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The Chair Company

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The Chair Company

The Chair Company is an American comedy thriller television series that premiered on HBO. The first season debuted on October 12, 2025 and ran weekly through November 30, 2025. Created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, it follows Ron Trosper (Robinson), a man whose embarrassing workplace incident involving a faulty chair leads him to investigate a far-reaching conspiracy involving the chair company. The cast also includes Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price and Joseph Tudisco. The series marks another in a series of collaborations between Robinson and Kanin, who previously met as writers on Saturday Night Live before co-creating the comedy series Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Among the executive producers for The Chair Company are Adam McKay and Andrew DeYoung, the latter of whom directed the first episode and also previously directed Robinson in the dark comedy film Friendship (2024). The Chair Company received widespread acclaim from critics with some calling it one of the best shows of the year. Reviewers praised its inventive blend of cringe comedy and surreal mystery, singling out Robinson's performance and the show's offbeat tone, a style some noted may not appeal to all audiences. The series premiered to 1.4 million viewers across HBO platforms, the network's biggest comedy debut in over five years and one of the top three HBO Max comedy launches in the platform's history. In November 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.

Infobox

Genre
mw- Cringe comedy Thriller Mystery
Created by
Tim Robinson Zach Kanin
Starring
Tim Robinson Lake Bell Sophia Lillis Will Price Joseph Tudisco
Music by
Keegan DeWitt
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
8
Executive producers
Tim Robinson Zach Kanin Andrew DeYoung Adam McKay Todd Schulman Igor Srubshchik
Production location
New York City
Running time
26–36 minutes
Production companies
Hyperobject Industries Zanin Corp HBO Entertainment
Network
HBO
Release
October 12, 2025 (2025-10-12) –present

Tables

· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
"Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does."
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
Original release date
October 12, 2025 (2025-10-12)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.124
Ron Trosper works for Fisher Robay, a property development firm, and is promoted to lead their latest shopping mall project. After giving a company-wide presentation, he sits down but his chair promptly collapses on stage. He calls the chair manufacturer, Tecca, but finds that its phone line is handled by a call center that is unable to help. After locating the company's address nearby, he breaks in and finds an empty warehouse containing only a photocopier with copies of pornographic material (which he snaps pictures of with his phone) and also a large red ball. He escapes after realizing he is not alone in the building. His obsession over the faulty chair leads to several mistakes and embarrassing incidents at work. Leaving his office at night, he is assaulted by a man who warns him to forget about the chair company. Ron chases the man and is left holding his shirt.
Ron Trosper works for Fisher Robay, a property development firm, and is promoted to lead their latest shopping mall project. After giving a company-wide presentation, he sits down but his chair promptly collapses on stage. He calls the chair manufacturer, Tecca, but finds that its phone line is handled by a call center that is unable to help. After locating the company's address nearby, he breaks in and finds an empty warehouse containing only a photocopier with copies of pornographic material (which he snaps pictures of with his phone) and also a large red ball. He escapes after realizing he is not alone in the building. His obsession over the faulty chair leads to several mistakes and embarrassing incidents at work. Leaving his office at night, he is assaulted by a man who warns him to forget about the chair company. Ron chases the man and is left holding his shirt.
No.
Ron Trosper works for Fisher Robay, a property development firm, and is promoted to lead their latest shopping mall project. After giving a company-wide presentation, he sits down but his chair promptly collapses on stage. He calls the chair manufacturer, Tecca, but finds that its phone line is handled by a call center that is unable to help. After locating the company's address nearby, he breaks in and finds an empty warehouse containing only a photocopier with copies of pornographic material (which he snaps pictures of with his phone) and also a large red ball. He escapes after realizing he is not alone in the building. His obsession over the faulty chair leads to several mistakes and embarrassing incidents at work. Leaving his office at night, he is assaulted by a man who warns him to forget about the chair company. Ron chases the man and is left holding his shirt.
2
2
No.
2
Title
"New blood. There's 5 Rons now."
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
Original release date
October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)
U.S. viewers(millions)
N/A
Ron's daughter Natalie asks him for help convincing her fiancée's family to agree to change their wedding venue. On the way to a site visit for the mall, he decides to detour to Tamblay's, the store selling his attacker's brand of shirt, causing the co-worker following him to almost have an accident. Ron joins the Tamblay's members club in hopes of tracking down the shirt owner. The store clerk points out some dirt on the shirt, which leads Ron to deduce his attacker's hiding spot in the company parking lot. A discarded food container leads him to a cafe where his attacker works as a security guard. After a brief tussle, the guard, Mike Santini, proposes that Ron hire him to help find the man that originally hired him to attack Ron. Later that night on the way to the man's location, Mike tries to give Ron a handgun. Ron backs out of the arrangement to get home in time for a game night with Natalie's fiancée's parents. During the game night, he is sent a text from an unknown number, revealing a picture of him taken at that exact moment, apparently from a nearby closet with a door ajar.
Ron's daughter Natalie asks him for help convincing her fiancée's family to agree to change their wedding venue. On the way to a site visit for the mall, he decides to detour to Tamblay's, the store selling his attacker's brand of shirt, causing the co-worker following him to almost have an accident. Ron joins the Tamblay's members club in hopes of tracking down the shirt owner. The store clerk points out some dirt on the shirt, which leads Ron to deduce his attacker's hiding spot in the company parking lot. A discarded food container leads him to a cafe where his attacker works as a security guard. After a brief tussle, the guard, Mike Santini, proposes that Ron hire him to help find the man that originally hired him to attack Ron. Later that night on the way to the man's location, Mike tries to give Ron a handgun. Ron backs out of the arrangement to get home in time for a game night with Natalie's fiancée's parents. During the game night, he is sent a text from an unknown number, revealing a picture of him taken at that exact moment, apparently from a nearby closet with a door ajar.
No.
Ron's daughter Natalie asks him for help convincing her fiancée's family to agree to change their wedding venue. On the way to a site visit for the mall, he decides to detour to Tamblay's, the store selling his attacker's brand of shirt, causing the co-worker following him to almost have an accident. Ron joins the Tamblay's members club in hopes of tracking down the shirt owner. The store clerk points out some dirt on the shirt, which leads Ron to deduce his attacker's hiding spot in the company parking lot. A discarded food container leads him to a cafe where his attacker works as a security guard. After a brief tussle, the guard, Mike Santini, proposes that Ron hire him to help find the man that originally hired him to attack Ron. Later that night on the way to the man's location, Mike tries to give Ron a handgun. Ron backs out of the arrangement to get home in time for a game night with Natalie's fiancée's parents. During the game night, he is sent a text from an unknown number, revealing a picture of him taken at that exact moment, apparently from a nearby closet with a door ajar.
3
3
No.
3
Title
"@BrownDerbyHistoricVids Little bit of Hollywood? Okayyy."
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
Gary Richardson
Original release date
October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)
U.S. viewers(millions)
N/A
Ron opens the closet door to find a little person, whom he chases outside. Mike arrives at the scene and says the man works for him, and reveals he found out that the man who hired him to scare Ron had been paid $50,000 for the job by someone else. Ron visits the county office to look up the deed of the abandoned Tecca warehouse and finds out the owner, as well as the last person to ask about the deed. Looking at the company's website, he sees pictures of the board members in front of the red ball in the warehouse; however, the board members don't seem to exist in real life. Ron and Mike track down Steven Droyco, the man who inquired about the deed; upon questioning him, he becomes agitated and drives off. They break into his house to search for evidence, discovering his elderly and senile mother, and escape with piles of papers. Later, Droyco shows up at Ron's office, demanding his papers back. Alerted by his security system, Ron sees an office chair outside his house, upon which a person wearing a Jason Voorhees mask sits down and stares at the camera.
Ron opens the closet door to find a little person, whom he chases outside. Mike arrives at the scene and says the man works for him, and reveals he found out that the man who hired him to scare Ron had been paid $50,000 for the job by someone else. Ron visits the county office to look up the deed of the abandoned Tecca warehouse and finds out the owner, as well as the last person to ask about the deed. Looking at the company's website, he sees pictures of the board members in front of the red ball in the warehouse; however, the board members don't seem to exist in real life. Ron and Mike track down Steven Droyco, the man who inquired about the deed; upon questioning him, he becomes agitated and drives off. They break into his house to search for evidence, discovering his elderly and senile mother, and escape with piles of papers. Later, Droyco shows up at Ron's office, demanding his papers back. Alerted by his security system, Ron sees an office chair outside his house, upon which a person wearing a Jason Voorhees mask sits down and stares at the camera.
No.
Ron opens the closet door to find a little person, whom he chases outside. Mike arrives at the scene and says the man works for him, and reveals he found out that the man who hired him to scare Ron had been paid $50,000 for the job by someone else. Ron visits the county office to look up the deed of the abandoned Tecca warehouse and finds out the owner, as well as the last person to ask about the deed. Looking at the company's website, he sees pictures of the board members in front of the red ball in the warehouse; however, the board members don't seem to exist in real life. Ron and Mike track down Steven Droyco, the man who inquired about the deed; upon questioning him, he becomes agitated and drives off. They break into his house to search for evidence, discovering his elderly and senile mother, and escape with piles of papers. Later, Droyco shows up at Ron's office, demanding his papers back. Alerted by his security system, Ron sees an office chair outside his house, upon which a person wearing a Jason Voorhees mask sits down and stares at the camera.
4
4
No.
4
Title
"Bahld Harmon birthplace (disputed)"
Directed by
Aaron Schimberg
Written by
Sarah Schneider
Original release date
November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)
U.S. viewers(millions)
N/A
In a flashback, Ron and his wife Barb talk about quitting their jobs to follow their own dreams. In the present, Ron finds out someone has been using his identity to sell items online (causing the buyers to show up at his house), apply for modeling agencies, and donate his backyard grill to the police department. Mike sends a friend to pose as an exterminator as an excuse for Ron to move his family out of the house and stay with his daughter Natalie and her fiancée. After his boss Jeff confronts him about an email supposedly from him asking for a raise, Ron receives an emailed customer survey from Tecca, the last question being "Are we done, Ron?" Mike steals a chair from the office so Ron can take it apart and investigate. Ron tells Natalie about the conspiracy and his suspicion that Tecca is using chairs to smuggle drugs into the country, hiding them where a missing part should be. She appears supportive, telling him she loves and trusts him. In another flashback from years earlier, Barb and Natalie secretly observe Ron struggling with his failing Jeep tour business. Barb tells Natalie that he will come out of it, and that all they can do is to tell him that they love and trust him.
In a flashback, Ron and his wife Barb talk about quitting their jobs to follow their own dreams. In the present, Ron finds out someone has been using his identity to sell items online (causing the buyers to show up at his house), apply for modeling agencies, and donate his backyard grill to the police department. Mike sends a friend to pose as an exterminator as an excuse for Ron to move his family out of the house and stay with his daughter Natalie and her fiancée. After his boss Jeff confronts him about an email supposedly from him asking for a raise, Ron receives an emailed customer survey from Tecca, the last question being "Are we done, Ron?" Mike steals a chair from the office so Ron can take it apart and investigate. Ron tells Natalie about the conspiracy and his suspicion that Tecca is using chairs to smuggle drugs into the country, hiding them where a missing part should be. She appears supportive, telling him she loves and trusts him. In another flashback from years earlier, Barb and Natalie secretly observe Ron struggling with his failing Jeep tour business. Barb tells Natalie that he will come out of it, and that all they can do is to tell him that they love and trust him.
No.
In a flashback, Ron and his wife Barb talk about quitting their jobs to follow their own dreams. In the present, Ron finds out someone has been using his identity to sell items online (causing the buyers to show up at his house), apply for modeling agencies, and donate his backyard grill to the police department. Mike sends a friend to pose as an exterminator as an excuse for Ron to move his family out of the house and stay with his daughter Natalie and her fiancée. After his boss Jeff confronts him about an email supposedly from him asking for a raise, Ron receives an emailed customer survey from Tecca, the last question being "Are we done, Ron?" Mike steals a chair from the office so Ron can take it apart and investigate. Ron tells Natalie about the conspiracy and his suspicion that Tecca is using chairs to smuggle drugs into the country, hiding them where a missing part should be. She appears supportive, telling him she loves and trusts him. In another flashback from years earlier, Barb and Natalie secretly observe Ron struggling with his failing Jeep tour business. Barb tells Natalie that he will come out of it, and that all they can do is to tell him that they love and trust him.
5
5
No.
5
Title
"I won. Zoom in."
Directed by
Aaron Schimberg
Written by
John Solomon
Original release date
November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.144
Ron and Mike meet up with Steven Droyco, who claims to have seen the CFO from Tecca's website, Ken Tucker. This seems to be a dead end when it turns out the man pictured as the CFO is merely the same actor used for a video game. Mike finds out the actor's name, Oliver Probblo, from the game credits, and they meet him in a bar to question him. He claims the Red Ball Market Global (RBMG) photoshoot was pitched as an acting exercise where they were instructed to play the parts of business executives. All three men get into conflicts with bar patrons, and they escape to Oliver's house where he has the photoshoot director's emails on his iPad. The bar patrons track down Oliver's address from the ID he left behind, show up at his apartment and begin to violently attack everyone. Ron is knocked out and is later given a ride home from the hospital by Mike, who stops on the way to unsuccessfully attempt to talk to his daughter, Lynette. Mike declares that he and Ron are family, and he will help Ron without needing further payments.
Ron and Mike meet up with Steven Droyco, who claims to have seen the CFO from Tecca's website, Ken Tucker. This seems to be a dead end when it turns out the man pictured as the CFO is merely the same actor used for a video game. Mike finds out the actor's name, Oliver Probblo, from the game credits, and they meet him in a bar to question him. He claims the Red Ball Market Global (RBMG) photoshoot was pitched as an acting exercise where they were instructed to play the parts of business executives. All three men get into conflicts with bar patrons, and they escape to Oliver's house where he has the photoshoot director's emails on his iPad. The bar patrons track down Oliver's address from the ID he left behind, show up at his apartment and begin to violently attack everyone. Ron is knocked out and is later given a ride home from the hospital by Mike, who stops on the way to unsuccessfully attempt to talk to his daughter, Lynette. Mike declares that he and Ron are family, and he will help Ron without needing further payments.
No.
Ron and Mike meet up with Steven Droyco, who claims to have seen the CFO from Tecca's website, Ken Tucker. This seems to be a dead end when it turns out the man pictured as the CFO is merely the same actor used for a video game. Mike finds out the actor's name, Oliver Probblo, from the game credits, and they meet him in a bar to question him. He claims the Red Ball Market Global (RBMG) photoshoot was pitched as an acting exercise where they were instructed to play the parts of business executives. All three men get into conflicts with bar patrons, and they escape to Oliver's house where he has the photoshoot director's emails on his iPad. The bar patrons track down Oliver's address from the ID he left behind, show up at his apartment and begin to violently attack everyone. Ron is knocked out and is later given a ride home from the hospital by Mike, who stops on the way to unsuccessfully attempt to talk to his daughter, Lynette. Mike declares that he and Ron are family, and he will help Ron without needing further payments.
6
6
No.
6
Title
"Happy Birthday, a friend."
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
Marika Sawyer
Original release date
November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)
U.S. viewers(millions)
N/A
Ron visits the acting class where Oliver's photo shoot took place. When Ron questions one of the class members, he quickly runs outside, where Ron tries to take pictures of him. Jeff comes back from a retreat in Sedona, and decides the entire mall project must be redesigned. Mike has Ron meet with his exterminator, who says he found bugs in Ron's house that originated from Hungary, and were also found at one other job location, the Delaware City government building. Ron discovers that the same four color pattern tattooed on the arm of the man from the acting class, were used on Delaware City's website, as well as the RBMG website. On a Sunday, Jeff takes everyone from the office to the mall site to get inspiration on redesigning it, where they discover trespassers operating a track for miniature remote controlled Jeeps. During an argument with the trespassers, Ron accidentally shoves Jeff. He leaves to go investigate the Delaware City building which is open that day, without staff, due to a nearby fair. A police officer catches him inside, chasing him through the building, where he discovers a large room filled wall-to-wall with Tecca chairs.
Ron visits the acting class where Oliver's photo shoot took place. When Ron questions one of the class members, he quickly runs outside, where Ron tries to take pictures of him. Jeff comes back from a retreat in Sedona, and decides the entire mall project must be redesigned. Mike has Ron meet with his exterminator, who says he found bugs in Ron's house that originated from Hungary, and were also found at one other job location, the Delaware City government building. Ron discovers that the same four color pattern tattooed on the arm of the man from the acting class, were used on Delaware City's website, as well as the RBMG website. On a Sunday, Jeff takes everyone from the office to the mall site to get inspiration on redesigning it, where they discover trespassers operating a track for miniature remote controlled Jeeps. During an argument with the trespassers, Ron accidentally shoves Jeff. He leaves to go investigate the Delaware City building which is open that day, without staff, due to a nearby fair. A police officer catches him inside, chasing him through the building, where he discovers a large room filled wall-to-wall with Tecca chairs.
No.
Ron visits the acting class where Oliver's photo shoot took place. When Ron questions one of the class members, he quickly runs outside, where Ron tries to take pictures of him. Jeff comes back from a retreat in Sedona, and decides the entire mall project must be redesigned. Mike has Ron meet with his exterminator, who says he found bugs in Ron's house that originated from Hungary, and were also found at one other job location, the Delaware City government building. Ron discovers that the same four color pattern tattooed on the arm of the man from the acting class, were used on Delaware City's website, as well as the RBMG website. On a Sunday, Jeff takes everyone from the office to the mall site to get inspiration on redesigning it, where they discover trespassers operating a track for miniature remote controlled Jeeps. During an argument with the trespassers, Ron accidentally shoves Jeff. He leaves to go investigate the Delaware City building which is open that day, without staff, due to a nearby fair. A police officer catches him inside, chasing him through the building, where he discovers a large room filled wall-to-wall with Tecca chairs.
7
7
No.
7
Title
"I said to my dog, "How do you like my hippie shirt?""
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
John Solomon
Original release date
November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
Ron, suspended from work for pushing Jeff, brings home a new dog and tries to reach the Delaware City purchasing director, Teresa Bonaventura, who has long been absent. After learning from his exterminator’s partner where similar bugs have appeared, Ron stakes out a site, sees workers loading chairs into a truck, and follows it to the Tecca warehouse. Ron spots a complaint in the Tamblay membership group chat about a blemished shirt that was resold with decorative patches, leading him to theorize that Tecca refurbishes old chairs and sells them as new. He shares this with Natalie, who has found Teresa's address; Ron visits her and discovers she is sick and hasn’t worked in years. That night, at a party hosted by Alice Quintana, a major investor in Barb’s company, Ron finds a photo of Alice with Teresa. Oliver Probblo then calls with the name of the woman who took Ron’s photos: Alice. Ron is attacked by the acting-class man before Alice intervenes, revealing the attacker is her nephew and that she is funding Barb’s company using money she embezzled though Tecca. Ron threatens to expose her, but learns from Barb's friend that Barb knows about his investigation and is proud. Ron dances with Barb, sees his reflection, and fights back tears.
Ron, suspended from work for pushing Jeff, brings home a new dog and tries to reach the Delaware City purchasing director, Teresa Bonaventura, who has long been absent. After learning from his exterminator’s partner where similar bugs have appeared, Ron stakes out a site, sees workers loading chairs into a truck, and follows it to the Tecca warehouse. Ron spots a complaint in the Tamblay membership group chat about a blemished shirt that was resold with decorative patches, leading him to theorize that Tecca refurbishes old chairs and sells them as new. He shares this with Natalie, who has found Teresa's address; Ron visits her and discovers she is sick and hasn’t worked in years. That night, at a party hosted by Alice Quintana, a major investor in Barb’s company, Ron finds a photo of Alice with Teresa. Oliver Probblo then calls with the name of the woman who took Ron’s photos: Alice. Ron is attacked by the acting-class man before Alice intervenes, revealing the attacker is her nephew and that she is funding Barb’s company using money she embezzled though Tecca. Ron threatens to expose her, but learns from Barb's friend that Barb knows about his investigation and is proud. Ron dances with Barb, sees his reflection, and fights back tears.
No.
Ron, suspended from work for pushing Jeff, brings home a new dog and tries to reach the Delaware City purchasing director, Teresa Bonaventura, who has long been absent. After learning from his exterminator’s partner where similar bugs have appeared, Ron stakes out a site, sees workers loading chairs into a truck, and follows it to the Tecca warehouse. Ron spots a complaint in the Tamblay membership group chat about a blemished shirt that was resold with decorative patches, leading him to theorize that Tecca refurbishes old chairs and sells them as new. He shares this with Natalie, who has found Teresa's address; Ron visits her and discovers she is sick and hasn’t worked in years. That night, at a party hosted by Alice Quintana, a major investor in Barb’s company, Ron finds a photo of Alice with Teresa. Oliver Probblo then calls with the name of the woman who took Ron’s photos: Alice. Ron is attacked by the acting-class man before Alice intervenes, revealing the attacker is her nephew and that she is funding Barb’s company using money she embezzled though Tecca. Ron threatens to expose her, but learns from Barb's friend that Barb knows about his investigation and is proud. Ron dances with Barb, sees his reflection, and fights back tears.
8
8
No.
8
Title
"Minnie Mouse coming back wasn't on my bingo card."
Directed by
Aaron Schimberg
Written by
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
Original release date
November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
A young boy fatally shoots Hollywood producer Stacy Crystals with a 3D-printed gun, accusing him of ruining his father’s life. While Ron is suspended from work, he reconnects with his family. In an HR meeting, Jeff feels humiliated by discussion of Ron overpowering him and invites Ron for drinks to smooth things over. Mike visits Ron and becomes angry when Ron says the investigation is over. Ron tries to help Mike reconnect with his daughter Lynette but is turned away. While chasing the family’s new dog, Ron discovers she has returned to her former owner’s house. At a karaoke bar with Jeff, Ron hears one of Jeff’s original songs and recognizes the melody and voice from RBMG’s hold music. He rushes to Jeff’s office and finds a hidden compartment containing paperwork identifying Jeff and Stacy Crystals as the real owners of RBMG. Back home, Lynette explains that her biological father died and donated his heart to Mike, and that Mike’s obsessive behavior after being invited to walk her down the aisle led to a restraining order. Ron then receives another call directing him to his high school gym, where the masked man from his security footage reveals that all recent events stem from a humiliating high-school incident involving Ron's colleague Amanda and claims she caused Ron’s chair collapse using telekinesis. The man says he is Amanda's boyfriend and attacks Ron.
A young boy fatally shoots Hollywood producer Stacy Crystals with a 3D-printed gun, accusing him of ruining his father’s life. While Ron is suspended from work, he reconnects with his family. In an HR meeting, Jeff feels humiliated by discussion of Ron overpowering him and invites Ron for drinks to smooth things over. Mike visits Ron and becomes angry when Ron says the investigation is over. Ron tries to help Mike reconnect with his daughter Lynette but is turned away. While chasing the family’s new dog, Ron discovers she has returned to her former owner’s house. At a karaoke bar with Jeff, Ron hears one of Jeff’s original songs and recognizes the melody and voice from RBMG’s hold music. He rushes to Jeff’s office and finds a hidden compartment containing paperwork identifying Jeff and Stacy Crystals as the real owners of RBMG. Back home, Lynette explains that her biological father died and donated his heart to Mike, and that Mike’s obsessive behavior after being invited to walk her down the aisle led to a restraining order. Ron then receives another call directing him to his high school gym, where the masked man from his security footage reveals that all recent events stem from a humiliating high-school incident involving Ron's colleague Amanda and claims she caused Ron’s chair collapse using telekinesis. The man says he is Amanda's boyfriend and attacks Ron.
No.
A young boy fatally shoots Hollywood producer Stacy Crystals with a 3D-printed gun, accusing him of ruining his father’s life. While Ron is suspended from work, he reconnects with his family. In an HR meeting, Jeff feels humiliated by discussion of Ron overpowering him and invites Ron for drinks to smooth things over. Mike visits Ron and becomes angry when Ron says the investigation is over. Ron tries to help Mike reconnect with his daughter Lynette but is turned away. While chasing the family’s new dog, Ron discovers she has returned to her former owner’s house. At a karaoke bar with Jeff, Ron hears one of Jeff’s original songs and recognizes the melody and voice from RBMG’s hold music. He rushes to Jeff’s office and finds a hidden compartment containing paperwork identifying Jeff and Stacy Crystals as the real owners of RBMG. Back home, Lynette explains that her biological father died and donated his heart to Mike, and that Mike’s obsessive behavior after being invited to walk her down the aisle led to a restraining order. Ron then receives another call directing him to his high school gym, where the masked man from his security footage reveals that all recent events stem from a humiliating high-school incident involving Ron's colleague Amanda and claims she caused Ron’s chair collapse using telekinesis. The man says he is Amanda's boyfriend and attacks Ron.
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1
"Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does."
Andrew DeYoung
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
October 12, 2025 (2025-10-12)
0.124
Ron Trosper works for Fisher Robay, a property development firm, and is promoted to lead their latest shopping mall project. After giving a company-wide presentation, he sits down but his chair promptly collapses on stage. He calls the chair manufacturer, Tecca, but finds that its phone line is handled by a call center that is unable to help. After locating the company's address nearby, he breaks in and finds an empty warehouse containing only a photocopier with copies of pornographic material (which he snaps pictures of with his phone) and also a large red ball. He escapes after realizing he is not alone in the building. His obsession over the faulty chair leads to several mistakes and embarrassing incidents at work. Leaving his office at night, he is assaulted by a man who warns him to forget about the chair company. Ron chases the man and is left holding his shirt.
2
"New blood. There's 5 Rons now."
Andrew DeYoung
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)
N/A
Ron's daughter Natalie asks him for help convincing her fiancée's family to agree to change their wedding venue. On the way to a site visit for the mall, he decides to detour to Tamblay's, the store selling his attacker's brand of shirt, causing the co-worker following him to almost have an accident. Ron joins the Tamblay's members club in hopes of tracking down the shirt owner. The store clerk points out some dirt on the shirt, which leads Ron to deduce his attacker's hiding spot in the company parking lot. A discarded food container leads him to a cafe where his attacker works as a security guard. After a brief tussle, the guard, Mike Santini, proposes that Ron hire him to help find the man that originally hired him to attack Ron. Later that night on the way to the man's location, Mike tries to give Ron a handgun. Ron backs out of the arrangement to get home in time for a game night with Natalie's fiancée's parents. During the game night, he is sent a text from an unknown number, revealing a picture of him taken at that exact moment, apparently from a nearby closet with a door ajar.
3
"@BrownDerbyHistoricVids Little bit of Hollywood? Okayyy."
Andrew DeYoung
Gary Richardson
October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)
N/A
Ron opens the closet door to find a little person, whom he chases outside. Mike arrives at the scene and says the man works for him, and reveals he found out that the man who hired him to scare Ron had been paid $50,000 for the job by someone else. Ron visits the county office to look up the deed of the abandoned Tecca warehouse and finds out the owner, as well as the last person to ask about the deed. Looking at the company's website, he sees pictures of the board members in front of the red ball in the warehouse; however, the board members don't seem to exist in real life. Ron and Mike track down Steven Droyco, the man who inquired about the deed; upon questioning him, he becomes agitated and drives off. They break into his house to search for evidence, discovering his elderly and senile mother, and escape with piles of papers. Later, Droyco shows up at Ron's office, demanding his papers back. Alerted by his security system, Ron sees an office chair outside his house, upon which a person wearing a Jason Voorhees mask sits down and stares at the camera.
4
"Bahld Harmon birthplace (disputed)"
Aaron Schimberg
Sarah Schneider
November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)
N/A
In a flashback, Ron and his wife Barb talk about quitting their jobs to follow their own dreams. In the present, Ron finds out someone has been using his identity to sell items online (causing the buyers to show up at his house), apply for modeling agencies, and donate his backyard grill to the police department. Mike sends a friend to pose as an exterminator as an excuse for Ron to move his family out of the house and stay with his daughter Natalie and her fiancée. After his boss Jeff confronts him about an email supposedly from him asking for a raise, Ron receives an emailed customer survey from Tecca, the last question being "Are we done, Ron?" Mike steals a chair from the office so Ron can take it apart and investigate. Ron tells Natalie about the conspiracy and his suspicion that Tecca is using chairs to smuggle drugs into the country, hiding them where a missing part should be. She appears supportive, telling him she loves and trusts him. In another flashback from years earlier, Barb and Natalie secretly observe Ron struggling with his failing Jeep tour business. Barb tells Natalie that he will come out of it, and that all they can do is to tell him that they love and trust him.
5
"I won. Zoom in."
Aaron Schimberg
John Solomon
November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)
0.144
Ron and Mike meet up with Steven Droyco, who claims to have seen the CFO from Tecca's website, Ken Tucker. This seems to be a dead end when it turns out the man pictured as the CFO is merely the same actor used for a video game. Mike finds out the actor's name, Oliver Probblo, from the game credits, and they meet him in a bar to question him. He claims the Red Ball Market Global (RBMG) photoshoot was pitched as an acting exercise where they were instructed to play the parts of business executives. All three men get into conflicts with bar patrons, and they escape to Oliver's house where he has the photoshoot director's emails on his iPad. The bar patrons track down Oliver's address from the ID he left behind, show up at his apartment and begin to violently attack everyone. Ron is knocked out and is later given a ride home from the hospital by Mike, who stops on the way to unsuccessfully attempt to talk to his daughter, Lynette. Mike declares that he and Ron are family, and he will help Ron without needing further payments.
6
"Happy Birthday, a friend."
Andrew DeYoung
Marika Sawyer
November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)
N/A
Ron visits the acting class where Oliver's photo shoot took place. When Ron questions one of the class members, he quickly runs outside, where Ron tries to take pictures of him. Jeff comes back from a retreat in Sedona, and decides the entire mall project must be redesigned. Mike has Ron meet with his exterminator, who says he found bugs in Ron's house that originated from Hungary, and were also found at one other job location, the Delaware City government building. Ron discovers that the same four color pattern tattooed on the arm of the man from the acting class, were used on Delaware City's website, as well as the RBMG website. On a Sunday, Jeff takes everyone from the office to the mall site to get inspiration on redesigning it, where they discover trespassers operating a track for miniature remote controlled Jeeps. During an argument with the trespassers, Ron accidentally shoves Jeff. He leaves to go investigate the Delaware City building which is open that day, without staff, due to a nearby fair. A police officer catches him inside, chasing him through the building, where he discovers a large room filled wall-to-wall with Tecca chairs.
7
"I said to my dog, "How do you like my hippie shirt?
Andrew DeYoung
John Solomon
November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)
TBD
Ron, suspended from work for pushing Jeff, brings home a new dog and tries to reach the Delaware City purchasing director, Teresa Bonaventura, who has long been absent. After learning from his exterminator’s partner where similar bugs have appeared, Ron stakes out a site, sees workers loading chairs into a truck, and follows it to the Tecca warehouse. Ron spots a complaint in the Tamblay membership group chat about a blemished shirt that was resold with decorative patches, leading him to theorize that Tecca refurbishes old chairs and sells them as new. He shares this with Natalie, who has found Teresa's address; Ron visits her and discovers she is sick and hasn’t worked in years. That night, at a party hosted by Alice Quintana, a major investor in Barb’s company, Ron finds a photo of Alice with Teresa. Oliver Probblo then calls with the name of the woman who took Ron’s photos: Alice. Ron is attacked by the acting-class man before Alice intervenes, revealing the attacker is her nephew and that she is funding Barb’s company using money she embezzled though Tecca. Ron threatens to expose her, but learns from Barb's friend that Barb knows about his investigation and is proud. Ron dances with Barb, sees his reflection, and fights back tears.
8
"Minnie Mouse coming back wasn't on my bingo card."
Aaron Schimberg
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin
November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)
TBD
A young boy fatally shoots Hollywood producer Stacy Crystals with a 3D-printed gun, accusing him of ruining his father’s life. While Ron is suspended from work, he reconnects with his family. In an HR meeting, Jeff feels humiliated by discussion of Ron overpowering him and invites Ron for drinks to smooth things over. Mike visits Ron and becomes angry when Ron says the investigation is over. Ron tries to help Mike reconnect with his daughter Lynette but is turned away. While chasing the family’s new dog, Ron discovers she has returned to her former owner’s house. At a karaoke bar with Jeff, Ron hears one of Jeff’s original songs and recognizes the melody and voice from RBMG’s hold music. He rushes to Jeff’s office and finds a hidden compartment containing paperwork identifying Jeff and Stacy Crystals as the real owners of RBMG. Back home, Lynette explains that her biological father died and donated his heart to Mike, and that Mike’s obsessive behavior after being invited to walk her down the aisle led to a restraining order. Ron then receives another call directing him to his high school gym, where the masked man from his security footage reveals that all recent events stem from a humiliating high-school incident involving Ron's colleague Amanda and claims she caused Ron’s chair collapse using telekinesis. The man says he is Amanda's boyfriend and attacks Ron.

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