Dr. Phil / Season 12 Specials Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 1 - Secret Life of a Sex Addict (Sep 9) 2 - Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide (Sep 10) 3 - Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish? (Sep 11) 4 - Football Star Accused: Did He Do It? (Sep 12) 5 - Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out (Sep 13) 6 - Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back! (Sep 16) 7 - Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron? (Sep 17) 8 - Dangerous Online Obsession (1) (Sep 18) 9 - Dangerous Online Obsession (2) (Sep 19) 10 - The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter (Sep 20) 11 - Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom (Sep 23) 12 - Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend (Sep 24) 13 - Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines (Sep 25) 14 - Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher (Sep 26) 15 - Explosive Anger (Sep 27) 16 - Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild? (Sep 30) 17 - Dangerous and Violent Love (Oct 1) 18 - Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret (Oct 2) 19 - A Drunken Mother's Rage (Oct 3) 20 - Ask Dr. Phil (Oct 4) 21 - Pretty Mean Girls (Oct 7) 22 - Munchausen Mom (Oct 8) 23 - Threats, Fights and Videotape (Oct 9) 24 - Pregnant at 11 (Oct 10) 25 - Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal (Oct 11) 26 - Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend (Oct 14) 27 - Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided (Oct 15) 28 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums (Oct 16) 29 - My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision (Oct 17) 30 - Bitter and Twisted (Oct 18) 31 - Dad's Wife Is Ruining Our Life (Oct 21) 32 - Stepdad Takes On Dr. Phil (Oct 22) 33 - Stepparent Abuse? (Oct 23) 34 - My Mother-in-Law Destroyed My Marriage (Oct 24) 35 - Teen Mom: Should They Kick Her Out? (Oct 25) 36 - When Love Hurts (Oct 28) 37 - Abandoned by Their Mother: Reunion Aftermath/Exclusive: Baby Veronica Returns (Oct 29) 38 - Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family (Oct 30) 39 - An Online Imposter Faked Her Death and Sent Me Ashes (Oct 31) 40 - Parental Alienation: Who's to Blame? (Nov 1) 41 - Starving Myself, Killing My Family (Nov 4) 42 - Exclusive: Ariel Castro's First Victim Speaks Out (Nov 5) 43 - Chained, Tortured and Starved: The First Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Reveals All (Nov 6) 44 - Spies, Suspicions and Sexual Accusations (Nov 7) 45 - A Husband Obsessed, a Wife Accused (Nov 8) 46 - From Housewife to Secret Sex Life: A Sister Intervention (Nov 11) 47 - A Sister Intervention: The Boyfriend's Sordid Past Revealed (Nov 12) 48 - Feuding Exes: Children Caught in the Crossfire (Nov 13) 49 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios (Nov 14) 50 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios: The Polygraph Results (Nov 15) 51 - Survivor Winner's Losing Battle (Nov 18) 52 - The Doctor, His Wife, His Mistress, the Murder (Nov 19) 53 - My Mother-in-Law Believes I'm a Killer (Nov 20) 54 - Midlife Marriage Meltdown: Torn Between Two Men (Nov 21) 55 - Dump Your Fiancee Now! (Nov 22) 56 - Did She Marry an Imposter? (Nov 25) 57 - Pageant Mom: Did She Put Her Daughter in Danger? (Nov 26) 58 - Inside the Baseball Wife's Assault on Her Pitcher Husband (Nov 27) 59 - My Husband Shot Me; My Husband Killed My Kids (Nov 29) 60 - Love, Lies and Murder: Killer Doctor's Daughter Reacts to Mistress Interview (Dec 2) 61 - Parents Divided Over Disowning Their Son (Dec 3) 62 - Scandals Ripped From the Headlines (Dec 4) 63 - Pregnant in Handcuffs: Shopping Outrage or Innocent Mistake? (Dec 5) 64 - Twin Trouble and Marriage Misery (Dec 6) 65 - Violent Vixen (Dec 6) 66 - I Did Not Try to Blind My Wife (Dec 10) 67 - 16 and on the Path of Destruction (Dec 11) 68 - Give Me Back My Child (Dec 12) 69 - A High School Homecoming, a Rape and a Ruined Relationship (Dec 13) 70 - A 26-Year Age Divide: Can This Couple Be Saved? (Dec 16) 71 - A Husband's Betrayal: Lies, Secret Video Tapes and Financial Ruin (Dec 17) 72 - Haunted By the Evidence: Why Was My Brother Killed? (Dec 18) 73 - Obsessed and Over It (Dec 19) 74 - Amber Portwood: Teen Mom Out of Prison ... Now What? (Dec 20) 75 - Reckless Runaway Teen (Jan 6) 76 - Fat, Furious and Fed Up (Jan 7) 77 - A Father Accused: Did He Molest His Children? (Jan 8) 78 - I Swear I'm Being Cyber Stalked, Wiretapped and Followed (Jan 9) 79 - Double Trouble: Teen Sisters Out of Control (Jan 10) 80 - Spankings, Secrets, a SWAT Standoff: A Family Torn Apart (Jan 13) 81 - Hoarding Chew and Spit Bags: My Daughter's Eating Disorder Is Slowly Killing Her (Jan 14) 82 - Bad Teen or Bad Mom? (Jan 15) 83 - Stabbed and Abandoned/Addicted to Video Games? (Jan 16) 84 - Elkhart 4: Justice or Overkill? (Jan 17) 85 - Broken Nose, Broken Marriage (Jan 20) 86 - Life out of Order Because of My Disorder: Addicted to Pregnancy (Jan 21) 87 - Mooching, Stealing, Sloppy Son: Should They Kick Him Out? (Jan 22) 88 - A Daughter's Dark Memory: Why Doesn't Her Mother Remember? (Jan 23) 89 - My Teen Daughter Faked Two Pregnancies (Jan 24) 90 - Pregnant and Out of Control: Will Her Baby Be Addicted? (Jan 27) 91 - Pregnant and Abusing Drugs: The Ultimatum (Jan 28) 92 - Toxic and Offensive In-Laws (Jan 29) 93 - The Darkness of Riches: Born Billionaires but Starved, Abused and Locked in a Basement (Jan 30) 94 - The Darkness of Riches: From Victims to Victors (Jan 31) 95 - A Family Slaughtered for Teen Love: The Convicted Daughter Speaks Out (Feb 3) 96 - My Family Slaughtered for My Daughter's Teenage Love: Can a Father Forgive? (Feb 4) 97 - Love Scams: A Mother Hooked by a Catfish? (Feb 5) 98 - Caught on Camera: Abused Wife or Abused Husband? You Decide (Feb 6) 99 - Child Molester or Innocent Soldier Accused? (Feb 7) 100 - Was Her Son Kidnapped and Put in a Cult? (Feb 10) 101 - My Ex Brainwashed My Son! The Teen Boy Speaks Out (Feb 11) 102 - My Ex Is Slowly Killing Our Daughter (Feb 12) 103 - Young, Privileged and in a Deadly Gang (Feb 13) 104 - An Obsessed Love Triangle (Feb 14) 105 - Sex Abuse and Murder: A Daughter's Repressed Memories or Lies? (Feb 17) 106 - Is Her Mother a Monster, or Is This Daughter Having False Memories?: The Polygraph Results (Feb 18) 107 - Fugitive Mom (Feb 19) 108 - Facing Off With My Polygamous FLDS Father (Feb 20) 109 - My Husband's Secret Life Revealed (Feb 21) 110 - My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder (Feb 24) 111 - My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder: The Polygraph Results (Feb 25) 112 - A Lying, Cheating, Violent Husband or a Wife's False Accusations? (Feb 26) 113 - Beautiful People in an Ugly Divorce, With a Baby Trapped in the Middle (Feb 27) 114 - A Husband's Decade of Deceit: Uncovering 1,000 Affairs? (Feb 28) 115 - I'm Worried My Daughter May Turn Into a Terrorist (Mar 3) 116 - Restraining Orders, Alleged Kidnappings and Hit With a Car: A Marriage of Accusations (Mar 4) 117 - Party Mom: Did She Put Her Children in Danger? (Mar 5) 118 - Ultimate Betrayal: Forced to Kill His Father (Mar 6) 119 - Best Friend Killers: What Happened to Skylar Neese? (Mar 10) 120 - My Husband Wants Me to Look Like Beyoncé (Mar 11) 121 - I Think My Daughter-in-Law Poisoned My Son to Death (Mar 12) 122 - My Head-Butting, Punching, Kicking, Bruising, Biting, Knife-Wielding 8-Year-Old (Mar 13) 123 - The Fight Over Justina: Medical Child Abuse by Parents or Abuse of Power by a Hospital? (Mar 17) 124 - An Accused Man Dead: Murder or Suicide? (Mar 24) 125 - Animal Obsessed (Mar 25) 126 - Sexual Standoffs (Mar 26) 127 - I Fear My Daughter Will Be Kidnapped and Forced Into Sex Trafficking (Mar 31) 128 - Wedding Day Disaster: A Family Torn Apart (Apr 1) 129 - Fighting Fiances: Ready for the Altar or Running for the Hills? (Apr 2) 130 - Charlie Brandt: Killer Child to Serial Killer? And, the Murder of Baby Elaina (Apr 3) 131 - Absent Dad or Alienating Mom and Mother-in-Law? (Apr 7) 132 - Dr. Phil's 2000th Show (Apr 8) 133 - Kitchen Nightmares' Most Controversial Couple on the Defensive (Apr 9) 134 - You're Not Hot Enough (Apr 10) 135 - A Mother Consumed With Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family? (Apr 11) 136 - I'm Afraid My Husband Is Going to Kill Me (Apr 14) 137 - Should I Marry My Controlling, Alienating, Jealous Fiance? (Apr 15) 138 - I'm Over It! (Apr 16) 139 - My Sloppy, Lazy, Mooching Daughter Needs to Move Out! (Apr 17) 140 - Bait-and-Switch Bride? (Apr 18) 141 - A Lying, Stealing, Cheating Girlfriend or a Paranoid, Obsessed Boyfriend? (Apr 21) 142 - A Mother's Dangerous Decision: A Daughter Damaged Forever (Apr 22) 143 - Beauty and the OCD Beast (Apr 23) 144 - A Dr. Phil Exclusive: The Boy Under the Stairs? (Apr 24) 145 - Where Are My Newborn Twins? Is This an Adoption Scam? (Apr 25) 146 - Is Alleged Craigslist Killer Miranda Barbour a Serial Killer? (Apr 28) 147 - My Husband, Pablo, and His Other Women (Apr 29) 148 - My Daughter's Lies Are Tearing My Family Apart (Apr 30) 149 - Daughter vs. Dad: The Truth Revealed (May 1) 150 - Hands Off My Man! (May 2) 151 - I Believe My Ex Murdered Our Children (May 5) 152 - Parents Accused of Murder: Will Julia and Codey Agree to Take the Polygraph Test? (May 6) 153 - Michelle Knight One Year Later: Secrets of Cleveland's House of Horrors Revealed (May 7) 154 - My Beauty Queen Baby Girl Has Gone Ballistic (May 8) 155 - An Affair With a Friend Ended in a Bitter Custody Battle (May 9) 156 - Acquitted by a Jury, but My Ex-Husband Still Thinks I'm Guilty (May 12) 157 - Dr. Phil's Big Ultimatum: Will Accused Mother Heather Go to Rehab? (May 13) 158 - Not-So-Sweet 16: My Daughter's Dangerous Sex Life (May 14) 159 - An Ultimatum for a Hoarding Mother: Her Kids or Her Clutter (May 15) 160 - Love Scams: I Married a Catfish Over the Phone (May 16) 161 - Trapped by My Controlling Husband: I Feel Like I Can't Leave the House, Get a Job or Have a Phone! (May 19) 162 - Young, Gorgeous, Privileged and Destroying Her Family (May 20) 163 - V. Stiviano: The Woman Behind the Donald Sterling Scandal Takes Off Her Visor to Face Dr. Phil (May 21) 164 - Headbutted and Choked Unconscious: A Wife and Children Left in Fear (May 22) 165 - Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle? (May 23) 166 - Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown (May 27) 167 - Tyrannical Teens (Jun 2) 168 - Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle? (May 23) 169 - Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown (May 27) 170 - Parental Alienation: Who’s to Blame? (Jun 3) 171 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums (Jun 5) 172 - Love, Lies, Scams, Murder (Jul 14) 173 - A Mother Consumed with Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family? (Jul 15) 174 - Bully Teacher?/DNA Dilemma (Jul 16) 175 - Deadly Relations (Jul 17) 176 - Did Walt Kill His Ex-Girlfriend? The Polygraph Test Results Revealed! (Sep 8) 177 - Not-So-Sweet 16: “My Daughter’s Dangerous Sex Life” (Aug 6) 178 - Tyrannical Teens (Jun 2)
Season 12 · Episode 17 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.
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When did Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 17 air? Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 17 aired on October 1, 2013.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 17? This episode runs for approximately 42 minutes.
