A retrospective of the phenomenally popular 1984-1992 situation comedy, "The Cosby Show," complete w...

Phylicia Rashād, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Raven...

Clair is furious when Theo brings home a report card with 4 D's. He tells Cliff that he has no inte...

When Rudy's pet fish, Lamont, dies, Cliff tries to bring the family together for a funeral in the ba...

Vanessa claims that she is old enough to watch a scary movie, but Cliff still forbids it. Vanessa sn...

Freshman Theo tries out for the football team and makes it. Cliff is overjoyed, but his pride falter...

Theo wants to impress a girl by wearing an expensive shirt by designer Gordon Gartrelle. Since Cliff...

Cliff's father, Russell, pays a visit and begins questioning Cliff about the kids' college choices....

While Clair cares for a friend's baby, she begins to consider having another. Cliff desperately trie...

Vanessa plays clarinet in the school's orchestra. Though she tries her best and practices daily, she...

Denise has a new boyfriend, David, but is reluctant to bring him home. She fears that Cliff will, li...

Sondra, the eldest Huxtable child makes her first appearance when she visits home for Thanksgiving....

Clair is exhausted from constantly caring for the children. Cliff decides to take her out on the tow...

Clair could be named partner at her law firm if an interview goes well-but Rudy is sick! Cliff vows...

Cliff complains about the poor quality of his annual Father's Day gifts. He challenges the children...

Theo gets his ear pierced to impress a girl, but Denise thinks it might be infected. She is correct,...

Cliff is set to receive an important award, but a woman goes into labor right before the ceremony. T...

Cliff tries to impress Denise's friends by teaching them how to jitterbug. Some of Clair's friends a...

Clair discovers a marijuana joint in one of Theo's school books. She and Cliff confront him about it...

Vanessa is placed in an advanced science class. She creates a model of the solar system, but learns...

A sneaky mechanic tries to swindle Sondra. It's Clair to the rescue as the two battle in court. Davi...

Cliff's college track coach contacts him and asks to run in a charity event between Hillman and its...

Cliff and Clair receive a visit from an old friend—and he has a new girlfriend that is half his age....

Rudy invites all of her friends over for a slumber party. It's Cliff's job to watch over them, and h...

Cliff, Clair, and the Huxtable clan volunteer at a local community center. There, a battered boy tri...

Cliff is turning 48, and as usual, he is trying to find out what his birthday present is ahead of ti...

Cliff and Clair are overjoyed with the arrivial of the new school year, as their children are finall...

Cliff, who has a fetish for electronic appliances, buys a juicer. Rudy and Peter, bored from Vanessa...

For Russell and Anna's 49th wedding anniversary, the family commissions a portrait of the couple as...

Sondra breaks up with her boyfriend Elvin and is depressed, taking it out on the family. Cliff and C...

When friend Suzanne accompanies Denise to observe the Huxtables' normal behavior, a smitten Theo beh...

Vanessa has a crush on a one Robert Forman, who comes to her Halloween party. Daydreaming about her...

Rudy plays football and becomes a star, much to the chagrin of Clair, who worries she'll get hurt. B...

Denise wants to buy a car. She plans to use her savings to do so, but Cliff and Clair quickly point...

Clair's sister Sarah gets engaged. First appearance of Joe Williams as Clair's father Al Hanks. Ethe...

While preparing to go out on a proposal anniversary dinner, Clair breaks her toe, but tries not to l...

Denise asks Cliff to talk to her friend, who has a medical problem. Cliff diagnoses the girl as havi...

Theo's math teacher comes for dinner, to Theo's extreme consternation. He thinks she plans to tell h...

Clair bids on a painting by her great-uncle that her grandmother had once owned. Attempting to win h...

Vanessa steals a sweater from Denise. The two soon begin to fight. In the end, Rudy's choice of tele...

Theo and his friend Cockroach scheme to pass a test on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", which neithe...

Peter goes to the dentist, but has Rudy come along for moral support so Peter won't be afraid of the...

Russell plays in a tribute with the band he played in years ago. Guest appearances by jazz musicians...

After his limo collides with Denise's car, Stevie Wonder (appearing as himself) invites the Huxtable...

After an exhausting midnight shift at the hospital and a night's sleep, all Cliff wants is to read h...

A close friend of Cliff's, played by Samuel E. Wright, is overcome with sadness due to his daughter'...

Theo's math teacher has a baby and Cockroach shows a different side. Carl Anthony Payne II as Cockro...

After Theo claims that he'll have no problem making it in the "real world", the Huxtables convert th...

Cliff plays pinochle with his father, a former teacher, and a friend. Theo buys a cheap ring for his...

In a charity run, Cliff races at the Penn Relays with "Tailwind" Turner and -- as apparent payback f...

After much deliberation, Denise chooses the college that she will attend in the fall. Earle Hyman as...

The Huxtable house is thrown into chaos after Rudy finds a snake in the basement.

Clair challenges Cliff to not eat any salty food for the day. Denise leaves for her freshman year at...

Russell and Anna's 50th wedding anniversary. The family performs James Brown's "I Got the Feelin' "...

Although he has a steady girlfriend, Theo wants to start dating someone else.

After Clair specifically forbids her from wearing make-up, Vanessa, behind her mothers back does it...

Theo writes a report on the March on Washington. But gets a poor grade and is asked to redo his proj...

Theo and Cockroach decide they want to learn to fly, but Cliff doesn't want to waste his money on an...

Friends call Vanessa a stuck-up rich girl at school. Guest appearance by Essence Atkins.

Denise's college career starts with a D, but Denise is to scared to show her parents. Clair needs to...

Rudy and Peter find a dog and attempt to take care of it without her parents knowing. Peter Costa as...

Cliff and his father's friend play a challenging game of cards. Venesa prepares to go to a skating p...

Cliff is in charge when Clair leaves for 10 days.

Elvin helps Theo with some wrestling moves, although he and Sondra have made plans for the weekend,...

Cliff establishes the Huxtable Men's Club when the women are away to help Theo get over his sadnes o...

Cliff buys a new car. Rudy cuts some animal pictures out of Cliff's expensive books for school. Gues...

Denise has a blind date, but is really scared. So she asks Theo to grade him for her!!!! But this so...

Cliff is called to the hospital for 3 deliveries, Malinda Williams appearance, Patricia Richardson a...

Rudy gets hurt from Theo's rough games. Rudy cries. Theo gets punished. Clair goes to a doctor and g...

Denise holds a bridal shower for her pregnant and bride-to-be friend Veronica, but finds out some di...

Cliff's 50th birthday has all kinds of surprises.

When Sondra and Elvin announce their engagement, Clair and the children use the news to play a pract...

While Cliff and Clair have the flu, Theo tries to keep the house going.

Cliff's Navy friend comes to visit. Cockroach shaves his head to be in a rock video. Robert Culp (Bi...

Clair's sister decides she wants to be a mother. Cliff takes Rudy and her friends out to eat at a fa...

The Huxtable family goes to Hillman College to attend a ceremony in honor of its president's retirem...

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

Theo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet, and the Huxtables got a phone message...

Rudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water...

While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discover's he's lost a power dr...

Christopher Plummer and Roscoe Lee Browne appear. Theo must read Julius Caesar for school, but compl...

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

Rudy goes to an older widowed lady's house each afternoon to have tea and play cards, but notices th...

Sondra and Elvin have their first marital fight, and Elvin comes to the Huxtable house for comfort a...

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

Theo and Cockroach have tickets to appear on television on the dance show "Dance Mania", but are tol...

Theo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood change...

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

Clair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise,...

Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classm...

Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as Smitty....

Vanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Theo playfully mocks her efforts, but learns from fr...

Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Son...

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

Cliff and a friend play pétanque. First appearance of Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.

A friend of Clair's has marital problems; Cliff takes a "mini-vacation" in the house as Theo, Rudy,...

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

Theo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom but fail disas...

When the Huxtable men go fishing, Theo catches a dead body, and soon attracts attention from the med...

As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out o...

Cliff prepares for a physical.

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. Elvin's surname, Tibideaux, is reveale...

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—...

Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants...

Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, whic...

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fi...

Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.

Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys...

With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control...

Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other...

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him...

Clair's 46th birthday.

Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles th...

Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed...

Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "stea...

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.

Denise returns from Africa, with a new husband and stepdaughter in tow. Joseph C. Phillips and Raven...

After recreating one of Cliff's stories, Theo and his roommates are kicked out of their apartment. F...

Vanessa and her friends get drunk playing a drinking game. Pam Potillo as Janet. Elizabeth Narvaez a...

Denise forgets to respond to a letter from the Navy and confirm that she and Martin want housing on...

Theo is diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability which contributed to the academic problems he...

Denise and Olivia babysit Winnie and Nelson (Sondra and Elvin's twins).

Rudy and one of her classmates have a crush on each other, but peer pressure could ruin things. Gues...

Cliff dreams that men worldwide have become pregnant -- including his son Theo, his sons-in-law Elvi...

Denise invites Martin's ex-wife Paula for Thanksgiving dinner. Clair continues to send Cliff to the...

Martin's parents (Olivia's grandparents) come for a visit. Actor Moses Gunn and jazz singer Nancy Wi...

Cliff is in charge while Clair and Denise are out of town. Guest: Elaine Stritch as Mrs. McGee

As Christmas approaches, Cliff and Martin get to know each other better. Denise and Martin recreate...

Elvin takes two female college friends to dinner to reminisce and Sondra becomes very upset.

Guest appearance by The Muppets (Performed by Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, and Kevin Clas...

Denise causes trouble while trying to help Vanessa get a date.

Olivia's 4th birthday.

Theo thinks about proposing to Justine. Kenny, who was "born to sing the blues," gets the chance to...

Rudy steals money from Clair to buy a sweatshirt (Rudy and her friend Kim do the Electric Slide). De...

Rudy is forced to take tap dancing lessons for a school project. Cliff is presented with a "challeng...

Cliff, Elvin and Martin secretly compete to determine who is the most romantic husband in the Huxtab...

Cliff and Clair discover that Theo has moved in with Justine. Last Appearance Of Michelle Thomas as...

Clair is burned out from work and family pressures and hurries off to the woods.

Vanessa and her friends sneak out of town to attend a concert in Baltimore, but encounter huge probl...

The Huxtables' nerdy neighbor (Wallace Shawn) reinvents himself after a divorce.

Denise wants to become a teacher . . . without finishing college. Guest appearance by Max Roach.

"Gram Tee", Cliff's 98 year old great aunt, comes to visit the family.

Denise takes classes locally at Medgar Evers College, while Vanessa enrolls at Lincoln University in...

Cliff tries to win a classic jazz record at an auction, while filling in for Denise as volunteer par...

The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin'...

Clair's teenage second cousin moves in with the family.

After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain abou...

Rudy and Kenny do a video project.

Under pressure from her boyfriend to become sexually active, Pam considers using birth control.

Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans "Women's day" where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers...

Seeking privacy, Denise and Martin decide to look for their own apartment.

The husband of one of Cliff's patients worries that he will be a poor father because he has no athle...

Clair enters menopause. She takes the news fine, but the kids treat her as if she's losing her mind.

Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.

Theo will make the dean's list if he gets an A on his final, but a beautiful exchange student planni...

Pam's grades have improved, but she worries that she will not be able to afford college.

Cliff's patient and her husband are convinced that they are prepared for every scenario ... and then...

Rudy begs Martin to let her babysit Olivia. Cliff and Dr. Harmon enter a pinochle tournament as part...

To celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with Clair, Cliff recreates the Callaloo Pot, a Caribbean...

An old friend of Clair visits, along with her husband. Rudy prepares for her first date.

Theo's friend Denny thinks his girlfriend is cheating on him.

When Olivia comes down with a cold, everyone (except Cliff) has a different home remedy to offer as...

Rudy has a nightmare about Olivia always getting her way.

Cliff goes bowling with his friends.

Clair tries to prevent Cliff from buying a new appliance from his friend Jake.

Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the com...

Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.

18 year old Vanessa reveals that she is engaged to a 29 year old Head Caretaker of her University .....

Cliff announces plans to add a new room to the house for Clair ... and only Clair. Sondra and Elvin...

During his first parent-counselor meeting, Theo and a single mother discover mutual attraction. Rudy...

Pam begins to realize that, because of her below average grades earlier in high school, she will not...

Anxious to see a famous rapper, Rudy and her friends lie to their parents in order to get into a clu...

Winnie and Nelson drive Cliff and Clair crazy around the house while Elvin and Sondra wait to move i...

Vanessa's grandparents Russell Huxtable and Carrie Hanks are desperate to meet her fiancé Dabnis, wh...

Cliff chaperones Olivia's field trip to the museum; Theo falls victim to a scammer while ordering T-...

Cliff teaches a class "for men only" at the community center.

Olivia tries to delay Martin's return to Asia.

Vanessa and Dabnis have relationship problems, as do Rudy and Stanley.

As Christmas approaches, Clair gets a wonderful present: the completion of her special room.

Theo is accepted to graduate school at NYU, but faces a tough decision when he is unexpectedly offer...

Pam, Lance, Charmaine, and a group of senior citizens protest a grocery chain that gives preferentia...

Kenny pretends that he is dating another girl, in order to make Rudy jealous and force Stanley out o...

Rudy and her friends want to go on the subway.

Sondra, Elvin, and the twins finally move into their own house in New Jersey.

Vanessa and Dabnis announce that they have broken their engagement ... and would-be father-in-law Cl...

Theo decides to turn down the corporate job in San Francisco and attend graduate school in New York....

Clair and her college friends plan a retirement party for one of their former professors from Hillma...

Cliff and Clair see Rudy changing. While preparing their wills, Sondra and Elvin try to determine wh...

Cliff and Clair go to a local radio station for a live salsa performance. Kenny babysits Olivia.

Kenny turns to Rudy and Cliff for help after lying to his girlfriend about plans for her birthday pa...

Theo prepares to graduate from New York University. An elated Cliff continues to invite additional p...