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The Best Episodes of Working

Every episode of Working ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Working!

Working is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1999. The series was created and executive produced by Michael Davidoff and...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Working". It scored 7.5/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/8/1997. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Rumoring".

  • Pilot
    7.5/1016 votes
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    #1 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1997

    Matthew Peyser starts his new job, only to learn that the office is filled with people that do nothing – and he gets promoted because his portfolio is switched with another workers'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rumoring
    7.2/1011 votes
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    #2 - Rumoring

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1997

    To up his value to the company, Matt starts a rumor that he's been offered a better job with another company, but his plan backfires.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Quick Out Of The Gate
    7.0/1011 votes
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    #3 - Quick Out Of The Gate

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1997

    Matt's drive to become a valuable employee earns him a reprimand for making everyone else look bad. Meanwhile, Abby and Hal fight over the gorgeous latin copy guy.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: N/A

  • As Bad As It Gets
    6.8/1015 votes
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    #4 - As Bad As It Gets

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/1998

    Matt puts a little danger in his life when he picks up an edgy beauty in a bar, only to learn that she is Tim's daughter, and that she's too much for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hatchet Man
    6.7/1012 votes
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    #5 - Hatchet Man

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1998

    Matt is challenged to prove he has the right stuff by firing an inept temp.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: N/A

  • Equality
    6.5/109 votes
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    #6 - Equality

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1998

    Matt helps a career woman shatter the company's glass ceiling, but the ""Old Boy Network"" of execs triples her workload in hopes that she'll crack under the pressure.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sexual Harassment
    6.4/1010 votes
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    #7 - Sexual Harassment

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1997

    A sexual harassment seminar transforms the staff into sexless zombies, putting a crimp into Matt's plans to date a new colleague.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boys Club
    6.4/109 votes
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    #8 - Boys Club

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/1998

    Deale casts for the new worker, with the Help of Matt. But he soons decides for one particular, chauvinist man. Until this new ""guy"" transforms into a woman. Tim fires her and then hires Matt dressed as a woman, so she stays with them, at least until the end of the season.

    Director: Andrew Tsao

    Writer: N/A

  • Sam I Am
    6.3/109 votes
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    #9 - Sam I Am

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1998

    Matt goes out on a limb to help an old college buddy land a job, and soon comes to regret it when he won't show up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Labor Pains
    6.3/1010 votes
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    #10 - Labor Pains

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/1998

    Tired of being taken advantage of, the staff, with Matt as their leader, goes on strike.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lying Game
    6.3/1010 votes
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    #11 - The Lying Game

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1998

    Perfectly honest Matt has to ""massage the truth"" when Abby asks why he won't date her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Due Process
    6.3/109 votes
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    #12 - Due Process

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1998

    Matt tries to push a proposal that the company initiate a four-day work week, but runs into some serious bureaucratic stonewalling.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Close Quarters
    6.2/1012 votes
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    #13 - Close Quarters

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1997

    Matt catches the ""close-quarters syndrome"" and starts dating a daffy co-worker who's really not his type.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Performance Review
    6.2/108 votes
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    #14 - Performance Review

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1998

    Matt's honest self-evaluation inspires Tim to have Matt write them for fellow staffers as well.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Consultant
    6.2/1010 votes
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    #15 - The Consultant

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1998

    Management brings in a consultant who's going to turn the team into ""a lean, mean white-collar machine.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Medieval Christmas
    6.1/109 votes
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    #16 - Medieval Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1997

    Hal's chauvinistic boss submits a sexy photo of her for the company's pinup calendar.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Breakfast
    6.1/1011 votes
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    #17 - The Breakfast

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/1998

    A member of Senior Management invites Matt to breakfast – and then uses everything Matt says to form a case against Tim. Meanwhile, Evelyn replaces Jimmy with an ape and convinces Abbey that her job is in jeopardy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost Weekend
    6.0/1010 votes
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    #18 - Lost Weekend

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1997

    When Matt's father comes to spend a weekend with him, Tim makes them go all the weekend making Matt decide between working and spending the weekend with his father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Armageddon Outta Here
    5.9/1013 votes
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    #19 - Armageddon Outta Here

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1998

    Matt forgoes research and follows his instincts for his latest project. But his plan brings a company satellite hurtling toward the building.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mum's The Word
    5.8/109 votes
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    #20 - Mum's The Word

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/1998

    Matt ends up babysitting a coworker's little terrors to protect her from Deale's vindictiveness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Brown Noser
    5.8/109 votes
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    #21 - The Brown Noser

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1998

    Tim tires of being a ""money-grubbing, care-only-for-myself phony"" and quits his job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Creative Matt
    5.7/1011 votes
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    #22 - Creative Matt

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/1997

    The office is invited to a party at Tim's house, and the bored staff convince a drunken Tim that Matt and the guy that he came to the party with are a gay couple. Tim uses this information to his own advantage by setting up Matt with his boss's son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Top O' The World Ma
    5.7/109 votes
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    #23 - Top O' The World Ma

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1997

    When one of Matt's decisions costs the company big bucks, all of his decisions tends to disaster. Meanwhile, Delaney tries to pick up a girl at work.

    Director: Andrew Tsao

    Writer: N/A

  • The Retreat
    5.6/1011 votes
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    #24 - The Retreat

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1999

    Matt plans a retreat to a resort where employees can bare their souls, but when they arrive, they find patrons baring something else: their bodies. So to get his group focused, Matt decides to get naked.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Good Val Hunting
    5.5/109 votes
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    #25 - Good Val Hunting

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1998

    Val gets promoted after solving a complex math equation that's baffled company accountants.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A