The Cosby Show: Season 8

1991 · 24 episodes

What Season 8 of The Cosby Show

Season eight opens with Vanessa, 18 years old, confessing to her parents that she has been engaged for six months to a 29-year-old man, the maintenance supervisor at her university. Cliff, meanwhile, is preparing a new room just for Clair, while Sondra and Elvin start looking at buying their first home. At a school parents' meeting, Theo meets a single mother and the two feel drawn to each other. Rudy instantly bonds with Stanley, which stirs up Kenny's jealousy. Pam fears she won't be able to attend the same university as her best friend because of her poor grades. Theo, meanwhile, has to decide between pursuing a master's degree at NYU or accepting a job in San Francisco.

24episodes

Sep 19, 1991premiered

Apr 30, 1992Latest episode

9.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 With This Ring?
Sep 19, 1991 · 22 min
18 year old Vanessa reveals that she is engaged to a 29 year old Head Caretaker of her University ... and has been for six months.
Writer: Adriana Trigiani · Cast: Gary LeRoi Gray, William Thomas, Jr., Jessica Ann Vaughn
8x02 There's No Place Like This Home
Sep 26, 1991 · 22 min
Cliff announces plans to add a new room to the house for Clair ... and only Clair. Sondra and Elvin are on the verge of purchasing their first house.
Writer: Janet Leahy · Cast: Gary LeRoi Gray, Jessica Ann Vaughn
8x03 Particles in Motion
Oct 3, 1991 · 22 min
During his first parent-counselor meeting, Theo and a single mother discover mutual attraction. Rudy meets Stanley and the two are immediately smitten with each other, much to the chagrin of a jealous Kenny.
Writer: Adriana Trigiani · Cast: Merlin Santana, Deon Richmond, Saundra Quarterman, Jerome Dempsey
8x04 Pam Applies to College
Oct 10, 1991 · 22 min
Pam begins to realize that, because of her below average grades earlier in high school, she will not be able to attend the same college as her best friend.
Cast: Karen Malina White, Allen Payne, Richard Lawson
8x05 Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
Oct 17, 1991 · 22 min
Anxious to see a famous rapper, Rudy and her friends lie to their parents in order to get into a club for 16 year olds and up. Cliff and Clair secretly send Pam, Lance and Charmaine to keep an eye on them.
Directing: Malcolm-Jamal Warner · Cast: Karen Malina White, Daryl Mitchell, Allen Payne, Twinkle Burke
8x06 It's Apparent to Everyone
Oct 24, 1991 · 22 min
Winnie and Nelson drive Cliff and Clair crazy around the house while Elvin and Sondra wait to move into their new house.
Cast: Earle Hyman, Gary LeRoi Gray, Jessica Ann Vaughn
8x07 The Iceman Bricketh
Oct 31, 1991 · 22 min
Vanessa's grandparents Russell Huxtable and Carrie Hanks are desperate to meet her fiancé Dabnis, who bonds with Cliff over a plumbing job.
Writer: Adriana Trigiani · Cast: Earle Hyman, Ethel Ayler, William Thomas, Jr.
8x08 Olivia's Field Trip
Nov 7, 1991 · 22 min
Cliff chaperones Olivia's field trip to the museum; Theo falls victim to a scammer while ordering T-shirts for the community center.
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Shellye Broughton, Carlton Beener, Blaire Whitney
8x09 For Men Only
Nov 14, 1991 · 22 min
Cliff teaches a class "for men only" at the community center.
Cast: Earle Hyman, Maurice Lauchner, Carlton Beener, Jeff Williams
8x10 Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
Nov 21, 1991 · 22 min
Olivia tries to delay Martin's return to Asia.
Cast: Joseph C. Phillips, Miriam Makeba, Gary LeRoi Gray, Carlton Beener
8x11 Two Is a Crowd
Dec 5, 1991 · 22 min
Vanessa and Dabnis have relationship problems, as do Rudy and Stanley.
Directing: Jay Sandrich · Writer: Janet Leahy · Cast: Merlin Santana, Deon Richmond, William Thomas, Jr.
8x12 Clair's Place
Dec 19, 1991 · 22 min
As Christmas approaches, Clair gets a wonderful present: the completion of her special room.
Writers: Adriana Trigiani · Cast: Phil Nee
8x13 Theo's Future
Jan 2, 1992 · 22 min
Theo is accepted to graduate school at NYU, but faces a tough decision when he is unexpectedly offered a chance to interview for a corporate job in San Francisco.
Directing: Jay Sandrich · Writers: Janet Leahy · Cast: Rachel True, Eugene Byrd, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Monique Cintron
8x14 The Price Is Wrong
Jan 9, 1992 · 22 min
Pam, Lance, Charmaine, and a group of senior citizens protest a grocery chain that gives preferential treatment to customers in wealthier neighborhoods.
Directing: Malcolm-Jamal Warner · Writer: Janet Leahy · Cast: Earle Hyman, Karen Malina White, Allen Payne, Beatrice Winde
8x15 Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
Jan 16, 1992 · 22 min
Kenny pretends that he is dating another girl, in order to make Rudy jealous and force Stanley out of the picture.
Cast: Merlin Santana, Deon Richmond, Ed Lover, Gabrielle Carmouche
8x16 Eat, Drink and Be Wary
Jan 30, 1992 · 22 min
Rudy and her friends want to go on the subway.
Directing: Malcolm-Jamal Warner · Cast: Karen Malina White, Nicole Leach, Debbi Morgan, Joseph A. Halsey
8x17 The Getaway
Feb 6, 1992 · 22 min
Sondra, Elvin, and the twins finally move into their own house in New Jersey.
Directing: Chuck Vinson · Cast: Jim Valvano, Dick Vitale, Gary LeRoi Gray, Jessica Ann Vaughn
8x18 Cliff Gets Jilted
Feb 6, 1992 · 22 min
Vanessa and Dabnis announce that they have broken their engagement ... and would-be father-in-law Cliff is devastated.
Writers: Stuart Silverman · Cast: Earle Hyman, Gary LeRoi Gray, William Thomas, Jr., Jessica Ann Vaughn
8x19 Cliff and Theo Come Clean
Feb 13, 1992 · 22 min
Theo decides to turn down the corporate job in San Francisco and attend graduate school in New York. One of the students at the community center finds $600.
Writer: Adriana Trigiani · Cast: Merlin Santana, Earle Hyman, Eugene Byrd, Gabrielle Carmouche
8x20 Clair's Reunion
Feb 20, 1992 · 22 min
Clair and her college friends plan a retirement party for one of their former professors from Hillman. Vanessa brings home a Senegalese exchange student.
Cast: CCH Pounder, Jessica Ann Vaughn, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Margaret Avery
8x21 Rudy's Retreat
Feb 27, 1992 · 22 min
Cliff and Clair see Rudy changing. While preparing their wills, Sondra and Elvin try to determine who should be the twins' legal guardian if the couple should both die. Charmaine and Lance prepare to visit Hillman College.
Cast: Karen Malina White, Allen Payne
8x22 You Can't Stop the Music
Mar 26, 1992 · 22 min
Cliff and Clair go to a local radio station for a live salsa performance. Kenny babysits Olivia.
Directing: Alan Smithee · Cast: Deon Richmond, Roger Robinson, Willie Colón
8x23 Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
Apr 23, 1992 · 22 min
Kenny turns to Rudy and Cliff for help after lying to his girlfriend about plans for her birthday party. Cliff and Clair work on their income tax return.
Cast: Merlin Santana, Deon Richmond, Gabrielle Carmouche
8x24 And So We Commence
Apr 30, 1992 · 41 min
Theo prepares to graduate from New York University. An elated Cliff continues to invite additional people to the ceremony, despite the fact that Theo only has a limited number of tickets.As Theo graduates from NYU, Cliff remembers how a 14 year old Theo received D's in 9th grade and had no desire to attend college at all. Denise telephones and reveals that she is pregnant. Olivia leaves to join Denise and Martin in Singapore.
Directing: Jay Sandrich · Writer: Janet Leahy · Cast: Deon Richmond, Earle Hyman, Karen Malina White, Joe Williams