Murphy faces a real life crisis when she is kidnapped by an environmental group and nobody will believe her because she has been on a prank streak. Her kidnappers, three young novices, become more victimized than her because of her complaining and demanding ways, and are desperate to get rid of her. When she tries to convince the crew at FYI that she's been kidnapped, they think she's playing another prank and don't believe her. Even Larry King has an issue with that, asking where Smokey the Bear is holding her. It reminds me of the secretary in the earlier episode who quit instantly upon discovering who she was assigned to work for. Murphy's not as bad of a boss as she's been given the reputation for (I certainly wouldn't mind working for her), but this is funny because it shows how her aggressiveness can come back to bite her even though she's completely upfront about what she wants and her feelings. Even when she tells the environmentalist that she's going to look into their story, they are still desperate to get rid of her and end contact completely, reminding me of Nurse Preen in "The Man Who Came to Dinner" who decided to leave her profession and join a munitions factory after treating Sheridan Whiteside. Very funny all around even though some of Murphy's pranks revealed in the opening do seem rather juvenile and beneath her.
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