The Cosby Show

  • Premiered: Sep 1984
  • Episodes: 201
  • Followers: 188
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Thursday at 20
  • Comedy Family Romance

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Season 4
4x1
Call of the Wild
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 1987
The newlywed Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with shocking news for Cliff and Clair: they want to abandon their dreams of being a lawyer and doctor and open an outdoorsman's .. show full overview
4x2
Theogate
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 1987
Theo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet, and the Huxtables got a phone message earlier from the track coach. They both deny anything out of the ordinary happened, .. show full overview
4x3
It Ain't Easy Being Green
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 08, 1987
Rudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water heater.
4x4
Cliff's Mistake
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 1987
While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discover's he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him. First appearance of Wallace Shawn as Jeffrey Ingalls.
4x5
Shakespeare
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 22, 1987
Christopher Plummer and Roscoe Lee Browne appear. Theo must read Julius Caesar for school, but complains that it is boring. Russel and his friends read scenes from the play aloud, and .. show full overview
4x6
That's Not What I Said
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 29, 1987
Cliff and Clair have a marital argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.
4x7
Autumn Gifts
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 05, 1987
Rudy goes to an older widowed lady's house each afternoon to have tea and play cards, but notices that she refuses to take her daily medication for diabetes. She tells Cliff, who devises .. show full overview
4x8
Looking Back (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 1987
Sondra and Elvin have their first marital fight, and Elvin comes to the Huxtable house for comfort and support. Clair shares about the difficulties in their house as flashbacks are shown.
4x9
Looking Back (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 1987
Flashbacks are shown while history is shared with Elvin.
4x10
Where's Rudy?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 1987
Theo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition. Earle Hyman (Russell) appears on the episode of A Different World which airs later that evening.
4x11
Dance Mania
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 1987
Theo and Cockroach have tickets to appear on television on the dance show "Dance Mania", but are told that only one of them can enter the studio during the filming because of fire laws. .. show full overview
4x12
The Locker Room
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 1987
Theo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood changes when one of the guys goes out with Vanessa and brags about it the next day. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as Smitty.
4x13
The Show Must Go On
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 1987
Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed. Deon Richmond as Kenny.
4x14
Bookworm
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1988
Clair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise, Cliff knows quite a bit about the book in question! Meanwhile, the kids attempt a .. show full overview
4x15
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 1988
Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun. Deon Richmond as Kenny. Naoka Nakagawa as Kim.
4x16
The Visit
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 21, 1988
Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as Smitty. Special appearance by Armand Hammer.
4x17
The Drum Major
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1988
Vanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Theo playfully mocks her efforts, but learns from friends that Vanessa is the target of sexism and intervenes on her behalf. Meanwhile, .. show full overview
4x18
Waterworks
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 1988
Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.
4x19
Once Upon a Time
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 1988
Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy. Members of the family play the roles of a village full of happy people and a mean group that ruins their .. show full overview
4x20
Petanque
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 25, 1988
Cliff and a friend play pétanque. First appearance of Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.
4x21
Trust Me
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 03, 1988
A friend of Clair's has marital problems; Cliff takes a "mini-vacation" in the house as Theo, Rudy, and Vanessa try to stump each other with riddles.
4x22
Home for the Weekend
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 1988
Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.
4x23
The Prom
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 24, 1988
Theo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom but fail disastrously; Cliff and Clair relive their own prom. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as .. show full overview
4x24 Season finale
Gone Fishin'
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 28, 1988
When the Huxtable men go fishing, Theo catches a dead body, and soon attracts attention from the media. This success goes to his head, while Rudy and Kenny find a nest of baby birds, but .. show full overview

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