Working: Season 1
Episodes
Pilot
Oct 8, 1997 · 30 min
Matthew Peyser starts his new job, only to learn that the office is filled with people that do nothing – and he gets promoted because his portfolio is switched with another worke
Close Quarters
Oct 15, 1997 · 30 min
Matt catches the ""close-quarters syndrome"" and starts dating a daffy co-worker who's really not his type.
Rumoring
Oct 29, 1997 · 30 min
To up his value to the company, Matt starts a rumor that he's been offered a better job with another company, but his plan backfires.
Quick Out Of The Gate
Nov 5, 1997 · 30 min
Matt's drive to become a valuable employee earns him a reprimand for making everyone else look bad. Meanwhile, Abby and Hal fight over the gorgeous latin copy guy.
Sexual Harassment
Nov 12, 1997 · 30 min
A sexual harassment seminar transforms the staff into sexless zombies, putting a crimp into Matt's plans to date a new colleague.
Lost Weekend
Nov 19, 1997 · 30 min
When Matt's father comes to spend a weekend with him, Tim makes them go all the weekend making Matt decide between working and spending the weekend with his father.
Creative Matt
Dec 3, 1997 · 30 min
The office is invited to a party at Tim's house, and the bored staff convince a drunken Tim that Matt and the guy that he came to the party with are a gay couple. Tim uses this in
Top O' The World Ma
Dec 10, 1997 · 30 min
When one of Matt's decisions costs the company big bucks, all of his decisions tends to disaster. Meanwhile, Delaney tries to pick up a girl at work.
Medieval Christmas
Dec 17, 1997 · 30 min
Hal's chauvinistic boss submits a sexy photo of her for the company's pinup calendar.
The Breakfast
Jan 7, 1998 · 30 min
A member of Senior Management invites Matt to breakfast – and then uses everything Matt says to form a case against Tim. Meanwhile, Evelyn replaces Jimmy with an ape and convinc
Enemies: A Love Story
Jan 14, 1998 · 30 min
When Tim's wife leaves him, Matt becomes the victim – Tim wants a buddy to talk to and Matt is the only one who can't come up with an airtight excuse not to hang out with him.
Sam I Am
Jan 21, 1998 · 30 min
Matt goes out on a limb to help an old college buddy land a job, and soon comes to regret it when he won't show up.
Boys Club
Jan 28, 1998 · 30 min
Deale casts for the new worker, with the Help of Matt. But he soons decides for one particular, chauvinist man. Until this new ""guy"" transforms into a woman. Tim fires her and th
Hatchet Man
Feb 4, 1998 · 30 min
Matt is challenged to prove he has the right stuff by firing an inept temp.
Mum's The Word
Feb 25, 1998 · 30 min
Matt ends up babysitting a coworker's little terrors to protect her from Deale's vindictiveness.
As Bad As It Gets
Mar 18, 1998 · 30 min
Matt puts a little danger in his life when he picks up an edgy beauty in a bar, only to learn that she is Tim's daughter, and that she's too much for him.
Labor Pains
Mar 25, 1998 · 30 min
Tired of being taken advantage of, the staff, with Matt as their leader, goes on strike.
The Gold Digger
Apr 1, 1998 · 30 min
A co-worker shows interest in Matt after he's enrolled in a management-trainee program.
Equality
Apr 15, 1998 · 30 min
Matt helps a career woman shatter the company's glass ceiling, but the ""Old Boy Network"" of execs triples her workload in hopes that she'll crack under the pressure.
The Lying Game
Apr 29, 1998 · 30 min
Perfectly honest Matt has to ""massage the truth"" when Abby asks why he won't date her.
Due Process
May 6, 1998 · 30 min
Matt tries to push a proposal that the company initiate a four-day work week, but runs into some serious bureaucratic stonewalling.
The Brown Noser
May 13, 1998 · 30 min
Tim tires of being a ""money-grubbing, care-only-for-myself phony"" and quits his job.