A Different World — S05E21 — Do the Write Thing
1992 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.2
Overview
Lena cannot keep her grades high enough to maintain her engineering scholarship. She writes an essay about her father for an English assignment. Professor Foster is so impressed that he enters her work in a contest. She wins the award and receives a journalism scholarship. Lena is mortified when her father shows up for the awards ceremony. He is not the Vietnam vet and former Black Panther she described in her essay, but rather a hustler who is constantly in debt. Mr. James approves of Lena's actions, as he feels that she was just doing what was necessary to survive. Lena fears that she is just like her father, but he states that she can choose her own path. She confesses to Professor Foster, who was already aware of her duplicity. He says that she is a good writer and helps her get an English scholarship. Whitley alienates one of Byron's potential benefactors by wearing a fur coat. She brushes up on the issues in the hopes of becoming an asset to Byron's campaign.
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00:00:01 So the idea is to take the homeless and the unemployed
00:00:38 Tell me that's not a real fur.
00:02:26 Maude Mitchell does not give money
00:03:08 There's two sides to my life.
00:04:05 Whatever those are. Thank you, colonel Taylor.
00:04:51 I have to be on top of everything.
00:06:02 I get it.
00:06:42 "of the buddies he had lost in the war
00:07:33 to the Walter white journalism scholarship committee.
00:08:24 The responsibility of greatness?
00:09:14 Marvin bowser...
00:10:28 I'm so proud.
00:11:14 I mean, uh... I want you to.
00:12:05 Well, they're very moving.
00:12:56 - Memory loss. - Yeah.
00:13:42 - Yes. - Got it.
00:14:25 When he's not dating you?
00:15:14 Oh, maude...
00:16:13 Good move, senator.
00:17:17 Hey, don't ask questions you know the answer to.
00:18:13 Then why did you accept the journalism scholarship?
00:19:42 Professor foster, can I speak to you for a second?
00:20:45 Look, professor, about the scholarship
00:21:38 "And miles to go before I sleep."
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A Different World, season 5, episode 21: Do the Write Thing.
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