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The Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 8

Every episode of One Day at a Time Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 1 - The Perfect Wedding (1)
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    #1 - The Perfect Wedding (1)

    S8:E1

    Barbara's nerves are on edge as her wedding day approaches and husband-to-be Mark is no help, he's more interested in his golf game than helping with the preparations.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 2 - The Perfect Wedding (2)
    7.8/10(105 votes)

    #2 - The Perfect Wedding (2)

    S8:E2

    Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 3 - Honeymoon's Over
    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #3 - Honeymoon's Over

    S8:E3

    Barbara tries to adapt to life at Mark's rooming house, where her new husband's friends, including a scantily clad woman, breeze in and out without knocking to use the bathroom, or asking to use the closet and community refrigerator.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  4. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 4 - Catcher in the Mud
    6.3/10(105 votes)

    #4 - Catcher in the Mud

    S8:E4

    Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 5 - Last Time I Saw Paris
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    #5 - Last Time I Saw Paris

    S8:E5

    To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 6 - Auntie Francine
    6.9/10(99 votes)

    #6 - Auntie Francine

    S8:E6

    Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 7 - Lovers & Other Parents
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Lovers & Other Parents

    S8:E7

    Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 8 - Miracle of Birth (1)
    6.2/10(101 votes)

    #8 - Miracle of Birth (1)

    S8:E8

    Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  9. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 9 - Miracle of Birth (2)
    6.5/10(103 votes)

    #9 - Miracle of Birth (2)

    S8:E9

    Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  10. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 10 - First Things First
    6.4/10(106 votes)

    #10 - First Things First

    S8:E10

    Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Peter Noah

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  11. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 11 - Pride and Privacy (1)
    6.6/10(99 votes)

    #11 - Pride and Privacy (1)

    S8:E11

    Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Peter Noah

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  12. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 12 - Pride and Privacy (2)
    6.6/10(100 votes)

    #12 - Pride and Privacy (2)

    S8:E12

    With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 13 - Pride and Privacy (3)
    6.9/10(98 votes)

    #13 - Pride and Privacy (3)

    S8:E13

    Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  14. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 14 - The Cruise
    6.4/10(104 votes)

    #14 - The Cruise

    S8:E14

    Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  15. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 15 - Spare the Child
    7.0/10(105 votes)

    #15 - Spare the Child

    S8:E15

    Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 16 - The Hero
    5.8/10(101 votes)

    #16 - The Hero

    S8:E16

    Saving a businessman's life earns Schneider executive status in a job, complete with a secretary, a plush office, a rent-free apartment nearby and very little work to do.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 17 - The Good Life
    6.4/10(100 votes)

    #17 - The Good Life

    S8:E17

    A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 18 - Social Insecurity
    6.9/10(100 votes)

    #18 - Social Insecurity

    S8:E18

    Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 19 - A Young Man's Fancy
    7.1/10(104 votes)

    #19 - A Young Man's Fancy

    S8:E19

    Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  20. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 20 - The Letter
    6.7/10(102 votes)

    #20 - The Letter

    S8:E20

    A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 21 - Buyer's Remorse
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    #21 - Buyer's Remorse

    S8:E21

    Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 22 - Sonny Boy
    5.7/10(104 votes)

    #22 - Sonny Boy

    S8:E22

    A weekend outing with a girl from school is more attractive to Alex than the father-son night he agreed to attend at Schneider's lodge.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  23. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 23 - Panzini
    4.8/10(107 votes)

    #23 - Panzini

    S8:E23

    Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 24 - Sisters
    6.9/10(103 votes)

    #24 - Sisters

    S8:E24

    Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. One Day at a Time Season 8 Episode 25 - Second Time Around
    6.8/10(101 votes)

    #25 - Second Time Around

    S8:E25

    Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Perfect Wedding (1)" is the best rated episode of "One Day at a Time" season 8. It scored 7.8/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1982. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Perfect Wedding (2)".