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22 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 23, 199723 mins
Dave finds a man is standing at his office window ledge. After casually greeting the man, Dave, after some trouble getting a phone, calls 911. Bill sees a major opportunity and decides to go out for an exclusive interview with the man. Joe helps him with his home-made climbing equipment and Bill goes out on the ledge. While Dave is the only one thinking about the safety of the two men, it turns out the man on the ledge wants to read a statement on the air. Otherwise, he'll jump.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 30, 199723 mins
The station is losing money, so Jimmy decides to bring in an efficiency expert to cut costs. Matthew picks that day to be more odd than usual.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 29, 199722 mins
Beth and Joe ask Dave to talk Andrea into rehiring Matthew, and Dave agrees. But Dave has bigger fish to fry: Andrea introduces Steve Johnson, whom she brought in 'to help' Dave but actually hired to replace Dave. On top of this, Dave is being bugged by Bill to approve a musical act where he sings satirical songs about politicians while accompanying himself on piano. Meanwhile, Mr. James lets a camera crew into the office to film a documentary about himself. Unfortunately, Mr. James starts acting rather weird when the camera rolls.
Episode 4
Tue, Nov 4, 199722 mins
Andrea announces she wants to do some tests with the staff. Joe somehow gets ahold of the test and discovers it's a lie detector test. Dave lets Beth arrange a lunch at a restaurant so he can tell the staff what Andrea has in store for them. At the restaurant, the staff discovers that the fired Matthew is a waiter there. They also learn that Lisa has done jail time. Meanwhile, the viewer learns that the Japanese translation of Mr. James' autobiography has been a big hit in Japan. Because the original English version bombed, Mr. James has the book translated from Japanese back into English, hoping that this new translated version will be a big hit. To bring attention to the book, he does a book reading.
Episode 5
Tue, Nov 11, 199722 mins
Lisa mistakenly believes she's been dumped by Dave, which Andrea finds out about and leads to an investigation of the relationship. Andrea deludes herself into thinking she and Lisa are friends. Bill causes Mr. James legal trouble after suggesting foreign diplomats be dragged out from cars and beaten for not paying parking tickets, and one subsequently is. Beth and Joe discover Matthew has a real talent.
Episode 6
Tue, Nov 18, 199723 mins
As the new boss, Lisa's attempt to make a good, serious first impression on the staff ends in epic failure. Dave, trying to get his job back, decides to become "pure evil" and unleash Bill, which doesn't bring the results he hoped for. Matthew is now living in Lisa's office, having been kicked out of his apartment.
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 25, 199723 mins
When Catherine decides to leave WNYX, each staff member recalls a different version of the event.
Episode 8
Tue, Dec 16, 199722 mins
Mr. James has made a bet with Ted Turner that someone from WNYX will win a talent show. However, the act Mr. James had in mind can't perform on the show, so he tells Dave and the staff that he'll rehire Matthew if somebody wins the talent show. Bill and Beth start a musical act, Joe's act involves his hitting things really hard without hurting his hand, and Lisa act involves solving any complex mathematical equations. Dave also has an act but he's reluctant to do it and secretive about it because he thinks he'll be laughed at.
Episode 9
Thu, Jan 1, 199822 mins
Lisa feels Dave has a far better bond with Mr. James than she does. When she hears Mr. James once told Dave the secret of good management, she desperately wants to know the secret as well, and she persuades Mr. James to tell her. Meanwhile, Bill has hired a butler, and Matthew feels neglected since his return to WNYX.
Episode 10
Tue, Jan 6, 199823 mins
Bill tells the staff he'll be adopting a baby. Dave, Lisa and Joe think this is a bad idea and Dave and Lisa try to talk Bill out of it. They even take him to a park where Bill turns out to be a true children's friend, which makes Dave think Bill might be a good dad after all. Meanwhile, Mr. James is auctioning himself at a charity event and because he's afraid women might not bid (much) on him, he asks Beth to play a duchess and come to the charity event so she can force up the price.
Episode 11
Tue, Jan 13, 199821 mins
It's Dave's 32nd birthday. Three old college friends with whom he sung in an all-male a cappella group pay him a visit. His joy soon turns into amazement and unease when they remind Dave of a pact that the four of them once made: a pact to launch a professional a capella group if they were still single when they turned 32. One of the guys divorced his wife for this pact, while the other two quit their jobs. Meanwhile, Joe can't stand one of the singing guys, and Matthew gets yelled at by Lisa, which makes him cry.
Episode 12
Tue, Jan 20, 199822 mins
For the umpteenth time Bill has pestered Lisa. Dave recognizes Bill is [a real tie], and he and Lisa decide to make Bill the boss to teach him a much needed lesson, to teach him how hard the job is. Unfortunately for Dave and Lisa, Bill seems to be managing just fine. Meanwhile, Joe is on strike and must control his urge to fix broken stuff around the office.
Episode 13
Tue, Feb 3, 199822 mins
Dave and Lisa tell Mr. James they both don't want to be the boss, but Mr. James tells them to run for the position of the boss anyway in order not to create commotion among the staff. And so, a campaign with debate, after which the staff can vote, follows. Matthew runs for the position of office fire marshal and, despite the fact he has no opponent, wants to campaign and debate as well. Meanwhile, Joe's brothers are visiting because of the preparations of their parents' wedding anniversary. However, they scuffle more than they talk.
Episode 14
Tue, Feb 24, 199822 mins
Because things have been disappearing from his desk, Dave has a card-operated security door installed at the station entrance. Meanwhile, Bill is hired to do a TV commercial for a blue-jean company.
Episode 15
Tue, Mar 3, 199822 mins
Lisa and Beth try to find out why Matthew has gotten a brother from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Dave seemingly becomes paranoid when Bill suggests Lisa has a secret new boyfriend, which leads Bill, Joe, and Mr. James on the hunt for whom the guy is.
Episode 16
Wed, Mar 18, 199822 mins
Using information secretly collected by secret office observers, Mr. James notices Dave and Lisa's productivity levels were higher when they were dating. Mr. James tries to get them back together, but when that fails, Bill steps in. Mr. James gets Matthew a small red car for his birthday, which he drives around the building and meets a girl with.
Episode 17
Wed, Mar 25, 199822 mins
Mr. James announces he is going to circle the Earth in a hot air balloon. Bill tries to quit smoking by instead using chewing tobacco.
Episode 18
Wed, Apr 8, 199822 mins
After a co-worker nobody knew dies in a freak incident involving a copy machine Joe modified, Joe blames himself for the man's death. An old college friend of the departed shows up wanting to know more about him, and the staff, led by Bill, make up lies.
Episode 19
Wed, Apr 15, 199822 mins
Mr. James has Dave hire Walt, his only normal nephew, for an intern position. Dave turns Walt over to Bill for training. Matthew tells Dave he has a crush on Lisa and wants to ask her out. Walt also has a crush on Lisa.
Episode 20
Tue, Apr 28, 199822 mins
Jimmy sponsors an ultimate fight contest between Mathew and Joe. Bill begins recording his conversations with Lisa.
Episode 21
Wed, May 6, 199822 mins
Beth and some other female employees won't be at work today, making Lisa the only woman on the work floor. The guys however, consider today an all-male work environment and Lisa wonders why she isn't considered a woman. Mr. James has a document stating - thanks to a typo by the way - the building is a national monument and that they can get subsidy if guided tours are held. Enter Matthew who tells the tour groups everything there isn't to know about the building.
Episode 22
Tue, May 12, 199822 mins
In this - by out-of-character stepping Phil Hartman introduced - Titanic (1997) spoof, Dave is the captain of the ship who warns the crew for icebergs but gets jeered. Nevertheless, he tells sailor Matthew to be on the look-out for icebergs. Bill is a bourgeois passenger who doesn't want the riff-raff from third class to be on the same deck as the elite. Joe is the mechanic and Lisa is the beautiful young, stylish woman who's wooed by Walt.