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The Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 8

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

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Cosby Show" season 8 is "With This Ring?", rated 7.1/10 from 143 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Adriana Trigiani. "With This Ring?" aired on 9/19/1991 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "There's No Place Like This Home".

  • With This Ring?
    7.1/10 143 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

  • There's No Place Like This Home
    6.9/10 124 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

  • Particles in Motion
    6.5/10 116 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

  • Pam Applies to College
    6.0/10 118 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

  • Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
    6.6/10 131 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

  • It's Apparent to Everyone
    6.4/10 119 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

  • The Iceman Bricketh
    6.4/10 123 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

  • Olivia's Field Trip
    6.3/10 115 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

  • For Men Only
    6.4/10 118 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

  • Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
    6.3/10 115 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

  • Two Is a Crowd
    6.4/10 112 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

  • Clair's Place
    6.4/10 116 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

  • Theo's Future
    5.9/10 117 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

  • The Price Is Wrong
    5.9/10 118 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

  • Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
    6.2/10 113 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

  • Eat, Drink and Be Wary
    6.8/10 112 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

  • The Getaway
    6.6/10 118 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

  • Cliff Gets Jilted
    6.6/10 112 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

  • Cliff and Theo Come Clean
    6.4/10 115 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

  • Clair's Reunion
    6.5/10 117 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

  • Rudy's Retreat
    6.4/10 111 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

  • You Can't Stop the Music
    5.6/10 123 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

  • Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
    6.0/10 107 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

  • And So We Commence (1)
    7.4/10 170 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

  • And So We Commence (2)
    NaN/10 0 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