Murphy Brown Recap Season 11, Episode 3: "#MurphyToo"

Good news! This is the day of the seminar on sexual harassment! ("Everyone clears your browser history," says Julius, The Weary PA.) Oh, Miles, it's obligatory, you say? Murphy enthusiastically announces, "You can not spell binding force without man"Then she'll see everything you suck tomorrow." Frank wants to go to Phil's house (again, it's nine o'clock in the morning! Find a dinner!), But with Julius blocking the elevator, there's no Pat Patel does not care, it's his first seminar on sexual harassment and today he's a man at full employment man! He is so excited by these bennies and the 401k that he continues to shout, "Revert patriarchy! Woo! Preach! "To Brandon Jensen, who is here with his Comic Without PowerPoint," Sexual Harassment & You ". Even the most innocent comment can be interpreted as sexual harassment, try to tell them what BJ means. Murph says, "I'm sorry, if Frank is wearing a deep v-neck again, I'm commenting. "There is no risk, as she points out:" Hello, the show Murphy in the morning, they do not shoot me."That's what I am speaking about people! Murphy Brown is back!! He asks if the names of Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Bill O. Riley remind you of anything, and … of course, asking Frank why his chest hair is displayed is just like using a secret button under your office to close the door of your office so that you can tell your assistant that you want her to rub you with falafel privately.

Meanwhile, Frank worries about how to behave at his workplace, but fortunately Pat Patel needs a beta tester (haha) for his new app, "APPropriate Behavior," which helps "Older men to navigate the ever-changing landscape of gender policy". This is a kind of negative feedback: if you use inappropriate language, it sends a vibration. No, Frank, it's not that PP never sleeps, it's that he "works very little, like dolphins, bullfrogs and bees." I like these two things together. Good timing. "To put my phone in your pocket and say something inappropriate to me! "Frank's kind of intense response (" I could get lost in your … deep brown eyes ") produces a vibration and a" Thank you! "annoying, that's – like, this scene is clearly supposed to be slightly suggestive, yes, with the vibrations, the pocket and the big … brown eyes, but we do not really know how, so it's at the Funny and, in a way, not a crude joke about male sexuality.

But, just like that, we are at Phil's and the classic gratification Murphy is ripped from us once more. Insert a tedious sequence in which Phyllis asks everyone in the bar to stop talking about "ice cream" because it is Miguel's "trigger". This is the second time the series opts for a "trigger word" joke – Frank's is "Nazi"; it was funny – and I can only conclude that Diane English has brought back Murphy Brown in part so she can tell the snowflakes of social justice what she has what. Wow, you really showed the young generation !!!

There are other people at Phil's house because now it's probably 11 o'clock, which is a more reasonable time to be there. Hothead Paisan Phyllis, who hears about sexual harassment, hears the group. "DO WE TALK ABOUT MEN?" She only has one comment: "Four husbands, and none of them found the post." That reminds me of the fact. when my mother used a metaphor of baseball sexuality to convey the risk of getting a UTI because "Men are dirty. "Good national day out?" Corky tells the guys that she does not know any woman who has not been harassed – right, Murphy? No, who would try that with Murphy? In a welcome distraction, Monica from the research department, with whom Miles is grieved, settles to tell her that she is almost done looking for drugs for "miracle drugs" for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.

That night, the star of Avery across America returns from Hoosier's territory to find his mother who assiduously organizes his Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons – which never expire, everyone thinks they expire, and "it's like throwing a rack – Brand new! " No, nothing is wrong, it's just that the training on sexual harassment "recalled some memories, that's all". Avery is kind and patient while she explains that her favorite college professor has invited her to go home – for a party, she thought – to celebrate her university reporter from the university. year. reward and "something happened." She always asked if accepting her attention and her little gifts was "a signal or something". Avery, who explains that her teacher was grooming her, is clearly awakened by AF, and I'm only a little bored by him.

The next day, Murphy picks up Phyllis' daytime coffee and his advice ("And I thought cleaning the men's room was going to be the worst part of this job," she says). Phyllis understands, "We both know what it was like back then. We flattered our ego, laughed at ugly jokes, and if anything happened, we would not talk about it. Murphy should go see him, have a civilized discussion, and then put him in trouble. She should do it for all the other women he falls prey to; they both know that there must be others. Time for a road trip!

When Murphy arrives at Professor Talbot's, one of the others opens the door. This is Jessica, her former student and new assistant, and she is thrilled to visit the legendary Murphy Brown. Jessica is 19, like Murphy. Murphy's Collegiate's reporter of the year is featured in a showcase in the lobby. Jessica thinks it's so nice of Murphy to give it to hi – wait, he tried to piss him off, and then he took his prize? People, it is not an exercise. Nor is it an exercise: the study of this type contains more about Murphy Brown than Murphy Brown's in his own home. He follows his career from afar. It's a sitcom, so we do not have to worry, but you and I know what this sanctuary would predict if that were the case. Law and Order: SVU.

And here is the couch where her beloved teacher tried to corner her and assault her all those years ago. Before Jessica leaves, Murphy searches the pocket of his coat and hands him a card. "If you want to leave this job, call me," she said. "My network is always looking for young and smart people." Atta girl, Murph.

Enter Professor Talbot (old, strong, surprised to see her after so long). That's what you expect. She wants the truth and an apology; he wants a thank you for all he has done for her. "You've always been a great storyteller, Murphy," and then he talks to one of them – she flirted with him for months and was sending signals that night. But she does not have that. She remembers crying when she left, so upset that "I forgot my reward and love Professor Talbot cynically asks if this is a kind of #MeToo ploy – "women clinging to the past, pointing, ruining reputations?" No, "you made me doubt myself," she said softly, and that, Professor Talbot, is what it is about. I'm not crying, you are tears. Oh you weak miserable excuse for a man. She's coming for the closing and she knows how she's going to get it, "she said, pulling out a kind of hammer and brandishing it. But she is not Phyllis, so she uses it to release her title of Academic Journalist of the Year and returns home. This time, she does not run.

Back at Phil's, Frank was so zapped by Pat Patel's application that he was limping so much, that Manuel was hitting the bridge when he heard his trigger, and that Corky was telling Miles that She was in Gumbo Land and Jambalaya Jimmy was lowering her shorts and showing her "her little shrimps". Murphy in peace. She is determined to know the truth, whether others recognize it or not – a resolution that nowadays seems more authentic than a sitcom ending at the horn of the shoe. On this note, here is Monica, who is leaving Murphy in the morning – And yes, Miles can definitely take him to an appointment soon.

This episode is closer to the sensitivity of Murphy BrownOriginal incarnation that all we have seen so far (which makes the faux pas even more glaring). The series has always focused on how Murphy negotiates his vulnerabilities and what the projected invulnerability has cost him. We see this in the pilot when she returns to work after leaving rehabilitation. The lesson for her is not "the world must be more vulnerable." The people around her will protect her and take care of her when she is – the show is not her only shield. And the other thing that's always been about (and that I really like) is that Murphy Brown is meansometimes very mean, and she is not penalized in the manner of women. People around her are not interested in softening her. (She once left a dead fish in Frank's car and certainly did not apologize.) Which, of course, increased my speed in fulfilling my wishes. I would prefer to believe that this is possible – that there are safe harbors for "difficult women" – while being satisfied to scold this Donald Trump.

In any case, she lets Phyllis keep the hammer. A nutcracker, if you get his drift. Hoping it's the beginning of an arc !!!!

• The researcher part reminds me of the perfect and transcendent film of Katharine Hepburn / Spencer Tracy Office set, which was written by the gals of Ephron simple and father, and you should look immediately.

• More Julius, please.

• The "Sexual Harassment & You" PowerPoint slides show these amazing cartoons – a first Wolf Chief (a real wolf) trying to pounce on a blond employee (not a wolf) and, later, the Wolf Chief throwing his trench -coat (a real trenchcoat).

• Murphy is right: get vaccinated against the flu !!!!!