.

In case anyone was worried about
offending me with a gift at this late

Frank. I gave you my love and support,
Corky. What, you want a gravy boat, too?

I have a gravy boat. I want a ladle,
Frank, and I want it by close of

on Friday.

Open that now, Corky. Jim's right in the
middle of a story. Go on, Jim. We're

all ears.

Well, all right.

Charles de Gaulle leans over to me, and
in that distinctive voice known to a

generation of Frenchmen, he says, You're
not Murphy Brown.

That package is for Murphy Brown. For
me? Really?

Sign it.

General de Gaulle leans over, grabs my
arm, and he says, Please, I have this

package to open.

I wonder who's sending me a gift.

Whoa, it's from Barry Tartelage. Barry
Tartelage?

President of the Wolf Television
Network?

Gee, what an interesting thing.

Barry Tartledge sent you a gift. I
didn't realize you knew him. I don't. He

called me last week, wanted to take me
to lunch.

Take you to lunch?

Now, why would he need to do that?

You know how to get your own lunch.
You've been doing it for years.

I think it's obvious, Miles. My contract
here is up in two months. The Wolf

Network is new. They're aggressive.

I'd have to say I'm being wooed.

Wooed?

Don't swallow your time, Miles.

I turned down his invitation. I told him
I didn't have time.

Now he sends me this jar of time.

Here's all the time a busy woman could
want. Let me know if you need parsley,

sage, or rosemary. Now, how about that
lunch?

Well done, Mr.

Tarvelidge. Handcut crystal, sterling
ring, neck, $375.

Now, to go ahead, a collection of fine
crystal. Gee, Mark, it must be nice to

wooed, huh?

Management panics, people giving you
anything to make you happy.

Oh, come on, Frank. You don't really buy
into that, do you? This Tarlage guy

must be really dumb sending a gift to a
journalist.

I've never seen anything so pathetic in
my entire life.

Have you ever seen anything so pathetic
in your entire life?

Murphy.

Miles, relax. I'm going to call the man,
say thanks for the thought, but I'm

happy where I am. You gonna call him?

Don't you think you already have enough
to do today? I'd be happy to call him

for you. Come on, Miles. You can listen.
It's all right.

I don't need to listen. Why would I need
to listen?

What's going on here?

Another gift from Tartalich?

Doesn't the man have anything better to
do than shop?

What kind of an adventurous operation is
he... What's that?

What can you give someone who's hard to
get except something that's hard to

find? Hope you'll reconsider lunch.

Barry.

Whoa. It's a first edition of 1984.

Price check, Jim.

Five, no, $600.

Holy,

some gift, a used book.

Who knows where it's been?

Oh, look, someone even wrote all over
it.

George Orwell.

$3 ,000.

Okay, look, look, this is starting to
get to be too much of a disruption.

I think you should meet the guy for
lunch, thank him for his little

and that'll be that.

And don't be concerned about me.

I'm absolutely fine with it. Really.

Good bluff, Miles. I could never tell
you were scared.

But I don't want to add to your worries
by mentioning that the president of ABC

was talking to me at a party last month.
I know, Frank. I was there. He told you

to stop staring at his wife's chest.

Miles, will you relax? For the last
time, I'm happy here. You're not going

lose me to the Wolf Network, okay?

Okay, Murphy.

I was kind of shaking in my shoes there
for a while.

I've never been faced with this before.

I don't know why I was worried.

They said you weren't going anywhere.

Who said that?

The guys upstairs.

Kinsella, Harris, Leahy. I told them
about the gifts, but they said you'd be

crazy to leave.

Oh, really?

Deepest sympathy on your unfortunate
blunder, Miles.

Well, so they said I'd be crazy to
leave, huh? Because you belong here.

fixture, like the Washington Monument.
They compared me to a big pointy slab of

granite? No, no, that was me right now,
grasping at straws, digging myself

deeper with every word. Why can't I
learn to shut up? Oh, God, I'm still

talking!

Miles, are you finished?

I want to tell you something. When I say
I'm happy here, that's one thing. But

when I'm taken for granted, that's a
whole new ballgame.

You know, suddenly I have a taste for
some lunch.

All right, here we go, people. Going
live. Thank you.

In five, four, three.

On the neck.

Hiya, Phil.

Hey there, Murphy.

Hold it a second.

That's not your usual daytime perfume.

You're not meeting someone from another
network.

Oh, Bill, you're good, but you're not
that good. You don't expect me to

you figured that out from my perfume, do
you?

Sure.

Plus, Miles called three times asking if
Barry Tarleton was here yet.

Hey, Murphy, you're not thinking about
jumping ship, are you? Are you kidding?

just want to throw a little scare into
management.

And here comes a scared little manager
now.

Murphy. Good day.

Good day? What is this, Noel Coward
Week?

God, Miles, I can't believe you came
here to spy on me. Well, aren't you

to feel foolish? It just so happens I
have a poppy seed caught in my teeth

a bagel this morning, and I needed a
toothpick.

Murphy, hello.

I'm Barry Tartledge, the late Barry
Tartledge. I really apologize, but I had

go to three different floras to find
these. I hope I'm forgiven.

Sterling roses, my favorites.

You're a very thorough man, Mr.
Tartledge. It's nice to finally meet

late. We were worried.

And this is my old silver bird.
Executive producer, FYI. Please, don't

awkward about this.

Oh, I don't. I much prefer everything to
be out in the open. After all, we're

both after the same thing.

The sad fact is only one of us will get
a chance to work with the most

intelligent and talented journalist in
America.

Well, you'll learn how to deal with
disappointment when you've been in this

business as long as I have.

Wasn't there something else you were
going to say, Miles?

I believe it was goodbye.

Right.

Enjoy your lunch.

And if you're going to sit by the door,
wear your scarf, and want to catch a

cold, care about you.

I do wish you would have let me take you
to Sardella's. The guy likes to show

off a little.

Look, Barry, I think I should get
something out of the way right up front.

I appreciate all the gifts and the
thought, but I'm really not looking to

FYI. I know, but you did promise me the
chance to seduce you.

So, Murphy, we're prepared to double
your salary if you come to the Wolf

Network.

So much for foreplay.

I'm sorry, but I am trying to compete
with your network. I imagine they're

offering you everything underneath the
sun to stay at FYI.

You'd be surprised.

No, I wouldn't. You deserve it,
especially after your report last week

America's cities. That was remarkable
stuff.

I bet your phone was ringing off the
hook with calls from every executive at

your network.

Well, I wouldn't say ringing off the
hook, exactly.

I think they were a little disappointed
with the ratings.

Since when are ratings the only thing we
care about?

I mean, that piece had so much heart.

The way you showed that one mother
talking to her son about gangs, it

a lot about what television could do.

Well, thank you. It means a lot for you
to say that.

But look, Barry, the people at FYI are
my family.

No, Murphy.

Your family's in Idaho.

Idaho? And Tennessee and Vermont and
Rhode Island. Everywhere in this country

that people sit down in front of a TV
set.

To let you teach them how the world
works. That's who your family is.

Wow. You're really good at this, but...
Naturally, you'd anchor the political

conventions for us next year. Election
night as well.

I promise you that no one at the Wolf
Network will be offered an assignment

until Murphy Brown has turned it down. I
want you to be the cornerstone of our

news operation.

Your agenda is our agenda.

Look.

The last thing I want to do is waste
your time. I'm not one to accept defeat,

but if your mind's really made up...
Well, um... Actually, I think I'd like

hear more.

Good. Very good. Okay.

I'd like you to do four specials a year.

Interviews of your choice. You say the
name, we'll get them.

Do you like Barbados?

We've got a corporate beach house fully
staffed.

How was your lunch, Murphy?

Jim, please, it was a lunch. There's no
need to pry.

Thank you, Miles.

I appreciate your professionalism.

But you know, nothing finishes off a
lunch like a good strong cup of coffee.

I just happen to have some right here.

Mmm, rich and full -bodied.

So, as long as I'm here, anything else I
can get you?

All right, Miles, you want to hear about
my lunch? I'll tell you. It was very

eye -opening. I never realized how
unappreciated I am around here.

Do you realize my contract is up in two
months and I haven't heard word one from

this network?

You know if it were up to me, you'd get
whatever you ask for. And I'm sure the

guys upstairs feel the same way. It's
just that they had this great... God,

Miles, how long are you going to keep
apologizing for them? And what about

Some old jar, a beat -up book, and
suddenly you're on sale to the highest

bidder. What do you expect? me to do?
Stay here under these sweatshop

just because we're family?

Well, let me tell you, my family is in
Idaho and Tennessee and Barbados.

Okay, fine. Go over to Wolf. Go work for
Tartledge. Marry him and have his

babies for all I care. You'll be making
the biggest mistake of your life.

Excuse me, Miss Brown.

I'm Barbara Griffin.

I just wanted to introduce myself and
say that I took the liberty of updating

your Rolodex while you were at lunch.

Also, that opening tonight at the
Kennedy Center, I called a friend who

the White House. You'll be sitting in
the presidential box with the Bushes.

Well, sorry to interrupt.

Oh, wait a minute.

Barbara, was it?

You know, I've been looking years to
find someone like you. Please, come on

Oh, I wish I could, but Mr. Tartle did
send me over here just to help you out

for a few hours.

I'm in the secretarial pool at the Wolf
Network.

Who knows?

Maybe we'll meet again soon.

Bye.

That's right, Richard. You tell them if
they want me to stay on it.

FYI, it's going to cost them big.

Of course they're going to hate you. You
wouldn't be a good agent if they

didn't. Now, I've added some things to
my list.

I need a stereo system in my dressing
room, a masseuse on show night.

Nope, sorry. I want an answer from them
immediately.

And every day that goes by, my price
goes up a thousand bucks. Ooh, that's

Be sure to tell them that.

Yeah? Well, that's what the short hairs
are for.

Bye.

You know, you think you know somebody.

You paint their walls.

You miter their joints. You don't
understand, Eldon. In this world, money

respect. The sooner you learn that, the
better off you'll be.

May I remind you...

I now have $1 .2 million from that mural
I sold.

I've got stockbrokers and investment
counselors all over me trying to tell me

how to turn it into more money.

Do I look like I need more money?

I already feel funny about that tanning
salon I bought.

I'll get that on my way out. No charge.

Hi, Elder. She's inside.

If you're smart, you'll hide your money
in your shoe.

I just came by to tell you how really
awful I feel about our conversation

earlier today.

It got so bad, I found myself in the
Georgetown Mall running from store to

trying to find a gift that would really
impress you.

Miles, you didn't have to do that. I
know. I suddenly realized what a

ridiculous, competitive little gesture
it was.

Anyway, here.

It's a cheese slicer with a picture of
the Alps on the handle.

I know you've been to Switzerland.

Gee, thanks.

I always wanted one of these.

Murphy, I was such a jerk today.

If you didn't already know why, it's
because I know I'm losing you.

Believe me, Miles, I don't want to leave
FYI.

It's just that I need to be where I have
the respect of the people I work for,

and so far Gene Kinsella and the others
don't seem to be ready to give me that.

Well, actually, I talked to them about
an hour ago, and I sort of demanded that

they negotiate a new contract with you
immediately.

They said okay.

Miles, thank you.

Thank you very much.

So, when will I be hearing from them?

Well, actually, again, you won't be
hearing from them.

Mr. Kinsella thought I should negotiate
your new deal.

You?

Doesn't that put you in an awkward
position, negotiating with a friend?

I'm a little surprised Gene would do
that.

So was I. But he feels I can handle it.

To be honest, I'm a little nervous.

After all, I've never done anything like
this. But like you said, we're friends.

So we should be able to get through it
without any of that silly game -playing

other people do, right?

Right. Right. Oh, I hate that. Where one
side tries to get the advantage over

the other side.

But hey, as long as we're here, why
don't we just sit down and just work on

deal right here in the comfort of my
living room?

Gee, Murphy, I wasn't really ready to
start tonight here in your house.

Seems to me negotiation is something
that should be done in an office.

So what do you say, what, my office
tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock?

I have absolutely no problem with that.

Tomorrow it is.

But what about my office? It's more
intimate.

True, true.

But, you know, my office is a lot
quieter.

Although my office is closer to Phil's
in case we get hungry.

Yes, but my office has that kitchenette.
Oh, Miles, Miles, an office is an

office. If you prefer your office,
that's fine with me.

Oh,

hi, Miles. Gee, is it 10 o 'clock
already?

I must have lost track of the time.

Let's go up to your office, shall we?
No, Murphy, we shall not go up to my

office. There are three big guys with
carpet shampoos working up at my office.

Seems someone called them last night and
told them my carpet had to be clean

first thing this morning.

That crazy bureaucracy.

Go figure.

Well, as long as we're here, why don't
we do this in my office? Pull up a chair

and sit down.

Maybe I don't want to sit. Maybe I want
to stand.

Fine. Then stand.

Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you? I'll
just sit. Thank you very much.

All right. Have it your way.

Let's get started. I've drawn up a
proposal of what I'd like in my new

It's pretty straightforward.

You know...

I don't think I realized until this
moment how much our relationship has

over the years.

At first, it was strictly boss
-employee.

But now we have this great friendship.

It's great to work with a friend, isn't
it? It adds such an interesting slant to

things. I know what you mean.

Here I am wondering whether my friend
should have her own personal trainer on

staff or not.

Well, you know, I just want you to be
happy.

I tell you what, why don't you bargain
me out of something? Um, say the weekly

masseuse. That way, the boys upstairs
will be impressed, I'll almost be

completely happy, and we both walk away
winners.

Thank you, Murphy. That's very generous
of you.

Okay, why don't we go celebrate?

Uh, how about I treat you to a late
breakfast?

What? What are you doing? What's that?

A 50 % salary increase? I don't think
so.

Miles, my friend, my buddy, Wolf was
ready to double my salary. I think I'm

being totally fair. But Murphy, my pal,
my compadre, that would throw off the

balance of our salary structure. We
don't do things that way. Isn't it

seem to remember you saying if it were
up to you, I'd get everything I asked

for. And I remember you mentioning how
you didn't want to leave FYI.

Guess we both know more than we should.

So what do you say we cut the crap, roll
up our sleeves, hammer out a deal, and

make the best man win?

You're on.

That's it. My absolute bottom line.

I guess it all comes down to whether you
think I'd really leave FYI or not.

All I can tell you, Miles, is my father
taught me that the only way to get what

you want is if you're prepared to walk
away.

Trust me, Miles.

I'm prepared to walk away.

I'll give you a minute to think about
it. I'm going to go get some tea.

You guys have been in there for hours.
What's going on?

It's in the bag, the deed is done, the
fat lady has sung, and she's gone out

donuts.

They sent a boy to do a man's job,
Frank. I played Miles like a violin.

I'm going to let him sweat for a few
minutes, and then I'm going back for

Well, I'm happy for you, and it is a
good thing you worked it out. I just

that the Wolf Network signed Diana Ryan
for the job they were talking to you

about.

Diana Ryan?

That anchor from New York? Yeah, I tell
you, if I were the cynical type, I might

think that they were just using you to
get her to agree to their terms.

It doesn't matter. You are staying, and
that's all I care about.

Would you just excuse me for a minute?

I have to feed my fish.

So, Miles, how's it look?

Should we start the old celebration?

Murphy, I can't agree to these terms.

The network would have my head.

This has to be the lowest moment of my
life.

But I just can't do it.

I really loved working with you, Murphy.

I hope you know that.

Whoa! I told you so!

They're for bottom lines!

and there are bottom lines.

Come on.

Now, sit down. We're family. We can work
this out.

Your family's in Idaho. Forget them.

I'm lighting in your salary offer.

The profit participation, gone.

What do I need with my own hairdresser?

Free dry cleaning, I have to tell you, I
never really expected it.

Out, out, out. So, what do you think,
Miles? How does it look?

I guess I can live with this.

Well, there we go.

Now, let's just sign this so it's legal
until we can get it drawn up all nice

and neat.

Well, it's official.

I'm back.

Murphy. Murphy.

Clear the way, people. I need coffee.

Well, look at this. He's still able to
walk. That's a good sign.

I never want to have to go through
anything like that again.

I tell you, this must be a big day for
deal -making. Did you hear? The Wolf

Network just signed Diana Ryan.

You're kidding. Where did you hear that?
It's all over the building.

I don't know, Frank. You can't believe
everything you hear.

Come on. Why would somebody start a
rumor like that?

Well, Frank, you never know.

You just never know.