Murphy Brown (1988–2018): Season 2, Episode 27 - Goin' to the Chapel: Part 2 - full transcript

Oh, He's wonderful. He's... he's just...

He's fabulous.

He's the man of my
dreams. He really is, he is.

Is it a match made in heaven? or is there

trouble in Paradise? We've got the scoop

this 21st day of May.

- Hi I'm Lisa Gibbons.
- And I'm John Tesh.

And Lisa, it looks like the real news is

happening behind the
cameras at FYI. Doesn't it?

Is it ever John. Two weeks ago,

we reported a budding romance between



FYI anchor Corky Sherwood, and her

childhood friend, attorney Will Forest.

Corky Sherwood. Hello again.

It's Will. Will Forest.

Things heated up quickly, and

within days the couple shocked and

surprised their friends by
announcing their engagement.

Will and I are getting married!

But insiders say that things are not as

rosy as they seem. With everyone in

Washington lining up their dates for

what's been called: "The wedding of the

year", the bride-to-be, is having a serious

case of cold feet.



I need to do something
wild. Find a man. Any Man.

Eldin, would you like
to take me for a drive?

I believe I would.

Eldin!

We'll take a break. We'll be right back.

Oh no John. I know who that is.

I can feel it in my bones.

I don't want to take
that call. You, you get it.

Tesh here.

Oh, hello Frank.

It's Frank Fontana for you.

Darn! You just missed
her. Can I take a message?

Well, could you tell her I called

again and that I'm really sorry about

what happened on the last date?

Oh come on John. It's
not like she was ever in

any real danger. I've raised that train

to the intersection a hundred times.

But ask her this:

Has she ever lived life more
fully than she did at that moment?

Oh shut up John.

So, what you're saying Terry,

is that you're not free to
go to the wedding with me.

Because you have to
give your cat a flea dip?

Is that what you're saying?

That giving a cat a flea
dip is a better thing to do,

than attend Washington's
hottest social event with me?

Do you know how feeble that sounds Terry?

How lame?

Terry?

Terry?

- How's it going?
- piece of cake. How about you?

Fighting them off with a stick.

I'm telling you. Corky's gone crazy. Not

that it was so easy to tell at first. I'm

really worried Jim. I even stopped by her

house this morning. She wasn't there.

What's the problem guys?

Murphy says Corky ran off
with that beat Nick painter man,

who hangs around her house all the time.

Eldin? You're kidding.

She seemed great at the

shower. Everything was going fine. After

the poker game, the male stripper showed

up dressed like a fireman, and performed

the dance of the seven hoses. You should

have seen Doris. She was his ladder girl.

Then after everyone went home, Corky

showed up at my house with a major case

of cold feet. That's when Eldin walked in.

Okay let's not panic. So she disappeared

with Eldin. It's probably
not as bad as it sounds.

Oh man!

Hi!

Oh man!

It's us again.

Hey. Look who it is. The Sherwood Family.

And what could possibly bring the

Sherwood Family to FYI this morning?

It's so exciting. We're
getting a tour of the studio.

Corky is giving it.

So where is she?

Where's our precious little girl?

Murphy. Frank. Jim. Miles. Murphy.

Mommy. Daddy, Kiki, Cookie.

You're all here. I completely forgot.

So this is the family.
And how lovely you are.

Hello. I'm Eldin.

He's an anonymous source.

Eldin the anonymous source we call him.

Corky was out all night getting information
from Eldin the anonymous source.

Say nothing. Nothing that
could jeopardize your cover.

It's better if you don't
look directly at him.

I have an idea,

Why don't you all just go wait in

my office? While I meet with my

co-workers. Just go down that Hall. It's

the first door on the left.

That's no problem sweetheart, we'll be fine

All right come Sherwoods, let's go.

They seem to give her a
great deal of responsibility.

She must be smarter than we thought.

What is going on?

Why don't we step into my office, where

there's a little more privacy.

Two chairs. Sit in
them. Sit and then speak.

What is going on here?

Nothing.

What a boy?

Hey. They should have a chance to explain

without us acting like
the Spanish Inquisition.

Go ahead.

Nothing happened last
night. We just talked.

Liar liar pants on fire.

Go away you Aquaman. You've soiled her.

And I don't want you here anymore.

Stop it. We have nothing to hide.

Eldin was a perfect gentleman.

That's right. I could see
the lady was in a weak

and vulnerable state. It would have been

wrong for me to take advantage of her.

Although the thought did crossed my

mind on 25 separate occasions.

Eldin was very sweet to
me. He took me to a little

cafe, where other house painters gathered

and sip coffee, and exchange ideas.

And he helped me see that,

my life and my career

mean too much to me to give up.

So. What exactly are you saying Corky?

The wedding's off.

Hi.

Hi!

Am I interrupting something?

What? oh no, nothing at all.

We were just sitting around chatting.

But we're done.

So, if you two would like to talk,

feel free to use my office.

Come on guys.

If you need me, I'll be right outside.

Where have you been Corky?

I called you all night. All morning. Is
something going on I don't know about?

Oh Will.

I've been doing a lot of thinking.

I always get into so much trouble when

I do that, so I really try not to.

But I've been thinking that

once we walk down that aisle, it's going

to be the end of everything.

I know you're a traditional man.

And I thought I was an
old-fashioned girl. But

I love my career.

I don't want to give it up
to have babies right away.

I don't want to settle down, when I
could be going on assignment in Paris.

I've never been to Paris Will.

I've never been a lot of places.

I think I really have to go.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yes I do.

Oh boy, am I relieved!

I didn't know how to say this to you Corky.

But I've been having my doubts too.

That as much as I love
you, I'm just afraid that

one day I'm going to turn around,

I'm gonna be living
the same life as my dad.

Working in a job I hate
to pay off a mortgage

on the house I don't like.
And a place I'm tired of.

I don't want that to happen to me Corky.

Oh Will!

I had no idea you feel this way.

I want us to take chances.

And travel.

Do everything in life
we've always wanted to do.

And I want us to do it together.

Oh me too!

This is so wonderful.

I want to quit my job

What?

I wanted to write the Great
American novel my whole life.

Now. Where does it say that the man has

to earn the living while
the woman stays at home?

I'll stay home and write. And take care

of the house, while you support us.

Gee. What an interesting idea.

Now. Let me see if I have this straight.

I would go to work every day ,and you
would stay home and try to write a book.

Would you also be doing grocery shopping,

and small errands, like
going to the dry cleaners?

It's our call Corky. We're
free thinkers. Rule breakers.

We can make this, anything we want.

But mostly,

We can make this work.

But what about Paris?

I turned down the assignment
because I felt guilty about leaving you.

I don't want to feel like that.

You don't have to worry about me.

You want to prove it to yourself?

Go to Paris.

A few thousand miles isn't going to

change the way that I feel about you.

Oh Will.

Everyone! We have something to tell you.

We're getting married!

What is going on here?

We worked everything out.

Will's going to quit his job,
and I'm going to support us.

He's going to make the bets,
and I'm going to go to Paris.

Eldin.

This is what I want.

I hope you can be happy for me.

Let me be the first to congratulate you.

I hope,

you have a happy life.

Filled with all of the
things that you deserve.

Don't worry about me.

I will use this pain

to inspire my greatest work.

Man dies on honeymoon.

So Corky, you better let your camera crew

know that Paris is back on.

Oh. I'm so happy I'm finally going.

All I have to worry by now,
it's a few more wedding details.

Murphy, as my maid of honor,

I'm hoping you'll be able to help me out.

Oh Come on Corky. I
was fitted for the dress

I gave a shower. If there's much more of

this wedding business, I want to be paid.

There are only a few more decisions that

have to be made.

Like where to have it, what
to eat, and who to invite.

I know you'll do a great job Murphy.

Thank you.

I don't care if he's on his hands and

knees. The car is mine. The house is mine.

Judy...

The skinny metal rod that turns on

the sprinklers and doesn't even have a

name, is mine. And furthermore, if he tries

to get custody of the dog, I'll drag his

butt across the coals. Make sure you use

exactly those words. Drag his butt.

Judy, hang off the phone!

Gotta go. Bye.

If the caterer calls
about the menu, just tell

him to bring meat. Put it on a plate and

make it look good. And if any of those

sleazy tabloids call, just tell them

I don't have anything for them. Not even

the color of the napkins.

What color are the napkins Murph?

How the hell should I know?

While Corky's drinking
champagne at the house of Chanel,

I'm carting the Sherwoods to
the Sizzler for rehearsal dinner.

How did I get involved in this?

You know I'm surprised of you Murph.

I thought you would have gotten
more into the spirit of things by now.

I mean, I know how girls are about
weddings. I grew up with two sisters

They used to dress me up as
the groom and then hen pack me.

I thought all little girls would love to

fantasize about big fancy weddings.

Sure I did when I was a kid.

I was going to get married in
a big billowing tant by a river.

With flowers and candles
as far as you could see.

Then afterward,

there'd be a horse-drawn carriage
waiting outside to take me and my husband,

Fabian, into the sunset.

See. I knew it.

Look, all I'm trying to
say is that you might as

well take advantage of the situation.

After all, this may be the very last

chance you get to plan a wedding.

Oh thank you so much. And to think I was

about to ask you to be my date.

You couldn't get one either huh?

we're pathetic.

oh I know.

But at least we dance well together.

Think about what I said. okay? You might

find you actually enjoy this wedding stuff.

Miles, I want to thank you for asking me

to be your date today. Even though we've

only been out twice, everyone knows that

the person you picked to sit beside you

to watch two people make a commitment to

each other for all eternity,
must be pretty special.

Great and... uh following

that thought along for a moment Audrey,

uh in case anybody should ask, nobody has

to know this is only our third date.

Oh okay.

Hi there Jim.

Miles.

Uh you remember Audrey?

Of course.

Oh How lovely to see you again.

Doris and I were just reminiscing
about our own wedding day.

Yes it was a lovely affair,
but fraught with mishaps.

The best man was late.

Jim lost the ring.

The Gazebo collapsed.

We were robbed at gunpoints.

For the rocky start,

but we never looked back.

We had we would have seen
that runaway hearse coming.

Oh Miles. Wedding memories

Soon we'll have some of that on our own.

If we can just agree
on the last few details.

I want a traditional
wedding, and Miles wants

all the guests to dress as their

favorite characters from literature.

I suppose it doesn't matter,

as long as we're happy.

Although, I really hope
you reconsider your idea

to dress as Captain Ahab.

He's such a dark figure.

Thank you pinky.

What the hell are these?

I don't remember seeing
anything like these before.

They'll never move these.
How much you want to bet?

Cocktail weenies and beer,

that's what people go for.

That's what we would have given them.

But did they ask us?

50 years in the restaurant business,

and they passed us by.

Oh yeah. Now I'm full.

Excuse me, Excuse me, coming through.

Could you clear a path please?

Excuse me. There you are. I just saw the

centerpieces on the dinner tables.

I ordered 50 white roses on every table.

Not 49. 50. I'll bet you never thought I'd

actually count every single rose on

every single table.

Did you Mr cheater Forest?

Excuse me! Pardon! Pardon!

So Murph, you must be feeling pretty good.

- Looks like everything's under control
- Under control?

I guess you missed seeing the
flower girl throw up on the ring bearer.

I just bounced a waiter out of the kitchen,

it was putting a tape
recorder in the brioche.

And somebody thought they
saw Rona Barrett parking cars.

I tell you, my nerves are
right on the surface of my skin.

Right there, right there.

Did you fake the horses?

Oh calm down, would you Murph?

If anybody should be a wreck it's me.

It's a miracle I was able
to fit you into the car.

I don't think I can do that again.

I may have to strap you to the hood.

Murphy look! Look who's here!

It's Kathleen Sullivan.
Oh I don't believe it.

Look how gorgeous she is.

Looks like she's alone. How can that be?

Look how gorgeous she is. I love her.

You don't love her Frank.

I do. Murph look. I've
got to ask you a favor,

as one best friend to another.

How am I gonna get home Frank?

I'll take you Murphy, I brought my camper.

I don't think it's wise to get this

dress too close to a kerosene stove Carl.

I'll figure it out Frank. Go.

Oh Murph. If I didn't like
you so much, I'd marry you.

Pardon, pardon, pardon.

Get out of here snake.

That's just not fair Bootsie.

I don't know why they can't spend a
few days with me after the honeymoon.

You're getting them for the
entire Father's Day weekend.

The Father's Day weekend
is only two days Claire.

And another thing. You've
been hogging the photographer.

How many rows of film have you used?

Ok. It's showtime. Come on ladies,
the natives are getting restless.

Here we go, here we go.

Darling have a wonderful time.

And take good care of my son.

Let's hope he's good enough for you.

If you turn him into
a drunker, I'll kill you.

Let's move it ladies, we gotta go.

I'm running low on crab balls out there.

Bye sweetheart.

You know there are
only 49 roses on my table.

I got your extra rose right here lady.

Come on Corky. Let's
move it. Come on, come on.

Oh Murphy. This isn't the way

I pictured this day at all. I don't know

half the people here.
Our parents are fighting.

The Press is driving me crazy.

Don't worry about the Press Corky.

I've got that situation under control.

What's that?

Helicopters. Nooo.

Get out of here you rat bastards!

You're not getting one lousy picture!

I've got a bazooka and
I'm not afraid to use it.

Murphy. Get in right here.

Oh! what am I going to do?

What am I going to do?

What do you mean what are you going to do?

I put blood, sweat and
tears into this wedding.

You're going down that
aisle Corky Sherwood.

You're going, if I have to drag you.

You'd better hurry Corky.

Yeah. Daddy just called
Will's father a cheap bastard.

Oh God I'm not having fun.

This is all a mistake. A terrible mistake.

Miles.

What, Audrey.

I've kind of been working out the

courage to tell you this.

But I just want to say,

Well, I'm not really sure why you asked

me here today.

See. I don't really think of myself as

anyone special.

But you,

you're very special.

So smart, and so handsome.

I've never met anyone like you.

I guess what I'm trying to say is,

I know I'll never be very
important in your life,

and I can accept that.

I wish it were different.

oh Pookie.

Everybody!

Can I have your attention please?

Could I have your attention please?

Miles!!

I suppose you're all
wondering about the delay,

and I'm here now to explain it to you.

But first, let me just say
how nice everyone looks.

Why don't you give yourselves
a nice hand. Come on.

Okay. Let's get to the point.

This is a very difficult
thing I'm about to tell you.

But,

there isn't going to be any wedding.

The bride and groom have
been having some problems.

They've already left for their
respective homes to do some thinking.

We appreciate your understanding.

Have a nice day.

Well everybody's gone.

Except Jim and Doris.

They're out there
waiting for the tow truck.

Boy. This has been a rotten day all around.

Poor Corky, she must be crushed.

They're doing the right thing Frank.

Well if you're ready we may just go.

Uh not so fast. There's
one more thing I gotta do.

Go for it guys.

Will and Corky brought the heart,

I thought I'd take care of the Soul.

The Temptations!

♪ Here comes the bride ♪

♪ Here comes the bride ♪

♪ Here comes your baby ♪

♪ All dressed in white ♪

♪ As she walks down te aisle ♪

♪ I know she loves you ♪

♪ Here comes your baby to be your wife♪