A Different World

  • Premiered: Sep 1987
  • Episodes: 144
  • Followers: 13
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Thursday at 20
  • Comedy

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Season 3
3x1
Strangers on a Plane
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 1989
Dwayne and Whitley run into each other on a flight back to school. Whitley finds that Dwayne has changed over the summer, as he is dressed in an expensive suit and seems to have matured .. show full overview
3x2
The Heat is On
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Air date
Oct 12, 1989
Whitley has yet to take a basic math course that is required for graduation. She reluctantly enrolls in Col. Taylor's class, and he tries to help her overcome her fear of the subject. .. show full overview
3x3
The Hat Makes the Man
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Air date
Oct 19, 1989
Walter and Jaleesa celebrate the anniversary of their first date, but are distracted by conflicts over dorm discipline. Walter allows a shy male student to let his girlfriend stay .. show full overview
3x4
To Have and Have Not
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Air date
Oct 26, 1989
Walter convinces many of the students to volunteer at a community center. Whitley teaches ballet to the children and becomes friends with a young boy named Dion, who claims to be dirt .. show full overview
3x5
Forever Hold Your Peace
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Nov 02, 1989
Dwayne drives Whitley to New York for her father's wedding. He drops in on the Huxtables, hoping to rekindle his relationship with Denise and convince her to return to Hillman. Denise .. show full overview
3x6
Delusions of Daddyhood
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Air date
Nov 09, 1989
Ron takes a liking to his study partner, Elizabeth; and is surprised to learn that she has a 13-month-old son. He is unsure about getting involved, but quickly bonds with the child. .. show full overview
3x7
Wedding Bells from Hell
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Air date
Nov 16, 1989
Walter wins a free Hawaiian honeymoon from a car wash, so he asks Jaleesa to marry him. Although she is uncertain, she eventually says yes. They plan to wed in two weeks. Jaleesa fears .. show full overview
3x8
Great Expectations
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Air date
Nov 30, 1989
Kim and Freddie plan to spend homecoming weekend at Freaknic, a music festival in Washington, D.C. Kim's policeman father calls and forbids her to go to the concert. Kim decides to go .. show full overview
3x9
Answered Prayers
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Air date
Dec 07, 1989
Kim learns that her father has been shot in the line of duty. Whitley drives her to Ohio to see him, with Dwayne and Freddie along for moral support. Kim visits her father's hospital .. show full overview
3x10
For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls
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Air date
Dec 21, 1989
Whitley is in a foul mood during the holiday season, especially when her mother insists that they fly to the south of France instead of spending a quiet Christmas at home. She coldly .. show full overview
3x11
Under One Roof
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Jan 04, 1990
Dean Hughes asks Whitley to spend the weekend at her house and co-host the annual freshman tea. Whitley considers this a great honor until Freddie is named the other co-host. Whitley .. show full overview
3x12
Here's to Old Friends
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Air date
Jan 11, 1990
Dwayne's old friend Milt comes for a visit. He believes that Hillman is holding Dwayne back, and encourages him to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania. Milt also recommends that .. show full overview
3x13
The Power of the Pen
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Air date
Jan 18, 1990
Dwayne struggles with an assignment for poetry class, as the students must compose their own verses. William Shakespeare appears to him in a dream and stresses that his pursuit of a .. show full overview
3x14
Pride and Prejudice
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Air date
Jan 25, 1990
Whitley goes to a jewelry store to buy a birthday present for her father. Freddie tags along because she enjoys watching Whitley "power shop." The clerk ignores them and is reluctant to .. show full overview
3x15
Success, Lies and Videotape
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Feb 08, 1990
Clair Huxtable visits the Hillman campus to videotape the students discussing their goals for the future. Although the taping is supposed to resemble a professional interview, Clair .. show full overview
3x16
A World Alike
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Feb 15, 1990
Whitley meets Julian, an attractive exchange student from Georgetown who is part of Hillman's anti-apartheid group. Kim receives a scholarship that will solve her financial problems and .. show full overview
3x17
That's the Trouble with You All
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Air date
Feb 22, 1990
Whitley plays matchmaker for Dwayne and a beautiful coed in the hopes of convincing him to move on. However, she becomes extremely jealous and tries to sabotage the couple's date. Dwayne .. show full overview
3x18
A Campfire Story
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Air date
Mar 01, 1990
A lovesick Dwayne convinces Walter to let him tag along on a recruiting trip to North Carolina, where he is trying to sign a high school basketball prospect. Walter gets pulled over for .. show full overview
3x19
Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet
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Air date
Mar 08, 1990
Whitley has trouble finding a job for after graduation, while Jaleesa mulls several offers. Ron's sister Rachel, who is staying with Whitley and Kim during a campus visit, suggests the .. show full overview
3x20
21 Candles
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Air date
Mar 15, 1990
Whitley is distraught when everyone, including Julian, seems to have forgotten her 21st birthday. Kim has actually remembered, and is planning a girls-only surprise party. Dwayne and Ron .. show full overview
3x21
Sweet Charity
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Air date
Mar 29, 1990
Walter learns that Kim is working all night at a funeral parlor to cover her expenses. He enlists the help of Whitley and Freddie to come up with a plan to help her out. Whitley and .. show full overview
3x22
Soldier Boy
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Air date
Apr 05, 1990
Col. Taylor is the guest of honor at a campus roast. Frank Benning, a man from his first platoon in Vietnam, comes in to serve as the surprise guest speaker. Col. Taylor feels very .. show full overview
3x23
Getaway (1)
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Air date
Apr 19, 1990
Dwayne, Ron, Kim, Freddie and Ernest head to Devil's Island, South Carolina for spring break. Whitley joins them at the last minute after Julian has to cancel their vacation due to a job .. show full overview
3x24
Getaway (2)
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Air date
Apr 26, 1990
Julian shows up to surprise Whitley, who wants nothing to do with him. Dwayne and Ron dress like women to get past the drug dealers and onto the ferry. They arrive at the police station .. show full overview
3x25 Season finale
Perhaps Love
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Air date
May 05, 1990
Dwayne is selected for Phi Beta Kappa, and his mother comes to town to watch his induction ceremony. Julian tells Whitley that he wants to ask her something important during their next .. show full overview

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