7.1/10146 votes#1 - With This Ring?
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1991
18 year old Vanessa reveals that she is engaged to a 29 year old Head Caretaker of her University ... and has been for six months.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
6.9/10125 votes#2 - There's No Place Like This Home
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1991
Cliff announces plans to add a new room to the house for Clair ... and only Clair. Sondra and Elvin are on the verge of purchasing their first house.
Director: N/A
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.5/10116 votes#3 - Particles in Motion
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1991
During his first parent-counselor meeting, Theo and a single mother discover mutual attraction. Rudy meets Stanley and the two are immediately smitten with each other, much to the chagrin of a jealous Kenny.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
6.0/10119 votes#4 - Pam Applies to College
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1991
Pam begins to realize that, because of her below average grades earlier in high school, she will not be able to attend the same college as her best friend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10134 votes#5 - Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1991
Anxious to see a famous rapper, Rudy and her friends lie to their parents in order to get into a club for 16 year olds and up. Cliff and Clair secretly send Pam, Lance and Charmaine to keep an eye on them.
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Writer: N/A
6.4/10120 votes#6 - It's Apparent to Everyone
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1991
Winnie and Nelson drive Cliff and Clair crazy around the house while Elvin and Sondra wait to move into their new house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10124 votes#7 - The Iceman Bricketh
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1991
Vanessa's grandparents Russell Huxtable and Carrie Hanks are desperate to meet her fiancé Dabnis, who bonds with Cliff over a plumbing job.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
6.3/10115 votes#8 - Olivia's Field Trip
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1991
Cliff chaperones Olivia's field trip to the museum; Theo falls victim to a scammer while ordering T-shirts for the community center.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10118 votes#9 - For Men Only
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1991
Cliff teaches a class "for men only" at the community center.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10115 votes#10 - Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1991
Olivia tries to delay Martin's return to Asia. Last appearance of Joseph C. Phillips as Martin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10112 votes#11 - Two Is a Crowd
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1991
Vanessa and Dabnis have relationship problems, as do Rudy and Stanley.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.4/10116 votes#12 - Clair's Place
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1991
As Christmas approaches, Clair gets a wonderful present: the completion of her special room.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
5.9/10117 votes#13 - Theo's Future
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1992
Theo is accepted to graduate school at NYU, but faces a tough decision when he is unexpectedly offered a chance to interview for a corporate job in San Francisco.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Janet Leahy
5.9/10119 votes#14 - The Price Is Wrong
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1992
Pam, Lance, Charmaine, and a group of senior citizens protest a grocery chain that gives preferential treatment to customers in wealthier neighborhoods.
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.2/10114 votes#15 - Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1992
Kenny pretends that he is dating another girl, in order to make Rudy jealous and force Stanley out of the picture.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10114 votes#16 - Eat, Drink and Be Wary
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1992
Rudy and her friends want to go on the subway.
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Writer: N/A
6.6/10118 votes#17 - The Getaway
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1992
Sondra, Elvin, and the twins finally move into their own house in New Jersey.
Director: Chuck Vinson
Writer: N/A
6.6/10112 votes#18 - Cliff Gets Jilted
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1992
Vanessa and Dabnis announce that they have broken their engagement ... and would-be father-in-law Cliff is devastated.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stuart Silverman
6.4/10116 votes#19 - Cliff and Theo Come Clean
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1992
Theo decides to turn down the corporate job in San Francisco and attend graduate school in New York. One of the students at the community center finds $600.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
6.5/10118 votes#20 - Clair's Reunion
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1992
Clair and her college friends plan a retirement party for one of their former professors from Hillman. Vanessa brings home a Senegalese exchange student.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10112 votes#21 - Rudy's Retreat
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1992
Cliff and Clair see Rudy changing. While preparing their wills, Sondra and Elvin try to determine who should be the twins' legal guardian if the couple should both die. Charmaine and Lance prepare to visit Hillman College.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.6/10124 votes#22 - You Can't Stop the Music
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/1992
Cliff and Clair go to a local radio station for a live salsa performance. Kenny babysits Olivia.
Director: Alan Smithee
Writer: N/A
6.0/10109 votes#23 - Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 4/23/1992
Kenny turns to Rudy and Cliff for help after lying to his girlfriend about plans for her birthday party. Cliff and Clair work on their income tax return.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10172 votes#24 - And So We Commence (1)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 4/30/1992
Theo prepares to graduate from New York University. An elated Cliff continues to invite additional people to the ceremony, despite the fact that Theo only has a limited number of tickets.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Janet Leahy
NaN/100 votes#25 - And So We Commence (2)
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 4/30/1992
As Theo graduates from NYU, Cliff remembers how a 14 year old Theo received D's in 9th grade and had no desire to attend college at all. Denise telephones and reveals that she is pregnant. Olivia leaves to join Denise and Martin in Singapore.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Janet Leahy
The Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 8
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"With This Ring?" is the best rated episode of "The Cosby Show" season 8. It scored 7.1/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Adriana Trigiani, it aired on 9/19/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "There's No Place Like This Home".