The Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 7
Every episode of The Cosby Show Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Cosby Show Season 7!
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
Season 7 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Cosby Show" season 7 is "Same Time Next Year", rated 6.9/10 from 127 user votes. It was directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Ehrich Van Lowe. "Same Time Next Year" aired on 9/20/1990 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Bird in the Hand".
6.9/10 127 votes#1 - 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
7.6/10 122 votes#2 - 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 140 votes#3 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.8/10 120 votes#4 - Period of Adjustment
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1990
Clair's teenage second cousin moves in with the family.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lore Kimbrough
7.1/10 115 votes#5 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.5/10 109 votes#6 - Getting the Story
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1990
Rudy and Kenny do a video project.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lore Kimbrough, Janet Leahy
6.7/10 115 votes#7 - 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
6.8/10 118 votes#8 - Just Thinking About It (2)
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1990
Pam and Slide argue over whether they should become sexually active.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
6.6/10 110 votes#9 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lore Kimbrough, Janet Leahy
6.2/10 110 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.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: Lore Kimbrough
7.1/10 113 votes#11 - 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.
Director: Chuck Vinson
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
6.7/10 115 votes#12 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
6.5/10 112 votes#13 - It's Your Move
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1990
Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 112 votes#14 - 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).
Director: N/A
Writer: Elaine Arata
6.9/10 130 votes#15 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lore Kimbrough, Elaine Arata
6.6/10 111 votes#16 - 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe
6.7/10 116 votes#17 - 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.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 115 votes#18 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Janet Leahy
6.5/10 111 votes#19 - 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.
Director: Neema Barnette
Writer: Lisa Albert
6.6/10 112 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 126 votes#21 - 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".
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Mark St. Germain
6.0/10 121 votes#22 - Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/1991
Rudy has a nightmare about Olivia always getting her way.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lore Kimbrough
6.5/10 120 votes#23 - There's Still No Joy in Mudville
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1991
Cliff goes bowling with his friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 123 votes#24 - 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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Mark St. Germain
7.2/10 115 votes#25 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ehrich Van Lowe