Much to the surprise of the FYI staff, their former co-worker Stuart Best is elected to Congress. Murphy decides it would be a good interview to let him air his political views, but the segment takes an unfortunate turn.
Frank is organizing a Valentine's Day bowling benefit in January and needs his co-workers to show up. He also needs a date so Peter sets Frank up with his ex Linda while Miles and Corky take their relationship to the next level.
Murphy's indifference to the crew has become too much, so her friends help stage a practical joke to teach her a lesson. Informed a staffer has died, Murphy pretends to have known him well, even agreeing to host his funeral.
Murphy, Miles and Frank visit Stan in the hospital, who's had a revelation after watching so much TV. He wants all network shows to go younger or add a dog, so FYI hires veejay McGovern, who eventually clashes with Murphy.
Corky goes to see exec Tony Lucchesi about hosting a special, and he sexually propositions her. When she declines to file a complaint, Murphy decides to visit Tony, but then finds she is the one accused of harassment.
In an innovative move, FYI starts broadcasting from a ground floor studio with a windowed backdrop. Animal activists target Murphy after she is seen targeting a rat for eradication.
Miles is asked to help on another program, leaving Corky neglected and giving a returning Miller an opportunity with her. The absence of Miles from FYI also gives Murphy free to try out some ideas that create havoc on the show.
McGovern's photo shoot for Rolling Stone is unsupervised after Miles is called away. The issue features a nude McGovern and Murphy uses it as a reason for firing her. Talking to Stan she has second thoughts after hearing the exec's objections.
Stan decides the perfect secretary for Murphy is his nephew Andrew and in the beginning he is right. Everything starts going Murphy's way while her co-workers have a series of mishaps. Andrew's ambitions begin to be questioned.
With a major storm approaching Florida, Miles sends Miller to cover it to disrupt his dating of Corky. But then the entire FYI crew also has to go, with Murphy suspecting she's pregnant when she's nauseous. Peter has a surprising reaction.
Murphy is at a loss how to plan a wedding, so she accepts Corky's offer to help make it memorable. Miles decides to date a supermodel to make Corky jealous as she continues seeing Miller.
As Murphy and Peter's wedding approaches, he leaves on a short assignment. Frank goes ahead with the bachelor party at a strip club without him, but Murphy shows up to quiz everyone about marriage. Miles and Corky reconcile.
Series creator Diane English joins the cast as they reflect on their characters and what they enjoyed the most in the show's seven years. Lesley Stahl leads the discussion that also includes outtakes.
After Murphy and Peter put their wedding plans on hold, she becomes more negative then usual. When Miles and Corky announce their surprise marriage, Murphy cannot bring herself to wish them well.
Lansing's devious nephew Andrew returns as head of a TV division and offers Murphy a spot opposite Walter Cronkite on a news show. Murphy accepts, but the show's content is fluff and her co-host is Miller.
Frank evades a deadly situation at a prison, and it proves to be a ratings booster. He would like to cover tamer stories, but head honcho Lansing pushes him into dangerous circumstances, so Frank seeks Murphy's advice.
Murphy is called into traffic court due to her questionable driving skills, and asks for no special treatment because she is famous. She finds more trouble when she ignores the community service she is sentenced to.
Stuck between the hammer and the anvil, Miles assigns both Corky and Murphy to work on the same breaking news story. Corky and Miles decide that the time is right to consummate their marriage.
Murphy begins to question her impeccable communication skills when she loses an interview to Miller, but grudgingly allows that he may be making progress as a journalist - until she discovers his methods.
While visiting her old college to receive an honorary doctorate, Murphy tries to prove the students in the women's studies, a class she helped establish, that she's still in touch with young women's issues.