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The Worst Episodes of A Different World

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College,...

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  1. Background image for Pilot
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    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E2

    Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.

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    #2 - Porky de Bergerac

    S1:E3

    Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Those Who Can't... Tutor

    S1:E4

    Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.

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    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - War of the Words

    S1:E5

    Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joe Gannon
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    #5 - Rudy and the Snow Queen

    S1:E6

    Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You

    S1:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - If Chosen, I May Not Run

    S1:E8

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Romancing Mr. Stone

    S1:E9

    A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.

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    #9 - The Gift of the Magi

    S1:E10

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Does He or Doesn't He?

    S1:E11

    Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Advise and Descent

    S1:E12

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic

    S1:E13

    Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - Wild Child

    S1:E14

    Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Show Must Go On

    S1:E16

    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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    #15 - Mr. Hillman

    S1:E17

    In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Speech Therapy

    S1:E18

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - Clair's Last Stand

    S1:E19

    Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.

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    #18 - If Only for One Night

    S1:E20

    Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Come Back, Little Eggby

    S1:E21

    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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    #20 - My Dinner With Theo

    S1:E22

    Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.

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    #21 - Dr. War is Hell

    S2:E1

    As the school year begins, Dwayne faces the prospect of taking a calculus class from Col. Taylor, a tough professor nicknamed ""Dr. War."" He fears that Col. Taylor could expose his academic success as a fluke and destroy his dreams of becoming an engineer, so he asks Walter to help him get into another section. Walter believes that Dwayne could thrive under Col. Taylor's tutelage, and asks the professor to talk to him. Col. Taylor manages to change Dwayne's mind and convince him to enroll in his class. Whitley meets new roommate Kim Reese, a headstrong freshman who plans to become a doctor. Whitley hopes to intimidate Kim and drive her to another room, but finds it impossible to break her. Jaleesa's cheerful freshman roommate, Freddie Brooks, develops a massive crush on Dwayne.

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    Director:Debbie Allen
  23. Background image for Two Gentlemen of Hillman
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    #22 - Two Gentlemen of Hillman

    S2:E2

    Dwayne pairs with irresponsible Ron to write a philosophy paper. Ron refuses to do his share of the work, instead purchasing a ten-year-old paper. Dwayne is furious, particularly because he turned down an offer from a good student in order to work with Ron. Jaleesa warns Dwayne that his comments about Ron may have been too harsh. In spite of his reservations, Dwayne decides to show his loyalty to Ron by using the old paper. Ron discovers that Whitley bought the same paper, and he and Dwayne are forced to work all weekend to finish the project. Ron later learns that Whitley never bought a paper; she helped Dwayne with a scam to trick Ron into actually working. Kim gets a job at campus hangout The Pit. Freddie is rejected by dozens of potential employers, but vows to keep trying.

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    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Some Enchanted Late Afternoon

    S2:E3

    Walter asks Jaleesa on a date. She refuses because she is involved in a long-distance relationship. She finally agrees to join him for dinner, with the stipulation that they are just friends. Jaleesa has a great time with Walter and even shares a slow dance with him. However, she still refuses to break up with her boyfriend. Dwayne and Ron start a wake-up service.

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    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Dream Lover

    S2:E4

    During a party celebrating the end of midterms, Dwayne finds himself attracted to Whitley. She agrees to dance with him, but runs out after he grabs her ass. Whitley is disturbed by an erotic dream about Dwayne, for which Kim teases her mercilessly. Whitley daydreams about Dwayne in the computer lab. After he helps her retrieve a file, she kisses him without thinking. Dwayne believes that Whitley is the secret admirer who sent him brownies and a poetry book; he becomes convinced that she wants him. Kim saves him from humiliation by revealing that Freddie sent the gifts. Whitley confesses to Lettie that she is a virgin. Lettie assures her that she has no reason to be embarrassed, and says that she shouldn't read too much into dreams. When Freddie offers to bow out, Whitley melodramatically declares that she will step aside and let Freddie have Dwayne.

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    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Three Girls Three

    S2:E5

    Whitley and Jaleesa team up for an audition to sing backup at an upcoming Gladys Knight concert on campus. They ask Angela, an aspiring opera singer, to join them. After Whitley and Jaleesa improve Angela's stage presence and teach her how to sing popular music, she turns into an insufferable diva. They throw her out of the group, but she forms her own trio and wins the audition. Whitley goes nuts and tries to attack Angela, embarrassing herself in front of Gladys Knight in the process. Jaleesa and Whitley realize they should have followed their instincts and tried out as a duo. They imagine what it might have been like to sing with Gladys. Meanwhile, Freddie tries to work up the nerve to ask Dwayne to the concert.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "A Different World". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams, it aired on 10/1/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Porky de Bergerac".