The BEST episodes of Dr. Phil season 16

Every episode of Dr. Phil season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Phil season 16!

Dr. Phil is a talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002. On both shows McGraw offers advice in the form of "life strategies" from his life experience as a clinical psychologist.

Last Updated: 9/26/2024Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended
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7.44
16 votes

#1 - Foster Care, an Ankle Bracelet, and House Arrest; I Blame My Parents For My Messed Up Life

Season 16 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/10/2017

Dakota claims to be a rebel who has no respect for authority; her mother, Cydney, claims she cannot control Dakota and has given up disciplining her.

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7.39
36 votes

#2 - Our Know-It-All High School Dropout Daughter Wants to Be a YouTube Star!

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2017

Sixteen-year-old dropout Brittney spends her days hanging out, drinking and smoking marijuana while working on her career as a YouTube star.

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7.39
31 votes

#3 - My Sister Is Over $50,000 in Debt, Sold Her Car, Lost Her Savings and Has Sold Her Home, All Because She's in Love With a Guy in Egypt!

Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/2017

Linda believes that her sister, a retiree, is being catfished by a guy who claims he is in Cairo, Egypt, and instantly started asking her for money.

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7.35
17 votes

#4 - Aftermath of an American Tragedy: Healing after the Horror in Vegas

Season 16 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/6/2017

Dr. Phil discusses the 2017 mass shooting in the city of Las Vegas, the largest mass shooting in the modern history of the United States, as well as speaks to some of the survivors of the shooting and visits the hospitals treating victims.

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7.33
6 votes

#5 - My Son Is Living in a Tent Because My Husband Won't Allow Him to Come Home; I Fear My Son Is Losing His Mind

Season 16 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/4/2017

Margaret's husband demands that she choose between him and her afflicted 22-year-old son, Tommy; Tommy's biological father says his son is disturbed and unhappy.

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7.32
22 votes

#6 - A 5-year-old Found Murdered by Dad After Trip to Amusement Park: His Mother Speaks Out

Season 16 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/3/2017

Ana Estevez talks about the death of her son, Piqui, and shares her thoughts about his father, who confessed to murdering him.

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7.26
23 votes

#7 - My Ex Blames Me For Our Dog Napping, Car Stealing, Credit Card Opening, 8-Year-Old Son!

Season 16 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/13/2017

Sherry claims she is absolutely terrified of her 8-year-old son and his violent outbursts; she blames her son's behavior on his father, Todd.

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7.24
33 votes

#8 - A Daughter's Suicide; Parents Grieving, Her Law Student Boyfriend Falsely Accused?

Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2017

A college student's father and stepmother accuse her boyfriend of emotionally and verbally abusing her and blame him for her suicide.

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7.23
26 votes

#9 - Our Pregnant, Rageaholic, 18-Year-Old Daughter Is Abusing Our Entire Family!

Season 16 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/11/2017

Stacey and Dan claim their 18-year-old daughter, Tylor, verbally, mentally and physically abuses their entire family; Tyler says it's actually her parents who are abusive.

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7.20
15 votes

#10 - Our 21-Year-Old Daughter Is Gorgeous, Wild and Violent

Season 16 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/16/2017

David says his young-adult daughter has violent rages, refuses to take her medications, uses illegal drugs and regularly drives drunk.

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7.13
30 votes

#11 - Three DUIs & Multiple Arrests: Our Sweet Little Granny Has Become a Pill-Popping, Vodka-Drinking Menace to Society!

Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2017

Family members say ``raging alcoholic'' Lisa has stolen her 90-year-old father's cancer medication and assaulted him.

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7.09
23 votes

#12 - Abducted Twice, Brainwashed and Molested: Actress Jan Broberg's Story

Season 16 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/5/2017

Actress Jan Broberg claims she was abducted twice when she was 12 and 14 years old by close family friend, Robert Berchtold.

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7.04
28 votes

#13 - Singer Sinéad O'Connor Speaks Out After Hotel Breakdown: The Exclusive Interview

Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2017

Irish songstress Sinéad O'Connor asks Dr. Phil for help placing her in a long-term treatment facility and for a platform to tell her story to destigmatize mental illness.

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7.00
26 votes

#14 - I Lost 300 Pounds, & Men Think I'm Hot, but My Fiance Says I'm Not

Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/2017

Debbie, who lost 300 pounds in two years, has low self-esteem and a controlling, jealous fiance.

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7.00
23 votes

#15 - My Daughter and Son-in-Law Won't Let Me See My Grandchildren Until I Get a Psych Evaluation. I Want It From You, Dr. Phil!

Season 16 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2017

Bekah says she removed her mother from her children's lives because she is mentally unstable, sinful and even discharged a firearm in her own home.

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6.97
29 votes

#16 - I've Given My Drug Addict Son Over 3 Million Dollars, but I've Done It to Keep Him Alive

Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2017

Jerry says he has spent more than $3,000,000 to save his son's life from an extreme addiction to heroin and crack; Dr. Phil shows Jerry's wife and daughter video footage of him buying drugs for his son and allowing him to use in front of him.

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6.95
20 votes

#17 - My Brother Changed His Name to Sexy Vegan, Wears Speedos in Public, and Is Spending My Mom's 11 Million Dollar Inheritance

Season 16 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/2/2017

Susan says her son has been arrested 15 times and that she has spent over $100,000 bailing him out; Raquel says she's fed up with her brother and mother's behavior.

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6.86
22 votes

#18 - My Sister and Brother-In-Law Are Allowing Their 15-Year-Old Son to Drop Out of School and Run the Household

Season 16 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/12/2017

Angie and Hunter say they have given up on forcing their son, Rivers, to go to school; Rivers only wants to play music and video games, and he won't follow any rules, according to his family.

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6.86
21 votes

#19 - Drinking, Drugs, and a Shocking Revelation: Can Danielle Be Saved?

Season 16 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/17/2017

A 21-year-old woman's family may be to blame for her violent, drunken behavior, and something deeper may be going on with her.

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6.84
25 votes

#20 - How Did My Daughter Go From Working as a Successful School Counselor With a Master's Degree to Neglecting Her Family and Living in an RV!?

Season 16 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/2017

Shaela's parents say she has exhibited some very strange behaviors after eating a hamburger and getting a mysterious illness, and she has lost her job, house and family.

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6.81
27 votes

#21 - Partners in Crime: Two Teen Sisters Are Confronted!

Season 16 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/2017

Emotions and tempers run high as Bill and Jen have to make a difficult decision about their violent teen daughters' futures.

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6.77
26 votes

#22 - Our Soccer Mom Had an Affair, Abandoned Our Family and Now Wants Forgiveness!

Season 16 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/2017

Three brothers say their mother abandoned them as children, leaving them to float from home to home for most of their young lives, while she moved away and started a new family.

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6.58
19 votes

#23 - My Wife Enables Our Mooching; Violent, Lazy Son Who Lives in Our Back Yard

Season 16 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/9/2017

Susan claims her son is a lazy, stealing, unemployed, violent moocher who refuses to support himself or his 4-month-old son.

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6.55
11 votes

#24 - I Want My Ex-Husband Out of My Life So My 81-Year-Old Fiance Can Adopt My Children

Season 16 - Episode 105 - Aired 2/20/2018

Lisa says her ex-husband has a history of abuse toward her and their two boys, who are terrified of him, and she wants him out of their lives so she can move on with hers.

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6.48
33 votes

#25 - We Are Being Terrorized by Our Violent, Car-Stealing, Drug-Using Teen Daughters

Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2017

Bill and Jen say their 16- and 18-year-old daughters make their lives a living hell with violent outbursts, joyriding, taking drugs, drinking, shoplifting and calling police to make false accusations of domestic abuse.