Episode
The Cosby Show: Birthday Blues
Overview
Clair's 46th birthday.
Details
- Series
- The Cosby Show
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1989-03-30
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Birthday Blues is Episode 21 in Season 5 of The Cosby Show. It aired on 1989-03-30. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 20: Theo's Women
After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.
Episode 22: A Room With No View
Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
More episodes from this season
Episode 19: It Comes and It Goes
Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
Episode 23: What He Did for Love
Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
Episode 18: The Boys of Winter
Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
Episode 24: Day of the Locusts
Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
Episode 17: The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
Episode 25: 57 Varieties
Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.
Episode 16: Can I Say Something, Please?
Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
Episode 15: No Way, Baby
Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.
Episode 14: The Lost Weekend
With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
Episode 13: Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys a new couch and Cliff tries to keep the old one. Clair's law firm is identified as Greentree, Bradley & Dexter.