In the season eight premiere, Jax, Brittany, Schwartz, Katie, Sandoval and Ariana all move into their very first "grown-up" houses, while Stassi struggles to rebuild her broken friendship with Kristen. Newly sober Lala confides in Lisa Vanderpump about her desire to make amends with an old friend, and TomTom general manager Max breaks the rules by dating the new hostess, Dayna—much to his ex-girlfriend Scheana's dismay. Finally, Jax retaliates when Tom Sandoval skips one of his wedding events.

Stassi throws a book party at TomTom, but when Sandoval rage texts her for excluding him from the planning, it leads to an epic explosion between the two and forces Schwartz to pick sides between his two friends. Scheana bonds with new SUR server Charli over their mutual dislike for Dayna, while Dayna and Max's relationship continues to blossom. Finally, with Lisa Vanderpump away on a business trip, Schwartz must try to mend the rift in his friend group before everyone heads to Miami to celebrate Jax and Brittany.