List of Adam Ruins Everything episodes

Emily intends to participate in her school's annual Give-A-Thon, only to be introduced to Adam Conover as he explains his show's premise. Adam then explains, to Emily's dismay, the monopoly De Beers has over diamond engagement rings; that "Toms Shoes" advertisements exploit empathy,[5] and how food drives could be problematic. Though Adam provides an expert to explain that the best way to help needy people is by donating money, he gets kicked out by the participants with Emily the only one to enjoy her educational journey.

Guest star: D'Arcy Carden as future wife.

Adam reveals how the Transportation Security Administration does not prevent terrorist attacks, the dangers of Tylenol overdoses, that all credit card numbers are publicly available, the "security" behind tamper-resistant packaging and credit card signatures, and that trust is the best form of security.

Adam reveals that car dealerships have an unstoppable monopoly over new car sales, how much time is really spent in traffic, that the automotive industry introduced jaywalking to kick people off of streets, how automobiles' false sense of security leads to more accidents than drunk driving, and why cars are a financial burden on the working poor.

Adam is a murder suspect as he examines truths in polygraph tests, eye witness testimonies, fingerprint analysis, and a number of other crime technique-related ideas.

Guest stars: Carlos Alazraqui as Jack Nash, Alison Becker as Liz Cormack, Raphael Bob-Waksberg as Cleve Backster, and Larry Hankin as Larry.

Emily and friends have their night ruined by Adam at a restaurant, talking about how wines are very similar regardless of labels, how seafood is not very healthy in restaurants and how tipping is a regressive custom. This episode also highlights how mislabeling fish is rampant in the restaurant industry. This episode featured the first appearance of Haley as Emily's friend.

Guest star: John Michael Higgins as sommelier.

Adam invades Haley's bathroom as she prepares to go on a date. It elucidates that halitosis was a scare tactic, the irony of flushable wipes, and why running water is one of the greatest achievements of modern times.

Adam elucidates why the Electoral College is undemocratic, that the founding fathers did not want most Americans to vote, and how candidates can use gerrymandering to rig elections in their favor.

This episode explains why the 40-hour work week hinders productivity, why unpaid internships are exploitative, why freelancing is illegal, and why open disclosure of salaries is beneficial.

Guest stars: Oscar Nunez as Benny and Naomi Ekperigin as Shaina.

Adam reveals that summer vacation inhibits learning, how a rodent destroyed creativity, and the unfair biased nature of video games for women.

Conover later appeared in a debate on The Rebel Media's YouTube channel when one of its hosts, Lauren Southern, disputed this episode's gender equality claims.

Adam elucidates that circumcision is common in the United States due to fear of masturbation, that Herpes is not as scary as the media makes it seem, and how most people do not truly understand the hymen. It also argues that the worst problem with sex is people feeling ashamed of it.

Adam shows why vitamin supplements are not healthful, that sugar outweighs the "balanced breakfast" scale, and that most nutritional science quoted by the media is unscientific.

Guest star: Sam Page as Dr. Todd Bodd

Adam goes on a date with Haley, but Emily is hit by a truck in a freak accident. Adam discusses several failed attempts at terrestrial immortality, and reveals the American funeral industry's exploitative tactics, such as embalming and the price of coffins. The episode also points to the importance to have a plan for last rites, as many do not notify their last ones about their preferences in case of a funeral or long-term life support and burden their families. After Haley dies in a freak accident, Emily consoles Adam as he concedes that grappling with death's uncertainty can be just as healthy as clear-cut answers.

Adam reveals that everything celebrities wear is an advertisement, that movie awards are won not by talent but by bribery, the inconsistencies of MPAA ratings, and how "reality" shows are fake.

Adam reveals the truth about the NFL Playoffs, the supposed dangers and exaggerated fear of dehydration, and concussions. At the end of the episode, Adam's sister Rhea makes her debut.

Guest Stars: Rhea Butcher as Rhea Conover, Mo Gaffney as Patty (Murph's mom), Robert R. Shafer as Ray (Murph's dad), Erik Griffin as Ozzy.

Adam attends Emily's wedding to Murph, causing the groom grief by elucidating the capitalist traditions behind modern ceremonies, how the feelings of newlyweds are susceptible to change, and that divorce can be empowering in most cases.

Guest stars: Mo Gaffney as Patty, Robert R. Shafer as Ray

Adam and Emily make a trip to the mall where Adam elucidates the origins of the modern enclosed shopping mall, the real difference between "outlet" and normal clothing stores, and the largely-unregulated supplement market. Emily in turn elucidates Luxottica's near-stranglehold on the entire vision care industry. Adam's sister appears at the beginning and end of the episode.

Adam explains how purebred dogs are genetically abnormal, how stray cats are dangerous, and how monetizing the demand for trophy hunting can help animals.

Adam elucidates to a Mexican-American student and her grandmother over how increasing national border security does not deter illegal immigration, how the immigration courts are severely broken, and explores America's history with mass deportation.

Guest stars: Esai Morales as Alfonso, Mimi Davila as Gabriela

Adam discusses how buying a house is worse than renting one, how Airbnb enables crooks to run unsafe or unlicensed uncertified hotels. Building houses for homeless people saves money by significantly reducing their use of police, medical and social services.

Before the segments on Airbnb and homelessness, Adam hosts two segments called "Ever Wonder Why". The former is about tax breaks and the latter is about the Hollywood Sign.

In this episode, Adam exposes why cannabis incarcerates thousands of innocent minorities, how D.A.R.E actually increased drug use, and how legal drugs are just as dangerous as illegal ones leading to opioid epidemic. Emily is arrested at the end of the episode due to the many drugs she confiscated from her students.

Adam visits Emily in prison. In this episode, Adam reveals that private prisons and the Corrections Corporation of America monetize inmates, why Solitary confinement should be banned, and why prison keeps setting people up to fail. Emily is cleared of all charges, and promises to help her cellmate Kendra out.

This episode's "Ever Wonder Why?" segments are on cheese and treadmills.

In this episode, Adam talks about how the modern image of the cowboy is wrong, how women shaped the wild west, and how the west's true hero was not even a person.

This episode's "Ever Wonder Why?" segments are about Johnny Appleseed and the Statue of Liberty.

In this episode, Adam discusses how the internet has been underrated for nearly all of history, why cable companies are to blame for slow internet, and how "free" websites that claim to protect privacy, like Facebook and Google, are total hypocrites.

This episode's "Ever Wonder Why?" segments are on the word "literally" and the standard paper size.

Rhea, who works as a public defender, brings Kendra to court to clear her charges. In this episode, Adam talks about the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit's false interperetation, why trial by jury is rigged with bias, and how public defenders are in a difficult line of work.

This episode's "Ever Wonder Why?" segments are on photographic memories and the Secret Service.

Rhea and Adam attempt to prepare for the Conover parents to visit. In this episode, Adam reveals that Christians hijacked a Pagan holiday to create Christmas, why gift giving makes no economic sense, and Santa Claus' true history.

This episode's "Ever Wonder Why?" segments are about It's a Wonderful Life and snowflakes.

Guest Stars: Rhea Butcher as Rhea Conover, Betsy Randle as Donna Rehm, and Adam Savage as the narrator.

In this episode, Adam talks about how big companies shifted the blame of littering onto people,[32] how electric cars can actually hurt the environment, and what to do now that climate change is happening.[33]

In this episode, Adam talks to Emily about the myth of being pregnant after 35, if breastfeeding is better or worse than formula, and postpartum depression.

In this episode, Adam discusses the irony of low-fat diets, why counting calories is a waste of time and why extreme weight loss shows are totally fraudulent.

In this episode, Adam diagnoses a hypochondriac over how arbitrarily inflated hospital costs created an entirely unaffordable and unfair system, reveals how misuse of antibiotics could ruin modern medicine, and elucidates why mammograms might not be as helpful as commonly thought.

Adam participates in a date and swipes right on knowledge to expose the flaws in dating sites, reveal why alpha males do not really exist and explain how personality tests are a total failure.

In this episode, Adam asks an art student on what makes art great by illustrating why certain pieces are considered classics (regardless of merit), exposing that nothing is "original" and revealing how today's fine art market is primarily a tax dodge for the wealthy.

In his first fully animated episode, Adam teaches a cartoon teacher and her class that Christopher Columbus was a genocidal imbecile, King Tut was insignificant, and grammar rules are very flexible.

This episode's "Tell Me More" segment is an interview with Dr. Anne Curzan, a professor of English at University of Michigan.

Class is in session as Adam elucidates the unfavorable chances of becoming a dropout billionaire, why "top college" lists are rigged with bias and why the once groundbreaking student loan system has created trillions of dollars in debt and ruined the lives of billions of graduates.

Adam's world gets turned on its head when Emily takes over to "ruin" him, pointing out where a few of his facts fall short. She debunks the idea that IQ tests measure intelligence and reveals their racist history, then does a rapid-fire battle against information that Adam has gotten wrong in previous episodes. Plus, she explains the "backfire effect," and why proving someone wrong, even with hard evidence, will not necessarily convince them to change their mind. Adam promises to be better with his facts in the future, and ends up meeting Melinda.

When he and Melinda decide to go on vacation, Adam shows to be bad at relaxing as he reveals the surprising history behind Mount Rushmore, explain how Las Vegas slot machines are deliberately engineered addictions and uncover the strange story of Hawaiian statehood.

Adam elucidates to a family man how the idealized lawn is an unnatural monstrosity, that the design of the cul-de-sac suburbs slowly kills people and how redlining led to today's institutionalized segregation in schools.

Adam exposes why filing taxes is hard, why the economic numbers that people focus on do not provide the whole story, and the possibility of a return of American manufacturing is now unachievable.

Adam debunks Melinda's notions of the fake moon landing theory, her insistence to believe causing him to discuss the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and how to spot a false theory.

Adam exposes to a spa-goer why pricey detox treatments are a rip-off, MSG's scary undeserved reputation, and the placebo effect is way more powerful than people think.

Adam explains to a child that strangers with poisoned candy are nonexistent, the panic over Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast never occurred and mediums are total frauds.

Adam shares the truth behind testing mice, scarce funding and reproducing results to a scientist fair participant.

Adam, nervous over his relationship to Melinda, attempts to change the subject by exposing the truth on unregulated food expiration dates, 401(k) and retirement, and the unpredictable future.

Adam appears on Animated History mini-series to present startling facts about George Washington and the Revolutionary Army, Paul Revere's overrated ride, and how a slave contributed to America's Revolutionary War victory.

Instead of the season's previous "Tell Me More" segments, there are new "Same Time, Different Place" segments, hosted by Emily Axford. This time, Emily talks about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution.

Adam explains the true story behind Thanksgiving as the result of pilgrims occupying a dead village and helping the Wampanoag slaughter their enemies, the true story of Pocahontas, and how cities in the New World rivaled London in scale before most of the indigenous tribes were wiped out by disease before their discovery.

In this episode's "Same Time, Different Place" segment, Emily talks about Zheng He, the famed Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.

Adam reveals that the United States kicked off the Cuban Missile Crisis, how a lone female politician stood up to Joseph McCarthy, and how a bureaucratic mistake brought down the Berlin Wall.

In this episode's "Same Time, Different Place" segment, Emily talks about Nelson Mandela and his efforts to end the Apartheid legislation in South Africa.

Adam shares that it was prohibited for gladiators to kill opponents, how Boudicca and the Celts brought the Roman Empire to its knees, and that the brave 300 Spartans tallied closer to 7,000.

In this episode's "Same Time, Different Place" segment, Emily talks about Cai Lun and the invention of paper in China.

Adam sheds some light on Copernicus and the reason his teachings were outlawed by the Catholic Church long after his death; how a rogue dwarf named Andreas Vesalius revolutionized anatomy; and tulip mania.

In this episode's "Same Time, Different Place" segment, Emily talks about Akbar the Great and how he brought religious tolerance to 16th century India.

Adam digs into the Panama Canal by revealing Theodore Roosevelt orchestrated Panama's founding to build it and the conditions of the workers who did the building; how Harvey Washington Wiley fought to keep food from killing people; and that the Spanish flu killed more Americans than all 20th-century wars combined.

Adam is invited to Murph's "Bros' Night" and takes a bite at foods with the worst truths by stating that Mexican drug cartels import most avocados, that the meat industry lies about health risks and manipulates opposers to side with them, and how corn subsidies changed the crop into the most overused and unhealthy food in American history.

Adam appears on a sitcom and tackles classic television stereotypes, such as the racist history behind public pools, the antisemitic history behind basketball, why Asian-Americans are commonly perceived to be smarter, and how on-screen toxic masculinity masks the problems young men face today.

Adam misunderstands a shopkeeper into revealing that video games do not correlate to violent behavior, how Monopoly was originally conceived to explain how capitalism damages society, and discusses how the Olympic Games economically harm almost everyone involved except the International Olympic Committee.

Guest star: "Weird" Al Yankovic (Devil)

Adam visits Uncle Sam and reveals why American poverty is inescapable, why adhering to the Constitution hinders passing new amendments, and how the Reconstruction era was actually destructive.

With Adam accompanying her on a night out with her college friend, Emily reveals why women are expected to shave, why most women's clothing lacks pockets, how alcohol consumption has no health benefits but many health risks, and some startling facts about friendships.

Adam reveals to a dying philanthropist how Teach for America is killing the American school system, how large corporations' exploitation of recycling is polluting the planet, and that most billionaires only create charities to boost their credibility as well as avoid taxes.

Adam ends up in a murder scheme while revealing why drivers are rarely held accountable for vehicular collisions, how the Border Patrol legally violates the Fourth Amendment, and why preserving corpses can benefit medical research.

Adam reveals to a music-lover why white artists' covers in the early days of rock-and-roll were more popular than the originals, that Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment have an unstoppable monopoly over concerts, why many of today's musicians are forced to sell out, and how record labels extort their artists due to the advent of streaming services.

Adam reveals to a woman getting ready for a party how spiders actually benefit humanity, how bug parts are hidden inside everyday foods and a whole insect can be more nutritious than part of conventional livestock, and some bugs actually help the human body function properly.

Adam reveals the serious issues behind SWAT teams, how student resource officers send children into a life of crime, and that the issue of mass-incarceration was due to cops cherry-picking whom they arrest.

As Adam wraps up the show's third season, his self-doubt gets the best of him to reveal the show's biases, the inconsistencies and mistakes in previous episodes, the sinister agenda of advertising, and how advertisers shift the focus of the show.