Episode list

The Cosby Show

Together Again and Again
Theo is starting college and Denise is to return to Hillman. Cliff and Clair look forward to fewer children at home, but Theo does not have a room at college and has to commute while Denise drops out of college. Sondra announces she is pregnant.
7.3 /10
The Physical

Wed, Oct 12, 1988
The children tease Cliff about how much he eats as he prepares for his physical in the morning. Denise talks about the celebrities she meets at the record studio. Turns out she is not a great employee and does not really work with them.
7.4 /10
Rudy's All-Nighter
Rudy invites a friend over for a sleep-over party. Clair agrees to make baked apples; Cliff reluctantly agrees to performing a comedy routine. Rudy and her friend start the night with arguing. Theo gets a D grade on his first college paper.
6.8 /10
Move It

Wed, Oct 26, 1988
Cliff & Clair visit Sondra & Elvin's apartment and are surprised and shocked at the cramped space and state of disrepair. Clair does not want her grandchild to grow up there. Sondra & Elvin agree to borrow money to get a better place.
7.3 /10
Out of Brooklyn

Wed, Nov 02, 1988
Vanessa is having problems with her boyfriend Roy. Denise announces she quit her job and plans to move to Africa as a photographer's assistant. Despite objections and hardships she will endure, Denise is determined to go.
6.8 /10
The Birth

Wed, Nov 09, 1988
Sondra starts contractions; Elvin is nervous and Cliff and Clair are anxious.
7.2 /10
Cyranoise de Bergington
Rudy borrows money from Cliff to buy a birthday gift two months in advance for Clair. Theo's friend Howard breaks up with his girlfriend and Theo is interested in asking her out. Theo asks another friend, Denny, to talk to the girl for him.
6.8 /10
If the Dress Fits, Wear It
Clair goes on a crash diet and endures an exhaustive exercise program to lose enough weight to fit into an old dress to wear for an evening out with Cliff.
7.3 /10
Is There a Hamster in the House?
Rudy watches a hamster overnight for a friend but it dies. Feeling bad, Cliff and Rudy buy a replacement hamster. Rudy tells her friend what happened and is surprised how her friend takes the news.
6.8 /10
Cliff Babysits

Wed, Jan 11, 1989
Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
7 /10
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
Clair wants to replace the living room couch but Cliff is reluctant to let the old couch go. Also, Clair is invited on a television talk show. However, when she finds out she is only asked her thoughts as a black woman, she leaves the show.
7.1 /10
The Lost Weekend
Everybody's away for the weekend, Theo has the place to himself, and his friends decide that it's time to party.
7 /10
No Way, Baby

Sun, Feb 05, 1989
One of Cliff's patients is a young, unmarried teenager without other known family. Cliff finds the girl's grandfather so someone can be with her when she delivers. When Clair meets the grandfather, she realizes he cannot read or write.
7.2 /10
Can I Say Something, Please?
Rudy complains to her parents that she doesn't get to do what her friends can and she still has to follow so many rules. So Cliff and Clair allow Rudy to stay up as late as she wants to teach her a lesson.
6.8 /10
The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
Theo's former girlfriend, Justine, is starting to date other men and Theo is upset. Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for a spell or potion that will help him win her back.
6.6 /10
The Boys of Winter
Theo & his friends meet Cliff's former basketball coach. The Huxtables invite Coach Barry & his wife to their house for dinner. They watch a taped old basketball game together where Cliff misses all his shots & the coach sent him to the bench.
6.4 /10
It Comes and It Goes
Sondra finds it difficult to be a stay-at-home mom with baby twins. When the Tibideaux visit Cliff, Clair and Cliff's parents, Sondra vents with her mother and grandmother who have been there and done that with young children.
6.6 /10
Theo's Women

Wed, Mar 15, 1989
Theo helps an acting student with her lines then gets caught kissing her by his girlfriend who dumps him on the spot.
6.7 /10
A Room with No View
Rudy is constantly bothering her sister Vanessa and they always have a fight but their parents find the perfect way to teach them a lesson.
7 /10
What He Did for Love
Theo and his friends go to the cafeteria to impress a girl with a very expensive watch one of them found on the street. Unfortunately it appears that the watch was reported stolen and his friend gets in trouble.
6.6 /10
Day of the Locusts
Strep throat keeps Sondra from taking care of her babies, but she gets paranoid when Clair and Elvin's mom take the babies with them so she can recover.
7.2 /10
57 Varieties

Wed, May 10, 1989
Theo asks his parents to give him fifteen hundred dollars for an educational summer trip to Egypt. The Huxtables are not sure about giving him the money so he invites his teacher to the house to talk to his parents.
7.2 /10

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