Michaela Dowd
Director
Primetime: What Would You Do? (2009)
Season 4
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.
Released Feb. 26, 2008
Episode 59 min
10+
Genres: News, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.bullying, tmdb.hidden-camera, tmdb.bigotry, imdb.social-experiment, tmdb.illegal-activity, imdb.reenactment, imdb.ethics + 5 more, imdb.hidden-camera, imdb.docusoap-reality-tv, imdb.question-in-title, imdb.question-mark-in-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title
Watch Providers: Hulu, fuboTV, Disney Plus
Production Companies: ABC News, Lincoln Square Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Two men try to scam a free meal
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.
Jan. 20, 2012, midnight
S4E2 - A man offers two teens modeling jobs
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.
Jan. 27, 2012, midnight
S4E3 - A salesperson dealing with a rude bride
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.
Feb. 3, 2012, midnight
S4E4 - Diners comment on a women's meal choice
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.
Feb. 10, 2012, midnight
S4E5 - A woman smokes near her baby
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.
Feb. 24, 2012, midnight
S4E6 - A woman reveals a secret to her fiance
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.
March 2, 2012, midnight
S4E7 - A teen faces pressure to have sex
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.
March 9, 2012, midnight
S4E8 - Standing Up to Albinism Bullies
None
March 16, 2012, midnight
S4E9 - A woman at a salon's hair looks bad
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.
March 23, 2012, midnight
S4E10 - Reactions to a child using profanity
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.
March 30, 2012, midnight
S4E11 - Reactions to a teen with a stutter
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 9, 2012, midnight
S4E12 - April 13, 2012
None
April 12, 2012, midnight
S4E13 - Women pressure a friend to get drunk
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.
April 20, 2012, midnight
S4E14 - A teen prepares to text a revealing photo
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.
April 27, 2012, midnight
S4E15 - A man hits on his son's girlfriend
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.
May 4, 2012, midnight
S4E16 - An extreme couponer holds a line up
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.
May 11, 2012, midnight
S4E17 - A mother uses a toy store as daycare
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.
May 18, 2012, midnight
S4E18 - Summer Slim Down
Summer Slim Down episode.
June 1, 2012, midnight
S4E19 - Scams & Schemes
None
June 8, 2012, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 5959 min.
Released: Feb. 26, 2008
Last Air Date: Oct. 7, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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