Frank thinks that Dana may finally be the one. He asks Murphy to have lunch with her and give her approval. When she does, he hesitates, but then moves he moves in with her. At their first dinner party, some truths about Dana are revealed. She keeps a menagerie in her apartment, has a son, her furniture is being repossessed and her ex-husband has broken out of prison and is looking for a place to stay.
s09e01 - Executive Decision
s09e02 - Power Play
s09e03 - A Comedy of Eros
s09e04 - Son of Dottie
s09e05 - Office Politics
s09e06 - Phil's Dead - Long Live Phil's
s09e07 - That's the Way the Corky Crumbles
s09e08 - Defending Your Life
s09e09 - Underdogs
s09e10 - Nobody's Perfect
s09e11 - A One Night Stan
s09e12 - Seperation Anxiety
s09e13 - Montezuma's Retreat
s09e14 - The Big Thaw
s09e15 - Who Do You Truss?
s09e16 - You Don't Know Jackal
s09e17 - Blind Date
s09e18 - Oh, Danny Boy
s09e19 - Desperate Times
s09e20 - And That's the Way it Was?
s09e21 - How to Marry a Billionaire
s09e22 - Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
s09e23 - Mama Miller
s09e24 - When One Door Closes ...
Murphy is the star reporter on a news magazine show called FYI. The show is based in Washington DC, which gives the FYI team more than enough material to work with. Murphy lives in a townhouse that she has been having repainted for the duration of the series, Eldin the painter may never finish the job, but Murphy doesn't seem to mind. Murphy owes her Betty Ford trip to Phil, he owns the local bar and restaurant where the staff and the rest of the political scene have lunch. Phil knows about everything going on in Washington. Jim Dial is the uptight senior anchor, a seasoned veteran, who accompanied Murphy on her trip to the Betty Ford Clinic. Frank is a single guy and constantly looking for a girlfriend, he is also Murphy's best friend. Corky is a former Miss America turned news person, she covers all the 'hard' news.