Seasons & episodes
S4 · E12The Show Must Go On 1987-12-17 · 22 min
Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.
S4 · E13Bookworm 1988-01-07 · 22 min
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.
S4 · E14Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 1988-01-14 · 22 min
Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.
S4 · E15The Visit 1988-01-21 · 22 min
Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.
S4 · E16The Drum Major 1988-02-04 · 22 min
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.
S4 · E17Waterworks 1988-02-11 · 22 min
Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.
S4 · E18Once Upon a Time 1988-02-18 · 22 min
Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.
S4 · E19Petanque 1988-02-25 · 22 min
Cliff and a friend play pétanque.
S4 · E20Trust Me 1988-03-03 · 22 min
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.
S4 · E21Home for the Weekend 1988-03-17 · 22 min
Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.
S4 · E22The Prom 1988-03-24 · 22 min
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.
S4 · E23Gone Fishin' 1988-04-28 · 22 min
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.
S5 · E1Together Again and Again 1988-10-06 · 22 min
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.
S5 · E2The Physical 1988-10-13 · 22 min
Cliff prepares for a physical.
S5 · E3Rudy's All-Nighter 1988-10-20 · 22 min
Rudy's friend sleeps over.
S5 · E4Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game) 1988-10-27 · 22 min
Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.
S5 · E5Out of Brooklyn 1988-11-03 · 22 min
Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
S5 · E6The Birth 1988-11-10 · 42 min
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.
S5 · E7Cyranoise de Bergington 1988-11-17 · 22 min
Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
S5 · E8How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 1988-12-01 · 22 min
Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.
S5 · E9If the Dress Fits, Wear It 1988-12-08 · 22 min
Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
S5 · E10Is There a Hamster in the House? 1988-12-15 · 22 min
Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
S5 · E11Truth or Consequences 1989-01-05 · 22 min
Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
S5 · E12Cliff Babysits 1989-01-12 · 22 min
Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.