What Would You Do?
What Would You Do?

What Would You Do? (2008)

7.917 seasonsNews, Reality

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.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 14 episodes
Season 29 episodes
Season 38 episodes
Season 419 episodes
Two men try to scam a free meal

1. Two men try to scam a free meal

60 min

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.

A man offers two teens modeling jobs

2. A man offers two teens modeling jobs

60 min

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 salesperson dealing with a rude bride

3. A salesperson dealing with a rude bride

60 min

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.

Diners comment on a women's meal choice

4. Diners comment on a women's meal choice

60 min

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.

A woman smokes near her baby

5. A woman smokes near her baby

60 min

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 reveals a secret to her fiance

6. A woman reveals a secret to her fiance

60 min

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 teen faces pressure to have sex

7. A teen faces pressure to have sex

60 min

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.

Standing Up to Albinism Bullies

8. Standing Up to Albinism Bullies

60 min

No description available.

A woman at a salon's hair looks bad

9. A woman at a salon's hair looks bad

60 min

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.

Reactions to a child using profanity

10. Reactions to a child using profanity

60 min

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.

Reactions to a teen with a stutter

11. Reactions to a teen with a stutter

60 min

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.

April 13, 2012

12. April 13, 2012

60 min

No description available.

Women pressure a friend to get drunk

13. Women pressure a friend to get drunk

60 min

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.

A teen prepares to text a revealing photo

14. A teen prepares to text a revealing photo

60 min

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.

A man hits on his son's girlfriend

15. A man hits on his son's girlfriend

60 min

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.

An extreme couponer holds a line up

16. An extreme couponer holds a line up

60 min

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.

A mother uses a toy store as daycare

17. A mother uses a toy store as daycare

60 min

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.

Summer Slim Down

18. Summer Slim Down

60 min

Summer Slim Down episode.

Scams & Schemes

19. Scams & Schemes

60 min

No description available.

Season 55 episodes
Season 65 episodes
Season 710 episodes
Season 80 episodes
Season 98 episodes
May 23, 2014

1. May 23, 2014

60 min

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.

May 30, 2014

2. May 30, 2014

60 min

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.

June 6, 2014

3. June 6, 2014

60 min

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.

June 13, 2014

4. June 13, 2014

60 min

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.

June 20, 2014

5. June 20, 2014

60 min

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.

June 27, 2014

6. June 27, 2014

60 min

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.

July 4, 2014

7. July 4, 2014

60 min

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.

July 11, 2014

8. July 11, 2014

60 min

What Would You Do when you see a situation that you know is wrong?

Season 100 episodes
Season 111 episodes
Season 120 episodes
Season 130 episodes
Season 1415 episodes
Parents Disapprove of Lesbian Daughter's Fiancee

1. Parents Disapprove of Lesbian Daughter's Fiancee

60 min

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.

Grandparents Verbally Abuse Grandchildren

2. Grandparents Verbally Abuse Grandchildren

60 min

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.

Discrimination at a Diner

3. Discrimination at a Diner

60 min

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.

Couple Refuses to Leave a Tip for Their Lesbian Waitress

4. Couple Refuses to Leave a Tip for Their Lesbian Waitress

60 min

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.

Man Harasses Waitress at a Diner

5. Man Harasses Waitress at a Diner

60 min

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.

Onlooker Harasses Parent With Different Race Child

6. Onlooker Harasses Parent With Different Race Child

60 min

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.

Parents Disapprove Of Pregnant Teen's Decision

7. Parents Disapprove Of Pregnant Teen's Decision

60 min

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.

Transgender Man is Bullied by Former Classmates

8. Transgender Man is Bullied by Former Classmates

60 min

Special edition Hollywood

Woman is Harassed for Being Muscular

9. Woman is Harassed for Being Muscular

60 min

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.

Pregnant Later in Life

10. Pregnant Later in Life

60 min

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.

Manager Tells Man He Needs to Remove His MAGA Hat

11. Manager Tells Man He Needs to Remove His MAGA Hat

60 min

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.

Young Man Comes Out as Gay to His Traditional Asian Parents

12. Young Man Comes Out as Gay to His Traditional Asian Parents

60 min

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.

Gay Fathers Condemned for Raising Child Without 'Mom'

13. Gay Fathers Condemned for Raising Child Without 'Mom'

60 min

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.

Pharmacy Calls Police on Black Woman for Using Coupon

14. Pharmacy Calls Police on Black Woman for Using Coupon

60 min

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.

Coach Doesn't Want Student Athletes Kneeling During Anthem

15. Coach Doesn't Want Student Athletes Kneeling During Anthem

60 min

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.

Season 1510 episodes
Episode 1

1. Episode 1

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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

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.

Episode #15.3

3. Episode #15.3

60 min

No description available.

Episode #15.4

4. Episode #15.4

60 min

Thought-provoking scenarios on racial bias, aging out of the foster care system, and sobriety.

What Would You Do? College Debt, Drunk Babysitter, Stay-at-Home Dad Shaming, Poor Teacher, Crying in Public

5. What Would You Do? College Debt, Drunk Babysitter, Stay-at-Home Dad Shaming, Poor Teacher, Crying in Public

60 min

No description available.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

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.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

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.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

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.

Determined Daughter, Tiny Ring, Bisexuality, Grammin' Grannies

9. Determined Daughter, Tiny Ring, Bisexuality, Grammin' Grannies

60 min

No description available.

Episdoe 10

10. Episdoe 10

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.

Season 167 episodes
Episode 1

1. Episode 1

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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

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.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

41 min

What Would You Do? Struggling Pregnant Woman, Sports Safety, Drug Mule, Love Triangle

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

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.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

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.

Season 172 episodes

Cast

John Quiñones

John Quiñones

Himself - Host

Sara Haines

Sara Haines

Host

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