The Cosby Show — Season 5

Oct 198822m

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.

Oct 198822m

Cliff prepares for a physical.

Oct 198822m

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

Oct 198822m

Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.

Nov 198822m

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

Nov 198842m

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.

Nov 198822m

Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.

Dec 198822m

Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.

Dec 198822m

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.

Dec 198822m

Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

Jan 198922m

Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.

Jan 198922m

Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

Jan 198922m

Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". She also buys a new couch and Cliff tries to cling to the old one.

Feb 198922m

With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.

Feb 198922m

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.

Feb 198922m

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

Feb 198922m

Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.

Feb 198922m

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

Mar 198922m

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

Mar 198922m

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.

Mar 198922m

Clair's 46th birthday.

Apr 198922m

Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.

Apr 198922m

Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.

May 198922m

Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.

May 198922m

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.