The Temp Life

The Temp Life

Ended First aired 29/Nov/2006 United States English 5 season(s) 43 episode(s)

A spoiled executive climbs his way back up the corporate ladder, one humiliating temp job at a time.

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Season 5 · Season 5

8 episode(s) · Air date: 06/Dec/2010

Season Overview

Nick (Wilson Cleveland) is living his best life. Celltons has become the number-two cell phone button company ever since Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) fired Alina and put him back in charge of hiring temps. Little does Nick know that Eve has hired his estranged half-brother Eddie (Craig Bierko) to keep an eye on him. But Eddie has his own score to settle and secretly teams up with Alina to humiliate Nick and push him out of the company. Nick teams up with Cook (Milo Ventimiglia),the office lunch cart guy to catch a pastrami sandwich thief. Nick gets conned into hiring Thomas Clancy (Mark Gantt), the worst corporate spy in the history of corporate spies. Stevie P. (Sandeep Parikh) gets into a love triangle with Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) and her twin sister Tammy (Jessica Lee Rose). The temps undergo corporate sensitivity training led by Counselor Rick (Tony Janning), a de-motivational speaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In the series finale episode titled “Return of the Eddie” which aired on January 23, 2011, Nick and Eddie reconcile and quit Celltons to open a lemonade stand in Mexico. They take all of the temps with them, leaving Alina all alone.

Season Overview

Nick (Wilson Cleveland) is living his best life. Celltons has become the number-two cell phone button company ever since Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) fired Alina and put him back in charge of hiring temps. Little does Nick know that Eve has hired his estranged half-brother Eddie (Craig Bierko) to keep an eye on him. But Eddie has his own score to settle and secretly teams up with Alina to humiliate Nick and push him out of the company. Nick teams up with Cook (Milo Ventimiglia),the office lunch cart guy to catch a pastrami sandwich thief. Nick gets conned into hiring Thomas Clancy (Mark Gantt), the worst corporate spy in the history of corporate spies. Stevie P. (Sandeep Parikh) gets into a love triangle with Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) and her twin sister Tammy (Jessica Lee Rose). The temps undergo corporate sensitivity training led by Counselor Rick (Tony Janning), a de-motivational speaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In the series finale episode titled “Return of the Eddie” which aired on January 23, 2011, Nick and Eddie reconcile and quit Celltons to open a lemonade stand in Mexico. They take all of the temps with them, leaving Alina all alone.

S5E8

Return of the Eddie

Air date: 23/Jan/2011 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Series finale. Eddie and Eve (Craig Bierko and Illeana Douglas) gather the troops for Nick's final humiliation.

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S5E7

Nick's Last Stand

Air date: 17/Jan/2011 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Cook (Milo Ventimiglia) gives Nick a pep talk to help him deal with various plots unfolding against him. Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern)and Stevie P. (Sandeep Parikh)say an awkward goodbye.

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S5E6

Law & Lunch Order

Air date: 10/Jan/2011 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Cook (Milo Ventimiglia) the office lunch cart guy, teams up with Nick to catch a pastrami sandwich thief.

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S5E5

The Hungover

Air date: 03/Jan/2011 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

After a disastrous sensitivity training session, Nick drags the temps to a karaoke bar to blow off some steam.

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S5E4

Sensitivity Training

Air date: 27/Dec/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

The temps undergo corporate sensitivity training led by Counselor Rick (Tony Janning), a motivational speaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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S5E3

The Other Roder

Air date: 20/Dec/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nancy Roder's (Taryn Southern) twin sister Tammy (Jessica Rose) comes for a job interview.

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S5E2

The Sum of All Phones

Air date: 13/Dec/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick hires Thomas Clancy, the most obvious corporate spy in the history of corporate spies.

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S5E1

We're Number Two!

Air date: 06/Dec/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick's (Wilson Cleveland) half brother, Eddie (Craig Bierko) becomes his boss and joins forces with Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) to push him out of the company.

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Season 4 · Season 4

18 episode(s) · Air date: 15/Nov/2009

Season Overview

Nick returns from sabbatical to find he and Commodity Staffing have been sued out of business and pushed out of his office space by Celltons, a cell phone button-maker. Having lost everything in the lawsuit, Nick takes a temp job transcribing video resume submissions for Celltons' Head of Human Acquisitions, Alina Deloris (Rachel Risen). When Celltons CEO, Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) threatens layoffs, Nick plots to get Alina fired by recruiting only the least-qualified temps who apply to work at Celltons including Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) and Stevie P. (Sandeep Parikh). Nick succeeds in getting Alina fired and convinces Eve to hire him as Celltons’ new head of Human Acquisitions.

Season Overview

Nick returns from sabbatical to find he and Commodity Staffing have been sued out of business and pushed out of his office space by Celltons, a cell phone button-maker. Having lost everything in the lawsuit, Nick takes a temp job transcribing video resume submissions for Celltons' Head of Human Acquisitions, Alina Deloris (Rachel Risen). When Celltons CEO, Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) threatens layoffs, Nick plots to get Alina fired by recruiting only the least-qualified temps who apply to work at Celltons including Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) and Stevie P. (Sandeep Parikh). Nick succeeds in getting Alina fired and convinces Eve to hire him as Celltons’ new head of Human Acquisitions.

S4E18

Back in Business

Air date: 26/Apr/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Someone gets fired. Someone gets hired. Someone gets...sick.

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S4E17

The Hopeful

Air date: 19/Apr/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick drags Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) into his plan to bring down Alina.

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S4E16

Coming Together

Air date: 12/Apr/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick makes a last-ditch attempt to get Mark and Laura's help in getting Alina fired.

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S4E15

The Boss

Air date: 05/Apr/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Everyone scrambles to impress Celltons' steely CEO, Eve Randall (special guest star Illeana Douglas) when she comes to town bearing bad news about cost-cutting.

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S4E14

Going Down

Air date: 01/Mar/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Stormy tries to keep Nick and Alina from killing each other.

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S4E13

No Class Action

Air date: 22/Feb/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick overhears Mark threatening Stormy and Clark with a lawsuit over the "Stevie P. incident" and gleefully drop-kicks Alina under the bus.

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S4E12

Touchdown!

Air date: 16/Feb/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Laura has a crush on Pete and Mark gets an on-the-job injury courtesy of Stevie P.

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S4E11

Donald's Mission

Air date: 15/Feb/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

As part of his plan to discredit Alina, Nick gives Mark a Flip camera to secretly record Donald's attempt to get Larry, Cindy and Lianne to admit they hate their temp jobs.

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S4E10

The Interview

Air date: 09/Feb/2015 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Following Nick's "career advice," Stevie P. does his best to impress Alina during his temp job interview.

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S4E9

Office Bromance

Air date: 01/Feb/2010 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick's plan to ruin Alina begins when the profoundly unqualified Stevie P. arrives for his temp job interview.

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S4E8

Closet Case

Air date: 02/Dec/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

With Alina watching his every move, Nick vows to ditch his new broom closet office and claw his way back up the corporate ladder.

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S4E7

Scott Richesen

Air date: 01/Dec/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Scott Richeson may have some serious problems. Being profoundly nervous and emotionally fragile is not one of them.

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S4E6

Cynthia and Pilar

Air date: 24/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick must transcribe a misfiled video resume from Cynthia and Pilar (special guest stars Angela Espinosa and Wendy Rosoff), owners of west coast market researcher Groupthink who have sent Alina a request for temps through Celltons' video resume channel by mistake.

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S4E5

Samir Patel

Air date: 23/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick reviews a video resume from USC grad Samir 'Stevie P.' Patel who is all about passion, football, headbands and the Blue Man Group.

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S4E4

Nancy Roder

Air date: 23/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Special guest star Taryn Southernis Nancy Roder, a hamster-loving recent grad from Oklahoma who can't wait to show off her many skills and interests working as a temp at Celltons.

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S4E3

Trollish

Air date: 22/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick meets his new boss: Alina Deloris, head of Human Acquisitions at Celltons and learns his new 'management position' consists of transcribing painfully awkward video resumes.

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S4E2

Human Relations

Air date: 15/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Broke and in need of a paycheck, Nick meets with Celltons touchy-feely Head of Human Relations, Stormy Simonsen in search of a job.

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S4E1

Here Comes Trouble

Air date: 15/Nov/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick Trouble Chiapetta, an incompetent temp agency CEO returns from a self-imposed 33-week Mexican vacation to learn he's broke, unemployed and has lost his swank office space to Celltons, a cell phone button making company.

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Season 3 · Season 3

5 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Feb/2009

Season Overview

The third season premiered on February 19, 2009 with the episode titled, “Dream Big!” Nick’s guardian angel Tom Cruise (played by Evan Ferrante) comes to him in a dream and convinces him to to take a 33-week sabbatical and leave Mark and Laura in charge of Commodity Staffing.

Season Overview

The third season premiered on February 19, 2009 with the episode titled, “Dream Big!” Nick’s guardian angel Tom Cruise (played by Evan Ferrante) comes to him in a dream and convinces him to to take a 33-week sabbatical and leave Mark and Laura in charge of Commodity Staffing.

S3E5

City Girls

Air date: 15/May/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

After abruptly canning her assistant, snarky lifecaster Lindsay "Socialista" Sheraton is forced to "buy a temp" to record her every mundane move for posterity. Too bad Commodity's newest farm girl temp has never seen a video camera...or a cell phone.

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S3E4

The Socialista

Air date: 07/Apr/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Commodity Staffing's newest temp, simple farm girl Shannon, is put to the test when she is forced to record every waking moment in the life of selfish "Socialista" Lindsay Sheraton, a narcissistic lifecaster with an attitude.

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S3E3

Nothing Personal

Air date: 18/Mar/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

With Nick taking some totally unnecessary vacation time, Mark and Laura have been handed control of Commodity Staffing, forcing them to hire new temps. They soon learn the talent pool is a bit...shallow.

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S3E2

Being Glib

Air date: 27/Feb/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

While still unconscious, Nick dreams up a new scheme to take some completely unnecessary vacation time courtesy of his guardian angel Tom Cruise and makes a life or death decision about Commodity Staffing that will give Mark and Laura more responsibility than they want.

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S3E1

Dream Big

Air date: 20/Feb/2009 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Mark and Laura make a shocking discovery worthy of Save the Assistants when they return to Commodity Staffing to deliver their time sheets. Meanwhile Nick gets a visit from his guardian angel, Tom Cruise.

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Season 2 · Season 2

7 episode(s) · Air date: 14/Sep/2008

Season Overview

Nick gets conned into selling his Pedtastic social network startup for shoe lace professionals to Commodity Staffing in a “multi-hundred dollar transaction.” Nick unwittingly makes Pedtastic’s only four employees - Mark, Laura, Paul and Caitlin part of the deal by contractually obligating them to become temps with Commodity Staffing for one year. In the season finale cliffhanger episode titled, “Where in the World?” Paul and Caitlin are accidentally outsourced to a call center in Thailand and Nick falls unconscious after drinking some bad coffee.

Season Overview

Nick gets conned into selling his Pedtastic social network startup for shoe lace professionals to Commodity Staffing in a “multi-hundred dollar transaction.” Nick unwittingly makes Pedtastic’s only four employees - Mark, Laura, Paul and Caitlin part of the deal by contractually obligating them to become temps with Commodity Staffing for one year. In the season finale cliffhanger episode titled, “Where in the World?” Paul and Caitlin are accidentally outsourced to a call center in Thailand and Nick falls unconscious after drinking some bad coffee.

S2E7

Where in the World?

Air date: 22/Dec/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Nick gets an urgent webcam message from Caitlin and Paul who have turned up halfway around the world. Nick finally learns what "trouble" really is.

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S2E6

Pay It Backward

Air date: 09/Dec/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

When Mark and Laura confront Nick about their soul-crushing temp jobs he sent them on, they learn Nick's darkest secret and how they have been pawns in his grand plan.

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S2E5

Mykrosahft

Air date: 24/Nov/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Laura didn't think her dream of working for the "House that Bill Gates Built" included assembling its furniture too.

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S2E4

Actor on Broadway

Air date: 10/Nov/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Mark's first temp job at the new Commodity Staffing as an "actor on Broadway" isn't quite the "toe-tapping, finger-snapping" career-booster he thought it would be.

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S2E3

Disorientation

Air date: 15/Oct/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

When new Commodity Staffing CEO, Nick "Trouble" Chiapetta assembles his crew of hapless temps for the first time, their true personalities are put on display...a bit too soon.

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S2E2

Help Neded

Air date: 25/Sep/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Paul shares the news of his new "temp-ness" with his slightly neurotic roommate Caitlin who is having job search trouble of her own.

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S2E1

Mergers and Acquisitions

Air date: 14/Sep/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Following a "multi-hundred dollar" acquisition, Nick has some "Troubling" news for Paul about their future at Pedtastic but assures him the change is only "temporary."

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Season 1 · Season 1

5 episode(s) · Air date: 29/Nov/2006

Season Overview

Mark comes to interview for a temp job at Pedtastic - a social network for shoe lace makers and meets Nick Chiapetta, the company's self-professed ‘’Deputy of Trouble.’’ New temp Laura is hired to manage Pedtastic’s new office.

Season Overview

Mark comes to interview for a temp job at Pedtastic - a social network for shoe lace makers and meets Nick Chiapetta, the company's self-professed ‘’Deputy of Trouble.’’ New temp Laura is hired to manage Pedtastic’s new office.

S1E5

Big Break

Air date: 16/Apr/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Mark, an actor between gigs, is faced with the reality of his craft when Paul tries to steal his thunder.

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S1E4

Make Your Own Fun

Air date: 28/Mar/2008 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Mark and Laura learn a valuable lesson about trust when Paul and Jen try to scam them out of 20 bucks for a birthday cake for someone they've never met.

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S1E3

Let Them Eat Cake

Air date: 14/Nov/2007 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Mark and Laura learn a valuable lesson about trust when Paul and Jen try to scam them out of 20 bucks for a birthday cake for someone they've never met.

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S1E2

What's in a Name?

Air date: 08/Aug/2007 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

Laura learns Pedtastic is not a place where "everybody knows your name."

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S1E1

Trouble

Air date: 29/Nov/2006 · Runtime: 10 min

Summary

When Mark gets a call from his temp agency Commodity Staffing with a job in "the fashion industry," he has no idea the kind of "trouble" he's in for. Temping for "the global leader in synthetic encasing solutions for the global footwear market" isn't exactly Fashion Week. Lace World however...

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Cast

Main cast members.

Wilson Cleveland

Wilson Cleveland

Craig Bierko

Eddie Chiapetta

Mark Jude Rywelski

Stormy Simonsen

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Caitlin Mitchell

Taryn Southern

Sandeep Parikh

Mark Gantt

Jessica Lee Rose

Jessica Lee Rose

Tony Janning

Rachael Hip-Flores

Rachael Hip-Flores

Brendan Bradley

Brendan Bradley

Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia

Crew

Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.

Angela Espinosa

Director, Writer

Director, Writer

Evan Ferrante

Jato Smith

Sandeep Parikh

Director, Writer

Taryn Southern

Director, Writer

Wendy Rosoff

Director, Writer

Wilson Cleveland

Wilson Cleveland

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Tony Janning

Yuri Baranovsky

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Quick Facts

Seasons 5

Episodes 43

Year 2006

Status Ended

Runtime 10 min

Language English

Country United States

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