Reconcilable Differences
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1987
Its the first day at Hillman, and Denise needs to settle with a roommate.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1987
Its the first day at Hillman, and Denise needs to settle with a roommate.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1987
Denise finds out that her dorm payment check bounced and that her checking account is overdrawn.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1987
After convincing the brand new dorm monitor, her roommate Jaleesa, to run in the first place, Denise has to live with the repercussions of breaking one of the monitor's new rules.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1987
Dwayne tutors Denise in calculus late into the night and is forced to leave the locked all female dormitory via the fire escape. The problem is, the only way to get to the only unlocked exit is through Whitley's room.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1987
Maggie and Whitley debate on how women should balance a career and family life. Dwayne tries to get a campus d.j. job.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1987
Denise's little sister Rudy visits Hillman and makes Whitley her new role model.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1987
Denise's grandfather comes for a visit during homecoming weekend, and both he and Denise are planning to steal the rival school's mascot, unbeknownst to the other.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1987
Denise joins the Hillman track team, but to her dismay it turns out to be more than she bargained for.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1987
Denise has a crush on her geology professor.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1987
Everybody is participating in secret Santa and are surprised to find out who they got.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1988
Jalessa takes bets on how Dwayne will act when a graduate student tries to seduce him.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1988
Denise volunteers as a school counselor during final exams to get out of writing a major research paper.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1988
A former Hillman student returns to college to earn her degree.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1988
Denise leads a campaign to get her streetwise study partner enrolled at Hillman.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1988
On Valentine's day, Dwayne is the host of a radio station and he decides to find his match through his radio show. While Lettie gets a surprise visitor.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1988
Denise and Whitley both appear in a play, and each believes the leading man is interested in her.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1988
Whitley believes she has the Miss Hillman contest wrapped up -- until Denise enters Dwayne as a contestant.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1988
Jaleesa gets help from her roommates in overcoming her stage fright in speech class.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1988
Clair visits Denise at Hillman College; Whitley looks for somebody with whom she can celebrate her birthday.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1988
Dwayne's date with Denise is interrupted when a despondent Whitley shows up.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: May 5, 1988
Maggie cares for an egg as part of a psychology class assignment on parenting.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Jul 7, 1988
Theo pays an unforgettable visit to his sister Denise at Hillman College.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1988
Jalessa and Whitley have new roommates; Dwayne tries to avoid a dreaded course.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1988
Dwayne and Ron's friendship is strained when they work together on a research paper.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1988
Walter and Jalessa are apprehensive about starting a romantic relationship.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1988
Whitley is upset by the romantic dreams she has been having about Dwayne.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1988
Jalessa and Whitley are given the chance to become back-up singers for Gladys Knight.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1988
Whitley takes a homesick Kim to a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1988
Whitley wants to be the team leader in an interdormitory step competition.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1988
Dwayne falls for his calculus teacher's daughter.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1988
Whitley is squeezed out when Kim's boyfriend monopolizes their room.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1989
Whitley is caught in the middle when Dwayne stages a sit-in at the dean's office.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1989
Whitley offers her support to Kim when she fears that she may be pregnant.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1989
Freddie turns to alcohol when she lacks inspiration in her writing.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1989
Clair Huxtable gives a business etiquette seminar at Hillman.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1989
Couples at Hillman College experience broken hearts and discord as Valentine's Day approaches.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1989
Whitley's mother is determined to find a boyfriend for her daughter.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1989
Dwayne and Ron's friendship is strained after they pledge a fraternity.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1989
Walter becomes jealous when Jaleesa's ex husband, Lamar, shows up.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1989
Kim takes on too many responsibilities; Mr. Gaines moves in with Col. Taylor.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1989
Kim gets Whitley a job at the Pit to help pay for the car she damaged.
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1989
Dwayne fears that Freddie may face date rape when she goes out with an aggressive athlete.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1989
Ron claims that Dwayne has Jesse Jackson's endorsement for student government president.
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 4, 1989
As the semester comes to an end, students make plans for the summer.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1989
Dwayne and Whitley get to know one another better on an eventful plane ride back to campus while everyone else adapts to the now co-ed dorms.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1989
Whitley's avoidance of math classes threatens her chances of graduating.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1989
Tensions run high in the dorm when new director Walter clashes with Jaleesa.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1989
Whitley loses faith in her youth-center dance students when her pocketbook disappears.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1989
In New York to attend her father's second wedding, Whitley and Dwayne meet up with the Huxtable clan.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1989
Despite Whitley's objections, rap group Heavy D. and the Boyz arrive at Hillman for a benefit concert.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1989
Romance is in the air as Walter pops the question to Jaleesa and Dwayne asks Whitley to date him.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1989
Hiring homecoming at Hillman College, Freddy and Kim disobey their parents and go to a concert they were told not to go to when Kim's father pays an unexpected visit.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1989
The gang rushes Kim to see her policeman father, who has been shot while on duty.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1989
It is Christmas time at Hillman and Whitley is acting as bitter as the Grinch. One night Whitley is visited by the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future and told to change her ways, or else.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1990
The Dean invites Fedsy and Whitley over for her freshman tea and they both fight over the Dean's approval. While Dwayne and Ron get a house guest that does all their chores for them.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1990
Dwayne's old friend comes to visit and convince Dwayne to come to his college because he believes you become the best by being with the best and starts to judge Dwaynes best friend Ron, While Kernal Taylor and Mr. Ganes go to a get together for people who were once in the army.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1990
Twain writes a palm about his greatest passion--math--but Whitley thinks it's about her. Freddie feels guilty about seeing two different guys.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1990
While shopping for her father's birthday present, a jewelry store clerk discriminates against Whitley. Civilians Dwayne and Walter go on a ROTC weekend trip with Col. Taylor and Cadet Sgt. Ron.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1990
Mrs. Clair Huxtable Denise's mother, comes to videotape and interview Hilman's students while Freddy finds part of the underground rail road.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1990
Freddie and transfer student Julian's plans to protest South African apartheid cause Kim to reconsider accepting a need scholarship.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1990
Whitley fixes Dwayne up with another girl, but then has trouble dealing with it.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1990
Dwayne and Walter weave a tall tale about their basketball-recruiting trip, which took some strange turns.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1990
Whitley has a touch of "senioritis", but it's her job prospects that look a little sickly. Ron's sister, Rachel visits.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1990
Whitley is Little Miss Lonely when she thinks everyone's forgotten her 21st birthday.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1990
Whitley, Jaleesa, and Freddie secretly plan to raise money for Kim; and Dwayne and Ron portray hoopsters in a commercial.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1990
Awaiting an ROTC dinner where Col. Taylor is to be roasted, Ron sweats bullets over the choosing of "cadet of the year"
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1990
While on vacation, Dwayne and Ron gain possession of some drug peddlers' cash and drugs.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1990
Dwayne and Ron try to thwart the drug dealers by posing as girls.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: May 5, 1990
Dwayne's mom visits when Dwayne is inducted into an honors society. Julian asks Whitley to spend summer with him in DC.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1990
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 Juleesa.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1990
Whitley uses Ron as a pawn in her love match with Dwayne; Freddie tries historics and dramatics to get into a history class.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1990
Freddie befriends an orphan and suggests the possibility of adopting the boy to Prof. Randolph.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1990
Kim moves into high gear for practice med-school exam, While Whitley downshifts her spending.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1990
Dwayne helps Whitley prepare for an academic competition, but one thing leads to another during a study session.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1990
Dwayne, Whitley, and Freddie find themselves in a different dimension--"The Exam Zone".
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1990
Dwayne's mother walks in on a squabble between Kinu and the apartment's new maid - Whitley.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1990
Dwayne and Whitley finally sit down and discuss their budding romance. Ron discovers that the homeless population is not what he thinks.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1990
As Whitley and Dwayne get back together they start to study together and it affects them both different ways in their life academically.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1990
Col. Taylor feels he's made a hole in one when asked to join the once segregated country club.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1990
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: 4x12 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1991
Dwayne's good friend Zelmer comes to visit Hillman and reveals to Dwayne that he's on route to military service in the Middle East. Blair Underwood guest stars.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1991
Julian has a talk with Whitley that takes a toll on her ego--and may cost her Dwayne.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1991
Lack of money may make Whitley's world come tumbling down after she blows her rent money.
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1991
Matthew brings members of the National theater of the Deaf to Walter's outreach center for a performance.
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1991
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: 4x17 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1991
A student male of Hillman college who goes by the name of Shaza Zulu says that the Hillman men are "Dogs". Then one thing leads to another and the woman and men of Hillman are against each other while Shaza Zulu gets a profit out of it.
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1991
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 konishiwa company where he spends his summers.
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1991
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: 4x20 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1991
When Walter arranges a telethon to raise extra money for the outreach center, the Hillman gang contributes by showcasing their various talents.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1991
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: 4x22 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1991
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 of pieces of art.
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1991
Whitley is thinking about giving up her virginity to Dwayne, but she finds out one of her classmates has an STD and has second thoughts.
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1991
Ron begs a dean to let him take a course and Walter leaves Hillman.
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: May 2, 1991
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.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1991
Dwayne and Whitley start their new lives together as an engaged couple. while they also have a new set for the dorm and welcome some new freshman.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1991
Dwayne is under a lot of stress after being so over occupied while Jaleesa starts a new her own job at home.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1991
Bickering distracts Whitley and Kim from a hazard in Lena's (Jada Pinkett) room.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1991
Freddie takes a job as a receptionist and overhears one of her new superiors talking saying they are against affirmative action. Lena tries to get out of an English assignment by renting the movie instead.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1991
As a hurricane batters the campus, Ron and Freddie confront their differences while trapped together.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1991
Dwayne fails to foresee the consequences of his tutoring Lena (Jada Pinkett); Ron goes into the cosmetics business.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1991
Kim's new-found arrogance loses her a spot in Ron's band; Col. Taylor frets over his age.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1991
Whitley's wealthy cousin Liza (Jasmine Guy in a dual role) goes husband-hunting at Hillman.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1991
Dwayne gets into hot water when he is spotted holding hands with a woman other than Whitley.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1991
Dwayne and Whitley's parents both come together for their engagement party. When both mothers get into a heated exchange Dwayne and Whitley are going to an exchange as well when Dwayne gets cold feet but it is Whitley who calls off the engagement.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1991
Airing eleven years after my Howard University dissertation trumped extant evidence disclaiming a gender neutral American culture, episode 11 from season 5 is the mother lode imitation of silk purse life from a sow's ear. The African Queen ending does nothing to obscure this producer's eurocentric bias toward aryan motherhood & his imprimatur that blacks embrace their own out-of-Africa evolution.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1991
Whitley and Dwayne struggle with their first holiday apart. The Taylor Family is having a conflict of interest over Christmas traditions. Therapist, Dr. Langhorne advises everyone to holiday cheer.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1992
Ron is forced to move out of his apartment after he spends the rent money pursuing his music career.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1992
At a hotly contested Hillman-Virginia A&M game, Ron accepts a sucker bet from three white A&M students, then gets into a fight with them when one of them starts to spray a racial epithet on his car in revenge. In a cell, the men proceed to give very different accounts, mediated by a white officer who challenges both groups' assumptions.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1992
Freddie's pen pal, Jamal, is an ex-con and he visits Hillman, where Whitley is drawn to him. Ron and Dwayne get involved and find an expensive camera and other items in Jamal's belongings and accuse him of stealing.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1992
When Whitley is promoted at work, she is faced with sexual harassment by her new boss. Colonel Taylor is thrilled to learn Terrence has finally chosen a career, until he finds out it's dance.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1992
Byron Douglas is impressed with Whitley's fund raising skills and asks her to help with his Senate campaign. Mr. Gaines has troubles with the lease at The Pit and Byron gets involved.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1992
Whitley and Byron are getting serious, but Whitley still has feelings for Dwayne. They end up sleeping together when Dwayne arrives at Whitley's place to discuss their relationship. Kim finally goes out with Ron to a club but ends up leaving when every woman seems to have a past with Ron.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1992
After Whitley and Dwayne spend the night together, they avoid speaking about their feelings. Charmaine and Lance visit Hillman.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1992
Ron is intrigued by a female con artist. Kim fears she won't be accepted to medical school.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1992
Lena is losing her engineering scholarship until she writes a moving story about her father, which later is proven to be fabricated. It earns her a journalism scholarship and brings her closer to her gambler father. Whitley jeopardizes Byron's fund raising when she wears a fur to an event.
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Apr 23, 1992
Events take a tragic turn at the dorm when Lena suspects a rapper named Dion is abusing Gina.
Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: May 7, 1992
Byron's opponent brings details of a stripper in Byron's past to light but Byron refuses to fight back, and just wants to discuss the issues. Byron wins the election and proposes to Whitley which upsets Dwayne. Jaleesa gives birth with the help of Kim and Freddie.
Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: May 14, 1992
Whitley's wedding is fast approaching and Dwayne has convinced himself he can handle it, but he's unable to hide his sadness at the bachelor party.
Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: May 14, 1992
Dwayne decides he's not going to Whitley's wedding. He gives her wedding present to Ron and asks him to take it to the ceremony.
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1992
Whitley and Dwayne recall their honeymoon in Los Angeles during the riots after the Rodney King verdict.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1992
Whitley and Dwayne recall their honeymoon in Los Angeles during the riots after the Rodney King verdict.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1992
Now living together for the first time, newlyweds Whitley and Dwayne clash over whose belongings they will use to furnish their apartment.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1992
Everybody goes to court when one of the students is called a hoe.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1992
Kimberly gets help from her new lab partner, Spencer, when she gets sick in anatomy class, and Dwayne pines for Whitley when she travels out of town.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1992
Dwayne and Whitley struggle as Whitley gets laid off from her job.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1992
In Dwayne's dream, Whitley is running for president against other women.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1992
Whitley gets upset because Wayne does not spend enough time with her.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1992
The Wayne and Gilbert family celebrate thanksgiving with each other.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1992
Continuation of thanksgiving with the Gilbert-Wayne family.
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1992
Freddy gets juvenile delinquents who need a role model and they are assigned to teachers of Hillman College one of which is Dwayne.
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1992
Whitley borrows Dwayne's credit card without his knowledge to buy a new suit for a job interview and struggles to find a way to pay him back. Lena and Charmaine bond after Charmaine's boyfriend Lance dumps her over the phone.
Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1992
Everybody's in for a big surprise when Freddy's mom comes to visit while Freddy also has some relationship trouble.
Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1993
Whitley gets a new job as a teacher and struggles with her disrespectful students.
Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1993
Dwayne throws Whitley a surprise party while two students of Hillman College cheat on a test and try to get away with it.
Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1993
Ron and Mr. Gaines open a music club together, but can't agree on the style of music.
Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: May 8, 1993
Whitley discovers she's pregnant; Dwayne's computer-baseball game is a hit with Kinlishewa Corp., which wants him to move to Tokyo.
Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: May 8, 1993
A Japanese corporation woos Dwayne for his software; Whitley is pregnant.
Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: May 27, 1993
Dwayne applies for a summer management position at a company in Japan and invites the VP over for dinner to woo him, but he and Whitely are in for a surprise when Dwayne's ex-girlfriend Kinu shows up, representing the company.
Episode: 6x20 | Airdate: Jun 3, 1993
Whitley lets Dashawn stay with her and Dwayne for the weekend. Ron helps Freddie plan a charity dance-a-thon.
Episode: 6x21 | Airdate: Jun 10, 1993
Dwayne and Whitley plan a romantic getaway for the weekend. When Mr. and Mrs. Gaines join them, things don't go as planned.
Episode: 6x22 | Airdate: Jul 9, 1993
Terrell (Patrick Y. Malone) is caught with a handgun in the classroom; Spencer (Michael Ralph) proposes to Kim.
Episode: 6x23 | Airdate:
Lena's old boyfriend and some pals from her old neighbourhood pay her a visit but they find they don't fit in her new life.
Episode: 6x24 | Airdate:
Legendary singer/actress Lena Horne visits the Hillman campus to dedicate a scholarship named for her grandmother.
Episode: 6x25 | Airdate:
Gina, Lena, Charmaine, Dorian, and Terrell rent an off-campus apartment from a grumpy older man who turns out to be a reclusive, former professional baseball star. He is inspired to consider attending college, particularly after seeing an old flame who is now a professor. Gina's abusive ex-boyfriend returns to try to establish contact anew, frightening her and infuriating her friends.