Rudy begs Martin to let her babysit Olivia. Cliff and Dr. Harmon enter a pinochle tournament as partners … and so do their wives.

Cliff’s patient and her husband are convinced that they are prepared for every scenario … and then labor begins.

Pam’s grades have improved, but she worries that she will not be able to afford college.

Theo will make the dean’s list if he gets an A on his final, but a beautiful exchange student planning to leave the next day for Barbados distracts him. Vanessa…

Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.

Clair enters menopause. She takes the news fine, but the kids treat her as if she’s losing her mind.

The husband of one of Cliff’s patients worries that he will be a poor father because he has no athletic ability. After Pam breaks up with Slide, she and the…

Seeking privacy, Denise and Martin decide to look for their own apartment.

Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans “Women’s day” where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers any questions she has, but Rudy refuses to talk. Keith Diamond as…

Under pressure from her boyfriend to become sexually active, Pam considers using birth control.

Rudy and Kenny do a video project.

After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain about the various small disasters the children have caused them, and the…

Clair’s teenage second cousin moves in with the family.

The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin’s post-wedding bachelor party.

Cliff tries to win a classic jazz record at an auction, while filling in for Denise as volunteer parent at Olivia’s preschool. Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.

Denise takes classes locally at Medgar Evers College, while Vanessa enrolls at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Rudy starts sixth grade. Olivia starts preschool.

“Gram Tee”, Cliff’s 98 year old great aunt, comes to visit the family.

Denise wants to become a teacher . . . without finishing college. Guest appearance by Max Roach.

The Huxtables’ nerdy neighbor (Wallace Shawn) reinvents himself after a divorce.

Vanessa and her friends sneak out of town to attend a concert in Baltimore, but encounter huge problems along the way. Afterwards, she must face the wrath of Cliff and…

Clair is burned out from work and family pressures and hurries off to the woods.

Cliff and Clair discover that Theo has moved in with Justine. Last Appearance Of Michelle Thomas as Justine. Victoria Rowell as Paula.

Cliff, Elvin and Martin secretly compete to determine who is the most romantic husband in the Huxtable family.

Rudy is forced to take tap dancing lessons for a school project. Cliff is presented with a “challenge” he cannot resist. Guest appearances by Howard “Sandman” Sims and Elaine Stritch.

Rudy steals money from Clair to buy a sweatshirt (Rudy and her friend Kim do the Electric Slide). Deon Richmond as Kenny.

Theo thinks about proposing to Justine. Kenny, who was “born to sing the blues,” gets the chance to sing with a legendary blues singer/guitarist. Deon Richmond as Kenny. Michelle Thomas…

Olivia’s 4th birthday.

Denise causes trouble while trying to help Vanessa get a date.

Guest appearance by The Muppets (Performed by Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, and Kevin Clash.) Voice-over by Wallace Shawn.

Elvin takes two female college friends to dinner to reminisce and Sondra becomes very upset.

As Christmas approaches, Cliff and Martin get to know each other better. Denise and Martin recreate their wedding ceremony, which allows Cliff to give his daughter away.

Cliff is in charge while Clair and Denise are out of town. Guest: Elaine Stritch as Mrs. McGee

Martin’s parents (Olivia’s grandparents) come for a visit. Actor Moses Gunn and jazz singer Nancy Wilson guest star as Martin’s parents.

Denise invites Martin’s ex-wife Paula for Thanksgiving dinner. Clair continues to send Cliff to the store for last-minute groceries, despite the fact that it is a cold and rainy Thanksgiving…

Cliff dreams that men worldwide have become pregnant — including his son Theo, his sons-in-law Elvin and Martin, and himself. Voice-over by NBC News correspondent John Palmer.

Rudy and one of her classmates have a crush on each other, but peer pressure could ruin things. Guest appearance by Elaine Stritch.

Denise and Olivia babysit Winnie and Nelson (Sondra and Elvin’s twins).

Theo is diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability which contributed to the academic problems he has had over the years. Michelle Thomas as Justine.

Denise forgets to respond to a letter from the Navy and confirm that she and Martin want housing on the naval base in Rhode Island.

Vanessa and her friends get drunk playing a drinking game. Pam Potillo as Janet. Elizabeth Narvaez as Kara. Guest appearance by Bill Cosby’s real-life daughter Ensa Cosby, upon whom the…