A Different World - Season 1
Season 1
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
Episodes
Reconcilable Differences
Its the first day at Hillman, and Denise needs to settle with a roommate.
Pilot
Denise finds out that her dorm payment check bounced and that her checking account is overdrawn.
Porky de Bergerac
After convincing the brand new dorm monitor, her roommate Jaleesa, to run in the first place, Denise has to live with the repercussions of breaking one of the monitor's new rules.
Those Who Can't... Tutor
Dwayne tutors Denise in calculus late into the night and is forced to leave the locked all female dormitory via the fire escape. The problem is, the only way to get to the only unlocked exit is through Whitley's room.
War of the Words
Maggie and Whitley debate on how women should balance a career and family life. Dwayne tries to get a campus d.j. job.
Rudy and the Snow Queen
Denise's little sister Rudy visits Hillman and makes Whitley her new role model.
Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
Denise's grandfather comes for a visit during homecoming weekend, and both he and Denise are planning to steal the rival school's mascot, unbeknownst to the other.
If Chosen, I May Not Run
Denise joins the Hillman track team, but to her dismay it turns out to be more than she bargained for.
Romancing Mr. Stone
Denise has a crush on her geology professor.
The Gift of the Magi
Everybody is participating in secret Santa and are surprised to find out who they got.
Does He or Doesn't He?
Jalessa takes bets on how Dwayne will act when a graduate student tries to seduce him.
Advise and Descent
Denise volunteers as a school counselor during final exams to get out of writing a major research paper.
The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
A former Hillman student returns to college to earn her degree.
Wild Child
Denise leads a campaign to get her streetwise study partner enrolled at Hillman.
Dr. Cupid
On Valentine's day, Dwayne is the host of a radio station and he decides to find his match through his radio show. While Lettie gets a surprise visitor.
The Show Must Go On
Denise and Whitley both appear in a play, and each believes the leading man is interested in her.
Mr. Hillman
Whitley believes she has the Miss Hillman contest wrapped up -- until Denise enters Dwayne as a contestant.
Speech Therapy
Jaleesa gets help from her roommates in overcoming her stage fright in speech class.
Clair's Last Stand
Clair visits Denise at Hillman College; Whitley looks for somebody with whom she can celebrate her birthday.
If Only for One Night
Dwayne's date with Denise is interrupted when a despondent Whitley shows up.
Come Back, Little Eggby
Maggie cares for an egg as part of a psychology class assignment on parenting.
My Dinner with Theo
Theo pays an unforgettable visit to his sister Denise at Hillman College.
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