← The Cosby Show

Season 4

23 episodes · 1987

  1. 1

    Call of the Wild

    Sep 24, 198722 min★ 7.5

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

  2. 2

    Theogate

    Oct 1, 198722 min★ 7.6

    Theo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet. They both deny anything out of the ordinary happened, but Clair knows better. A mock trial is held to get to the bottom of the situation.

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    It's Not Easy Being Green

    Oct 8, 198722 min★ 6.5

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

  4. 4

    Cliff's Mistake

    Oct 15, 198722 min★ 7.2

    While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discovers he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him.

  5. 5

    Shakespeare

    Oct 22, 198722 min★ 7.4

    Theo must read ‘Julius Caesar’ for school, but complains that it is boring. Russell and his friends read scenes from the play aloud, and Theo is enthralled.

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    That's Not What I Said

    Oct 29, 198722 min★ 7.0

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

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    Autumn Gifts

    Nov 5, 198722 min★ 6.9

    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.

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    Looking Back

    Nov 12, 198743 min★ 6.8

    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.

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    Where's Rudy?

    Nov 19, 198722 min★ 6.7

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

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    Dance Mania

    Dec 3, 198722 min★ 6.8

    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.

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    The Locker Room

    Dec 10, 198722 min★ 6.9

    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.

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    The Show Must Go On

    Dec 17, 198722 min★ 6.6

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

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    Bookworm

    Jan 7, 198822 min★ 7.1

    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 sleepover at Sondra and Elvin's run-down studio apartment.

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    Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

    Jan 14, 198822 min★ 7.0

    Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.

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    The Visit

    Jan 21, 198822 min★ 7.3

    Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.

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    The Drum Major

    Feb 4, 198822 min★ 6.9

    Vanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Meanwhile, Cliff cooks up a batch of extremely spicy chili, and Russell tries to pay off a loan from an old friend.

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    Waterworks

    Feb 11, 198822 min★ 7.4

    Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.

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    Once Upon a Time

    Feb 18, 198822 min★ 5.8

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

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    Petanque

    Feb 25, 198822 min★ 6.9

    Cliff and a friend play pétanque.

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    Trust Me

    Mar 3, 198822 min★ 6.9

    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.

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    Home for the Weekend

    Mar 17, 198822 min★ 7.2

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

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    The Prom

    Mar 24, 198822 min★ 7.1

    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.

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    Gone Fishin'

    Apr 28, 198822 min★ 7.0

    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 the mother bird is missing. The two stories eventually cross in a surprising-and rather humiliating-lesson for Theo.