Episodes

When Jacob discovers a Jacob Reed who died suddenly, he turns his attention to the deceased Jacob Reeds on his spreadsheet to confront death. In this emotional season finale, Jacob finds himself traveling hundreds of miles and facing the harsh reality of death in order to understand mortality, legacy, and what we leave behind.

Jacob always wanted to be a Jazz musician, but quit music as a teen. To rekindle his dream, he tracks down jazz drummer Jacob Reed to rediscover the path not taken. But one Jacob Reed in music turns out to be just the beginning.

Diagnosed with sleep apnea, Jacob is told the cure might lie in losing weight. To tackle it head-on, he reaches out to Bodybuilder Jacob Reed. But what begins as a fitness plan spirals into a raw reckoning with image, discipline, and the stories we tell about our bodies.

The search for porn Jacob Reed hits a wall—so Jacob hatches a new plan: make an audition tape to reach the production company himself. Going deeper down the rabbit hole, Jacob finds himself at the largest adult film gathering in the world, meets a man who named over 4,000 adult actors and, in a shocking twist, learns there’s not a Jacob Reed in porn.

Decades after a cringey stint hosting a show for Playboy, Jacob still can’t shake the shame. So he sets out to find a Jacob Reed who fully embraced the adult industry — a porn star. Hoping for redemption, or at least perspective, Jacob confronts living with a past you can’t erase.

When Jacob discovers another Jacob Reed who suffered a traumatic brain injury the exact same summer he did, the eerie parallels hit too close to home. Is it fate, coincidence, or something stranger? To find out, Jacob tracks down his namesake to discover how one summer—and one moment—can change a life forever.

Feeling lost in an economy that seems designed to confuse, Jacob turns to the Internet for answers—and finds them in Jacob Reed, the AP Econ teacher turned YouTuber. Their private tutoring quickly veers off course when a stranger reaches out about a financial advice book allegedly written by Jacob Reed. There’s just one problem: neither Jacob wrote it. As the mystery deepens, the episode becomes a hunt for the third Jacob Reed—an investigation into scams, self-help economics, and what it means to build authority in a system that often rewards confidence over truth.

On a hunt for graphic design jobs after a career setback, Jacob’s internet searches lead him to Sea Breeze II, a generic painting signed by Jacob Reed. This discovery launches an unexpected quest to crack the code of artistic success. Along the way, Jacob wades through the jungle of customer service hotlines, uncovers the costume jewelry capital of North America, and finds wisdom from a stranger in the most unexpected corner of the globe.