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Dilbert, a socially awkward but highly competent engineer, works in a dysfunctional workplace. The series satirizes corporate culture, featuring clueless managers, pointless meetings, bizarre company policies, and the daily frustrations of modern office life.
Season 1
7.0/101 votesThe Name
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/1999
When Dilbert wakes up after another night of having the egg dream, he discovers he isn't the only one to have had the dream. His fellow employees tell him about The Chicken Man, a guy who turned into a chicken after he was put in charge of a product that he was unable to name. Dilbert soon finds himself in the same situation.
Director: Seth Kearsley
Writer: Larry Charles, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesThe Competition
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/1999
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.
Director: Seth Kearsley
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
N/A/100 votesThe Prototype
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/1999
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
N/A/100 votesThe Takeover
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/1999
Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesTesting
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/1999
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
N/A/100 votesElbonian Trip
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/1999
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.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
N/A/100 votesTower of Babel
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/1999
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.
Director: Gloria Jenkins
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
N/A/100 votesLittle People
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/1999
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: David Adam Silverman, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesThe Knack
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/26/1999
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: Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesY2K
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/1999
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: Larry Charles, Andrew Borakove, Rachel Powell, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesCharity
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: David Adam Silverman, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesHoliday
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.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams
N/A/100 votesInfomercial
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: Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams