Murphy's Law (1988)

Name: Murphy's Law (1988)
Genre: Drama
Released: November 2, 1988
Rating: 28
Cast: George Segal, Charles Rocket, Kim Lankford, Maggie Han, Josh Mostel

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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ABC | Release Date: November 2, 1988

Starring: George Segal, Charles Rocket, Kim Lankford, Maggie Han, Josh Mostel, Sarah Sawatsky

Summary: Daedalus Patrick Murphy (George Segal) is a big city insurance investigator with a history of alcoholism, bankruptcy and unstable relationships. And he's the good guy in this series. His roommate is Kimiko Fannuchi (Maggie Han), a gorgeous Eurasian model -- or pinup girl, depending on who's talking to. Kimi would like to be a top model,Daedalus Patrick Murphy (George Segal) is a big city insurance investigator with a history of alcoholism, bankruptcy and unstable relationships. And he's the good guy in this series. His roommate is Kimiko Fannuchi (Maggie Han), a gorgeous Eurasian model -- or pinup girl, depending on who's talking to. Kimi would like to be a top model, but her biggest claim to fame is being the scantily clad calendar girl for Morgan's Power Tools. Their relationship is mostly platonic, much to Murphy's disgust: he'd love to remove what he calls the Bamboo Curtain, a wool blanket, that divides their apartment.
When he's not eyeballing Kimi, attending AA meetings or avoiding his boss Wes (Josh Mostel), Murphy solves cases of insurance fraud. Despite all the distractions, he's very good at his job. And, to his credit, he hasn't touched a drop in eight months. He'd better stay that way, or Kimi will boot him out. For this insurance man, sobriety is the best policy.

"It's a bubble that's gonna break, it's Murphy's law"
--Theme song lyrics, sung by Al Jarreau
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Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E13. All's Wrong That Ends Wrong
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S1:E12. Doing It the Hard Way is Always Easier
Air Date: March 18, 1989
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S1:E11. Experience is Something You Don't Get Until Just After You Need It
Air Date: March 11, 1989

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Jeff Jarvis

Aug 12, 2014

Season 1 Review: Philip Marlowe meets Moonlighting—with a passing nod to The Odd Couple—In this delightfully inventive new detective show. Read full review

Matt Roush

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: It's a harmless, standard-issue - cheesy - detective (actually, insurance investigator) series in the vein of Rockford Files-like unwilling heroes. [2 Nov 1988]

Greg Dawson

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: Segal has a certain bombastic charm as he quaffs and quips his way through the part of Daedelus, the phoniest Irishman to hit the small screen since the last Irish Spring commercial. Han, who made her TV debut in the miniseries Space, is a good foil for Segal. She can act a little, which is all that's called for. [2 Nov 1988]

Ed Siegel

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: Segal's nasal, hard-bitten delivery is dreadful here, and his relationship with the beautiful Maggie Han is preposterous. [2 Nov 1988]

Howard Rosenberg

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: The opening story... is thin and uncompelling. ... This is one of those series in which plot is relatively unimportant, however. What is important is the Murphy/Fannuchi relationship, which is only partially platonic, but fully unbelievable. If the relationship doesn't work, the series doesn't work. The relationship doesn't work. Read full review

Joe Stein

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: A strong candidate for worst new series of the season. [2 Nov 1988]

David Friedman

Aug 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: A series so monumentally meaningless, so pathetically puerile, so irredeemably ridiculous that, within my limited professional context, it prompts the Biggest Question of them all: Why is there television? [2 Nov 1988]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 2, 1988
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  S1:E13. All's Wrong That Ends Wrong
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E12. Doing It the Hard Way is Always Easier
  Air Date: March 18, 1989
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  S1:E11. Experience is Something You Don't Get Until Just After Yo...
  Air Date: March 11, 1989
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  S1:E10. When You're Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed
  Air Date: February 18, 1989
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  S1:E9. Where's There's a Will, There's a Won't
  Air Date: February 11, 1989
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  S1:E8. Never Wear Earmuffs in a Bed of Rattlesnakes
  Air Date: February 4, 1989
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  S1:E7. Two Wrongs are Only the Beginning
  Air Date: January 28, 1989
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  S1:E6. Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing
  Air Date: January 21, 1989
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  S1:E5. Never Play Leapfrog with a Unicorn
  Air Date: January 14, 1989
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  S1:E4. Do Someone a Favor and It Becomes Your Job
  Air Date: December 17, 1988
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  S1:E3. If You Can't Win, Shoot for a Tie
  Air Date: December 10, 1988
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  S1:E2. Where are My Socks and Other Mysteries of Love
  Air Date: December 3, 1988
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  S1:E1. The Room Above the Indian Grocery
  Air Date: November 2, 1988