The Cosby Show (1988) 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.
01 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."
10/6/1988
02 Cliff prepares for a physical.
10/13/1988
03 Rudy's friend sleeps over.
10/20/1988
Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game) 04 Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. Elvin's surname, Tibideaux, is revealed.
10/27/1988
05 Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
11/3/1988
06 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.
11/10/1988
07 Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
11/17/1988
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 08 Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a toaster.
12/1/1988
If the Dress Fits, Wear It 09 Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
12/8/1988
Is There a Hamster in the House? 10 Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
12/15/1988
11 Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
1/5/1989
12 Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
1/12/1989
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten 13 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.
1/26/1989
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten 13 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.
1/26/1989
14 With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
2/2/1989
15 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.
2/6/1989
Can I Say Something, Please? 16 Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
2/9/1989
The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus 17 Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
2/16/1989
18 Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
2/23/1989
19 Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
3/9/1989
20 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.
3/16/1989
21 Clair's 46th birthday.
3/30/1989
22 Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
4/13/1989
23 Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
4/27/1989
24 Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
5/4/1989
25 Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.
5/11/1989
