8.1/1057 votesLoading...#1 - Quarantine
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/1977
Togetherness can be really funny when the whole Bradford household is quarantined, including Nancy's blind date,after Mary's boyfriend comes down with a mysterious ailment. David has to run errands for his quaranteened family. Nicolas hides some toys he brought into the house without buying them. Cabin fever eventually drives the family crazy.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10107 votesLoading...#2 - Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/1977
""Never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense."" That's how Tom and Joan Bradford remember the names of their childrens: Nicholas, Tommy, Elizabeth, Nancy, Susan, Joannie, Mary, and David.Tired of fighting with his father,David move out of the Bradford house and the youngest Bradford children fight over his bedroom, prompting Tom to learn the importance of having a family relationship.Elizabeth is arrested for possession of narcotics and Tom and Joan have to find 1,500 to pay a lawyer. Nicholas had his tonsils removed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1053 votesLoading...#3 - Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/1977
Topsy-turvy at the Bradfords when Tommy has his ""dream girl"" stand him up. Neither David nor Tom wants to go on their annual hunt. Nancy wants to be a cheerleader. Elizabeth gets grounded over curfew.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
8.0/1051 votesLoading...#4 - Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (2)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1977
The kids convince Tom to shoiw some Christmas spirit by bailing Sam out of jail and inviting him to the house for Christmas dinner as they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Tommy receives a special Christmas present from his mom.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.0/1058 votesLoading...#5 - All The Vice President's Men
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1978
Abby's parents are flying in from Pasadena for Thanksgiving.Nicholas is surprised when the Vice-President accepts his invitation to Thanksgiving dinner with the Bradfords. He picks the Bradfords as American's typical family. Tommy puts a deposit on a used car.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1026 votesLoading...#6 - Moving Out
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1979
Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accepting that his daughters are growing up. David buys a new truck and agrees to sell Tommy his van. Tom is upset when Abby loans the girls the money to get their own apartment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1028 votesLoading...#7 - Separate Ways
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1979
The furnace is on the blink, causing a cold front in the Bradford house, but Tom dismisses Mary's offer to fix it; Susan's chance for an internship conflicts with Merle's offer to play winter ball in Puerto Rico; Nicholas goes on strike for a raise in his allowance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1029 votesLoading...#8 - (Finally) Grad Night
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 4/30/1980
Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small party after graduation. Nicholas and Irving are working on a school project when Irving gets hurt and Tommy ends up spending grad night at the hospital. The party goes on without them as party crashers show up. Officers were called in to finally break up the party and Tom demands an explanation, thinking Tommy was being ignorant.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
7.9/1050 votesLoading...#9 - V is for Vivian
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/1977
Tony's sister shows up for a visit and turns the Bradford house upside-down when the encourages the kids to pursue their dreams and goals. David gets laid off and Vivian gets him a job as an architect. Mary gets ""C' in Introductory Philosophy. Joanie considers traveling in an acting company if she gets accepted by the director.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.9/1042 votesLoading...#10 - Is There a Doctor in the House?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1977
Dr. Max shows up on Tom's doorstep after a fight with his wife and ends up staying with the Bradfords, driving them crazy with his fussy ways. David tries to borrow money from his brothers and sisters to cover a bad check he wrote at poker game to cover a debt.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.9/1033 votesLoading...#11 - Much Ado about Garbage
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1978
With Abby's encouragement, Tom takes a leave of absence to pursue the dream of writing a book about his family. He can't get it published the norman way, but has a special issue done for each member of the family. David goes on a double date with Nancy and they come home with different stories of the same night.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
7.9/1031 votesLoading...#12 - The Lost Weekend
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/28/1978
Abby convinces Tom to spend the weekend with her parents in Pasadena, leaving the kids alone for the weekend. While they are away, despite a rule against having any non-Bradfords in the house, the kids throw a party, but then the house is overrun with chaos and the kids barely manage to get things back in order before Tom and Abby return. A distant cousins shows up on the Bradford doorstep for the flower children.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.9/1026 votesLoading...#13 - Just the Ten of Us
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1979
Nicholas tries to avoid a young lady who has a crush on him. Tired of saying goodnight to each other every night, David and Janet decide to live together. Tom is nominated for ""Father of the Year"", but his chance grows slim after David and Janet decide to become roommates.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
7.8/1057 votesLoading...#14 - Turnabout
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/1977
David learns about his life at a party the family throws to celebrates doctor Maxwell's 25th anniversary, as his date and Maxwell don't get along. David helps an older woman stuck in a traffic jam, but his dates seems to cause more trouble with his family than he bargained for.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1038 votesLoading...#15 - Mortgage Burnin' Blues
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1977
Tom throws a party to celebrates paying off the mortage on the Bradford house. Unfortunately, the kids get into a melee when Susan punches a heckler at David and Tommy's singing appreance and Tom has to remortage the house to pay the damages as seven of his children were arrested after a fight in the nightclub. David waits for the results of his contractor's exam. Nicholas felt left out since he was never arrested.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1053 votesLoading...#16 - Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (1)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1977
The Bradfords celebrate their first Christmas without their late mother,Joan. Nicholas mistakenly assumes the man he finds in the house on Christmas Eve is Santa Claus and lets him steal the Christmas presents, putting Christmas temporaily on hold.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.8/1031 votesLoading...#17 - Who's Crazy Here?
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1978
Suffering from imsommia and thinking he's going nuts.Tom visits a psychiatrist to find the cause. Tommy develops two personalities, ""disco kid"" and ""mellow man"", to impress the two girls he is dating. Tom's sneaking around leads Abby to believe that he may be having an affair.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.7/1069 votesLoading...#18 - Schussboomer
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/1977
Matilda, Mary's very pregnant, unmarriage, friend stays in the Bradford house while she is between apartment, but her attidude toward marriage upsets Tom. She learns the joys of parenthood and paternal Tom helps deliver her baby. Tom is upset that Susan wants to spend the weekend with her bofriend at Square Valley.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1046 votesLoading...#19 - Trial Marriage
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1977
This episode introduces Betty Buckley in the contract role of Sue "" Abby"" Abbott. At first she was a special guest star. Tommy breaks his ankles at a touch football game and will miss school for five weeks. Mary moves in with her boyfriend, a young psychiatry students [Doug] . Sandra Sue Abbott is sent to tutor Tommy while he is absent from school.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
7.7/1037 votesLoading...#20 - Children of the Groom (1)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1977
After much debate, Tom and Abby decides on November 9th as their wedding date and agree to let the children handle the wedding plans, but it almost does not happen when things get too crazy. Elizabeth and Nicholas are not as excited about the wedding plans as the rest of the Bradford children.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
7.7/1039 votesLoading...#21 - Children of the Groom (2)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1977
The children get carried away with the weddind plans and nearly cause the wedding to be canceled. Abby asks Elizabeth to be her maid of honor and develop a special relationship.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
7.7/1026 votesLoading...#22 - Here We Go Again
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1978
Abby has her own problems when she thinks sha may be pregnant and is relucant to tell Tom. Tom panics when he finds out he is going to be audited by the I.R.S, and the family pitches in for help. Nicholas plays post office for the first time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1026 votesLoading...#23 - The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1978
Many struggles with medical school and charaviristic professors. Susan, Elizabeth, and Nancy try to reach Tommy to drive is reluctant to do it. Tommu is embrassed top be seen with his teacher, Susan and Nancy. Finally, Tom traches Tommy a lesson in driving. Fed up with Mary's complaints about beeing unable ro study at home, Tom get her an apartment of her own for her to study for exams in medical school. She finally maves back home and the whole family coaches her.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
7.7/1030 votesLoading...#24 - War Between the Bradfords
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1978
The male Bradfords refuse to attend a speech that Abby was selected to give. War erupts between the Bradfords men and woman when the woman feel they are not respected by the men. Nancy gets a job pumping gas in a sexy uniform in a local filling station.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.7/1025 votesLoading...#25 - Mother's Rule
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1979
In an effort to keep the remaining Bradfords at home, Tom repeals all curfews but Abby doubts his wisdom. Tom shows everyone that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. The girls learn that having their own apartment isn't as great as they thought it would be. Nicholas has a hard time adjusting to having his own room.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Eight Is Enough
Every episode of Eight Is Enough ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Eight Is Enough!
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Quarantine" is the best rated episode of "Eight Is Enough". It scored 8.1/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by N/A, it aired on 4/19/1977. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense".