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The Cosby Show

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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

9 available

Season 4

Episodes

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Episode 1

Call of the Wild

1987-09-24 · 22m

The newlywed Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with shocking news for Cliff and Clair.

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Episode 2

Theogate

1987-10-01 · 22m

Theo 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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Episode 3

It's Not Easy Being Green

1987-10-08 · 22m

Rudy 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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Episode 4

Cliff's Mistake

1987-10-15 · 22m

While 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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Episode 5

Shakespeare

1987-10-22 · 22m

Theo 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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Episode 6

That's Not What I Said

1987-10-29 · 22m

Cliff and Clair have an argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.

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Episode 7

Autumn Gifts

1987-11-05 · 22m

Rudy 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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Episode 8

Looking Back

1987-11-12 · 43m

Sondra 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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Episode 9

Where's Rudy?

1987-11-19 · 22m

Theo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition.

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Episode 10

Dance Mania

1987-12-03 · 22m

Theo 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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Episode 11

The Locker Room

1987-12-10 · 22m

Theo 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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Episode 12

The Show Must Go On

1987-12-17 · 22m

Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.

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Episode 13

Bookworm

1988-01-07 · 22m

Clair 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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Episode 14

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

1988-01-14 · 22m

Rudy 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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Episode 15

The Visit

1988-01-21 · 22m

Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.

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Episode 16

The Drum Major

1988-02-04 · 22m

Vanessa 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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Episode 17

Waterworks

1988-02-11 · 22m

Clair 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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Episode 18

Once Upon a Time

1988-02-18 · 22m

Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.

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Episode 19

Petanque

1988-02-25 · 22m

Cliff and a friend play pétanque.

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Episode 20

Trust Me

1988-03-03 · 22m

A 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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Episode 21

Home for the Weekend

1988-03-17 · 22m

Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.

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Episode 22

The Prom

1988-03-24 · 22m

Theo, 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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Episode 23

Gone Fishin'

1988-04-28 · 22m

When 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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Cast

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Heathcliff Huxtable

Phylicia Rashād

Phylicia Rashād

Clair Huxtable

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Theo Huxtable

Tempestt Bledsoe

Tempestt Bledsoe

Vanessa Huxtable

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Rudy Huxtable

Sabrina Le Beauf

Sabrina Le Beauf

Sondra Huxtable

Geoffrey Owens

Geoffrey Owens

Elvin Tibideaux

Raven-Symoné

Raven-Symoné

Olivia Kendall

Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander

Pam Tucker

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