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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S08E01 With This Ring?
September 19 · 22min find the promo
Show synopsis
18 year old Vanessa reveals that she is engaged to a 29 year old Head Caretaker of her University ... and has been for six months.
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S08E02 There's No Place Like This Home
September 26 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff announces plans to add a new room to the house for Clair ... and only Clair. Sondra and Elvin are on the verge of purchasing their first house.
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S08E03 Particles in Motion
October 3 · 22min find the promo
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During his first parent-counselor meeting, Theo and a single mother discover mutual attraction. Rudy meets Stanley and the two are immediately smitten with each other, much to the chagrin of a jealous Kenny.
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S08E04 Pam Applies to College
October 10 · 22min find the promo
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Pam begins to realize that, because of her below average grades earlier in high school, she will not be able to attend the same college as her best friend.
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S08E05 Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
October 17 · 22min find the promo
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Anxious to see a famous rapper, Rudy and her friends lie to their parents in order to get into a club for 16 year olds and up. Cliff and Clair secretly send Pam, Lance and Charmaine to keep an eye on them.
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S08E06 It's Apparent to Everyone
October 24 · 22min find the promo
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Winnie and Nelson drive Cliff and Clair crazy around the house while Elvin and Sondra wait to move into their new house.
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S08E07 The Iceman Bricketh
October 31 · 22min find the promo
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Vanessa's grandparents Russell Huxtable and Carrie Hanks are desperate to meet her fiancé Dabnis, who bonds with Cliff over a plumbing job.
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S08E08 Olivia's Field Trip
November 7 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff chaperones Olivia's field trip to the museum; Theo falls victim to a scammer while ordering T-shirts for the community center.
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S08E09 For Men Only
November 14 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff teaches a class "for men only" at the community center.
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S08E10 Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
November 21 · 22min find the promo
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Olivia tries to delay Martin's return to Asia.
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S08E11 Two Is a Crowd
December 5 · 22min find the promo
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Vanessa and Dabnis have relationship problems, as do Rudy and Stanley.
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S08E12 Clair's Place
December 19 · 22min find the promo
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As Christmas approaches, Clair gets a wonderful present: the completion of her special room.
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S08E13 Theo's Future
January 2 · 22min find the promo
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Theo is accepted to graduate school at NYU, but faces a tough decision when he is unexpectedly offered a chance to interview for a corporate job in San Francisco.
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S08E14 The Price Is Wrong
January 9 · 22min find the promo
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Pam, Lance, Charmaine, and a group of senior citizens protest a grocery chain that gives preferential treatment to customers in wealthier neighborhoods.
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S08E15 Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
January 16 · 22min find the promo
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Kenny pretends that he is dating another girl, in order to make Rudy jealous and force Stanley out of the picture.
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S08E16 Eat, Drink and Be Wary
January 30 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy and her friends want to go on the subway.
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S08E17 The Getaway
February 6 · 22min find the promo
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Sondra, Elvin, and the twins finally move into their own house in New Jersey.
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S08E18 Cliff Gets Jilted
February 6 · 22min find the promo
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Vanessa and Dabnis announce that they have broken their engagement ... and would-be father-in-law Cliff is devastated.
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S08E19 Cliff and Theo Come Clean
February 13 · 22min find the promo
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Theo decides to turn down the corporate job in San Francisco and attend graduate school in New York. One of the students at the community center finds $600.
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S08E20 Clair's Reunion
February 20 · 22min find the promo
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Clair and her college friends plan a retirement party for one of their former professors from Hillman. Vanessa brings home a Senegalese exchange student.
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S08E21 Rudy's Retreat
February 27 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff and Clair see Rudy changing. While preparing their wills, Sondra and Elvin try to determine who should be the twins' legal guardian if the couple should both die. Charmaine and Lance prepare to visit Hillman College.
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S08E22 You Can't Stop the Music
March 26 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff and Clair go to a local radio station for a live salsa performance. Kenny babysits Olivia.
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S08E23 Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
April 23 · 22min find the promo
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Kenny turns to Rudy and Cliff for help after lying to his girlfriend about plans for her birthday party. Cliff and Clair work on their income tax return.
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S08E24 And So We Commence
April 30 · 41min find the promo
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Theo prepares to graduate from New York University. An elated Cliff continues to invite additional people to the ceremony, despite the fact that Theo only has a limited number of tickets. As Theo graduates from NYU, Cliff remembers how a 14 year old Theo received D's in 9th grade and had no desire to attend college at all. Denise telephones and reveals that she is pregnant. Olivia leaves to join Denise and Martin in Singapore.