View Full Version : If you were Claire Huxtable would you had reacted the same way towards Vanessa...


TMC
07-26-2023, 09:01 PM
and the BIG FUN in Baltimore with The Wretched?

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Janice Johnson
10-21-2023, 04:29 PM
Yes. Vanessa and her Friends lied about where the Concert was, went to a different STATE to see concert, Kara's brothers car that she basically STOLE from him(She was supposed to be warming it up for him or something like that) got stolen while they sat in a doughnut shop, they went to the concert anyways instead of reporting the car stolen and taking a bus back home, they gave their front row tickets to some thief who claimed he was with the band and would lead them to the same backstage entrance that The Wretched used and he stole the tickets, one of the friends got robbed (She was holding all their money) they never told Clair and Cliff that Susan's Parents went away for the weekend, and only her Grandma was there. A house caught on fire near Susan's house or Susan's house caught on fire and the Huxtables thought that Vanessa was either in a burning house or in the same neighborhood as a burning house. Vanessa and her Friends were instead in a different STATE where they could have been raped, kidnapped, murdered, turned into drug addicts/Prostitutes, etc. Thank God Freddie loaned them bus money and they went to Susan's house. Clair had every right to react as angrily as she did.

Furienna
10-21-2023, 05:48 PM
No, she was completely horrid.

Gibson Girl
07-28-2025, 11:30 AM
I would be furious. I would probably ground her for the rest of the school year.
Claire was right to react the way she did.

Her parents thought she was trapped in that fire or close to it at her friend's house. They had no idea that she and her friends were out of town.

They are lucky something worse than a stolen car and stolen tickets didn't happen to them.

I think I be would so mad, I would scream loud enough for the whole block to hear me.

CJMD03
06-10-2026, 04:45 AM
Dying of ASPHYXIA!!!!!

lol.

TMC
06-17-2026, 12:45 AM
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Vanessa thought she had the perfect plan.

A concert, a few friends, and one little lie later, she's suddenly facing the wrath of Claire Huxtable in one of the most memorable parenting moments in sitcom history.

In this episode of The Cosby Show, what starts as a fun teenage adventure quickly turns into a lesson about trust, responsibility, and consequences. I'm reacting to the episode, breaking down the family dynamics, and discussing whether Claire's response was justified.

Because if there's one thing this episode proves, it's that parents usually find out eventually.