The Best Episodes of The Donna Reed Show Season 8

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.

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Director: Lawrence Dobkin

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Jeff balks at organizing the freshman-sophomore party until he meets his lovely co-chairman.

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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

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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.

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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!

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Writer: Sam Locke

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

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!

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Writer: Barbara Avedon

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!

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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?

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Director: Alan Rafkin

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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

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Jeff and his combo want to cut a record, and in order to afford to do so, they sell shares in the venture.

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Desperate for a summer job as a counselor, Jeff tries to recruit two boys for summer camp.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Sam Locke

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

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Jeff and his friends try to prove men are the stronger sex by dominating their girlfriends.

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Jeff runs for city council after the Commissioner threatens to close the city park.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

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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

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Frantic Donna and Alex try to stop Jeff and Bebe from getting married.

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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

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Donna and Midge take French lessons from the owner of a French restaurant.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Erna Lazarus

When Donna's old boyfriend Mark, now a millionaire, comes to visit, Alex has trouble hiding his jealousy.

Director: Lee Philips

Writer: Barbara Avedon

The Stones decide to vacation in California, but everyone thinks they should go elsewhere.

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Writer: Laurence Marks

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.

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Donna and Midge set out to prove Alex and Dave aren't getting old.

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