List of episodes of the series «A Different World»

Reconcilable Differences

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Pilot

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.

Porky de Bergerac

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.

Those Who Can't... Tutor

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.

War of the Words

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.

Rudy and the Snow Queen

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.

Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

If Chosen, I May Not Run

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Romancing Mr. Stone

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.

The Gift of the Magi

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.

Does He or Doesn't He?

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.

Advise and Descent

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.

The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.

Wild Child

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.

Dr. Cupid

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

The Show Must Go On

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Denise and Whitley both think they're the apple of the leading man's eye in a play about the Garden of Eden.

Mr. Hillman

• Episode number: 17
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.

Speech Therapy

• Episode number: 18
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Whitley hides an illegal humidifier; Jaleesa sweats over her fear of oral reports; Maggie steams over the debt Denise owes her.

Clair's Last Stand

• Episode number: 19
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.

If Only for One Night

• Episode number: 20
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.

Come Back, Little Eggby

• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  A psychology experiment in parenting calls for egg-doption, but when Jaleesa loses Maggie's "eggby," she and Denise scramble to find it.

My Dinner With Theo

• Episode number: 22
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.