After Dan is forced to fire several of his longtime colleagues, he is demoted and becomes the “wingman” of his new boss, Carter Duryea, a 26-year-old business school prodigy.

While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter champions the corporate creed of synergy, cross-promoting the magazine with the cell phone division and “Krispity Krunch”, a snack food also owned by Globecom.

Carter, who has been struggling with loneliness following the breakup of his marriage, invites himself to dinner at Dan's, where he meets Alex, and there is an immediate attraction.

Soon after, Globecom CEO Teddy K visits the sales office; during a grand speech to all the employees on synergy and other similar corporate business strategies, he is questioned by Dan and shrugs him off.

Having developed fatherly feelings towards Carter, Dan offers him a position in his new department as his “second in command”, but he declines, saying he needs to take some time and discover what he really wants to do in his life.

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