Season 8 (1986–87)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Written by	Directed by	Air Date	Tape Date
154	1	0801	Out of Peekskill (Part 1)	Michael Maurer, Richard Gurman and Paul Haggis	John Bowab	September 27, 1986	July 22, 1986
155	2	0802	Out of Peekskill (Part 2)	Michael Maurer, Richard Gurman and Paul Haggis	John Bowab	September 27, 1986	July 29, 1986
156	3	0803	Ready or Not	Jane Anderson	John Bowab	October 4, 1986	August 21, 1986
157	4	0805	Another Room	Story by : Katherine Green  Teleplay by : Michael Maurer & Martha Williamson	John Bowab	October 11, 1986	September 2, 1986
158	5	0807	Off-Broadway Baby	Martha Williamson	John Bowab	November 1, 1986	October 14, 1986
159	6	0808	The Little Chill	Phil Doran & Douglas Arango	Valentine Meyer	November 8, 1986	October 21, 1986
160	7	0809	The Ratings Game	Ross Brown	John Bowab	November 15, 1986	October 28, 1986
161	8	0811	The Wedding Day	Story by : Shirley Brown  Teleplay by : Ross Brown and Michael Poryes	John Bowab	November 22, 1986	November 18, 1986
162	9	0810	Fast Food	Michael Maurer	Marian Deaton	November 29, 1986	November 11, 1986
163	10	0804	Where's Poppa?	Micki Raton and Irma Kalish & Phil Doran & Douglas Arango	John Bowab	December 6, 1986	August 28, 1986
164	11	0806	Write and Wrong	Jane Anderson & Ross Brown	John Bowab	December 13, 1986	September 9, 1986
165	12	0812	Seven Little Indians	John Boni	John Bowab	January 3, 1987	November 25, 1986
166	13	0813	The Greek Connection	Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears	John Bowab	January 10, 1987	December 9, 1986
167	14	0815	Post-Christmas Card	Matt Gellar	John Bowab	January 17, 1987	January 13, 1987
168	15	0816	A Star is Torn	Martha Williamson	John Bowab	January 31, 1987	January 20, 1987
169	16	0814	A Winter's Tale	Bob Underwood	John Bowab	February 7, 1987	December 16, 1986
170	17	0817	Cupid's Revenge	John Boni	John Bowab	February 14, 1987	February 3, 1987
171	18	0819	62 Pick-Up	Phil Doran & Douglas Arango	John Bowab	February 21, 1987	February 17, 1987
172	19	0818	Boy Around the House	Austin and Irma Kalish	John Bowab	February 28, 1987	February 10, 1987
173	20	0820	Ex Marks the Spot	Story by: Katherine Green & Richard Gurman Teleplay by: Michael Maurer & Michael Poryes	John Bowab	March 7, 1987	February 24, 1987
174	21	0821	Younger Than Springtime	Lawrence H. Levy	John Bowab	March 21, 1987	March 10, 1987
175	22	0822	This is Only a Test	Ross Brown & Martha Williamson	Valentine Meyer	April 14, 1987	March 17, 1987
176	23	0823	Rites of Passage	Matt Geller & Racelle Friedman	John Bowab	May 2, 1987	March 24, 1987
177	24	0824	Rites of Passage Too	Michael Poryes	Marian Deaton	May 9, 1987	March 31, 1987