6.6/1071 votes#1 - The Separation (1)
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1981
Louise and George are heartbroken when they discover Lionel and Jenny are having marital problems that result in a separation. This prompts George, Louise, Helen and Tom to convene to try to get them back together.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Bendetson
7.0/1068 votes#2 - The Separation (2)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1981
Due to the separation, Lionel is living at home with George and Louise. This prompts George to trick a marriage counselor into showing up at the Jefferson's apartment for the intention of bring Lionel and Jenny back together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1077 votes#3 - Louise's Father
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1981
A newspaper photo alerts George to the fact that the man in the photo could very well be Louise's father, since they both have the same name. Louise refuses to entertain this notion since she believes that her father died when she was young. However, George learns the truth after visiting the man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1071 votes#4 - My Maid, Your Maid
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1981
With Florence working at a new job, Louise and George decide to hire a new maid. However, George and Louise are at odds when they each have separate candidates in mind for the position.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.1/1073 votes#5 - I've Still Got It
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1981
George has become convinced that age is taking it's toll on him, with a receding hairline and larger midsection. To try to revitalize him, Louise sends him some flowers with a seductive note at his office. However, George becomes convinced the flowers are from his secretary.
Director: N/A
Writer: Seaman Jacobs
6.9/1066 votes#6 - Florence Did it Different (1)
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1981
Constant bickering between George and Carmen prompts Louise to tell Carmen how Florence handled George (via flashbacks). However, just as Carmen gets a handle on how to handle George, Florence shows up with news that the hotel burned down and she would like her old job back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1064 votes#7 - Florence Did it Different (2)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1981
When Florence learns the Jeffersons have hired a new maid she decides to let Carmen have the job. However, Carmen doesn't want to take Florence's job away from her so she decides to let her have it. With both Florence and Carmen at odds over who should keep the job, Louise decides to hire them both. However, on the sly, Florence makes plans to get fired.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1069 votes#8 - The House That George Built
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1981
George wants everyone to know him when he dies so he sets out to create himself into a legend. First he tries writing a book about his life but he then changes his mind and does the unthinkable. He buys a building and turns it into the George Jefferson Museum, complete with exhibits about his life and times.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1068 votes#9 - A Whole Lot of Trouble
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1981
Louise is furious when she learns that George is the businessman who plans on building over a local children's playground. However, George has second thoughts after he makes a visit to the playground.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1064 votes#10 - I've Got a Secret
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/1981
When George discovers Louise is keeping a diary, he goes all out to try to read it. Including staying up all night to try to wriggle it out of Louise's clutches. However, one day when she leaves it unguarded, George takes a peek and is shocked by it's contents which detail a number of affairs that Louise appears to be carrying on.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
6.9/1073 votes#11 - A Charmed Life
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/27/1981
George doesn't understand why he wasn't invited to a posh gala event at the Whittendale apartment, until Tom, Helen, Louise and Florence break the news the Whittendale ""hates his guts."" Wanting to earn some respect, George takes charm lessons in order to live up to the standards of the behavior of ""rich folks""
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.2/1076 votes#12 - Thammy the Thongwriter
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1982
George and Louise receive a post card from Harry, who's been transfered out of the country. Soon after, they meet the man who's moving into Harry's old apartment, a jingle writer whom George tries to get to write a jingle for his business. However, jingles are far from his mind, since he's having marital problems.
Director: N/A
Writer: David W. Duclon, Ron Leavitt
7.0/1067 votes#13 - I Spy
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1982
Helen's comments that Tom hasn't been paying any attention to her, fuel George's belief that she is having an affair especially since he sees her and another man having lunch together. This leads George to bring Tom down to the restaurant to see for himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1079 votes#14 - Dog-Gone
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1982
George has the task of taking care of Mr. Whittendale's wife's pet Doberman. However, when a freak accident occurs, ending in the dog's death, George is scared that he will end up on the streets.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil, Mark Rothman
6.9/1069 votes#15 - Blazing Jeffersons
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1982
George is distraught when he learns that his Brooklyn store has burned down due to faulty wiring. However, Tom raises his spirits by reminding him that his insurance will cover it by taking to court the person responsible for the faulty wiring. Just then George remembers who put in the wiring, Lionel.
Director: David W. Duclon
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.1/1073 votes#16 - Men of the Cloth
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1982
For Jessica's baptism, Louise wants Florence and her gospel singing group to perform and Jenny agrees with her. However, George wants someone else and sets out to get Andrae Crouch to preform at the baptism, going so far as to say he is a reverend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1071 votes#17 - A Case of Self-Defense
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1982
When Lionel and Jenny's apartment gets broken into, George begins to worry that his apartment could just as easily be broken into. His solution: buy a gun, something that Louise is totally against. However, George buys one on the sly and later proves to be a dangerous possession.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Richman
6.9/1069 votes#18 - My Wife, I Think I'll Keep Her
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/1982
Upset that their husbands do not feel they should be involved in business matters, Louise and Helen move in together leaving George and Tom to live together in the Jefferson apartment. All this prompted by George not consulting Louise about a commercial he was making and Tom's plans to go ahead publishing a book by written by a sexist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
7.2/1071 votes#19 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/14/1982
Louise, George, Tom and Helen plan a surprise party for Florence just to let her know how much they appreciate her friendship. However, when Florence walks in on the planning stages Tom makes an excuse and tells her she's invited but only to serve the meal. This prompts Florence to drown her sorrows in a $500 bottle of wine George just bought.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1073 votes#20 - The Strays (1)
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/21/1982
For their anniversary, George decides to replace the setting on Louise's wedding ring. Meanwhile, one of George's messenger's is robbed by an all-female street gang who gets away with the week's proceeds. Trying to combat the gang, George is stabbed and left for dead but not before they steal Louise's ring.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1076 votes#21 - The Strays (2)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 3/28/1982
Conclusion. George tries to retrieve Louise's wedding ring from the gang who mugged him. Sherman Hemsley. Wanda: Bernadette Cologne. Rachel: Lydia Nicole. Barrett: Leonard Lightfoot. Hugo: Irwin Keyes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1076 votes#22 - Jeffersons Greatest Hits
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/1982
A record producer follows Florence home from church, after hearing her gospel singing. Once at the Jefferson's apartment, he offers Florence the chance to make a record in exchange for $1200. Smelling a con, Louise and George try to stop Florence from making a big mistake that would cost her dearly.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ralph Phillips
7.4/1067 votes#23 - A Small Victory
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/1982
Louise and Helen consider leaving the Help Center due to lack of involvement from others as well as lack of funds. However, just as they're about to call it quits, a young hooker named Maggie walks in the door.
Director: N/A
Writer: David W. Duclon, Ron Leavitt
7.4/1067 votes#24 - Lesson in Love
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1982
Florence becomes depressed when her latest boyfriend doesn't call her for a second date. She later is asked out by a police officer and in order to keep him interested her, George gives Florence some tips on what men like in a woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1066 votes#25 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Helen
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 5/16/1982
Helen gets an invitation to have lunch with an old boyfriend and Tom is seething with jealousy. This leads him to have a dream about the Old West where he has a shootout with Pecos Darryl, a man after Helen's heart.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Casey, David Clark Lee
The Best Episodes of The Jeffersons Season 8
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Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A...
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Network:CBS
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Separation (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Jeffersons" season 8. It scored 6.6/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Bob Bendetson, it aired on 10/4/1981. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Separation (2)".