A Different World

A secret wedding has happened over the summer. Dwayne asks Ron to pick up his engagement ring for Whitley.

Dwayne's first day as a teacher turns into disaster when he tries too hard and Colonel Taylor, head of Dwayne's department, has to crack down on the young professor.

Lena is caught cooking up her 'special' gumbo in the dorms and faces suspension.

Freddie takes a job as a receptionist and overhears one of her new superiors talking saying they are against affirmative action. Lena tries to get out of an English assignment by renting the movie instead.

Dwayne and Whitley's first anniversary is ruined by a hurricane descending on Hillman.

Lena falls for her teacher Dwayne. Ron tries reselling defective cosmetics from a TV ad.

Kim joins Ron's band and stardom quickly goes to her head. Jaleesa has a surprise for Colonel Taylor.

Whitley's evil look-alike cousin Liza visits Hillman and stirs up trouble when she sets her sights on Ron.

The stress of wedding planning pushes Whitley and Dwayne's relationship past the breaking point.

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

Whitley directs a controversial new art exhibit about black women in history, which includes 'Mammy' imagery, but she is stunned and disillusioned when she discovers that her family once owned slaves.

Whitley can't get a flight home so Jaleesa invites her to join them for the holiday, but, unbeknownst to them, Colonel Taylor has also invited a freshly-dumped Dwayne to their Christmas dinner.

Ron is homeless and penniless when his band loses a competition. Freddie's new boyfriend Shazza is too controlling.

Ron and Dwayne get involved in a racially-motivated fight with members of a fraternity from a rival school and end up in jail.

Freddie's pen-pal Jamal gets out of jail and visits Hillman, where he falls hard for Whitely and arouses suspicion in Dwayne and Ron.

Whitley's new boss is sexually harassing her, but Whitely has trouble convincing anyone at her job of the truth.

Byron Douglas III enlists Whitley's aid in his campaign for state senator.

Whitley and Byron Douglas III are getting serious, but Whitely feels as if she still needs closure with Dwayne.

After a one-night tryst, Dwayne and Whitley are unsure of where they stand.

Kim gets rejected from medical school. Ron hates his new job as a car salesman.

Lena cons her way into receiving a $5,000 scholarship so she can stay at Hillman. Whitley unintentionally sabotages Byron's fundraiser by wearing fur.

Freddie witnesses Jena being physically abused by her boyfriend.

After beating back a scandal involving a stripper, Whitley and Byron decide to get married. Meanwhile, Jaleesa gives birth!

Whitley's wedding is fast approaching and Dwayne has convinced himself he can handle it, but he's unable to hide his sadness at the bachelor party.

It's Whitley's wedding day and Dwayne tells Ron he doesn't have the strength to attend the ceremony. Whitley too is having second thoughts.