The Cosby Show Season 5 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Thursday, October 6, 1988
Ended: Thursday, May 11, 1989
When does The Cosby Show Season 5 come out?
The Cosby Show Season 5 premiered Thursday, October 6, 1988 on NBC and ended Thursday, May 11, 1989. The season has 25 episodes.
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The Cosby Show Season 5 release schedule
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1. Together Again and Again 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. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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2. The Physical Cliff prepares for a physical. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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3. Rudy's All-Nighter Rudy's friend sleeps over. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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4. Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game) Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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5. Out of Brooklyn Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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6. The Birth 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. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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7. Cyranoise de Bergington Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date. |
Thursday · 38 years ago |
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8. How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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9. If the Dress Fits, Wear It Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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10. Is There a Hamster in the House? Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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11. Truth or Consequences Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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12. Cliff Babysits Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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13. Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten 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. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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14. The Lost Weekend With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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15. No Way, Baby 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. |
Monday · 37 years ago |
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16. Can I Say Something, Please? Rudy wants to change some of her rules. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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17. The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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18. The Boys of Winter Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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19. It Comes and It Goes Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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20. Theo's Women 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. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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21. Birthday Blues Clair's 46th birthday. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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22. A Room With No View Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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23. What He Did for Love Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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24. Day of the Locusts Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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25. 57 Varieties Finale Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig. |
Thursday · 37 years ago |
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The Cosby Show Season 5 FAQ
When does The Cosby Show Season 5 come out?
The Cosby Show Season 5 premiered Thursday, October 6, 1988 on NBC.
How many episodes are in The Cosby Show Season 5?
The Cosby Show Season 5 has 25 episodes.
Are new episodes of The Cosby Show Season 5 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the The Cosby Show Season 5 finale?
The The Cosby Show Season 5 finale (Episode 25) aired Thursday, May 11, 1989.
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