The WORST episodes of Nathan for You
Every episode of Nathan for You ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nathan for You!
Writer, director and comedian Nathan Fielder also has a business degree, and he combines that knowledge with his unusual life experiences to help struggling small businesses boost their sales. However, Fielder's marketing campaigns for each business can best be described as unorthodox, to the point where no traditional sales consultant would ever attempt what he does.
#1 - Computer Repair / Psychic
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2017
Nathan helps a computer repair shop earn public trust; marketing becomes personal for a psychic.
#2 - Chili Shop / Massage Parlor
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2017
Nathan devises a method of selling chili in secret and founds a charity to help a massage parlor upsell its clients.
#3 - Hotel / Travel Agent
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2015
A hotel markets itself to parents who are sexually active; a travel agent concentrates on older clients. Also, Nathan shares his solution for tardiness.
#4 - Horseback Riding / Man Zone
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2015
Nathan comes up with a way for a ranch to accommodate overweight riders; a women's boutique attempts to appease male customers; Nathan may have committed a hate crime.
#5 - The Hero
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/2015
In the Season 3 finale, Nathan searches for a hero that he says is inside of everyone.
#6 - Sporting Goods Store / Antique Shop
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2015
An endorsement deal is sought for a sporting-goods store; an antique shop amends a policy regarding accidents.
#7 - Liquor Store / Exterminator / Car Wash
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2014
Nathan helps a liquor store sell to underage customers; an exterminator works very discreetly.
#8 - Electronics Store
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2015
Nathan tries to help a struggling electronics store, and faces off against a large corporation.
#9 - Toy Company / Movie Theatre
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2014
Nathan shows a toy company how to market to children; a movie theater instates a no-sharing policy.
#10 - Taxi Service / Hot Dog Stand
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2014
Nathan tries to get press for a taxi company; defending a hot dog stand's reputation.
#11 - Pet Store / Maid Service
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2014
Nathan places a controversial ad in a pet cemetery and takes tips from a focus group.
#12 - Private Investigator / Taxi Company
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2013
Nathan puts a private investigator to the test by allowing himself to be spied on for a day, a taxi company is brought a solution for shy customers, and Nathan is forced to include product placement in his show.
#13 - The Movement
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/2015
Nathan devises a way to provide a moving company with free labor.
#14 - Funeral Home / Burger Joint / Skydiving
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2013
Nathan helps a struggling funeral home. A burger joint is forced to stand by its claim that it has the best burger in Los Angeles, and Nathan goes skydiving.
#15 - Gas Station / Caricature Artist
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2013
Nathan helps an independent gas station by devising the world's greatest rebate. He also attempts to make a fledgling caricature artist famous.
#16 - Clothing Store / Restaurant
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2013
Nathan tries to help promote a clothing store by allowing "attractive" customers to shoplift from it, and attempts to help a diner by publicizing its bathrooms.
#17 - Dating Website / Party Planner
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2014
Nathan helps a dating website attract female users; a party planner; self-motivation.
#18 - Mechanic / Realtor
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2014
Nathan convinces a mechanic to verify his estimates with a polygraph test and rebrands Sue Stanford as the Ghost Realtor.
#19 - The Claw of Shame
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2013
In this special episode, Nathan performs a daring escape in which he risks a fate that is truly worse than death, and failed business ideas from the season are showcased.
#20 - Smokers Allowed
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2015
Nathan helps a dive bar skirt anti-smoking laws.
#21 - Haunted House / The Hunk
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2013
Nathan helps a haunted house by making it scarier. Later, he attempts to overcome his awkwardness around women by dating several of them at once.
#22 - Souvenir Shop / E.L.A.I.F.F.
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2014
Nathan sets up a fake film shoot in an effort to boost sales at a Hollywood souvenir shop, but his plan gets complicated when he discovers that he may have committed fraud.
#23 - Santa / Petting Zoo
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2013
Nathan helps a department-store Santa who's harboring a dark secret and develops a marketing plan for a petting zoo. Also, a teen is nabbed doing graffiti.
#24 - Finding Frances
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2017
Nathan attempts to help a Bill Gates impersonator reunite with his long-lost love.
#25 - Dumb Starbucks
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2014
Nathan uses parody law to help a struggling coffee shop.