Where to watch A Different World Season 1
Stream now on NetflixNetflix
Subscription
Streaming availability data from JustWatch.
A Different World Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Reconcilable Differences
30 mins · Thu, 24 Sep 1987
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.
S01 E02
Pilot
30 mins · Thu, 1 Oct 1987
Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.
S01 E03
Porky de Bergerac
30 mins · Thu, 15 Oct 1987
Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.
S01 E04
Those Who Can't... Tutor
30 mins · Thu, 22 Oct 1987
Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.
S01 E05
War of the Words
30 mins · Thu, 29 Oct 1987
Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.
S01 E06
Rudy and the Snow Queen
30 mins · Thu, 5 Nov 1987
Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.
S01 E07
Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
30 mins · Thu, 19 Nov 1987
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.
S01 E08
If Chosen, I May Not Run
30 mins · Thu, 3 Dec 1987
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.
S01 E09
Romancing Mr. Stone
30 mins · Thu, 10 Dec 1987
A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.
S01 E10
The Gift of the Magi
30 mins · Thu, 17 Dec 1987
Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.
S01 E11
Does He or Doesn't He?
30 mins · Thu, 7 Jan 1988
Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.
S01 E12
Advise and Descent
30 mins · Thu, 14 Jan 1988
During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.
S01 E13
The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic
30 mins · Thu, 21 Jan 1988
Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.
S01 E14
Wild Child
30 mins · Thu, 4 Feb 1988
Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.
S01 E15
Dr. Cupid
30 mins · Thu, 11 Feb 1988
Dwayne uses his radio persona "Dr. Cupid" to find a Valentine's Day date, and Denise uses Dr. Cupid to reconcile Lettie and an old love.
S01 E16
The Show Must Go On
30 mins · Thu, 18 Feb 1988
Denise and Whitley both think they're the apple of the leading man's eye in a play about the Garden of Eden.
S01 E17
Mr. Hillman
30 mins · Thu, 25 Feb 1988
In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.
S01 E18
Speech Therapy
30 mins · Thu, 10 Mar 1988
Whitley hides an illegal humidifier; Jaleesa sweats over her fear of oral reports; Maggie steams over the debt Denise owes her.
S01 E19
Clair's Last Stand
30 mins · Thu, 24 Mar 1988
Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.
S01 E20
If Only for One Night
30 mins · Thu, 28 Apr 1988
Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.
S01 E21
Come Back, Little Eggby
30 mins · Thu, 5 May 1988
A psychology experiment in parenting calls for egg-doption, but when Jaleesa loses Maggie's "eggby," she and Denise scramble to find it.
S01 E22
My Dinner With Theo
30 mins · Thu, 7 Jul 1988
Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.