The BEST episodes of Dilbert season 1
Every episode of Dilbert season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dilbert season 1!
The series follows the adventures of a middle-aged white collar office worker, named Dilbert, who is extremely intelligent in regards to all things that fall within the boundaries of electrical engineering. Although Dilbert's intelligence greatly surpasses that of his incompetent colleagues at work, he is unable to question certain processes that he believes to be inefficient, due to his lack of power within the organization. Thus, he is consistently found to be unsatisfied with the decisions that are made in his workplace, because of the fact that many times he has many suggestions to improve the decision, yet is incapable of expressing them. Consequently, he is often found to show a pessimistic and frustrated attitude, which ultimately lands him in various comedic situations that revolve around concepts like leadership, teamwork, communication, and corporate culture.
#1 - Tower of Babel
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/1999
The repetitive passing-on of the same cold strain in Dilbert's office causes it to mutate and turns the coworkers into monsters. Rather than eliminate the virus, the company decides to start fresh by moving everyone to a new office, which Dilbert is tasked with designing in exchange for a new office.
#2 - Holiday
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/17/1999
Dilbert thinks there are too many time-wasting holidays; Dogbert concurrently convinces Congress to abandon all holidays in favor of a "National Dogbert Day".
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#3 - Y2K
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/26/1999
On the eve of the new millennium, everyone — except Dilbert — is making New Year's plans. While assuring everyone that the company is prepared for Y2K, Dilbert discovers that the computer mainframe's main processor isn't Y2K-compatible and all the company's systems will crash if it isn't fixed. Dilbert is rewarded for discovering this by being assigned to fix it, and he discovers that the system's original programmer was Wally. But have years of drudge work dulled his brain too much to be able to tackle this crucial task?
#4 - The Knack
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/1999
Dilbert loses "the knack" for technology when he gets management DNA from accidentally drinking from the Boss' cup. His resulting missteps send the world back to the Dark Ages.
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#5 - Infomercial
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/24/1999
The pre-production, non-lab-tested Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family whose ill treatment of it threatens to destroy the world. Meanwhile, the Boss begins predicting the future while asleep after injuring his head while making a commercial for the Gruntmaster 6000.
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#6 - Elbonian Trip
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/1999
Dilbert, Alice, Wally, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss take a business trip to Elbonia. Alice and Dilbert attempt to free the Elbonian people (Alice adopts an Elbonian baby while Dilbert introduces the workers to human rights) while Wally becomes a prophet.
#7 - Little People
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/1999
Dilbert discovers that the office is inhabited by a race of former employees who have been "downsized" (literally shrunken down to size after they've been laid off) after finding all of his belongings used, the dry-erase markers disappearing, and X-rated websites on his computer.
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#8 - The Prototype
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/1999
Dilbert and Alice must work together to stop a rival team led by the legendary "Lena" from stealing their ideas and presenting them to the Pointy-Haired Boss as her own.
#9 - Charity
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/10/1999
Dilbert questions the idea of charity and is forced to be the coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.
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#10 - The Competition
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/1999
Dilbert is fired from his job when he is suspected of being a spy for a rival company (which was a rumor cooked up by Dogbert's online newsletter) and gets hired at a company that actually treats their workers like people.
#11 - The Takeover
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/1999
Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.
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#12 - The Name
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/1999
Dilbert is tasked with naming a product that hasn't even been designed yet, and the stress (brought on by a recurring nightmare) makes Dilbert think he's turning into a chicken.
#13 - Testing
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/1999
The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by evil-masked test engineer Bob Bastard. Meanwhile, Dogbert joins the space program and learns government secrets.