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The Worst Episodes of Dilbert

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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dilbert Season 1 Episode 3 - The Prototype
    6.9/10(135 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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  2. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 9 - The Off-Site Meeting
    7.0/10(80 votes)

    S2:E9

    Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.

    Director:Seth Kearsley
    Writers:Ron Nelson, Mark Steen, Scott Adams

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  3. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 5 - Testing
    7.1/10(120 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.

    Director:Chris Dozois
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

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  4. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 8 - Little People
    7.1/10(104 votes)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams

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  5. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 12 - Holiday
    7.1/10(99 votes)

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams

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  6. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 2 - The Competition
    7.3/10(141 votes)

    S1:E2

    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

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  7. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 4 - The Takeover
    7.3/10(131 votes)

    S1:E4

    Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.

    Director:Andi Klein
    Writers:Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  8. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 2 - The Shroud of Wally
    7.3/10(97 votes)

    S2:E2

    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

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  9. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 5 - The Dupey
    7.3/10(99 votes)

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown

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  10. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 6 - The Security Guard
    7.3/10(96 votes)

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 13 - Pregnancy
    7.3/10(83 votes)

    S2:E13

    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
    Writers:Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  12. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 14 - The Delivery
    7.3/10(89 votes)

    S2:E14

    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
    Writers:Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  13. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 1 - The Name
    7.4/10(182 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  14. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 6 - Elbonian Trip
    7.4/10(118 votes)

    S1:E6

    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
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

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  15. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 7 - Tower of Babel
    7.4/10(105 votes)

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

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  16. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 11 - Charity
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S1:E11

    Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.

    Director:Chris Dozois
    Writers:David Adam Silverman, Larry Charles, Stephen Sustarsic, Scott Adams

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  17. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 13 - Infomercial
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S1:E13

    The pre-production—non-lab-tested—Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family.

    Directors:Todd Frederiksen, Joe Vaux
    Writers:Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  18. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 15 - Company Picnic
    7.4/10(87 votes)

    S2:E15

    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:Unknown

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  19. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 4 - The Trial
    7.5/10(94 votes)

    S2:E4

    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
    Writers:Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  20. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 8 - Hunger
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown

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  21. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 10 - The Assistant
    7.5/10(91 votes)

    S2:E10

    Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.

    Directors:Gloria Jenkins, Declan Moran
    Writers:Ron Nelson, Larry Charles, Mark Steen, Scott Adams

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  22. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 9 - The Knack
    7.6/10(106 votes)

    S1:E9

    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
    Writers:Ned Goldreyer, Larry Charles, Scott Adams

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  23. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 3 - Art
    7.6/10(102 votes)

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown

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  24. Dilbert Season 1 Episode 10 - Y2K
    7.7/10(110 votes)

    S1:E10

    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?

    Directors:Jennifer Graves, Bob Hathcock, Andi Thom
    Writers:Larry Charles, Andrew Borakove, Rachel Powell, Scott Adams

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  25. Dilbert Season 2 Episode 1 - The Gift
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    S2:E1

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Prototype" is the worst rated episode of "Dilbert". It scored 6.9/10 based on 135 votes. Directed by Alfred Gimeno and written by Jeff Kahn, it aired on 2/8/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Off-Site Meeting".