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A Different World Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
We've Only Just Begun
Thu, Sep 19, 1991 30 mins
A surprise wedding announcement and a mix-up with a ring leave student Dwayne in a state and counselor Whitley starry-eyed. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Jaleesa: Dawnn Lewis.
Episode 2
The Dwayne Mutiny
Thu, Sep 26, 1991 30 mins
Lena (Jada Pinkett) leads a mutiny in Dwayne's calculus class when he goes overboard with classroom discipline. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Ron: Darryl Bell. Jaleesa: Dawnn Lewis. Freddie: Cree Summer.
Episode 3
Home Is Where the Fire Is
Thu, Oct 3, 1991 30 mins
Other commitments make Whitley and Kim lax in the running of the dorm, which is running amok. Dean Barksdale: Roxie Roker. Fireman: Michael Milhoan. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Kim: Charnele Brown. Lena: Jada Pinkett.
Episode 4
Almost Working Girl
Thu, Oct 10, 1991 30 mins
At her temp job with Whitley's company, Freddie voices her views on Affirmative Action to the personnel manager (Beverly Todd). Prof. Foster: Roscoe Lee Browne. Freddie: Cree Summer. Whitley: Jasmine Guy.
Episode 5
In the Eye of the Storm
Thu, Oct 17, 1991 30 mins
A hurricane heading toward Hillman has everyone safe at the Pit, except Freddie and Ron, who are trapped in the radio station. Freddie: Cree Summer. Ron: Darryl Bell. Col. Taylor: Glynn Turman. Whitley: Jasmine Guy.
Episode 6
Rule Number One
Thu, Oct 24, 1991 30 mins
Dwayne gives Lena (Jada Pinkett) personal attention to help her with calculus, and she takes it personally; Ron tries to sell beauty products. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Ron: Darryl Bell. Whitley: Jasmine Guy.
Episode 7
Baby I'm a Star
Thu, Oct 31, 1991 30 mins
A star is born: Kim is hired as lead singer for Ron's band and her talent burns bright, but it also burns Ron. Larry: Julius J. Carry III. Kim: Charnele Brown. Ron: Darryl Bell. Col. Taylor: Glynn Turman. Jaleesa: Dawnn Lewis.
Episode 8
Liza Who-Little
Thu, Nov 7, 1991 30 mins
Jasmine Guy has a dual role as Whitley and her cousin Liza, a girl of means who means to make Ron (Darryl Bell) hers. Kim: Charnele Brown. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Lena: Jada Pinkett. Mr. Gaines: Lou Myers.
Episode 9
To Tell the Truth
Thu, Nov 14, 1991 30 mins
Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) becomes friends with a fellow graduate student he likes---maybe because she's not much like Whitley (Jasmine Guy). Kim: Charnele Brown. Freddie: Cree Summer. Ron: Darryl Bell.
Episode 10
Do You Take This Woman
Thu, Nov 21, 1991 30 mins
Dwayne rethinks his second thoughts when his mom and dad (Patti LaBelle, Harold Sylvester) arrive to meet Whitley's folks (Diahann Carroll, Ron O'Neal). Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Ron: Darryl Bell.
Episode 11
Mammy Dearest
Thu, Dec 5, 1991 30 mins
On the eve of Whitley's dedication of Height Hall, her family tree is shaken, and down falls a bad apple; Kim (Charnele Brown) is sour about an African-American stereotype. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Lena: Jada Pinkett.
Episode 12
12 Steps of Christmas
Thu, Dec 19, 1991 30 mins
Whitley, Dwayne and the bickering Taylors are together for Christmas dinner on what's anything but a silent night. Dr. Langhorn: Debbie Allen. Col. Taylor: Glynn Turman. Terrence: Cory Tyler. Jaleesa: Dawnn Lewis.
Episode 13
Just Another Four Letter Word
Thu, Jan 2, 1992 30 mins
Ron and Dwayne must huddle in a campus-security cell with three white students from a rival school after a racial confrontation following a football game. Ron: Darryl Bell. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Demarco: Ernie Sabella.
Episode 14
The Cat's in the Cradle
Thu, Jan 16, 1992 30 mins
Ron is a man without a band when circumstances mute his music career; Freddie is crazy for her new man, Shazza Zulu. Ron: Darryl Bell. Freddie: Cree Summer. Clint: Michael Ralph. Marvin: Tom Alan Roberts.
Episode 15
Prisoner of Love
Thu, Jan 23, 1992 30 mins
A handsome young man (Victor Love), who says that he's done time, aspires to attend Hillman. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Freddie: Cree Summer. Lena: Jad Pinkett. Ron: Darryl Bell. Kim: Charnele Brown. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison.
Episode 16
Bedroom at the Top
Thu, Jan 30, 1992 30 mins
Whitley voices her grievance when she is sexually harassed by the vice-president of finance, but no one buys it. Joh: Tom Wright. Mr. Krum: Gerrit Graham. Miss Lopez: Luisa Leschin. Whitley: Jasmine Guy.
Episode 17
May the Best Man Win
Thu, Feb 13, 1992 30 mins
Whitley (Jasmine Guy) plunges into Byron's campaign, while Mr. Gaines may be swept out of his kitchen when a burger chain buys the Pit's lease. Byron: Joe Morton. Mr. Gaines: Lou Myers. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Lena: Jada Pinkett. Kim: Charnele Brown. Ron: Darryl Bell. Freddie: Cree Summer.
Episode 18
Kiss You Back
Thu, Feb 20, 1992 30 mins
Things are flying high with Byron, but Whitley wants to clear the air with Dwayne, and Ron wants to get something off the ground with Kim (Charnele Brown). Byron: Joe Morton. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Ron: Darryl Bell. Gennifer: Trina McGee-Davis. Brooke: Nikki Swasey. Mia: Tyron Patton.
Episode 19
Conflict of Interest
Thu, Feb 27, 1992 30 mins
The morning after for Whitley: Dwayne's eating breakfast and Byron's at the door. Meanwhile, Charmaine and Lance scope out Hillman. Whitley: Jasmine Guy. Byron: Joe Morton. Dwayne: Kadeem Hardison. Kim: Charnele Brown. Ron: Darryl Bell. Freddie: Cree Summer.
Episode 20
Sellmates
Thu, Mar 12, 1992 30 mins
Ron is intrigued by a schemer, who's a woman after his own heart; Kim begins losing heart awaiting replies to her med-school applications. Mr. Schmect: Peter Jason. Kim: Charnele Brown. Ron: Darryl Bell.
Episode 21
Do the Write Thing
Thu, Apr 2, 1992 30 mins
An essay about her father's very fabled past could save Lena's scholastic future. Lena: Jada Pinkett. Grover: Ron Canada. Mrs. Maude Mitchell: Anne Gee Byrd. Prof. Foster: Roscoe Lee Browne. Whitley: Jasmine Guy.
Episode 22
Love Taps
Thu, Apr 23, 1992 30 mins
Hillman's hottest hip hopper (Edafe Okurume) is also a hothead, and he may be taking out his aggressions on Gina. Lisa: Debbi Morgan. Lena: Jada Pinkett. Freddie: Cree Summer. Terrence: Cory Tyler.
Episode 23
Special Delivery
Thu, May 7, 1992 30 mins
Jaleesa gets down to delivering the baby, and Byron's opponent gets down and dirty in the campaign's final days. Byron: Joe Morton. Sen. Hutchinson: Larry Linville. Amber: Cyndi James Gossett. Col. Taylor: Glynn Turman.
Episode 24
Save the Best for Last
Thu, May 14, 1992 30 mins
A visit from Dwayne threatens to spread storm clouds over Whitley and Byron's nuptials. Part 1 of two. Byron: Joe Morton. Marion: Diahann Carroll. Imogene: Barbara Montgomery. Courtney: Roxanne Beckford.
Episode 25
Save the Best for Last
Thu, May 21, 1992 30 mins
Conclusion. There's little left for Whitley to do but to say "I do" to Byron (Joe Morton). Rev. Soams: Michael Warren. Marion: Diahann Carroll. Imogene: Barbara Montgomery. Courtney: Roxanne Beckford.
