A Different World

As Denise begins her school year at Hillman, she meets her new roommate – a 26 year-old divorcee who makes her feel uncomfortable.

Denise is all set for college – until she finds out that her dorm payment check bounced and her checking account is overdrawn.

Jaleesa and Whitley run against each other for dorm monitor. Denise leaves a pizza in the lounge and has to wear a pig nose as punishment.

When Denise gets a poor grade in calculus, she turns to Dwayne for help. He tutors her late into the night and gets trapped in the female dormitory.

Maggie and Whitley plan a debate on how women should balance a career and family life, and Dwayne pursues a campus disc jockey job.

Denise's little sister Rudy comes to Hillman for a visit, but instead of bonding with Denise, she makes Whitley her new role model.

Russell Huxtable pays his granddaughter Denise a visit, which puts a damper on her plans to pull a prank with her friends.

Denise's dad is proud when she tries out for the track team, but she struggles with the practices. Maggie needs to find a book for her term paper.

Denise has a handsome new geology professor, and mistakes his interest in her as romantic. Maggie decides that Americans need too much personal space.

Whitley's father introduces her to his young new girlfriend, and Dwayne tries to win Denise over by having Ron be her servant for the week.