A spoiled executive climbs his way back up the corporate ladder, one humiliating temp job at a time.
Director: Andrew Y. Park
Nick Chiapetta
Mark Sebastian
Alina Deloris
Laura Reynolds
Stormy Simonsen
Clark
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.
5 episodes
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...
Runtime: 10 minLaura learns Pedtastic is not a place where "everybody knows your name."
Runtime: 10 minMark 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.
Runtime: 10 minMark 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.
Runtime: 10 minMark, an actor between gigs, is faced with the reality of his craft when Paul tries to steal his thunder.
Runtime: 10 minNick 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.
7 episodes
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."
Runtime: 10 minPaul shares the news of his new "temp-ness" with his slightly neurotic roommate Caitlin who is having job search trouble of her own.
Runtime: 10 minWhen 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.
Runtime: 10 minMark'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.
Runtime: 10 minLaura didn't think her dream of working for the "House that Bill Gates Built" included assembling its furniture too.
Runtime: 10 minWhen 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.
Runtime: 10 minNick gets an urgent webcam message from Caitlin and Paul who have turned up halfway around the world. Nick finally learns what "trouble" really is.
Runtime: 10 minThe 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.
5 episodes
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.
Runtime: 10 minWhile 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.
Runtime: 10 minWith 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.
Runtime: 10 minCommodity 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.
Runtime: 10 minAfter 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.
Runtime: 10 minNick 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.
18 episodes
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.
Runtime: 10 minBroke and in need of a paycheck, Nick meets with Celltons touchy-feely Head of Human Relations, Stormy Simonsen in search of a job.
Runtime: 10 minNick 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.
Runtime: 10 minSpecial 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.
Runtime: 10 minNick reviews a video resume from USC grad Samir 'Stevie P.' Patel who is all about passion, football, headbands and the Blue Man Group.
Runtime: 10 minNick 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.
Runtime: 10 minScott Richeson may have some serious problems. Being profoundly nervous and emotionally fragile is not one of them.
Runtime: 10 minWith Alina watching his every move, Nick vows to ditch his new broom closet office and claw his way back up the corporate ladder.
Runtime: 10 minNick's plan to ruin Alina begins when the profoundly unqualified Stevie P. arrives for his temp job interview.
Runtime: 10 minFollowing Nick's "career advice," Stevie P. does his best to impress Alina during his temp job interview.
Runtime: 10 minAs 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.
Runtime: 10 minLaura has a crush on Pete and Mark gets an on-the-job injury courtesy of Stevie P.
Runtime: 10 minNick overhears Mark threatening Stormy and Clark with a lawsuit over the "Stevie P. incident" and gleefully drop-kicks Alina under the bus.
Runtime: 10 minStormy tries to keep Nick and Alina from killing each other.
Runtime: 10 minEveryone scrambles to impress Celltons' steely CEO, Eve Randall (special guest star Illeana Douglas) when she comes to town bearing bad news about cost-cutting.
Runtime: 10 minNick makes a last-ditch attempt to get Mark and Laura's help in getting Alina fired.
Runtime: 10 minNick drags Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) into his plan to bring down Alina.
Runtime: 10 minSomeone gets fired. Someone gets hired. Someone gets...sick.
Runtime: 10 minNick (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.
8 episodes
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.
Runtime: 10 minNick hires Thomas Clancy, the most obvious corporate spy in the history of corporate spies.
Runtime: 10 minNancy Roder's (Taryn Southern) twin sister Tammy (Jessica Rose) comes for a job interview.
Runtime: 10 minThe temps undergo corporate sensitivity training led by Counselor Rick (Tony Janning), a motivational speaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Runtime: 10 minAfter a disastrous sensitivity training session, Nick drags the temps to a karaoke bar to blow off some steam.
Runtime: 10 minCook (Milo Ventimiglia) the office lunch cart guy, teams up with Nick to catch a pastrami sandwich thief.
Runtime: 10 minCook (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.
Runtime: 10 minSeries finale. Eddie and Eve (Craig Bierko and Illeana Douglas) gather the troops for Nick's final humiliation.
Runtime: 10 minThe Temp Life - Season 5 Trailer