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The Best Episodes of The Bill Cosby Show Season 2

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The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 1 - Anytime You're Ready, C.K.
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Anytime You're Ready, C.K.

    S2:E1

    The Holmes High School football team is on a losing streak, so the team asks Chet if they can have game films to help determine what they're doing wrong. Chet borrows a movie camera from a friend, and films the teams practice sessions. Funny silent films result from Chet's experiments with trying out the camera. A side plot has Chet trying to help out a student and former player of the football team who can no longer play due to injury.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Open House
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Open House

    S2:E2

    One of Chet's fellow teachers from the high school is a part time real estate agent. Chet spends a weekend helping him out, trying to sell a house. Chet sells the house, but the couple who put the house up for sale change their mind.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 3 - Is There a Doctor in the Hospital?
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Is There a Doctor in the Hospital?

    S2:E3

    Chet injures his back during his gym class, and needs to be taken to the hospital. Upon arrival, he has difficulty trying to obtain medical service, until a young patient staying at the hospital assists Chet and helps him find a doctor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 4 - There Must Be a Party
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #4 - There Must Be a Party

    S2:E4

    A female student at the high school is convinced she is destined to be an actress and is certain she will win an acting contest she has entered. Chet then tells her about the time he missed his own surprise birthday party to try and teach her a lesson about anticipation and being overconfident.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 5 - The Old Man of 4-C
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #5 - The Old Man of 4-C

    S2:E5

    Will Geer guest stars in this episode as a lonesome elderly man looking for companionship. He befriends Chet, and becomes too demanding of Chet's time, but they end up compromising and spend some quality time together.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 6 - The Lincoln Letter
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #6 - The Lincoln Letter

    S2:E6

    Chet inherits a valuable letter which originally came from Abraham Lincoln. Only catch, the letter is misplaced and needs to be found.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 7 - The Runaways
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #7 - The Runaways

    S2:E7

    Chet is sent out to track down and find a runaway boy. He succeeds, and they spend the day together. After sharing a few adventures, Chet helps the boy decide he should go back home.

    Director:Bill Cosby
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 8 - The Artist
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #8 - The Artist

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 9 - March of the Antelopes
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #9 - March of the Antelopes

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 10 - The Deluge (1)
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #10 - The Deluge (1)

    S2:E10

    A driving rainstorm is pounding the Los Angeles area. Chet's next door neighbor is due to have her baby and is unable to get to the hospital, streets are flooded. Chet helps out as the woman prepares to have her baby at home. Part one of a two part episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 11 - The Deluge (2)
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #11 - The Deluge (2)

    S2:E11

    Conclusion of a two part episode. Chet helps an expectant mother deliver her baby at home during a driving rainstorm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 12 - Swann's Way
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #12 - Swann's Way

    S2:E12

    Don Knotts guest stars in this episode as a shifty repossessor who's trying to repossess Chet's television set.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 13 - The Poet
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #13 - The Poet

    S2:E13

    A male student at the high school enjoys writing poetry, but doesn't want his friends to find out, fearing ridicule. Chet (who has also written some poetry) tells the student he shouldn't be concerned with what other people think, to go ahead and do what he enjoys doing. Chet then 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 14 - Teacher of the Year
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Teacher of the Year

    S2:E14

    Upon winning the award for Teacher of the Year, Chet has a difficult time convincing the other teachers to attend the banquet where he will receive the award.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 15 - Each According to Appetite
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Each According to Appetite

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 16 - Viva Ortega
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Viva Ortega

    S2:E16

    Chet tutors a Mexican immigrant who is studying to become a United States citizen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 17 - Miraculous Martin
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #17 - Miraculous Martin

    S2:E17

    Dick Van Dyke guest stars in this episode as Miraculous Martin, an out of work magician who's trying to stay sober and planning to get married.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 18 - The Sesame Street Rumble
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #18 - The Sesame Street Rumble

    S2:E18

    Chet has a large TV antenna installed so he can watch the big Rams/Packers football game. Many teachers from the high school come over to see the game, but Chet's TV set goes out. Chet goes next door to try and borrow the neighbors TV set, but the boy at home refuses to let Chet borrow it, insisting that he wants to watch Sesame Street.

    Director:Bill Cosby
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 19 - The Generation Gap
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #19 - The Generation Gap

    S2:E19

    Chet's mother is going out of town, so Chet's father comes to stay with him while she is away. As they spend time together, they discover that things have changed and they don't have as much in common anymore.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 20 - Tobacco Road
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Tobacco Road

    S2:E20

    Chet aids a fellow teacher from the high school who's trying to quit smoking. Herb Edelman guest stars as Mr. Maher, the teacher who's trying to kick the habit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 21 - A Dirty Business
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #21 - A Dirty Business

    S2:E21

    Chet is at odds with a student at the high school who wants to be a spy. Because the student is a fast runner, Chet wants him to join up with the school's track team. But the student wants no part of it, preferring to remain out of the spotlight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 22 - The Barber Shop
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #22 - The Barber Shop

    S2:E22

    Chet visits the local barber shop for a haircut. While there, 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 barber claims he can catch a baseball dropped from a window of the hotel's top floor. Antonio Fargas guest stars as J.J. the barber, Arthur French is hilarious as Cartons. Funniest episode of the series, very well done.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 23 - Power of the Trees
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Power of the Trees

    S2:E23

    Elsa Lanchester guest stars as an eccentric woman who recruits Chet to help save a tree from being cut down at a construction site.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 24 - The Green-Eyed Monster
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #24 - The Green-Eyed Monster

    S2:E24

    A male student from the high school seeks Chet's advice regarding love and jealousy. As it turns out, Chet could use a lesson or two himself and does not seem to practice what he preaches.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Cosby Show Season 2 Episode 25 - The Long Road Back
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #25 - The Long Road Back

    S2:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Anytime You're Ready, C.K." is the best rated episode of "The Bill Cosby Show" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/13/1970. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Open House".