Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1997)

Cast

Fred Savage as Matt Peyser
Fred Savage

as Matt Peyser

Maurice Godin as Tim Deale
Maurice Godin

as Tim Deale

Yvette Freeman as Evelyn Smalley
Yvette Freeman

as Evelyn Smalley

Arden Myrin as Abby Cosgrove
Arden Myrin

as Abby Cosgrove

Steve Hytner as John Delaney
Steve Hytner

as John Delaney

Dana Gould as Jimmy Clarke
Dana Gould

as Jimmy Clarke

Sarah Knowlton as Hal Blum
Sarah Knowlton

as Hal Blum

Episodes

Pilot poster

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October 8, 1997

Matthew Peyser starts his new job, only to learn that the office is filled with people that do nothing – and he gets …

Close Quarters poster

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October 15, 1997

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

Rumoring poster

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October 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 p…

Quick Out Of The Gate poster

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November 5, 1997

Matt's drive to become a valuable employee earns him a reprimand for making everyone else look bad. Meanwhile, Abby an…

Sexual Harassment poster

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November 12, 1997

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

Lost Weekend poster

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November 19, 1997

When Matt's father comes to spend a weekend with him, Tim makes them go all the weekend making Matt decide between work…

Creative Matt poster

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December 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 …

Top O' The World Ma poster

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December 10, 1997

When one of Matt's decisions costs the company big bucks, all of his decisions tends to disaster. Meanwhile, Delaney tr…

Medieval Christmas poster

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December 17, 1997

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

The Breakfast poster

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January 7, 1998

A member of Senior Management invites Matt to breakfast – and then uses everything Matt says to form a case against T…

Enemies: A Love Story poster

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January 14, 1998

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…

Sam I Am poster

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January 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.

Boys Club poster

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January 28, 1998

Deale casts for the new worker, with the Help of Matt. But he soons decides for one particular, chauvinist man. Until t…

Hatchet Man poster

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February 4, 1998

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

Mum's The Word poster

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February 25, 1998

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

As Bad As It Gets poster

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March 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 daughte…

Labor Pains poster

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March 25, 1998

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

The Gold Digger poster

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April 1, 1998

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

Equality poster

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April 15, 1998

Matt helps a career woman shatter the company's glass ceiling, but the ""Old Boy Network"" of execs triples her workloa…

The Lying Game poster

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April 29, 1998

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

Due Process poster

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May 6, 1998

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

The Brown Noser poster

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May 13, 1998

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