The Temp Life
Season 4
2009 • 18 Episodes
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.
Episodes
1. Here Comes Trouble
November 15, 2009
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.
2. Human Relations
November 15, 2009
Broke and in need of a paycheck, Nick meets with Celltons touchy-feely Head of Human Relations, Stormy Simonsen in search of a job.
3. Trollish
November 22, 2009
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.
4. Nancy Roder
November 23, 2009
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.
5. Samir Patel
November 23, 2009
Nick reviews a video resume from USC grad Samir 'Stevie P.' Patel who is all about passion, football, headbands and the Blue Man Group.
6. Cynthia and Pilar
November 24, 2009
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.
7. Scott Richesen
December 1, 2009
Scott Richeson may have some serious problems. Being profoundly nervous and emotionally fragile is not one of them.
8. Closet Case
December 2, 2009
With Alina watching his every move, Nick vows to ditch his new broom closet office and claw his way back up the corporate ladder.
9. Office Bromance
February 1, 2010
Nick's plan to ruin Alina begins when the profoundly unqualified Stevie P. arrives for his temp job interview.
10. The Interview
February 9, 2015
Following Nick's "career advice," Stevie P. does his best to impress Alina during his temp job interview.
11. Donald's Mission
February 15, 2010
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.
12. Touchdown!
February 16, 2010
Laura has a crush on Pete and Mark gets an on-the-job injury courtesy of Stevie P.
13. No Class Action
February 22, 2010
Nick overhears Mark threatening Stormy and Clark with a lawsuit over the "Stevie P. incident" and gleefully drop-kicks Alina under the bus.
14. Going Down
March 1, 2010
Stormy tries to keep Nick and Alina from killing each other.
15. The Boss
April 5, 2010
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.
16. Coming Together
April 12, 2010
Nick makes a last-ditch attempt to get Mark and Laura's help in getting Alina fired.
17. The Hopeful
April 19, 2010
Nick drags Nancy Roder (Taryn Southern) into his plan to bring down Alina.
18. Back in Business
April 26, 2010
Someone gets fired. Someone gets hired. Someone gets...sick.