Better Off Ted backdrop

Better Off Ted S2E6 — Beating a Dead Workforce

7.7

Better Off Ted•Season 2•Episode 6

Beating a Dead Workforce

7.7/10 · 246 votesJan 5, 201022 min

Ranked #9 of 13 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

After an employee literally drops dead in the midst of Veridian's big push to finish a major project -- a machine that ironically will get people to sleep -- Veronica tries to use the incident as inspiration to make the staff work even harder.

Directed byMarc Buckland

Written byIngrid Escajeda

Previous episodeE5 · The Great Repression Next episodeE7 · Change We Can't Believe In

Seasons2

Season 2 Episodes13

Love Blurts still

Love Blurts

The Lawyer, The Lemur and the Little Listener still

The Lawyer, The Lemur and the Little Listener

Battle of the Bulbs still

Battle of the Bulbs

It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal still

It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal

The Great Repression still

The Great Repression

Beating a Dead Workforce still

E6 7.7Now viewing

Beating a Dead Workforce

Change We Can't Believe In still

Change We Can't Believe In

The Impertence of Communicationizing still

The Impertence of Communicationizing

The Long and Winding High Road still

The Long and Winding High Road

Lust in Translation still

Lust in Translation

Mess of a Salesman still

Mess of a Salesman

It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To still

It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To

Swag the Dog still

Swag the Dog

Cast6

Jay Harrington

Jay Harrington

Ted Crisp

Portia De Rossi

Portia De Rossi

Veronica Palmer

Andrea Anders

Andrea Anders

Linda Zwordling

Jonathan Slavin

Jonathan Slavin

Phil Myman

Malcolm Barrett

Malcolm Barrett

Lem Hewitt

Isabella Acres

Isabella Acres

Rose Crisp

Crew7

M

Marc Buckland

Director

J

Jason Roberts

Second Assistant Director

R

Robert Bramwell

Editor

E

Eric Jewett

First Assistant Director

B

Brad Hawkinson

Assistant Editor

Andi Brittan

Andi Brittan

Set Decoration

Ingrid Escajeda

Ingrid Escajeda

Writer

Discussion

0 comments

Join the conversation

Share your take and reply to other fans.

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this episode.

Episode Summary

"Beating a Dead Workforce" is episode 6 of Better Off Ted season 2. It scored 7.7/10 from 246 votes, ranking #9 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Marc Buckland and written by Ingrid Escajeda, it aired on January 5, 2010.

Next: E7 · Change We Can't Believe In Best of Season 2