Guest star: Bill Cosby and Keshia Knight Pulliam Denise and Maggie convince Jaleesa to run for dorm monitor to prevent Whitley from getting the position.
As one of her campaign promises, Jaleesa vows to address the dorm's litter problem by forcing anyone who fails to pick up after herself to wear a pig nose for a day.
She is distracted by a surprise visit from her boyfriend, Mike, who stuns her by revealing that he has left school to take a job with the National Pork Council.
Jaleesa and Maggie ask Denise to take part in a traditional homecoming prank by stealing the head of the rival's mascot's bear costume.
Denise enjoys the attention she receives from her friends and other students, but cannot handle the grueling practices; in fact, the entire team feels this way.
Lettie dropped out of Hillman and moved to Paris, where she kept company with Picasso and other artistic icons and even worked as a spy during World War II.
She confesses that she still regrets quitting school, so the dean offers to give her credit for "life experience" if she takes over as Gilbert's resident director.
Guest stars: Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Keshia Knight Pulliam As the new school year begins, Dwayne faces the prospect of taking a calculus class from Col. Taylor, a tough professor nicknamed "Dr.
Julian proposes a boycott; he angers Whitley by recommending that Hillman cut all financial ties with the corporation, as this would cost Kim her scholarship.
Whitley returns from her travels determined to begin a relationship with Dwayne; however, he has moved on to a romance with newcomer Kinu, a student at nearby Avery University whom he met while in Japan.
Guest star: Roger Guenveur Smith Whitley looks forward to a visit from her father until she learns he has come to cut up her credit cards and force her to live on a budget; Matthew and Freddie conspire to convince Kim to balance her MCAT studies with a social life.
Walter narrates a trio of tales, á la The Twilight Zone, about strange occurrences among the students as they prepare for midterm exams.
Guest star: Blair Underwood When Whitley's ex-boyfriend Julian arrives for a visit, she is hounded by the news that he is engaged to another girl who doesn't seem that much different from herself.
Sixth-year Hillman undergraduate student Shazza Zulu divides the campus along gender lines with his self-published book about the alleged shortcomings of Black men.
Walter decides to arrange a telethon to raise extra money for the Outreach Center, and the Hillman students take the opportunity to showcase their individual talents.
Guest star: Kiki Sheppard Challenged by a speech-class assignment Josie reveals that she is HIV-positive, prompting her fellow students to re-examine everything they thought they knew about AIDS.
Guest stars: Art Evans and Robert Guillaume As the fall term starts, Col. Taylor and Jaleesa reveal that they eloped over the summer.
Anxious about the wedding plans, but unable to get Whitley to sit down and talk, Dwayne is attracted to a female graduate student he meets at a faculty mixer.
But Dwayne's growing doubts about the wisdom of the marriage and Whitley's feelings of hurt lead the couple to make a big decision on their future.
While attending a Hillman football game on enemy territory, Ron and Dwayne are involved in a bias incident with three White students from the opposing school.
Whitley and Dwayne meet one of Mr. Gaines' former employees: Hillman alumnus and Virginia state senatorial candidate Byron Douglas III.
Guest stars: Diahann Carroll, Bebe Drake-Massey, Orlando Jones, Barbara Montgomery, Ron O'Neal, and Michael Warren Everyone returns to Hillman for the start of the new school year, including newlyweds Dwayne and Whitley.
A discussion of the Rodney King police brutality trial leads to the Waynes' recount of their honeymoon in Los Angeles, which coincided with the riots that ensued following the verdict.
Kim has trouble dissecting her first cadaver in anatomy class, but fellow medical student Spencer Boyer helps her regain her confidence.
Guest stars: Diahann Carroll and Patti LaBelle Dwayne takes on the difficult task of mentoring two teenagers from rival gangs.
Guest stars: Bebe Drake-Massey, Aries Spears, and the original members of the R&B quartet En Vogue, who also perform the song "Free Your Mind".
Guest stars: Diahann Carroll, Bebe Drake-Massey, Patti LaBelle, Josephine Premice, and Harold Sylvester Dwayne is convinced to apply for a summer job at Kinishewa...and is surprised when his ex-girlfriend Kinu shows up as the interviewer.
Guest star: Alisa Gyse Dickens Gina, Dorian, Lena, Charmaine and Terrell participate in a dance marathon fundraiser for Amnesty International.
Ron offers his nightclub to host the event, but organizer Freddie is unconvinced that his materialistic approach to promoting is the right means to achieve her ends.
Guest stars: Aries Spears and John Marshall Jones Strapped for cash, Whitley and Dwayne opt to share a cabin with Mr. Gaines and his wife, in an attempt at a long-delayed honeymoon.