The BEST episodes of The Cosby Show season 7

Every episode of The Cosby Show season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Cosby Show season 7!

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 seen with her on-again off-again beau, Elvin. They eventually married and had twins; but not before stunning their families by announcing the fact that Elvin was dropping out of medical school to open a camping store, and Sondra was dropping out of law school to help her husband in his endeavor. Denise was the "unique" child, the black sheep of the family. She had her own way of doing things, right down to the style of clothing she wore. After graduating high school, she left for Hillman College in 1986 (a year later, this would become the setting for the spin-off A Different World), but returned two years later with news that she was dropping ou

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The Last Barbecue
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8.60
169 votes

#1 - The Last Barbecue

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1990

The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin's post-wedding bachelor party.

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Theo and the Kids (2)
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8.27
198 votes

#2 - Theo and the Kids (2)

Season 7 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/2/1991

Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.

Directors: John Bowab
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Theo and the Kids (1)
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8.22
198 votes

#3 - Theo and the Kids (1)

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/25/1991

Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the community center; he soon suspects that one of the children there is dyslexic. First appearances of Merlin Santana as Stanley and Eugene Byrd as Eugene.

Directors: John Bowab
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It's All in the Game
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7.91
127 votes

#4 - It's All in the Game

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1990

After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain about the various small disasters the children have caused them, and the children fight back by complaining about ways Cliff and Clair have embarrassed them.

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Adventures in Babysitting
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7.86
146 votes

#5 - Adventures in Babysitting

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1991

Rudy begs Martin to let her babysit Olivia. Cliff and Dr. Harmon enter a pinochle tournament as partners ... and so do their wives.

Directors: Oz Scott
Writer: Steve Kline
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The Return of the Clairettes
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7.61
171 votes

#6 - The Return of the Clairettes

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1991

An old friend of Clair visits, along with her husband. Rudy prepares for her first date.

Directors: Neema Barnette
Writer: Lisa Albert
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It's Your Move
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7.43
176 votes

#7 - It's Your Move

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1990

Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Total Control
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7.43
113 votes

#8 - Total Control

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1991

Cliff's patient and her husband are convinced that they are prepared for every scenario ... and then labor begins.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Theo's Final Final
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7.37
172 votes

#9 - Theo's Final Final

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1991

Theo will make the dean's list if he gets an A on his final, but a beautiful exchange student planning to leave the next day for Barbados distracts him. Vanessa A. Williams appears (now portraying Cheryl).

Directors: Neema Barnette
Writer: Elaine Arata
You Can Go Home Again
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7.36
152 votes

#10 - You Can Go Home Again

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1990

Seeking privacy, Denise and Martin decide to look for their own apartment.

Same Time Next Year
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7.35
139 votes

#11 - Same Time Next Year

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1990

Denise takes classes locally at Medgar Evers College, while Vanessa enrolls at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Rudy starts sixth grade. Olivia starts preschool. In a scene prior to the opening credits, Olivia enters Cliff's bedroom wearing a Bart Simpson mask. It is a nod to FOX's decision to move The Simpsons to Thursdays at 8:00 pm Eastern/Pacific, presenting The Cosby Show with its first true ratings challenge.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
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7.35
109 votes

#12 - Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/1991

Rudy has a nightmare about Olivia always getting her way.

Getting the Story
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7.33
151 votes

#13 - Getting the Story

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1990

Rudy and Kenny do a video project.

Home Remedies
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7.31
116 votes

#14 - Home Remedies

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/1991

When Olivia comes down with a cold, everyone (except Cliff) has a different home remedy to offer as a cure. Russell and Anna celebrate another wedding anniversary. Cliff, Rudy and Olivia perform Koko Taylor's "I'm A Woman".

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Bird in the Hand
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7.22
133 votes

#15 - Bird in the Hand

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1990

Cliff tries to win a classic jazz record at an auction, while filling in for Denise as volunteer parent at Olivia's preschool. Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)
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7.12
149 votes

#16 - The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1990

Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans "Women's day" where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers any questions she has, but Rudy refuses to talk. Keith Diamond as Danny.

Directors: John Bowab
27 and Still Cooking
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7.10
144 votes

#17 - 27 and Still Cooking

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1991

To celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with Clair, Cliff recreates the Callaloo Pot, a Caribbean restaurant where the couple dined on their honeymoon.

Directors: Neema Barnette
There's Still No Joy in Mudville
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6.91
167 votes

#18 - There's Still No Joy in Mudville

Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1991

Cliff goes bowling with his friends.

Directors: Carl Lauten
It's a Boy
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6.91
146 votes

#19 - It's a Boy

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1990

The husband of one of Cliff's patients worries that he will be a poor father because he has no athletic ability. After Pam breaks up with Slide, she and the class brain are attracted to each other.

Directors: Chuck Vinson
No More Mr. Nice Guy
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6.87
137 votes

#20 - No More Mr. Nice Guy

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/1991

Theo's friend Denny thinks his girlfriend is cheating on him.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Clair's Liberation
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6.66
150 votes

#21 - Clair's Liberation

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1990

Clair enters menopause. She takes the news fine, but the kids treat her as if she's losing her mind.

Directors: John Bowab
Cliff and Jake
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6.55
170 votes

#22 - Cliff and Jake

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/1991

Clair tries to prevent Cliff from buying a new appliance from his friend Jake. Lost episode from Season 6. Guest appearances by Red Buttons and E. G. Marshall. Last appearance of Lisa Bonet as Denise.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Attack of the Killer B's
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5.98
145 votes

#23 - Attack of the Killer B's

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1991

Pam's grades have improved, but she worries that she will not be able to afford college. Karen Malina White as Charmaine. Allen Payne as Lance. Mushond Lee as Slide.

Directors: Art Dielhenn
Just Thinking About It (1)
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5.93
177 votes

#24 - Just Thinking About It (1)

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1990

Under pressure from her boyfriend to become sexually active, Pam considers using birth control. Karen Malina White as Charmaine. Allen Payne as Lance. Mushond Lee as Slide.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
Just Thinking About It (2)
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5.92
108 votes

#25 - Just Thinking About It (2)

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1990

Pam and Slide argue over whether they should become sexually active.

Directors: Jay Sandrich