
A Different World
Season 1
198722 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Reconcilable Differences
7.01987-09-24 · 30m
During her first few days at Hillman College, Denise Huxtable finds herself at odds with her new roommate, Jaleesa, a 26-year-old freshman with a mysterious past.
- E2
Pilot
1987-10-01 · 30m
Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.
- E3
Porky de Bergerac
1987-10-15 · 30m
Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.
- E4
Those Who Can't... Tutor
1987-10-22 · 30m
Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.
- E5
War of the Words
1987-10-29 · 30m
Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.
- E6
Rudy and the Snow Queen
1987-11-05 · 30m
Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.
- E7
Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
1987-11-19 · 30m
The girls plan Operation Yogi, a plot to steal the rival school's bear-head mascot, but a visit from Denise's grandfather makes a boo-boo inevitable.
- E8
If Chosen, I May Not Run
1987-12-03 · 30m
In the family tradition of "Combustible" Huxtable, Denise is chosen for Hillman's track team, but after a few practices she starts running out of steam.
- E9
Romancing Mr. Stone
1987-12-10 · 30m
A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.
- E10
The Gift of the Magi
1987-12-17 · 30m
Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.
- E11
Does He or Doesn't He?
1988-01-07 · 30m
Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.
- E12
Advise and Descent
1988-01-14 · 30m
During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.
- E13
The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
1988-01-21 · 30m
Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.
- E14
Wild Child
1988-02-04 · 30m
Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.
- E15
Dr. Cupid
8.01988-02-11 · 30m
Dwayne uses his radio persona "Dr. Cupid" to find a Valentine's Day date, and Denise uses Dr. Cupid to reconcile Lettie and an old love.
- E16
The Show Must Go On
1988-02-18 · 30m
Denise and Whitley both think they're the apple of the leading man's eye in a play about the Garden of Eden.
- E17
Mr. Hillman
1988-02-25 · 30m
In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.
- E18
Speech Therapy
1988-03-10 · 30m
Whitley hides an illegal humidifier; Jaleesa sweats over her fear of oral reports; Maggie steams over the debt Denise owes her.
- E19
Clair's Last Stand
1988-03-24 · 30m
Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.
- E20
If Only for One Night
1988-04-28 · 30m
Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.
- E21
Come Back, Little Eggby
1988-05-05 · 30m
A psychology experiment in parenting calls for egg-doption, but when Jaleesa loses Maggie's "eggby," she and Denise scramble to find it.
- E22
My Dinner With Theo
1988-07-07 · 30m
Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.
