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The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

26 Episodes 1970 - 1971

Episode 1

Any Time You're Ready, CK

Sun, Sep 13, 197025 mins

Holmes High's football team is having trouble on the field, and the players suggest that Chet film their scrimmages to help them correct their mistakes. At first he resists the suggestion, but then borrows a camera and its equipment and begins experimenting with it. In the meantime, a former star football player named Alex returns after a career-ending leg injury. Chet is distressed that Alex plans to drop out of school because his football-playing days are over, and suggests that Alex become his assistant coach instead.

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Episode 2

Open House

Sun, Sep 20, 197025 mins

Chet tries his luck at selling Real Estate, with memorable results.

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Episode 3

Is There a Doctor in the Hospital?

Sun, Sep 27, 197025 mins

Chet hurts his back while showing his class how to use the parallel bars. A fellow gym teacher helps him get to the hospital, but Chet discovers that that's only the beginning of his problems, as he deals first with health insurance issues, and then has encounters with just about everyone at the hospital - except a doctor who knows how to treat an injured back.

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Episode 4

There Must Be a Party

Sun, Oct 4, 197025 mins

Chet tells the story of his surprising surprise birthday party.

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Episode 5

The Old Man of 4-C

Sun, Oct 11, 197025 mins

Chet's life is turned upside down by a pesky neighbor, who is an insufferable bore.

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Episode 6

The Lincoln Letter

Sun, Oct 18, 197030 mins

Chet inherits his great-aunt's estate including a prized letter from Abraham Lincoln, and it brings him lots of unwanted attention and headaches.

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Episode 7

The Runaways

Sun, Oct 25, 197025 mins

Young Raymond decides to become an easy rider by running away from home to San Francisco, so Chet gives him a ride.

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Episode 8

The Artist

Sun, Nov 1, 197025 mins

Chet helps out a talented youngster who wants to become an artist. Chet balks however, when the youngster chooses Chet as subject matter for his painting which will be on display at the art fair.

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Episode 9

The March of the Antelopes

Sun, Nov 8, 197025 mins

Chet is in charge of a group of youngsters and is supposed to take them on an overnight camping trip. They set out for their destination, but mishaps occur and they end up staying over at Chet's apartment.

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Episode 10

The Deluge: Part 1

Sun, Nov 15, 197030 mins

A severe storm with flooding has Chet stranded at home without telephone or electrical service. To make matters worse, a neighbor has just gone into labor, and Chet is in a quandary as to what to do.

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Episode 11

The Deluge: Part 2

Sun, Nov 22, 197030 mins

Dolores enters advanced stages of labor, and Chet enters advanced stages of unease.

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Episode 12

Swann's Way

Sun, Dec 13, 197025 mins

A repossessor is intent on snatching Chet's TV set.

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Episode 13

The Poet

Sun, Dec 20, 197030 mins

Chet gets in a bind when he is mistaken as the author of a poem he copied in his youth, and the poem is scheduled to be published in the school newspaper.

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Episode 14

Teacher of the Year

Sun, Dec 27, 197025 mins

Chet learns that being honored as Teacher Of The Year isn't all that's it's cracked up to be.

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Episode 15

To Each According to His Appetite

Sun, Jan 3, 197125 mins

Students at the high school organize a lockout of the teachers' cafeteria, requesting that they have input over what foods go on the student menu. Chet helps the students and cafeteria manager reach a compromise. But when the same students have a grievance with Chet's gym class, Chet is not as willing to cooperate.

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Episode 16

Viva Ortega

Sun, Jan 10, 197125 mins

In exchange for a custom-built stereo cabinet, Chet agrees to teach American history and civics to a Mexican carpenter hoping to become an American citizen.

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Episode 17

The Miraculous Martin

Sun, Jan 17, 197125 mins

For a children's party, Chet hires a magician named "The Miraculous Martin". Too bad Martin is also a drunkard.

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Episode 18

The Sesame Street Rumble

Sun, Jan 24, 197125 mins

Chet has a super-duper TV antenna installed, so he can pick up the big game, which has been locally blacked out. With a houseful of eager teachers, Chet's TV set breaks down right before opening kickoff, so he must quickly hunt down another set.

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Episode 19

The Generation Gap

Sun, Jan 31, 197125 mins

Chet's father stays with him, while his mother is out-of-town.

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Episode 20

Tobacco Road

Sun, Feb 7, 197124 mins

A friend leans heavily on Chet to help him quit smoking cigarettes.

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Episode 21

A Dirty Business

Sun, Feb 14, 197125 mins

Chet trys to convince a talented student to join the school's struggling track team, but the student has no interest in joining for personal reasons.

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Episode 22

The Barber Shop

Sun, Feb 21, 197130 mins

While Chet visits the local barber shop for a haircut, he gets involved in a dispute with the barber and another patron over baseball. The three of them end up going to a high rise hotel, where the barberclaims he can catch a baseball dropped from a window of the hotel's top floor.

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Episode 23

The Power of a Tree

Sun, Feb 28, 197125 mins

An eccentric woman recruits Chet to help save a tree from being cut down at a construction site.

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Episode 24

The Green-Eyed Monster

Sun, Mar 7, 197125 mins

Jealousy rears its ugly head when Chet's girlfriend carries on a business association with an old boyfriend, who is now a rich doctor.

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Episode 25

The Long Road Back

Sun, Mar 14, 197124 mins

John Marley guest stars in this episode as a wealthy, eccentric man who wants to relive his childhood. He seeks Chet's help to make his wish come true.

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Episode 26

The Saturday Game

Sun, Mar 21, 197125 mins

A boy, who practices Hasidic Judaism, joins the baseball team coached by Chet. The boy faces a dilemma, when the next weekly game's date switches from Sunday to Saturday, which falls on the Jewish Sabbath.

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