Lena James is in danger of not being able to finish college without scholarship funding. She tries to capture one of these grants by writing an essay. It's a ringing tribute to her father, to whom she ascribes a record of impassioned activism.
The problem is, he did none of those things. In the old days, his idea of victory was cheating at cards. Lena, however, lives in the here and now, and regrets that she picked up her father's habit of doing whatever it takes to win-- even at the cost of her honor.
Soon the gig is up, as a professor sniffs out the student's fakery, forcing Lena to confront her father and her prospects at once. A stroke of luck gives Lena another chance. It's a hard lesson learned, but one that will stick in memory.
A serious episode, which deals with the love of family and the bitter consequences of lies and dirty deals. In the end, honesty is the best policy-- and Lena finds out she doesn't have to cheat to get somewhere. Her real talents, creativity and perseverance, are more than enough.moreless
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Lena struggles to keep her grades high enough to maintain her engineering scholarship. Whitley wants to understand the issues of Byron's campaign in order to help him win.
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Roscoe Lee BrowneProfessor Barnabus Foster
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GUEST STAR
Ron CanadaGrover James
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GUEST STAR
Anne Gee ByrdMaude Mitchell
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Jasmine Guy
Whitley Marion Gilbert-Wayne (episodes 1 - 21, 23 - 144)
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Kadeem Hardison
Dwayne Cleophus Wayne (episodes 1 - 21, 23 - 144)
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Dawnn Lewis
Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor (seasons 1 - 5)
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Lisa Bonet
Denise Huxtable (season 1)
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Marisa Tomei
Maggie Lauten (season 1)
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Charnele Brown
Kimberly Reese (seasons 2 - 6)
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Grover: Baby, we always got by. Lena: Yeah, but I'm sick of getting by!
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The house where Whitley upsets Byron's potential donor is the same house used in The Getaway (1) and (2).
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Lou Myers does not appear in this episode.
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