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A Different World Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Everything Must Change
Thu, Sep 20, 199023 mins
Whitley finally decides to hook up with Dwayne when she finds out that he did not just bring a souvenir for her back from Japan, but he also brought himself a souvenir, one that is a living human being, and it's female. Meanwhile, Whitley also decides to bunk with Jaleesa.
Episode 2
How Bittersweet It Is
Thu, Sep 27, 199022 mins
Whitley uses Ron as a pawn in her love match with Dwayne. Whitley accepts a date with Ron to make Dwayne jealous, while Ron hopes to change her feelings. The students vie for coveted spots in a history class. Freddie tries historics and dramatics to get into a history class.
Episode 3
Blues for Nobody's Child
Thu, Oct 4, 199022 mins
After learning how hard it is for African American children in the foster system, Freddie sets out to find a loving home for one in particular. Freddie befriends an orphan and suggests the possibility of adopting the boy to Prof. Randolph.
Episode 4
Whitley's Last Supper
Thu, Oct 11, 199022 mins
Kim focuses so intently on med school exams that she has no social life. Kim moves into high gear for practice med-school exam, while Whitley must rein in and downshifts her spending when her father cuts up her credit cards.
Episode 5
The Goodwill Games
Thu, Oct 18, 199021 mins
The tension between Whitley and Kinu hits an all-time high as the girls and Dwayne prep for an academic competition and Dwayne helps Whitley study. Dwayne helps Whitley prepare for an academic competition, but one thing leads to another during a study session.
Episode 6
Tales from the Exam Zone
Thu, Oct 25, 199023 mins
As everyone's getting stressed out about midterm exams, Walter narrates three 'Twilight Zone'-style tales involving Dwayne, Whitley, and Freddie, who find themselves in a different dimension--"The Exam Zone".
Episode 7
Good Help Is Hard to Fire
Thu, Nov 8, 199022 mins
Whitley offers to clean the apartment shared by Dwayne and his girlfriend, Kinu, but of course, she has an ulterior motive. Dwayne's mother walks in on a squabble between Kinu and the apartment's new maid - Whitley.
Episode 8
Love Thy Neighbor
Thu, Nov 15, 199022 mins
Ron has a poor opinion of people who are homeless until he runs into an old friend. Now that Dwayne in single, Whitley hopes this is her big chance. Dwayne and Whitley finally sit down and discuss their budding romance. Ron discovers that the homeless population is not what he thinks.
Episode 9
Time Keeps on Slippin'
Thu, Nov 29, 199023 mins
As Whitley and Dwayne's romance grows, they start to study together and it affects their academic life differently. Dwayne and Whitley have a hard time balancing a relationship and their studies, Freddie and Ron are in charge of the 1990 Hillman time capsule.
Episode 10
The Apple Doesn't Fall
Thu, Dec 6, 199023 mins
Ron dreams of being a musician rather than working in car sales with his father. Col. Taylor considers joining a previously segregated country club and feels he's made a hole in one when asked to join the once segregated country club.
Episode 11
I'm Dreaming of a Wayne Christmas
Thu, Dec 13, 199023 mins
Whitley joins Dwayne in Brooklyn for his family's Christmas. However she runs into trouble with a crooked Santa while shopping for a gift for Dwayne's mother.
Episode 12
War and Peace
Thu, Jan 10, 199122 mins
Blair Underwood plays a friend of Dwayne's who battles ambivalence on the eve of his reserve unit's departure to Persian Gulf.
Episode 13
Ex-Communication
Thu, Jan 31, 199123 mins
Julian has a talk with Whitley that takes a toll on her ego--and may cost her Dwayne.
Episode 14
Risk Around the Dollar
Thu, Feb 7, 199123 mins
Lack of money may make Whitley's world come tumbling down after she blows her rent money.
Episode 15
Love, Hillman-Style
Thu, Feb 14, 199123 mins
Matthew brings members of the National theater of the Deaf to Walter's outreach center for a performance.
Episode 16
A Word in Edgewise
Thu, Feb 21, 199123 mins
Kim is afraid that Matthew's involvement in his Drama Studies makes them an incompatible couple, but Matthew and the issues going on with Dwayne and Whitley soon prove it will be ok.
Episode 17
Ms. Understanding
Thu, Feb 28, 199123 mins
A male student of Hillman college who goes by the name of Shazza Zulu says that the Hillman men are "Dogs". Then, one thing leads to another and the women and men of Hillman are against each other while Shazza Zulu gets a profit out of it.
Episode 18
The Cash Isn't Always Greener
Thu, Mar 7, 199123 mins
Whitley is forced to bunk with Dwayne and Ron for a while when Jalessa's sister comes to visit. Dwayne gets a job offer from Kinishiwa company where he spends his summers.
Episode 19
How Great Thou Art
Thu, Mar 14, 199123 mins
Whitley gets overly enthusiastic when bidding on art at an auction she attends for her internship. Freddie invents a new persona for her radio show.
Episode 20
It's Showtime at Hillman
Thu, Mar 21, 199123 mins
When Walter arranges a telethon to raise extra money for the outreach center, the Hillman gang contributes by showcasing their various talents.
Episode 21
Sister to Sister, Sister
Thu, Mar 28, 199122 mins
It's the time of year again when pledgers come to pledge, Ron is giving Terrance and the other pledges trouble while Whitley gives Kim and the other pledges trouble.
Episode 22
Monet Is the Root of All Evil
Thu, Apr 4, 199122 mins
Whitley is going about her day when she finds a person who is a marvelous artist, but things go wrong when they are at an art gallery and someone disapproves of one piece in particular.
Episode 23
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Thu, Apr 11, 199123 mins
Whitley is thinking about giving up her virginity to Dwayne, but when one of her Public Speaking classmates reveals she has AIDS, Whitley has second thoughts and many students react to the classmate in ignorance.
Episode 24
Never Can Say Goodbye
Thu, Apr 25, 199122 mins
Ron begs a dean to let him take a course and Walter leaves Hillman.
Episode 25
To Be Continued
Thu, May 2, 199122 mins
Whitley decides to follow her boss who's being transferred to the New York office and Dwayne tries to cope with what that will mean for their relationship.