Ep 8. Private Investigator / Taxi Company

Nathan For You season 1 episode 8, titled "Private Investigator / Taxi Company," is an outrageous and hilarious episode that showcases Nathan Fielder's unique brand of comedy. In this episode, Nathan takes on two separate challenges meant to help struggling businesses in the Los Angeles area.

First, Nathan meets with a private investigator who is having trouble drumming up business. Nathan comes up with the idea to offer a free service to clients who hire the investigator. The service? A complimentary taxi ride to the investigator's office. Nathan offers to set up a taxi company to provide these rides, but quickly realizes he doesn't know anything about starting a taxi service.

Undeterred, Nathan sets about creating "Nathan's Escalade Service," a luxury transportation company dedicated to getting people to their meetings with the private investigator. Nathan hires a driver, has a fancy logo designed, and even outfits the car with a mini-fridge full of snacks. The catch? The service is only available to those who are investigating a cheating spouse or partner. Nathan hilariously tries to explain to potential customers how this service works, and it's clear that most people are confused and uncomfortable.

The second business Nathan takes on is a taxi company that is struggling to keep up with ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Nathan decides to help the company by giving them a unique selling point. He suggests that they create a "share-a-cab" program that would allow customers to split the cost of a ride with strangers who are headed in the same direction. Nathan convinces the taxi company to invest in custom partitions for their cabs that would allow different groups of people to share a ride without feeling uncomfortable.

The only problem? Nathan has no idea how to convince people to share a ride with strangers. He tries to pitch the idea to potential customers on the street, with hilarious results. His attempts to get people to share a cab usually end with people hurrying away from him as fast as possible. Nathan even tries to create a "share-a-cab" dating service, where single people can ride together and potentially go on a date. Needless to say, this idea doesn't take off the way Nathan had hoped.

Overall, Nathan For You season 1 episode 8 is a hilarious and bizarre episode that showcases Nathan Fielder's unique comedic talent. From trying to convince people to share a cab with strangers to setting up a luxury transportation company for cheating spouses, Nathan's off-the-wall ideas bring a fresh and entertaining twist to the typical business advice show. Fans of absurd humor and quirky characters will love this episode, as well as the rest of the series.