Cliffs Vater Russell kommt zu Besuch. Er will Denise überreden, seine ehemalige Hochschule zu besuchen. Denise will aber lieber nach Princeton. Cliff kann beide verstehen.
Cliff's father, Russell, pays a visit and begins questioning Cliff about the kids' college choices. He asks Denise about Hillman, his and Cliff's alma mater. Denise is dead-set against it at first, until Russell tells her that the males outnumber the females there. First appearance of Earle Hyman as Russell Huxtable, Cliff's father.
Russell, il padre di Cliff, si reca in visita dai nipoti e subito inizia a dire a Cliff che sarebbe molto felice se almeno uno dei suoi amati nipoti seguisse le sue orme e si iscrivesse al Hillman College. Denise però si dichiara poco interessata a questo college, salvo poi cambiare idea quando suo padre inizia a raccontarle alcune cose...