The BEST episodes of Primetime: What Would You Do? season 5
Every episode of Primetime: What Would You Do? season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Primetime: What Would You Do? season 5!
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 - Reactions to a child using profanity
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/30/2012
Scenarios include a "pageant mom" showing off her young daughter's sexy costume; teenagers taunting a gay couple's children in a restaurant; an irate mother ordering a misbehaving child out of a car; and a potty-mouthed child in a store.
#2 - Scams & Schemes
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/8/2012
Scenarios involving scam artists are featured. Included: a pregnant teen cons would-be adoptive parents; a well-dressed woman changes clothes to panhandle; diners put a bug in their soup, hoping to score a free meal.
#3 - Summer Slim Down
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/1/2012
Scenarios include a husband berating his wife for wearing a bikini; a slim mom pressuring her overweight daughter to have gastric-bypass surgery; and gym goers disregarding exercise etiquette.
#4 - A mother uses a toy store as daycare
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/18/2012
Scenarios include a mom leaving two children alone in a toy store; a lawyer advising a client to cheat; a visibly intoxicated father asking his young son to be his designated driver; and a man voicing disapproval of a gay-marriage proposal he overhears.
#5 - An extreme couponer holds a line up
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/11/2012
Scenarios (suggested by viewers) include a grocery shopper with an excessive number of coupons; a waitress harassing a large family; a maid of honor having an affair with the fiancé; a pharmacist talking about a customer's prescription to someone else; and a mail-center worker dropping a box and breaking its contents.
#6 - A man hits on his son's girlfriend
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/4/2012
Scenarios include harassment of a transgender person; a middle-aged man hitting on his son's girlfriend; young women being refused admittance to a nightclub because of their appearance; and a teenager planning a pregnancy without telling her boyfriend.
#7 - A teen prepares to text a revealing photo
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/27/2012
Scenarios include teens sending and receiving sexually revealing text messages; a bicycle theft in progress; and a woman spilling coffee on a painting at a gallery.
#8 - Women pressure a friend to get drunk
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/20/2012
Scenarios filmed during college spring break include people swiping beer from an ice chest; a shady guy approaching a drunken gal; a young man criticizing his girlfriend's body while she tries on bikinis; and friends pressuring a women to drink shots.
#9 - April 13, 2012
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/13/2012
Scenarios include students planning to cheat on the SATs and a pawn-shop owner getting scammed with fake merchandise. Also: a patron complaining about an autistic child's behavior in a restaurant.
#10 - Reactions to a teen with a stutter
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2012
Scenarios include a man (then a woman) unable to change a flat tire; a lottery clerk trying to pocket a customer's winning ticket; a stuttering teen; and a young woman telling a bartender that she wants her older fiancé, who just left the bar, to die. (This situation is also repeated with genders reversed.)
#11 - Two men try to scam a free meal
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2012
A makeup counter employee pushes concealer on a woman who has a birthmark; two men try to scam a free meal by putting a bug in the soup; a drunken father asks his young son to drive him; a man kisses another man when his wife goes to the lavatory.
#12 - A woman at a salon's hair looks bad
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/2012
Finding cash that can be traced to its owner. Also: A hair-salon patron gets an unattractive styling; a bridal-boutique clerk refuses to sell a wedding dress to a woman who's marrying another woman; teens ask liquor-store patrons to buy them alcohol.
#13 - Standing Up to Albinism Bullies
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/2012
Scenarios include a boss rudely berating a young employee; bullies tormenting a person with albinism; a salesclerk rudely telling a heavyset woman that the store has no clothes that fit her; a teenage boy asking pharmacy customers to buy condoms for him, and a teenage girl asking pharmacy customers to buy an emergency contraceptive for her.
#14 - A teen faces pressure to have sex
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/2012
Scenarios involving peer pressure and teen sex include a girl being pressured to have sex for the first time, and two boys discussing drugging their girlfriends to have sex with them. Also: a boy tells his mother that he thinks he should be female; and a boy asks drugstore customers to buy condoms for him.
#15 - A woman reveals a secret to her fiance
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2012
Scenarios include a woman being rejected by her fiancé after she makes a confession to him; a woman who shows signs of being abused by her partner; a teen boy telling his unsympathetic father that he's gay; and a woman stealing merchandise from a ski store.
#16 - A woman smokes near her baby
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2012
Scenarios include a young woman lying to her boyfriend about a paternity test; a woman smoking near her infant; a girl being pressured by her boyfriend to get a tattoo; a nanny belittling her young charges; and a customer overindulging in free samples at a deli counter.
#17 - Diners comment on a women's meal choice
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2012
Scenarios include a mother abandoning her baby monitor in front of strangers while it's in use because she needs a "break"; restaurant patrons feeding meat to a child whose vegetarian mother has stepped away from their table; a makeup artist at a cosmetics counter insisting on offering cover-up products to a person with a birthmark; and restaurant patrons overhearing a "therapist" telling a gay teenager to "pray the gay away."
#18 - A salesperson dealing with a rude bride
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2012
Scenarios include a homeless person being robbed by passersby; hard-to-please brides-to-be and surly salespeople in a bridal shop; and children of various ages who threaten their mothers with violence.
#19 - A man offers two teens modeling jobs
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2012
Scenarios include observing the theft of a laptop; a man telling two teen girls that he's a photographer and could make them famous models; a man expressing disgust after overhearing a gay-marriage proposal; and a prospective dog adopter confiding that he wants the dog for fighting.