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I don't think so. They did plan on bringing Charmaine's boyfriend Lance to ADW. The actor's name escapes me right now, but he turned down the offer to pursue a movie career. Charmaine and Lance appeared in a Season 5 episode as well. I guess it was to test out how they work on the show the next year.

Never mind. I never said they were only preachy and showing racist whites in the last season anyway. Just about everytime a white person was brought on, it was just to show how racist they were, but we should just agree to disagree. And I also never said the show was anti-white, I said that I felt like they were painting a picture of blacks being opressed upon by whites all the time. (pro black, anti white) Which may be the case, but not every white person is racist. I am not a racist, that is just how I feel. Nothing was wrong with the show putting a spotlight on the struggles in the black community, but this was a sitcom not the evening news. You see it your way, and I see it mine. I really don't feel like continuing to debate this. All in all, I still love the show, and will respect it for what it tried to do, by having these social issue episodes. I still stand by what I said that in Season 5 & 6 they were preachy throwing social issues at us almost every week. Some of these examples aren't even doom and gloom/social issues.

Hated seson 6 Lena but she was ok in season 5. I did like those episodes where she was making chili from her dorm room, and it set off a fire and when her friends from Baltimore came to visit. Her relationship with Dorian was SO dull.

Did anyone else want Ron/Whitley at one point? I sure did.

Didnt she say something about wanting to get the college experience she never had? Which included living in dorms? Havent seen the first season in a LONG time.

The racist store clerk in the episode Whitley went to go buy a present for her dad's birthday party. The white men that Dwayne and Ron got into a fight with in the parking lot of the football game. The white women who were looting during the LA riots, and were making remarks about blacks bringing it on themselves. When Charmaine and Terel got ran down people automatically assumed it was whites until Charmaine told them it was a rainbow coalition of idiots. Those are the only ones I can think of since I haven't watched most of the show in nearly 5 years. On the subject of being topical and preachy being two different things I beg to differ. They kept referencing the 92 election, which isnt a bad thing but this was a sitcom. I dont think we need to be told the importance of voting over and over again. Dwayne mentoring the two gang members was just corny and too much, never cared for that episode. They put alot of emphasis on the struggles of the black community, which was a very good thing, but they came at us with it episode after episode. I preferred the style of Season 2-4 where we would have episodes like that, but everything wasnt so doom and gloom. It was never anything that bothered me as a child, just something I noticed as an adult. I respect your opinion though.

What was the name of that girl who was Whitley's sidekick in Season 1? I have totally forgot.

Loved that! I wish they had developed Gina's character more. She was my fave of the "new generation", but she never really got any episodes to have her character fleshed out. I absolutely love the episode where she wrote DIGIT HO on a piece of paper and put on Charmaine's back. LOL that episode was good, and when it was revealed that Gina did it wasn't she put on academic probation? Dean Davenport then said: "If i tell you to jump you better say how high?!" I wouldn't have minded the new class but the male characters just weren't working for me. I loved Jennifer Lewis as Dean Davenport. I will always say that Dwayne and Whitley shouldve gotten their own show, and let Kim, Ron, and Freddie stay on A Different World and be that link that connected the past and present. It may have flopped just the same, but it was a worth a try.

That isn't the only example. Most of the time they portrayed whites as racist, ignorant, and evil which seemed to me as they were pushing an agenda that whites are horrible people with no respect for blacks. While I had no major problems with it, I just seemed like they were overdoing it. I enjoyed most of the episodes where they taught us a lesson, but the show got too preachy. In season 6 they dealt with the LA riots, the 92 election, Whitley working at a school with underpriviliged kids, Dwayne mentoring two gang members, Lena's friends visiting Hillman and accusing her of selling out, Terel bringing a gun to school after someone ran him and Charmaine down, Gina's abusive boyfriend returning, etc. It was just too much, but as a whole Season 6 is one of the better seasons. I think the only white people who weren't racist were Maggie and Freddie's cousin Matthew (?). I also liked that episode where Billy Dee Williams guest starred. It was at the end of season 6 so it was only a one time thing. It would have been cool if he had became a recurring character and was integrated into the Hillman campus as a professor or something.

I love that Mammy episode one of my favorites. The best scene is when she breaks down and told Mr. Gaines the whole story. This is also the episode where Whitley found out her family owned slaves. She tried to call one of the descendants of her familys slaves and they hung up.

I just rewatched the episodes where Dwayne and Whitley tell everyone about their honeymoon in LA during the riots and some of those comments were totally eyeroll worthy. Lena said something along the lines that the problem is white people who don't understand and dont want to understand blacks. And that black people should have their own nation. The show overdid it with the preachiness ESPECIALLY in season 6.

Jaleesa had the baby while the results from Byron's election were coming in. I loved that hurricane episode though and the ones where Phylicia Rashad guest starred.

I didnt mind because they had to keep the focus on Hillman, but the new characters sucked and the show just began to push this anti white, pro black agenda that also think turned alot of people off.

Anyone else find the Season 6 theme as their fave? All my friends who watch said they hated it lol.

Was anyone else annoyed by how they threw Jaleesa and Col. Taylor together? That relationship was so forced, the character of Jaleesa should have just disappeared after Season 3 when she graduated.

Even thought it rated higher than the Cosby Show, i think a large portion of their audience was watching the Cosby Show and when it went so did those viewers.

Yes, Lena was the Jada Pinkett character. Did they ever explain what happened to Marissa Tomei's character Maggie? She just disappeared after the Lisa Bonet season.

I knew Aretha sung it but I put Patti for some reason LOL. The show did seem to be too preachy in the last 2 years or so IMO. It was still entertaining, but I felt like every episode dealt with a social issue. I looked at the ratings and it was a nice top 5 mainstay for most of its run, but just collapsed in Season 6, does anyone think it is because they lost The Cosby Show as a lead in and was moved to 8pm to kick off Must See TV? I think more of it had to do with how much the show had changed by Season 6. What about those new crop of characters, that were to be the next generation? I loved Gina and Charmaine, but could NOT stand Lena, Dorian, and Terel.

How long did it last on Nick at Nite? What was everyone's favorite theme? The Season 1 version with the sort of country-blues ring to it. The Season 2-5 version sung by Patti LaBelle. Or the Season 6 remix with Boyz II Men.

Well I just re-discovered this awesome show, after learning about its reruns on TV One. This show was awesome. I loved all seasons except for the Lisa Bonet season. She could NOT carry a show. My fave characters were Whitley, Dwayne, Ron, Kim, Freddie, Mr. Gaines, Jaleesa, and Gina. What are some of you guys' favorite episodes and pairings? My pairings: Whitley and Dwayne Freddie and Ron Kim and Ron Jaleesa and Walter Most of my fave episodes are from Season5/6: The episode where Gina was being abused by her boyfriend, the episode where Tupac guest starred, the Mammy episode where Kim did that fabulous performance at the end, all of the episodes of the Dwayne/Whitley/Byron triangle, and also the one where Gina posted the DIGIT HO sign on Charmaine's back. LOL I wish they had released Seasons 2-6 on DVD, but Season 1 did so horribly they cancelled all future releases. I'll post more memories of this fanatastic show later.

Ew. Cassie played by Kim Zimmer? Does anyone know what Aubrey Dollar has been up to? She was my fave Marina.

LMAO. Kreizman is delusional. So this was a P&G thing? Trying to break new ground in daytime by showing bare asses? LOL.

Aw man that sucks. Another recast I loved was Natalie Zea as Gwen. She was MUCH better than Liza Huber IMO.

Does anyone why they got Bradley Cole back to play Jefferey? Was there some sort of fan outrage of them killing Richard, so they decided to bring the actor back in a different role since Richard's heart was given to Rick?

Daniel Cosgrove was the source of the bare bottom sex scandal in 2004? I always thought it was from a sex scene with Marah and Jefferey. Didn't that lead to Conboy leaving GL?