A Different World
If Only for One Night
Season 1 Episode 20
April 28, 1988 25m
During the last week of school, Denise accepts a date with Dwayne. She insists that they are only going out as friends, although her roommates note that Dwayne believes otherwise. Dwayne gets reservations at an expensive Japanese restaurant, but has to scramble for a way to pay for dinner after spending all his money on a suit. Whitley becomes despondent when she fails to get an internship in New York, as she must now spend her summer in Richmond with her judgmental mother. Whitley gives Dwayne forty dollars for dinner because she wants someone to find happiness. She shows up at the restaurant in the middle of the date and begins complaining about her problems. She shocks Denise and Dwayne with the revelation that she considers them her only true friends. Although Whitley offers to leave, Dwayne lets her cry on his shoulder and gives advice on how to deal with her mother. Denise is so touched by Dwayne's actions that she begins to see him in a new light. He reads her a poem he had writ
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Cast of A Different World
Jasmine GuyWhitley Marion Gilbert
Kadeem HardisonDwayne Cleophus Wayne
Darryl M. BellRonald Marlon Johnson
Lou MyersVernon Gaines
Cree SummerWinifred 'Freddie' Brooks
Charnele BrownKimberly Reese
Glynn TurmanColonel Bradford Taylor
Dawnn LewisJaleesa Vinson-Taylor
SinbadCoach Walter Oakes
Jada Pinkett SmithLena James
Mary AliceLeticia "Lettie" Bostic
Ajai SandersGina Deveaux
Cory TylerTerrence Taylor
Karen Malina WhiteCharmaine Tyesha Brown
Lisa BonetDenise Huxtable
Marisa TomeiMaggie Lauten
Loretta DevineStevie Rallen
Patrick MaloneTerrell Walker
Bumper RobinsonDorian Heywood
Michael RalphSpencer Boyer
Gary DourdanShazza Zulu
Andrew LoweryMatthew
Marie-Alise RecasnerMillie
Jenifer LewisDean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Alisa Gyse DickensKinu Owens
Patti LaBelleAdele Wayne
Joe MortonByron Douglas III
Diahann CarrollMarion Gilbert
Roger Guenveur SmithProf. Howard Randolph
Bebe DrakeVelma Gaines
Roscoe Lee BrowneDr. Barnabus Foster
Ron O'NealMercer Gilbert
Rosalind CashDean Hughes
Edafe BlackmonTutor
Toy NewkirkBianca
Kim WayansAllison
Kimble JemisonNerdy Student
Robert GuillaumeDean Winston
Harold SylvesterWoodson Wayne
Jonell GreenDashawn Curtis
Roxanne BeckfordCourtney
Tisha CampbellJosie Webb
Galyn GörgMonica Gilbert
Gilbert GottfriedSergeant
Vanessa Bell CallowayDanielle Vinson
Barbara MontgomeryImogene Douglas
Orlando JonesTroy Douglas
Michael WarrenReverend Soams
Art EvansMr. Johnson
Kiki ShepardVanna Black
Josephine PremiceDesiree Porter
Debbie AllenDr. Langhorne
Tom WrightJohn Holtworth
Nestor CarbonellMalik Velasquez
Marques HoustonEli Black
Young RomeCrayton Adams
Chante CarmelIesha
T.K. CarterDarnell Gaines
Gerrit GrahamHenry Krum
Larry LinvilleSen. Hutchinson
John Marshall JonesOtis Curtis
Halle BerryJaclyn
Damon WayansMarvin Haven
Monica CalhounYolanda
Brad JohnsonMr. Wess
Blair UnderwoodZelmer Collier
Alaina Reed HallClaims Officer #5
Victor LoveLionel Walker
Michael EnsignAuctioneer
Shaun BakerChamp
Dean CainEddie
Dean HowellMichael
Allen PayneLance Rodman
Tupac ShakurPiccolo
Alison TaylorGirl
Lee WeaverRay Nay
Eartha RobinsonLoretta
Stanley BrockSanta Claus
Josef PowellShane Wayne
Dominic HoffmanJulian Day
Paul BenedictMr. Ludlow
Howard DellPhil
Ja'net DuBoisBrenda Hanes
Frantz TurnerMarcus Anderson
Candy Ann BrownProfessor Burton
CJ JonesCJ
PillowSelf
T.J. EvansAlex Webb
George C. SimmsErnie Miles
Bradley MottLou
Marius MazmanianAndre
Cleavant DerricksLarry
Aaron SevilleLittle Brother Humpty
Wynonna SmithLorna
K. Todd FreemanNovian Winters
LaVerne AndersonPriscilla
Whoopi GoldbergDr. Jordan
Roxie RokerDean Barksdale
Michael MilhoanFireman
Beverly ToddJulia Reeves
Julius CarryLarry Beaujolais
Debbi MorganLisa Westin
Jake CarpenterRick
Trina McGee-DavisGennifer
Ron CanadaGrover James
Leonard LightfootTed Selman
Nigel GibbsOfficer
Lisa Marie RussellTricia
Cyndi James GossettAmber Waves
Rondell SheridanLooter
Kenneth MarsRidley
Jeanine JacksonMelissa Brulay
Clinton JacksonSteve Rocklin
Montel WilliamsSelf
Carol Ann SusiDesk Sergeant
Jermaine DupriDeejay
Anita MorrisJoni Brooks
Tamara ClatterbuckGrace
Marcia WallaceWaitress
Marla GibbsPrincipal Shaw
Lena HorneSelf
Billy Dee WilliamsLangston Paige
Ahmad StonerOlufemi Dakar
Leslie UggamsDr. Eileen Redding
Juan PopeGuy #1
Reginald BallardGuy #2
Keenen Ivory WayansProfessor Lawrence
Bee-Be SmithGloria
Rhona Bennett[En Vogue]
Terry Ellis[En Vogue]
Cindy Herron[En Vogue]