- 6.7/1080 votes
#1 - Back to the Hills
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1969
The Clampetts head for the hills to snare a man for Elly May.
Director: N/A
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- 7.0/1084 votes
#2 - The Hills of Home
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1969
Partly filmed in the Ozarks: the Clampetts' hectic homecoming.
Director: N/A
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- 6.5/1077 votes
#3 - Silver Dollar City Fair
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1969
Granny is trying to snare a spouse for Elly May.
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- 6.9/1080 votes
#4 - Jane Finds Elly a Man
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1969
Jane and Jethro become involved in the search for Elly's groom-to-be.
Director: N/A
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- 6.5/1076 votes
#5 - Wedding Plans
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1969
The Clampetts plan Elly's wedding to Matthew Templeton (Roger Torrey).
Director: N/A
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- 6.6/1077 votes
#6 - Jed Buys Central Park
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1969
Con man Shifty Shafer (Phil Silvers) meets Jed in the Ozarks.
Director: N/A
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- 6.3/1068 votes
#7 - The Clampetts in New York
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1969
Phil Silvers as con man Shifty Shafer. Partly filmed in New York.
Director: N/A
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- 6.8/1078 votes
#8 - Manhattan Hillbillies
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1969
Sammy Davis Jr. has a cameo on the hillbillies' New York jaunt.
Director: N/A
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- 6.6/1073 votes
#9 - Home Again
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1969
Granny complicates things for Elly and her beau (Brian West).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1075 votes
#10 - Shorty Kellems Moves West
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1969
Shorty (Shug Fisher) goes West for a fling at the wild life.
Director: N/A
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- 6.8/1070 votes
#11 - Midnight Shorty
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1969
A rumor that Shorty is a millionaire lands him loads of dates.
Director: N/A
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- 6.7/1075 votes
#12 - Shorty Go Home
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1969
Granny wants to send Shorty packing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1067 votes
#13 - The Hero
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1969
Soupy Sales plays the Drysdales' air-ace nephew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1075 votes
#14 - Our Hero the Banker
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1969
Air Force ace Jetstream Bradford joins his Uncle Drysdale's bank.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1072 votes
#15 - Buzz Bodine, Boy General
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1969
Jethro arrives in Hooterville wearing the uniform of a general.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1077 votes
#16 - The Clampett-Hewes Empire
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1970
Rumor has it that the Clampetts plan to merge their interests with a tycoon (Guy Raymond).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1068 votes
#17 - What Happened to Shorty?
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1970
Silver Dollar City's mayor is fixin' to send Shorty back to the hills.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1072 votes
#18 - Marry Me, Shorty
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1970
The marriage battle between Shorty and Elverna (Elvia Allman) rages on.
Director: N/A
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- 6.1/1069 votes
#19 - Shorty Spits the Hook
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1970
Shorty balks at marrying Elverna.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1073 votes
#20 - Three-Day Reprieve
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1970
Shorty must behave for three days before he can marry Elverna.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1075 votes
#21 - The Wedding
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1970
Shorty finally gets married, but it's to the wrong woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1076 votes
#22 - Annul That Marriage
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1970
Shorty and Elverna engage in marital mayhem.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1069 votes
#23 - Hotel for Women
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1970
When Granny induces Jed, Elly, and Jethro to move into the nostalgic old cabin, Shorty Kellems exploits the now-unoccupied mansion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1068 votes
#24 - Simon Legree Drysdale
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1970
Slave driver Drysdale meets his secretary's burly brother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1077 votes
#25 - Honest John Returns
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1970
Con man Shifty Shafer (Phil Silvers) hooks Jed on a plan to rid Los Angeles of smog.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 8
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Back to the Hills" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" season 8. It scored 6.7/10 based on 80 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1969. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Hills of Home".