The Office
Rita Stone (Valerie Harper) is a divorcée and 19-year veteran of a secretarial pool at the executive office of a package-design company in New York City. She is outspoken and mainly the glue that holds things together at the company, seeing that everything gets done on time, mediating disputes, and trying to be a good listener to both job-related and personal problems. While Rita is responsible for the company's inept CEO, Frank (Dakin Matthews), she also manages three other secretaries: Beth (Debra Jo Rupp), a flustered mother of four who works for the company's only female executive, Natalie (Lisa Darr); Mae (Andrea Abbate), a free-spirited, thrice-divorced former temp who works for the firm's temperamental artist (Gary Dourdan); and Deborah (Kristin Dattilo-Hayward), a naive MBA student who works for a sleazy salesman (Kevin Conroy).
- 1995-1995
- 1 season
- CBS
- Comedy
Rita Stone (Valerie Harper) is a divorcée and 19-year veteran of a secretarial pool at the executive office of a package-design company in New York City. She is outspoken and mainly the glue that holds things together at the company, seeing that everything gets done on time, mediating disputes, and trying to be a good listener to both job-related and personal problems. While Rita is responsible for the company's inept CEO, Frank (Dakin Matthews), she also manages three other secretaries: Beth (Debra Jo Rupp), a flustered mother of four who works for the company's only female executive, Natalie (Lisa Darr); Mae (Andrea Abbate), a free-spirited, thrice-divorced former temp who works for the firm's temperamental artist (Gary Dourdan); and Deborah (Kristin Dattilo-Hayward), a naive MBA student who works for a sleazy salesman (Kevin Conroy).
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1995
Episode 1
Pilot
Sat, Mar 11, 1995 30 mins
Rita and the secretaries are upset when management announces that overtime pay is being eliminated by corporate headquarters.
Episode 2
Laboring Pains
Sat, Mar 18, 1995 30 mins
Beth is forced to bring her sick, havoc-wreaking 4-year-old son to the office while Frank is hoping to close a major deal.
Episode 3
Rita & Frank
Sat, Mar 25, 1995 30 mins
Frank is jealous of Rita's new romance. Meanwhile, Beth attempts to put the spark back into her marriage.
Episode 4
Power Playing
Sat, Apr 8, 1995 30 mins
Mae enjoys a position of power when a former boyfriend visits and shows interest in Package, Inc.
Episode 5
Judgement Day
Sat, Apr 15, 1995 30 mins
The staff is unhappy with newly instituted merit evaluations. Meanwhile, Beth earns low marks on her household skills from Rita.
Episode 6
My Guy
30 mins
Rita mediates when Deborah and Natalie unwittingly date the same man.
