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 (19)
1. Two men try to scam a free meal
Aired 20 January 2012 • 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.
2. A man offers two teens modeling jobs
Aired 27 January 2012 • 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.
3. A salesperson dealing with a rude bride
Aired 3 February 2012 • 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.
4. Diners comment on a women's meal choice
Aired 10 February 2012 • 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.
5. A woman smokes near her baby
Aired 24 February 2012 • 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.
6. A woman reveals a secret to her fiance
Aired 2 March 2012 • 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.
7. A teen faces pressure to have sex
Aired 9 March 2012 • 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.
8. Standing Up to Albinism Bullies
Aired 16 March 2012 • 60 min
9. A woman at a salon's hair looks bad
Aired 23 March 2012 • 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.
10. Reactions to a child using profanity
Aired 30 March 2012 • 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.
11. Reactions to a teen with a stutter
Aired 9 April 2012 • 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.
12. April 13, 2012
Aired 12 April 2012 • 60 min
13. Women pressure a friend to get drunk
Aired 20 April 2012 • 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.
14. A teen prepares to text a revealing photo
Aired 27 April 2012 • 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.
15. A man hits on his son's girlfriend
Aired 4 May 2012 • 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.
16. An extreme couponer holds a line up
Aired 11 May 2012 • 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.
17. A mother uses a toy store as daycare
Aired 18 May 2012 • 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.
18. Summer Slim Down
Aired 1 June 2012 • 60 min
Summer Slim Down episode.
19. Scams & Schemes
Aired 8 June 2012 • 60 min