Dr. Phil / Season 17 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 - Exclusive: The Model, the Hitman and the Victim (Sep 10) 2 - If Looks Could Kill: Inside the Model Murder-for-Hire Sting (Sep 11) 3 - We're Alcoholics, but We're Great Parents (Sep 12) 4 - Mystery at Sea: What Happened to Actress Natalie Wood? (Sep 13) 5 - Mystery at Sea: The Captain Speaks, Claims Hollywood Star Natalie Wood's Death Was No Accident (Sep 14) 6 - My Perfect Cheerleader Fiancee Is Abusing Me! (Sep 17) 7 - Self-Help Author Can't Help Himself: Locked in a Room With Baseball Bats, Afraid of Violent Sons (Sep 18) 8 - Deadly Best Friends? Exclusive: Father Whose Son Was Allegedly Murdered by Childhood Friend Speaks Out (Sep 19) 9 - My Mother and Sister Poisoned My Daughter Against Me and Now I Refuse to Go to Her Wedding! (Sep 20) 10 - My Wife Is Married to Another Man and Now Has a New Boyfriend (Sep 21) 11 - Hot Pepper: My Jealous Wife Chased Me Down the Freeway, and Married to Medicine (Sep 24) 12 - My Abusive Mother Is a Psychopathic Liar Holding My Younger Siblings Hostage in a Filthy Home (Sep 25) 13 - A Daughter Confronts Her Mother About Years of Living in Squalor: Will She Tell the Truth? (Sep 26) 14 - It's My Husband's Fault Our Honor Roll Student Is on a Downward Spiral (Sep 27) 15 - Arrests, Assaults and Addiction; My Family Needs to Get Over My Past (Sep 28) 16 - My Husband Thinks I'm Hacking Our Devices: Help Clear My Name! (Oct 1) 17 - Russian Hackers or Lying Wife? Will Jennifer Finally Come Clean? (Oct 2) 18 - Once a Hotshot Rapper, Now Homeless, Addicted and Destroying His Family (Oct 3) 19 - From Christian Cheerleader to Car-Stealing Criminal: What Happened to Our Daughter? (Oct 4) 20 - My Ex-Husband Has Brainwashed Our Child Against Me! (Oct 5) 21 - Nanny Tell All: What's Going on Behind Closed Doors? (Oct 8) 22 - Nurse Heather: Saving Lives & Slowly Killing Her Own? (Oct 9) 23 - Not So Sweet 16 (Oct 10) 24 - Assaults and Arrests: Troubled Teen Confronts Her Grandma (Oct 11) 25 - She Claims Her Husband Left Her for Two Weeks With No Money, No Food and No Car (Oct 12) 26 - A Family Claims Their Former Model Daughter Won’t Stop Lying (Oct 15) 27 - "Dr. Phil, Can You Save My Marriage?" and "The Dubrows on Diets, Date Nights, And 'OC' Disasters" (Oct 16) 28 - Being Gary Busey (Oct 17) 29 - Deconstructing Privilege (Oct 18) 30 - Evicted and Homeless: My Daughter Is Not Capable of Being a Mother (Oct 19) 31 - A Meddling Father-in-Law Who Allegedly Trapped His Son on His Compound (Oct 22) 32 - My Mother Is Dating the Man Who Abused My Sister (Oct 23) 33 - My African-American Daughter Believes She Is Caucasian (Oct 24) 34 - Exclusive: Hawaii Yoga Twin Who Drove Off Cliff With Her Sister (Oct 25) 35 - A Therapist Involved in a Money-Laundering Scam Faces Prison Time (Oct 26) 36 - Was Our Biological Father Involved in an Adoption Scam? (Oct 29) 37 - A Biological Father Accused of an Adoption Scam: The Aftermath (Oct 30) 38 - A Woman Claims to Be Pregnant for 3 Years 7 months (Oct 31) 39 - The Nanny Accused of a Firefighter Scam Faces Her Victims (Nov 1) 40 - Violent Love; A Boyfriend's Confession of Abuse (Nov 2) 41 - Lies, Betrayal and Custody: It's Been 2 Years Since We've Seen Our Daughter (Nov 5) 42 - From Top Model to Bottom of the Bottle (Nov 6) 43 - My Husband Believes I Am a Serial Adulterer, but I Have Never Been Unfaithful (Nov 7) 44 - My Sister Is Grooming Her 6-Year-Old Son to Become Transgender (Nov 8) 45 - Jersey Shore Mom and Daughter Bring Their Drama to Texas (Nov 9) 46 - Arrested for Keying Ex-Boyfriend's Car (Nov 12) 47 - Dad Confronts Daughter's Abuser (Nov 13) 48 - Witness to Murder (Nov 14) 49 - My Husband's Face Has Been Used as Catfish Bait (Nov 15) 50 - A Catfish Meets Her Victim (Nov 16) 51 - Exes at War: Bruises, CPS Reports, and Allegations of Abuse (Nov 19) 52 - Exes at War: Who's Behind the CPS Reports? And Charlamagne Tha God's Blueprint for Beating Fear and Anxiety (Nov 20) 53 - Actress Daughter Confronts Hoarder Mother on Eve of Eviction (Nov 21) 54 - My Wife Cannot Stop Being Unfaithful and It Is Destroying Our Family (Nov 27) 55 - Bad Parenting or Bad Teen? Who's Really to Blame? (Nov 28) 56 - Dr. Phil: Should I Divorce My Narcissistic, Angry Husband? (Nov 29) 57 - Unmasked but Still Unhappy (Nov 30) 58 - My Husband Butt-Dialed Me and Unknowingly Revealed He Blew His Secret Inheritance (Dec 3) 59 - Our Lying Daughter Would Rather Live in a Car Than With Her Own Child (Dec 4) 60 - My Cat-Hoarding Obsession Is Ruining My Marriage (Dec 5) 61 - 12 Kids, One on the Way and Too Many Problems (Dec 6) 62 - A Teen Obsessed With Beauty and Perfection (Dec 7) 63 - Beautiful Disaster? (Dec 10) 64 - Accusations of Trespassing, Stalking and Lies: Twin Daughters Caught in the Middle (Dec 11) 65 - My 14-Year-Old Son Is Accused of Killing His Siblings; Up and Vanished: Where Is Kristal Reisinger? (Dec 12) 66 - 200 Police Calls: Who's the Problem: Partying Teen or Attention-Seeking Mom? (Dec 13) 67 - My Fiance Never Showed Up to Our Wedding, but I Still Love Him (Dec 14) 68 - Scott Peterson's Sister-in-Law: Scott Is Innocent (Dec 17) 69 - Husband, Father, Murderer: Inside the Chris Watts Case (Dec 18) 70 - Missing: Where Is Corinna Slusser?; Girls Gone Update: Ebby Found (Dec 19) 71 - From Disney Star to Homeless and in Danger: Will Orlando Brown Accept Life-Saving Treatment? (Dec 20) 72 - Controversial Parenting Gone Viral (Dec 21) 73 - The Incomparable Kathy Bates (Jan 3) 74 - I Am Not Mentally Ill But I Am the Reincarnation of Pocahontas (Jan 4) 75 - I Believe I'm Being Electronically Harassed and Tricked Into Seeing Aliens! (Jan 7) 76 - Teenage Brides and Horrific Abuse: Escaping the Secret Life of Polygamy (Jan 8) 77 - A Secret Revealed; My Sister-in-Law Is a Danger to Her Son (Jan 9) 78 - Tales of Deception and Terror: Virtual Kidnapping; A Deadly Love Scam, Deceit and Dirty John (Jan 10) 79 - My Lazy Son Has No Empathy for My Cancer; My Mom Acts Like My Sister and Not My Mother (Jan 11) 80 - What Happened to the Bakersfield 3? (Jan 14) 81 - Bakersfield 3: What the Profiler Revealed (Jan 15) 82 - I Regret Agreeing to My Wife Being a Sugar Baby (Jan 16) 83 - A Member of My Secret Facebook Group Got Me Fired. I'm Afraid She's Stalking Me (Jan 17) 84 - A Young Woman Tormented by Memories of Abuse: But Are They Real? (Jan 18) 85 - My Grandson's Father Nearly Killed Us and His Mother Is Battling Us in Court (Jan 21) 86 - My Son Lost $60,000 Gambling From My Basement and Now Can't Raise His Children! (Jan 22) 87 - Please Convince My Daughter She Has an Eating Disorder (Jan 23) 88 - My Husband Told My Best Friend I Was Dying and Asked Her to Marry Him (Jan 24) 89 - Vanished Without a Trace: Girlfriend Missing 26 Years (Jan 25) 90 - Criminal Love: Why Women Date Inmates (Jan 28) 91 - In Love With a Rageaholic (Jan 29) 92 - Our Son Is a 40-Year-Old Homeless Car Camper (Jan 30) 93 - The Boy Under the Stairs: Hero Siblings Speak Out (Jan 31) 94 - I'm Afraid of My Violent, Video Game Addicted Son (Feb 1) 95 - Our Lying Ex-Boyfriend Is the Next Dirty John (Feb 4) 96 - More Ex-Girlfriends Confront Accused Con Man Erik (Feb 5) 97 - The BTK Killer's Daughter Speaks Out and The Mysterious Case of Crystal Rogers (Feb 6) 98 - My Fiance Believes He's a Superhero (Feb 7) 99 - Is My Nigerian Boyfriend Scamming Me? (Feb 8) 100 - Expelled, Handcuffed & Violent: My 14-Year-Old Daughter Is Out of Control (Feb 11) 101 - Destoni's Drama: Will She Accept Help? (Feb 12) 102 - Our Mother Is a Manipulator Who Abandoned Us as Children (Feb 13) 103 - From Physician Assistant to Living in Her Truck With Foreign Accent Syndrome (Feb 14) 104 - An Unspeakable Accusation: My Daughter Believes I Molested My Granddaughter (Feb 15) 105 - My Ex Is Trying to Erase Me From My Children's Lives (Feb 18) 106 - An Estranged Father Finally Confronts His Children (Feb 19) 107 - Is a Serial-Killer Gang Murdering Young Men Across the U.S.? (Feb 20) 108 - Insta-Famous to Insta-Lonely (Feb 21) 109 - Held Captive, Drugged and Abused by My Own Father (Feb 22) 110 - Edge of Insanity: I Believe I Have a Second Schizophrenic Child (Feb 25) 111 - A Second Schizophrenic Child or a Misdiagnosing Mom: Can Bodhi Be Helped? (Feb 26) 112 - Controversy Over Hate Crime Hoaxes (Feb 27) 113 - The Most Enabling Mother in America? (Feb 28) 114 - Sex Trafficking Survivor Demands Answers From Her Therapist Mother (Mar 1) 115 - Reunion Gone Wrong? (Mar 4) 116 - Exclusive: Chris Watts' Full Confession. His Daughter's Final Words (Mar 5) 117 - Save My Beautiful Daughters From Their Narcissistic Father (Mar 6) 118 - The One Who Survived (Mar 7) 119 - Lies, Betrayal and Custody: “It’s Been Two Years Since We’ve Seen Our Daughter” (Mar 8) 120 - Exclusive: Grieving Parents React To Chris Watts Confession (Mar 11) 121 - I Swiped Right on My Quadriplegic Boyfriend (Mar 12) 122 - A Secret Revealed; “My Sister-in-Law is a Danger to Her Son” (Mar 13) 123 - Our Lying Daughter Would Rather Live in a Car Than with Her Own Child (Mar 14) 124 - A Therapist Involved in a Money Laundering Scam Faces Prison Time (Mar 15) 131 - Finger Pointing and Accusations: Will Karlie Guse Be Found? (Mar 26) 132 - Hollywood Obsessed: The Black Dahlia Murder Mystery New Evidence Found (Mar 27) 135 - I Believe Global Terrorists Are Poisoning Me (Apr 1) 136 - Let Me Live My Life! (Apr 2) 137 - Jonestown: Stories of Strength and Survival (Apr 3) 140 - Blinded by Love (Apr 8) 141 - I Want My Vindictive Millionaire Mother Out of My Life (Apr 9) 142 - An Unfit Mother or an Alienating Grandma? Family's Decade-Long Drama (Apr 10) 143 - Our 6-Year-Old Son Was Murdered by His Grandmother (Apr 11) 159 - Is This Scam Artist Ready to Come Clean? (May 3) 174 - A Daughter's Brutal Murder; Her Father's Quest for Justice (May 24) 176 - Dr. Phil, Help Our Marriage & My Wife's Kidnapping 35+ Years Ago Captured Our Future (Aug 26) 177 - Our Preppy and Privileged Son is Now a Wannabe Gangster” (Aug 27) 178 - Family Destroyed By Sexual Abuse, Secrets and Lies (Aug 28) 179 - “Our Mother Was Diagnosed with Munchausen By Proxy” (Aug 29) 180 - The 47-Year-Old Relationship Virgin (Sep 3) 181 - Child Kidnapped, Starved and Beaten (Sep 4) 182 - A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds (Sep 5) 183 - “We Gave Our 31-Year-Old Daughter a Curfew and Tracked Her on GPS … But She’s Still a Liar and a Drunk” (Sep 6)
Season 17 · Episode 8 Deadly Best Friends? Exclusive: Father Whose Son Was Allegedly Murdered by Childhood Friend Speaks Out Sep 19, 2018 · 1h
Teen Benjamin Eastman's father describes how he used social media to find his missing son's body and says one of the boy's brutal killers was Benjamin's best friend.
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When did Dr. Phil Season 17 Episode 8 air? Dr. Phil Season 17 Episode 8 aired on September 19, 2018.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 17 Episode 8? This episode runs for approximately 60 minutes.
