The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 197
- Latest aired
- S08E24
- Total runtime
- 3d 1h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1984 – May 1985 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1985 – May 1986 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1986 – May 1987 25 episodes
- Season 4 September 1987 – April 1988 23 episodes
- Season 5 October 1988 – May 1989 25 episodes
- Season 6 September 1989 – May 1990 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1990 – May 1991 25 episodes
- Season 8 September 1991 – April 1992 24 episodes
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S05E01 Together Again and Again
October 6 · 22min find the promo
Show synopsis
As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. Sondra is revealed to be pregnant.
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S05E03 Rudy's All-Nighter
October 20 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy's friend sleeps over.
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S05E04 Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game)
October 27 · 22min find the promo
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Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.
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S05E05 Out of Brooklyn
November 3 · 22min find the promo
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Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
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S05E06 The Birth
November 10 · 42min find the promo
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Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie. Elvin decides to return to medical school.
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S05E07 Cyranoise de Bergington
November 17 · 22min find the promo
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Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
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S05E08 How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
December 1 · 22min find the promo
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Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.
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S05E09 If the Dress Fits, Wear It
December 8 · 22min find the promo
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Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
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S05E10 Is There a Hamster in the House?
December 15 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
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S05E11 Truth or Consequences
January 5 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
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S05E12 Cliff Babysits
January 12 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
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S05E13 Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
January 26 · 22min find the promo
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Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". She also buys a new couch and Cliff tries to cling to the old one.
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S05E14 The Lost Weekend
February 2 · 22min find the promo
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With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
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S05E15 No Way, Baby
February 6 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.
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S05E16 Can I Say Something, Please?
February 9 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
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S05E17 The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
February 16 · 22min find the promo
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Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
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S05E18 The Boys of Winter
February 23 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
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S05E19 It Comes and It Goes
March 9 · 22min find the promo
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Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
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S05E20 Theo's Women
March 16 · 22min find the promo
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After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.
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S05E22 A Room With No View
April 13 · 22min find the promo
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Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
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S05E23 What He Did for Love
April 27 · 22min find the promo
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Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
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S05E24 Day of the Locusts
May 4 · 22min find the promo
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Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
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S05E25 57 Varieties
May 11 · 22min find the promo
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Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.