本季是此剧的终结季，故事从所有人都在寻找失踪的Serena（布蕾克·莱弗利 Blake Lively 饰）开始。没有人知道她在哪里，就连神通广大的“绯闻女孩”也不知道。不过S很快出现了，身边还多了一个成熟稳重的英俊新男友。与此同时，为了能够长相厮守，Blair（莉顿·梅斯特 Leighton Meester 饰）下决心帮助Chuck（爱德·维斯特维克 Ed Westwick 饰）战胜他的父亲。Dan（佩恩·拜德格雷 Penn Badgley 饰）的新书比他的第一本书揭露更多的丑闻，在引起更大轰动效应的同时也带给了身边朋友很大困扰。而Nate（切斯·克劳福 Chace Crawford 饰）坚定不移地探查“绯闻女孩”的底细。
　　这一群曼哈顿的上流社会的富家子弟的命运到底会又怎么样的发展？而“绯闻女孩”的真实身份真的会被这一季被揭晓吗？

　　The eighth series has been confirmed to air starting on Friday 6 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9pm. However creator Tony Jordan has said that this will be the last for at least a while and the last with the current cast. Guest stars featuring this season will include Sheila Hancock, Martin Kemp and Paterson Joseph.Peter Polycarpou and John Barrowman have also revealed on Twitter that they will have guest roles in series eight. This will be the third series to be filmed in Birmingham, the fifth in HD and the fourth series featuring all of the current cast. Adrian Lester is also set to direct an episode, in which Mickey is kidnapped.Other cons will see the team take on the world of slimming pills and pull off a gold heist. Jaime Murray reprised her role for the final episode.

　　After Cragen is accused of murder, the team works secretly around the clock to defend him. Meanwhile, when Amaro also becomes implicated in the scandal and his personal life falls apart, he refuses to go down quietly.

　　Mac needs the help of a convicted arsonist recently released from prison to investigate the death of one of his FDNY firefighter friends.