All language subtitles for Murphy Brown s04e02 Uh-Oh

Pregnant?

Are you sure?

Ten home pregnancy tests and a dead
rabbit can't all be wrong.

Now, Jake, I know what's going through
your mind right now.

You're picking out names.

You're putting an Abby Hoffman doll in
its crib. You're teaching it to recite

all the names of the Watergate
defendants. But, Jake, don't make a

Because I haven't decided what I want to
do, and I'm counting on you not to

pressure me until I can sort through
everything.

Murphy.

When you called and asked me to come
over here, I was sure I knew why. You

going to tell me that you decided not to
marry me. And I was going to be big

about it and tell you it was okay that
you made the right decision.

And then I was going to try to figure
out a way to help you not feel bad for

making me feel bad because maybe I
didn't feel as bad as I thought I would.

Am I making any sense at all? No.

Look, Murphy.

I thought that I could change the world.

By working in the system. I really did.

But I've been in Washington for three
weeks now.

Already I've seen the handwriting on the
wall. I can't sit around pushing papers

when other people are doing the real
work.

Protecting the rainforest in Brazil and
getting food for the hungry in Ethiopia

and helping the political prisoners in
South Africa.

I guess part of me always knew you
weren't the type to fix things over a

lunch.

I really tried, Murphy.

But this morning was the last straw.

This big advertising agency called me
from New York.

Wanted me to do one of those ads for The
Gap.

Jake Wallenstein, radical activist, and
the classic Gap tea.

Sorry. I knew right then that it was
time for me to go back underground.

I mean, I've still got a lot of good
years left.

Now, now we have this.

Changes everything.

We want to do the right thing.

We want to make the right choice.

Maybe we can make it work, Murphy.

Maybe there's a way.

I mean, if that's how you're leaning.

Jake, I think it's pretty clear that
neither of us has changed much since we

were married the first time.

If we tried it again, we'd just be
repeating the same mistake.

Right.

So to have a child without parents...
Gotta have parents.

No question about that.

Although one parent is not uncommon.

Well, granted, granted. But, of course,
that would put the burden on you. You'd

be the parent.

Can you picture that?

Come on, Murphy, you're... You.

Well, maternal is not the first word I
would use to describe you. Right, but

just to be the devil's advocate here, so
I'm tough.

That doesn't mean I don't have a
nurturing, caring side.

I once fed the cat next door.

How would you even be able to do your
job if you had a child? It takes a

tremendous amount of time and effort.
Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but

did Mike Wallace do it?

Morally safer.

Howard K. Smith.

They had wives. Think about it. Look,
you live half your life on an airplane

following stories.

What are you going to do? Excuse
yourself from the next summit meeting

you're running low on huggies?

God, Jake, for a guy who knows all the
words to Ennegada De Vida, you're

starting to sound an awful lot like Pat
Boone.

There's no one right way to raise a
child, so I travel a lot.

A well -traveled child is a healthy
child.

And they often fly for free, you know,
until they're old enough to need their

own seat.

When they're ten.

Sure, it would be hard to raise a child
on my own, but I couldn't possibly do a

worse job than the Reagans did with
theirs, and I'll tell you another thing.

I'm resourceful, I never date lawyers,
and I only own one television, and it's

under 27 inches, so I don't see why I
can't be a mother if I want to.

Not that I'm saying I want to.

I haven't made a decision yet.

I don't know.

Sounds like you have.

do I want with a child?

I'm living a highly complete life here.

It's just that for the last 24 hours,
there's this voice inside me.

It's the voice of a tiny baby girl with
a very big mouth.

It's getting louder every minute.

And it's saying yes.

Murphy, I want to make sure you
understand something.

I care about you.

And I'll care about this baby.

But this is your decision.

I can't be here for you.

I understand.

Thank you.

You promise me you'll take care of
yourself?

I promise.

Sorry you had to hear that so soon.

Guys, can I see you all in my office for
a moment?

You too, Jim.

Me too.

Oh, boy.

Thank you for letting me be part of your
little club.

Do I have to wear a raccoon hat or give
a secret wave?

Just go clean, Jim.

All right.

There's obviously been a new development
in the continuing saga of Murphy

Brown's love life, so why don't you just
fill us in so we can all get back to

our jobs of reporting the news?

I'm pregnant.

Oh, my God.

It's a medical miracle.

Who did this to you?

Please don't let it be Jerry. Please
don't let it be Jerry.

It's Jake's baby.

But it's a moot point because Jake and I
have decided that to remarry would be a

mistake. In fact, he left for Brazil
last night and I don't know when he's

coming back.

Will you stop doing that?

Don't you worry.

I'll be there for you.

Even if I have to drive you to some back
alley so some shady doctor who might

not even wash his hands can...

Take care of things.

Corky, there is no back alley.

Women in this country legally have a
choice. At least I think they still do.

haven't checked the paper today.

I'm sorry.

I'm from Louisiana.

This is the hardest decision I've ever
had to make.

But... I'm exercising my choice to have
this baby.

Murphy, are you saying that you're going
to attempt to do your job while week

after week you pop up in front of a
viewing audience that includes a certain

number of people still reeling from the
concept of women wearing pants?

That's right, Jim.

Oh, good Lord, this could be the worst
decision anyone's made in television

since Rhoda's wedding.

She is.

People who have children should be
married.

They should raise their children under
one roof with two parents living there

together in wholly wedded matrimony.
There should be a station wagon and a

room. Oh, come on, Miles. You didn't
grow up with that. And look at me. I

tremendous fear of dogs. Is that what
you want? All right.

Just hold on here now.

Murphy's just made a real difficult
decision, and I think that even though

all sort of... I don't know. What's the
phrase I'm looking for?

Pull my stomach.

Can we get to the point, please?

She's made a decision, and I think we
should stand behind her, okay?

Okay?

Okay. Murphy?

Do you need any money?

Oh, for God's sake, Jim, I make as much
as you do.

Is that true, Miles?

That's enough talking. Everybody out. I
still have a story to put together. I

can still do that, you know.

Am I still your favorite?

Yes. Go!

You never know.

Hey there, Murphy.

Hi, Phil.

What happened? Where is everybody?

Ah, Kitty Kelly came in for lunch.

Everybody ran out of here so fast it was
like a stampede.

Look at this.

Pat Moynihan's shoe.

That's my usual table.

Yeah, yeah. So what can I get you?

Oh, what's on special?

Well, let's see.

There's meatloaf and... corned beef.

Whoa.

What? What are you looking at?

Murphy Brown, you've got a bun in the
oven.

Oh, come on, Phil.

I know you know everything, but you
aren't saying that you can tell I'm

just by looking at my face.

I've got eight kids, Murphy.

I've seen that exact same look in
Phyllis' eyes eight times.

Also, if you're going to run a
successful Washington press bar, it pays

contacts in a drugstore.

town in a couple of hours.

Mary Hart will be announcing it on
Entertainment Tonight.

This is one of those times I wish I were
anonymous.

Just your average unwed 42 -year -old
deciding to have a child.

Ah, so you made a decision.

Pretty gutsy for a woman with no
maternal instincts whatsoever.

Not everyone is born with maternal
instincts, Phil. I can get some. I'm

there's a class.

Look, Murphy, I've always thought of
myself as your dad away from home, so

going to give it to you straight.

This is going to be rough.

You're going to have to face down a lot
of critics, keep a lot of plates in the

air. And worst of all, you're going to
have to read the cat in the hat.

Over and over.

But I have faith in you, Murphy. I know
you're going to do just fine.

Thanks, Phil.

What's cat in the hat?

Mine was too strong a word.

Let's just say you'll muddle through.

I'll go get you some milk.

Milk? Now, where would I find a thing
like that?

Well, gee, I guess the rumor's true.

Scientists found traces of Phil's
meatloaf in Zachary Taylor's remains.

What are you doing here?

I was invited by Murphy.

She says she has something important to
tell me. Oh.

Oh, no!

This isn't happening.

It's just a bad dream.

If I'd stick my head in the deep, friar,
I'd wake up and it'll all be over.

Yeah, yeah, it's worth a shot.

Hi, Jerry.

Thanks for meeting me here.

I have something to tell you.

Uh -oh, I don't like the sound of that.

It's the same tone my lawyer used when
he said my parents were suing me.

This is going to be a little difficult,
Jerry, so bear with me, okay?

Oh, okay.

I get it.

It's obvious what you're going to say to
me, so why don't I just make this real

easy on both of us?

You've decided to marry that Jake guy.
Look, I know what you see in him. He's

tall, he's good -looking, he once shared
a stir -fry with Joan Baez, as opposed

to me, a guy whose tires were slashed by
Ralph Nader.

Yeah, Brown, you made the right
decision.

I mean, what kind of life would you have
with me?

Sneaking around corners, being followed
by an angry gang of dolphins.

The liberal and the beast.

So, listen, congratulations.

Have a nice Mario Cuomo -esque life
filled with all the government

social programs you could want.

I'll see you around.

I'm not marrying Jake.

You're not?

Well, why didn't you just say so?

Because there's something else you
should know.

I'm pregnant.

Well, wait a minute, Brown.

If memory serves me correctly, we
haven't had sex since I've been back in

Washington. Which can mean only one
thing.

Either I'm better than I thought, or
it's the other guy's baby.

It's Jake's baby.

But he's pretty much out of the picture,
so now it's just my baby.

Wow.

This is unbelievable, Brown.

You're 42.

I mean, when something like this
happens, don't they put your picture in

cover of the New England Journal of
Medicine?

It's not the first thing everyone says.

42 is not such an unusual age for a
woman to be having a baby anymore. And I

having a baby, Jerry, just so you know.

But what is this? Some kind of
premenopausal insanity?

I mean, Brown, you are free now. You can
come and go whenever you want.

That's all going to change.

You'll change.

One of America's toughest reporters is
going to be reduced to questions like,

did Mommy's little angel make a poo -poo
today?

Come on. What is everyone's problem
here?

I make this big decision, and no one's
happy for me.

Everyone's afraid I'm going to go into
the delivery room, Murphy Brown, and

out Harriet Nelson. Well, I've got news
for you. I've had this loud,

opinionated, self -centered personality
since I was a zygote, and I'm not about

to change now.

Except I have to find out about Cat in
the Hat.

Do you know what that is?

A Korean dish?

Fine!

I'll just research it, okay?

Like a good reporter always does. Like
the good reporter I'll always be. Am I

making my point, Jerry?

I don't know, you could say a little
louder. There's some people in Nebraska

didn't hear you.

Look, I'm sorry I yelled.

I just wanted you to know what the
situation was, because...

Strange as it may seem, I care a lot
about you.

But if you want to say goodbye, I
understand.

It always comes down to this anyway.

Look, I'm sorry.

But I've had this personality a long
time, too.

And it's not one that blossoms around
kids.

So, you take care of yourself.

Lots of luck.

Okay?

But, you know, a thought just crossed my
mind.

If you have a boy, he's gonna need a
good, strong male influence.

Other than you.

And if it's a girl, she's gonna need
somebody to teach her how to look out

guys like me.

So...

What I'm trying to say is, Brown, if you
need anything, I'm not going anywhere.

You and the pyramids never cease to
amaze me.

Come on, let's get out of here and
actually find a place where they serve

Your Honor.

There is something I want to ask you.

I hear you can still do it even in the
ninth month.

Is that true?

Well, that's it.

I'm finished.

I'll see you.

Oh, I had something to tell you, but I
can wait till tomorrow.

Uh, no, I don't think so. I'm, uh, I'm
finished.

What do you mean you're finished?

You mean finished finished?

Done?

You're leaving?

Yeah, well, you know, the job took a
little longer than I expected.

It turned out pretty good, so, uh...
I... Well, bye.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Just like that?

You're here for three years and then
it's over?

No formal goodbyes, just out the door
and gone?

Well, you know, some people form an
unhealthy attachment to me.

You see, a clean break is usually the
best thing to do. And besides, I can

things around here are about to change,
you know? There's gonna be another

person, and frankly, I'm already feeling
crowded.

Am I wearing some kind of sign that says
I'm pregnant?

What? Whoa.

Run that by me again?

Isn't that what you were talking about,
that there's a baby coming?

No, I thought you were getting married.
I'm not getting married.

Well, wait a minute. You're not getting
married, and there's a baby coming? Are

you going to lecture me, too? Go ahead.
I'm getting used to it.

Congratulations! This is a very good
thing.

You're with child...

Although, most people would generally
maybe buy a plant or a small pet just to

see how it would go at first, you know?

But at your age, I guess you can't waste
no time, huh?

You know, Eldon, you're the first person
to be happy for me.

I haven't even allowed myself to be
happy.

Maybe... Maybe I should rethink this
departure.

You know, you're going to need a
nursery. The single most important room

house. Now, I wouldn't want some hack
from Ed's Paints coming here and

cliche pink and blue on the walls. Not
after all the effort I put in this

Right, right. Think about that ceiling
over the crib.

The baby will be looking at that all
day, all night.

That's my chance to make an impact on a
young mind. There you go.

This could take months.

How many do we have?

Eight and a half.

The pressure.

Now, let's see.

A mural.

A definite mural.

Something topical, but with child appeal
at the same time.

Maybe John Sununu at Disneyland taking a
free turn on a teacup ride.

Hey, Eldon.

What?

Do you think I'll make a good mother?

No.

How many people realized it? But the kid
from The Sixth Sense played your son on

the show.

Yeah, Haley Joel Osment, really talented
kid.

Tell me, does that kid give you the
creeps? No.

But he sees dead people.

Are you a real journalist?