Things appear to be tense between Lydia Plath and her family in the Welcome to Plathville season 8 trailer.
“Everyone is stepping into a whole new chapter in their lives,” Lydia, 22, says in the clip that dropped on Monday, March 2.
The trailer then cuts to a family dinner between the Plath family including Lydia, husband Zac Wyse and Kim Plath. (Lydia is one of Kim, 53, and Barry Plath’s nine children, including Ethan, 27, Hosana, 26, Micah, 24, Moriah, 23, Isaac, 20, Amber, 17, Cassia, 14, and Mercy, 13.)
While gathering at the table, Kim hints that the family had the potential to expand.
“There’s no telling how many people will be here next year,” Kim says, and when the subject of babies is brought up, Lydia replies, “You never know.”
Kim, who split from ex-husband Barry in 2022, jokes that she’s “not out of the race yet” to have another child. Zac, 21, shares in a confessional he didn’t want to speak about his “mother-in-law’s fertility.”
While things seemed amicable between Lydia and Kim during the group meal, Barry tells the camera that the mother-daughter duo has experienced tension in recent times.
“There’s healing that’s needed between Lydia and Kim,” Barry says.
The trailer flashes forward to a conversation between Kim and Lydia addressing their issues.
“You and I used to be really close before the divorce,” Kim tells her daughter while Lydia responds, “Whenever I would talk to you, it just felt like I was talking to a brick wall.”
In a confessional, Lydia opens up about her family seemingly hinting at the tension between the Plaths and Zac. (Kim and other members of the family previously claimed that Zac was “controlling” over Lydia. Lydia’s brother Ethan also asked Zac about his sexual orientation after proposing to Lydia)
“I’ve been angry,” Lydia tearfully says. “I’ve been really upset at my family for what they did.”
The screen flashes to Kim, who tells the camera that she thinks Lydia and Zac are “wanting apologies” following the drama. When asked if she was going to apologize for her part in the tension, Kim seemingly wavered.
“I don’t know,” Kim replied.
Zac shares in a confessional that he knows there’s only so much he and Lydia can do when it comes to her family.
“We’re going to control what we can control,” he says. “But their reactions, we can’t control.”
At some point in the season, Lydia and Zac have a sit down with the members of the Plath family. Lydia then warns her family there will be consequences if the drama continues.
Ethan Plath wasn’t sure of sister Lydia Plath’s whirlwind romance during the Welcome to Plathville season 7 premiere — especially after his own marriage ended in divorce. The Tuesday, July 22, premiere focused on new beginnings for the Plath family. Ethan, 27, and sister Moriah Plath were newly single when the cameras picked back up […]
“If I find out that there’s still gossiping about Zac and I, I will not tolerate it,” Lydia declares.
Lydia and Zac tied the knot in February 2025, two months after getting engaged. The couple had their first kiss during their nuptials.
“We saved our FIRST KISS for our wedding day!😘,” Lydia wrote via Instagram in August 2025 addressing why she and Zac chose to wait to have their first kiss. “It’s really saddening to see how that is taken such the wrong way in this day and age. Instead of people seeing how honoring and selfless that was of my husband, they assume we just weren’t attracted to each other. QUITE THE OPPOSITE!”
Welcome to Plathville season 8 premieres on TLC on Tuesday, March 31, at 10 p.m. ET.
