Aired: 10/6/1988
As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. Sondra is revealed to be pregnant.
Aired: 10/13/1988
Cliff prepares for a physical.
Aired: 10/20/1988
Rudy's friend sleeps over.
Aired: 10/27/1988
Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.
Aired: 11/3/1988
Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
Aired: 11/10/1988
Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie. Elvin decides to return to medical school.
Aired: 11/17/1988
Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
Aired: 12/1/1988
Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.
Aired: 12/8/1988
Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
Aired: 12/15/1988
Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
Aired: 1/5/1989
Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
Aired: 1/12/1989
Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
Aired: 1/26/1989
Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". She also buys a new couch and Cliff tries to cling to the old one.
Aired: 2/2/1989
With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
Aired: 2/6/1989
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.
Aired: 2/9/1989
Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
Aired: 2/16/1989
Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
Aired: 2/23/1989
Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
Aired: 3/9/1989
Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
Aired: 3/16/1989
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.
Aired: 3/30/1989
Clair's 46th birthday.
Aired: 4/13/1989
Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
Aired: 4/27/1989
Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
Aired: 5/4/1989
Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
Aired: 5/11/1989
Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.
