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College Kid

Season 6, Episode 25

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Lena, Gina, Charmaine, Dorian and Terrell decide to rent a house together. While seeing the temperamental landlord about a plumbing problem, Gina, Charmaine and Terrell discover that he is Langston "Sweet Knuckles" Paige, a former major league baseball star. He is unsure about what to do with his life, so they encourage him to enroll in college. Langston accompanies Terrell to class to check out the Hillman campus. He finds that the professor is an old flame. Gina's abusive ex-boyfriend Dion violates his probation by contacting her. He finally shows up in person in an attempt to win her back. She repeatedly turns him down, and learns that Dion hasn't really changed at all. Langston steps in and manages to convince Dion to leave Gina alone.moreless

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Billy Dee Williams

Langston Paige
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Leslie Uggams

Dr. Eileen Redding
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Edafe Blackmon

Dion (as Edafe Okurume)

Jada Pinkett Smith

Lena James (season 6, recurring previously)
Ajai Sanders

Gina Deveaux (season 6, recurring previously)
Karen Malina White

Charmaine Tyesha Brown (season 6)

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- Langston "Sweet Knuckles" Paige's basement is the same basement used for "The Cosby Show".
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- At the 1994 NAACP Image Awards, Jasmine Guy won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy.
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- This episode was probably intended as a "back-door" pilot for a spin-off about Billy Dee Williams' character.
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- Scheduled to air July 1, 1993.
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- Instead of the usual ending credits montage, this episode's final credits feature an extra scene with Lena, Gina, Charmaine, Terrell and Dorian listening to a Sweet Knuckles record.
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- Writers Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince later married.
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