The BEST episodes of Universal Basic Guys
Every episode of Universal Basic Guys ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Universal Basic Guys!
Brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies suddenly find themselves with no jobs when the Glantontown hot dog factory switches to automation. Lucky for them, the town starts a radical universal basic income pilot program, giving all residents of Glantontown $3,000 per month with no strings attached. Now, Mark, Hank and the rest of their local buddies are once again kids in the summertime, overflowing with the perilous combination of free time and stupid ideas. This is a show about men trying to find purpose in a world where they're no longer needed.
#1 - Mark Men
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2024
Mark throws his hat into the ring as an Ad Man after being shown up by a group of execs.
#2 - Water Ice Shoppe
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2024
Mark goes into business with Gary & Barry's Water Ice Shoppe, a Glantontown institution, when faced with being deprived of his favorite summer snack during their annual winter closure.
#3 - Deer Stakes
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2024
A deer-hunting operation turns murderous for Mark and Hank; David prepares for a news interview.
#4 - Machine Yearning
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2025
Mark and Tammy discover Darren's first girlfriend is actually AI. They both struggle with the new technology.
#5 - Golden Beans
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2025
Mark and David start a coffee shop in the garage. Tammy and Hank struggle to keep Mernft Man from bothering customers.
#6 - Jaws of Life
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2024
Jealous of the attention Tammy gets for saving the life of a choking stranger, Mark buys a Jaws of Life to efficiently save lives. Meanwhile, Tammy's life is threatened when she rejects the advances of Paul, the stranger she saved, who has become more than a little obsessed with her.
#7 - Fight or Flight
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/2024
When Mark and Hank travel for their uncle's funeral, Hank gets in trouble with the TSA for carrying an unusual amount of hot dogs, while Mark puts his piloting skills to the test after incapacitating the real pilots. Meanwhile, David babysits Aiden and Ava to convince Andrea to get her IUD removed.
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#8 - Bird Cage
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2024
Mark buys himself a Superbowl ring and leverages it to get special treatment at the Eagles game, only to wind up in Eagles jail for lying his way into becoming the new Eagles coach. Meanwhile, when Mark appoints Hank as the backup mascot, Hank has his own adventure with cutting-edge mascot technology.
#9 - Spectrum Slam
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2025
Mark trains to win a charity basketball tournament, and David tries to find a teammate.
#10 - Skyboys
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2025
Mark buys a jetpack. David wants to serve omakase at a soup kitchen.
#12 - Sheet Shock
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2024
After feeling slighted by a Navy recruiter, Mark sets out to join an elite unit of the Marines, only to be thwarted by his inability to properly make a bed. David teams up with a Veteran, hoping to ghost write the next American Sniper and can no longer distinguish fantasy from reality as his subject reveals stories from his past that are stranger than fiction.
#13 - The Goofballs
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2025
Mark personalizes a team for Darren after he shows interest in playing hockey.
#14 - The Devil You Know
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2024
Mark, in an attempt to bond with his stepson Darren, insists on teaching him how to throw a handmade boomerang that was gifted to Darren by his father. The two soon find themselves on a trek deep into the Jersey woods in search of it, where they encounter the Jersey Devil himself. Meanwhile, David is the recipient of a sex doll that he swears he didn't order, and is put through the wringer trying to return it.
#16 - Hoagie Jones
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2025
Mark and Hank buy a horse together. Tammy invests in a painting.
#17 - Go Fund Mernft
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/2026
Mark helps Mernft Man build the house of his dreams, while Tammy's fundraising campaign reveals a surprising side of Mernft.
#18 - Down the Shore
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2025
The Hoagies go down the shore. Tammy tries to make amends with her estranged sister.
#19 - Shorty Hoagies
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/22/2026
Mark and Tammy get adventurous on a date night at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Darren and JD prank David.
#21 - Medieval Knights
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2025
Mark goes medieval in an effort to bond with Darren. Tammy and Andrea test-drive an autonomous car.
#23 - Poconos
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2024
Mark, Tammy, Hank, and Darren discover a magical, immersive, Jumani-style board game where they have to overcome their interpersonal differences in order to survive. David, facing the most important deadline and worst writer's block of his career, seeks solitude in the Poconos.
#24 - Guys Day
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2024
When Tammy is upset that an elite country club only takes men, Mark joins it to supposedly change things from within. Meanwhile, Tammy's passion for the club infuriates the owner's wife, Ellen, and she invites Tammy to join an elite league of women dedicated to combating global, female issues. Meanwhile, Mark's entry into the club ruins the natural order, prompting the board to pursue the nuclear option and admit women.
#25 - Mr. Cupcake Man
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2024
Mark, trying to prove to Tammy that he can get babies to like him, writes a hit song that becomes the next Baby Shark. He enlists his family and neighbors to join his management team, putting these relationships to the test during his meteoric rise and humiliating fall. Meanwhile, David tries to capitalize in Mark's wake by resuscitating his old and out of touch climate change educational magic act.