The Cosby Show season 8 Eat, Drink and Be Wary - Metacritic

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TV-14
NBC
Jan 30, 1992
21 m

TV-14
NBC
Jan 30, 1992
21 m

Summary Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable was an OBGYN (obstetrician/gynecologist), and his wife Clair was a successful attorney. They had five children: Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy. Sondra was rarely seen during the first season because she was away at Princeton. She became a regular character in the second season, and was usually ...

Directed By: Carl Lauten, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Written By: Ed. Weinberger, Michael Leeson, Bill Cosby, Jill Condon, Leslie Strain

TV-14
NBC
Jan 30, 1992
21 m

TV-14
NBC
Jan 30, 1992
21 m

S8 • Episode 16

Eat, Drink and Be Wary

Air Date: Jan 30, 1992

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Summary Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable was an OBGYN (obstetrician/gynecologist), and his wife Clair was a successful attorney. They had five children: Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy. Sondra was rarely seen during the first season because she was away at Princeton. She became a regular character in the second season, and was usually ...

Created By: Michael Leeson, Ed. Weinberger, Bill Cosby

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1991 • 30 m

With This Ring?

Vanessa brings home a boyfriend she has kept secret from her family.

Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1991 • 30 m

There's No Place Like This Home

Cliff and Claire plan to build and extra room for their house, but there are some unforeseen issues.

Episode 3 • Oct 3, 1991 • 21 m

Particles in Motion

Theo is nervous about his first parent/counselor meetings and student art exhibit. Cliff and family go to the exhibit. Rudy is smitten by one of Theo's students and Theo is smitten by a single mother of a student.

Episode 4 • Oct 10, 1991 • 21 m

Pam Applies to College

Charmaine is applying to colleges and talks to Pam about attending the same one since they are best friends. Pam realizes she has to get better grades in order to get accepted into any college.

Episode 5 • Oct 17, 1991 • 22 m

Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown

Rudy wants to see a rapper that is performing at a club for older teens. Rudy and her friends lie to their parents in order to get out that evening. When Cliff & Clair find out, they ask Pam to go to the club to keep an eye on Rudy.

Episode 6 • Oct 24, 1991 • 22 m

It's Apparent to Everyone

Sondra & Elvin are excited about finding a home of their own. The twins Nelson and Winnie are getting on Cliff & Clair's nerves.

Episode 7 • Oct 31, 1991 • 21 m

The Iceman Bricketh

Cliff's parents find out that Cliff & Clair are meeting Vanessa's fiancé for dinner and insist of meeting him as well. They want to make sure the guy is good enough for their granddaughter.

Episode 8 • Nov 7, 1991 • 21 m

Olivia's Field Trip

Cliff is a chaperon for Olivia's field trip to a museum and he is not looking forward to it. Theo has a fund-raiser plan for the community center - selling silk screened t-shirts. But the t-shirts are not what he expected.

Episode 9 • Nov 14, 1991 • 22 m

At the community center, Clair gives a legal clinic and Cliff gives a Men's Only clinic. Cliff's clinic teaches etiquette, getting a job, and more. His job session becomes more about being a responsible parent and preventing pregnancies.

Episode 10 • Nov 21, 1991 • 22 m

Olivia Comes Out of the Closet

Olivia is sad because her father has to return to his ship for duty and Denise is going into town as well. Singer Miriam Makeba visits the Huxtable house.

Episode 11 • Dec 5, 1991 • 21 m

Cliff & Clair plan a day at home alone, but Vanessa returns from college for the weekend, then her fiancé comes to find Vanessa. Rudy's friend Kenny comes to visit Rudy. They all talk to Cliff & Clair about their relationship issues.

Episode 12 • Dec 19, 1991 • 30 m

Cliff builds a room just for Clair, her own special place for work and retreat. Everyone, except Cliff, is upset that she wants to be alone and not spend time with them. Cliff tries to explain the purpose of a special room.

Episode 13 • Jan 2, 1992 • 30 m

Episode 14 • Jan 9, 1992 • 21 m

The Price Is Wrong

Pam and her friends help a group of senior citizens demonstrate against unfair prices at a supermarket.

Episode 15 • Jan 16, 1992 • 21 m

Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle

Pam starts working as an assistant for Cliff. Cliff deals with an impatient pregnant patient who tends to misinterpret the instructions he gives her. Meanwhile, Kenny tries to make Rudy jealous by pretending he is dating someone.

Episode 16 • Jan 30, 1992 • 21 m

Eat, Drink and Be Wary

Clair goes away for the weekend and tells Cliff he has to behave and not eat a lot of food that is not on his diet. No one believes he will stick to his diet. Rudy and her friends want to take the subway to a dance.

Episode 17 • Feb 6, 1992 • 21 m

Sondra and Elvin prepare to move to their own home in New Jersey, but Cliff is still hesitant to believe it will really happen. But the movers arrive and boxes are packed on the truck.

Episode 18 • Feb 6, 1992 • 30 m

Cliff Gets Jilted

Sandra & Elvin hold a house warming party - but it is held at Cliff & Clair's house. Vanessa breaks the news that she and Dabnis have broken their engagement. Cliff is more upset than Vanessa.

Episode 19 • Feb 13, 1992 • 21 m

Cliff and Theo Come Clean

Olivia's school project is to write about an adult when they were a child, and she writes about Cliff. Theo turns down a corporate job in California so he can finish graduate school in New York. One of Theo's students finds $600.

Episode 20 • Feb 20, 1992 • 30 m

Clair's Reunion

Clair and her college friends get together to discuss their school days and to plan an honor for a retiring professor.

Episode 21 • Feb 27, 1992 • 21 m

Now that Rudy is a teenager, she starts to stretch her rights and independence, wants to be her own person. Sondra & Elvin are writing their wills and need to select guardians for their children.

Episode 22 • Mar 26, 1992 • 22 m

You Can't Stop the Music

Willie Colón and Mario Bauzá, legendary Salsa and Latin music performers, play themselves to perform a concert on a local radio station. Clair, who represents them, and Cliff, a big-time fan, go to the station to watch the performance.

Episode 23 • Apr 23, 1992 • 30 m

Some Gifts Aren't Deductible

Episode 24 • Apr 30, 1992 • 1 h

And So, We Commence

Theo graduates from college, and Cliff thinks back to an earlier time at the ceremony; the series end with Cliff and Claire dancing away off the studio.

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