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  • ABC
  • Dec 8, 2009
  • ABC
  • Dec 8, 2009
Better Off Ted

Summary Ted Crisp loves his job. He works for the team at Veridian Dynamics, where nothing is too far-fetched, or out of the ordinary. An average day for Ted could easily involve creating a suicidal turkey, for instance. The only problem is, Ted is ethical and the company is not. The show is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television and A...

  • ABC
  • Dec 8, 2009
  • ABC
  • Dec 8, 2009
Better Off Ted
Season 2
Season Premiere: Dec 8, 2009
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
84
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 28 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary Ted Crisp loves his job. He works for the team at Veridian Dynamics, where nothing is too far-fetched, or out of the ordinary. An average day for Ted could easily involve creating a suicidal turkey, for instance. The only problem is, Ted is ethical and the company is not. The show is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television and A...

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Episode 1 • Dec 8, 2009 • 22 m
Love Blurts
Veridian tries to play matchmaker for its employees, but the motives are less than altruistic. Ted's and Linda's matches cause friction between the two, and Veronica finds out that she's matched up with Lem.
Episode 2 • Dec 15, 2009 • 30 m
The Lawyer, the Lemur and the Little Listener
Episode 3 • Dec 22, 2009 • 22 m
Battle of the Bulbs
Ted becomes jealous when Linda upstages him and desperately seeks another way to receive Veridian's approval, and Lem becomes upset when a colleague in the lab begins sleeping with his mom--a famous scientist who despises Veridian's work.
Episode 4 • Dec 29, 2009 • 30 m
It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal
Ted gets in trouble with Veronica when he provides relationship advice to her new lover, and Phil and Lem compete over a new red lab coat that has mysteriously surfaced in Lem's locker.
Episode 5 • Jan 1, 2010 • 22 m
The Great Repression
Linda and Ted face sexual harassment charges from an overreacting coworker, but Veronica's solution to the problem creates unexpected complications. Meanwhile, Lem and Phil try to save a robot that is replaced by a human.
Episode 6 • Jan 5, 2010 • 22 m
Beating a Dead Workforce
Veronica exploits the death of an overworked Veridian employee in order to motivate the rest of its overworked workforce to work even harder to meet an important deadline.
Episode 7 • Jan 5, 2010 • 21 m
Change We Can't Believe In
Ted struggles with an overly talkative security guard who worships him and wants to be his best friend. Meanwhile, a terrified Phil and Lem face the prospect of working alone with Veronica for the first time.
Episode 8 • Jan 12, 2010 • 22 m
The Impertence of Communicationizing
A new corporate memo causes all Veridian employees to insult their colleagues, Ted tries to prove that he's not over-controlling on an MRE project, and Veronica suddenly feels uncontrollable guilt over her last promotion.
Episode 9 • Jan 12, 2010 • 22 m
The Long and Winding High Road
Ted tries to take the high road with one of his bitter rivals in Research and Development after they come up with competing products, while Phil and Lem search for a scapegoat after they break the lab thermostat.
Episode 10 • Jan 19, 2010 • 22 m
Lust in Translation
Ted dates a German businesswoman whose company wants to buy a translating device from Veridian, but a minor adjustment by Phil threatens to kill the romance and the deal. Meanwhile, Linda invents a new game and defeats Veronica.
Episode 11 • Jan 26, 2010 • 30 m
Mess of a Salesman
Ted gets his brother a job selling lab supplies, and Phil and Lem go overboard buying items they don't need. Veronica is set to receive an award from the Veridian Foundation to help raise money for a charity she doesn't know about.
Episode 12 • Aug 17, 2010 • 22 m
It's a Party and I'll Lie If I Want To
Phil and Lem create a new lie detector device which ends up creating havoc for Linda and her family. Meanwhile, Ted and Veronica use their respective daughter and niece as pawns to gain favor with Chet, the boss upstairs.
Episode 13 • Aug 24, 2010 • 22 m
Swag the Dog
The Company implements a new reward system which Phil and Lem take advantage of. Ted and Linda try to stop office rumors that they are sleeping together, while Veronica gets stuck occupying the former CEO of Veridian.

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84
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100
It's hilarious and even funnier this year than last.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
91
The first two episodes contain strong subplots about staff downsizing and rolled-back pensions, indicators that Ted is doing a better job of folding real-life resonances into its silliness.
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 User Ratings
7.8
86% Positive
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4% Mixed
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11% Negative
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7.8
86% Positive
24 Ratings
4% Mixed
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11% Negative
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88
This season, Ted seems to have a looser, even goofier vibe, and it plays to its actors' strengths more consistently while also giving plenty of screen time to my favorite characters, insecure research scientists Phil (Jonathan Slavin) and Lem (Malcolm Barrett).
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
80
Ted is a seriously wacky show and deserves to be seen.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
The droll office comedy Better Off Ted could have quickly turned into a one-joke bore. Instead, it sails into its second season tonight as one of the best sitcoms on television.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
80
Not only is it funnier than its lead-in, it’s improved on its impressive (and sadly truncated) first season on ABC.
By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW
70
With this cast, and the writing of Fresco and company, I expect Ted season two to again hit the heights of that first season. But these two episodes are a reminder of how hard it is to pull that off.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
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