On the cusp of turning 40, a newly-single Whitney finds herself stuck on the sidelines, watching as her friends celebrate life's milestones; Whitney must decide what she wants her next chapter to look like.
Whitney seeks comfort from heartache by spending Thanksgiving with her Alabama family, but when they invite a potential love interest for her she worries if she'll crumble under the pressure.
Back from Kentucky, Whitney faces Kenny's shocking revelation, resetting her dating journey; meanwhile, Hunter's movie premiere with his family and a new date may suggest a more serious romance than others suspected.
On the one-year anniversary of her mother's passing and with Christmas quickly approaching, Whitney works to recreate the holiday magic Babs used to make by throwing a legendary holiday party.
Whitney sets new goals to get over grief and find love again, but when the planning for her niece Jaime's bachelorette party takes over, her resolutions are pushed aside, and an unexpected party crasher threatens to throw everything into chaos.
With her 40th birthday approaching, Whitney watches as her friends get married and have babies; determined not to be left behind, Whitney attempts to quell this mid-life crisis with the help of non-traditional alternatives.
Whitney's matchmaker pushes her to meet men in person; though she finds someone interesting, her confidence wavers; Glenn remains stubborn about home renovations, delaying necessary changes.
Whitney seeks Flamenco inspiration for her Spain trip ahead of her 40th birthday; with Jaime and Heath's wedding approaching, Whitney fears a confrontation with Kenny.
As Whitney prepares for her 40th birthday trip to Spain, tensions rise as Glenn pushes a wedding engagement on Hunter; Tal reveals he may not be able to join Whitney as he checked himself into mental health treatment.
Whitney kicks off her 40th birthday trip to Spain, but bad weather and Todd's gloomy attitude immediately derail the plans; Whitney takes a bold step to land a date with a Spanish hunk.
After Juan's rejection, a witch offers to fix Whitney's cursed love life; as the joint 40th birthday nears, Whitney fears Todd will be a no-show for their Flamenco performance, and Glenn amps up the pressure on Hunter to propose.
The Thores are left heartbroken by the passing of their matriarch, Babs; with Glenn forced to navigate life without his wife, Whitney takes on the role of caring for her aging father and moves him into her home.
While the family reels from the death of Babs, their beloved matriarch, a secret, long-lost daughter from Glenn's past emerges; determined to help her dad move forward, Whitney plans a Babs-themed party with friends and family to celebrate her life.
Determined to lift her grieving father's mood, Whitney cheers him on as he pursues an item on his geriatric bucket list: milking a cow; Glenn is far more nervous about talking to his long-lost daughter for the first time.
Whitney wants to participate in her dad's bucket list, but indoor skydiving has a weight limit; Glenn tries to build a dollhouse for his new great-granddaughter; Whitney gets Jessica outside her comfort zone.
The Thores prepare to embark on the biggest adventure of their lives: meeting their new family; with the trip looming, Glenn worries he may not finish a surprise gift for his new great-granddaughter.
Anxiety reaches an all-time high as the Thores arrive in Alabama to meet Angie, Glenn's long-lost daughter; when Whitney starts a friendly competition with her niece and nephews, Glenn worries Whitney's competitive nature will be too much for them.
The house is abuzz after the family dance-off; Whitney refuses to lose to her new niece; Whitney's nephew introduces her to a new potential suitor; Glenn and Angie finally discuss the nature of their relationship.
Whitney throws caution to the wind and plans a party for her 39th birthday, but there are hurricanes on the horizon; before she becomes a spinster, Whitney agrees to a blind date; meeting with Jessica and Lennie, Whitney makes a shocking discovery.
Whitney's search for Mr. Right seems bleaker than ever, and she fears being alone forever; after finding her father grief-stricken at the cemetery, Whitney and Hunter present travel destinations to Glenn for his big bucket list trip.
The family competitions continue as Whitney welcomes Angie and Jaime to North Carolina, but the bonding may go too far with matching tattoos; Glenn extends an invitation to Switzerland for his new family despite their inexperience with traveling.
Emotions run high as Whitney gets Glenn, Hunter and her new family ready for their Swiss family vacation; on Whitney's to-do list is a virtual date, finally getting her braces removed and taking Glenn to the eye doctor.
The Swiss family adventure continues until a terrifying turn of events leaves them stranded in the Alps, where a helicopter rescue mission may be their only hope; the shocking reveal of a new family secret sends Whitney into a spiral.
After suffering a stroke, COVID-19 and an infection, the Thores are amazed to see Babs make a miraculous recovery; everyone anxiously hopes it will be enough to get her approved for rehabilitation; Whitney is not prepared to give up without a fight.
A pregnant Ashley decides she doesn't want to know her baby's gender, so Whitney must carry the secret alone; Heather breaks out of her shell on a group date; Babs makes progress in rehab; Hunter, Whitney and Henchi are added to the visitor list.
When Babs is released from the hospital, Whitney, Glenn and Hunter must scramble to find a place for her to live; with the wedding quickly approaching, tensions between Jessica and her fiancé heat up.
As Babs settles into her new senior living community, Whitney partners with a drag queen to throw Ashley a gender reveal party and agrees to teach Jessica a dance for her upcoming wedding.
Whitney finally gets Glenn to semi-retire and tries to prep Heather for a new love; Jessica pushes Whitney outside her comfort zone in a pole dancing class; an emergency with Babs' health brings Whitney's world to a sudden halt.
Whitney's plate is already full as she works to resurrect her dance class while also helping Jessica with her wedding; when Babs has a health setback that lands her back in the hospital, Whitney shifts her efforts and focus back on her mom.
Despite her recent health setbacks, Babs is determined to attend Jessica's wedding; Lennie agrees to undergo a wedding day makeover, and Whitney is taken with how attractive she finds him in his suit.
Whitney invests money to produce an '80s-style fitness video to gain more subscribers to her fitness app; Glenn and Babs surprise Whitney on set just as she hears Buddy, her leading man, dropped out; Glenn may be the only person who can save the day.
With the music video complete and Babs thriving at Abbotswood, Whitney, her brother and her friends can finally take a vacation to St. Lucia; Whitney reveals her newly open relationship status, and everyone wonders if Lennie will make a move.
Whitney's friends join her for some Caribbean vacation fun, but things take an unexpected turn when she's caught in bed with her ex, Lennie; Whitney must decide if she'll rekindle the old flame or let Lennie find love somewhere on the island.
Whitney and her friends take advantage of their final days in St. Lucia with a packed itinerary, but Lennie is nowhere to be found; Whitney worries he's ditching her for his island crush, leaving her questioning her feelings.
Whitney looks forward to life after quarantine; Buddy abandons her for his new girlfriend; Whitney develops a crush on a Parisian man, and her friends worry about her getting into another long distance relationship.
Worried about her slim chances for a having a child, Whitney makes some big decisions during a trip to the fertility doctor; Whitney goes on her first official date with the French man, hoping it will put them on the path to amour.
Whitney and Ashley head to Georgia for a big girls' retreat; with international travel restrictions relaxing, Whitney wonders if her virtual relationship will finally become a reality or if her French man will say au revoir.
Whitney and Todd's birthday celebration turns into a total disaster; Whitney finally confronts the French man about where their relationship is heading, but she may not be prepared for what he has to say.
Ashley claps back at Whitney after she's fired from No BS Active; while Whitney struggles with the side effects of her fertility drugs, the French man continues to ghost her; Whitney meets up with Chase.
While on a painful break with the French man, Whitney grapples with her own jealousy after hearing Chase's happy news; the French man finally reaches out, but he may decide his privacy is more important than a romance with her.
Whitney finally gets the results from her painful egg retrieval procedure; Hunter accuses Whitney of moving too fast with the French man; a disturbing voice message leaves Whitney questioning everything.
After the French man stands Whitney up on the trip to Maine, she is forced to defend her online relationship to her family and friends; Whitney wonders if her love life has taken another hit.
While her friends and family enjoy their trip to Maine, Whitney agonizes over whether the French man will be allowed into the U.S.; after a painful medical emergency, Whitney makes a decision that has the others worried she's headed for heartache.
Whitney has a one-way ticket to Paris and is ready to meet her French man; when Whitney prioritizes love over her business, it may cause friction between her and Jessica; Whitney wonders whether her loved ones support her or expect the worst.
Now four months into their engagement, Whitney and Chase are no closer to living together, but wedding plans need to be made; during a mountain weekend getaway with their friends, Whitney's new boundaries with Buddy are put to the test.
During a weekend trip to Wilmington, Chase shocks Whitney by asking her to move in with him; when Covid-19 hits close to home, Whitney fears for the safety of her parents.
While isolated at home due to the spread of COVID-19, Whitney struggles with her growing resentment toward Chase; the pandemic threatens to drive a wedge between the quarantined couple if they can't come to an agreement over their living situation.
After months of quarantine and struggling with panic attacks, Whitney is still reeling after hearing that Chase is having a baby with another woman; when he asks to see her again, she may not have the courage to face him.
During a weekend trip to the lake, Whitney and Ryan clash as her friends beg her to ditch him and move back to Greensboro; when Buddy's new girlfriend crashes the party, Whitney worries about losing her quarantine husband to another woman.
Wary of being alone in Charlotte, Whitney convinces Buddy to move in with her; with Buddy's new girlfriend taking up his time, Whitney finds herself lonelier than ever.
With Chase gone and Buddy on the fence about staying with her, Whitney considers packing it all in and heading home to Greensboro; when Ryan finds out, he throws down a pretty hefty ultimatum, threatening her to stay in Charlotte.
While Whitney is undecided about where to live, the Greensboro crew hatches a plan to lure her back home and away from Ryan -- for good; with the fate of the business in jeopardy and her love life in ruins, Whitney faces some tough decisions.
In an attempt to rebuild their shaky relationship, Ryan invites Whitney and her friends to Asheville for a weekend getaway; Whitney consults a doctor about moving forward with weight-loss surgery.
During a weekend trip to Asheville, all eyes are on Ryan for possible sabotage, but no one is expecting Whitney and Buddy to lash out at each other; Whitney tests her stamina on a treacherous waterfall hike.
Things are looking up for Whitney during an Asheville getaway, then she discovers that Ryan has been keeping devastating news from her; Whitney is shocked by a surprise call from Chase and his baby daughter.
The Skinny
S8 E15
Host Sukanya Krishnan takes Whitney, her friends and her family back through some of the most memorable and traumatic moments of the past year; Chase comes face to face with everyone for the first time since the breakup.
Whitney hunts for a permanent home in Charlotte, but may be forced to kick Buddy out; a health scare for Babs causes Whitney to take drastic measures; sparks fly on Whitney and Chase's first date.
Whitney finally packs up and moves to Charlotte, forcing Buddy to find a new place to live; Chase asks Whitney to be his girlfriend; Whitney teams up with Jessica for a fitness competition from hell.
After Ryan and Heather's illicit kiss, Whitney warns them not to date; Whitney quits BGDC to focus on her new business; Ryan challenges Whitney to whitewater rafting, but an argument ensues while he attempts to rescue her from the current.
Whitney worries for her parents' safety after her father falls down the stairs; Buddy discovers he must make amends to Whitney for his recovery; Ryan and Chase throw Whitney a party.
Whitney trains for the state championships with a new weightlifting coach; Whitney wants to tell Chase she loves him; Babs and Glenn host a formal dinner to meet Chase.
Whitney and Todd hatch a business plan; Ryan's reaction threatens to derail their trip to Paris and Whitney's performance at the Weightlifting Championships.
Whitney's love affair with Paris continues; her relationship with Chase is on the rocks; Ryan challenges Whitney to a brutal climb up the Eiffel Tower.
Whitney visits Buddy in D.C., where they share a surprise kiss; Whitney is confronted with her parents' aging; an adoption agent gives Whitney painful news; Buddy's late-night call leads Whitney to question his sobriety.
Whitney discovers a shocking family secret; a fertility doctor gives Whitney life-changing information; Whitney has to hide Buddy's visit from Heather; Todd agrees to take BGDC on tour; when Buddy disappears, Whitney and Tal fear the worst.
Whitney plans the BGDC tour; Buddy shares disturbing feelings with potentially deadly consequences; Babs is taken on a surprise trip; Whitney is forced to confront Buddy after finding drugs; Heather is devastated when Whitney's secret is revealed.
Whitney invites Buddy on the road; the BGDC Pittsburgh class is overbooked in a cramped venue, jeopardizing the tour; Buddy's back pain flares, threatening his sobriety; after a rough night, Buddy is missing and Whitney is forced to leave him behind.
Buddy goes missing in Columbus and Whitney threatens to cancel class; with the biggest city on the BGDC tour still looming, Whitney suspects sabotage when Todd messes up the choreography; Whitney is conflicted over meeting Buddy's new girlfriend.
Whitney prepares for Alaska with a treacherous mountain hike; after receiving an offer to teach dance in New York, Whitney tries to bury the hatchet with Todd; Buddy and Chelsea's odd behavior leads Whitney to believe there's trouble in paradise.
Whitney and her friends arrive in Alaska for the much anticipated Whit-a-thon; Tal injures himself performing for an exotic dancer that Whitney hires to help Heather get over Buddy; Buddy calls with shocking news that he and Chelsea broke up.
Whitney has a near death experience on the side of a cliff; Buddy arrives in Alaska, causing a scandal with his estranged ex-girlfriend, Heather; a train trip to a glacier lake gives everyone a chance to get up close and personal with an iceberg.
Whitney and Buddy return from Alaska, raising questions about their relationship; a guest teacher shows BGDC how to twerk; Babs undergoes eye surgery as a massive hurricane approaches; Whitney, Buddy and Tal hunker down and wait for the storm to hit.
Whitney teaches three back-to-back dance classes at the biggest event of her career in NYC; much to Whitney's dismay, Buddy decides to move back to D.C. to pursue stand-up; Whitney and Buddy's chemistry flares when they share a passionate kiss.
Comic Kym Whitley hosts Whitney and her friends and family for a post-season game night; the contestants face off to see who knows the most, from Whitney's adoption drama to Buddy and Whitney's steamy kiss, and nothing is off limits.
Whitney prepares for a whirlwind tour as a backup dancer, but a secret love has her rethinking everything; Ashley has a big surprise; Buddy and Heather's relationship hits the rocks; Todd wants to stab his eternal dance partner in the back.
Whitney uncovers a dark truth about the man she fell for; Todd refuses to give Whitney her class back, but she has a trick up her sleeve; Heather confronts Buddy about his change of heart.
In an effort to move on from her cheating ex-boyfriend, Avi, Whitney joins forces with Nada, Avi's other ex, from Egypt; a chance encounter brings Whitney and Nada face to face with Avi, leaving them shell-shocked.
While helping Ashley prepare for her baby, Whitney panics about her own fertility; when Buddy goes missing for days, Whitney and Heather investigate, but a discovery in his bedroom shocks them both.
Buddy goes missing for over a week and Whitney uncovers the harsh truth during a visit to his parents' house; Ashley starts to fall apart as she comes close to giving birth, so Whitney performs a blessing ceremony to help her.
With the Hawaii trip fast approaching, Whitney prepares for the 5K; Whitney and Heather visit Buddy in rehab, and he tells the life and death story of how he got there; Whitney invites Buddy to Hawaii, but he may not make it out of rehab in time.
Buddy needs to find a sober coach to meet the gang in Hawaii; Whitney feels betrayed when Glenn admits he wasn't truthful about a very important detail of the 5K race; Babs gets jealous over Glenn's former girlfriend, Keiko.
Whitney decides to walk the 8K, even though she may come up two miles short; things take a dark turn when Buddy likens Whit's determination to addiction.
Fresh off the 8K, Whitney must re-evaluate her goals; six months out from her stroke, Babs gets behind the wheel for the first time; caught between the former lovers, Whitney has to break some bad news to Heather and mend a rift with Buddy.
With treatment coming to an end, Buddy must decide between Whitney's house and a sober living facility in Charleston; Whitney tries to convince Buddy to give Heather closure; the Thore family receives devastating news.
Before Buddy leaves town, he sits down for a final talk with Heather, but nothing could prepare her for the bombshell he delivers; Whitney questions her friendship with Buddy and announces an alarming plan to start a family.
Whitney, her friends and her family sit down with Shaun Robinson to talk about the challenges they faced this season, from Whitney's broken heart to Buddy's drug addiction.
Whitney, now single, blonde and a homeowner, takes a fresh approach to the challenges in her life, but an unfortunate fight and shocking news leads to catastrophe.
Whitney settles into the reality of being pregnant at 370 pounds and must find the courage to break the news to the father; Lennie asks for proof that the pregnancy is legitimate.
Glenn has a conniption when he learns of Whitney's pregnancy, and Babs tells everyone at the worst possible moment; Whitney covers Charlotte's gay pride festival for the radio station, but nothing can prepare her for fat-shaming at its worst.
Whitney attends rival Jiya's dance class and her skills get tested; Jiya and her Trophy Wives step onto Whitney's turf, where Whitney serves up a surprise; Roy puts Whitney on the spot while on the air.
Whitney runs into a friend from high school and accepts an invite to go horseback riding, but by the time she realizes she's on a romantic date, there's no turning back; Babs plans a bombshell of a surprise for Glenn on their wedding anniversary.
With the dance battle looming, Whitney brings in cutthroat choreographer Jenzi to help with the routine, but the decision proves disastrous when she gives Whitney a dark ultimatum.
Whitney's Big Girls gear up for the most intense performance of their lives; the Trophy Wives come packing a secret weapon that has Whitney calling foul; when an injury plagues her star dancer, Whitney loses her mind.
Whitney dives back into online dating, but a new type of suitor raises concern; Whitney and Buddy gear up for a fitness competition, but when they arrive, Will drops a bomb; Whitney sees the scorecards from the dance battle.
Whitney attends a belly dancing class with a judge from the dance battle, but a harmless lesson turns into a public performance; online date Nathan divulges information that throws Whitney's world into a tailspin.
Whitney tags along on Todd's New York trip to attend a dance workshop with The Fitness Marshall, but when she accepts an offer to be in a music video, he goes into an angry tirade and abandons her in Central Park.
With the dance battle rematch looming, Whitney's friends attempt to repair her relationship with Todd, but an untimely injury leads to an even bigger problem; Whitney learns that Babs has been rushed to the emergency room.
In the wake of Babs' stroke, the family struggles to hold it together; Whitney offers to help with Babs' recovery, but when she receives an unexpected offer, she must choose between her family and her dance career.
Whitney and cast look back on the most outrageous moments of the season; Whitney comes clean to Roy about her feelings, and a visit from Jiya makes things more tense; when host Shaun Robinson rubs Buddy the wrong way, he storms off the set.
Whitney's excitement about her dance-a-thon takes a dark turn when she realizes that her body is not as healthy as she thinks; Buddy reveals his new girlfriend and Whitney doesn't know how to react.
Whitney's rushed to the hospital from the dance-a-thon, but even her doctor can't scare her into making a big change; a trip to the snow turns disastrous.
Whitney wants Lennie to move in with her, but a couples' game night foreshadows a reality that she hadn't considered; Whitney does poorly in an interview for a radio job.
Whitney hangs out with transgender friend Mattie, only to find she's been withholding something; Whitney gives trainer Will excuses for her gym absences; Whitney stalks Lennie after he cuts off communication.
Between her parents' birthday party and Will's criticism of her diet, Whitney is feeling stressed; a comedian targets fat people while Whitney is working at the radio station.
Whitney gets a chance to make a dance DVD, but her backup dancers fail, putting her reputation at risk; Whitney's lack of commitment frustrates Will; Glenn threatens to get rid of Allister.
Despite her trainer leaving, Whitney must get her life together in time for the ballroom competition in Charlotte, N.C.; a surprise in Whitney's love catches everyone off guard.
Whitney and the cast dish on the past season, from Whitney's feelings about the funeral intervention to her fight with Caitie; Lennie and Whitney meet for the first time since breaking up.
Lennie and Whitney talk for the first time since breaking up; Whitney finally confesses her true feelings about Roy; sparks fly when Whitney confronts her nemesis, comedian Kerryn Feehan.
Whitney's confidence takes a hit when she receives discouraging news from the scale during her weigh in; a fight with Buddy puts Whitney over the edge.
Whitney fills in as the on-field entertainment for the Grasshoppers; Glenn prepares for the worst when he learns the results from his diabetes blood work.
Whitney attends an event in Los Angeles celebrating a man who became an overnight sensation after he was fat-shamed on the Internet, but faces a harsh truth about her health upon returning home.
Whitney was forced to give up dancing after a health disorder caused her to gain more than 230 pounds, but she is determined to show the world she can still move.
Whitney works with a personal trainer to try and take her weight loss up a notch; when her mother suggests Buddy is "the one" Whitney questions everything.
Whitney take us on a journey to get to know her mother, Babs; Whitney cheers her mother up after an event leaves her blue; a look back at some of their memories over the years.