A Different World
Cats in the Cradle
Season 5, Episode 14 · Aired 1992-01-16
Synopsis
At a hotly contested Hillman-Virginia A&M game, Ron accepts a sucker bet from three white A&M students, then gets into a fight with them when one of them starts to spray a racial epithet on his car in revenge. In a cell, the men proceed to give very different accounts, mediated by a white officer who challenges both groups' assumptions.
In the series
This episode is part of A Different World (1987–1993) on NBC.
HBCU life after Denise left the nest — Cosby spin-off that found its own voice.
Key cast
- Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert
- Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Wayne
- Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson
- Cree Summer as Freddie Brooks
- Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson