dalester23 wrote...
Wait, if they're just 8 repetitions, does that mean each episode is exactly the same?
The episodes are different. They have different animation, very small things are changed (for example, we see Haruhi is different bathing suits), and the direction differs from episode to episode (though not much), but in the end, nothing changes between the episodes. You can watch the first two episodes of the Endless Eight and then the last episode of the Endless Eight and not miss anything, saving you five episodes.
You can look up the episode summaries on
Wikipedia to prove that nothing's been missed.