One of the mainstays of Murphy Brown isn't even in the FYI newsroom. Eldin Bernecky (Robert Pastorelli) is the oddly philosophical painter and handyman who spends six seasons painting Murphy's house (it's a long story). Pastorelli left the show after seven seasons, but for the finale, a cameo was in order. When a newly cancer-free Murphy returns home at the end, Eldin pops up once again with a proposal: an offer to touch up her house.