A Different World

Cats in the Cradle

Season 5    Episode 14
January 16, 1992    30m    TV-PG
60%
Dwayne becomes jealous of Whitley's new beau, particularly after she leads him to believe they are sleeping together. Ron promises to take Dwayne's mind off the situation by taking him to the big football game between Hillman and Virginia A Ron then sells his ticket to a scalper and spends the game in his car. Three white students from A walk by, and one of them decides to start trouble. Ron bets them on the outcome of the game, declining to mention that their quarterback is out with the flu. With Hillman winning in a rout early in the fourth quarter, the guys come out and pay Ron without an argument. Ron taunts them and says that their team needs to recruit more black players. One of the guys wants to let it go, but his friends begin to spray paint a racial slur on Ron's car. Ron starts to fight them, and Dwayne comes out and jumps into the fray. They are all held by campus security, who threatens to have them arrested unless they explain what happened. Ron and an A student giv
Directed By
Peter Werner
Written By
Gary H. Miller

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Cast of Cats in the Cradle
  • Jasmine GuyWhitley Marion Gilbert
  • Kadeem HardisonDwayne Cleophus Wayne
  • Darryl M. BellRonald Marlon Johnson
  • Cree SummerWinifred 'Freddie' Brooks
  • Dawnn LewisJaleesa Vinson-Taylor
  • Charnele BrownKimberly Reese
  • Lou MyersVernon Gaines
  • Glynn TurmanColonel Bradford Taylor
  • Ernie SabellaCampus Policeman
  • Dean CainEddie
  • Jake CarpenterRick
  • Michael RalphClint

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