The Temp Life
Season 2
2008 • 7 Episodes
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.
Episodes
1. Mergers and Acquisitions
September 14, 2008
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."
2. Help Neded
September 25, 2008
Paul shares the news of his new "temp-ness" with his slightly neurotic roommate Caitlin who is having job search trouble of her own.
3. Disorientation
October 15, 2008
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.
4. Actor on Broadway
November 10, 2008
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.
5. Mykrosahft
November 24, 2008
Laura didn't think her dream of working for the "House that Bill Gates Built" included assembling its furniture too.
6. Pay It Backward
December 9, 2008
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.
7. Where in the World?
December 22, 2008
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.