The Cosby Show

Vanessa stuns her parents by suddenly announcing that she is engaged to a maintenance worker.

Cliff surprises Clair by planning to build her a special soundproof room, but his plans are complicated by Sondra and Elvin's housing troubles.

During Theo's first parent-teacher conference, he finds himself attracted to the mother of one of his students.

Pam faces the reality of applying to colleges; Cliff continues to interfere with the construction of the Huxtables' new kitchen.

Clair and Cliff are alarmed to learn that Rudy and her friends plan to see a rap concert at a club geared for adults. Rapper Special Ed guest stars.

Sondra and Elvin's parenting methods get on Cliff and Clair's nerves. Especially when they learn that their oldest and her brood will need to stay at the Huxtables longer than they thought.

Russell gets some misinformation about Dabnis, Vanessa's fiance

Cliff and neighbor Jeffrey supervise Olivia's class on a field trip to the museum; Theo organizes a T-shirt sale to raise funds for the community center. Wallace Shawn Guest Stars.

Theo convinces Cliff to teach a course for young men at the community center, which brings him face-to-face with the problems of inner-city youth.

Cliff and Clair invite famed singer Miriam Makeba to the house for dinner; Olivia hides to try to keep her father from shipping out.

Vanessa rethinks her engagement to Dabnis, and Rudy breaks up with Stanley.

Clair is thrilled with her new soundproof room, although her family doesn't share her feelings about her newfound solitude.

Theo tries to decide between graduate school and the sudden offer of a lucrative job in San Francisco.

Pam, Lance, and Charmaine become caught up in a protest involving neighborhood grocery stores.

Pam fills in for Cliff's assistant and has to deal with an eccentric mother-to-be; Rudy, Stanley, and Kenny deal with jealousy as they work on a school project together. Ed Lover guest stars.

While Clair's away, Cliff wrestles with his passion for junk food; Rudy and her friends beg to be allowed to ride the subway by themselves.

Almost everyone is thrilled as the Tibideauxs prepare to finally move into their own house in New Jersey -- everyone except Cliff, who has to babysit the twins during the move. Jim Valvano and Dick Vitale guest star.

Vanessa breaks off her engagement to Dabnis, but Cliff is the one feeling separation anxiety as he realizes how close he and Dabnis have become.

Theo decides to turn down his job offer and go to graduate school; Olivia and Marlon plan to write about what Cliff was like at their age, but realize that Cliff's stories are more style than substance; the kids at the community center find a wallet containing $600 in cash and learn a valuable lesson in honesty.

While Clair and friends wax nostalgic over their college days, Olivia gives Cliff a make-over.

Cliff must deal with Rudy's growing maturity.

Cliff and Clair attend a live performance as part of the Pan-American Music Festival. Meanwhile, Olivia manages to exhaust not one, but two babysitters. Mario Bauza's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Graciela, and Willie Colon guest star.

Cliff tries desperately to find additional deductions as tax time arrives at the Huxtable household; The Uptown String Quartet guest star.

The family prepares for Theo's college graduation as Theo tries to invite more and more people; Vanessa and Dabnis may or may not be an item again, Olivia prepares to move to Singapore to stay with Denise and Martin.

Denise calls and announces that she is pregnant; Cliff thinks back to a time when he feared that Theo would never live up to his potential. FACTOID: After this episode aired, THE SIMPSONS saluted the series by showing Homer and Bart watching the show on TV.