List of A Different World episodes
Season 2 (1988–89)

List of A Different World episodes

Section Title: Season 2 (1988–89)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date

23	1	"Dr. War is Hell"	Debbie Allen	Thad Mumford	October 6, 1988

Whitley returns to the dorm and has to adjust to her new roommate, freshman pre-med student Kimberly Reese. Jaleesa's new roommate, free-spirited freshman Winifred "Freddie" Brooks, has developed a crush on Dwayne—who is trying hard to avoid taking a calculus class with Col.

24	2	"Two Gentlemen of Hillman"	Debbie Allen	Susan Fales	October 13, 1988

Dwayne and Ron try to write a philosophy paper together, but Dwayne gets infuriated when Ron takes the easy way out.

25	3	"Some Enchanted Late Afternoon"	Debbie Allen	Rob Edwards	October 27, 1988

Walter persuades Jaleesa to go out with him although she is involved with someone, and Dwayne and Ron start a new business: a personal wake-up service.

26	4	"Dream Lover"	Debbie Allen	Alicia Marie Schudt	November 3, 1988

A shared dance at a party stirs up feelings between Dwayne and Whitley, and jealousy for Freddie.

27	5	"Three Girls Three"	Debbie Allen	Jeffrey Duteil	November 10, 1988

In order to win a competition to sing backing for Gladys Knight, Jaleesa and Whitley join forces with a wanna-be opera diva who ends up trying to upstage them.

28	6	"If You Like Pilgrim Coladas"	Debbie Allen	Margie Peters	November 17, 1988

Whitley and Kim devise a plan to have a nice Thanksgiving when they find themselves homesick after staying on campus.

29	7	"A Stepping Stone"	Debbie Allen	Cheryl Gard	December 1, 1988

The women of Gilbert Hall prepare for the Homecoming step show. Choreographer Whitley's bossy ways turns off the others until a nonagenarian alumna's crusty demeanor gives Whitley a glimpse of her potential future.

30	8	"Life With Father"	Debbie Allen	Cheryl Gard	December 8, 1988

Dwayne has a new girlfriend, and everything is going well...until he discovers that her father is his calculus professor, Col. Taylor.

31	9	"All's Fair"	Debbie Allen	Rob Edwards	December 15, 1988

Whitley objects to Kim spending so much time with her new boyfriend, especially as they start monopolizing the girls' shared room.

32	10	"Radio Free Hillman"	Debbie Allen	Jeffrey Duteil	January 5, 1989

When Dwayne plays an explicit rap song on his radio show, the dean cancels it. Furious, the other students stage a sit-in at the administration building, where Whitley gets trapped in with the protesters.

33	11	"It Happened One Night"	Debbie Allen	Susan Fales and Margie Peters	January 12, 1989

Kim learns she might be pregnant with Robert's baby.

34	12	"I've Got the Muse in Me"	Debbie Allen	Bud Wiser	January 26, 1989

Freddie gets drunk trying to write a paper; Walter takes cooking lessons from Lettie and Mr. Gaines.

35	13	"Risky Business"	Debbie Allen	Cheryl Gard	February 2, 1989

Clair Huxtable returns to Hillman for a business seminar, bringing daughter Vanessa and her friend Kara, who proceed to get interested in campus men Dwayne and Ron.

36	14	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	Debbie Allen	Mike Scott and Daryl G. Nickens	February 9, 1989

Dwayne and Suzanne break up when she decides she's not ready to get serious so soon. Jaleesa tests Walter's loyalty with a phone call as "Jamaican exchange student" Sheila, who finds him apparently eager to date around, while Kim learns her boyfriend truly is being unfaithful.

37	15	"For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage"	Debbie Allen	Susan Fales	February 23, 1989

Whitley's mother visits to find Whitley a husband, despite Whitley's pleas to study. Guest star: Diahann Carroll

38	16	"It's Greek to Me"	Debbie Allen	Jeffrey Duteil	March 2, 1989

Ron and Dwayne pledge to join a fraternity. Ron enjoys the process, but Dwayne bristles at taking orders from the older brothers.

39	17	"The Thing About Women"	Debbie Allen	Rob Edwards	March 9, 1989

Walter and Jaleesa examine their relationship as Jaleesa goes on a date with her ex-husband Lamar. Guest star: Thomas Mikal Ford

40	18	"High Anxiety"	Debbie Allen	Thad Mumford	March 16, 1989

Overscheduled Kim begins dreaming of "Killer B's", while the Gaineses argue over the return of their seemingly shiftless son, Darnell. Guest star: T.K.

41	19	"Take This Job and Love It"	Debbie Allen	Yvette Denise Lee	March 23, 1989

Whitley's ambitious nature finds a new channel when she takes a job at The Pit in order to pay for repairs to Mr.

42	20	"No Means No"	Debbie Allen	Margie Peters	March 30, 1989

Freddie goes on a date with Garth Parks, a handsome new player for Hillman's baseball team. However, Dwayne discovers that Garth is hiding a sinister side.

43	21	"Citizen Wayne"	Debbie Allen	Mike Scott and Daryl G. Nickens	April 27, 1989

Dwayne runs for student council president, but can't seem to get anyone else to care about serious issues. Political activist and former U.S.

44	22	"There's No Place Like Home"	Debbie Allen	Lynn Bunt and Lenore G. Bunt	May 4, 1989

The students' summer plans take unexpected turns: Dwayne and Ron's beautiful new apartment becomes an impossible dream, and Walter and Jaleesa decide to grant each other the freedom to date others over the vacation.

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"Three Girls Three" is an episode of A Different World.

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