The BEST episodes of Primetime: What Would You Do?
Every episode of Primetime: What Would You Do? ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Primetime: What Would You Do?!
ABC's hidden camera, ethical dilemma series What Would You Do? puts ordinary people on the spot. From bullying to abuse, racial attacks and more.
#1 - Children bully their classmates because of race
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2019
What will customers say when they see two white children bully their white friend and black classmate? And diners react to a daughter revealing her surprising DNA results to her parents.
#2 - September 21, 2012
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2012
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.
#3 - Fraternity, Sorority Recruits Publicly Hazed
Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/15/2017
New recruits are publicly hazed and humiliated during initiation into a fraternity; sales clerk refuses to sell transgender woman a dress; a child with Tourette's syndrome is bullied.
#4 - Man Pushes His Pregnant Wife to Lose Weight
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2017
Friends push girl to drink to excess; Child disrupts nail salon patrons
#5 - Onlooker Harasses Parent With Different Race Child
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2017
Sales clerk discriminates against Sikh man; A veteran cannot afford groceries; Women drug man at the bar and try to rob him; Bartender treats bar as her personal space
#8 - Muslim Woman Needs Help Changing Tire
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2016
A woman struggles to change her tire on a suburban street; a 16-year-old boy doesn't know how to react when the teenage girl he thought he was meeting turns out to be in her 40s; a husband is annoyed to learn he's having another daughter.
#9 - White Woman Introduces Asian Fiance To Disapproving Parents
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/26/2016
Parents of a bride-to-be disapprove of her interracial relationship; a man has an inappropriate relationship with his child's nanny; an elderly woman shoplifts; a man comes on to his son's girlfriend; a man verbally abuses his wife.
#10 - Mom Argues with Child over Gender Appropriate Toys
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2017
A daughter disapproves of her father's much younger girlfriend; Customers at a diner become upset over a waiter with OCD.
#11 - Drug Store Employee Denies Muslim Man Passport Photo
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/2017
What Would You Do: A female bartender is sexually harassed by her boss; A male soldier is berated because of homosexuality.
#12 - Parent Leaves Baby in a Hot Car
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2016
A baby is left alone in a hot car with no parents in sight; A 15-year-old girl is approached by an older man who invites her back to his home to play music; Man refuses service from an employee at a car dealership, simply because she is a woman
#13 - Foster Child Abused By Foster Mother
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2017
A foster child is treated unfairly compared to her foster mother's biological child; A son comes out as gay to his Mormon family; A diner asks another customer to watch her laptop.
#14 - Muslim Woman Needs Help Changing Tire
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2016
A woman struggles to change her tire on a suburban street; a 16-year-old boy doesn't know how to react when the teenage girl he thought he was meeting turns out to be in her 40s; a husband is annoyed to learn he's having another daughter.
#15 - 05/29/15
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2015
A teenage girl meets someone she spoke to online; a nanny tries to sway a child to pick a doll of a certain skin color; a mother tries to dress like her daughter; a bartender invades the privacy of a patron; bowlers receive the wrong shoes.
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Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2016
Interracial couple get harassed in a restaurant by another customer; Woman is stunned when her date's boyfriend arrives; Street musician heckles people on a crowded sidewalk
#17 - Parents Try To Force Surrogate To Abort One Child
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2016
Intoxicated cab driver gets ready to pick up passengers; Teacher hits on student; Teen girls bully friend into eating disorder.
#18 - Concerned Mom Disapproves Of Son's Desire To Play Football
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2016
A mother won't let her son play football due to the danger of injuries; teens ask passersby for a cigarette light; teens use their mother's divorce to guilt her into buying them pricey shoes; illegal use of handicapped parking; bad hibachi chef.
#19 - Nanny Is Abused By Child While Mother Is Not Watching
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2017
Parents disapprove of daughter's boyfriend because of social status; Teen boys selling fake event tickets.
#20 - Sales Clerk Refuses To Sell Clothes To Transgender Woman
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2017
What Would You Do: Nail technician discriminates against woman for being overweight; Mother spends money on bag instead of food.
#21 - Customer Abuses Employee with Down Syndrome
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2017
#22 - Muslim Teen Bullied by Peers
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2017
Muslim teen bullied by two friends; Parents disapprove of son's plus size girlfriend; Mother punishes son with hot sauce.
#23 - Possible Bike Thief Caught in the Act in Portland
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2016
Filmed in Portland, Ore., scenarios include teenagers trying to buy recreational marijuana; a bartender pocketing money left to pay for a homeless man's meal; and a 16-year-old female guitarist being approached by a stranger who claims to have a music studio in his home. Also: Portlanders react to an apparent bike thief and to an actor carelessly littering.
#24 - Caregiver Takes Advantage Of Patient With Dementia
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/2016
Potential predator approaches a teen girl; Young athletes pressured into taking steroids; Rude coffee customer berates barista.
#25 - Employee Tries to Steal From Store
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2016
Jewelry thief; teens propose to ''out'' their closeted gay friend on social media; bar patrons encourage a recovering alcoholic to have a drink; customers steal sneakers at a store; an interracial couple receives rude comments.