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The Best Episodes of Seinfeld Season 8

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 3 - The Bizarro Jerry
    9.0/10(5473 votes)

    S8:E3

    Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:David Mandel

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  2. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 9 - The Abstinence
    9.0/10(4984 votes)

    S8:E9

    George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Steve Koren, David Mandel

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  3. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 19 - The Yada Yada
    9.0/10(5375 votes)

    S8:E19

    George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn

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  4. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 4 - The Little Kicks
    8.9/10(4986 votes)

    S8:E4

    Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Spike Feresten

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  5. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 8 - The Chicken Roaster
    8.9/10(5075 votes)

    S8:E8

    George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer

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  6. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 5 - The Package
    8.6/10(4176 votes)

    S8:E5

    Elaine regrets peeking at her medical chart; George takes dating advice from Kramer, who also hatches a scheme to improve Jerry's stereo.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Jennifer Crittenden

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  7. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 15 - The Susie
    8.6/10(4154 votes)

    S8:E15

    Kramer becomes the spokesman for a woman George wants to avoid; Jerry's bookie welches; a co-worker mistakes Elaine for someone else, who's reported as a problem worker.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:David Mandel

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  8. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 16 - The Pothole
    8.6/10(4089 votes)

    S8:E16

    Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Dan O'Keefe, Steve O'Donnell

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  9. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 18 - The Nap
    8.6/10(4326 votes)

    S8:E18

    George crafts a place to nap at work; a new beau gives Elaine a mattress, which Kramer promptly soils; Jerry's kitchen is redesigned against his will.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin

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  10. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 13 - The Comeback
    8.5/10(4174 votes)

    S8:E13

    Kramer arranges to die with dignity; Jerry learns his tennis consultant is a lousy player; George becomes obsessed with responding to an insult long after the fact; Elaine offends her video advisor.

    Director:David Owen Trainor
    Writers:Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin

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  11. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 17 - The English Patient
    8.5/10(4147 votes)

    S8:E17

    Elaine's review of a film loses her friends; a woman mistakes George for her boyfriend; Jerry visits his parents in Florida.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Steve Koren

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  12. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 22 - The Summer of George
    8.5/10(4068 votes)

    S8:E22

    Kramer's job at the Tony Awards leads to a meeting with Raquel Welch; George helps Jerry date a high-maintenance woman; Elaine is labeled catty after making a comment about a co-worker.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer

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  13. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 10 - The Andrea Doria
    8.3/10(3859 votes)

    S8:E10

    Jerry tries to help Newman get transferred; George trades tales with a shipwreck survivor to obtain a dream apartment; Kramer coughs like a dog; a minor insult has a major effect on Elaine.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Spike Feresten

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  14. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 21 - The Muffin Tops
    8.3/10(4024 votes)

    S8:E21

    George pretends he's a tourist to bond with a tourism worker; Elaine's former boss steals her million-dollar idea, while Kramer promotes a bus tour about the life of Elaine's current boss; Jerry shaves his chest hair.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Spike Feresten

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  15. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 11 - The Little Jerry
    8.2/10(3996 votes)

    S8:E11

    George finds a new romance--in a women's prison; Kramer buys a chicken, then puts his fowl to foul use; Elaine encourages her shaved-headed beau to grow back his hair.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Jennifer Crittenden

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  16. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 1 - The Foundation
    8.0/10(3859 votes)

    S8:E1

    Susan's parents act to preserve her memory; Kramer gives Elaine a confidence boost after Peterman puts her in charge.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer

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  17. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 6 - The Fatigues
    8.0/10(3831 votes)

    S8:E6

    An employee's military bent scares Elaine; Kramer cooks for a Jewish singles night; Jerry finds fault with his girlfriend's mentor.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin

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  18. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 7 - The Checks
    8.0/10(3793 votes)

    S8:E7

    Jerry's popularity in Japan brings new friends to Kramer, and maybe new life to Jerry's TV pilot; Elaine's new beau won't share "his song" with her.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writers:Tom Gammill, Steve O'Donnell, Max Pross

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  19. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 20 - The Millennium
    8.0/10(3747 votes)

    S8:E20

    The Mets express interest in George; an inattentive saleswoman irks Elaine; Kramer prepares for his millennium party; Jerry jockeys for position on his girlfriend's speed dial.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Jennifer Crittenden

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  20. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 2 - The Soul Mate
    7.9/10(3763 votes)

    S8:E2

    Kramer falls for the woman Jerry's seeing; George suspects he's suspected of foul play.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Peter Mehlman

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  21. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 14 - The Van Buren Boys
    7.9/10(3734 votes)

    S8:E14

    Gang members protest George's handling of a scholarship named for Susan; some find Jerry's new girlfriend objectionable; Peterman wants Kramer's life experiences for his own autobiography, written by Elaine.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Darin Henry

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  22. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 12 - The Money
    7.6/10(3616 votes)

    S8:E12

    Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Peter Mehlman

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Bizarro Jerry" is the best rated episode of "Seinfeld" season 8. It scored 9/10 based on 5473 votes. Directed by Andy Ackerman and written by David Mandel, it aired on 10/3/1996. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Abstinence".