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The Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 4

Every episode of The Cosby Show Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 2 - Theogate
    7.6/10(168 votes)

    S4:E2

    Theo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet. They both deny anything out of the ordinary happened, but Clair knows better. A mock trial is held to get to the bottom of the situation.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 1 - Call of the Wild
    7.5/10(169 votes)

    S4:E1

    The newlywed Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with shocking news for Cliff and Clair.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 5 - Shakespeare
    7.4/10(182 votes)

    S4:E5

    Theo must read ‘Julius Caesar’ for school, but complains that it is boring. Russell and his friends read scenes from the play aloud, and Theo is enthralled.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 17 - Waterworks
    7.4/10(159 votes)

    S4:E17

    Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  5. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 15 - The Visit
    7.3/10(159 votes)

    S4:E15

    Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  6. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 4 - Cliff's Mistake
    7.2/10(160 votes)

    S4:E4

    While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discovers he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  7. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 21 - Home for the Weekend
    7.2/10(140 votes)

    S4:E21

    Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  8. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 13 - Bookworm
    7.1/10(158 votes)

    S4:E13

    Clair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise, Cliff knows quite a bit about the book in question! Meanwhile, the kids attempt a sleepover at Sondra and Elvin's run-down studio apartment.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  9. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 22 - The Prom
    7.1/10(173 votes)

    S4:E22

    Theo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom, but fail disastrously; Cliff and Clair relive their own prom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  10. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 6 - That's Not What I Said
    7.0/10(144 votes)

    S4:E6

    Cliff and Clair have an argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  11. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 14 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
    7.0/10(138 votes)

    S4:E14

    Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.

    Director:Chuck Vinson
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  12. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 23 - Gone Fishin'
    7.0/10(136 votes)

    S4:E23

    When the Huxtable men go fishing, Theo catches a dead body, and soon attracts attention from the media. This success goes to his head, while Rudy and Kenny find a nest of baby birds, but the mother bird is missing. The two stories eventually cross in a surprising-and rather humiliating-lesson for Theo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  13. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 7 - Autumn Gifts
    6.9/10(141 votes)

    S4:E7

    Rudy goes to an older widowed lady's house each afternoon to have tea and play cards, but notices that she refuses to take her daily medication for diabetes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Matt Williams

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  14. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 11 - The Locker Room
    6.9/10(162 votes)

    S4:E11

    Theo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood changes when one of the guys goes out with Vanessa and brags about it the next day.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  15. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 16 - The Drum Major
    6.9/10(145 votes)

    S4:E16

    Vanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Meanwhile, Cliff cooks up a batch of extremely spicy chili, and Russell tries to pay off a loan from an old friend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 19 - Petanque
    6.9/10(145 votes)

    S4:E19

    Cliff and a friend play pétanque.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Matt Williams

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  17. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 20 - Trust Me
    6.9/10(147 votes)

    S4:E20

    A friend of Clair's has marital problems; Cliff takes a "mini-vacation" in the house as Theo, Rudy, and Vanessa try to stump each other with riddles.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  18. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 8 - Looking Back
    6.8/10(146 votes)

    S4:E8

    Sondra and Elvin have their first marital fight, and Elvin comes to the Huxtable house for comfort and support. Clair shares about the difficulties in their house as flashbacks are shown.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  19. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 10 - Dance Mania
    6.8/10(169 votes)

    S4:E10

    Theo and Cockroach have tickets to appear on television on the dance show "Dance Mania", but are told that only one of them can enter the studio during the filming because of fire laws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Matt Williams

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  20. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 9 - Where's Rudy?
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    S4:E9

    Theo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition.

    Director:Tony Singletary
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 12 - The Show Must Go On
    6.6/10(154 votes)

    S4:E12

    Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  22. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 3 - It's Not Easy Being Green
    6.5/10(158 votes)

    S4:E3

    Rudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water heater.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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  23. The Cosby Show Season 4 Episode 18 - Once Upon a Time
    5.8/10(162 votes)

    S4:E18

    Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carmen Finestra

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Theogate" is the best rated episode of The Cosby Show season 4. It scored 7.6/10 from 168 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Unknown, it aired on October 1, 1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Call of the Wild".