The Cosby Show

Newlyweds Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with two big announcements that prove to disappoint Cliff and Clair.

Clair stages a mock trial to get to the bottom of Theo's flimsy excuse for arriving home late.

Rudy is sick of being too young to make her own decisions about her clothing. Robert and Vanessa have a study date.

Disharmony arises in the neighborhood when Cliff loses his friend Jeffrey's favorite power drill; the Huxtable kids put together a Halloween haunted house. Wallace Shawn guest stars.

Theo and Cockroach turn to Cliff's party guests for help with their assignment about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; Rudy must write a fairy tale. Roscoe Lee Browne and Christopher Plummer guest star.

Theo has a brush with the law; Cliff and Clair lash out at one another.

The Huxtables join forces to convince an ailing neighbor to take her medication. Eileen Heckart guest stars.

When Sondra and Elvin have an argument, Elvin storms over to the Huxtable household where he gets some valuable insight into the family's history.

Flashbacks of previous episodes continue as the Huxtables tell Elvin about the family's history.

During the annual produce contest at the mall, Theo and Vanessa manage to misplace Rudy. Louis Nye guest stars.

Clair gets Theo and Cockroach tickets to a TV dance show. Adam Sandler guest stars.

Theo worries when a locker-room gossip asks Vanessa out. Cliff is impressed by Rudy's magic tricks. Adam Sandler guest stars.

Cliff takes Rudy and her friends to a vaudeville show; Robert falls in love with one of Vanessa's friends. Carl Ballantine guest stars.

An unprepared Cliff tries to bluff his way through a meeting of Clair's book club. Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy spend the night at Elvin and Sondra's apartment. Angela Bassett and S. Epatha Merkerson guest star.

Disharmony results when Rudy, who has her heart set on the cymbals, is asked to play the violin.

Theo feels uncomfortable about visiting his friend Jake, who's in the hospital with cancer.

Vanessa wants to be her school's first female drum major; Russell tries again to settle his debt to a fellow musician.

Cliff claims that he can replace a broken pipe, but the family doubts he has the skills to complete the task.

The Huxtables act out Rudy's story in which the Nasty People declare war on the Happy People.

Cliff endures freezing temperatures to challenge his friend to the bocce-like game of petanque; Theo tries to impress a girl who's into rock climbing.

Clair counsels her TV-reporter friend, whose husband thinks she's fooling around with the celebrities she interviews.

The family is glad to have Denise home for a long-awaited visit, but Denise prefers to spend her time with her friends.

Theo and his buddies are determined to impress their prom dates, while Cliff gives Clair the prom she never had. Michelle Thomas and Adam Sandler guest star.

Theo reels in the body of a mobster during a fishing trip; Rudy and her friend Kenny become adoptive parents to baby birds.