About this season
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.
Episodes (9)
1. Season 2, Episode 1
Aired 6 January 2009 • 60 min
A stranger slips a date rape drug in their unsuspecting date's drink. In France, French people react to "obnoxious Americans" visiting the country. At a deli, a cashier blatantly discriminates against multiple Latino customers, including a disguised John Quiñones.
2. Season 2, Episode 2
Aired 13 January 2009 • 60 min
Once again, a stranger slips a date rape drug in their unsuspecting date's drink. A man takes another person's running pump at a gas station while they're inside the store. A person with an overflowing shopping cart enters an express check-out line. At a grocery store, a young woman allows an elderly woman to skip her in line, only to argue with her when the elderly woman gets a cash prize for being the "five millionth customer."
3. Season 2, Episode 3
Aired 27 January 2009 • 60 min
At an open house, two women begin to steal items from the house. A senile, confused man wants to drive. Two men crash a wedding. A cashier shortchanges a blind customer.
4. Season 2, Episode 4
Aired 3 February 2009 • 60 min
A baby is left alone in a car. A mother yells at a nanny. A person is catfished. A dog is left alone in a car.
5. Season 2, Episode 5
Aired 17 February 2009 • 60 min
A woman tells her friend she wants to marry a man half her age. Once again, an elderly, confused man wants to drive. At an open house, a real estate agent discriminates against an African American couple and later, a Muslim couple. At a park, a young girl is approached by a man who attempts to lure her away.
6. Season 2, Episode 6
Aired 24 February 2009 • 60 min
A mother with a child attempts to shoplift. People are approached by beggars asking for not money, but gallons of gas. At a restaurant, an obnoxious person begins to talk loudly on the phone. Multiple teenagers trash a car.
7. Season 2, Episode 7
Aired 10 March 2009 • 60 min
Multiple college students are hazed into drinking staggering amounts of alcohol. A mother criticizes a daughter buying a wedding dress. A woman collapses on a busy street. Will people react differently if a homeless man collapsed? An underage girl is denied a valid prescription for birth control pills.
8. Season 2, Episode 8
Aired 17 March 2009 • 60 min
At a restaurant, a 65-year-old man with three wives celebrates his impending marriage to his fourth wife, a 15-year-old girl. A group of teenagers verbally and physically attack a Hispanic man. Nineteen aspiring actors agree to say outrageous claims about a product on camera for a few seconds of TV time and a paycheck.
9. Season 2, Episode 9
Aired 24 March 2009 • 60 min
A store clerk begins to racially profile an African-American customer. A man becomes uncomfortable when a gay couple begins to kiss at a bar. Once again, a person is catfished. A "bounty hunter" tells shoppers at a flea market to help him detain a supposed fugitive mother, by either arresting her, drugging her, or stealing her baby.