7.6/1021 votes#1 - Pop Goes Theresa
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1965
Jeff has finally gotten a date with Theresa, a new girl who has an over-protective father. One taste of freedom makes Theresa go wild, and her father puts all the blame on Jeff.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1014 votes
#2 - With This Ring
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1965
No description available
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1017 votes
#3 - Boy Meets Girl Machine
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965
Jeff balks at organizing the freshman-sophomore party until he meets his lovely co-chairman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1014 votes
#4 - Think Mink
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965
There is confusion over whose ticket won the mink coat that was the door prize at the Ladies League Luncheon so Donna and Midge decide to share the coat.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1015 votes
#5 - Four on the Floor
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1965
Jeff wants to buy a new car so bad that it will only cause trouble because Karen's Uncle Henshaw as no idea that car Jeff buys is a lemon (bad) car. Now Jeff has to figure out how to get rid of the car. Donna & Alex go and look at the car and find that the car is good.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1016 votes
#6 - Charge
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1965
Why can't the Stones get a Lesley Store credit card? The Stone's application for a card was rejected. But don't monkey around with Donna Stone! She'll figure out how to get one!
Director: N/A
Writer: Sam Locke
- 6.4/1013 votes
#7 - Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1965
Professor Caldwell is retiring because of a school policy; he's too old. Jeff starts a petition to get the professor back into teaching by student demand.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Sam Locke
- 7.1/1018 votes
#8 - Author, Author
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1965
Jeff asks Donna and Alex to take an aptitude test and finds out she can write and so she starts to write about the family, soon Alex Jeff and Trisha read what Donna wrote, they find out she wrote her family but the comments Donna wrote don't go over well with the family. Later Donna tells them that she wrote about her college teacher Trish's friend (who has a crush on Jeff and BA's Boys in the Attic.) Donna knew her family was reading what she wrote!
Director: N/A
Writer: Barbara Avedon
- 6.9/1020 votes
#9 - Trees
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1965
The tree outside Donna's house: does it belong to Donna or to the city? Can it be cut down without Donna's permission or not? Is this the plot of this episode? Yes!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1021 votes
#10 - The Big League Shock
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1965
Jeff's friend Bill was high school valedictorian, but as a freshman in college now is only making B's and C's. How can the Stone family help?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Gladiators
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1965
No description available
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1015 votes
#12 - Rally Around the Girls, Boys
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1965
Jeff and Scotty take some girls to Lake Sherwood. When they separate, the 2 girls manage to get lost trying to drive home. So how will they do in the upcoming car rally where it's the girls against the boys?
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1015 votes
#13 - Slipped Disc
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1965
Jeff and his combo want to cut a record, and in order to afford to do so, they sell shares in the venture.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1014 votes
#14 - Uncle Jeff Needs You
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1965
Desperate for a summer job as a counselor, Jeff tries to recruit two boys for summer camp.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Sam Locke
- 7.0/1015 votes
#15 - Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/23/1965
After the Stones agrees to take care of a friend's cottage on Echo Lake, Jeff decides it's the perfect locale for his frat party.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1019 votes
#16 - How to Handle a Woman
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1965
Jeff and his friends try to prove men are the stronger sex by dominating their girlfriends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#17 - My Son, the Councilman
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1966
Jeff runs for city council after the Commissioner threatens to close the city park.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1017 votes
#18 - Do It Yourself Donna
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1966
Donna and Alex spend weeks attempting to assemble a complicated stereo set for Jeff's birthday—unaware that Jeff and Smitty sneak in every night to repair the mess.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1018 votes
#19 - When I Was Your Age
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 1/22/1966
Frantic Donna and Alex try to stop Jeff and Bebe from getting married.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1021 votes
#20 - Calling Willie Mays
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/1966
Willie Mays reserves two seats at a Giants game for his friends the Stones; but Donna, Alex, and Jeff each show up with a guest.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - All This and Voltaire Too?
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1966
Donna and Midge take French lessons from the owner of a French restaurant.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Erna Lazarus
- 6.2/1014 votes
#22 - The Return of Mark
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/1966
When Donna's old boyfriend Mark, now a millionaire, comes to visit, Alex has trouble hiding his jealousy.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Barbara Avedon
- 6.4/1015 votes
#23 - Is There a Small Hotel?
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1966
The Stones decide to vacation in California, but everyone thinks they should go elsewhere.
Director: N/A
Writer: Laurence Marks
- 6.5/1017 votes
#24 - No More Parties, Almost
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/1966
Exhausted after weeks of social engagements, Donna and Alex try to get out of a friend's dinner party—until they learn they weren't invited.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1013 votes
#25 - So You Really Think You're Young at Heart
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/5/1966
Donna and Midge set out to prove Alex and Dave aren't getting old.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the...
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Pop Goes Theresa" is the best rated episode of "The Donna Reed Show" season 8. It scored 7.6/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1965. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "With This Ring".