The WORST episodes of Cosby

#1 - The Two Hilton Lucases

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1997

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 his new job is driving Danny Aiello's limo. Griffin tries to improve his sales record by taking Hilton's advice to create a new persona -- he pretends to be Hilton. So when Ruthie overhears "Hilton Lucas" on a sexy phone call, she thinks that her husband is having an affair and blames the whole thing on his new employer, Aiello.

#2 - Lucas Illuminus

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/17/1999

Hilton volunteers as a reader for a retired, blind English literature professor and, upon realizing his gift for teaching, urges him to return to the classroom. Anthony Quinn guest stars as Professor Christo, whose failing eyesight and advanced age caused him to leave behind the profession he loves so much.

#3 - Will Power

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1999

Hilton is attempting to help Jurnee with her "Romeo and Juliet" homework assignment when his true feelings about The Bard come out: Why couldn't Shakespeare simply speak in plain English rather than using all of that fancy, confusing language? Alas, Shakespeare showeth up in the Lucas kitchen to tutor Hilton personally. Will it be "all's well that ends well?"

#4 - Afterschool Delight

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1999

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. But Hilton reminds him that almost every person can remember a teacher who was too strict, gave too much homework or expected too much of a student – and usually ended up being the one who made the greatest impact on the student later in life.

#5 - This Old Friend

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1998

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

#6 - Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1998

When Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from the "David Letterman Show". He talks them in to letting him be on a show.

#7 - Out to Launch

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1998

Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport. Despite Ruth's insistence that he doesn't have the stamina or the money to support a boating hobby, Hilton persists -- including spending three days on the boat with Griffin, parked outside the house in the freezing cold.

#8 - Old Yeller

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1998

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 tempation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales. Will he have his poetic license revoked? Meanwhile, Pauline is so captivated by the handsome young man temporarily working at the coffee shop that she can't bring herself to fire him.

#9 - Brazil

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1998

When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a pampering weekend at a spa. Hilton's only assignment while she's gone is to get the vent fixed. Carla. the chaperone of a Brazilian girls' choir, asks to rent out the coffee shop for a small get-together, and Hilton hesitantly agrees. After all, Pauline and Ruth are out of town and what could possibly go wrong?

#10 - Superstar, Part 2

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1999

#11 - Shall We Dance

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1997

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. The coffee shop hosts it's first poetry night.

#12 - The Pilot (Not the Pilot)

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1997

Fasten your seat belts. 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. When the commercial airline is grounded, Hilton calls on an old airline buddy with a private plane, and they're joined by Jack, who volunteers to underwrite the flight. But thanks to Jack, the pilot passes out, and it's up to Hilton to bring the plane down -- safely.

#13 - Dating Games

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1997

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. They arrange for Erica to bring a handsome date to the party, but they get some unexpected results. When the night of the big engagement party finally arrives, Erica discovers that the date she chose for Erica, Philip, has turned from the choir boy she knew into a funky rapper. Hilton is surprised to find that Arthur, his candidate, is now a bicycle repairman. But Debra is the most shocked of all when her picture perfect evening has a not-so-perfect ending. Meanwhile, Griffin makes some serious moves on his date, Tammy, a young woman trying to get over a broken heart.

#14 - Last Man Standing

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1997

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. As he runs from sickbed to sickbed tending to his patients' needs, Hilton discovers that the members of his household are not at their best when they are sick - but he's determined to maintain his excellent bedside manner.

#15 - Lucas Smartypantsicus

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1997

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. So 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. But when Hilton, Griffin and Gregory team up at The Steinway Street Pub, they end up good buddies, and big, big winners too, in a trivia game.

#16 - Two Cents

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1997

When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two challenge each other to a 24-hour contest to see which man has more self-control. Meanwhile, Ruth, Erica and Pauline decide that if they have to put up with the men's nonsense, they are going to have a little fun at their expense. And fun they have as they make Griffin suffer watching them eat a three-course meal of his favorite foods and Hilton agonize as he watches Erica walk out the door -- for a Las Vegas weekend getaway with Julius!

#17 - The Rules

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1997

When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house -- 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. Reluctantly, Griffin and Erica agree to abide by Hilton's strict new set of house rules, including Rule #5 -- thou shall not alloweth men upstairs. So when Erica's boyfriend, Julius (guest star Darryl M. Bell, reprising the role), shows up in her bedroom, Erica attempts to keep it a secret from her father. Meanwhile, Hilton is busy on a mission to kill a stray mouse -- although Julius mistakenly believes that he is the target of Hilton's assassination plans.

#18 - Wake up and Smell the Coffeehouse

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1997

By chance, Hilton brings Erica's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the struggling flower shop for Ruth and Pauline to enjoy and, just as he's setting out the coffee, strangers approach and ask to buy the goodies. This gives Hilton an idea and, much to Ruth and Pauline's dismay, he invests in a super-deluxe, super-expensive espresso machine, forces Erica to wake-up in the middle of the night to bake cookies, and turns what was an ordinary florist shop into The Flower Cafe.

#19 - The Wedding

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1999

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.

#20 - The Song Remains the Same

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2000

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

#21 - A Long Night's Journey

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2000

Hilton suffers from insomnia for several days, falling asleep during the day at inopertune moments, causing Erica and Ruth embarassment. When Hilton refuses to attend a sleep clinic, Griffin offers to set up a video camera in the Lucas' bedroom to record the night's activity to find the cause of Hilton's sleeplessness. The next morning, when the family gathers to watch the tape, no one is more surprised than Ruth to see that it's her snoring and kicking Hilton in her sleep that keeps him awake.

#22 - A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/2000

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

#23 - Perfect Valentine

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/2000

Griffin's inablity to deal with the return of his estranged father, who abandoned him 15 years earlier, causes problems in his relationship with Rebecca.

#24 - To Catch a Thief

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2000

Hilton finds himself in the middle of a Bank Heist.

#25 - Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2000

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