- 8.2/10(14)Loading...
#1 - With This Ring
Season 8 Episode 2
Aired 9/23/1965
- 8.1/10(21)Loading...
#2 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.9/10(19)Loading...
#3 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.9/10(17)Loading...
#4 - By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone
Season 8 Episode 27
Aired 3/19/1966
Jeff and Smitty try to get Leslie Gore, who is appearing in town, to record their new song.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Comments
0 - 7.8/10(17)Loading...
#5 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.8/10(17)Loading...
#6 - 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
Comments
0TRENDING NOW
The 20 BEST Episodes of The Donna Reed Show
READ - 7.6/10(21)Loading...
#7 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.6/10(16)Loading...
#8 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.4/10(15)Loading...
#9 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.4/10(19)Loading...
#10 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.3/10(14)Loading...
#11 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.3/10(13)Loading...
#12 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.2/10(15)Loading...
#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
Comments
0 - 7.2/10(14)Loading...
#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
Comments
0 - 7.1/10(18)Loading...
#15 - 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
Comments
0 - 7.0/10(15)Loading...
#16 - 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
Comments
0 - 6.9/10(20)Loading...
#17 - 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
Comments
0 - 6.8/10(15)Loading...
#18 - 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
Comments
0 - 6.6/10(18)Loading...
#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
Comments
0 - 6.5/10(17)Loading...
#20 - 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
Comments
0 - 6.5/10(19)Loading...
#21 - What Price Home?
Season 8 Episode 26
Aired 3/12/1966
The Stones put their house up for sale but, after reminiscing about their years there, change their minds.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Comments
0 - 6.4/10(13)Loading...
#22 - 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
Comments
0 - 6.4/10(15)Loading...
#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
Comments
0 - 6.2/10(14)Loading...
#24 - 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
Comments
0 - 5.5/10(21)Loading...
#25 - 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
Comments
0
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"With This Ring" is the best rated episode of "The Donna Reed Show" season 8. It scored 8.2/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Lawrence Dobkin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1965. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Big League Shock".