List of Nathan for You episodes

Nathan for You is an American docu-reality comedy television series starring Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder. The series was created by Fielder and Michael Koman and premiered on February 28, 2013, on the American cable television network Comedy Central. ^[1] In the series, Fielder plays an off-kilter version of himself, who tries to use his business background and life experiences to help struggling companies and people by offering them outlandish strategies.

The last of the 32 episodes of Nathan for You aired on November 9, 2017. On October 17, 2018, Comedy Central announced the show would not return for a fifth season, due to Fielder focusing on other projects. ^[2]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	8		February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28)	April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18)
2	8		July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)
3	8		October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)
Special			September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)
4	7		September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)	November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Yogurt Shop / Pizzeria"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28)	101	0.354 [3]
Nathan introduces a "buzzworthy" poo flavor at a frozen yogurt shop. Nathan attends three job interviews: in one he repeats the words of a 7-year-old boy, in another the words of a man (H. Jon Benjamin) who is deliberately sabotaging the interview and another in which he is silent. Nathan has a pizzeria give away free pizzas if they do not deliver within 8 minutes, but the free pizza is an inch in diameter.
2	2	"Santa / Petting Zoo"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07)	102	0.570 [4]
Nathan tries to have a Santa do photos at a mall during the summer, but his plan is blocked by the mall not allowing Santas with criminal records. Nathan attempts to promote a petting zoo by recording a viral video of a pig supposedly rescuing a goat stuck in a pond. Nathan lures a teen to spray graffiti on posters so that he can expose him to his parents and deter him from a life of crime.
3	3	"Clothing Store / Restaurant"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)	104	0.428 [5]
Nathan has a women's clothing store allow "attractive" customers to shoplift a single item, then tells some of them to promote the store to a friend. Nathan has a restaurant make their bathrooms available to non-customers, but installs screens in the stalls to play advertising for the restaurant. He asks the owner to include him in her will, which she refuses. [6]
4	4	"Gas Station / Caricature Artist"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21)	103	0.394 [7]
Nathan offers a rebate at a gas station but makes customers hike to the top of a mountain and solve a series of riddles to claim it. He helps a caricature artist by encouraging him to draw offensive, insulting images of beachgoers.
5	5	"Haunted House / The Hunk"	Nathan Fielder Jason Woliner ("The Hunk")	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)	107	0.467 [8]
Nathan makes a haunted house scarier by convincing visitors that they have contracted an airborne disease. Nathan tries to become less awkward with women by dating several young women at once on a fake dating game show. Note: This episode also aired as a special "sneak peek" after Workaholics on March 13, 2013.
6	6	"Funeral Home / Burger Joint / Skydiving"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04)	106	0.441 [9]
Nathan has a funeral home offer extras to attend the funerals of the "friendless"; a burger joint offers $100 to customers who do not think their hamburgers are the best in Los Angeles. Nathan attempts to go skydiving, but avoids doing so due to his fear.
7	7	"The Claw of Shame"	Jason Woliner Nathan Fielder ("Failed Ideas")	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11)	105	0.517 [10]
Nathan highlights failed ideas from the first season (including a video for children whose pets have died). He stages a stunt in which he escapes from handcuffs a few seconds before a robotic arm pulls his pants down in front of a group of children with a police officer standing by to arrest him for indecent exposure.
8	8	"Private Investigator / Taxi Company"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Dan Mintz, Kyle Mooney and Andrew Weinberg	April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18)	108	0.450 [11]
Nathan tries to elude a private investigator with several dissimilar "lookalikes". A taxi service arranges for customers to have options in regard to which topics to talk about with their driver. Nathan helps organize a blind date, but is forced to include product placement for Quiznos.

Season 2 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	1	"Mechanic / Realtor"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	201	0.710 [12]
Nathan works with an auto mechanic by allowing customers to ask for pricing estimates while the mechanic has a lie detector attached to him. Nathan rebrands a Realtor as the "Ghost Realtor", who guarantees that all of the properties that she sells are ghost-free, but is forced to perform and exorcism when a medium senses the presence of an incubus in one of the realtor’s properties.
10	2	"Souvenir Shop / E.L.A.I.F.F."	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)	202	0.508 [13]
Nathan helps a Hollywood souvenir shop attract business by inviting people to play "paying customers" as extras in a film, but realizes he actually has to make the film or he will be sued for fraud. Nathan organizes the "Eastern Los Angeles International Film Festival" to give his "film" credibility. Note: This episode was made available for streaming via the Comedy Central app on iOS devices a week before release.
11	3	"Pet Store / Maid Service"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)	203	0.684 [14]
Nathan places an ad for a pet store on a huge gravestone (ostensibly for his pet fly Buzz) in a pet cemetery. A maid service speeds up its service by having 40 workers clean a house at once. Nathan attempts to improve his personality with the help of a focus group. Note: This episode was made available for streaming via the Comedy Central app on iOS devices a week before release.
12	4	"Liquor Store / Exterminator / Car Wash"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)	204	0.603 [15]
Nathan lets minors pre-order alcohol from a liquor store so they can pick it up once they reach legal drinking age. Nathan re-brands a pest control business as the "Hotel Excellence Awards" so they can perform their job discreetly. Nathan places chickens in a tree overhanging a street near a car wash, so it can advertise a "Bird Droppings Special". Note: This episode was made available for streaming via the Comedy Central app on iOS devices a week before release.
13	5	"Dumb Starbucks"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)	205	0.801 [16]
Nathan helps a struggling coffee shop by re-branding it as a parody of Starbucks.
14	6	"Daddy's Watching / Party Planner"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05)	206	0.586 [17]
Nathan helps a dating website attract female users. Nathan tries having a party planner offer to filter unwanted guests by having their invitations register as spam e-mails.
15	7	"Taxi Service / Hot Dog Stand"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)	207	N/A
Nathan has a taxi company attempt to deliver a baby inside one of their cars. Nathan has a hot dog stand allow customers to cut in line if they are legitimately in a hurry.
16	8	"Toy Company / Movie Theatre"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Dan Mintz	August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)	208	N/A
Nathan shows a toy company how to market to children; a movie theater implements a no-sharing policy. Nathan tries to get the security guard from the first season his own reality TV show.

Season 3 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
17	1	"Electronics Store"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)	301	0.225 [18]
Nathan tries to help a struggling electronics store by advertising TVs at an extremely low price (and making it extremely difficult, but not impossible, to claim the deal), and instigating a legal battle against Best Buy when it refuses to honor the deal through price matching. [19]
18	2	"Horseback Riding / Man Zone"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)	302	0.281 [20]
Nathan comes up with a way for a ranch to accommodate overweight riders. A women's boutique attempts to appease male customers by creating a "Man Zone". After discovering that the maker of his jacket had published a tribute to alleged Holocaust denier Doug Collins in its catalog, Nathan starts a holocaust awareness-themed clothing company of his own, Summit Ice Apparel.
19	3	"The Movement"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29)	304	N/A
Nathan provides a moving company with free labor by developing an exercising fad known as "The Movement".
20	4	"Sporting Goods Store / Antique Shop"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)	303	0.431 [21]
Nathan helps a struggling sporting goods store by recruiting promising young soccer players to endorse the brand when they're older. Nathan has an antique shop stay open 24/7 to induce violations of a "you break it, you buy it" rule by customers coming from nearby bars.
21	5	"Smokers Allowed"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)	305	0.370 [22]
Nathan discovers he can allow smoking at a bar if he presents it as a "play" to an audience of two; Nathan stages a re-creation of the scenes as an actual performance, with hired actors, to give it legitimacy. [23]
22	6	"Hotel / Travel Agent"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)	306	0.389 [24]
Nathan develops a way to shield kids from seeing and hearing their parents having sex in the hotel room while on a family vacation. Nathan has a travel agent offer funeral services to profit from her elderly customers. Nathan shares his motorcycle-based solution for never getting stuck in traffic. Note: This is the only episode of the series to be rated TV-MA.
23	7	"Nail Salon / Fun"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03)	307	0.383 [25]
Nathan finds a way to protect women's nail polish from chipping while confronting stereotypes that Asians are bad drivers. Nathan finds a way to scientifically prove that he is fun.
24	8	"The Hero"	Jason Woliner	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)	308	0.414 [26]
Nathan impersonates another person in an effort to turn them into a humanitarian hero. [27]

Special (2017)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	"A Celebration"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)	0.211 [28]
In a special episode hosted by Anthony Napoli ("The Hunk"), Nathan checks in with former guests of the show, including private investigator Brian Wolfe and the Ghost Realtor.

Season 4 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
26	1	"The Richards Tip"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)	401	0.293 [29]
Nathan helps a small-town diner by suggesting that Michael Richards had left a $10,000 tip at it. [30]
27	2	"Chili Shop / Massage Parlor"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)	402	0.331 [31]
Nathan helps a chili-selling business by infiltrating a sports stadium to sell it, hidden underneath a body suit. Nathan helps a massage parlor by encouraging clients to upgrade to a more expensive session through hiring untrained masseuses with contagious warts to massage clients in the cheaper sessions.
28	3	"Andy vs. Uber"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)	403	0.252 [32]
Nathan helps a previous client of his - Andy, a taxi driver - to attempt to blackmail Uber into discontinuing their "baby onesie" promotion, incorporated by Uber at a suspiciously close time to Nathan's preceding mission with similar objectives.
29	4	"The Anecdote"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)	404	0.237 [33]
Believing that his previous appearances on late-night talk shows were too boring, Nathan spends $350,000 of the show's budget to execute an outlandish and unlikely series of events he can accurately recount as an anecdote on Jimmy Kimmel Live! [34] [35]
30	5	"Shipping Logistics Company"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)	405	0.311 [36]
Nathan tries to help a shipping company save money on tariffs by classifying smoke detectors as musical instruments, which results in him having to form a band known as The Banzai Predicament to give the concept legitimacy. [37]
31	6	"Computer Repair / Psychic"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)	406	0.226 [38]
Nathan establishes Los Angeles's first computer repair shop staffed by asexuals; Nathan helps a psychic by creating a "personal" billboard ad specifically referencing a name that is common among residents, so that they think it is referring to themselves. [39]
32	7	"Finding Frances"	Nathan Fielder	Nathan Fielder, Leo Allen, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola	November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)	499	0.240 [40]
Nathan helps William Heath, a Bill Gates impersonator from previous episodes, try to find his long-lost love (1.5 hour series finale). [41]

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External links

• Official website
• Nathan for You at IMDb