Dr. Phil / Season 18 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 - A “Jackass” Star’s Road to Rehab: Bam’s Cry for Help (Sep 9) 2 - Scammed By an Imposter Posing as Miranda Lambert (Sep 10) 3 - Social Media Meltdown: Parenting Gone Wild (Sep 11) 4 - Desperate for Insta-Fame (Sep 12) 5 - Caught Between Two Brittanys (Sep 13) 6 - Did He Murder His Wife? (Sep 16) 7 - The Wrath of My Mother Wanda (Sep 17) 8 - The Good, The Bad and Wanda’s Bipolar (Sep 18) 9 - The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos (Sep 19) 10 - Tragedy in the Tropics (Sep 20) 11 - Royal Tragedy: New Clues in Princess Diana’s Death (Sep 23) 12 - Dr. Phil’s 3,000th Show (Sep 24) 13 - Ghosted: “Why Are My Dates Disappearing?” (Sep 25) 14 - Lavish, Luxurious, and Spoiled Rotten (Sep 26) 15 - Young, 'Possessed,' and in Love (Sep 27) 16 - MTV Romance on the Rocks (Sep 30) 17 - MTV Romance: Will Nelson Finally Come Clean? (Oct 1) 18 - “My Mom Calls Us ‘The Beauty and the Brainwasher’” (Oct 2) 19 - Gen Z: Desperate to Go Viral (Oct 3) 20 - Killer Cop Sentenced: Victim's Family Reacts (Oct 4) 21 - “No Smart Phone, No Computer, but That Doesn’t Stop My Teen’s Online Romance” (Oct 7) 22 - “Dr. Phil, Only You Can Answer My Question” (Oct 8) 23 - Family Divided: Torn Between Two Men (Oct 9) 24 - Rodney Reed’s Death Row Countdown: Is an Innocent Man about to Die? (Oct 10) 25 - What Happened to Stacey? What The Evidence Shows (Oct 11) 26 - From Star Cheerleader to Juvenile Delinquent (Oct 14) 27 - Explosive Anger and Addiction (Oct 15) 28 - When Social Media Turns Antisocial (Oct 16) 29 - “Chrisley Knows Best” Reality Star Lindsie: Allegations of Lies, Extortion and a Secret Meeting with Dad Todd (Oct 17) 30 - Dying to Be Hot (Oct 18) 31 - The Trouble with Taylor (Oct 21) 32 - Liar, Liar: Which Sister is Telling the Truth? (Oct 22) 33 - Extreme Mama’s Boy (Oct 23) 34 - DNA Drama: A Family in Turmoil (Oct 24) 35 - What Were They Thinking? When Sentencing Seems To Make No Sense (Oct 25) 36 - “‘Love Stoned’ – My Daughter is Addicted to a Toxic Man!” (Oct 28) 37 - Gun Toting, Pot Smoking, and Only 11 Years Old (Oct 29) 38 - “My Beautiful Daughter Has Spiraled into a Homeless Hair Hoarder” (Oct 30) 39 - Black and Blue Blackout Drunk (Oct 31) 40 - Former Anchorwoman and Beauty Queen Wife: Is She Addicted? (Nov 1) 41 - Torn Between Two Fiancés (Nov 4) 42 - Holly’s Fiancés Face Off (Nov 5) 43 - “My Teen Son is Facing Prison After Escaping Police Custody During a Televised Manhunt” (Nov 6) 44 - Ukrainian Orphan: Child or Adult Sociopath? The Exclusive Interview (Nov 7) 45 - An Intense Intervention: “I’m Addicted to Pain Pills, But Not an Addict” (Nov 8) 46 - “My Mom is Homeless and Believes She is Engaged to Putin” (Nov 11) 47 - Prescription Drugs, Drinking and DWIs, “My Daughter Is A Hot Mess” (Nov 12) 48 - Athlete to Addict (Nov 13) 49 - Twins’ Tragic Hot Car Death Exclusive (Nov 14) 50 - “Our 15-Year-Old Runaway Daughter Claims She’s Pregnant, But is She?” (Nov 15) 51 - Test Results Revealed: Is 15-Year-Old Marie Really Pregnant? (Nov 18) 52 - Innocent and Behind Bars? Amanda Knox Fights to Free the Wrongfully Convicted (Nov 19) 53 - “I Will Do and Steal Anything to Be ‘Bad and Boujee’” (Nov 20) 54 - Terrorized by Technology: Held Hostage by Our Smart Homes (Nov 21) 55 - “We’ve Lost Control of Our Raging, Possibly Pregnant, Teen” (Nov 22) 56 - After Barricading Her Mom in the Car, Rae Makes it to Stage (Nov 25) 57 - “My Husband’s Double Life Exposed: Should I End My Marriage?” (Nov 26) 58 - “I Run a Sober Living House but Can’t Save My Own Son” (Nov 27) 59 - A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds (Nov 28) 60 - “I Blame Myself for My Father’s Murder” (Nov 29) 61 - “I’m Leaving My Husband Next Week if He Doesn’t Get Help with His OCD!” (Dec 2) 62 - Battle of the Exes (Dec 3) 63 - Chased by Police and Accused of An Interstate Crime Spree (Dec 4) 64 - A 'Dr. Phil' Exclusive: Two Young Women Who Put Larry Nassar Behind Bars (Dec 5) 65 - Vanished! Where is Dulce? And What Does Her Mother Know? (Dec 6) 66 - DNA Drama: Fertility Doctors' Secret Children (Dec 9) 67 - “My Mom Took My Phone, Car, Condo and Kids – Help Me Get Them Back!” (Dec 10) 68 - Pedophile Hunters (Dec 11) 69 - Pedophile Hunters: Victim of Sting Fights Back! (Dec 12) 70 - Murder in Alaska: Teen Allegedly Lured to Death By Best Friend (Dec 13) 71 - “Our 11-Month-Old Died and I’m Being Blamed” (Dec 16) 72 - Breakup, Breakdown (Dec 17) 73 - From Army Specialist to ‘Mooching Burnout' Brother (Dec 18) 74 - “CPS Investigated Me So I Kicked My Mother Out” (Dec 19) 75 - The Search for Missing Grandma (Dec 20) 76 - “My Wife Tricked Me into Getting a Divorce” (Jan 6) 77 - “Battered and Bruised: My Grandson Nearly Killed His Baby” (Jan 7) 78 - “Mom Went from Nursing Assistant to Homeless and Sleeping in Her Car” (Jan 8) 79 - “I Need to Walk 100K Steps a Day” (Jan 9) 80 - “Terrorized By My 10-Year-Old” (Jan 10) 81 - Inside A Religious Reform School: Survivors of Hephzibah House (Jan 13) 82 - Former Students of Hephzibah House Speak Out (Jan 14) 83 - “My Partying Sister Needs a Motherhood Master Class – Now” (Jan 15) 84 - From Housewife to Sex Offender (Jan 16) 85 - Do Words Matter or Are We Too Sensitive? (Jan 17) 86 - “My Boyfriend is Married and His Wife is Irrelevant to Me” (Jan 20) 87 - “My Ex Put Cameras at My House to Prove I’m a Horrible Mom” (Jan 21) 88 - Black Eye and Busted Lip: Daughter Confronts Dad on Stage (Jan 22) 89 - Cheerleader Tries to Hire Hitmen to Kill Parents: The Exclusive Interview (Jan 23) 90 - "Two Cancelled Engagements, Fighting and Drinking: Should I Leave My Fiancé?” (Jan 24) 91 - “My Manipulative, Raging Son Can’t Stop Lying and Refuses to Go to School” (Jan 27) 92 - “Forced at 14 to Be a Parent to My Out-of-Control Brothers” (Jan 28) 93 - “We Think Our Mother and Her Husband Are Being Duped by Her Online Boyfriend” (Jan 29) 94 - Exclusive: Family Accused of Locking Their Children in Cages (Jan 30) 95 - “My Son Believes He’s a Cyborg from the Future!” (Jan 31) 96 - A House of Addicts (Feb 3) 97 - House of Addicts: The Family Confronts Shayne (Feb 4) 98 - “My Daughter Won’t Stop Faking Pregnancies!” (Feb 5) 99 - “Help! I’m Going to Inherit a Messy Mansion, Millions and My Adult Sister” (Feb 6) 100 - “Our Family is Being Bullied by Raging Ryan” (Feb 7) 101 - "A Monster In The Media?” (Feb 10) 102 - “My Ex-Husband Blew Our Million Dollar Retirement” (Feb 11) 103 - The Truth about Robert’s Top 5 Women is Finally Revealed (Feb 12) 104 - The Adoption Imposter: “Catch Me If You Can” (Feb 13) 105 - The Adoption Imposter Faces Her Victims (Feb 14) 106 - A Parent Accused: Is He a Narcissistic and Abusive Father? (Feb 17) 107 - A Parent Accused: Jim Confronts His Children (Feb 18) 108 - Losing 400 Lbs., Gaining it All Back and More (Feb 19) 109 - A Teen Missing 399 Days: Was She Being Kept Prisoner? (Feb 20) 110 - A Family of Lawyers Embroiled in a Dangerous Dispute (Feb 21) 111 - “Our Device Addicted Violent Teen Controls the House” (Feb 24) 112 - “My Mooching Mom Has 5 Months to Get a Life” (Feb 25) 113 - “A Blown Inheritance and Threats with a Loaded Gun: Our Mother is Out of Control” (Feb 26) 114 - "Doomsday Couple" Found in Hawaii; Family of Missing Children Speak Out (Feb 27) 115 - Real Life “Pretty Woman” … Not So Pretty Ending! (Feb 28) 116 - “Drunk and in Denial” (Mar 2) 117 - Extreme Sentencing: Bail Reform (Mar 3) 118 - Young Parents at War: Baby at Risk? (Mar 4) 119 - Coronavirus: From The Front Lines (Mar 6) 120 - An Intense Intervention: “I’m Addicted to Pain Pills, But Not an Addict” (Mar 6) 121 - “My Teen Son: Childhood Cancer Survivor To Gang Member” (Mar 9) 122 - 14 Years Old, Out of Control and Desperate for Love (Mar 10) 123 - Exclusive: Man Accused of Murdering Wife Freed After Friend Confesses (Mar 11) 124 - “My Ex Put Cameras at My House to Prove I’m a Horrible Mom” (Mar 12) 125 - Black Eye and Busted Lip: Daughter Confronts Dad on Stage (Mar 13) 126 - “My Top Model Son is Convinced He’s Mentally Ill” (Mar 16) 127 - Coronavirus: Facts vs Fears (Mar 17) 128 - Gen Z: Lifestyles of the Mooching and Wanna Be Famous (Mar 18) 129 - Athlete to Addict (Mar 19) 130 - Coronavirus: Parenting Under Quarantine (Mar 24) 131 - Coronavirus Fears: "My Anxiety Is Crippling" (Mar 25) 132 - Coronavirus Naysayers: “We’re Still Going To Live Our Lives” (Mar 26) 133 - Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe (Mar 27) 134 - Coronavirus: Couples In Crisis (Mar 30) 135 - Quarantine: Mental Health Checkup (Mar 31) 136 - Coronavirus: Signs and Symptoms (Apr 1) 137 - Coronavirus: Coping with Isolation and Depression (Apr 2) 138 - DNA Drama: Fertility Doctors' Secret Children (Apr 3) 139 - Coronavirus: From The Front Lines (Apr 6) 140 - “My Partying Sister Needs a Motherhood Master Class – Now” (Apr 7) 141 - Coronavirus: “What’s My Future?” (Apr 8) 142 - “Covidiots” Sorry Not Sorry (Apr 9) 143 - “My Mom Took My Phone, Car, Condo and Kids – Help Me Get Them Back!” (Apr 10) 144 - COVID-19: Trapped Abroad (Apr 13) 145 - COVID-19: Branded and Scorned (Apr 14) 146 - COVID-19: The Whistleblowers (Apr 15) 147 - Miracle “Cures,” Scams, and What Really Might Treat COVID-19 (Apr 16) 148 - COVID-19: Sobriety in a Time of Crisis (Apr 17) 149 - Teen Rebellion (Apr 20) 150 - Moms Gone Mad (Apr 21) 151 - Searching for the Cure (Apr 22) 152 - Help! Overindulging Under Quarantine (Apr 23) 153 - Questions Answered (Apr 24) 154 - “Our 10-Year-Old Son is Controlling Our Entire Lives” (Apr 27) 155 - Parents and Their Gen Z Son Struggle Under One Roof (Apr 28) 156 - Tara’s Troubles (Apr 29) 157 - Blended Family Breakdown (Apr 30) 158 - “Should I Marry My Russian Bride-To-Be?" (May 1) 159 - 46-Year-Old Moocher Dad Sleeping in a Bunk Bed (May 4) 160 - “Confined with My Ex!” (May 5) 161 - “Help Me Prove to My Mom She’s Been Love Scammed Out of $250,000” (May 6) 162 - Norma’s Online Boyfriends: The Truth Behind the Pictures (May 7) 163 - “Feeding My Addiction” (May 8) 164 - When Being Daddy’s Girl Goes Too Far (May 11) 165 - Will Cassie Keep Running or Will She Finally Meet Dr. Phil? (May 12) 166 - From College Scholarship to Stealing, Smoking and Living in the Car (May 13) 167 - From Hollywood Body Double to Force Feeding Frenzy (May 14) 168 - Exclusive: Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Speaks Out (May 15) 169 - A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: “My Mom is Being Scammed” (May 18) 170 - A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: What’s Really Inside Lois’ Safe? (May 19) 171 - A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: Where is “Paul Shaw”? (May 20) 172 - Debt Collectors at the Door; Can These Fighting Spouses Save Their Home? (May 21) 174 - Kaylyn Whitaker: Confessions of Her Killer (May 25) 175 - Caught Between Two Brittanys (May 26) 176 - Gun Toting, Pot Smoking, and Only 11 Years Old (May 27) 177 - "Is My Nigerian Boyfriend Scamming Me?" (May 28) 178 - Social Media Meltdown: Parenting Gone Wild (May 29) 179 - Fighting to Save Us, But Who is Saving Them? (Jun 1) 180 - Coping With Grief (Jun 2) 181 - America On Fire (Jun 3)
Season 18 · Episode 85 Do Words Matter or Are We Too Sensitive? Jan 17, 2020 · 1h
Are we too sensitive as a society, or do words really matter? People are eager to give their opinion; but sometimes, there are real consequences, including losing your entire career with just one tweet. Kathy won Miss Michigan 2019 but got her crown removed the day after because of comments she made on social media which the pageant deemed offensive, insensitive, and inappropriate. Then, Carissa was on her way to an international modeling career when posts labeled as transphobic derailed her dreams. She even lied about being transgender herself. Can Dr. Phil help these 20-year-olds come out of their PR nightmare, or will they stand by their social media comments?
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When did Dr. Phil Season 18 Episode 85 air? Dr. Phil Season 18 Episode 85 aired on January 17, 2020.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 18 Episode 85? This episode runs for approximately 60 minutes.
