We Need to Talk About Cosby

Season

2022

7.8

Writer/director W. Kamau Bell's exploration of Bill Cosby's descent from "America's Dad" to convicted sexual predator. Comedians, journalists and survivors have a candid, first of its kind conversation about the man, his career and crimes.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Part 1

In the 1960s Bill Cosby is collecting accolades for his comedy, breaking barriers for Black stunt performers and participating in the nation's sexual liberation and civil rights movement. He also allegedly begins exploiting his power.

S1 • E2

Part 2

It's the 1970s and Bill Cosby is becoming an on-screen educator and moral authority, whether he's telling kids to say "no" to drugs or allegedly offering pills to young women.

S1 • E3

Part 3

Cosby strikes gold with "The Cosby Show" and leverages his growing power inside the entertainment industry to allegedly commit and conceal a multitude of sins. As the sitcom ends, he turns from America's Dad into America's Angry Grandpa.

S1 • E4

Part 4

Cosby falls down to Earth. Hannibal Burress tells a joke, survivors speak out and a culture begins to listen. There are trials, incarceration and an overturned verdict. The debate begins about the larger problems his story reveals. Finale