The Cosby Show (Season 5)

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.

Together Again and Again 0.0
Air date: 1988-10-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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. First mention of Cliff's theory that the children keep returning home because "they want the house."
The Physical 0.0
Air date: 1988-10-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Cliff prepares for a physical.
Rudy's All-Nighter 0.0
Air date: 1988-10-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Rudy's friend sleeps over.
Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game) 0.0
Air date: 1988-10-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. Elvin's surname, Tibideaux, is revealed.
Out of Brooklyn 0.0
Air date: 1988-11-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
The Birth 0.0
Air date: 1988-11-10
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Cyranoise de Bergington 0.0
Air date: 1988-11-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 0.0
Air date: 1988-12-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a toaster.
If the Dress Fits, Wear It 0.0
Air date: 1988-12-08
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
Is There a Hamster in the House? 0.0
Air date: 1988-12-15
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
Truth or Consequences 0.0
Air date: 1989-01-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
Cliff Babysits 0.0
Air date: 1989-01-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten 0.0
Air date: 1989-01-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys a new couch and Cliff tries to keep the old one. Clair's law firm is identified as Greentree, Bradley & Dexter.
The Lost Weekend 0.0
Air date: 1989-02-02
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
No Way, Baby 0.0
Air date: 1989-02-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.
Can I Say Something, Please? 0.0
Air date: 1989-02-09
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus 0.0
Air date: 1989-02-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
The Boys of Winter 0.0
Air date: 1989-02-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
It Comes and It Goes 0.0
Air date: 1989-03-09
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
Theo's Women 0.0
Air date: 1989-03-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.
Birthday Blues 0.0
Air date: 1989-03-30
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Clair's 46th birthday.
A Room With No View 0.0
Air date: 1989-04-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
What He Did for Love 0.0
Air date: 1989-04-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
Day of the Locusts 0.0
Air date: 1989-05-04
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
57 Varieties 0.0
Air date: 1989-05-11
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.