The Cosby Show
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The Cosby Show

7.0/10 1984 8 Seasons 197 Episodes Ended

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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Season 5 Episodes

S5E1
E1
Together Again and Again
22 min 1988

As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. S…

S5E2
E2
The Physical
22 min 1988

Cliff prepares for a physical.

S5E3
E3
Rudy's All-Nighter
22 min 1988

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

S5E4
E4
Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game)
22 min 1988

Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. Elvin's surname, Tibideaux, is revealed.

S5E5
E5
Out of Brooklyn
22 min 1988

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

S5E6
E6
The Birth
42 min 1988

Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after …

S5E7
E7
Cyranoise de Bergington
22 min 1988

Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.

S5E8
E8
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
22 min 1988

Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a …

S5E9
E9
If the Dress Fits, Wear It
22 min 1988

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.

S5E10
E10
Is There a Hamster in the House?
22 min 1988

Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

S5E11
E11
Truth or Consequences
22 min 1989

Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.

S5E12
E12
Cliff Babysits
22 min 1989

Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

S5E13
E13
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
22 min 1989

Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys a new couch and Cli…

S5E14
E14
The Lost Weekend
22 min 1989

With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.

S5E15
E15
No Way, Baby
22 min 1989

Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduce…

S5E16
E16
Can I Say Something, Please?
22 min 1989

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

S5E17
E17
The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
22 min 1989

Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.

S5E18
E18
The Boys of Winter
22 min 1989

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

S5E19
E19
It Comes and It Goes
22 min 1989

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

S5E20
E20
Theo's Women
22 min 1989

After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win h…

S5E21
E21
Birthday Blues
22 min 1989

Clair's 46th birthday.

S5E22
E22
A Room With No View
22 min 1989

Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.

S5E23
E23
What He Did for Love
22 min 1989

Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen mercha…

S5E24
E24
Day of the Locusts
22 min 1989

Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.

S5E25
E25
57 Varieties
22 min 1989

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.

Cast

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Heathcliff Huxtable
Phylicia Rashād
Phylicia Rashād
Clair Huxtable
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Theo Huxtable
Tempestt Bledsoe
Tempestt Bledsoe
Vanessa Huxtable
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Rudy Huxtable
Sabrina Le Beauf
Sabrina Le Beauf
Sondra Huxtable
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens
Elvin Tibideaux
Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné
Olivia Kendall

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