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.

Last Updated: 2/1/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Continuing
Wed, Nov 6, 2024
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - Wed, Nov 6, 2024

Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2024

Teen tries to blackmail girlfriend with fake hookup photos; Thief steals phone from blind customer; Male trainer seen harassing female client.

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Children bully their classmates because of race
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10.00
1 votes

#2 - 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.

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star
9.00
4 votes

#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.

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star
9.00
2 votes

#4 - Wed, Jan 15, 2025

Season 18 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/2025

Caregiver steals winning casino jackpot from elderly man; Chauffeurs experience discrimination at airport; A father tells his son to get violent with bully.

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Wed, Jan 22, 2025
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9.00
2 votes

#5 - Wed, Jan 22, 2025

Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/22/2025

Deaf cheerleader cut when she struggles to stay in step; Kids step in to help lost child in store; Diners help stop a package-swiping thief.

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9.00
2 votes

#6 - 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.

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8.50
2 votes

#7 - Parents Disapprove of Lesbian Daughter's Fiancee

Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/2018

A young woman is meeting her parents for lunch to let them know that she is engaged to a woman. Her parents voice their disapproval of her marrying a woman. How will other diners react? A teenage boy grabs his girlfriend forcefully in public, snatches her smartphone and tries to control what she's doing. What will bystanders say? A bus driver is at a bar drinking heavily, planning to go back to work straight from the bar to pick up students from a field trip. Will others step in to prevent him from getting behind the wheel?A senior citizen is working as a restaurant waiter and is slow in taking a customer's order. When he brings the food, it is not what the young man ordered. The customer is impatient and complains about the waiter's age, speed and inability to get the order correct. Will other customers come to the waiter's defense?A laundromat customer starts stealing clothing from others' washers and dryers. What will the witnesses say and do? Will they try to stop the customer from stealing those clothes?

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8.43
7 votes

#8 - 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

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8.33
6 votes

#9 - 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

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Wed, Oct 30, 2024
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8.33
3 votes

#10 - Wed, Oct 30, 2024

Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2024

Nanny uses harsh words to kids at mini golf; Diners comfort woman after getting ghosted during date; Workout ruined by muscle menace at the gym.

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8.00
1 votes

#11 - Wed, Oct 16, 2024

Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2024

Employee tries to swindle boss for more compensation by faking injury, Mom pressures daughter to attend conversion therapy cam, and Shopper berates employee who has Down syndrome.

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8.00
1 votes

#12 - Wed, Jan 8, 2025

Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2025

Kids respond to seeing young girl being bullied; Bystanders overhear verbal abuse at public farmer’s market; A flight is seemingly ruined by a crying baby

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Wed, Oct 23, 2024
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8.00
2 votes

#13 - Wed, Oct 23, 2024

Season 18 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2024

How bystanders respond to seeing actors portray attempted child abduction; Man fakes slip-and-fall in attempts to get quick cash; Stranger tries to normalize drug use to teen.

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8.00
2 votes

#14 - Then and Now

Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/22/2017

The WWYD team re-tackles issues brought up in the season 1.

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8.00
1 votes

#15 - October 5, 2012

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2012

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.

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7.76
17 votes

#16 - 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.

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star
7.75
12 votes

#17 - 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.

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star
7.71
7 votes

#18 - 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.

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7.71
7 votes

#19 - 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.

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star
7.67
3 votes

#20 - Helping a new mom with postpartum depression

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2020

In this episode, ABC News' Sara Haines goes undercover to play the role of a new mom showing signs of postpartum depression shortly after giving birth.

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TBA
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7.67
3 votes

#21 - TBA

Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2024

Homeless woman seeks a meal at a restaurant; Bride-to-be shocked by prenup request; Black woman faces hair discrimination during job interview.

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7.53
15 votes

#22 - 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

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Mon, Oct 7, 2024
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7.50
2 votes

#23 - Mon, Oct 7, 2024

Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2024

The premiere episode asks how America will react when a secret romantic affair is exposed, an underage teen is pressured to buy an illegal vape, a rude customer berates an immigrant employee, and an employer refuses to hire a job applicant because of their weight?

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star
7.47
17 votes

#24 - 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.

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star
7.43
7 votes

#25 - 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.

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