Episode
A Different World: Pilot
Overview
Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.
Details
- Series
- A Different World
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1987-10-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Pilot is Episode 2 in Season 1 of A Different World. It aired on 1987-10-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 1: Reconcilable Differences
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.
Episode 3: Porky de Bergerac
Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Those Who Can't... Tutor
Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.
Episode 5: War of the Words
Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.
Episode 6: Rudy and the Snow Queen
Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.
Episode 7: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
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.
Episode 8: If Chosen, I May Not Run
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.
Episode 9: Romancing Mr. Stone
A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.
Episode 10: The Gift of the Magi
Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.
Episode 11: Does He or Doesn't He?
Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.
Episode 12: Advise and Descent
During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.
Episode 13: The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.