Season 12

2013–2014

Sep 9, 2013 · 42m

Whether sex addiction is a real disorder or just an excuse for bad behaviour. Marcos and Yvette say they are unable to stop having affairs and Staci says she meets strangers for sex anytime and anywhere.

E2. Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide

Sep 10, 2013 · 42m

"The Bachelor" star Gia Allemand's mother discusses her recent suicide, and co-star Jake Pavelka gives an emotional tribute.

E3. Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish?

Sep 11, 2013 · 42m

Dr. Phil sends a private investigator to check up on guests' fiances, whom they have never met in person; a woman flies to Nigeria to confront an online con artist; the man whose identity was stolen to lure former guest Dawn into a fake relationship.

E4. Football Star Accused: Did He Do It?

Sep 12, 2013 · 42m

A teen football star accused of rape and his accuser speak out about how one alcohol-fueled night changed their lives in an instant; his parents insist that their son is innocent and that the girl just wants attention.

E5. Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out

Sep 13, 2013 · 42m

A 16-year-old girl says four classmates raped her while she was intoxicated; one of the accused and his parents react; Leah says her 17-year-old daughter committed suicide after being raped and bullied; Alexis says she was also raped as a teen.

E6. Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back!

Sep 16, 2013 · 42m

Self-professed monster-in-law Khalood returns with shocking news; her daughter has a heart-to-heart with Dr. Phil.

E7. Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron?

Sep 17, 2013 · 42m

The parents of a missing child come together to tell Dr. Phil why they believe his stepmother may know more than she is admitting.

E8. Dangerous Online Obsession (1)

Sep 18, 2013 · 42m

A mother learns the details of her 17-year-old daughter's online and offline activities.

E9. Dangerous Online Obsession (2)

Sep 19, 2013 · 42m

The parents of a 15-year-old girl who appears to have been abducted and killed by a man she met on Facebook come forward to share their heartbreaking story.

E10. The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter

Sep 20, 2013 · 42m

The mother of teen "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter, who lost custody of the girl amid accusations of physical and verbal abuse, tells her side of the story.

E11. Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom

Sep 23, 2013 · 42m

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys discusses his struggles with drugs and alcohol; a teen high-school dropout admits to abusing drugs, stealing her parents' car and dating a man nearly 10 years older.

E12. Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend

Sep 24, 2013 · 42m

Parents say their teen daughter is making dangerous choices and confront her much-older boyfriend for the first time; Nick Carter performs.

E13. Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines

Sep 25, 2013 · 42m

Rapper DMX discusses his drug addiction, erratic behavior, arrests and a streaking incident caught on tape.

E14. Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher

Sep 26, 2013 · 42m

A woman living the high life suddenly falls deep in debt when her husband files for divorce; 28-year-old Steven still lives at home, on his parents' dime.

E15. Explosive Anger

Sep 27, 2013 · 42m

Nichole's husband denies getting violent when he drinks; a couple say their son's rage is out of control and they fear for their lives; two survivors of a road-rage incident caught on tape tell their story.

E16. Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild?

Sep 30, 2013 · 42m

A 19-year-old beauty queen says her career was ruined when young women sent compromising photos of her to pageant officials, and she faces one of the former friends who admits to sending the images.

E17. Dangerous and Violent Love

Oct 1, 2013 · 42m

Bridgette says she is terrified of her abusive, controlling boyfriend, but she is too fearful to leave him; women who survived brutal attacks by their exes tell their stories.

E18. Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret

Oct 2, 2013 · 42m

A young woman who was the only survivor of a drunken driving accident that killed two of her friends tells of her subsequent reckless behavior and leaving others to care for her infant son.

E19. A Drunken Mother's Rage

Oct 3, 2013 · 42m

Jessica's fiance says her anger and drinking are out of control, causing chaos in their blended family; the husband of a woman who lost 100 pounds does not support her transformation.

E20. Ask Dr. Phil

Oct 4, 2013 · 42m

A woman wonders whether she should marry her brother-in-law to fulfill her deceased sister's dying wish; a wife says her shopping addiction is ruining her marriage; an obese former beauty queen asks why she is afraid to slim down.

E21. Pretty Mean Girls

Oct 7, 2013 · 42m

Holly says her sister Andrea is ruining their relationship because of her bullying and attacks on people.

E22. Munchausen Mom

Oct 8, 2013 · 42m

Tina's syndrome causes her to harm herself to get attention; Samantha fakes illnesses.

E23. Threats, Fights and Videotape

Oct 9, 2013 · 42m

Two couples' explosive fights are caught on tape and destroying their marriages.

E24. Pregnant at 11

Oct 10, 2013 · 42m

At 11 years old, Hope got pregnant with then 13-year-old Bailey's child.

E25. Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal

Oct 11, 2013 · 42m

"Golden Sisters" Mary, Josie and Teresa; women who date much younger men; actress Tami Erin.

E26. Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend

Oct 14, 2013 · 42m

Malinda says she is in love with a registered sex offender and does not plan to leave him, even though she has a 4-year-old daughter.

E27. Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided

Oct 15, 2013 · 42m

Family members take polygraph tests in an unsolved murder case.

E28. Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums

Oct 16, 2013 · 42m

A couple say their 20-year-old daughter went from being a straight-A student to a heroin addict.

E29. My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision

Oct 17, 2013 · 42m

Lisa says her longtime husband is verbally abusive and controlling, sending her into the arms of her boyfriend.

E30. Bitter and Twisted

Oct 18, 2013 · 42m

A pair accuse each other of being a poor parent to their 16-year-old son; Alysia says her mother neglected her and her siblings, leaving her to be the mother figure.