The Cosby Show

Denise surprises Cliff and Clair by returning home a week early from Africa.

Cliff's story about how he and his roommates cleaned their floors in college inspires Theo.

Vanessa and her girlfriends are asking for trouble when they play the alphabet game with a bottle of Scotch.

Theo proudly answers all of Cliff's questions as Theo practices for an upcoming Mythology exam.

Denise and Martin visit the Rhode Island naval base where they are expecting to be housed.

Sondra and Elvin get a well-deserved night out when an overconfident Denise boasts that caring for two children should be as easy as looking after one.

Even after raising three daughters, Cliff's in over his head when Rudy reports her first "boy troublea".

Cliff's ingestion of a sausage hero immediately before bedtime brings on a dream in which spores contaminate the US. water supply

Chocoholics Cliff and Olivia do a hatchet job on the cake that Clair's baked for Denise's in-laws.

When Martin's ex-wife calls Olivia from the airport.

Clair's in Washington on a case and Cliff's in charge - but just barely.

Martin and Cliff spend some time together and develop a new, warm appreciation for each other.

Sondra decides to stay home to work on her law school application

When Denise's snappy repartee gives Vanessa the courage to approach handsome Elliott in a café.

Will cultures and tastes clash?

Elvin and Theo catch blues great B.B. King at a local club and Theo's blown away by his singing.

Eagerness to purchase a T-shirt that lights up overshadows better judgment when Rudy "borrows" $2.30 from the money Clair's left on the counter.

Rudy's down in the dumps because she's been partnered with the best male dancer in school for an upcoming show.

Theo throws Cliff, Elvin, and Martin a challenge they can't ignore: prove that they aren't living in "the marriage graveyard" .

Theo and Justine take a big step without telling either set of parents, and it all comes out, literally, in the wash.

Exhausted, overworked and with patience worn thin, Clair wonders if she has "anything left to give."

Vanessa and her girlfriends lie and deceive their way into borrowing a car and making a trip to Baltimore to see a rock concert behind their parents' backs.

Clair brings her friend and rival attorney, Bernice, home to visit while Cliff's entertaining their recently divorced neighbor, Jeffrey.

Denise applies to a local college, only to be told that with her Hillman credits will not be accepted.