The Cosby Show (Season 4)

Call of the Wild (Episode 1)

Air date: 1987-09-24

Runtime: 22 min

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

Theogate (Episode 2)

Air date: 1987-10-01

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

It's Not Easy Being Green (Episode 3)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1987-10-08

Runtime: 22 min

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

Cliff's Mistake (Episode 4)

Writer: Janet Leahy

Air date: 1987-10-15

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Shakespeare (Episode 5)

Air date: 1987-10-22

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

That's Not What I Said (Episode 6)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1987-10-29

Runtime: 22 min

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

Autumn Gifts (Episode 7)

Writer: Matt Williams

Air date: 1987-11-05

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Looking Back (Episode 8)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1987-11-12

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: 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.

Where's Rudy? (Episode 9)

Air date: 1987-11-19

Runtime: 22 min

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

Dance Mania (Episode 10)

Writer: Matt Williams

Air date: 1987-12-03

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

The Locker Room (Episode 11)

Writer: Janet Leahy

Air date: 1987-12-10

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

The Show Must Go On (Episode 12)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1987-12-17

Runtime: 22 min

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

Bookworm (Episode 13)

Writer: Janet Leahy

Air date: 1988-01-07

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Episode 14)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-01-14

Runtime: 22 min

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

The Visit (Episode 15)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-01-21

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.

The Drum Major (Episode 16)

Air date: 1988-02-04

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Waterworks (Episode 17)

Writer: Janet Leahy

Air date: 1988-02-11

Runtime: 22 min

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

Once Upon a Time (Episode 18)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-02-18

Runtime: 22 min

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

Petanque (Episode 19)

Writer: Matt Williams

Air date: 1988-02-25

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: Cliff and a friend play pétanque.

Trust Me (Episode 20)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-03-03

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Home for the Weekend (Episode 21)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-03-17

Runtime: 22 min

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

The Prom (Episode 22)

Writer: Janet Leahy

Air date: 1988-03-24

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.

Gone Fishin' (Episode 23)

Writer: Carmen Finestra

Air date: 1988-04-28

Runtime: 22 min

Overview: 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.