A Different World (1987)
A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.
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Episode 1 - Reconcilable Differences
Release Date: 1987-09-24During 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.
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Episode 2 - Pilot
Release Date: 1987-10-01Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.
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Episode 3 - Porky de Bergerac
Release Date: 1987-10-15Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.
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Episode 4 - Those Who Can't... Tutor
Release Date: 1987-10-22Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.
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Episode 5 - War of the Words
Release Date: 1987-10-29Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.
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Episode 6 - Rudy and the Snow Queen
Release Date: 1987-11-05Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.
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Episode 7 - Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
Release Date: 1987-11-19The 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.
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Episode 8 - If Chosen, I May Not Run
Release Date: 1987-12-03In 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.
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Episode 9 - Romancing Mr. Stone
Release Date: 1987-12-10A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.
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Episode 10 - The Gift of the Magi
Release Date: 1987-12-17Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.
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Episode 11 - Does He or Doesn't He?
Release Date: 1988-01-07Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.
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Episode 12 - Advise and Descent
Release Date: 1988-01-14During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.
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Episode 13 - The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
Release Date: 1988-01-21Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.
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Episode 14 - Wild Child
Release Date: 1988-02-04Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.
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Episode 15 - Dr. Cupid
Release Date: 1988-02-11Dwayne 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.
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Episode 16 - The Show Must Go On
Release Date: 1988-02-18Denise and Whitley both think they're the apple of the leading man's eye in a play about the Garden of Eden.
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Episode 17 - Mr. Hillman
Release Date: 1988-02-25In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.
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Episode 18 - Speech Therapy
Release Date: 1988-03-10Whitley hides an illegal humidifier; Jaleesa sweats over her fear of oral reports; Maggie steams over the debt Denise owes her.
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Episode 19 - Clair's Last Stand
Release Date: 1988-03-24Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.
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Episode 20 - If Only for One Night
Release Date: 1988-04-28Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.
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Episode 21 - Come Back, Little Eggby
Release Date: 1988-05-05A psychology experiment in parenting calls for egg-doption, but when Jaleesa loses Maggie's "eggby," she and Denise scramble to find it.
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Episode 22 - My Dinner With Theo
Release Date: 1988-07-07Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.