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22 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 23, 199822 mins
After Bill's funeral, the staff deals with their grief. Catherine comes back to read some private messages as part of Bill's last will. Matthew wants to believe Bill is still alive and traveling the world.
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 7, 199822 mins
Dave thinks it's time to hire Bill's replacement. When the staff resists, he considers going with a longtime friend of Bill's, Max Louis. As it turns out, Max is a horrible radio personality and gets fired from every job he has. Joe needs to fix all the computers in preparation for Y2K. Electronics around the office randomly explode.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 14, 199823 mins
Matthew hates Max and tries very hard--and very ridiculously--to get him fired. With the help of Joe, he finds out Max has lied on his resume. Meanwhile, Lisa goes undercover and starts working at a fast food restaurant to find out if it violates health codes.
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 21, 199822 mins
Dave is more stressed than usual, so Joe decides to make him a white-noise machine for relaxation. Dave loves it and eventually becomes so mellow he refuses to work. Max infringes on Lisa's special show "This Day in History," broadcasting ridiculous "live" interviews with historical figures and twisting historical facts.
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 28, 199822 mins
Matthew becomes brilliant after drinking Joes Brain milkshake.
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 4, 199822 mins
Mr. James is arrested and held for possibly being the legendary bank robber D.B. Cooper. Johnny Johnson arrives to fill his place, much to Mr. James' dismay; Johnson quickly makes positive impressions on the staff. Afraid Lisa is uncovering to much damning evidence on Mr. James, he assigns Matthew to the story.
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 11, 199822 mins
With Mr. James on the loose after breaking out of prison, Dave and Lisa must try to get the green duffel bag away from Johnny Johnson, which is made harder since Lisa has the hots for Johnny. The rest of the staff refuses to believe Johnny is evil.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 24, 199822 mins
After beating the D.B. Cooper case in court, Mr. James returns to the station to find he cannot get rid of Johnny Johnson, who was made CEO in Mr. James' absence. Now the staff and Mr. James must find a way to win back Jimmy's empire.
Episode 9
Wed, Dec 9, 199823 mins
Max tries to help Lisa with a supposed speech impediment, but accidentally uncovers her hidden Boston accent. Dave offers to do an inspiring video message for an old teacher's students.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 15, 199822 mins
Beth and Mr. James clash over employee profit-sharing. After undergoing hypnosis, Matthew believes he endured Satanic ritual abuse from Lisa.
Episode 11
Tue, Jan 5, 199923 mins
Joe and Beth paint a self-expression mural in the lobby. Max insists that Mr. James' security consultant is an impostor. Matthew wears the same outfit as Lisa to the office.
Episode 12
Tue, Jan 12, 199923 mins
Dave and Lisa fight over a new apartment and, needing a required reference, they each immediately go to Mr. James, who opts to let the staff decide who should receive the reference. To spice up the "crappy" WNYX website, Joe sets up a webcam in the breakroom.
Episode 13
Tue, Feb 2, 199923 mins
Wanting to leave a lasting legacy, Mr. James proposes to build a pair of 200-story buildings shaped like his initials. Freaking out over turning 30, Matthew shows up at work dressed and acting like a British punk rocker rebelling against society.
Episode 14
Tue, Feb 9, 199922 mins
Mr James wants to do business with a computer billionaire, but he is shocked when he finds the man has casual clothing, a beard, and long hair. Joe takes Jimmy on a hypnotic psychoanalysis to find he's been terrified of hippies ever since a violent hippie encounter back in 1968.
Episode 15
Tue, Feb 16, 199923 mins
Lisa discovers her contract allows her to have an assistant. When the new gal shows up looking hot and acting flirty, the boys go crazy and the women get irritated. Max is upset the women have a couch in their rest room and demands the same. Things get ugly when Jimmy overdoes the mens room and people cant agree to the rules of its use.
Episode 16
Tue, Feb 23, 199922 mins
Matthew finds Mr. James' evil nemesis who almost put him away in Federal prison and stole his company, Johnny Johnson, a homeless wino living in a subway station. Johnny claims to no longer be evil and seeks to still marry Lisa.
Episode 17
Tue, Mar 2, 199923 mins
During Lisa and Johnny's wedding, which Dave strongly opposes, Johnny is arrested for theft. Lisa must decide whether to stay married to him.
Episode 18
Tue, Mar 9, 199923 mins
Max threatens to quit, but nobody takes him serious since Beth tells them it's just a ploy to get her to go out with him. Lisa wants to hybrid her last name with Johnny's last name, but most of the staff has different ideas.
Episode 19
Tue, Apr 13, 199923 mins
Angry that the staff members do not even pretend to do their job and that they ignore him, Dave plans on firing somebody. Max and Matthew get Joe to teach them his special blended forms of karate, called Joe-Jitsu. Displeased with how Mother's Day cheapens motherhood, Mr. James goes on a mission to destroy Mother's Day.
Episode 20
Tue, Apr 20, 199922 mins
Because Matthew thinks Mr. James' job is much easier than his job, they switch places for a day. Dave bans Max from the breakroom because he keeps stealing food from everybody; Max now must find other means to get to "his" beloved food. For years, Beth has been cheating a CD club by ordering CDs under several aliases, but now that the club has caught up with her, she desperately wants to get rid of the 5700 CDs she has purchased.
Episode 21
Tue, Apr 27, 199930 mins
Mr. James announces he's retiring and moving to a big cabin in New Hampshire. Matthew worries that Dave will fire him once Mr. James departs, and immediately becomes paranoid. Lisa plans a going-away party that Dave considers a waste of time, because he believes Mr. James' retirement and move are just another of his crazy schemes.
Episode 22
Tue, May 4, 199923 mins
In the series finale, Jimmy James shock jocks WNYX by returning from his titanic retirement cabin. Homesick James adores his farm's pet sounds, but pines for the blue, flaming news zoo's beastly noise, and Dave's mom. To shed his two-tone mourning jacket, he begs Dave to run his new tiny, tinny New Hampshire radio station. But now, ex-cheese-head Dave loves the Big Apple, and gets an evil urge to unload cat-loving Matthew via bait and switch. Will other news crew kiss off the great escape artist's golden call of the wild to his green acres ? Is this an alien conspiracy?