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The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
- Created by:
- Bill Cosby, Michael J. Leeson, Ed. Weinberger
- Cast:
- Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashād, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Call of the Wild
1987-09-24 · 22mThe newlywed Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with shocking news for Cliff and Clair.
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E02
Episode 2
Theogate
1987-10-01 · 22mTheo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet. They both deny anything out of the ordinary happened, but Clair knows better. A mock trial is held to get to the bottom of the situation.
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E03
Episode 3
It's Not Easy Being Green
1987-10-08 · 22mRudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water heater.
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E04
Episode 4
Cliff's Mistake
1987-10-15 · 22mWhile setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discovers he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him.
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E05
Episode 5
Shakespeare
1987-10-22 · 22mTheo must read ‘Julius Caesar’ for school, but complains that it is boring. Russell and his friends read scenes from the play aloud, and Theo is enthralled.
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E06
Episode 6
That's Not What I Said
1987-10-29 · 22mCliff and Clair have an argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.
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E07
Episode 7
Autumn Gifts
1987-11-05 · 22mRudy goes to an older widowed lady's house each afternoon to have tea and play cards, but notices that she refuses to take her daily medication for diabetes.
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E08
Episode 8
Looking Back
1987-11-12 · 43mSondra and Elvin have their first marital fight, and Elvin comes to the Huxtable house for comfort and support. Clair shares about the difficulties in their house as flashbacks are shown.
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E09
Episode 9
Where's Rudy?
1987-11-19 · 22mTheo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition.
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E10
Episode 10
Dance Mania
1987-12-03 · 22mTheo and Cockroach have tickets to appear on television on the dance show "Dance Mania", but are told that only one of them can enter the studio during the filming because of fire laws.
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E11
Episode 11
The Locker Room
1987-12-10 · 22mTheo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood changes when one of the guys goes out with Vanessa and brags about it the next day.
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E12
Episode 12
The Show Must Go On
1987-12-17 · 22mVaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.
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E13
Episode 13
Bookworm
1988-01-07 · 22mClair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise, Cliff knows quite a bit about the book in question! Meanwhile, the kids attempt a sleepover at Sondra and Elvin's run-down studio apartment.
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E14
Episode 14
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
1988-01-14 · 22mRudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.
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E15
Episode 15
The Visit
1988-01-21 · 22mTheo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.
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E16
Episode 16
The Drum Major
1988-02-04 · 22mVanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Meanwhile, Cliff cooks up a batch of extremely spicy chili, and Russell tries to pay off a loan from an old friend.
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E17
Episode 17
Waterworks
1988-02-11 · 22mClair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.
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E18
Episode 18
Once Upon a Time
1988-02-18 · 22mRudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.
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E19
Episode 19
Petanque
1988-02-25 · 22mCliff and a friend play pétanque.
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E20
Episode 20
Trust Me
1988-03-03 · 22mA friend of Clair's has marital problems; Cliff takes a "mini-vacation" in the house as Theo, Rudy, and Vanessa try to stump each other with riddles.
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E21
Episode 21
Home for the Weekend
1988-03-17 · 22mDenise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.
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E22
Episode 22
The Prom
1988-03-24 · 22mTheo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom, but fail disastrously; Cliff and Clair relive their own prom.
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E23
Episode 23
Gone Fishin'
1988-04-28 · 22mWhen the Huxtable men go fishing, Theo catches a dead body, and soon attracts attention from the media. This success goes to his head, while Rudy and Kenny find a nest of baby birds, but the mother bird is missing. The two stories eventually cross in a surprising-and rather humiliating-lesson for Theo.
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Bill Cosby
Heathcliff Huxtable
Phylicia Rashād
Clair Huxtable
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Theo Huxtable
Tempestt Bledsoe
Vanessa Huxtable
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Rudy Huxtable
Sabrina Le Beauf
Sondra Huxtable
Geoffrey Owens
Elvin Tibideaux
Raven-Symoné
Olivia Kendall
Erika Alexander
Pam Tucker