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What Would You Do? is a reality and news TV series that premiered on ABC on February 26, 2008. It has 17 seasons and 103 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 17 Episode 4 "Episode #17.4", aired on October 30, 2024.
An American television news magazine and hidden camera show. Actors act out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras videotape the scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how. Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react differently. Quiñones appears at the end to interview the bystanders about their reactions. As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making inferences on the bystanders' reactions.
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103 episodes · 17 seasons
2008 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 18 years ago
A group of teenagers ridicule an overweight person. Can random people pick a thief from a police lineup? At a wedding, people criticize the bride-to-be's wedding gown. Once again, a friend's husband is eating dinner with a complete stranger.
An interracial couple fights in a park. Volunteers are told to read the parable of the Good Samaritan and later see a pair of people in need. A waiter flirts with a man's wife.
Teenagers attack a homeless man. An unhandicapped woman refuses to move her car from a handicapped parking space. A waitress flirts with a woman's husband. Will someone speak up to someone with food in their teeth, toilet paper on their shoes, or an unbuttoned blouse?
A Muslim woman wearing a veil is denied service at a bakery. At a park, three girls verbally attack another girl. A friend's husband is eating dinner with a complete stranger. A woman parking in a tight spot hits the car behind her.
2009 · 9 episodes · Last episode: 17 years ago
A store clerk begins to racially profile an African-American customer. A man becomes uncomfortable when a gay couple begins to kiss at a bar. Once again, a person is catfished. A "bounty hunter" tells shoppers at a flea market to help him detain a supposed fugitive mother, by either arresting her, drugging her, or stealing her baby.
At a restaurant, a 65-year-old man with three wives celebrates his impending marriage to his fourth wife, a 15-year-old girl. A group of teenagers verbally and physically attack a Hispanic man. Nineteen aspiring actors agree to say outrageous claims about a product on camera for a few seconds of TV time and a paycheck.
Multiple college students are hazed into drinking staggering amounts of alcohol. A mother criticizes a daughter buying a wedding dress. A woman collapses on a busy street. Will people react differently if a homeless man collapsed? An underage girl is denied a valid prescription for birth control pills.
A mother with a child attempts to shoplift. People are approached by beggars asking for not money, but gallons of gas. At a restaurant, an obnoxious person begins to talk loudly on the phone. Multiple teenagers trash a car.
A woman tells her friend she wants to marry a man half her age. Once again, an elderly, confused man wants to drive. At an open house, a real estate agent discriminates against an African American couple and later, a Muslim couple. At a park, a young girl is approached by a man who attempts to lure her away.
A baby is left alone in a car. A mother yells at a nanny. A person is catfished. A dog is left alone in a car.
At an open house, two women begin to steal items from the house. A senile, confused man wants to drive. Two men crash a wedding. A cashier shortchanges a blind customer.
Once again, a stranger slips a date rape drug in their unsuspecting date's drink. A man takes another person's running pump at a gas station while they're inside the store. A person with an overflowing shopping cart enters an express check-out line. At a grocery store, a young woman allows an elderly woman to skip her in line, only to argue with her when the elderly woman gets a cash prize for being the "five millionth customer."
A stranger slips a date rape drug in their unsuspecting date's drink. In France, French people react to "obnoxious Americans" visiting the country. At a deli, a cashier blatantly discriminates against multiple Latino customers, including a disguised John Quiñones.
2010 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 16 years ago
Bystanders witness a cashier giving a blind customer incorrect change; testing how far people will go to obey someone they think is an authority figure; two well-dressed women steal items at an open house.
Hidden cameras capture people's reactions to a baby left alone in a hot car, a lost child, a gay couple publicly displaying affection and a homeless man collapsed on a street.
Latinos experience prejudice from a cashier when they try to place a deli order in broken English; people witness an abusive situation between an employer and an employee; people's reactions when they see an aggressive man hit on a woman at a bar.
A woman tries to drive drunk with her children in the car; teens verbally abuse an overweight woman; a bride's choice of wedding gown dismays friends and family; whether to tell a friend a spouse is cheating.
A drunk person asks nearby strangers to blow into their car's ignition interlock device to drive home drunk. An angry coach yells at a young soccer player. At a pharmacy, an elderly woman is told her expensive medication is no longer covered by her insurance.
A pair of airline pilots drink at a bar before a flight. A customer criticizes a store bagger with Down syndrome. A waiter questions the relationship of a lesbian couple eating at a restaurant with two kids. At a wedding, the bride-to-be begins to give out strict orders, annoying the bridesmaids and the guests.
At a diner, a man yells at a woman with bruises on her arm. A mother stops her vehicle, and tells her kids in the backseat to get out of the car and walk home. A restaurant manager harasses a woman breastfeeding in public.
At a bar, a stranger attempts to take an intoxicated, young girl, home with him. A thief is caught stealing a bike. A cashier attempts to steal a customer's winning lottery ticket. A store clerk begins to racially profile a group of African-American teenage customers.
2012 · 19 episodes · Last episode: 14 years ago
Summer Slim Down episode.
A mother leaves her children alone in a toy store; a lawyer advises his client to cheat the system; a drunk patient asks his young child to drive; an onlooker loudly disapproves of a gay man proposing.
An extreme couponer holds up the checkout line; a waitress harasses a diner about the size of her family; while a woman is in the bathroom, her fiancé and maid of honor flaunt their affair; a pharmacist talks loudly about a customer's prescription.
Hidden cameras capture reactions to a man hitting on his sons girlfriend, a bouncer telling two women they aren't thin enough to be allowed into a nightclub, and a transgender woman facing discrimination in a diner.
A teen at a cafe prepares to text a revealing photo to her boyfriend; two teens pressure a friend to forward a revealing photo of his girlfriend to others; a thief steals a bike from a park; a woman at a gallery spills coffee on a painting.
Beachgoers react when drinks are taken from a cooler they were asked to watch; a guy takes interest in a girl who has had too much to drink; a man criticizes his girlfriend as she tries on bikinis; women pressure a friend to get drunk.
Hidden cameras capture reactions to a store clerk pocketing a customer's winning lottery ticket, a teen with a stutter trying to place an order in an ice cream shop, and a young woman admitting that she is taking advantage of her much older fiance.
Hidden cameras capture reactions to a woman buying clothes for her young daughter to wear in a pageant, children being taunted for having gay parents, and a child using profanity in public.
A woman at a salon's hair looks terrible; a sales clerk refuses to sell a wedding dress to a lesbian; a person drops money in front of a bank; teen ask liquor store customers to buy them booze.
A teen faces pressure to have sex; teens discuss drugging their girlfriends to have sex with them; a boy tells his mother he wants to live as a girl; a teen asks a pharmacy customer to buy condoms for him.
A woman reveals a secret to her fiance after which he refuses to marry her; a woman is abused by her significant other; a boy tells his unsympathetic father he is gay; a woman steals merchandise from a ski store.
A woman reveals that, contrary to her boyfriend's belief, her baby is not his; a woman smokes near her infant; a guy pressures his girlfriend to get a tattoo; a nanny belittles her charge; a customer takes advantage of free samples.
A woman asks bakery customers to listen to her baby monitor while she steps out; diners try to convince a woman to feed her vegetarian child meat; a makeup artist insults a woman with a birthmark; a therapist suggest a teen pray that he not be gay.
Hidden cameras capture people's reactions to someone stealing from a homeless person, a salesperson dealing with a rude and irrational bride, and children threatening and abusing their mothers.
Hidden cameras capture people's reactions to a man offering two teens modeling jobs at his home studio, a man criticizing a newly engaged gay couple, people adopting to a dog to use in underground fights and a laptop theft in a cafe.
A make-up counter employee pushes concealer on a woman with a birthmark; two men try to scam a free meal by putting a bug in their soup; a drunk father asks his young son to drive him; a man kisses another man when his wife goes to the bathroom.
2012 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 14 years ago
A hopeful "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant cheats; a child wants a Halloween costume meant for the opposite gender; a cashier questions a man buying two diamond bracelets; a diner forces a restrictive diet on her daughter.
A comic insults audience members; underage service members try to buy drinks; a customer accidentally breaks a bottle of wine, then tries to pin the blame on others; a woman tries to force her daughter to tan; a woman abuses the nanny.
A manager tells an interviewee she won't be hired because of her gender; a waiter refuses to serve a homeless man; a child at a lemonade stand overcharges customers; a teen throws a fit in a dress shop; a kid wears a sandwich board as punishment.
2012 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 14 years ago
A hopeful "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant cheats; a child wants a Halloween costume meant for the opposite gender; a cashier questions a man buying two diamond bracelets; a diner forces a restrictive diet on her daughter.
A comic insults audience members; underage service members try to buy drinks; a customer accidentally breaks a bottle of wine, then tries to pin the blame on others; a woman tries to force her daughter to tan; a woman abuses the nanny.
A grocery store manager is insensitive to a woman with a fear of germs; a grocery store cashier recommends healthy alternatives to a customer; a woman breastfeeds her toddler in public; a man buys liquor for his teen.
A lifeguard drinks on the job; a woman pressures her obviously over-tanned boyfriend to tan more; a fed-up mother leaves her children on a boardwalk; an artist provides a bad sketch; a manager sexually harasses a bartender; a pregnant woman drinks.
A manager tells an interviewee she won't be hired because of her gender; a waiter refuses to serve a homeless man; a child at a lemonade stand overcharges customers; a teen throws a fit in a dress shop; a kid wears a sandwich board as punishment.
2013 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 13 years ago
Anchors Away; More Change Blindness; 'Recycled' Diaper
Power Drink Placebo Effect; Marry a Stranger Obedience Test
Hidden cameras capture a man stealing from a car, a father buying alcohol for his son, a mother telling her daughter what to eat and a customer who breaks a bottle of wine.
Hidden cameras capture reactions to a woman taking her son for a manicure, unusual drive-thru experiences, a bakery refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, and a comic insulting audience members.
A woman who appears on wanted posters tries to pawn stolen goods; a diner is rude about a server's accent; three teens leave a restaurant without paying; a trucker tries to convince a runaway to go with him; children overcharge at a sweet tea stand.
A street musician insults the people around him; intoxicated parents board their boat with their child; a transgender girl tries on prom dresses; a woman enters a bar in her wedding dress, explaining she is having cold feet.
2013 · 1 episode · Last episode: 12 years ago
A woman buys a positive pregnancy test online, in the hopes her boyfriend will propose when she shows it to him. At a diner, a customer eats food off another person's plate. At a barbershop, a black customer is skeptical of having his hair cut by a white man. A woman criticizes an interracial couple. A mother sends her kid outside a diner for a "time out."
2014 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago
What Would You Do when you see a situation that you know is wrong?
Scenarios include a thief trying to pawn off stolen diamonds; a restaurant server being criticized over his accent; teens attempting to dine and dash; a runaway girl receiving a questionable offer from a strange truck driver; and a children's tea stand that's a rip-off.
Scenarios include a thief using a skimmer to steal credit card information; a bridesmaid spilling red wine on a wedding dress; and a nanny trying to calm a toddler with allergy medicine.
Scenarios include a man trying to weasel his way out of paying a big bet; a white kid being encouraged not to shop at a fashion boutique specializing in urban clothing; a woman using a fake pregnancy test to get her boyfriend to propose; a street musician who bullies passersby; and a restaurant manager who's abusive to a busboy.
Scenarios include: obese customers being heckled and harassed at a buffet; an obnoxious diner leaving an envelope stuffed with $100 bills behind; a transgender girl trying on prom dresses; and a woman in a wedding dress entering a bar with cold feet.
Included: People react to a person they let cut them in line winning a trip to Hawaii for being the five millionth customer; and audience members at "The Bethenny Show" witness someone being intentionally embarrassed in public. Other scenarios involve two college kids spiking a girl's drink; a fed-up mother leaving her young child outside of a restaurant on "time out"; and a woman being treated rudely because she speaks very little English.
Scenarios take place along the Mississippi River. Included: A hairstylist disapproves of her white male customer dating a black woman; patrons at a Memphis restaurant deal with an incompetent waiter; and a thief blatantly steals from an unlocked car. Also: reactions to public displays of affection and a greedy psychic.
Daymond John appears in a scenario as a shopper who is being scrutinized at an upscale clothing store. Also: An intoxicated couple prepare to take their boat for a cruise; a teen basketball player tells his teammates and coach that he's gay; a diner at a restaurant takes food from another customer's plate; and a homeless man is asked to leave a bar in New Orleans.
Episodes for this season haven't been announced yet.
1 episode · Last episode: 10 years ago
An unhygienic ice-cream store employee mishandles food; a salesperson tells a white woman not to dress like a black woman; a mother treats her foster child differently than her biological child.
Episodes for this season haven't been announced yet.
Episodes for this season haven't been announced yet.
2018 · 15 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago
A football player and his coach disagree about taking a knee during the national anthem; a customer takes another customer's diamond engagement ring at a nail salon; a teacher tries to buy food and school supplies, but her card is denied.
When store employees believe an African-American woman is trying to use a fake coupon, they call the police; a woman treats her foster son differently than her biological daughter; a man's parents disapprove of his overweight girlfriend.
A fellow customer criticizes gay parents for raising a child without a mother; a customer interrupts a nursing mother at a restaurant to tell her she is disturbing others; a bartender reads texts and emails that are on a customer's phone.
A cashier prevents customers from helping a woman with food stamps; a young boy tells strangers his parents left him to play alone; Chinese parents react poorly when their son tells them he's gay; fraternity brothers publicly haze recruits.
A café manager takes issue with a customer's politically-themed attire; two parents reprimand their 30-year-old son for still living at home; teens push a homeless man to humiliate himself in exchange for cash.
A woman reacts to news of her friend's pregnancy by telling her she's too old; a waitress insults diners who struggle with English; a waiter's chatting interferes with his job; a minor asks older customers to buy e-cigarettes for him.
A muscular female trainer is insulted for being too fit; a man and woman tell their teen child that they are separating; a man asks fellow diners to watch his laptop while he steps away; children are being disruptive at a restaurant.
Special edition Hollywood
TV personality Catelynn Baltierra; a pregnant teen's parents disapprove of her decision to raise the child; a customer is racially profiled at a store; a salesperson is abused by a mother and daughter; a woman shops from other shoppers' carts.
A white woman with an adopted black child is harassed by an onlooker; a woman is distracted by her phone while her children run wild in a clothing store; a tutor and her student talk about their relationship in front of others.
A waitress puts up with harassment from a customer because she needs the tip; people steal from a deli tip jar; a drag queen's parents become annoyed at their child's dress; a woman turns a coffee shop into her personal office.
A Hispanic child is scolded for speaking Spanish; a child draws on fine art displayed in a cafe; diners refuse to tip a lesbian waitress; a man proposes to his girlfriend with a fake diamond ring; strangers are asked to pose as a woman's boss.
A restaurant employee asks black teens to prepay for their meal; a bakery owner refuses to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple; a mother forces her child to shoplift; a woman tears recipes from a cookbook at a bookstore.
Grandparents berate their grandchildren in public; a restaurant customer insults a young man with Down syndrome; a woman accuses her boyfriend of flirting while he is working as a bartender.
A woman's parents voice disapproval about her engagement; a teenage boy is controlling toward his girlfriend; a bus driver drinks at a bar before returning to bring students on a field trip; a restaurant customer insults his elderly waiter.
2020 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago
A boy at an ice cream shop needs help fending off bullies; a focus group reviews a product that does not work; a salesman asks focus group participants to pretend to be a marriage coach for a meeting with his wife.
Two Latino men are questioned about their immigration status; teen girls verbally bully a classmate at a park; a woman upsets her child by repeatedly saying negative things about the child's father; a barbershop customer falls asleep in the chair.
A teenager pleads with his mother to get a vaccine; a mother steals money from a register when the cashier steps away; a pageant coach berates her contestant; a father criticizes his son for being afraid to hold a baby alligator.
A bar manager tells an applicant she's too old for the job; two women in a gym bully another woman for her body's appearance in leggings; a customer in a sporting goods store harasses a gay couple; a mother wants her children to eat vegetables.
Thought-provoking scenarios on racial bias, aging out of the foster care system, and sobriety.
A coach discourages a young baseball player from coming out as gay; a waitress is rude to a veteran with a traumatic brain injury; a customer in a clothing store starts rearranging items; a young man confronts his father about his gambling.
People react in Mississippi and New York to a man publicly displaying the Confederate flag; a coffee shop manager berates a cashier who offers free food to a homeless man; a man plots revenge against his ex; a mother becomes embarrassed by her son.
2024 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago
A music producer propositions their singer; an adult struggles to care for a parent with Alzheimer's disease; a man uses his older girlfriend for money; a parent faces objections to raising an adopted child of a different race.
Bystanders react to cutting a family member off; parents war over their kids' screen time; finding lost cash on the ground; a college student tells her parents she wants to pursue acting; a mother dealing with postpartum depression.
A man drugs a woman's drink; a scam artist in the act; a vasectomy debate; an elderly woman shoplifts; a veteran struggles with mental health.
A white mom is shocked her son is dating a Black woman; Parent unable to afford child’s birthday gift; Ex-boyfriend crashes bachelorette party.
E3
What Would You Do? Struggling Pregnant Woman, Sports Safety, Drug Mule, Love Triangle
From observing the reactions of fellow diners to a homeless individual in a restaurant to witnessing a man springing a last-minute prenup on his fiance, this tackles sensitive topics that spark discussions about compassion, fairness, and social justice. Additionally, viewers will witness a scenario where an employer asks a Black applicant to change her hairstyle, shedding light on issues of discrimination and workplace diversity. Lastly, a young couple grapples with a significant decision, inviting viewers to empathize with their plight and consider the complexities of relationships.
Bystanders grapple with a teacher's side hustle on an adult-content site, objections to immigrants applying for work, a deli staffer dealing with a rude customer, breastfeeding in public and a man bothering a woman at a gym.
2024 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago
Nanny's uses cruel words to children at mini golf. Restaurant patrons console woman abandoned during date. Gym-goer's exercise session disrupted by aggressive muscleman.
Rude customer berates immigrant employee at car was; Girlfriend caught cheating at airport; Job applicant denied over body image.
Ariane Rinehart
New Mom
Jakob Winter
Straight Friend / Gay Friend
Nyle DiMarco
Self
Stephen Brodie
Drug Mule
Meg Donnelly
Teenage Musician
Jazelle Foster
Caregiver
Traci Hovel
Mother
David Kremenitzer
David
Caleb McLaughlin
Foster Child
Bill Rapp
Patient Bill
Nicholas Dantes
Gay Teen
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The most recent episode of What Would You Do?, Season 17 Episode 4 "Episode #17.4", aired on October 30, 2024.
What Would You Do? has 17 seasons with 103 episodes in total.
What Would You Do? first aired on ABC on February 26, 2008.
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