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Episode 179 — Fighting to Save Us, But Who is Saving Them?

Season 18 • Dr. Phil

Released: 2020-06-01 • Talk

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Dr. Phil discusses the emotional and psychological toll being placed on our health care workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Phil speaks with an ICU nurse who says she is struggling with not being able to save her patients, and admits she is haunted by the faces of those she has lost. Plus, Dr. Phil speaks with the Vice President of the FDNY EMS local 2507 union which represents the over 4,000 uniformed EMTs, paramedics, and fire inspectors of the FDNY. Find out why he says he is concerned about the heroic men and women he represents.

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Episodes

Episode 1
A “Jackass” Star’s Road to Rehab: Bam’s Cry for Help
2019-09-09

Episode 2
Scammed By an Imposter Posing as Miranda Lambert
2019-09-10

Episode 3
Social Media Meltdown: Parenting Gone Wild
2019-09-11

Episode 4
Desperate for Insta-Fame
2019-09-12

Episode 5
Caught Between Two Brittanys
2019-09-13

Episode 6
Did He Murder His Wife?
2019-09-16

Episode 7
The Wrath of My Mother Wanda
2019-09-17

Episode 8
The Good, The Bad and Wanda’s Bipolar
2019-09-18

Episode 9
The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
2019-09-19

Episode 10
Tragedy in the Tropics
2019-09-20

Episode 11
Royal Tragedy: New Clues in Princess Diana’s Death
2019-09-23

Episode 12
Dr. Phil’s 3,000th Show
2019-09-24

Episode 13
Ghosted: “Why Are My Dates Disappearing?”
2019-09-25

Episode 14
Lavish, Luxurious, and Spoiled Rotten
2019-09-26

Episode 15
Young, 'Possessed,' and in Love
2019-09-27

Episode 16
MTV Romance on the Rocks
2019-09-30

Episode 17
MTV Romance: Will Nelson Finally Come Clean?
2019-10-01

Episode 18
“My Mom Calls Us ‘The Beauty and the Brainwasher’”
2019-10-02

Episode 19
Gen Z: Desperate to Go Viral
2019-10-03

Episode 20
Killer Cop Sentenced: Victim's Family Reacts
2019-10-04

Episode 21
“No Smart Phone, No Computer, but That Doesn’t Stop My Teen’s Online Romance”
2019-10-07

Episode 22
“Dr. Phil, Only You Can Answer My Question”
2019-10-08

Episode 23
Family Divided: Torn Between Two Men
2019-10-09

Episode 24
Rodney Reed’s Death Row Countdown: Is an Innocent Man about to Die?
2019-10-10

Episode 25
What Happened to Stacey? What The Evidence Shows
2019-10-11

Episode 26
From Star Cheerleader to Juvenile Delinquent
2019-10-14

Episode 27
Explosive Anger and Addiction
2019-10-15

Episode 28
When Social Media Turns Antisocial
2019-10-16

Episode 29
“Chrisley Knows Best” Reality Star Lindsie: Allegations of Lies, Extortion and a Secret Meeting with Dad Todd
2019-10-17

Episode 30
Dying to Be Hot
2019-10-18

Episode 31
The Trouble with Taylor
2019-10-21

Episode 32
Liar, Liar: Which Sister is Telling the Truth?
2019-10-22

Episode 33
Extreme Mama’s Boy
2019-10-23

Episode 34
DNA Drama: A Family in Turmoil
2019-10-24

Episode 35
What Were They Thinking? When Sentencing Seems To Make No Sense
2019-10-25

Episode 36
“‘Love Stoned’ – My Daughter is Addicted to a Toxic Man!”
2019-10-28

Episode 37
Gun Toting, Pot Smoking, and Only 11 Years Old
2019-10-29

Episode 38
“My Beautiful Daughter Has Spiraled into a Homeless Hair Hoarder”
2019-10-30

Episode 39
Black and Blue Blackout Drunk
2019-10-31

Episode 40
Former Anchorwoman and Beauty Queen Wife: Is She Addicted?
2019-11-01

Episode 41
Torn Between Two Fiancés
2019-11-04

Episode 42
Holly’s Fiancés Face Off
2019-11-05

Episode 43
“My Teen Son is Facing Prison After Escaping Police Custody During a Televised Manhunt”
2019-11-06

Episode 44
Ukrainian Orphan: Child or Adult Sociopath? The Exclusive Interview
2019-11-07

Episode 45
An Intense Intervention: “I’m Addicted to Pain Pills, But Not an Addict”
2019-11-08

Episode 46
“My Mom is Homeless and Believes She is Engaged to Putin”
2019-11-11

Episode 47
Prescription Drugs, Drinking and DWIs, “My Daughter Is A Hot Mess”
2019-11-12

Episode 48
Athlete to Addict
2019-11-13

Episode 49
Twins’ Tragic Hot Car Death Exclusive
2019-11-14

Episode 50
“Our 15-Year-Old Runaway Daughter Claims She’s Pregnant, But is She?”
2019-11-15

Episode 51
Test Results Revealed: Is 15-Year-Old Marie Really Pregnant?
2019-11-18

Episode 52
Innocent and Behind Bars? Amanda Knox Fights to Free the Wrongfully Convicted
2019-11-19

Episode 53
“I Will Do and Steal Anything to Be ‘Bad and Boujee’”
2019-11-20

Episode 54
Terrorized by Technology: Held Hostage by Our Smart Homes
2019-11-21

Episode 55
“We’ve Lost Control of Our Raging, Possibly Pregnant, Teen”
2019-11-22

Episode 56
After Barricading Her Mom in the Car, Rae Makes it to Stage
2019-11-25

Episode 57
“My Husband’s Double Life Exposed: Should I End My Marriage?”
2019-11-26

Episode 58
“I Run a Sober Living House but Can’t Save My Own Son”
2019-11-27

Episode 59
A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds
2019-11-28

Episode 60
“I Blame Myself for My Father’s Murder”
2019-11-29

Episode 61
“I’m Leaving My Husband Next Week if He Doesn’t Get Help with His OCD!”
2019-12-02

Episode 62
Battle of the Exes
2019-12-03

Episode 63
Chased by Police and Accused of An Interstate Crime Spree
2019-12-04

Episode 64
A 'Dr. Phil' Exclusive: Two Young Women Who Put Larry Nassar Behind Bars
2019-12-05

Episode 65
Vanished! Where is Dulce? And What Does Her Mother Know?
2019-12-06

Episode 66
DNA Drama: Fertility Doctors' Secret Children
2019-12-09

Episode 67
“My Mom Took My Phone, Car, Condo and Kids – Help Me Get Them Back!”
2019-12-10

Episode 68
Pedophile Hunters
2019-12-11

Episode 69
Pedophile Hunters: Victim of Sting Fights Back!
2019-12-12

Episode 70
Murder in Alaska: Teen Allegedly Lured to Death By Best Friend
2019-12-13

Episode 71
“Our 11-Month-Old Died and I’m Being Blamed”
2019-12-16

Episode 72
Breakup, Breakdown
2019-12-17

Episode 73
From Army Specialist to ‘Mooching Burnout' Brother
2019-12-18

Episode 74
“CPS Investigated Me So I Kicked My Mother Out”
2019-12-19

Episode 75
The Search for Missing Grandma
2019-12-20

Episode 76
“My Wife Tricked Me into Getting a Divorce”
2020-01-06

Episode 77
“Battered and Bruised: My Grandson Nearly Killed His Baby”
2020-01-07

Episode 78
“Mom Went from Nursing Assistant to Homeless and Sleeping in Her Car”
2020-01-08

Episode 79
“I Need to Walk 100K Steps a Day”
2020-01-09

Episode 80
“Terrorized By My 10-Year-Old”
2020-01-10

Episode 81
Inside A Religious Reform School: Survivors of Hephzibah House
2020-01-13

Episode 82
Former Students of Hephzibah House Speak Out
2020-01-14

Episode 83
“My Partying Sister Needs a Motherhood Master Class – Now”
2020-01-15

Episode 84
From Housewife to Sex Offender
2020-01-16

Episode 85
Do Words Matter or Are We Too Sensitive?
2020-01-17

Episode 86
“My Boyfriend is Married and His Wife is Irrelevant to Me”
2020-01-20

Episode 87
“My Ex Put Cameras at My House to Prove I’m a Horrible Mom”
2020-01-21

Episode 88
Black Eye and Busted Lip: Daughter Confronts Dad on Stage
2020-01-22

Episode 89
Cheerleader Tries to Hire Hitmen to Kill Parents: The Exclusive Interview
2020-01-23

Episode 90
"Two Cancelled Engagements, Fighting and Drinking: Should I Leave My Fiancé?”
2020-01-24

Episode 91
“My Manipulative, Raging Son Can’t Stop Lying and Refuses to Go to School”
2020-01-27

Episode 92
“Forced at 14 to Be a Parent to My Out-of-Control Brothers”
2020-01-28

Episode 93
“We Think Our Mother and Her Husband Are Being Duped by Her Online Boyfriend”
2020-01-29

Episode 94
Exclusive: Family Accused of Locking Their Children in Cages
2020-01-30

Episode 95
“My Son Believes He’s a Cyborg from the Future!”
2020-01-31

Episode 96
A House of Addicts
2020-02-03

Episode 97
House of Addicts: The Family Confronts Shayne
2020-02-04

Episode 98
“My Daughter Won’t Stop Faking Pregnancies!”
2020-02-05

Episode 99
“Help! I’m Going to Inherit a Messy Mansion, Millions and My Adult Sister”
2020-02-06

Episode 100
“Our Family is Being Bullied by Raging Ryan”
2020-02-07

Episode 101
"A Monster In The Media?”
2020-02-10

Episode 102
“My Ex-Husband Blew Our Million Dollar Retirement”
2020-02-11

Episode 103
The Truth about Robert’s Top 5 Women is Finally Revealed
2020-02-12

Episode 104
The Adoption Imposter: “Catch Me If You Can”
2020-02-13

Episode 105
The Adoption Imposter Faces Her Victims
2020-02-14

Episode 106
A Parent Accused: Is He a Narcissistic and Abusive Father?
2020-02-17

Episode 107
A Parent Accused: Jim Confronts His Children
2020-02-18

Episode 108
Losing 400 Lbs., Gaining it All Back and More
2020-02-19

Episode 109
A Teen Missing 399 Days: Was She Being Kept Prisoner?
2020-02-20

Episode 110
A Family of Lawyers Embroiled in a Dangerous Dispute
2020-02-21

Episode 111
“Our Device Addicted Violent Teen Controls the House”
2020-02-24

Episode 112
“My Mooching Mom Has 5 Months to Get a Life”
2020-02-25

Episode 113
“A Blown Inheritance and Threats with a Loaded Gun: Our Mother is Out of Control”
2020-02-26

Episode 114
"Doomsday Couple" Found in Hawaii; Family of Missing Children Speak Out
2020-02-27

Episode 115
Real Life “Pretty Woman” … Not So Pretty Ending!
2020-02-28

Episode 116
“Drunk and in Denial”
2020-03-02

Episode 117
Extreme Sentencing: Bail Reform
2020-03-03

Episode 118
Young Parents at War: Baby at Risk?
2020-03-04

Episode 119
Coronavirus: From The Front Lines
2020-03-06

Episode 120
An Intense Intervention: “I’m Addicted to Pain Pills, But Not an Addict”
2020-03-06

Episode 121
“My Teen Son: Childhood Cancer Survivor To Gang Member”
2020-03-09

Episode 122
14 Years Old, Out of Control and Desperate for Love
2020-03-10

Episode 123
Exclusive: Man Accused of Murdering Wife Freed After Friend Confesses
2020-03-11

Episode 124
“My Ex Put Cameras at My House to Prove I’m a Horrible Mom”
2020-03-12

Episode 125
Black Eye and Busted Lip: Daughter Confronts Dad on Stage
2020-03-13

Episode 126
“My Top Model Son is Convinced He’s Mentally Ill”
2020-03-16

Episode 127
Coronavirus: Facts vs Fears
2020-03-17

Episode 128
Gen Z: Lifestyles of the Mooching and Wanna Be Famous
2020-03-18

Episode 129
Athlete to Addict
2020-03-19

Episode 130
Coronavirus: Parenting Under Quarantine
2020-03-24

Episode 131
Coronavirus Fears: "My Anxiety Is Crippling"
2020-03-25

Episode 132
Coronavirus Naysayers: “We’re Still Going To Live Our Lives”
2020-03-26

Episode 133
Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe
2020-03-27

Episode 134
Coronavirus: Couples In Crisis
2020-03-30

Episode 135
Quarantine: Mental Health Checkup
2020-03-31

Episode 136
Coronavirus: Signs and Symptoms
2020-04-01

Episode 137
Coronavirus: Coping with Isolation and Depression
2020-04-02

Episode 138
DNA Drama: Fertility Doctors' Secret Children
2020-04-03

Episode 139
Coronavirus: From The Front Lines
2020-04-06

Episode 140
“My Partying Sister Needs a Motherhood Master Class – Now”
2020-04-07

Episode 141
Coronavirus: “What’s My Future?”
2020-04-08

Episode 142
“Covidiots” Sorry Not Sorry
2020-04-09

Episode 143
“My Mom Took My Phone, Car, Condo and Kids – Help Me Get Them Back!”
2020-04-10

Episode 144
COVID-19: Trapped Abroad
2020-04-13

Episode 145
COVID-19: Branded and Scorned
2020-04-14

Episode 146
COVID-19: The Whistleblowers
2020-04-15

Episode 147
Miracle “Cures,” Scams, and What Really Might Treat COVID-19
2020-04-16

Episode 148
COVID-19: Sobriety in a Time of Crisis
2020-04-17

Episode 149
Teen Rebellion
2020-04-20

Episode 150
Moms Gone Mad
2020-04-21

Episode 151
Searching for the Cure
2020-04-22

Episode 152
Help! Overindulging Under Quarantine
2020-04-23

Episode 153
Questions Answered
2020-04-24

Episode 154
“Our 10-Year-Old Son is Controlling Our Entire Lives”
2020-04-27

Episode 155
Parents and Their Gen Z Son Struggle Under One Roof
2020-04-28

Episode 156
Tara’s Troubles
2020-04-29

Episode 157
Blended Family Breakdown
2020-04-30

Episode 158
“Should I Marry My Russian Bride-To-Be?"
2020-05-01

Episode 159
46-Year-Old Moocher Dad Sleeping in a Bunk Bed
2020-05-04

Episode 160
“Confined with My Ex!”
2020-05-05

Episode 161
“Help Me Prove to My Mom She’s Been Love Scammed Out of $250,000”
2020-05-06

Episode 162
Norma’s Online Boyfriends: The Truth Behind the Pictures
2020-05-07

Episode 163
“Feeding My Addiction”
2020-05-08

Episode 164
When Being Daddy’s Girl Goes Too Far
2020-05-11

Episode 165
Will Cassie Keep Running or Will She Finally Meet Dr. Phil?
2020-05-12

Episode 166
From College Scholarship to Stealing, Smoking and Living in the Car
2020-05-13

Episode 167
From Hollywood Body Double to Force Feeding Frenzy
2020-05-14

Episode 168
Exclusive: Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Speaks Out
2020-05-15

Episode 169
A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: “My Mom is Being Scammed”
2020-05-18

Episode 170
A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: What’s Really Inside Lois’ Safe?
2020-05-19

Episode 171
A “Dr. Phil” Catfish Investigation: Where is “Paul Shaw”?
2020-05-20

Episode 172
Debt Collectors at the Door; Can These Fighting Spouses Save Their Home?
2020-05-21

Episode 174
Kaylyn Whitaker: Confessions of Her Killer
2020-05-25

Episode 175
Caught Between Two Brittanys
2020-05-26

Episode 176
Gun Toting, Pot Smoking, and Only 11 Years Old
2020-05-27

Episode 177
"Is My Nigerian Boyfriend Scamming Me?"
2020-05-28

Episode 178
Social Media Meltdown: Parenting Gone Wild
2020-05-29

Episode 179
Fighting to Save Us, But Who is Saving Them?
2020-06-01

Episode 180
Coping With Grief
2020-06-02

Episode 181
America On Fire
2020-06-03

Information

Creator	Oprah Winfrey, Phil McGraw
Episode air date	01.06.2020
Episode runtime	42 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Talk
TMDB series rating	4.5
IMDb series rating	3.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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