The Cosby Show: Bring 'Em Back Alive

The Cosby Show: Bring 'Em Back Alive
NBC
September 25, 1986
Sitcom
DVD
C+

So it's over a year later and we see the following changes:

• Sondra's in the opening credits, where everyone dances with Cliff
• Denise is going to be leaving for college soon (yes, Hillman)
• Theo's best friend Cockroach (Carl Payne) is now a recurring character rather than someone referred to but never seen
• Vanessa is much taller
• Rudy is about the same
• and Clair is secretly pregnant by another man*

But the plots are as simple as in Season One, this one by Matt Williams centered entirely around a garden snake being loose in the house.  There's sort of a B-plot with Cockroach planning a party but not much happens with that.  Peter Costa appears briefly as Peter and runs out the door.  (Apparently, this was a thing, judging by the montage on the '02 special.)

*As the '02 special mentioned, Rashad's pregnancy was hidden by props.  She was actually credited as Phylicia Ayers-Allen on Season One but for the tags I went with her better known name.  She married third husband Ahmad Rashad in November of '85 and their daughter was born in December of '86.  So I don't know how pregnant she was during the filming of various episodes, but it will have an impact on this season.