EPISODE GUIDE

The Cosby Show
Season 6.

26 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.

1. Denise: The Saga Continues

Air date: 1989-09-21 · 30 min

Just as Theo finds a new place to live, Denise returns from her African rainforest trip with startling souvenirs - a husband and a stepdaughter.

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2. Surf's Up

Air date: 1989-09-28 · 30 min

When Cliff tells Theo of some of the hi jinx he did when he was younger. Theo decides to try it himself. But he ends up damaging his apartment, which leads to the landlord throwing him out. So Cliff tries to some things with the man so Theo can move out of the house where he has been staying.

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3. I'm 'In' With the 'In' Crowd

Air date: 1989-10-05 · 30 min

Everybody loses when Vanessa and friends play a drinking game at an unsupervised get-together.

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4. Denise Kendall: Navy Wife

Air date: 1989-10-12 · 30 min

Denise and Martin prepare to check out the house where they will be living on the naval base; Denise admits she forgot to confirm the housing arrangements.

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5. Theo's Gift

Air date: 1989-10-19 · 30 min

Theo finds out that he has dyslexia so he changes the way he studies and gets a better grade in history.

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6. Denise Kendall: Babysitter

Air date: 1989-10-26 · 30 min

Denise and Olivia babysit Winnie and Nelson when Sondra and Elvin go out for the evening; but shortly after Sondra and Elvin leave, the whole building goes into a blackout.

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7. Shall We Dance?

Air date: 1989-11-02 · 30 min

Rudy and Kenny learn good manners at school. Rudy has a crush on a boy named Clarence and tries to show him that she cares but Clarence is too shy to admit it in front of his friends.

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8. The Day the Spores Landed

Air date: 1989-11-09 · 30 min

Cliff's ingestion of a sausage hero immediately before bedtime brings on a dream in which spores contaminate the U.S. water supply (except in New Jersey) and impregnate thousands of men, including Cliff, Elvin and Martin. Theo, the only unwed mother-to-be, soon joins them. They commiserate and console each other, but their solace is short-lived. Contractions send them all to the hospital and into the most bizarre delivery room.

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9. Cliff's Wet Adventure

Air date: 1989-11-16 · 30 min

Claire sends Cliff to the store to buy some stuff for Thanksgiving dinner on a very rainy day and he returns soaking wet. Unfortunately he keeps forgetting some products and Claire sends him again & again. Meanwhile Denise invites Martin's ex wife to Cliff's house because she's all alone. Finally Cliff arrives home again just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

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10. Grampy and Nu-Nu Visit the Huxtables

Air date: 1989-11-30 · 30 min

When Martin's parents visit, Denise frets about Mrs. Kendall's impression of her.

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11. Cliff la Dolce

Air date: 1989-12-07 · 30 min

Claire is going to Washington, and Denise is going to the Caribbean. Cliff stays all alone with Rudy & Olivia. Rudy comes to him with a problem between her & her friends but Cliff's advice makes things worse for Rudy. Meanwhile Theo takes Olivia to the cafeteria and uses her charm to collect other girls' phone numbers. Also Vanessa tries to get her father's permission to go to another girl's party with older boys.

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12. Getting to Know You

Air date: 1989-12-14 · 30 min

Theo meets Cliff & Martin at the cafeteria sitting with two willing beautiful girls. Later at the Huxtable residence Martin tries to explain to Cliff the situation on how he & Denise met and got married. Afterwards the family organizes a surprise for Cliff that will make him very happy.

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13. Elvin Pays for Dinner

Air date: 1990-01-04 · 30 min

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

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14. Cliff's Nightmare

Air date: 1990-01-11 · 30 min

Cliff comes back from the hospital at three in the morning and decides to eat a sausage sandwich. Unfortunately that sandwich becomes responsible for the weirdest dream Cliff ever had.

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15. Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor

Air date: 1990-01-18 · 30 min

Denise & Vanessa are in the cafeteria when Vanessa sees a boy she seems to like but she's too shy to go to his table; so she asks advice from her big sister.

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16. The Birthday Party

Air date: 1990-01-25 · 30 min

It's Olivia's birthday and all she wants is a brand new tricycle, which she has all her friends help her search the entire house for when Cliff, who's supposed to be babysitting her guests, falls asleep.

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17. Not Everybody Loves the Blues

Air date: 1990-02-01 · 30 min

Theo is upset his girlfriend might go to graduate school in another town. He and Elvin go to a nightclub; they hear the King of the Blues Riley Jackson. Turns out Cliff and Clair know Riley. He visits the family, helps Theo with his blues.

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18. Rudy's Walk on the Wild Side

Air date: 1990-02-08 · 30 min

Rudy wants a sweater with fish that light up that are on sale at the mall, but she doesn't have enough money to buy it and becomes so desperate, she steals $2.30 out of the money Clair left out for the dry cleaning.

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19. Mr. Sandman

Air date: 1990-02-15 · 30 min

Mrs. McGee (Rudy's teacher) calls the Huxtables to report that Rudy has not been attending dance lessons, so Cliff takes Rudy to to the dancing lessons and gets a little carried away.

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20. Isn't It Romantic?

Air date: 1990-02-22 · 30 min

Cliff, Martin & Elvin place a bet between them on who can buy a romantic present to each of their wife within twenty-five dollars limit. Who ever wins will be called "The Emperor of Romance".

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21. Theo's Dirty Laundry

Air date: 1990-03-15 · 30 min

When Cliff finds women's lingerie in Theo's laundry, he and Clair soon realize that their son has moved in with his girlfriend, Justine. Meanwhile, Denise announces her plans to become a special education teacher.

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22. What's It All About?

Air date: 1990-03-22 · 30 min

Clair comes home from work exhausted and needs to rest but her family do not understand her so Cliff sends her to a friends combine around the lake far away from home to relax.

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23. Off to See the Wretched

Air date: 1990-04-05 · 30 min

Vanessa and her friends plot to go to a concert. They don't tell their parents it's in Baltimore, but they find out in a dramatic way.

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24. The Moves

Air date: 1990-04-19 · 30 min

Clair brings her friend and rival attorney, Bernice, home to visit while Cliff's entertaining their recently divorced neighbor, Jeffrey. Despite their physical disparity, Jeffrey and Bernice really hit it off.

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25. Live and Learn

Air date: 1990-04-26 · 30 min

Denise gets very excited about wanting to be an instructor to work with children who have learning disabilities but cannot understand that in order to teach she must have a college degree.

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26. The Storyteller

Air date: 1990-05-03 · 30 min

Cliff's great-aunt, Gramtee, comes to visit and everyone is excited - except Olivia. Olivia wants to go to the zoo instead of a planned church visit. Gramtee tells stories of Cliff as a child and of a relative who was a slave years ago.

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