An accident victim is trapped in her car all night; a 3-year-old gets popcorn stuck in her ear; a man's leg is nearly severed; a man coughs up blood; a man shoots his own hand.
Having her daughters help bathe her is not how Chrystal pictured parenting, but she is so large that there's no other option; Chrystal wants Dr. Now's help, but she didn't know that bringing her childhood trauma to light would be part of the deal.
Laura has used food to cope with her emotions; she is confined to a wheelchair and relies on an oxygen tank to breathe and her husband and mother to survive.
Lacey is so big from overeating that she can barely leave the house, but that hasn't stopped her from finding love with Ricky; Lacey's weight isn't the only thing between her and a happy husband, however, with Ricky's sister Sharon in the picture.
For Julian and his wife, Irma, it was love at first sight; in order to grow old together, Julian will have to overcome the food addiction that made him more than 800 pounds.
Mike was born with a talent for sports and an omnivorous appetite to match; after his football dreams were dashed by multiple concussions, Mike packed on over 700 pounds, now he must find a new purpose in life to avoid succumbing to pain and regret.
James B, grew up eating rich Haitian food and loves it with a passion; James needs Dr. Now's help to diminish that love in order to survive, but a death in the family sends James retreating back to the comforts he knows.
Nothing means more to Chris than his relationship with his daughter, Zoey, but now he feels he is failing her as his weight gain begins to limit his mobility.
Patrick's weight has never been a bother, but now he's so big that it's getting in the way of his relationship with his daughter; if he wants to see her graduate high school, he'll have to reverse course.