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Cosby Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 16, 199622 mins
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.
Episode 2
It's My Party
Mon, Sep 23, 199622 mins
Hilton feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye party, but Ruth tells him he's being childish.
Episode 3
Neighborhood Watch
Mon, Sep 30, 199622 mins
After a home burglary, Hilton forms a neighborhood-watch program, but it turns out that he's causing more problems than he's solving.
Episode 4
Happily Ever Hilton
Mon, Oct 7, 199622 mins
Hilton hears that the airlines are hiring again, so he prepares his resume and schedules an interview to get his old job back.
Episode 5
The Best Little Antique Shop in Astoria
Mon, Oct 14, 199622 mins
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.
Episode 6
One Foot in Your Mouth
Mon, Oct 21, 199622 mins
Hilton's lie to avoid going to a stranger's wedding backfires on him.
Episode 7
Natural Born Debtors
Mon, Oct 28, 199622 mins
Hilton tries to help Pauline's financially irresponsible goddaughter but ends up the recipient of an overly generous ATM.
Episode 8
The Two Mr. Lucases
Mon, Nov 4, 199622 mins
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.
Episode 9
No Nudes Is Good Nudes
Mon, Nov 11, 199622 mins
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.
Episode 10
Basketball Story
Mon, Nov 18, 199622 mins
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."
Episode 11
Guard Almighty
Mon, Nov 25, 199622 mins
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.
Episode 12
The Broken Reflection
Mon, Dec 2, 199622 mins
Hilton's eccentric and snobby brother George pays a visit to the Lucas household.
Episode 13
Tempus Lucas
Mon, Dec 16, 199622 mins
Hilton finds that his life insurance is practically worthless, so he tries to shape up to pass a physical for a new policy.
Episode 14
Guess Whose President Is Coming to Dinner
Mon, Jan 6, 199722 mins
After calling in to a radio talk show, Hilton is chosen to dine with the president. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani makes a special appearance.
Episode 15
Brave New Hilton
Mon, Jan 13, 199722 mins
Hilton tries to help save his friend Bradshaw's failing mattress and bedding business.
Episode 16
Lucas Platonicus
Mon, Feb 3, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 17
Valentine's Day
Mon, Feb 10, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 18
Florida
Mon, Feb 17, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 19
Anniversary Waltz
Mon, Feb 24, 199722 mins
As a 30th anniversary gift, Hilton tries to give Ruth the wedding she always wanted.
Episode 20
That Darn Cat
Mon, Mar 3, 199722 mins
Erica and her cat Sherman moves back in with Hilton and Ruth. Meanwhile, a discarded positive pregnancy test has everyone jumping to conclusions.
Episode 21
I'm OK, You're Hilton
Mon, Mar 10, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 22
The Return of the Charlites
Mon, Apr 28, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 23
My Dinner with Methuseleh
Mon, May 5, 199722 mins
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.
Episode 24
Hilton's Playland
Mon, May 12, 199723 mins
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.
Episode 25
Social Insecurity
Mon, May 19, 199722 mins
Hilton tries to convince the Social Security Administration that he is not dead.
