Season 1

Episodes • 1987

Jasmine Guy
Kadeem Hardison
Lisa Bonet
Dawnn Lewis
Marisa Tomei
Reconcilable Differences

1. Reconcilable Differences

30 min

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.

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Pilot

2. Pilot

30 min

Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.

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Porky de Bergerac

3. Porky de Bergerac

30 min

Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.

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Those Who Can't... Tutor

4. Those Who Can't... Tutor

30 min

Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.

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War of the Words

5. War of the Words

30 min

Whitley's claim that women can't succeed at both career and family infuriates Lisa and Maggie.

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Rudy and the Snow Queen

6. Rudy and the Snow Queen

30 min

Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.

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Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You

7. Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You

30 min

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.

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If Chosen, I May Not Run

8. If Chosen, I May Not Run

30 min

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.

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Romancing Mr. Stone

9. Romancing Mr. Stone

30 min

A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.

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The Gift of the Magi

10. The Gift of the Magi

30 min

Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.

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Does He or Doesn't He?

11. Does He or Doesn't He?

30 min

Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.

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Advise and Descent

12. Advise and Descent

30 min

During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.

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The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic

13. The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic

30 min

Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.

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Wild Child

14. Wild Child

30 min

Lettie pulls some strings to help a student who has been attending classes without enrolling.

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Dr. Cupid

15. Dr. Cupid

30 min

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.

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The Show Must Go On

16. The Show Must Go On

30 min

Denise and Whitley both think they're the apple of the leading man's eye in a play about the Garden of Eden.

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Mr. Hillman

17. Mr. Hillman

30 min

In the name of sexual equality, Denise convinces Dwayne to run in the Miss Hillman Beauty Pageant against Whitley.

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Speech Therapy

18. Speech Therapy

30 min

Whitley hides an illegal humidifier; Jaleesa sweats over her fear of oral reports; Maggie steams over the debt Denise owes her.

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Clair's Last Stand

19. Clair's Last Stand

30 min

Clair Huxtable visits Denise bearing motherly advice as well as news that conflicts with Denise's summer plans.

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If Only for One Night

20. If Only for One Night

30 min

Whitley panics about spending the summer alone; Dwayne tries a new tack with Denise; and Maggie holds a yard sale.

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Come Back, Little Eggby

21. Come Back, Little Eggby

30 min

A psychology experiment in parenting calls for egg-doption, but when Jaleesa loses Maggie's "eggby," she and Denise scramble to find it.

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My Dinner With Theo

22. My Dinner With Theo

30 min

Denise strains her brain trying to improve her grades, so she invites Theo up for a weekend of family inspiration.

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