Something tells me that Avery Brown would have been more acidic in disciplining the young Murphy rather than use the same old cliches that were dated when I first heard them 50 years ago. Murphy is dealing with an immature house guest, Anne Heche, a college student majoring in journalism who turns her world upside down. Fresh from "Another World", Heche is obviously in Victoria Hudson mold here, a rebel who has not figured out her cause, calling herself Nica (short for Nicaragua), and not really having any idea of what to expect in the world outside of her youth and enthusiasm. Murphy is trying hard not to fall into the cliches of motherhood lecturing, but her own pregnancy has her wondering what she'll have to face when her child is older. It's your typical generation gap story with the liberal and cool Murphy having to be not so liberal and cool when she sees how it could destroy Heche due to her rebelliousness and refusal to follow the rules of common sense. Candice Bergen gets to rattle off a ton of cliches at the end in a fast and frenetic way that is reminiscent of Rosalind Russell's speedy delivery in "His Girl Friday".
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