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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Bill Cosby, Ed Weinberger, Michael Leeson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Keith Reddin (Mr. McManis), Todd Hollowell (Denise's boyfriend)
When Theo brings home a bad report card, Cliff uses Monopoly money to teach him about economic realities. Meanwhile, Cliff is surprised by Denise's newest boyfriend, a former merchant marine who has spent time in a Turkish prison.
2 :01x02 - Mr. Fish (a.k.a. Goodbye, Mr. Fish)
When Rudy's pet goldfish, Lamont, dies she is very upset. So Cliff decides to have a funeral for him.
3 :01x03 - Bad Dreams
Vanessa sneaks into an R-rated movie her parents have forbidden her to see, and she has nightmares for days. Meanwhile, Denise decides to get back at a date who ignores her by ordering the most expensive items on the menu when he takes her out.
4 :01x04 - Is That My Boy?
Cliff is extremely excited when Theo makes the freshman football team.
5 :01x05 - A Shirt Story
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Sonia Bailey (Christine), Kadeem Hardison (Phillip Washington)
When Cliff denies Theo's request for the money to buy an expensive shirt, he turns to Denise to make him one like it, and things go horribly wrong.
6 :01x06 - Breaking With Tradition
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
Cliff and his dad try to persuade Denise to go to their college, Hillman, because none of the other Huxtable children will go.
7 :01x07 - One More Time
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Marilyn Rockafellow (Mrs. Burke), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks)
Clair becomes obsessed with the idea of having another child after babysitting for a friend. Everyone else in the family though, including Cliff, doesn't like the effect it would have on them.
8 :01x08 - Play It Again, Vanessa
Writer: Jerry Ross
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Dizzy Gillespie (Mr. Hampton)
After Vanessa becomes discouraged by her lack of ability and quits the clarinet, Cliff hires a music teacher, Mr. Hampton, to help her.
9 :01x09 - How Ugly Is He?
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Kristoff St. John (David James)
Cliff insists on meeting Denise's newest boyfriend.
10 :01x10 - Bon Jour Sondra
Writer: Jerry Ross, Michael Loman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Sabrina Le Beauf (Sondra Huxtable)
Sondra comes home for Thanksgiving and announces her plans to spend the summer in Paris with some friends.
11 :01x11 - You're Not a Mother Night
Writer: Karyl Geld Miller, Korby Siamis
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Anne Twomey (Mrs. Jennings)
When Clair gets fed-up with the children, Cliff gives her a "You're Not A Mother Night" in a hotel room away from the children.
12 :01x12 - Rudy's Sick
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Clarke Gordon (Mr. Halifax), Doug Yasuda (Steve Yamado), Haru Aki (Janet Yamado)
Cliff has to look after sick Rudy while Clair is at an important meeting.
13 :01x13 - Father's Day
Writer: John Markus, Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Doris Belack (Saleslady), Suzee Pai (Mrs. Lee), Tzi Ma (Mr. Lee)
Cliff wants his family to give him a present for Father's Day that he can actually use.
14 :01x14 - Independence Day
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
When Theo reveals that he got his ear pierced for his girlfriend, stories come out about what stupid things all the Huxtable men did for love.
15 :01x15 - Physician of the Year
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Sheldon Leonard (Dr. Wexler), Aleta Mitchell (Mrs. Randall), Elisa de la Roche (Nurse)
When Cliff is not able to make it to an award ceremony where he is supposed to receive the physician of the Year award because of an early delivery, he has Theo accept it in his place.
16 :01x16 - Jitterbug Break
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Judith Jamison (Marie), Donald McKayle (Ralph), Alex Paez (Al)
Denise attempts to convince her parents to let her sleep in the street to try to get concert tickets.
17 :01x17 - Theo and the Joint
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Stephen Thompson (Anthony Braxton), Iman (Mrs. Montgomery)
Clair jumps to conclusions when she accidentally knocks one of Theo's books off the kitchen table and finds a joint.
18 :01x18 - Vanessa's New Class
Writer: Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), William Christian (Mr. Robertson)
Vanessa does a poor job on her science fair project, and when she gets to school, she is so shocked by the high quality of the other student's projects, and the poor quality of hers, that she tells a lie about one of her friends getting help on theirs. Meanwhile, when the dishwasher breaks, Clair tries to keep Cliff from fixing it, but to no avail. Cliff ends up destroying it, having to by a new one, and tries to hide it from Clair.
19 :01x19 - Clair's Case
Writer: Winifred Hervey
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Sabrina Le Beauf (Sondra Huxtable), David Langston Smyrl (Man In Court), Shawn Elliott (Mr. Wilson), Alan North (Judge), Lloyd Battista (Lawyer)
Clair helps Sondra when she sues an auto mechanic who charges her for a job he didn't do.
20 :01x20 - Back to the Track, Jack
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Al Freeman, Jr. (Coach Ernie Scott)
Cliff decides to run with his old mile relay team members in a grudge match against the Norton University team.
21 :01x21 - The Younger Woman
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Terry Farrell (Nicki Phillips), Sabrina Le Beauf (Sondra Huxtable), Robert King (Dr. Mike Newcomb)
When Cliff and Clair invite a widower friend of theirs over, they are shocked by the age of his girlfriend.
22 :01x22 - Slumber Party
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Naoka Nakagawa (Naoka), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Alicia Keys (Maria)
Cliff lets Rudy have a slumber party when she feels left-out by her siblings.
23 :01x23 - Mr. Quiet
Writer: Emily Tracy
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Tony Orlando (Tony Castillo), Pearl Tama (Sonya Tarron), Ada Maris (Selena Cruz), Alexis Cruz (Enrique Tarron), David Langston Smyrl (Chester), Angela Bassett (Mrs. Mitchell), Lisa Mordente (Expectant Mother #1)
Theo and Cliff help a little boy named Enrique who has become silent around strangers after the man who murdered his policeman father is released from prison.
24 :01x24 - Cliff's Birthday
Writer: John Markus, Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lena Horne (Herself), Sabrina Le Beauf (Sondra Huxtable), Clarence Williams III (Clarence Thornehill)
For Cliff's birthday, Clair surprises him by planning to take him to Lena Horne's nightclub.
25 :02x01 - First Day of School
The Huxtable children all start a new school year.
26 :02x02 - The Juicer
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), David Langston Smyrl (Sam Lucas)
After Cliff buys an expensive new juicer and forbids Rudy to touch it, she does just what he forbids when Vanessa is left in charge.
27 :02x03 - Happy Anniversary
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
It's Anna and Russell's 49th wedding anniversary and the Huxtables plan a party to celebrate. Anna and Russell don't expect anything, but Cliff surprises them with a cruise to Europe.
28 :02x04 - Cliff in Love
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Joseph C. Phillips (Darryl Marchamp), Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux)
While on a weekend visit, Sondra breaks up with Elvin, and Cliff tries to convince her to take him back.
29 :02x05 - Theo and the Older Woman
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Victoria Platt (Tori Beckwith), Blair Underwood (Mark Roberts), Robin Givens (Suzanne)
Theo vows that he will win a date with Denise's sexy study partner.
30 :02x06 - Halloween
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Akili Prince (Scott Wilson)
While Cliff is out taking Rudy and her friends trick-or-treating, Vanessa has a Halloween party, and is extremely excited when the cutest boy in school, Robert, shows up.
31 :02x07 - Rudy Suits Up
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara)
Rudy becomes the star of a children's football team.
32 :02x08 - Denise Drives
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Ann Flood (Mrs. Kenton), David Langston Smyrl (Sam Lucas)
Denise is shown the art of used car buying by Cliff.
33 :02x09 - Clair's Sister
Writer: Elliot Shoenman, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Yvonne Erwin (Sarah Hanks), Jeff Mooring (Greg), Mario Van Peebles (Garvin), Joe Williams (Al Hanks), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), Russell Curry (Tad)
Clair's sister gets engaged.
34 :02x10 - Clair's Toe
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
Clair decides that she will not let her broken toe interfere with her normal routine.
35 :02x11 - Denise's Friend
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Stacey Dash (Michelle)
One of Denise's friends seeks medical advice from Cliff.
36 :02x12 - Mrs. Westlake
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Matt Williams (Jack Westlake), Sonia Braga (Anna Marie Westlake)
Theo's prim and proper math teacher gets invited over to dinner by Cliff.
37 :02x13 - The Auction
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Eileen Letchworth (Betty), David O'Brien (Unknown), Michelle Pierce (Darlene), Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux)
Clair is determined to get back a painting by her great-uncle, Ellis Wilson, at an auction.
38 :02x14 - Vanessa's Bad Grade
Writer: Ross Brown
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman)
Vanessa and Robert get D's on an exam after they study together.
39 :02x15 - Theo and Cockroach
Writer: Thad Mumford
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Traci Ann Wolfe (Teresa), Claude Brooks (Donny), Earle Hyman (MacBeth), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Theo and his friend Cockroach have to take a test in English class on MacBeth. Instead of reading the book, they rent a recording which they can't understand a word of. Theo manages to pass the test though using Cleland notes.
40 :02x16 - The Dentist
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Danny Kaye (Dr. Burns), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara)
Rudy's friend, Peter, is afraid to go to the dentist.
41 :02x17 - Play It Again, Russell
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Josephine Premice (Mrs. Cunningham), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
Anna and the Huxtable family try to help Russell gain his passion back for music.
42 :02x18 - A Touch of Wonder
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Stevie Wonder (Himself)
After Denise and Theo get in an accident with Stevie Wonder's limo, they are all ecstatic when Stevie invites them to come to a recording session.
43 :02x19 - Full House
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Naoka Nakagawa (Naoka), Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman), Clayton Prince (Eddie Lehart)
Exhausted Cliff has trouble finding a quiet place to rest because of his children. Eventually they all go out on dates leaving Cliff some peace and quiet.
44 :02x20 - Close to Home
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Samuel E. Wright (Dr. Dan Morgan), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Cliff's friend Dr. Morgan comes over and explains to him how his family is falling apart. Meanwhile, Theo and Cockroach work on a rap for Speech Class. Also, Cliff helps frantic Vanessa search for a missing paper.
45 :02x21 - An Early Spring
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Sonia Braga (Anna Maria Westlake), Matt Williams (Jack Westlake), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Theo and Cockroach study for an important math test, and when their teacher, Mrs. Westlake, is hospitalized, they are worried for her, and happy that they will get extra time to study. Meanwhile, Cliff gets frustrated when teaching Rudy to ride a bike, while Clair does it with ease, and Denise helps Vanessa hide an embarrassing zit.
46 :02x22 - Theo's Holiday
Writer: Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Theo's family decides to teach him about how the "Real World" will be when he thinks that it will be really easy.
47 :02x23 - The Card Game
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Tanya Wright (Tanya Simpson), Roscoe Lee Browne (Dr. Barnabus Foster), Bill Gunn (Homer Dobson), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
When Cliff's pinochle partner becomes sick on the day that they are set to face Russell and his friend Homer, Cliff's college English professor, Dr. Foster, decides to fill in. Meanwhile, Theo is unsure that his girlfriend will like the fake diamond ring that he bought her off of TV.
48 :02x24 - Off to the Races
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Valerie Brisco-Hooks (Herself), Joshua Culbreath (Col. Sanford B. "Tailwind" Turner)
Cliff accepts an offer to run a race against Tailwind Turner who he lost to years ago. Meanwhile, Rudy performs chores around the house to earn money to buy one of her favorite dolls, Mega Woman.
49 :02x25 - Denise's Decision
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
Denise has a very tough time deciding which college she will go to- and everyone isn't helping by making their opinions heard.
50 :03x01 - Bring 'em Back Alive
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Leonard Jackson (Exterminator)
Everyone in the Huxtable family, except for Cliff is deathly afraid when they find a snake in the basement. Meanwhile, Theo and Cockroach plan a party at Cockroach's house, and decide to only invite girls.
51 :03x02 - Food for Thought
The whole family helps Denise pack and prepare for college. Meanwhile, Clair challenges Cliff to go one day without eating junk food. He eventually becomes so desperate that he gets Theo to sneak him leftovers from Cockroach's house.
52 :03x03 - Golden Anniversary
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
The Huxtables have a party for Anna and Russell's 50th wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, Sondra and Elvin argue the whole way home while bringing Denise back on a visit from college.
53 :03x04 - Man Talk
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Tanya Wright (Tanya Simpson)
Theo seeks advice from Cliff in his relationship with Tanya when he finds himself attracted to another girl, Randi Taylor, who repeatedly flirts with him. Meanwhile, Rudy and Cliff have a tea party.
54 :03x05 - Mother, May I?
Writer: Susan Fales
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Nicole Fort (Rebecca)
When Rudy reveals that Vanessa has make-up, Clair confronts Vanessa and reminds her that she is not allowed to wear make-up until she is 15. But Vanessa wears it anyway at the insistence of her friends, and ends up getting caught. Meanwhile, Theo learns about fire safety at school.
55 :03x06 - The March
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Joe Williams (Al Hanks), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
Cliff, Clair, and the grandparents help Theo after he gets a C on a paper about the 1963 march on Washington by telling what it was like to be there. Meanwhile, Rudy helps Vanessa build up the courage to ask a boy to the "Turnaround Dance."
56 :03x07 - Theo's Flight
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Theo and Cockroach decide it's their life's calling to be pilots after a member of the Tuskegee Airmen comes to speak to their class. They convince Cliff and Clair to let them take lessons, but realize it wouldn't be as good as they thought because they wouldn't have any free time. Meanwhile, Rudy brings home her new boyfriend "Bud" who's real name is Kenny, and Cliff and Clair aren't happy with the way Rudy bosses him around.
57 :03x08 - Vanessa's Rich
Writer: Margaret Beddow Hatch
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Essence Atkins (Paula Young)
When two of the most popular girls in school come over to Vanessa's house and find out that she has an $11,000.00 painting hanging over her fireplace, they spread rumors around the school that she is a stuck-up rich girl, and Vanessa decides it would be better if they were poor. Meanwhile, Clair is afraid that Cliff will buy too many things when he goes to the hardware store to buy a new TV remote. So she decides to call the owner, one of her old friends, and ask him to refuse to sell anything to Cliff except for the remote. Also, when Theo teaches Rudy how to play checkers, and she beats him very quickly, he decides to play a trick on Cliff.
58 :03x09 - Denise Gets a D
Writer: Matt Geller
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Rosalind Cash (Dr. Hughes)
Denise blames her teachers not reminding her about deadlines when she gets her third straight D in English. Meanwhile, Rudy wants to play the Sun not the Wind in the school play because the Sun has the starring role.
59 :03x10 - A Girl and Her Dog
Writer: Chris Auer
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Mario Mendoza (Tony)
When Rudy and Peter find a dog, they beg Cliff to let them keep it. He says they can keep it until they find the owner, but only if they promise to take care of it. And of course, they don't keep their end of the deal. Meanwhile, Vanessa mopes around after she is told that she has to go to Washington D.C. with the family instead of getting to attend the hottest party of the year.
60 :03x11 - War Stories
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Ermundo Russell (Aaron Stokes), Jason Warwin (Tyrone Baxter), Bill Gunn (Homer Dobson), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Jason Bernard (Sgt. Major Boswell Stokes)
When Russell and his war buddies share their war stories, everyone listens, but when Cliff tries to tell his old Navy stories, no one will listen because he served during a peaceful time. Meanwhile, Vanessa is just about to leave on a skating date with Tyrone when she encounters a problem, at the last minute one of Russell's army buddy's handsome grandson shows up. Also, Theo loses a date with a girl when he takes Cockroach's advice.
61 :03x12 - Cliff in Charge
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
While Clair is away at Hillman organizing a ceremony for their retiring president, Cliff is left in charge. Russell even comes to stay to try and help out, and is impressed by the way Cliff handles things.
62 :03x13 - Monster Man Huxtable
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux)
After Sondra and Elvin admit that they are not fighting as frequently, Elvin confesses to Theo that he is thinking about asking her to marry him. Meanwhile, when Cliff convinces Rudy to write a letter to Clair who is away at Hillman instead of calling her, Vanessa tries to teach her the "proper" way to write a letter.
63 :03x14 - Rudy Spends the Night
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Tracy Allen Clark (Maxine Kirkwood), Ana D. Zenon (Lana Herman), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
Rudy decides to spend the night at her grandparent's house, but when she gets afraid and asks to come home, Anna and Russell cheer her up. Meanwhile, Vanessa is thrilled when Denise decides to let her tag along and meet some of her friends in Greenwich Village. Also, Theo waits for a call from Maxine and Lana, but when they do not call, Cliff organizes the first meeting of the Huxtable Men's Club to cheer him up.
64 :03x15 - Say Hello to a Good Buy
Writer: Matt Williams, John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Sinbad (Davis Sarratte), Gilbert Gottfried (Mr. Babcock)
When Cliff decides it's time to buy a new car, he dresses up in old, baggy, clothes to try and get a good deal. Meanwhile, when Vanessa suggests that Rudy get real pictures for her report on animals instead of drawings, Rudy cuts them out of Cliff's expensive Encyclopedias and Bird Books.
65 :03x16 - Denise Gets an Opinion
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Jason Warwin (Tyrone Baxter), Ermundo Russell (Aaron Stokes), Tico Wells (Jerry Taylor), Don Franklin (Greg Martinson), Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman)
When Denise comes home for the weekend and sets up a blind date with a boy that she's been talking to over the phone, she mistakenly believes that a medical student visiting Cliff is her date. But, her and her date end up having a good time anyway. Meanwhile, after a string of break-ups, Robert comes to Cliff an Theo for advice. He eventually decides he wants to get back together with Vanessa, but she tells him that they're better off as friends.
66 :03x17 - Calling Doctor Huxtable
Writer: Chris Auer
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Ray Contreras (Mr. Miron), Malinda Williams (Althea Logan), Lisa Vidal (Mrs. Miron), Patricia Richardson (Mrs. Schrader), Ray Baker (Mr. Schrader), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser)
Cliff winds up with three women who are due to deliver at about the same time when he fills in for another doctor. Meanwhile, Vanessa is surprised when Cliff understands when her friend ignores her request and smokes a cigarette in her room anyway.
67 :03x18 - You Only Hurt the One You Love
Writer: Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lou Myers (Warren L. Davis), Rita Moreno (Mrs. Granger)
Cliff tries to help but with no success when a kindly woman who cleans the doctor's lounge, Mrs. Granger, is laid-off. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Theo make up a cover story when Theo injures Rudy's face while playing circus in his room.
68 :03x19 - The Shower
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), Lela Rochon (Veronica), Susan Diol (Cheryl)
Denise throws a bridal shower for her friend Veronica who no one else knows she is pregnant but Denise. But Denise is shocked to find out that her friend got pregnant on purpose so that she could get married. Meanwhile, Vanessa regrets her decision to take Kenny and Rudy to the skating rink after they constantly argue.
69 :03x20 - Cliff's 50th Birthday
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Carl Lauten, Regge Life
Guest star: Ashley Thompson (Ellen Etten), Mel Winkler (Unknown), Douglas Turner Ward (Mark Etten)
Clair decides to let Cliff have some friends over to celebrate his 50th birthday, even though he wants to invite Mark, who used to be married to Clair's best friend. Meanwhile, Cliff convinces Theo to hang out with Mark's daughter, who is 12, when Mark has to bring her because her mother is sick.
70 :03x21 - I Know That You Know
Writer: Matt Williams, John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Geoffrey Owens (Elvin Tibideaux)
When Sondra and Elvin stop by unexpectedly and announce their engagement plans, Cliff is the only one who doesn't know because he was at the office. So the whole family decides to pull a prank on Cliff who had been bragging that no one could pull a prank on him. But the real joke is on the family when Cliff overhears them talking and laughing about their plan.
71 :03x22 - Andalusian Flu
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lou Myers (Warren L. Davis), David Langston Smyrl (Sam Lucas), Ana D. Zenon (Lana Herman)
After Cliff catches the flue from Clair, Theo decides to take over and forces Vanessa and Rudy to do all the chores while he does nothing. They eventually become tired of this and stage a revolt.
72 :03x23 - Bald and Beautiful
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Manuel Sebastian (Unknown), Ann Reinking (Jill Kelly), Patrick Horgan (Unknown), Ana D. Zenon (Lana Herman), Robert Culp (Scott Kelly), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Cliff is excited when his old Navy buddy, Scott Kelly, comes by for a visit. But when Cliff learns that Scott had a heart attack, he starts to eat healthier foods. Meanwhile, Cockroach and Theo consider shaving their heads to appear in a music video for $100.00.
73 :03x24 - Planning Parenthood
Writer: Elizabeth Hailey, Oliver Hailey
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lee Weaver (Waiter), Eve Gordon (Glenda), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Cliff takes Rudy and her friends to a gourmet restaurant, and they decide they want hamburgers, not the fancy food on the menu. Meanwhile, Vanessa tries to convince Theo to teach her how to play Tennis so that she can play with a boy she likes.
74 :03x25 - Hillman
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Joe Seneca (Dr. Zachariah J. Hanes), Gloria Foster (Dr. Barbara Bracy), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Ted Ross (Dr. Harris)
The Huxtables go to Hillman to attend a ceremony for the retiring president of 53 years, Dr. Hanes.
75 :04x01 - Call of the Wild
Cliff and Clair throw Sondra and Elvin a party to wish them well before graduate school. But instead of announcing plans to go to medical and law school, Sondra and Elvin announce that they are both dropping out to open a wilderness store. And of course, Cliff and Clair are not happy. Meanwhile, Theo wants Cliff and Clair to give him his college tuition money so he can open a store as soon as he gets out of high school.
76 :04x02 - Theogate
Writer: John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Theo can't keep his story straight when he tries to hide the fact that he got in trouble.
77 :04x03 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Writer: Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Regge Life, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman)
Rudy defies Clair getting Cliff in trouble when Clair tells her not to wear a certain dress. Meanwhile, when Robert comes to Cliff to complain about his love-life, Vanessa takes him to the mall to introduce him to a new girl. Of course, Robert ends up messing it up.
78 :04x04 - Cliff's Mistake
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Regge Life, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Wallace Shawn (Jeffrey Engels), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara)
Cliff loses a drill of his neighbor's which has high sentimental value. Meanwhile, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy create a haunted house in the basement.
79 :04x05 - Shakespeare
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable), Roscoe Lee Browne (Dr. Barnabus Foster), Christopher Plummer (Jonathan Lawrence), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley)
Theo and Cockroach write a rap based on Julius Caesar for school. Meanwhile, Rudy is afraid to show Vanessa the story she wrote, because Vanessa always criticizes it. Vanessa is surprised to find out that she ends up being a dragon and a witch in her story.
80 :04x06 - That's Not What I Said
Writer: Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Ron Foster (Mr. Hanson), Freda Foh Shen (Cliff's Patient)
Cliff has to pick up Theo from the police station after he was caught riding in a car with a friend who only had a learner's permit, and tried to outrun the police.
81 :04x07 - Autumn Gifts
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Regge Life, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Eileen Heckart (Mrs. Hickson)
The Huxtables try to get an elderly neighbor to take her medication for diabetes. Meanwhile, Sondra and Elvin try to convince the family to camp out in the backyard and try out their new sleeping bags.
82 :04x08 - Looking Back (1)
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
The Huxtables tell Elvin about past experiences with their children after he has a fight with Sondra.
83 :04x09 - Looking Back (2)
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
The Huxtables tell Elvin about past experiences with their children after he has a fight with Sondra.
84 :04x10 - Where's Rudy?
Writer: Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Louis Nye (Norman Kirby), Marina Durell (Estelle Drake), Naoka Nakagawa (Kim Ogawa)
Theo and Vanessa lose Rudy when they are watching her at the mall while Clair is there entering her squash in a contest.
85 :04x11 - Dance Mania
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Robert Gossett (Stage Manager), Troy Winbush (Denny), Carl Anthony Payne (Walter "Cockroach" Bradley), Adam Sandler (Smitty)
Clair gets Theo two tickets to the taping of his favorite TV show, Dance Mania, and he decides to take Cockroach. Once they get there, the director won't let them in because of fire codes. Later when one spot opens up, Theo is furious when Cockroach takes it. Meanwhile, Vanessa tries to teach Cliff the "new math."
86 :04x12 - The Locker Room
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Brian Grant (Gerald), Dennis Singletary (Lyle Thompson), Troy Winbush (Denny), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Adam Sandler (Smitty)
Theo is not happy when Vanessa accepts a date with a guy in his locker room named Lyle who has a reputation of regaling guys with stories about his exploits with girls. Meanwhile, Cliff tries to find out how Rudy did a magic trick.
87 :04x13 - The Show Must Go On
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Jeff Pope (Justin), Carmen Finestra (Morgan), Bill Irwin (Eddie Bartholomew), Carl Ballantine (The Great Ballantine), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Dondre T. Whitfield (Robert Foreman), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Cliff takes Rudy and her friends to a tribute to Vaudeville, which they quickly become bored of until the Emcee livens up the show with his physical comedy. Meanwhile, Clair encourages Robert to stop talking to every girl he meets about marriage after he scares off Vanessa's friend, Morgan.
88 :04x14 - Bookworm
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: S. Epatha Merkerson (Club Member #5), Kathleen Doyle (Club Member #4), Alva Chinn (Club Member #3), Susan Bigelow (Club Member #2), Angela Bassett (Club Member #1)
When Clair's book club decides to invite men to their meeting for the first time, Cliff pretends to be unprepared knowing nothing about the book, but he's really playing a trick on Clair. Meanwhile, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy spend the night at Sondra and Elvin's house- where things aren't quite the same as home.
89 :04x15 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Carl Lauten, Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), Melba Moore (Mrs. Abbott)
Cliff and Clair go to a meeting with Rudy's teacher after she tries to hide a letter from her teacher from them. Rudy is afraid that the letter is something bad because she believes that her teacher hates her. While at the meeting, Rudy's teacher, Mrs. Abbott, reveals that Rudy has refused to play the violin. Eventually Cliff convinces her to give it a try. Meanwhile, Theo tries to study to be a psychic so that he can pass his tests without trying.
90 :04x16 - The Visit
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Regge Life
Guest star: Dennis Singletary (Lyle Thompson), Brian Grant (Gerald), Gwen McGee (Nurse), Troy Winbush (Denny), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Adam Sandler (Smitty)
Theo is uncomfortable visiting a friend in the hospital with cancer. Meanwhile, when Sondra goes away for the weekend, Clair invites Elvin over to spend the night.
91 :04x17 - The Drum Major
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Regge Life
Guest star: Claude Brooks (Donny), Dub Taylor (Slim Claxton), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Troy Winbush (Denny), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Vanessa is upset after she auditions for drum major, and it goes perfectly, but the job is given to a guy who dropped his baton twice. She is even more upset after she finds out that the judges were all Theo's friends. Meanwhile, Russell tries to get his friend, Slim Claxton, to accept repayment for the money that he loaned him for an engagement ring, but he want take it because of what a fortune teller told him. Russell reveals to Cliff that the fortune teller was a scam artist, and they try to slip Slim the money without him knowing.
92 :04x18 - Waterworks
Clair and Theo hire a crew recommended by Sondra to fix a leaky pipe in the bathroom before Cliff takes a sledgehammer to it. Meanwhile, Rudy tries to work on Vanessa's nerves when she is bored.
93 :04x19 - Once Upon a Time
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara)
Rudy dreams that the fairytale that she wrote has come to life.
94 :04x20 - Petanque
Writer: Matt Williams
Director: Regge Life
Guest star: Michele Shay (Nicole Harmon), Sullivan Walker (Dr. Jim Harmon)
Clair invites her friends, Dr. & Nicole Harmon, over for dinner. Once they get there, Cliff is very excited to finish his game of Petanque with Dr. Harmon. Meanwhile, Theo hasn't seen Dr. Harmon's daughter, Lindy, since years earlier when she was shipped away to boarding school, and he's very happy with the way she's developed.
95 :04x21 - Trust Me
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Meg Foster (Diane Hemmings), Joel Fabiani (Richard Hemmings), Jodi Long (Jo Ann)
Clair gets everyone to leave Cliff alone after he was on a 22 hour shift. Meanwhile, Clair helps reconcile her friend, Diana, who is thinking of getting a divorce. Also, Theo wins bets with Vanessa and Rudy over solving riddles. Eventually, Rudy and Vanessa get Cliff when he is unable to solve a riddle.
96 :04x22 - Home for the Weekend
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Wynonna Smith (Unknown), Susan Diol (Cheryl), Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
Everyone is excited when Denise comes home for the weekend, but the family soon becomes disappointed when she doesn't make any time for them and spends it all with her friends.
97 :04x23 - The Prom
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: LaChanze (Sylvia), Robert Weil (Mike), Brian Grant (Gerald), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Troy Winbush (Denny), Adam Sandler (Smitty)
Theo and his friends decide to make a statement at the prom by arriving in a helicopter. It just so happens that things don't go the way they planned. Meanwhile, when Vanessa and Rudy learn that Clair did not get to go to the prom because Cliff had to study for exams, they decide to give her her very own prom.
98 :04x24 - Gone Fishin'
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny)
While fishing, Theo catches a corpse. Meanwhile, Rudy and Kenny find a nest full of baby birds that have no mother. They ask to keep them, but Clair suggests notifying the ASPCA.
99 :05x01 - Together Again and Again
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
Just before Theo is ready to move into the dorms at NYU, he discovers that he never sent in the application. And right before she is set to leave for college, Denise announces that she has dropped out.
100 :05x02 - The Physical
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: John Amos (Dr. Bradley Herbert Jr.), Sari Chang (Nurse Young), Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
Cliff goes to the doctor for his physical and discovers that he is in very good shape except for his high cholesterol. Clair agrees to help him get it down. Meanwhile, when Denise gets in trouble for all the things she does wrong on her job, and no credit for what she does right, she complains to her boss and is fired.
101 :05x03 - Rudy's All-Nighter
After Theo gets a D on his first English paper, he has to stay up late to redo it. It doesn't help that Rudy's friend, Caroline, is spending the night and being extremely annoying.
102 :05x04 - Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game)
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Raphael Sbarge (Mr. Jenkins), Mary B. Ward (Mrs. Jenkins), Edouard De Soto (Mr. Reuter), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
When Cliff and Clair go over to Sondra and Elvin's apartment, they discover just how in disrepair it is. They strongly try to get Sondra an Elvin to buy a new apartment, but they refuse. Eventually, Denise goes over to visit them, and convinces them to find a new one.
103 :05x05 - Out of Brooklyn
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: L. Scott Caldwell (Elizabeth), J. August Richards (Roy), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable)
Denise announces that she wants to travel to Africa to study pygmies after she meets a photographer. Meanwhile, Vanessa becomes upset when a rumor flies around school that her boyfriend, Roy, is telling people that he broke up with her, but hasn't even called her about it.
104 :05x06 - The Birth (1)
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Robbi Chong (Doctor), Steven Culp (Father-To-Be), Tico Wells (Dr. Jerry Taylor), Naomi Campbell (Julia), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Kasi Lemmons (Miss McKegney), Reno Wilson (Howard (Roy Wilson))
When Sondra and Elvin come by for a visit, Sondra has a contraction and Cliff tells her it's time to go to the hospital. Meanwhile, Theo and Justine study at the house with Howard and his girlfriend, Julia, who Justine notes Theo seems attracted to. Kenny drops by while waiting for Rudy, and they discuss the lack of women in the field of philosophy.
105 :05x07 - The Birth (2)
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Marcella Lowery (Francine Tibideaux), Tico Wells (Dr. Jerry Taylor), Naomi Campbell (Julia), Reno Wilson (Howard), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Kasi Lemmons (Miss McKegney)
Sondra and Elvin surprise everyone when they have twins, which they name Winnie and Nelson. Meanwhile, Theo admits to Howard his attraction to Julia.
106 :05x08 - Cyranoise de Bergington
Writer: John Markus, Gary Kott
Director: Carl Lauten, Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Troy Winbush (Denny), Reno Wilson (Howard), Naomi Campbell (Julia)
After Howard breaks up with Julia, Theo wants to ask her out, but he is too afraid to approach her. So he has his friend Denny go ask her out for him, but Theo is furious when Denny comes away with the date. Meanwhile, Rudy asks Cliff for some money to buy Clair a birthday present and promises to pay it back by doing chores.
107 :05x09 - How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Writer: Janet Leahy
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Betty Carter (Amanda Woods), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara)
After Vanessa and her friends record a music video to "The Loco-Moion" at a local music store, they decide to enter a singing contest as "The Lipsticks." But when they come downstairs to perform for Cliff and Clair, they are shocked at the skimpy outfits that the girls are wearing. Meanwhile, Theo, Cliff, and Clair try to hide a letter for Russell and Anna telling them that they won a sweep-stake.
108 :05x10 - If the Dress Fits, Wear It
Writer: Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Yvonne Warden (Tate), Debbie Allen (Emma Neuhausen), Carole Shelley (Barbara)
Clair has to lose five pounds in order to fit into a dress.
109 :05x11 - Is There a Hamster in the House?
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Iona Morris (Veterinarian)
While Rudy is watching Caroline's hamster, it mysteriously gets sick and dies. Cliff tries to buy a new one and pass it off to her, which doesn't work.
110 :05x12 - Truth or Consequences
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Christopher Carter (Jeremy Wilson)
After Vanessa shows up late for dinner several nights in a row with lame excuses, Cliff and Clair become suspicious. Vanessa is forced to tell her secret to Rudy that she is meeting her boyfriend, Jeremy. Rudy promises not to tell, but when she is questioned by Cliff and Clair, she can't hide it. When Vanessa gets home, Cliff an Clair confront her and ground her for a month.
111 :05x13 - Cliff Babysits
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
When Russell gets eight tickets to the sold-out Micheal Jackson concert, they are only one ticket short of being able to take the whole family. Clair suggests that Sondra and Elvin go, and her and Cliff will stay home and babysit. Eventually, Sondra and Elvin accept. But soon after everyone leaves, Clair is called into work, leaving Cliff to babysit Winnie and Nelson all by himself.
112 :05x14 - Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Chuck Vinson, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Kevin Kilner (Steve), Russell Nype (Ira Traugett), Austin Pendleton (Phil Kensington), Michael Lombard (Mason Benedict), Rodolfo Diaz (Hector)
Clair is asked to appear on a talk show where none of the hosts will take her views seriously. Meanwhile, Cliff uncovers Clair's plans to have their couch sent to Sondra and Elvin's, and he's not happy.
113 :05x15 - The Lost Weekend
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Reno Wilson (Howard), Troy Winbush (Denny), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Chandra Wilson (Unknown)
Theo has the house to himself, and his friends convince him to throw a party. Things soon get out of control after Theo finds out that instead of 3 or 4 of his friends coming to the party, tons more show up than he expected. All his party guests trash the house, and Theo decides to confess to Cliff and Clair. His punishment ends up being him working at a mission every Saturday.
114 :05x16 - No Way, Baby
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Ray Palomino), Arnold Stang (Man In Waiting Room), Leticia Herrera (Louisa Sanchez)
Cliff and Clair find help for an old friend, who is about to become a grandfather, who cannot read or write.
115 :05x17 - Can I Say Something, Please?
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Reno Wilson (Howard), Naoka Nakagawa (Kim Ogawa), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Rudy is upset with all the rules she has to follow, like going to bed on time, while Vanessa can stay out past curfew. Cliff and Clair agree to repeal one rule, staying up late. But there's one catch, Rudy still has to get up in time for school. After only a couple days, Rudy gives in.
116 :05x18 - The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Harold Perrineau, Jr. (Scott), Moses Gunn (Dr. Lotus), Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Troy Winbush (Denny), Reno Wilson (Howard)
Theo asks Cliff and Clair for $800.00 to buy a spell from Doctor Lotus that will make someone go away after he almost gets into a fight with someone.
117 :05x19 - The Boys of Winter
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Tiger Haynes (Coach Bill Barry), Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Reno Wilson (Howard)
Cliff is embarrassed about a time that his team lost to a team of girls in a basketball game when his old youth city league team coach, Bill Barry, visits.
118 :05x20 - It Comes and It Goes
Writer: John Markus, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Sondra grows upset and tired after she has to stay home all day while Elvin is at law school. They go over to Cliff and Clair's house and Sondra tells the women about her problem. The men notice that the women are getting mad and give Elvin some tips. Eventually, Sondra comes to appreciate Elvin even more than before.
119 :05x21 - Theo's Women
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Vanessa A. Williams (Jade), Leila Kenzle (Girl #2), Una Kim (Girl #1), Tichina Arnold (Delores), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips)
Justine catches Theo kissing another girl, and he tries desperately to get her back.
120 :05x22 - Birthday Blues
Writer: Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Placido Domingo (Himself), Christine Andreas (Hairdresser), Denise Nicholas (Lorraine), Pamela Blair (Karen)
Clair is celebrating her 46 birthday, and everyone's not helping by telling her that she "still" looks good.
121 :05x23 - A Room With No View
When Vanessa and Rudy just won't stop arguing, Cliff and Clair banish them to live in the basement until they can get along.
122 :05x24 - What He Did for Love
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Chuck Vinson, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Vanessa A. Williams (Jade), Eden Svendahl (Female Officer), Robinson Frank Adu (Male Officer), Don Reed (Mitchell), Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Troy Winbush (Denny)
Denny's girlfriend dumps him after she finds out that the watch he gave her was stolen, even though Denny didn't steal it.
123 :05x25 - Day of the Locusts
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Christine Andreas (Hairdresser), Pamela Blair (Karen), Marcella Lowery (Francine Tibideaux)
When Sondra comes down with strep throat, Clair and Elvin's mom agree to take the twins for a little while so they won't get sick. After a little while, Sondra starts to believe that Clair and Elvin's mother kidnapped the twins, and she starts out on a mission to get them back.
124 :05x26 - 57 Varieties
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Reno Wilson (Howard), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Eden Svendahl (Professor Grayson)
Theo tries to convince Cliff and Clair to let him go on an archaeological dig in Egypt with one of his professors. He's not sure if they will let him go because it costs $1500.00, but eventually they give in after a meeting with his professor, Mrs. Grayson. Meanwhile, Clair warns Kenny of the problems he could encounter later in life with his sexist views.
125 :06x01 - Denise: The Saga Continues
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Lisa Rieffel (Susan Henning), Peter Costa (Peter Chiara), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser), Alex Ruiz (Lou Hernandez), Reno Wilson (Howard), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara)
Denise comes home a week early from Africa and surprises everyone with her marriage to a Navy Lieutenant, Martin Kendall, who is divorced and has sole custody of a three year old girl, Olivia. Cliff and Clair are, of course, not happy because they feel Denise is too irresponsible to take care of Olivia. But they soon change their minds after they overhear Denise reading Olivia a story.
126 :06x02 - Surf's Up
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Anthony Quinn (Mr. Fuentes's Son), Carmen Finestra (Unknown)
Theo and his friends get evicted from their apartment after they tie sponges to their butts and surf down the hall, damaging the ceiling.
127 :06x03 - I'm 'In' With the 'In' Crowd
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Royana Black (Patsy), Lisa Rieffel (Susan Henning), Essence Atkins (Paula Young), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser)
Vanessa gets drunk when she goes to a party at her friend's house, and they decide to play a drinking game.
128 :06x04 - Denise Kendall: Navy Wife
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Charles Brown (Captain Turvey)
Denise is afraid to tell Martin that she did not call to confirm housing arrangements at the naval base while he was away at sea. Clair urges her to tell Martin the truth immediately, but Denise still doesn't, which results in making Martin look like a fool in front of the captain. They eventually decide that they'll have to stay with Cliff and Clair for six months on the waiting list, or until they find somewhere else to stay in the meantime.
129 :06x05 - Theo's Gift
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Alva Chinn (Mrs. Roscoe)
After Theo finally becomes disgusted with studying all night, but still getting poor grades, Cliff and Clair take him to a learning center. While there, the woman comments that Theo may have dyslexia. After the test comes back positive and Theo has been getting help, his grades begin to steadily improve.
130 :06x06 - Denise Kendall: Babysitter
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Reiner Schöne (Bob)
While Sondra and Elvin are over at the Huxtable's house visiting, they complain about how exhausting it is to look after the twins all the time. Denise on the other hand believes that they are exaggerating, and thinks that it would be no trouble at all to take care of the twins. Sondra and Elvin suggest that Denise look after the twins while they go to a movie, and Denise agrees hoping to prove Sondra and Elvin wrong. Things aren't as easy as Denise originally expected, especially when the power goes out.
131 :06x07 - Shall We Dance?
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), Naoka Nakagawa (Kim Ogawa), Elaine Stritch (Mrs. McGee)
Rudy likes a boy in her class named Clarence, and he likes her, but when his friends notice the way they look at each other in class, they get all over his case. They force him to prove that he doesn't like Rudy by being mean to her. When Rudy fights back after the mean things he does, and gets caught, their teacher, Mrs. McGee, pairs them up in the upcoming dance.
132 :06x08 - The Day the Spores Landed
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra, John Markus
Director: Neema Barnette
Guest star: Wallace Shawn (Jeffrey Engels), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable)
While Cliff is asleep, he dreams that a volcano eruption in Peru has sent spores flying into the drinking water causing Martin, Elvin, Theo, and himself all to become pregnant.
133 :06x09 - Cliff's Wet Adventure
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Marcella Lowery (Francine Tibideaux), Victoria Rowell (Paula), Troy Winbush (Denny), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Reno Wilson (Howard)
When Martin's ex-wife, Paula, is stranded at the airport on a long layover, Denise invites her over for Thanksgiving dinner. Martin is uncomfortable about the situation, but eventually gets over it. When they are left alone, Paula tells Denise why she decided to leave Martin. Meanwhile, Cliff has to keep going out in a storm to the store after he keeps forgetting things.
134 :06x10 - Grampy and Nu-Nu Visit the Huxtables
Writer: John Markus, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Joe Kendall), Nancy Wilson (Lorraine Kendall)
When Martin's parents come into town for a visit, Denise is very upset because she believes that Mrs. Kendall can't stand her. Eventually it gets resolved when Mrs. Kendall tells Clair that she never said anything not liking Denise, she just said that she didn't like how Martin behaved so impetuously.
135 :06x11 - Cliff la Dolce
Writer: Gary Kott, Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Traci Ann Wolfe (Terri), Elaine Stritch (Mrs. McGee), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
When Clair leaves for a conference in Washington D.C., leaving Cliff in charge, Clair is afraid that he won't be able to handle it. All the children end up causing problems, but Cliff handles them all very well.
136 :06x12 - Getting to Know You
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Tracey Ross (Fran), Joanna Rhinehart (Unknown), Karen Williams (Unknown)
The Huxtable women convince Elvin to dress up like an elf to visit sick children. At first, he is apprehensive, but he then gets to like the idea of helping sick children's days better. Meanwhile, two women hit on Cliff and Martin while they are out having coffee.
137 :06x13 - Elvin Pays for Dinner
Writer: John Markus, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Tonya Pinkins (Iris)
Sondra and Elvin have made plans to go out to dinner with two of his old girlfriends from college, but Sondra decides not to go because of heavy schoolwork. She becomes very upset when he returns home late, and she finds out that he paid for dinner. They go over to Cliff and Clair's house the next night for dinner, and Cliff and Clair end up getting them to make up. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Rudy get hooked on old movies, and watch one where a woman kills her husband in a jealous rage, and fear Sondra might do the same to Elvin.
138 :06x14 - Cliff's Nightmare
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: The Muppets (Him/Herself (Jim Henson Creator)), Matt Robinson (Unknown), Gary Kott (Man #2), Carmen Finestra (Andy Witherspoon III), John Markus (Man #1), Dave Goelz (Puppeteer), Steve Whitmire (Puppeteer), Wallace Shawn (Jeffrey Engels), Noel Macneal (Puppeteer (Noel MacNeal)), Merry C. Sowell (Herself (Blind Jazz Drummer))
When Cliff comes home from a long night of deliveries, he insists on eating a sausage sandwich, even though Clair objects. The sandwich causes him to have nightmares about strange things, and when he wakes up, he vows to change his diet.
139 :06x15 - Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Danielle Burgio (Waitress), Malinda Williams (Shayna), Garland Whitt (Elliott)
When Vanessa spots a cute guy, Elliott, while out to lunch with Denise, but is to afraid to talk to him, Denise gives her a little help on what to say. Vanessa hits things off right away with him using Denise's advice. Denise is so proud of herself that she brags to Clair that she might become a singles counselor. But things end up getting worse than Vanessa and Denise imagined when they find out that he has a girlfriend, Shayna.
140 :06x16 - The Birthday Party
When Denise and Martin host Olivia's fourth birthday party at the Huxtable house, Cliff is not sure of how much the kids will like Denise's menu of healthy foods. Once the kids arrive, they begin running wild, and Denise and Martin have no way of calming them down because they realize that they forgot to rent the video. While Martin is out getting the video, the kids raid the refrigerator looking for something good to eat, and they find a chocolate cake. After the party is over, Denise and Martin give Olivia her birthday present, a tricycle that used to belong to Vanessa and Rudy. At first, Olivia is disappointed, but then she comes to like it when they tell her it is a symbol of welcoming her into the family.
141 :06x17 - Not Everybody Loves the Blues
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Danielle Burgio (Emcee), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), B. B. King (Riley Jackson)
While Theo is unsure about his relationship with Justine he consults with Elvin, who ends up taking him to see a performance by the legendary blues singer and guitarist, Riley Jackson. Theo is very happy about this, and is surprised to come home and find Riley sitting in his living room. Theo eventually learns that Riley is an old friend of Russell and Anna's, and stopped by to pay Cliff a visit because Russell and Anna are away. Theo begins asking for advice about his relationship from Riley, who tells him that when you've found "the one," you'll know it.
142 :06x18 - Rudy's Walk on the Wild Side
Writer: Lore Kimbrough, Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Gilbert Cruz (Andy), Naoka Nakagawa (Kim Ogawa), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Nicole Leach (Danielle)
When Danielle comes over to the house to show off her new shirt, Rudy decides she has to have one just like it before they're gone. But when she counts her money, she finds that she is $2.30 short. She decides to go ask Clair for the money, but then quickly changes her mind after she hears Vanessa asking her for money, and Clair saying that she isn't going to give out any more money. So Rudy decides just to take the money for the dry cleaning that Clair left on the counter. Eventually, Cliff figures out what she did, but not until after Clair almost goes insane looking for the money.
143 :06x19 - Mr. Sandman
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Elaine Stritch (Mrs. McGee), Howard "Sandman" Sims (Mr. Sims), Z. Wright (George Thompson)
Cliff and Clair receive a phone call from Rudy's teacher, Mrs. McGee, telling them that Rudy has been assigned to perform a dance routine with George. Rudy however refuses to do it because she feels uncomfortable around George, and because he is an experienced dancer. Clair forces her to do it anyway though, and Rudy ends up liking it more than she thought. Meanwhile, Olivia plays with a bunch of clothespins and pretends that they are her family.
144 :06x20 - Isn't It Romantic?
After Theo brags to Cliff, Elvin, and Martin about the romantic evening he is planning with Justine, they all place a bet to see who can be the most romantic without exceeding a $25 limit on a present. Theo insists that being married immediately sucks all of the romance out of a relationship, but Cliff, Elvin, and Martin disagree. The women end up finding out about the men's plan when Olivia accidentally tells them, and they vow to react angrily to whatever they get. But, as soon as each of them opens their gifts, none of them can go along with the plan.
145 :06x21 - Theo's Dirty Laundry
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra, Gary Kott
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Michelle Thomas (Justine Phillips), Victoria Rowell (Paula)
When Cliff discovers women's underwear in Theo's laundry, they soon find that he has moved in with his girlfriend, Justine. They aren't happy about this at all and tell Theo that he must move out immediately. Theo however refuses because he says he moved in to help Justine pay for the rent of the dorm after her roommate moved out. Cliff and Clair end up getting so angry at Theo that they throw him out of the house. Meanwhile, after a talk with Paula, Denise announces that she is going back to college to become a teacher of children with disabilities. Denise decides to move out, but Clair won't let her because Denise will need help with Olivia. Cliff is surprised that Clair passed up an opportunity to get one of their children out of the house.
146 :06x22 - What's It All About?
Writer: John Markus, Carmen Finestra
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Edmund Lyndeck (Mr. Bingham)
After Clair must work long hours with little sleep on an important case, she completely burns out and becomes very irritable. Cliff decides to give Clair a weekend vacation in a surgeon friend's empty cabin, and Clair is thrilled at the chance to just be able to relax. But when she gets there, she doesn't get to rest at all between the freezing pipes, the frigid cold, and to top it off- no heat when the window breaks. She tries to catch the next train, but it doesn't leave until Monday. Cliff steps in though by getting her a trip home on the bus.
147 :06x23 - Off to See the Wretched
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Carl Lauten, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Guest star: Alec Mapa (Wretched Fan), Nicholas Sadler (Thief), Lisa Rieffel (Susan Henning), Elizabeth Narvaez (Kara), Pam Potillo (Janet Meiser)
Vanessa and her friends tell their parents that they are sleeping over at Susan's house when they plan to sneak away for the weekend to see their favorite group, The Wretched, in concert since her parents are away. They think that they don't have a chance of getting caught if they're back before Susan's grandmother wakes up. They decide to take Kara's brother's car, and get a shock when it turns up stolen. Vanessa and the other girls convince Kara not to report it or their parents would find out that it was reported stolen in Baltimore. Things go from bad to worse when a con artist steals their concert tickets, and someone steals their money. The girls have nothing left to do but get bus fare from one of Janet's brother's friends that they ran into. Cliff and Clair manage to find out about their charade, and are waiting for Vanessa when she gets home. Meanwhile, Cliff is upset when Olivia calls a joke hot-line which charges 95 cents per minute. She eventually makes up her own jokes, which don't impress Cliff.
148 :06x24 - The Moves
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Wallace Shawn (Jeffrey Engels), Mercedes Ruehl (Bernadette Foley), Gorlando Morales (Clark)
Clair is trying to prevent a community center from losing its playground, and she meets with the opposing counsel, who is her friend Bernadette, trying to reach an agreement. They go over to Clair's house to continue discussing the problem, and Jeffrey, the Huxtable's neighbor whose wife has recently left him because of his lack of spontaneity, is there. Bernadette seems interested in Jeffrey when she learns that he is the author of her favorite series of books, and Jeffrey is smitten. Meanwhile, Cliff tries to get Olivia out of his hair by getting her to repeatedly run to get personal items. Olivia, however, consults Rudy, and comes up with a plan of her own.
149 :06x25 - Live and Learn
Writer: Matt Robinson
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Wilton Banks (Uncle Wilton), Max Roach (Dr. Gordon Darton), Suzzanne Douglass (Rebecca Shorter)
Denise is disappointed after learning that Medgar Evers College will only accept transfer credit from the archery course she took at Hillman because it's the only class that she received a C in. While picking up Olivia at preschool, she becomes impressed by the teaching methods of using rap by "Uncle" Wilton. She decides that she doesn't need to return to college, and she can reach children through alternative methods. She is crushed though when she approaches Wilton about becoming his assistant, and learns that she must have a master's degree. Cliff and Clair are shocked when Denise announces that she has enrolled as a college freshman.
150 :06x26 - The Storyteller
Writer: Lore Kimbrough
Director: Carl Lauten
Guest star: Tyrone Akin (Choir Member), Dr. Eugene Callender (Preacher), The Friendship Choir (Themselves), Mavis Staples (Soloist), Minnie Gentry (Harriet "Gramtee" McCutcheon)
When Gramtee, Cliff's great aunt, visits, everyone is excited about celebrating her 98th birthday. She ends up telling embarrassing stories about Cliff from when he was little, and captivates the children's attention with stories of relatives who were in slavery. Meanwhile, Olivia doesn't want to go to church when a friend invites her to go with her family to the zoo and Playland at the same time as church. Eventually, she talks to Gramtee and decides to go to church because she loves Gramtee so much.
151 :07x01 - Same Time Next Year
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Bryce Barard (Margie), Avanti Taylor (Amy)
Cliff is overwhelmed with joy on the first day of school. Vanessa, who has taken summer classes to graduate high school a year early, leaves for college, Denise starts her first semester at Medgar Evans, and Olivia begins preschool. Rudy is going to start sixth grade, but she refuses to go to school, and hides in her room. She reveals to Cliff that the reason that she doesn't want to go to school is because she doesn't have breasts yet, but Cliff convinces her to go to school anyway. Rudy is good to go until her friend who developed over the summer, Margie, shows up. Clair eventually convinces Rudy that all girls develop at different rates, and that she will develop soon. Cliff and Clair finally have some peace and quiet- until Theo returns from Europe.
152 :07x02 - Bird in the Hand
Writer: Bryan Winter, Steve Kline
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Tony Zeko (Anthony), Kharisma Gooden (Girl #1), Jonathan Halyalkar (Jonathan), L. B. Williams (Unknown), Ray Demattis (Unknown), Sullivan Walker (Dr. Jim Harmon), Marge Redmond (Mrs. LeBeau)
Cliff takes on his arch rival, Jim Harmon, in an auction for an original copy of Charlie Parker's Night In Tunisia. Before he leaves for the auction, he offers to drive Olivia to preschool on his way to the auction for Denise. He ends up regretting that decision though when he finds out that it was Denise's day to help at school, and the teacher won't let Cliff leave until Denise shows up. Cliff calls Denise and she tells him that she forgot all about that, she even offers to come up there right away, but Cliff won't let her because she has a project to work on. Cliff really wants to bid on that painting, so he decides to bid by phone. But unknowingly to Cliff, he ends up bidding against Clair, who went down to try to win the painting since Cliff wasn't able to. Cliff finds out about it when he gets home and sees the painting that Clair won.
153 :07x03 - The Last Barbecue
Writer: Janet Leahy, Bernie Kukoff
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Theo plans to throw a bachelor party for Martin after he finds out that Denise got a wedding shower, but Martin didn't get a bachelor party. But Denise is horrified when Theo suggests they get a stripper, and Martin doesn't object, he just smiles and says no. Soon it turns into a sexist battle at the barbecue that Cliff has been planning.
154 :07x04 - Period of Adjustment
Writer: Gordon Gartrelle, Lore Kimbrough
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Mushond Lee (Arthur "Slide" Bartell), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman)
After her grandmother gets sick, and her mom goes to take care of her, Clair's second cousin, Pam, moves in with the Huxtables. She tries to adjust to the new rules, and when her boyfriend, Slide, invites her to a party in the Bronx, Rudy informs her that curfew is at 10. Slide eventually convinces her to ask Cliff to let her break curfew, and he denies her request. Later, Slide comes over with his friends, Lance and Charmaine, and they convince her to sneak out to the party while Cliff and Clair are away. But, Cliff and Clair walk in right as they are about to leave, and Pam confesses about what she was going to do. In the end, they forgive her, and tell her that she should think of the Huxtable house as her own.
155 :07x05 - It's All in the Game
Cliff and Clair come home from vacation to their predatory children. Rudy begs Cliff and Clair to let her sign up for ice skating lesson, which cost $200.00, successfully. Theo keeps asking to borrow furniture for his apartment. Olivia breaks the washing machine by washing her crayons. And Vanessa tries to hide that she busted the headlight on the station wagon by ramming it into a parked car on accident.
156 :07x06 - Getting the Story
Writer: Janet Leahy, Lore Kimbrough
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Paul Ukena (Security Guard), Francisco Rivela (Mr. O'Royo), Yamil Borges (Mrs. O'Royo), Beata Bal (Secretary), Ernest Abuba (George Parker), Richard Woods (Steve Parnell), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Jodi Long (Jo Ann)
Kenny and Rudy have to do a video project on a parent's job. They choose Clair since they figure the life of a lawyer is exciting, but once they get there, they realize that Clair's job isn't nearly as exciting and adventurous as they expected. When Cliff has to leave to deliver a baby, Rudy jumps on it and begs him to let them come along. He agrees, but only on the condition that they stay in the waiting room. They end up disobeying and get into trouble. They eventually decide to do the video with clips of patients telling how good a doctor that Cliff is, and they end up winning first place.
157 :07x07 - Just Thinking About It (1)
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe, Bernie Kukoff
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Cynthia Bailey (Sheniquah Watkins), David Ilku (Boy #1), Eagle-Eye Cherry (Boy #2), Maurice C. Lauchner (Herman), Mushond Lee (Arthur "Slide" Bartell), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman)
Pam's boyfriend, Slide, tries to convince her to sleep with him by telling her that everyone their age is sexually active, including Lance and Charmaine. When Pam comes to Charmaine with what Slide told her, Charmaine tells her that it's a lie, and when she confronts Slide, he finds his way out of what he said. Pam is unsure if she is ready for intimacy or not, so she consults Cliff and Clair, who tell her that they know what she's feeling, and that love may be more complicated than she thinks. Cliff is shocked when Pam asks him for birth control pills. Meanwhile, Olivia becomes friends with an imaginary dog.
158 :07x08 - Just Thinking About It (2)
Writer: Bernie Kukoff, Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: David Ilku (Boy #1), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Mushond Lee (Arthur "Slide" Bartell), Eagle-Eye Cherry (Boy #2)
After Clair has a talk with Pam, Pam makes her decision on whether or not to have sex with Lance. When she goes to him with condoms, he doesn't think it would be that big of a deal if she did get pregnant, so she breaks up with him. Pam is now miserable, and when Slide comes to see her, they get back together. But he immediately starts pressuring her again, so she breaks up with him again in disgust. Slide then realizes the terrible mistake that he made, and uses Lance to get her back. Meanwhile, Cliff figures out a way to get Olivia to stop blaming the things that she does wrong on her imaginary dog.
159 :07x09 - The Infantry Has Landed (And They've Fallen Off the Roof)
Writer: Janet Leahy, Lore Kimbrough, Gordon Gartrelle
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Rachel Hillman (Susan), Keith Diamond (Danny), Nicole Leach (Danielle)
After Clair receives a call from Rudy's school telling her that Rudy has gotten her first period, she plans "Women's Day" which is a Huxtable tradition where Clair spends a day with her daughter to answer any questions that she might have. Rudy, however, refuses to talk to Clair insisting that she is fine. Later, two of Rudy's friends stop by and tell her some ridiculous myths. After that visit, Rudy comes around and agrees to stay up late watching "Gone With The Wind" and eating ice cream, and to discuss the issue with Clair. Meanwhile, Cliff frustrates Theo by not giving him a straight answer on anything while Theo is trying to build a psychological profile on him.
160 :07x10 - You Can Go Home Again
When Denise and Martin grow annoyed by their lack of privacy, they decide that it's time to move out of the Huxtable house. This thrills everyone, especially Rudy who is overjoyed to finally be getting her own room. Olivia vows never to leave the Huxtable house however, and her wish comes true when Denise and Martin have no luck finding a house. Everyone then becomes terrified of Rudy after they tell her that she will have to continue sharing a room with Olivia.
161 :07x11 - It's a Boy
Writer: Bernie Kukoff, Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Ray Demattis (Alfred Phelps), Catherine Cox (Bernice Phelps), Seth Gilliam (Aaron Dexter)
Cliff helps a father-to-be gain self-confidence in the area of sports when he learns that he's having a boy. Theo helps by telling him that there were lots of things other than sports that Theo looked up to in Cliff. Meanwhile, Pam is encouraged by Charmaine to approach a new boy at school, Aaron Dexter, who Pam likes. As it turns out, he is even more nervous than she is, but they end up hitting it off and planning another date.
162 :07x12 - Clair's Liberation
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe, Bernie Kukoff
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Seth Gilliam (Aaron Dexter), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown)
Cliff and menopausal Clair decide to play a trick on the kids by making them think that Clair has gone insane after they treat her like an invalid. Meanwhile, when Aaron, Pam's new boyfriend, wins her over with romantic gestures and thoughts, Lance tries to copy him to impress Charmaine.
163 :07x13 - It's Your Move
Writer: Steve Kline, Bryan Winter
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Jackie Mari Roberts (Nancy), Nathaniel Rich (Walter)
Sondra ruins Elvin's plans to watch the Giants-Eagles playoffs at the Huxtable house when she tells him that she told one of her friends that they would help her move, which just happens to be at the same time as the football game. Elvin is in such a hurry to watch the game, that he gets Theo and Martin to help him. They end up getting in constant trouble from Sondra's friend when they don't pack carefully enough. The guys come up with the scheme to get lost on the way to the new apartment, but Sondra soon figures out their plans. When they get home later that night, they are overjoyed to find that Cliff has recorded the whole game for them.
164 :07x14 - Theo's Final Final
Writer: Elaine Arata
Director: Neema Barnette
Guest star: Rachel True (Nicki), Keith Diamond (Danny), Vanessa A. Williams (Cheryl)
Theo is excited when he is in the running to make the dean's list if he gets a good grade on his final exam. He decides that he will go home and study instead of going to a party, but when he meets a new girl at a cafe, Cheryl, his plans change. He ends up going to the party with her, and is upset when he learns that she will have to return to her hometown the next day. While at the party, Theo just can't seem to get his mind off the exam, and when Cheryl notices this, she tells him that he should go home and study instead of being at this party. Theo takes her advice, and is surprised later to find that Cheryl has enrolled for another semester, and will be back in a few weeks.
165 :07x15 - Attack of the Killer B's
Writer: Elaine Arata, Lore Kimbrough
Director: Art Dielhenn
Guest star: Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Mushond Lee (Arthur "Slide" Bartell), Maurice C. Lauchner (Herman), Shellye Broughton (Miss Hobbs)
When Pam's grades improve after taking study tips from Theo, Slide tells her that it is pointless for her to try so hard to get good grades since she won't be able to afford college anyway. Pam, now discouraged, has a talk with Charmaine, who tells her that she shouldn't worry because Pam has always beaten the odds in the past. Now enthusiastic, Pam comes home and starts planning about college. And even though Pam seems like she is willing to work her way through, Cliff feels that deep down, Pam secretly wants Clair and him to pay for her college.
166 :07x16 - Total Control
Writer: Bernie Kukoff, Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: John Ritter (Ray Evans), Amy Yasbeck (Alicia Evans), Maureen Sadusk (Nurse)
Even after Ray Evans and his wife Alicia feel that they are prepared for every possible situation in her delivery, Ray goes into a panic when his wife goes into labor. Ray becomes extremely upset when his wife snaps at him in the delivery room and runs into the hall crying, but Cliff convinces him to come back in by telling him to face it like adversity in a basketball game.
167 :07x17 - Adventures in Babysitting
Writer: Steve Kline
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Alvin Lum (Unknown), BernNadette Stanis (Carolyn Thompson), Ray Demattis (Alfred Phelps), Sullivan Walker (Dr. Jim Harmon), Michele Shay (Nicole Harmon)
Cliff decides to team up with his friend, Jim Harmon, in an upcoming pinochle tournament, so that he's sure to win. However, Clair and Nicole, Jim's wife, feel like they could certainly win the tournament if they team up together. In the end, Cliff and Jim's confidence gets the best of them, and Clair and Nicole end up taking first place, with Cliff and Jim in second place. Meanwhile, Rudy gets her first babysitting job babysitting Olivia for Martin and Denise when they are away, and while Cliff and Clair are out at the pinochle tournament. Olivia demands that Rudy let her stay up late and watch a horror movie, even though Rudy tries to convince her that she shouldn't. After the movie, Olivia becomes deathly afraid that vampire wolves are going to come and attack them, and when Rudy tries to calm her down, she becomes just as frightened as Olivia. When Cliff and Clair return home, they are amused at what they find.
168 :07x18 - 27 and Still Cooking
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle
Director: Neema Barnette
Guest star: Clebert Ford (Mr. Atkins)
Theo, Pam, and Rudy volunteer to help Cliff decorate the dinning room as a surprise for Clair for their 27th wedding anniversary when he plans to recreate the restaurant where he and Clair celebrated their first dinner as a married couple. He tracks down the chef that cooked the food that night, Mr. Atkins, who gives him nothing but trouble when he tries to add odd ingredients to the food, and he even hires a band to play for her. Cliff becomes sick though before the dinner, and Clair has to eat dinner by herself even though she is extremely thankful.
169 :07x19 - The Return of the Clairettes
Writer: Lisa Albert
Director: Neema Barnette
Guest star: Leslie Uggams (Kris Temple), Ron Foster (Herb Temple), Bemi Faison (Scott Williams)
When Clair's friend, Kris, stops by for a visit, they put on wigs and sing and act silly. While Clair and Kris are goofing off, Cliff and Kris' husband, Herb, plan to go into the kitchen and eat dessert, but their plans change when Kris and Clair come in and start reminiscing about their old days. Meanwhile, Rudy convinces Cliff to let her go on a "group date" with her friends, even though she's not supposed to date until she is 13. But when both of Rudy's friends get sick, and Vanessa refuses to fill in on the date, Cliff and Clair end up chaperoning Rudy and her dates.
170 :07x20 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Writer: Steve Kline, Bryan Winter
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Vanessa A. Williams (Cheryl), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Troy Winbush (Denny), Troy Beyer (Ellen)
Disaster ensues after Denny misinterprets a surprise that his girlfriend, Ellen, is planning with Theo for him. This doesn't help Theo get ready for his romantic evening with Cheryl, even more so when everyone keeps interrupting him.
171 :07x21 - Home Remedies
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Olivia Ward (Mrs. Fields), Seth Gilliam (Aaron Dexter), Jerome Dempsey (Dave), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Lee Weaver (Mr. Fields)
Olivia is disappointed when her plans to sing at Russell and Anna's 55th wedding anniversary are ruined by her laryngitis. She feels like she has let everyone down, and is so upset that she decides to stay in her room and not even come down. But Cliff comes up and has a talk with her, and convinces her to perform a song by lip-synch to a blues record.
172 :07x22 - Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
Writer: Lore Kimbrough, Steve Kline
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Aaron Beener (Marlon)
Rudy has a nightmare in which Olivia gets away with whatever she wants to. Olivia schemes to take over Rudy's room as her own, causing Rudy to eventually lose her room to Olivia's new pony. In the end though, Cliff and Clair stop doing whatever Olivia tells them to do, and when Olivia asks Rudy what she did, Rudy tells her, "It's my dream!"
173 :07x23 - There's Still No Joy in Mudville
Writer: Gordon Gartrelle, Matt Robinson
Director: Carl Lauten
Guest star: Joe Black (Joe Simms), Norman Beaton (Carleton), Ahmad Rashad (Game Show Announcer), Frank M. Robinson (Frank Potter), Sullivan Walker (Dr. Jim Harmon), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
After Cliff goes out bowling with Russell, Elvin, and some friends, everyone on his team makes fun of him because his bad bowling caused their team to lose. Meanwhile, Rudy has Olivia memorize the answers to a TV game show so that they can trick Cliff and Clair into thinking that Olivia is a child prodigy.
174 :07x24 - Cliff and Jake
Writer: Mark St. Germain
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Angela Scott (Unknown), Ken Meseroll (Jonathan Rappaport), Audrey Landers (Cookie Bennett), Red Buttons (Jake Bennett), E. G. Marshall (Stanley Rappaport)
When Cliff goes to Jake's hardware store for a sale, despite the family trying to keep him from knowing about it, he accidentally rekindles an old feud between Jake and his old friend, Stanley, from ten years ago. To make it worse, neither Jake nor Stanley know that their children want to get married, which will be difficult since Jake and Stanley hate each other. But, in the end, Jake and Stanley reconcile their differences and allow their children to get married.
175 :07x25 - Theo and the Kids (1)
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe, Bernie Kukoff
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lisa Tai (Girl), Edwin Maldonado, Jr. (Carlos), Kennan Scott (Rahim), Yunoka Doyle (Latisha), Lisa Arrindell Anderson (Unknown), Eugene Byrd (Eugene), Lynne Thigpen (Mrs. Hudson), Merlin Santana (Stanley)
In this first part of the two part season seven finale, Theo begins an internship as a seventh grade counselor at the community center. The kids give him a little trouble at first, but Theo handles it easily. His main problem though comes from a boy named Stanley who refuses to do his homework. After taking him outside to read a paper, on a hunch, Theo has him tested for dyslexia. Meanwhile, everyone doesn't know what to think when Cliff insists that they let him fix the sink by himself.
176 :07x26 - Theo and the Kids (2)
Writer: Bernie Kukoff, Ehrich Van Lowe
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lisa Tai (Girl), Kennan Scott (Rahim), Edwin Maldonado, Jr. (Carlos), Yunoka Doyle (Latisha), Eugene Byrd (Eugene), Lynne Thigpen (Mrs. Hudson), Aaron Beener (Marlon), Merlin Santana (Stanley)
In the conclusion episode of the season seven finale, Theo becomes depressed after his job starts wearing him down. Stanley refuses to take the dyslexia tests, Theo discovers that one of his students is taking food home from the garbage to feed her family, and another has to drop out to get a job after his dad loses his. He expresses how he feels to Cliff, and Cliff tells him that he can't solve everyone's problems. In the end, after Theo explains how much progress he made after taking the dyslexia tests, Stanley agrees to take them.
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Writer: Bill Cosby, Nancy Stern
Director: Nancy Stern
Guest star: Sean "Diddy" Combs (Himself), Caryn Mandabach (Herself), Earle Hyman (Himself/Russell Huxtable (Clips)), Clarice Taylor (Herself/Anna Huxtable (Clips)), Quincy Jones (Himself), Peter Costa (Himself/Peter Chiara (Clips)), Deon Richmond (Himself/Kenny (Clips)), Tom Werner (Himself), John Markus (Himself), Jay Sandrich (Himself), Oprah Winfrey (Herself), Adam Sandler (Himself), Alvin F. Poussaint (Himself)
In this special two-hour reunion, members of the cast, crew, recurring guest stars, and other influential people discuss the impact that The Cosby Show had on their lives. They also discuss the way that the show changed people's views on African Americans in today's culture.
177 :08x01 - With This Ring?
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux)
Vanessa shocks Cliff and Clair by bringing home her fiance, Dabnis, who she has been engaged to for six months without telling either of them. Cliff and Clair are not happy at all, but reluctantly invite him to dinner. Clair believes that Vanessa is in over her head, but Vanessa insists that she's in love. Cliff doesn't like Dabnis, but he changes his mind when he discovers that Dabnis owns his own home, which means that Vanessa wouldn't have to live at the Huxtable house anymore.
178 :08x02 - There's No Place Like This Home
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux)
Clair is surprised when Cliff shows her plans to add on a soundproof room to the house where she can escape the children. Cliff and Clair have co-signed a loan for Sondra and Elvin to get their first home. They sell their apartment, and are set to move, but then the couple that is selling the house that they want to buy files for divorce, complicating the sell, and in the process, leaving Sondra and Elvin homeless. They beg Cliff and Clair to let them and the twins stay in Martin and Denise's room while they are away in Japan, and when Cliff agrees, he forgets about the idea of adding on the room for Clair because he feels like he will never be able to escape the children. So instead of building the addition, they decide to build on an addition to the kitchen.
179 :08x03 - Particles in Motion
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jerome Dempsey (Dave), Merlin Santana (Stanley), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Sandra Quarterman (Lisa Hairston)
While in a parent-teacher conference, Theo develops a mutual attraction with one of his student's parent. When she invites him out for coffee, he declines stating that it wouldn't be in the best interest for the child. Theo is shocked, however, when he explains to Clair what happened, and she tells him that her clients hit on her all the time. Meanwhile, a boy named Stanley, who Rudy meets at the open house, is instantly smitten with her. So he can ask her out, he gets Rudy's phone number from Theo. But when Kenny hears about this, he gets jealous and hopes to sabotage their date.
180 :08x04 - Pam Applies to College
Writer: Walter Allen Bennett, Jr.
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Richard Lawson (Mr. Bostic)
Pam applies to all of the same colleges as Charmaine in the hopes that they will be able to stay together. But Pam, Charmaine, and her guidance counselor all have their doubts that her grades are up to par with the college's academic standards. Pam then decides that if she doesn't get accepted to any of those colleges, she will move back to California with her mother to study fashion design.
181 :08x05 - Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
Writer: Walter Allen Bennett, Jr.
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Guest star: Twinkle Burke (Waitress), Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (Old Head), Rachel Hillman (Susan), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Nicole Leach (Danielle), Special Ed (JT Freeze)
In order to go to a club called The Exchange, and possibly win a dance with JT Freeze, Rudy tells Cliff and Clair that she is going to a Bible study, and makes no mention that you are supposed to be over 16 to get in. When Cliff and Clair learn of her deception from Lance, Charmaine, and Pam, they send them to spy on Rudy in disguises. As luck would have it, Pam wins the dance with JT Freeze, and when she introduces him to Rudy and her friends, they freeze up making fools of themselves. In the end, Rudy has to work at a retirement home as her punishment, while Lance, Pam, and Charmaine are off partying at JT's hotel.
182 :08x06 - It's Apparent to Everyone
Writer: Hugh O'Neill
Director: Neema Barnette
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux)
Cliff and Clair start to get annoyed by Sondra and Elvin always letting the twins run around the house and mess it up. But every time they try to put a stop to the situation, Sondra and Elvin use the twins to put a guilt trip on them. When Cliff learns that Sondra and Elvin won't be able to move into their house for another sixty days, he tries to get Russell to take them in for a little while, but he refuses.
183 :08x07 - The Iceman Bricketh
Writer: Adriana Trigiani, Courtney Flavin, Hugh O'Neill
Director: Carl Lauten
Guest star: Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey)
When Russell finds out about Vanessa's engagement through a friend, who wrongly reports that Dabnis is 45, he and Clair's mother, Carrie, storm over and grill Dabnis in an outrage while they are visiting. Dabnis clears up the issue of age by telling them that Russell's friend always gets him and his older brother mixed up. Nothing he can do seems to earn their approval until Carrie and Russell see Dabnis give Cliff help on the housework. Even after Dabnis earns their seal of approval, Vanessa panics when they ask about the wedding date.
184 :08x08 - Olivia's Field Trip
Writer: Courtney Flavin
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Aaron Beener (Marlon), Wallace Shawn (Jeffrey Engels)
Cliff and his neighbor, Jeffrey, chaperon Olivia and her classmates on a field trip. Meanwhile, Theo decides to put messages on T-Shirts and sell them at street fairs as a fundraiser for the community center, but is upset after he thinks that he got a great deal on the shirts, just to discover that they don't have neck holes. Theo plans on taking care of the situation by himself, but Clair steps in to work things out.
185 :08x09 - For Men Only
Writer: Walter Allen Bennett, Jr.
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jose Soto (Unknown), Eddie T. Robinson (Unknown), Jeff Williams (Unknown), Maurice C. Lauchner (Ben), Aaron Beener (Marlon), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Akili Prince (Cal)
After Theo convinces Cliff to teach a class for men only at the community center, the students misinterpret his intentions when Cliff brings Olivia's doll to the class by thinking that he will teach on sex education. The conversation eventually gets turned around to the young teen boys who are already fathers, and want to support their children, but don't want to get stuck with minimum wage jobs where they are treated like garbage. In the end, Cliff helps them all to get jobs. Meanwhile, while babysitting for Olivia and one of her friends, Russell becomes hooked on a video game.
186 :08x10 - Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
Writer: Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Miriam Makeba (Herself), Joseph C. Phillips (Lt. Martin Kendall), Aaron Beener (Marlon), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux)
While Miriam Makeba, a famous singer, is over visiting at the Huxtable house, Olivia disappeared. Everyone begins to search the house frantically for her, but Miriam is eventually the one who finds her hiding in a closet. Olivia explains that she is hiding to try to keep Martin from leaving. Miriam convinces her of how lucky she is to have such a big family that cares about her, and Olivia decides to come back to the party.
187 :08x11 - Two Is a Crowd
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey), Merlin Santana (Stanley)
Dabnis confronts Vanessa about her being reluctant to set a wedding date after she runs home to Cliff and Clair's house. Dabnis wonders why she is pushing him away when she was the one to pursue him in the first place. In the end, Vanessa apologizes and asks Dabnis to be patient with her while she is trying to figure out exactly what she wants. Meanwhile, Kenny consoles Rudy after her break-up with Stanley by hanging around the house all day. Kenny is surprised when Stanley shows up and claims that he will win Rudy back, and uses Kenny's exact words about friendship and caring to patch things up between him and Rudy. Also, Cliff gets on Clair's nerves by revealing hints to the end of a book that Clair is reading.
188 :08x12 - Clair's Place
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Phil Nee (Mr. Yang)
Pam, Rudy, and Olivia become depressed when Clair spends the whole day in her new room after Cliff surprises her by finishing it early. The girls initially claim that they need Clair's help to bake the Christmas cookies, but then admit that the cookies are just more fun to make with Clair. Meanwhile, when Cliff tries to pass off the "tradition" of hanging the Christmas lights on Theo, Cliff leaves him bewildered.
189 :08x13 - Theo's Future
Writer: Gordon Gartrelle, Janet Leahy, Hugh O'Neill
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Eugene Byrd (Eugene), Monique Cintron (Unknown), Rachel True (Nicki), Eugene Williams (Tim), Lucy Martin (Gwen Graham), Damien Leake (Andy Anderson)
After Theo gets accepted to graduate school, Cliff and Clair are ecstatic and agree to continue to pay his tuition. Later, Theo and a friend go to a corporation's recruiting dinner just so they can fill up on free food, but a surprise comes when Theo is offered a job interview by an executive who likes his off-hand comments about the company's philosophy. Theo is excited to tell Cliff and Clair that if he takes the job, it would pay $30,000.00 a year, and he wouldn't have to sponge off of them anymore. Things get a little bit complicated when a kid at the community center, Eugene, hears about this and thinks that Theo is leaving them. But Theo convinces him that he is just trying to keep his options open. Meanwhile, Clair gets tired of Cliff's habit of stealing the remote while she is watching a program, so she decides to put a stop to it.
190 :08x14 - The Price Is Wrong
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle
Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Guest star: Gloria Irizarry (Unknown), Paulene Myers (Pauline), Rosanna Carter (Rosanna), Beatrice Winde (Unknown), Leila Danette (Mrs. Whitaker), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable)
Pam's old babysitter, Mrs. Whitaker, decides to bring some of her friends along with her on her weekly trip to the market with Pam on Saturday. Once they get back, Mrs. Whitaker and her friends decide to start a protest against a company that owns two markets that sell different things. One of them sells high quality food for low prices, while the other sells poor quality food for high prices. They feel that it's unfair to make some people who can't drive to the better market pay high prices for bad food. Their first plan of attack is to buy all of the dented cans from one market and return them to the other, but their plan fails when the markets hear about this and prepare for it. They then decide to pay for everything with pennies which seems to be effective. In the end, Pam decides to continue driving Mrs. Whitaker and her friends to the market every Saturday so that they can pay with their pennies until something happens.
191 :08x15 - Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
Writer: Courtney Flavin
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lili Bernard (Mrs. Minnifield), Ed Lover (Cab Driver), Gabrielle Carmouche (Deirdre Arpelle), Merlin Santana (Stanley), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
While Pam fills in for Dr. Huxtable's assistant on a Saturday, one of his patients, Mrs. Minnifield, ends up giving birth in a cab after she ignores his instructions and heads for the hospital too late. Meanwhile, Rudy becomes jealous when Kenny shows up with a girl named Deirdre to work on a group project with her and Stanley. But Rudy soon stops being jealous when she feels that Kenny made up the whole thing just to try and get to her. Kenny begins to feel bad after he learns that Deirdre has actually liked him for a long time. He eventually convinces both Rudy and Deirdre to forgive him, and they agree to go on double dates sometime.
192 :08x16 - Eat, Drink and Be Wary
Writer: Jill Condon, Leslie Strain
Director: Carl Lauten, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Guest star: Joseph Michael Zoda (Delivery Guy), Rachel Hillman (Susan), Debbi Morgan (Tracy), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Nicole Leach (Danielle)
While Clair is away at a law conference in Washington, D.C., everyone is expecting him to follow in his normal path of pigging-out on junk food. Cliff surprises them though by eating very healthy meals. Meanwhile, when Rudy, Susan, and Danielle find out that everyone is taking a cab instead of being driven by their parents to the school dance, they decide they want to stand out by taking the subway. But Cliff won't allow this until Pam and Charmaine agree to ride both ways with them while they are seeing a movie. After they leave, Sondra stops by to check on Cliff just as a delivery man shows up with pizza, buffalo wings, and ice cream. He's still intent on eating the fatty food until he receives a call from Clair and she talks to him about trust causing him to feel guilty.
193 :08x17 - The Getaway
Writer: Hugh O'Neill
Director: Chuck Vinson
Guest star: Dick Vitale (Dan Vicente), Jim Valvano (John Velarde), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux)
While Sondra and Elvin are moving into their new house in New Jersey, they ask Cliff to watch the twins. Cliff ends up breaking the grandfather clock in the living room while playing hide-and-seek with the twins after they wouldn't let him take a nap. The movers save Cliff by having the clock sent to a repair shop when they arrive and see what happened. When Elvin returns for the twins, he tries to talk Cliff into letting him buy his old station wagon since they will be needing one anyway.
194 :08x18 - Cliff Gets Jilted
Writer: Stuart Silverman
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux)
Sondra and Elvin are excited as they prepare for their housewarming party, but are upset when they have to move it to the Huxtable house because of a faulty furnace. This of course doesn't make Cliff happy, but he cheers up when Russell comes over to report that Dabnis and Vanessa have set a wedding date. However, Cliff and Clair soon learn from Vanessa that it was just a rumor, and that they have actually broken up. They beg Cliff and Clair to keep it a secret at the party which causes many uncomfortable moments. Vanessa confesses that she just isn't ready to get married, but Dabnis explains that he wishes that Vanessa would just say what she's feeling instead of talking in twisted metaphors.
195 :08x19 - Cliff and Theo Come Clean
Writer: Adriana Trigiani
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lisa Tai (Girl), Kennan Scott (Rahim), David Lopez (Luis), Yunoka Doyle (Latisha), Eugene Byrd (Eugene), Aaron Beener (Marlon), Merlin Santana (Stanley), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Gabrielle Carmouche (Deirdre Arpelle)
Cliff is happy when Theo decides to decline the job offer and go to graduate school because he didn't want Theo to move so far away. Later, at the community center, Eugene finds a wallet that has $600 in it. Eugene really wants to keep the money because his family needs it, but Theo lets the kids have a debate on what they should do with the money, and they decide that the right thing to do would be to give it back to the owner making Theo very proud. Meanwhile, Olivia and Marlon are writing a paper for school on what Cliff was like at their age. After they find out that all the stories Cliff had been telling them were really lies, they decide to call Russell up to get the real story. Cliff eventually impresses them by telling them a true story of how he got his picture in the newspaper by collecting tin foil for the war effort during World War II.
196 :08x20 - Clair's Reunion
Writer: Marcia L. Leslie
Director: Anne-Louise Wallace, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Moctar Mbodj (Baathie Ndiaie), Grace Garland (Maxine), CCH Pounder (Clair's Friend), Daphne Maxwell Reid (Millicent), Margaret Avery (Leah), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux)
Clair plans a retirement dinner for her old college philosophy professor, Professor Capel, with a few of her college friends. They remember Professor Capel as a woman who was stimulating and extremely challenging, but also had extremely high expectations for all of her students. The women remember Professor Capel convincing them to take part and stick it out in a protest against a lunch counter that would not serve to blacks, but then she told the substitute teacher to fail them for missing class that day. Meanwhile, Olivia and Winnie convince Cliff that he needs to get a touch-up at their imaginary salon while they are having a sleepover. Also, Cliff doesn't like the exchange student that Vanessa brings home that can barely speak English because he is still trying to forget Dabnis.
197 :08x21 - Rudy's Retreat
Writer: Lisa S. Benjamin, Nina Combs
Director: Maynard Virgil, Carl Lauten
Guest star: Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown)
Cliff and Clair suggest that Sondra and Elvin look to someone else when they inform Cliff and Clair that they are in the running to become the twins' legal guardians in case Sondra or Elvin passes away. They then turn to Theo, but become concerned by the fact that he's still in school, and the fact that their assets do not leave Theo enough money to support the kids. Meanwhile, Cliff has a talk with Rudy after she becomes moody and gets her to admit that she still does love her parents, even though they do bore her sometimes.
198 :08x22 - You Can't Stop the Music
Writer: Gardenia Gabrielle, Ben Gramin
Director: Alan Smithee
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), Roger Robinson (Mitch Lawson), Gorlando Morales (Unknown)
Cliff is excited about getting a chance to meet some of his favorite musicians when he and Clair got to a radio station live performance which is part of the Pan-American Music Festival. Meanwhile, Kenny has problems when he babysits Olivia, and she eventually leaves him so worn out that he can hardly stay awake. Later, Theo comes over to check on things, and after he sends Kenny home, he ends up falling asleep on the couch.
199 :08x23 - Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
Writer: Courtney Flavin
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Gabrielle Carmouche (Deirdre Arpelle), Merlin Santana (Stanley), Deon Richmond (Kenny)
Cliff is upset that he can't claim most of the people that have lived in his house on his taxes. Sondra and Elvin have their own income, Denise and Martin have claimed Olivia, and Clair doesn't want to claim Pam, even though they can because she says that she wouldn't feel right about it. Meanwhile, Kenny throws a rushed birthday party together for Deirdre after he comes to the realization that socks aren't a good birthday present. Deirdre figures out what Kenny did and dumps him. Rudy convinces Stanley to talk to Deirdre on Kenny's behalf, who agrees to take Kenny back, but only if he stops lying and will take "boyfriend lessons" from Stanley.
200 :08x24 - And So We Commence (1)
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle, Courtney Flavin, Hugh O'Neill
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Deon Richmond (Kenny), William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), Joe Williams (Al Hanks)
In this first part of the two part series finale, Theo prepares to graduate from college, and even though each graduate is only supposed to get two tickets, he manages to get ten extras. Vanessa shows up with Dabnis, who she's bringing as her guest, but claims that they are only friends. Olivia gets ready to move to Singapore to live with Martin and Denise, and as a graduation present, Theo will be going with her. Theo has been worried by the way that Cliff has been acting, but Clair reassures him that she and Cliff are only very proud to see their son that used to struggle in school finally graduate.
201 :08x25 - And So We Commence (2)
Writer: Janet Leahy, Gordon Gartrelle, Courtney Flavin, Hugh O'Neill
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: William Thomas, Jr. (Dabnis Brickey), Ethel Ayler (Carrie Hanks), Joe Williams (Al Hanks), Anthony Thomas (Commencement Announcer), Karen Malina White (Charmaine Brown), Allen Payne (Lance Rodman), Deon Richmond (Kenny), Clarice Taylor (Anna Huxtable), Earle Hyman (Russell Huxtable), Jessica Vaughn (Winnie Tibideaux), Gary Leroi Gray (Nelson Tibideaux), Lisa Nicole Carson (Woman in the Crowd)
In the second part of the two part series finale of The Cosby Show, a lot of things are happening. Denise surprises everyone by calling to announce that she's pregnant. Everyone is confused when Vanessa calls Dabnis "honey." While the ceremony is beginning, Cliff remembers back to the times when he thought that Theo would never graduate, but then becomes upset to learn that the students graduate by section instead of their names getting called out individually. That night, when Cliff and Clair have the house to themselves, they remember all the good times they've had, then the episode closes with them sharing a dance.