Season 4
198723 episodes
October 1, 1987
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.
Episode 3
It's Not Easy Being Green
October 8, 1987
Rudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water heater.
Episode 4
Cliff's Mistake
October 15, 1987
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.
Episode 5
Shakespeare
October 22, 1987
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.
Episode 6
That's Not What I Said
October 29, 1987
Cliff and Clair have an argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.
Episode 7
Autumn Gifts
November 5, 1987
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.
Episode 8
Looking Back
November 12, 1987
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.
Episode 9
Where's Rudy?
November 19, 1987
Theo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition.
Episode 10
Dance Mania
December 3, 1987
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.
Episode 11
The Locker Room
December 10, 1987
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.
Episode 12
The Show Must Go On
December 17, 1987
Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.
Episode 13
Bookworm
January 7, 1988
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.
Episode 14
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
January 14, 1988
Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.
Episode 16
The Drum Major
February 4, 1988
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.
Episode 17
Waterworks
February 11, 1988
Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.
Episode 18
Once Upon a Time
February 18, 1988
Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.
Episode 20
Trust Me
March 3, 1988
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.
Episode 21
Home for the Weekend
March 17, 1988
Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.
Episode 22
The Prom
March 24, 1988
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.
Episode 23
Gone Fishin'
April 28, 1988
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.
