Pilot (1984)

Directed by

Jay Sandrich

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is the first episode of a sitcom about an African American family living in New York City. The parents Cliff and Huxtable have four children and in this episode they teach their son Theo a lesson about money.

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What happens

"Pilot Presentation" (also known as "Theo's Economic Lesson") is the pilot and first episode of the first season of the American sitcom The Cosby Show. "Pilot Presentation" originally aired in the United States on NBC on Thursday, September 20, 1984, at 8:00 PM ET. This episode debuted the week before the official start of the 1984–85 United States network television season. Cliff and Clair only have four children in this episode: Denise, Theo, Vanessa & Rudy. Sondra, the first born, is introduced later in that season, episode 4. She is not in the featured nor mentioned in the intro. The confrontation with Theo in this episode is seen again in a flashback in the series finale "And So We Commence". The episode was directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson. The episode was a critical and commercial success, achieving both high ratings and positive critical feedback. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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