The Best Episodes of Dilbert Season 1
Every episode of Dilbert Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dilbert Season 1!
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 by Columbia TriStar Television. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999, and was UPN's highest-rated comedy series premiere at that point in the network's history; it lasted two seasons on UPN and won a Primetime Emmy before its cancellation.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Dilbert" season 1 is "The Name", rated 7.3/10 from 173 user votes. It was directed by Seth Kearsley and written by Scott Adams, Larry Charles. "The Name" aired on 1/25/1999 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Competition".
7.3/10 173 votes#1 - 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
7.2/10 136 votes#2 - The Competition
Season 1 Episode 2 - 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.
Director: Seth Kearsley
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
6.8/10 129 votes#3 - The Prototype
Season 1 Episode 3 - 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
7.3/10 126 votes#4 - The Takeover
Season 1 Episode 4 - 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
7.1/10 116 votes#5 - Testing
Season 1 Episode 5 - 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
7.3/10 115 votes#6 - Elbonian Trip
Season 1 Episode 6 - 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.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.2/10 102 votes#7 - Tower of Babel
Season 1 Episode 7 - 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.
Director: Gloria Jenkins
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.0/10 102 votes#8 - Little People
Season 1 Episode 8 - 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
7.5/10 102 votes#9 - The Knack
Season 1 Episode 9 - 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
7.6/10 106 votes#10 - Y2K
Season 1 Episode 10 - 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: Andi Thom, Bob Hathcock, Jennifer Graves
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Andrew Borakove, Rachel Powell
7.3/10 94 votes#11 - 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
7.0/10 97 votes#12 - 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.
Director: Andi Klein
Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic
7.3/10 95 votes#13 - 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