7.9/1094 votesLoading...#1 - The Virtual Employee
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/30/2000
Dilbert and his co-workers find an empty cubicle and start dumping their obsolete computer equipment into it. To keep the marketing department from claiming the cubicle, they hack into the human resources database and create a profile for a fake engineer named Todd. The plan backfires when Todd is named project leader and develops a messianic reputation.
Director: Perry Zombolas
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer
7.8/10101 votesLoading...#2 - The Security Guard
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/18/2000
After a heated debate, Dilbert and the building's security guard trade jobs to see who can do the other's job better. Dilbert quickly finds himself in over his head when he discovers an illegal casino being run underneath the building.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10114 votesLoading...#3 - Company Picnic
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 7/11/2000
The annual company picnic comes around and so does the softball game between Marketing and Engineering. This episode is based on Romeo and Juliet.
Director: Linda Miller
Writer: N/A
7.7/1080 votesLoading...#4 - Pregnancy
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 7/18/2000
Ratbert accidentally sends Dilbert's model rocket into space. When it returns with samples of DNA from aliens, cows, hillbillies, engineers, and robots, it rectally impales Dilbert, impregnating him.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles
7.6/10106 votesLoading...#5 - 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's cup. His resulting mis-steps send the world back to the Dark Ages.
Director: Michael Goguen
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer
7.6/10109 votesLoading...#6 - The Gift
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1999
Dilbert's mother's birthday is coming up, and in search of the perfect gift, he returns to the mall where he was abandoned by his father (voiced by Buck Henry) years ago.
Director: Gloria Jenkins
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
7.6/1099 votesLoading...#7 - The Shroud of Wally
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/1999
Dilbert has a near-death experience at a gas station, and finds that the afterlife is exactly like the office. Meanwhile, a group listening to a multi-level marketing speech become hypnotized, and through a bizarre accident caused by a crashing space shuttle and the birthday kit create a religion based on Wally. Dilbert and Dogbert manage to cover up the crash, while Wally turns away his followers with his odd habits.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: Scott Adams
7.6/1087 votesLoading...#8 - The Delivery
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/25/2000
Dilbert's pregnancy turns into a media circus as the various "parents" of his baby sue for custody, with Steve Austin presiding over the hearing.
Director: Craig R. Maras
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles
7.5/10102 votesLoading...#9 - 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 drudgework dulled his brain too much to be able to tackle this crucial task?
Director: Jennifer Graves, Bob Hathcock, Andi Thom
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Andrew Borakove, Rachel Powell
7.5/1091 votesLoading...#10 - The Assistant
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/15/2000
Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.
Director: Gloria Jenkins, Declan Moran
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ron Nelson, Mark Steen
7.4/1093 votesLoading...#11 - The Dupey
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/1999
Dilbert's attempts to design a Furby-style children's toy go horribly awry when the toys gain sentience and mutate into hideous but benevolent creatures that want independence.
Director: Linda Miller
Writer: N/A
7.4/1086 votesLoading...#12 - The Merger
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/25/2000
The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.
Director: Rick Del Carmen
Writer: Scott Adams
7.3/10173 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Seth Kearsley
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles
7.3/10115 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer
7.3/10126 votesLoading...#15 - Testing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/1999
The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.
Director: Chris Dozois
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.3/1095 votesLoading...#16 - Charity
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/10/1999
Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.
Director: Chris Dozois
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.3/1095 votesLoading...#17 - 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.
Director: Todd Frederiksen, Joe Vaux
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer
7.3/1090 votesLoading...#18 - The Fact
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 11/9/1999
Dogbert becomes rich and famous by writing a best-selling book about an imaginary disease, 'Chronic Cubicle Syndrome', and Dilbert finds himself saddled with the job of devising a cure.
Director: Chris Dozois
Writer: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman
7.2/10136 votesLoading...#19 - 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 Boss as her own.
Director: Alfred Gimeno
Writer: Jeff Kahn
7.2/10102 votesLoading...#20 - 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.
Director: Barry Vodos
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.2/1096 votesLoading...#21 - The Trial
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1999
Dilbert is sent to prison after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.
Director: Michael Goguen
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles
7.2/1098 votesLoading...#22 - Art
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2000
Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.
Director: Chris Dozois
Writer: N/A
7.2/1093 votesLoading...#23 - Hunger
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/1/2000
Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until his mother gets involved.
Director: James Hull
Writer: N/A
7.2/1083 votesLoading...#24 - The Return
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/6/2000
Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to the company warehouse.
Director: Mike Kunkel
Writer: N/A
7.2/1089 votesLoading...#25 - Ethics
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/13/2000
After the company employees are forced to take ethical-training classes, Dilbert is put in charge of designing a nationwide Internet voting network. His scruples are put to the test when an attractive female representative of a tobacco special-interest group tries to seduce him.
Director: Michael Goguen
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles
The Best Episodes of Dilbert
Every episode of Dilbert ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dilbert!
Dilbert is an animated television series adaptation of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox, and United Media and distributed...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Virtual Employee" is the best rated episode of "Dilbert". It scored 7.9/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Perry Zombolas and written by Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer, it aired on 5/30/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Security Guard".