A different world it happened one night tv episode 1989 imdb. That was one of my first crushes dwayne wayne and if i had to lose him i was glad it was to whiney i mean whitley. Apr 08, 2016 actress jasmine guy expresses pride for how a different world inspired enrollment to hbcus, but explains her struggle to fully embrace her whitley alter ego. It ran for six seasons on nbc, airing a total of 141 episodes, including three hourlong episodes. Bell have a serious falling out when dwayne pitches a new.
I thought this was going to be about the episode where jaleesa was trying to give whitley a condom when she was about to. A hillman alumna by the name of louise sujay was mentioned on both cosby and a different world by clair huxtable, whitley gilbert and her mother marion. Marion and adele arrive to help dwayne and whitley pack for the move to tokyo. Taylors suggestion by inviting the company vice president over fo. It was also the third and final episode to be aired in syndication. The show based each episode on issues facing the students at the historically black college and their student life.
Whitley offers her support to kim when she fears that she may be pregnant. A panicked whitley refuses to accept the truth until she has taken a halfdozen home pregnancy tests. Whitley marion gilbert later whitley marion gilbertwayne is a character on a different world. Pregnant ciara and her family crush something new choreography in adorable tik tok video. Whitley tells dwyane shes pregnant a different world wiki. Another favorite episode is when she found out she was pregnant, oh.
After denises character left the show after the first season, a different world was retooled to. She criticizes whitley for paying more attention to academics and potential jobs than the hunt for a mate. Whitley gilbert 141 episodes, 19871993 kadeem hardison. Director martha stephens transports viewers to a different world in to the stars 21 april 2020. A different world 19871993 season 5 episode 18 kiss you back 20 feb. Kimberly and ron are going strong until ron and freddie realize their feelings for each other. Our 15 favorite episodes of a different world madamenoire.
Sep 28, 2017 whitley wasnt always going to be the main character of a different world. In the first episode of what was meant to be the twopart different world series finale, dwayne kadeem hardison and ron darryl m. Patti labelle and dihann carroll also played overbearing mothers to dwayne and whitley, respectively, while tupac shakur showed up as an exboyfriend in season 6. S6 e17 a japanese corporation woos dwayne for his software. Guy is having a monster tantrum, bellowing, im big. A different world wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Cowritten by reggie rock blythewood and gina prince, the episode, directed by debbie allen, made its initial airing on july 10, 1993. Part 1 was the seventeenth episode of a different worlds sixth. She is an alumni of hillman college, where she majored in french and art history.
A different world how great thou art tv episode 1991. Whitley announces that she is calling off the wedding and runs out. Episode info worried that she might be pregnant, kim charnele brown confides in an unusually sensitive whitley jasmine guywhile refusing to see her boyfriend robert brian wesley thomas. Whitley becomes saxophoneplaying presidential candidate jill blinton, and dwayne her husband hilliot. The halle berry episode part 16 love, hillman style. Cause whitley finding out she is pregnant and them moving to japan is the final episode, not episode 18. One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first american network television episodes to address the hivaids epidemic. A different world season 6 episode 17 rotten tomatoes. Dwayne has a dream that men and women positions in the political world are switched. A different world 19871993 season 6 episode 24 when one door closes part 1 8 may 1993 whitley has trouble getting through to a. Taylor recommends that dwayne apply for a summer job with kinishewa.
Mar 01, 2004 some examples of this include when whitley asks for tea when she finds out that kim has to wait until student health opens the next day to find out the results of kims pregnancy test and when whitley thinks kim is pregnant at the end of the episode, insisting that kim call her auntie whitley. Whitley marion gilbert is a fictional character who appears in the american sitcom a different world, portrayed by actress jasmine guy. Whitley accepts a date with the persistent ron in the hopes of making dwayne jealous. Jasmine guy born march 10, 1962 is an american actress, director, singer and dancer. Dwaynes computerbaseball game is a hit with kinishewa corp. Although dwayne believes that whitley should let her mother live her own life, she fears that malik is a golddigger. Whitley suffers from chronic illness, and kim forces her to confront the fact that she might be pregnant. A different world 19871993 series cast 354 jasmine guy. Dwayne follows her and pleads that he still loves her. Ron and freddie throw a dance marathon in their new club. When she found out kim may be pregnant and shut down freddies optimism.
Watch a different world episodes online season 6 1993. As she awakens on her wedding day, whitley is so flustered by her conversation with dwayne that she can barely remember where she is or the name of her future h. Jasmine guy realizes teaching is a different world. Whitley has quite a few outright goofy moments in the later seasons, examples including dressing up as a maid, donning a kimono in order to impress an interviewer from a japanesebased company, and spending an entire episode without saying anything. Watch all 25 a different world episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. When lisa bonet got pregnant and left a different world. I remember in the episode, when ginas being abused by her boyfriend my father said, you better not ever let me couples whitley dwayne a different world. A different world is a spinoff from the american television sitcom the cosby. Issues like date rape, aids, domestic violence, apartheid and teen pregnancy were all covered in this show and helped to make it more than a cosby. A different world when one door closes part 1 tv episode. To cut down on costs, lena jada pinkett, gina ajai sanders, charmaine karen malina white, dorian bumper robinson and terrell patrick y.
This was the first time that different world finished ahead of leadin the cosby show, which was 5th. A different world is a television spinoff of the cosby show set at hillman college, the alma. Previous all episodes 144 next continuation from part 1. Kims pregnancy episode part 16 it happened one night by i love a different world. A different world is an american sitcom television series that aired for six seasons on nbc from. Dwayne brainstorms about a video game that would get kids more interested in grammar. The series originally centered on denise huxtable lisa bonet and the life of students at hillman college, a fictional historically black college in virginia. A different world it happened one night tv episode 1989. A native of brooklyn, new york, denise is the daughter of hillman alumni cliff and clair.
Ron and dwayne have a falling out over rons input in creating the video game. In fact, when one woman thinks that the other is pregnant in these. A different world dancing machines tv episode 1993 imdb. Whitley returns from summer break determined to solidify her relationship with dwayne, but his new girlfriend kinu dashes whitley s hopes for romance. A different world featured an array of musical guests throughout its run, including gladys knight, heavy d. Lena finds a new boyfriend, and whitley slowly realizes shes pregnant. Apr 12, 1991 jasmine guy veers across the set of nbcs a different world like a car about to spin off a racetrack, and everyone else stands clear. With jasmine guy, dawnn lewis, kadeem hardison, darryl m.
A different world is an american sitcom television series that aired for six seasons on nbc from september 24, 1987 to july 9, 1993. Guys character was a supporting cast member until season 2, when she was promoted to lead after bonet left the show. From kims pregnancy scare to dwayne crashing whitley s wedding to byron douglas joe morton, these were our favorite a different world episodes. Another favorite episode is when she found out she was pregnant, oh how i. A different world season 2 episode 11 it happened one night. Kim learns she might be pregnant with roberts baby. Season 6 was the sixth and final season of a different world, which ran on nbctv from september 24, 1992 july 9, 1993 and lasted for a total of 25 episodes. Whitley, kim, pregnancy, and contraceptives in it happened. This from a girl who started out as a rich bitch antagonist.
The show is a spinoff of the sitcom the cosby show, which was the family denise grew up in. My top 10 greatest a different world episodes if you have not heard, the classic 90s sitcom a different world is now on netflix. A different world season 2 episode 11 rotten tomatoes. Whitley experiences anxiety about a visit from her mother, marion, who is obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. With jasmine guy, dawnn lewis, kadeem hardison, mary alice. A different world has never been nominated for a major emmy although, tellingly, it sweeps naacps image awards, and the actors are blunt about what they see as showbiz disenfranchisement. A panicked whitley refuses to accept the truth until she has taken a half. Allen was in favor of having a young pregnant student in the show, but cosby said that lisa bonet may be pregnant but not denise huxtable. Kim refuses to take calls from robert, and simply tells her friends that they had a fight. At the end of the series, whitley learns shes pregnant and she and dwayne move to tokyo, japan.
S6e18 a japanese corporation woos dwayne for his software. Dwayne and whitley also visited the huxtable home in an episode featuring the. A different world was an american sitcom that aired for six seasons beginning in. The soldier episode with blair underwood part 16 war and peace.
Whitley could simply be a bitch and not give a damn about kims problems, but in this episode, some earlier episodes, and later episodes, she treats kim like the sister she never had or could have had, according to reconcilable differences, the first episode of adw. Whitley tells dwayne that she wants to be with him for the rest of her life, and asks if he can say the same. Denise and maggie convince jaleesa to faceoff against whitley in a campaign for dorm. She asks kim to come over and flirt with malik in the hopes of driving the couple apart. Guy is known for her role as dina in the 1988 film school daze and as whitley gilbertwayne on the nbc the cosby show spinoff a different world, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993. A different world is one of the greatest television series and i am so surprised that seasons 26 are not being distributed. Now, a different world is one of my alltime favorite shows and i believe i have seen every single episode. Wayne come to prepare dwayne and whitley for the move, then proceed to get drunk after discovering their first grandchild will be born in japan. In the episode, whitley dreams of appearing before the senate and is dressed. Everyone returns to hillman for the start of the new school year, including newlyweds dwayne and whitley. Whitley is pleased to receive a phone call from a handsome childhood acquaintance, who is now enrolled in medical school. He points out that his father said that everyone has doubts. Like lisa bonet, karen malina white brought her cosby show character to hillman.
A guide to this season of this television series with episode descriptions, original air dates, cast listing, writers and directors. Charmaine was the best friend of clair huxtables cousin pam tucker. College kid was the 25th and final episode of a different world s sixth season, also the series finale episode. Whitley gets overly enthusiastic when bidding on art at an auction she attends for her internship. A different world 19871993 season 6 episode 24 when one door closes part 1 8 may. A different world is an american sitcom and a spinoff of the cosby show television series that aired for six seasons on nbc from september 24, 1987 to july 9, 1993. Whitley has trouble getting through to a pupil that she is tutoring. Dwaynes computerbaseball game is a hit with kinlishewa. A different world is a sitcom that features the college life of the character denise huxtable and her college mates at hillman college. While it was a spinoff from the cosby show, a different world typically addressed issues that were avoided by the cosby show writers race and class relations, or the equal rights amendment. Love this show, but somebody put the episodes in the wrong order. The last three episodes aired in syndication, bringing the total to 144.
After learning of whitley s pregnancy, they try to dissuade the couple from leavi. Whitley marion gilbert later whitley marion gilbertwayne is a character on a different. Apr 30, 2015 a different world is the latest bingewatching bait to join hulu plus and netflix and it is very much worth your time, especially now that the cosby show has probably been completely ruined for. Denise huxtable is a character from the cosby show who became the central character in season 1 of the spinoff series a different world, appearing in all 23 episodes of the season before the character, having dropped out of college, returned to its parent series about denise edit.
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