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Episode 1: Reconcilable Differences
1987-09-2430 min
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.
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A Different World Season 1 — Episodes and Where to Watch
22 episodes · first aired 1987-09-24
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Episode 2: Pilot
1987-10-0130 min
Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.
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Episode 3: Porky de Bergerac
1987-10-1530 min
Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.
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Episode 4: Those Who Can't... Tutor
1987-10-2230 min
Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.
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Episode 5: War of the Words
1987-10-2930 min
Whitley'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
1987-11-0530 min
Rudy 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
1987-11-1930 min
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.
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Episode 8: If Chosen, I May Not Run
1987-12-0330 min
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.
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Episode 9: Romancing Mr. Stone
1987-12-1030 min
A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.
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Episode 10: The Gift of the Magi
1987-12-1730 min
Whitley'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?
1988-01-0730 min
Tired 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
1988-01-1430 min
During 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
1988-01-2130 min
Hillman 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
1988-02-0430 min
Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.
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Episode 15: Dr. Cupid
1988-02-1130 min
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.
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Episode 16: The Show Must Go On
1988-02-1830 min
Denise 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
1988-02-2530 min
In 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
1988-03-1030 min
Whitley 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
1988-03-2430 min
Clair 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
1988-04-2830 min
Whitley 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
1988-05-0530 min
A 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
1988-07-0730 min
Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.
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