About this season
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.
Episodes (25)
1. Same Time Next Year
Aired 20 September 1990 • 22 min
Denise takes classes locally at Medgar Evers College, while Vanessa enrolls at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Rudy starts sixth grade. Olivia starts preschool.
2. Bird in the Hand
Aired 27 September 1990 • 22 min
Cliff tries to win a classic jazz record at an auction, while filling in for Denise as volunteer parent at Olivia's preschool. Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.
3. The Last Barbecue
Aired 4 October 1990 • 22 min
The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin's post-wedding bachelor party.
4. Period of Adjustment
Aired 11 October 1990 • 22 min
Clair's teenage second cousin moves in with the family.
5. It's All in the Game
Aired 18 October 1990 • 22 min
After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain about the various small disasters the children have caused them, and the children fight back by complaining about ways Cliff and Clair have embarrassed them.
6. Getting the Story
Aired 25 October 1990 • 22 min
Rudy and Kenny do a video project.
7. Just Thinking About It
Aired 1 November 1990 • 42 min
Under pressure from her boyfriend to become sexually active, Pam considers using birth control.
8. The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)
Aired 8 November 1990 • 22 min
Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans "Women's day" where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers any questions she has, but Rudy refuses to talk. Keith Diamond as Danny.
9. You Can Go Home Again
Aired 15 November 1990 • 22 min
Seeking privacy, Denise and Martin decide to look for their own apartment.
10. It's a Boy
Aired 29 November 1990 • 22 min
The husband of one of Cliff's patients worries that he will be a poor father because he has no athletic ability. After Pam breaks up with Slide, she and the class brain are attracted to each other.
11. Clair's Liberation
Aired 6 December 1990 • 22 min
Clair enters menopause. She takes the news fine, but the kids treat her as if she's losing her mind.
12. It's Your Move
Aired 13 December 1990 • 22 min
Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.
13. Theo's Final Final
Aired 3 January 1991 • 22 min
Theo will make the dean's list if he gets an A on his final, but a beautiful exchange student planning to leave the next day for Barbados distracts him. Vanessa A. Williams appears (now portraying Cheryl).
14. Attack of the Killer B's
Aired 10 January 1991 • 22 min
Pam's grades have improved, but she worries that she will not be able to afford college.
15. Total Control
Aired 31 January 1991 • 22 min
Cliff's patient and her husband are convinced that they are prepared for every scenario ... and then labor begins.
16. Adventures in Babysitting
Aired 7 February 1991 • 22 min
Rudy begs Martin to let her babysit Olivia. Cliff and Dr. Harmon enter a pinochle tournament as partners ... and so do their wives.
17. 27 and Still Cooking
Aired 14 February 1991 • 22 min
To celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with Clair, Cliff recreates the Callaloo Pot, a Caribbean restaurant where the couple dined on their honeymoon.
18. The Return of the Clairettes
Aired 21 February 1991 • 22 min
An old friend of Clair visits, along with her husband. Rudy prepares for her first date.
19. No More Mr. Nice Guy
Aired 28 February 1991 • 22 min
Theo's friend Denny thinks his girlfriend is cheating on him.
20. Home Remedies
Aired 7 March 1991 • 22 min
When Olivia comes down with a cold, everyone (except Cliff) has a different home remedy to offer as a cure. Russell and Anna celebrate another wedding anniversary. Cliff, Rudy and Olivia perform Koko Taylor's "I'm A Woman".
21. Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
Aired 21 March 1991 • 22 min
Rudy has a nightmare about Olivia always getting her way.
22. There's Still No Joy in Mudville
Aired 4 April 1991 • 22 min
Cliff goes bowling with his friends.
23. Cliff and Jake
Aired 11 April 1991 • 22 min
Clair tries to prevent Cliff from buying a new appliance from his friend Jake.
24. Theo and the Kids (1)
Aired 25 April 1991 • 22 min
Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the community center; he soon suspects that one of the children there is dyslexic.
25. Theo and the Kids (2)
Aired 2 May 1991 • 22 min
Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.