NaN/100 votes#1 - Secret Life of a Sex Addict
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2013
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.
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#2 - Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/2013
"The Bachelor" star Gia Allemand's mother discusses her recent suicide, and co-star Jake Pavelka gives an emotional tribute.
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#3 - Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish?
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2013
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.
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#4 - Football Star Accused: Did He Do It?
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/2013
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.
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#5 - Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 9/13/2013
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.
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#6 - Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back!
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/2013
Self-professed monster-in-law Khalood returns with shocking news; her daughter has a heart-to-heart with Dr. Phil.
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#7 - Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron?
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2013
The parents of a missing child come together to tell Dr. Phil why they believe his stepmother may know more than she is admitting.
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#8 - Dangerous Online Obsession (1)
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 9/18/2013
A mother learns the details of her 17-year-old daughter's online and offline activities.
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#9 - Dangerous Online Obsession (2)
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 9/19/2013
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.
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#10 - The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 9/20/2013
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.
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#11 - Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/2013
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.
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#12 - Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 9/24/2013
Parents say their teen daughter is making dangerous choices and confront her much-older boyfriend for the first time; Nick Carter performs.
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#13 - Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/2013
Rapper DMX discusses his drug addiction, erratic behavior, arrests and a streaking incident caught on tape.
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#14 - Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 9/26/2013
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.
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#15 - Explosive Anger
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 9/27/2013
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.
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#16 - Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild?
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 9/30/2013
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.
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#17 - Dangerous and Violent Love
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 10/1/2013
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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#18 - Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 10/2/2013
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.
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#19 - A Drunken Mother's Rage
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 10/3/2013
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.
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#20 - Ask Dr. Phil
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 10/4/2013
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.
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#21 - Pretty Mean Girls
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 10/7/2013
Holly says her sister Andrea is ruining their relationship because of her bullying and attacks on people.
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#22 - Munchausen Mom
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 10/8/2013
Tina's syndrome causes her to harm herself to get attention; Samantha fakes illnesses.
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#23 - Threats, Fights and Videotape
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 10/9/2013
Two couples' explosive fights are caught on tape and destroying their marriages.
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#24 - Pregnant at 11
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 10/10/2013
At 11 years old, Hope got pregnant with then 13-year-old Bailey's child.
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#25 - Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal
Season 12 Episode 25 - Aired 10/11/2013
"Golden Sisters" Mary, Josie and Teresa; women who date much younger men; actress Tami Erin.
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Secret Life of a Sex Addict" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Phil" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/9/2013. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide".