Seinfeld: Season 8

1996 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 8 of Seinfeld

Season 8 opens months after Susan's death. George wants to move out, but her parents insist that her things stay exactly as they were when she was alive. Jerry starts dating Dolores, and Peterman leaves the company, leaving Elaine in charge of his job. Elaine is expecting a baby, and her friends try to convince her to keep it, something she doesn't share. Kramer takes up karate, and a giant Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken sign lights up his apartment, which leads Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments. George, meanwhile, uses his widower story to pick up women, while the four friends get tangled up in their everyday routines.

22episodes

Sep 19, 1996premiered

May 15, 1997latest episode

8.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 The Foundation
Sep 19, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Susan's parents act to preserve her memory; Kramer gives Elaine a confidence boost after Peterman puts her in charge.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer · Starring: Janeane Garofalo, Lawrence Mandley, Bruce Davison, Grace Zabriskie
8x02 The Soul Mate
Sep 26, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Kramer falls for the woman Jerry's seeing; George suspects he's suspected of foul play.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Peter Mehlman · Starring: Kim Myers, Tim DeKay, Bruce Davison, Tommy Redmond Hicks
8x03 The Bizarro Jerry
Oct 3, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: David Mandel · Starring: Justina Vail Evans, Tim DeKay, Kyle T. Heffner, Pat Kilbane
8x04 The Little Kicks
Oct 10, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 8.3
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Spike Feresten · Starring: Neil Giuntoli, Rebecca McFarland, Tim O'Hare, Johnathan Brownlee
8x05 The Package
Oct 17, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
Elaine regrets peeking at her medical chart; George takes dating advice from Kramer, who also hatches a scheme to improve Jerry's stereo.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Jennifer Crittenden · Starring: Len Lesser, Ramón Franco, Richard Roat, Hal Fort Atkinson
8x06 The Fatigues
Oct 31, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
An employee's military bent scares Elaine; Kramer cooks for a Jewish singles night; Jerry finds fault with his girlfriend's mentor.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin · Starring: Ned Bellamy, Steve Hytner, Richard Herd, A. J. Langer
8x07 The Checks
Nov 7, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Tom Gammill, Steve O'Donnell, Max Pross · Starring: George Wallace, Gedde Watanabe, Sab Shimono, James Patrick Stuart
8x08 The Chicken Roaster
Nov 14, 1996 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer · Starring: Michael D. Roberts, Wayne Knight, Kymberly Kalil, Wesley Leong
8x09 The Abstinence
Nov 21, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Steve Koren, David Mandel · Starring: Debra Jo Rupp, Bernie Williams, Alex Trebek, David Letterman
8x10 The Andrea Doria Mid-Season Finale
Dec 19, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Spike Feresten · Starring: Ray Stricklyn, Theresa Mulligan, Diana Bellamy, Estelle Harris
8x11 The Little Jerry
Jan 9, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Jennifer Crittenden · Starring: John Michael Higgins, Miguel Sandoval, Andrea Bendewald, Paul Perri
8x12 The Money
Jan 16, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Peter Mehlman · Starring: Sarah Silverman, Sandy Baron, Barney Martin, Liz Sheridan
8x13 The Comeback
Jan 30, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: David Owen Trainor · Writing: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin · Starring: Ben Stein, Mark Harelik, Ivana Miličević, Joel Polis
8x14 The Van Buren Boys
Feb 6, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Darin Henry · Starring: Christine Taylor, David Moscow, Bruce Davison, Barney Martin
8x15 The Susie
Feb 13, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: David Mandel · Starring: Richard Herd, Lee Arenberg, Shannon Kenny, Jane Edith Wilson
8x16 The Pothole
Feb 20, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Dan O'Keefe, Steve O'Donnell · Starring: Kristin Davis, Jack McGee, Radmar Agana Jao, George Cheung
8x17 The English Patient
Mar 13, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
Elaine's review of a film loses her friends; a woman mistakes George for her boyfriend; Jerry visits his parents in Florida.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Steve Koren · Starring: Chelsea Noble, Lloyd Bridges, O'Neal Compton, Gene Dynarski
8x18 The Nap
Apr 10, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin · Starring: Kyle Sullivan, Stephen Lee, Angelo Tiffe, Richard Herd
8x19 The Yada Yada
Apr 24, 1997 · 26 min · ★ 8.6
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn · Starring: Suzanne Cryer, Debra Messing, Danny Woodburn, Jill St. John
8x20 The Millennium
May 1, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Jennifer Crittenden · Starring: Lauren Graham, Louan Gideon, Richard Herd, Michael Laskin
8x21 The Muffin Tops
May 8, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Spike Feresten · Starring: Melinda Clarke, Rena Sofer, Jack Riley, Bunny Summers
8x22 The Summer of George Season Finale
May 15, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Andy Ackerman · Writing: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer · Starring: Amanda Peet, Victor Raider-Wexler, Raquel Welch, Peter Dennis