A Different World

Dwayne buys a ring; Whitley eyes another gem.

Dwayne and Whitley argue over money; Dwayne's algebra class mutinies.

Bickering distracts Whitley and Kim from a hazard in Lena's room.

Jaleesa sends Freddie on assignment to Whitley's office.

A hurricane traps everyone in the Pit.

Student Lena is attracted to tutor Dwayne.

Success as a singer turns Kim into a prima donna.

Whitley's cousin wants a Hillman man.

Dwayne is attracted to a graduate student.

Dwayne gets cold feet, then the potential mothers-in-law clash.

Both Dwayne and Whitley's parents arrive for the engagement party, and the tension between the couple escalates.

Whitley plans a slave-art exhibit until she learns her family heritage.

Dwayne and Whitley go separately to a Christmas party, unaware the other will be there.

Ron sinks his savings into a music career but can't pay the rent.

Ron, Dwayne and members of a rival school share a cell after a racial clash.

Whitley falls for a new student with a record.

Whitley is sexually harassed, then reported as the aggressor.

An alumnus running for Congress enlists Whitley.

Whitley's whirlwind romance puts Dwayne temporarily out of the picture.

A couple's relationship is threatened when only she is accepted to Hillman.

Ron meets his match while selling cars at a failing dealership.

Lena's fallacious essay on her father wins her a journalism scholarship.

Lena suspects a rapper is abusing Gina.

Byron's reaction to election returns enthralls Whitley.