Cosby

Hilton Lucas was forced by his employer to retire. His wife has trouble with him always being at home and so does he.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Bill Cosby , Phylicia Rashad , Doug E. Doug , T'Keyah Crystal KeymÃ¡h , Madeline Kahn , Darien Sills-Evans , Jurnee Smollett , Angelo Massagli , Ranjit Chowdhry , Kevin Rahsaan Grant , Mary Alice , Damian Young , Keisha Trim , Philippe Hartmann , Jade Scott Yorker , Darryl M. Bell , Sinbad , Ingrid Rogers

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Mon, Sep 16, 1996

Hilton has a nightmare that he's been fired from the airline, and his wife Ruth reminds him that it already happened to him three weeks ago along with 10,000 others. Ruth tells her friend Pauline that it's tough having Hilton around the house all day - he's trying to fix things that aren't broken.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ It's My Party

Mon, Sep 23, 1996

Hilton feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye party, but Ruth tells him he's being childish.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Neighborhood Watch

Mon, Sep 30, 1996

After a home burglary, Hilton forms a neighborhood-watch program, but it turns out that he's causing more problems than he's solving.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Happily Ever Hilton

Mon, Oct 7, 1996

Hilton hears that the airlines are hiring again, so he prepares his resume and schedules an interview to get his old job back.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Best Little Antique Shop in Astoria

Mon, Oct 14, 1996

The antique shop where Hilton works has a secret hiding behind a locked door, and the cops want him to help them in a raid of the premises.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ One Foot in Your Mouth

Mon, Oct 21, 1996

Hilton's lie to avoid going to a stranger's wedding backfires on him.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Natural Born Debtors

Mon, Oct 28, 1996

Hilton tries to help Pauline's financially irresponsible goddaughter but ends up the recipient of an overly generous ATM.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Two Mr. Lucases

Mon, Nov 4, 1996

Hilton's cousin Earl has secretly checked himself into the hospital for a colonoscopy procedure, not telling his wife Lillian because he doesn't want her to worry. Hilton visits Earl, and he warns Ruth and Pauline to keep Earl's secret from Lillian, who's coming over to see him.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ No Nudes Is Good Nudes

Mon, Nov 11, 1996

The nude model from Hilton's art class finds her clothes missing after class. It's Hilton to the rescue, not knowing her irate husband has the wrong impression and is hot on their trail.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Basketball Story

Mon, Nov 18, 1996

Hilton and Griffin go to a basketball game where Hilton learns that he has the winning ticket for a contest called "Shot of a Lifetime."

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Guard Almighty

Mon, Nov 25, 1996

Hilton goes to school to become a security guard, and when Pauline sees him with his graduating class, she swears she'll never feel safe again. She urges Ruth to stop Hilton before he hurts himself or someone else.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Broken Reflection

Mon, Dec 2, 1996

Hilton's eccentric and snobby brother George pays a visit to the Lucas household.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Tempus Lucas

Mon, Dec 16, 1996

Hilton finds that his life insurance is practically worthless, so he tries to shape up to pass a physical for a new policy.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Guess Whose President Is Coming to Dinner

Mon, Jan 6, 1997

After calling in to a radio talk show, Hilton is chosen to dine with the president. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani makes a special appearance.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Brave New Hilton

Mon, Jan 13, 1997

Hilton tries to help save his friend Bradshaw's failing mattress and bedding business.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Lucas Platonicus

Mon, Feb 3, 1997

After Griffin and Erica attend their high school reunion, Griffin realizes that their relationship is going nowhere and decides to make a clean break from her.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Valentine's Day

Mon, Feb 10, 1997

It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she already has, it's back to the drawing board. When she mentions that she'd love to see singer Jeffrey Osborne, who's appearing at the Steinway Club that night, a desperate Hilton says that he has tickets and was going to surprise her.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Florida

Mon, Feb 17, 1997

Hilton and Ruth take a winter vacation in Florida and are so enchanted with the weather, the fresh oranges, the vegetation and the peace and quiet that they decide to put their house on the market immediately and move as soon as possible.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Anniversary Waltz

Mon, Feb 24, 1997

As a 30th anniversary gift, Hilton tries to give Ruth the wedding she always wanted.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ That Darn Cat

Mon, Mar 3, 1997

Erica and her cat Sherman moves back in with Hilton and Ruth. Meanwhile, a discarded positive pregnancy test has everyone jumping to conclusions.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ I'm OK, You're Hilton

Mon, Mar 10, 1997

Ruth has some issues with Hilton that need to be resolved, so they go to a group therapy session that includes some of Hilton's former co-workers from the airline. At the end of the session, the group gathers at a nearby pub where Hilton advises Ron, who's having both work and marital problems, to demand a raise and stand up to his wife.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Return of the Charlites

Mon, Apr 28, 1997

Ruth's high school friend, now a pop star, visits during a singing tour and gives Ruth the chance to sing with her old group.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ My Dinner with Methuseleh

Mon, May 5, 1997

Pauline's boyfriend leaves her for a 26-year-old aerobics instructor. She's so depressed that Ruth decides to set her up on a blind date with Richard, her Spanish instructor.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Hilton's Playland

Mon, May 12, 1997

Erica brings Julius, her boyfriend of three months and star of a kids' TV program, home to meet Hilton and Ruth; Hilton is unimpressed and gives Julius a hard time. Hilton goes with Erica to watch Julius' program and inadvertently becomes part of the show.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Social Insecurity

Mon, May 19, 1997

Hilton tries to convince the Social Security Administration that he is not dead.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ About My Life

Mon, Sep 15, 1997

After Hilton encourages Erica and Griffin to "take risks and pursue their dreams," they do just that and the results become Hilton's nightmares. Erica quits her high-paying job at the law firm, and moves home to save money and study to become a chef. Griffin, on the other hand, moves into the Lucas attic after a business deal goes wrong.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse

Mon, Sep 22, 1997

By chance, Hilton brings Erica's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the struggling flower shop for Ruth and Pauline to enjoy when, just as he's setting out the coffee, strangers ask to buy the goodies. This gives Hilton an idea and he invests in a fancy espresso machine, forces Erica to wake-up in the middle of the night to bake cookies and turns the flower shop into the Flower Café.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Rules

Mon, Sep 29, 1997

When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watching his television and eating all his food, he decides that if they live in his house, Griffin and Erica will have to live by his rules.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Two Cents

Mon, Oct 6, 1997

Sparked over once again butting heads, Griffin and Hilton make a deal; Griffin cannot eat anything for 24 hours, and Hilton can not give his opinion for 24 hours, which becomes harder as temptations are suddenly thrown Hilton's way, including Pauline's new boyfriend, a Federally-funded "performance artist" known as "Donald".

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Older and Out

Mon, Oct 13, 1997

Hilton is overjoyed when he meets new friends Chuck and Larry and joins their "Older and Out" team, since he's also older and "out" keeping busy. Ruth discovers that Chuck is gay and she mistakenly believes that her husband of more than thirty years may have feelings for a man.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Lucas Smartypantsicus

Mon, Oct 20, 1997

Pauline is absolutely thrilled that, after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend Gregory, a self-absorbed, self-proclaimed genius who disturbs Hilton. When she decides to dump him because he's too uptight, Ruth thinks that Hilton is really the one to blame and sends him off to remedy the situation.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Last Man Standing

Mon, Oct 27, 1997

A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quarantine, but he doesn't listen and, one by one, everyone in the household drops, leaving Hilton to don his nurse's uniform.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Dating Games

Mon, Nov 3, 1997

When Ruth's snobbish sister-in-law Debra throws an engagement party for her daughter, Hilton and Ruth try to steal some of Debra's thunder by arranging for Erica to bring a handsome date to the party, but they get some unexpected results.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Pilot (Not the Pilot)

Mon, Nov 10, 1997

When Griffin tries to back out of a lucrative out-of-state concert gig because of a flying phobia, Hilton vows that he will get Griffin on the plane no matter what it takes.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Lucas Raymondicus

Mon, Nov 17, 1997

Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens basketball championship since the day he was born. When Frank pleads with Hilton to help him save face with his son by lying for him, Hilton reluctantly agrees.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Shall We Dance?

Mon, Nov 24, 1997

Ruth surprises Hilton when she enrolls him in tap-dancing classes as a birthday gift. He skips the classes, but tells Ruth that he is making remarkable progress. When Ruth announces that she is going to attend the dance recital, Hilton must take a crash course in fancy footwork or risk having his deception exposed.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Two Hilton Lucases

Mon, Dec 15, 1997

Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize - a weekend for two at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Hilton is afraid to tell his wife, knowing she will disapprove of his new job. Instead, he lies and claims that he's now driving Danny Aiello's limo.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ A Team of His Own

Mon, Jan 5, 1998

Ruth must deal with a bunch of know-it-alls. Hilton firmly believes that his community center boys' basketball team could beat her girls' team. When Ruth challenges Hilton and his team, he has a lot to do to get his star players in shape. Meanwhile, Ruth must teach Nikki, one of her players, the importance of teamwork.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Brazil

Mon, Jan 12, 1998

Pauline and Erica want to take Ruth to a spa for a weekend of pampering while the café is closed for maintenance. While they are away, Hilton is in charge of the coffee shop. Carla, the chaperone of a Brazilian girls' choir, offers Hilton $500 to rent the café for a private party for the college seniors. Hilton hesitates, but the money is too enticing to resist.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Old Yeller

Mon, Jan 19, 1998

Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin, narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the temptation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales. Will he have his poetic license revoked?

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Out to Launch

Mon, Feb 2, 1998

A wealthy man Hilton once helped at the airport bequeaths him a boat. Despite Ruth's insistence that he doesn't have the stamina or the money to support a boating hobby, Hilton persists.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Mon, Feb 23, 1998

While at work at the Coffee Shop, Hilton meets Rob Burnett and Paul Shaffer from the "Late Show with David Letterman". Hilton then inquires about being booked as a guest on the Late Show.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Mud

Mon, Mar 2, 1998

With Ruth's birthday coming up, Erica suggests that Hilton buy her something other than a sweater, which has been his gift every year for the past ten years. In an attempt to be more original, Hilton paints a plate for Ruth at a pottery store.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Enter Lucas

Mon, Mar 9, 1998

Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing something "real," she turns out a thinly-disguised comedy about the Lucas family.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ 1040 Not-So-EZ

Mon, Apr 6, 1998

It's April 15th and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Astoria

Mon, Apr 27, 1998

Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find "Mr. Right," take Ruth's advice about changing their dating habits and set out on "The Great American Manhunt."

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ On the Rocks

Mon, May 4, 1998

When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight, they assess the changes in their lives.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Love Intervention

Mon, May 11, 1998

The Lucases play Cupid for smitten Griffin.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ The First Gentleman

Mon, May 18, 1998

Ruth has been elected the first woman president of the Astoria Businessmen's Roundtable, which automatically makes Hilton the head of the women's auxiliary.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Now Is the Time, the Walrus Said

Mon, Sep 21, 1998

Hilton's new responsibility - looking after eleven-year-old Jurnee while her dad is at work - becomes a little too hot to handle when she asks him a complicated question about the birds and the bees. Not wanting to interfere in Jurnee's upbringing, and looking for a way to avoid having to answer himself, Hilton suggests that the curious Jurnee ask her dad for an explanation.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Do Not Overheat

Mon, Sep 28, 1998

Griffin and Erica work out a financial deal to move into Griffin's house on a landlord-tenant basis, thus giving Hilton and Ruth back their privacy. That is...until Griffin's house accidentally burns to the ground.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Chemistry

Mon, Oct 5, 1998

Hilton is devastated to learn that Erica is breaking up with her boyfriend Gil - a handsome, well-educated jazz musician who is everything that Hilton could ever want in a guy and more.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Lucas Discordia

Mon, Oct 12, 1998

Lucas butts in on Pauline and Ruth's night out by insisting on chauffeuring them to and from Carnegie Hall.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Greatest Gift

Mon, Oct 19, 1998

A major argument erupts when Ruth accidentally discovers that Erica has been hiding all the gifts she has been given over the years.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Lucas Matriculus

Mon, Oct 26, 1998

When Griffin accompanies Hilton to Grandparents' Day at Jurnee's school and adds his two cents to the science lesson, it quickly becomes apparent that he is a natural at teaching and holding the kids' interest.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Playground Scar

Mon, Nov 2, 1998

After Jurnee expresses her fondness for schoolmate Kevin, and he retaliates by shoving her on the school playground, amateur psychologist Hilton explains his theory of how "playground scarring" can affect a woman for life.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Episode Episode

Mon, Nov 9, 1998

Hilton is sentenced to a life without pork chops, barbecue ribs and bacon when a doctor's visit reveals a too-high cholesterol count.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Judgment Day

Mon, Nov 16, 1998

Hilton fumes when a klutzy customer spills coffee on her dress, admits it was her fault and then sues the Flower Café for $3,000.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Turkey Day

Mon, Nov 23, 1998

Jurnee is a sorry sight when Hilton makes her Thanksgiving Day Parade turkey costume from scratch. Imagine Hilton's joy when Martha Stewart shows up at the Flower Café bearing the most realistic-looking turkey outfit that anyone's ever seen - and leaves it behind by mistake.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ This Old Friend

Mon, Dec 14, 1998

Hilton becomes nervous when, after a two-year silence, he hears from an old friend who only makes contact when he needs a handout.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Awful Truth

Mon, Jan 11, 1999

Del's new girlfriend agonizes over a secret she worries about sharing with him.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Refrigerator Logic

Mon, Jan 18, 1999

Hilton is beyond frustrated when his newly purchased state-of-the-art refrigerator breaks down and he can't get any customer satisfaction.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Lucas Absentia

Mon, Jan 25, 1999

Griffin contemplates quitting teaching when his first day as a substitute is a disaster. The Lucases lend themselves out as mock students so that Griffin can practice his teaching techniques on them, but their misguided attempt to help might just turn him off teaching forever.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ False Alarm

Mon, Feb 1, 1999

After the Lucas home is burglarized, Hilton invests in a security system only to discover that the thief is someone he knows.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ A Very Nice Dance

Mon, Feb 8, 1999

Hilton and Ruth recall their first date many years ago, and of course both of them have widely different versions of what happened.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Ol' Betsy

Mon, Feb 15, 1999

While searching for a rare part for his beloved turntable, Hilton bumps into Fred, an old friend from his bachelor days. When Hilton and Fred start reminiscing about how they double-dated sisters Mattie and Roberta Singleton, Hilton decides to play matchmaker and prompts Fred into learning about whatever became of Mattie.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Afterschool Delight

Mon, Feb 22, 1999

Jurnee is aghast when she finds out that her dad intends to date the meanest teacher at her school. Del is so troubled by Jurnee's reaction to his interest in Ms. Malone that he's ready to call off their date.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Will Power

Mon, Mar 1, 1999

Hilton reveals to Jurnee, who is studying Shakespeare, that he's never been able to figure out what the guy's talking about. Later that night, Hilton encounters the Bard's apparition in his kitchen.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Lucas Illuminus

Wed, Mar 17, 1999

Hilton volunteers as a reader for a retired, blind English literature professor (Anthony Quinn) and, upon realizing his gift for teaching, urges him to return to the classroom.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Timerity

Mon, Apr 5, 1999

Hilton is caught in the middle when his curmudgeonly friend Tim stages a rent strike against his landlord.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ The Party's Over

Mon, Apr 26, 1999

Hilton is stunned when eleven-year-old Jurnee, left in his care while her father is away, returns from a friend's birthday party drunk.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ The Vesey Method

Mon, May 3, 1999

Griffin struggles to teach a group of tough, unmotivated students. He wants to open their minds to the wonders of learning - something fellow teacher Mr. Fleming lost enthusiasm for a long time ago.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ He Who Hesitates Is Lucas

Mon, May 10, 1999

When Hilton and Ruth hear that Erica is getting married, they can't be happier for her...or themselves, since this would mean one less person in the crowded house.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ War Stories

Mon, May 17, 1999

Griffin's trust in his new girlfriend Anita is put to the test when her job as a conference planner puts her smack in the middle of a young millionaires' convention.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ My Spy

Wed, Sep 29, 1999

Hilton falls asleep during an I Spy marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on a new case in Hong Kong. However, Erica keeps interrupting Hilton's dream to discuss her wedding preparations.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ The Wedding

Wed, Oct 6, 1999

Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with why the bride isn't falling apart yet.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Book 'Em, Griff O

Wed, Oct 13, 1999

Hilton notices one of Griffin's textbooks has several post-its sticking out of it. When Hilton asks about them, Griffin informs him that the slips of paper are all corrections. Since the copyright is 1968, he has to update the book himself or his students will get outdated information.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Lucas Apocalypse

Wed, Oct 20, 1999

When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborhood.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ A Teacher's Life

Wed, Oct 27, 1999

Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the day he's preparing for a date with a beautiful flight attendant.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ There's Something About Hilton

Wed, Nov 3, 1999

A strange woman comes to the Flower Café to shop and is under the impression that Hilton is her husband Charlie.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Superstar

Wed, Nov 17, 1999

Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status and salary as professional athletes and actors.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Parent Trap

Wed, Dec 15, 1999

Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ One for the Books

Wed, Dec 22, 1999

Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Café.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Loving Madeline

Wed, Dec 29, 1999

Out of character, the surviving cast members of "Cosby" remember Madeline Kahn, who just died of ovarian cancer and had started chemotherapy shortly after the show started production.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Hilton Hilton

Fri, Jan 14, 2000

Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf

Fri, Jan 21, 2000

When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ To Catch a Thief

Fri, Jan 28, 2000

Hilton finds himself in the midst of a bank heist.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Raising Paranoia

Fri, Mar 3, 2000

Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ It's a Wonderful Wife

Fri, Mar 10, 2000

For a school paper, Keisha discovers surprising facts about Ruth's past.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Perfect Valentine

Fri, Mar 31, 2000

Griffin's inability to deal with the return of his estranged father, who abandoned him fifteen years earlier, causes problems in his relationship with Rebecca.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time

Fri, Apr 7, 2000

Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Thursday's Child

Fri, Apr 14, 2000

A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Kids Eat the Darndest Things

Fri, Apr 14, 2000

Griffin tries to encourage both his students and the Lucases to eat healthier foods.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ A Long Night's Journey

Fri, Apr 21, 2000

Hilton suffers insomnia, falling asleep during the day at inopportune moments, causing Erica and Ruth embarrassment. When Hilton refuses to attend a sleep clinic, Griffin offers to set up a video camera in his bedroom to record the night's activity to find the cause of Hilton's sleeplessness.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ The Song Remains the Same

Fri, Apr 28, 2000

Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien as to how to keep the romance alive in marriage.