Rating:
5.9/10 by 24 users
One for the Books
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
Writing:
- Bill Cosby
- David Renwick
Release Date:
Mon, Sep 16, 1996
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Phylicia Rashād
Ruth Lucas
Madeline Kahn
Pauline Fox
Season 4:
Hilton falls asleep during an ""I Spy"" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on a new case in Hong Kong. However, Erica keeps interrupting Hilton's dream to discuss her wedding preparations. The rest of the cast play parts in the dream.
Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with why the bride isn't falling apart yet.
Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Drica and Darien return from their honeymoon.
When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborhood.
Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the day he is preparing for a date with a beautful flight attendant.
A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie.
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her character Pauline.
Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.
When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.
Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.
For a school paper, Keisha discovers intriqing facts about Ruth's past.
Griffin's inablity to deal with the return of his estranged father, who abandoned him 15 years earlier, causes problems in his relationship with Rebecca.
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.
A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.
Griffin tries to encourage both his students and the Lucases to eat healthier foods.
Hilton suffers from insomnia for several days, falling asleep during the day at inopertune moments, causing Erica and Ruth embarassment. When Hilton refuses to attend a sleep clinic, Griffin offers to set up a video camera in the Lucas' bedroom to record the night's activity to find the cause of Hilton's sleeplessness. The next morning, when the family gathers to watch the tape, no one is more surprised than Ruth to see that it's her snoring and kicking Hilton in her sleep that keeps him awake.
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in marriage.
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