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The Best Episodes of Seinfeld Season 8

Every episode of Seinfeld Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seinfeld Season 8!

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 8 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Seinfeld" season 8 is "The Foundation", rated 8.1/10 from 3471 user votes. It was directed by Andy Ackerman and written by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer. "The Foundation" aired on 9/19/1996 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Soul Mate".

  • The Foundation
    8.1/10 3,471 votes

    #1 - The Foundation

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1996

    Susan's parents act to preserve her memory; Kramer gives Elaine a confidence boost after Peterman puts her in charge.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer

  • The Soul Mate
    7.9/10 3,379 votes

    #2 - The Soul Mate

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1996

    Kramer falls for the woman Jerry's seeing; George suspects he's suspected of foul play.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Peter Mehlman

  • The Bizarro Jerry
    9.0/10 4,954 votes

    #3 - The Bizarro Jerry

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1996

    Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Mandel

  • The Little Kicks
    8.9/10 4,500 votes

    #4 - The Little Kicks

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1996

    Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Spike Feresten

  • The Package
    8.6/10 3,727 votes

    #5 - The Package

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1996

    Elaine regrets peeking at her medical chart; George takes dating advice from Kramer, who also hatches a scheme to improve Jerry's stereo.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Jennifer Crittenden

  • The Fatigues
    8.0/10 3,445 votes

    #6 - The Fatigues

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1996

    An employee's military bent scares Elaine; Kramer cooks for a Jewish singles night; Jerry finds fault with his girlfriend's mentor.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet

  • The Checks
    8.0/10 3,404 votes

    #7 - The Checks

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1996

    Jerry's popularity in Japan brings new friends to Kramer, and maybe new life to Jerry's TV pilot; Elaine's new beau won't share "his song" with her.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Steve O'Donnell

  • The Chicken Roaster
    8.9/10 4,602 votes

    #8 - The Chicken Roaster

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1996

    George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer

  • The Abstinence
    9.0/10 4,481 votes

    #9 - The Abstinence

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1996

    George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Mandel, Steve Koren

  • The Andrea Doria
    8.4/10 3,460 votes

    #10 - The Andrea Doria

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/1996

    Jerry tries to help Newman get transferred; George trades tales with a shipwreck survivor to obtain a dream apartment; Kramer coughs like a dog; a minor insult has a major effect on Elaine.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Spike Feresten

  • The Little Jerry
    8.3/10 3,592 votes

    #11 - The Little Jerry

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1997

    George finds a new romance--in a women's prison; Kramer buys a chicken, then puts his fowl to foul use; Elaine encourages her shaved-headed beau to grow back his hair.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Jennifer Crittenden

  • The Money
    7.7/10 3,246 votes

    #12 - The Money

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1997

    Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Peter Mehlman

  • The Comeback
    8.5/10 3,763 votes

    #13 - The Comeback

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1997

    Kramer arranges to die with dignity; Jerry learns his tennis consultant is a lousy player; George becomes obsessed with responding to an insult long after the fact; Elaine offends her video advisor.

    Director: David Owen Trainor

    Writer: Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet

  • The Van Buren Boys
    7.9/10 3,358 votes

    #14 - The Van Buren Boys

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1997

    Gang members protest George's handling of a scholarship named for Susan; some find Jerry's new girlfriend objectionable; Peterman wants Kramer's life experiences for his own autobiography, written by Elaine.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Darin Henry

  • The Susie
    8.6/10 3,725 votes

    #15 - The Susie

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1997

    Kramer becomes the spokesman for a woman George wants to avoid; Jerry's bookie welches; a co-worker mistakes Elaine for someone else, who's reported as a problem worker.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: David Mandel

  • The Pothole
    8.6/10 3,685 votes

    #16 - The Pothole

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1997

    Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Steve O'Donnell, Dan O'Keefe

  • The English Patient
    8.5/10 3,737 votes

    #17 - The English Patient

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/1997

    Elaine's review of a film loses her friends; a woman mistakes George for her boyfriend; Jerry visits his parents in Florida.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Steve Koren

  • The Nap
    8.7/10 3,906 votes

    #18 - The Nap

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/1997

    George crafts a place to nap at work; a new beau gives Elaine a mattress, which Kramer promptly soils; Jerry's kitchen is redesigned against his will.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet

  • The Yada Yada
    9.0/10 4,816 votes

    #19 - The Yada Yada

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/1997

    George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn

  • The Millennium
    8.0/10 3,371 votes

    #20 - The Millennium

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/1997

    The Mets express interest in George; an inattentive saleswoman irks Elaine; Kramer prepares for his millennium party; Jerry jockeys for position on his girlfriend's speed dial.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Jennifer Crittenden

  • The Muffin Tops
    8.4/10 3,624 votes

    #21 - The Muffin Tops

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1997

    George pretends he's a tourist to bond with a tourism worker; Elaine's former boss steals her million-dollar idea, while Kramer promotes a bus tour about the life of Elaine's current boss; Jerry shaves his chest hair.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Spike Feresten

  • The Summer of George
    8.5/10 3,668 votes

    #22 - The Summer of George

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1997

    Kramer's job at the Tony Awards leads to a meeting with Raquel Welch; George helps Jerry date a high-maintenance woman; Elaine is labeled catty after making a comment about a co-worker.

    Director: Andy Ackerman

    Writer: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer