A Different World (1987)

06x17 When One Door Closes... (1)

Whitley has trouble getting through to a pupil that she is tutoring. Dwayne brainstorms about a video game that would get kids more interested in grammar. Ron suggests a game that combines grammar with the elements of baseball. Dwayne designs a computer program based entirely on this idea and pitches it to Kinishewa. Ron is furious when Dwayne refuses to share the credit (and money) with him. Dwayne accuses Ron of being a moocher always trying to profit from his accomplishments. Ron fires back that Dwayne resents his success as a club owner; and suspects that he feels inadequate after having to turn to Ron for money. Whitley suffers from chronic illness, and Kim forces her to confront the fact that she might be pregnant. A panicked Whitley refuses to accept the truth until she has taken a half-dozen home pregnancy tests. Kim assures Whitley that she will be a terrific mother, but Whitley doesn't know how she and Dwayne will come up with the money to care for a child. Dwayne reveals tha

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Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei As: Maggie Lauten
Mary Alice Mary Alice As: Leticia "Lettie" Bostic
Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Pinkett Smith As: Lena James
Loretta Devine Loretta Devine As: Stevie Rallen
Lou Myers Lou Myers As: Vernon Gaines
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Whitley has trouble getting through to a pupil that she is tutoring. Dwayne brainstorms about a video game that would get kids more interested in grammar. Ron suggests a game that combines grammar with the elements of baseball. Dwayne designs a computer program based entirely on this idea and pitches it to Kinishewa. Ron is furious when Dwayne refuses to share the credit (and money) with him. Dwayne accuses Ron of being a moocher always trying to profit from his accomplishments. Ron fires back that Dwayne resents his success as a club owner; and suspects that he feels inadequate after having to turn to Ron for money. Whitley suffers from chronic illness, and Kim forces her to confront the fact that she might be pregnant. A panicked Whitley refuses to accept the truth until she has taken a half-dozen home pregnancy tests. Kim assures Whitley that she will be a terrific mother, but Whitley doesn't know how she and Dwayne will come up with the money to care for a child. Dwayne reveals tha


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Aired: 09 May, 1993 at 4:30 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 25m

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Cast

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Maggie Lauten

Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Leticia "Lettie" Bostic

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

Lena James

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Stevie Rallen

Lou Myers

Lou Myers

Vernon Gaines

Cree Summer

Cree Summer

Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks

Bumper Robinson

Bumper Robinson

Dorian Heywood

Kadeem Hardison

Kadeem Hardison

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne

Jasmine Guy

Jasmine Guy

Whitley Marion Gilbert

Dawnn Lewis

Dawnn Lewis

Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor

Darryl M. Bell

Darryl M. Bell

Ronald Marlon Johnson

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Colonel Bradford Taylor

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Carla Meyers

Karen Malina White

Karen Malina White

Charmaine Tyesha Brown

Ajai Sanders

Ajai Sanders

Gina Deveaux

Charnele Brown

Charnele Brown

Kimberly Reese

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