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Working

TV Series · 1997

Working

30 min · Comedy · Ended

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Synopsis

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 Bill Rosenthal.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (22 ep)
  • 1. Pilot

    Oct 8, 1997 · 30 min

    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'.

  • 2. Close Quarters

    Oct 15, 1997 · 30 min

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

  • 3. Rumoring

    Oct 29, 1997 · 30 min

    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.

  • 4. Quick Out Of The Gate

    Nov 5, 1997 · 30 min

    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.

  • 5. Sexual Harassment

    Nov 12, 1997 · 30 min

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

  • 6. Lost Weekend

    Nov 19, 1997 · 30 min

    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.

  • 7. Creative Matt

    Dec 3, 1997 · 30 min

    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.

  • 8. Top O' The World Ma

    Dec 10, 1997 · 30 min

    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.

  • 9. Medieval Christmas

    Dec 17, 1997 · 30 min

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

  • 10. The Breakfast

    Jan 7, 1998 · 30 min

    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.

  • 11. Enemies: A Love Story

    Jan 14, 1998 · 30 min

    When Tim's wife leaves him, Matt becomes the victim – Tim wants a buddy to talk to and Matt is the only one who can't come up with an airtight excuse not to hang out with him.

  • 12. Sam I Am

    Jan 21, 1998 · 30 min

    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.

  • 13. Boys Club

    Jan 28, 1998 · 30 min

    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.

  • 14. Hatchet Man

    Feb 4, 1998 · 30 min

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

  • 15. Mum's The Word

    Feb 25, 1998 · 30 min

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

  • 16. As Bad As It Gets

    Mar 18, 1998 · 30 min

    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.

  • 17. Labor Pains

    Mar 25, 1998 · 30 min

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

  • 18. The Gold Digger

    Apr 1, 1998 · 30 min

    A co-worker shows interest in Matt after he's enrolled in a management-trainee program.

  • 19. Equality

    Apr 15, 1998 · 30 min

    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.

  • 20. The Lying Game

    Apr 29, 1998 · 30 min

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

  • 21. Due Process

    May 6, 1998 · 30 min

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

  • 22. The Brown Noser

    May 13, 1998 · 30 min

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

Season 2 (1 ep)
  • 13. The Prodigy

    Jan 25, 1999 · 30 min

    Matt is feeling mighty old after the firm hires a younger gun to provide the firm with Gen X insights; Delaney, in a shallow attempt to brown-nose, agrees to help the boss's daughter win a Sunflower Girl Cookie contest.

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