A Different World/Blues for Nobody's Child

Blues for Nobody's Child
Season 4, Episode 3
Airdate	October 4, 1990
Production Number	404
Written by	Judi Ann Mason
Directed by	Debbie Allen
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A Different World — Season Four

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Blues for Nobody's Child is the third episode of the fourth season of A Different World, and the seventy-second episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Roger Guenveur Smith (Professor Howard Randolph), Brandon Quintin Adams (Dion), Abner Mariri (Kobie), T.J. Evans (Alex Webb), Toy Newkirk (Bianca), George C. Simms (Ernie Miles), Lanyard Williams (Man at Adoption Fair)

Co-Starring:

Plot Overview

Freddie befriends Alex, an eight-year-old foster child who attends the community center. She is horrified after visiting an adoption fair and watching all of the potential parents ignore Alex in favor of infants and toddlers. Professor Randolph speaks out on the plight of foster children, but Freddie accuses him of hypocrisy when he says that he and his wife would only adopt a baby. A disheartened Alex runs away from the adoption center and finds Freddie at Ron and Dwayne's place. Whitley tries to bond with the boy to make herself look good in front of Dwayne. Walter finally shows up to retrieve Alex, after Whitley and Freddie try their best to hide him. Mr. Gaines, Walter and Col. Taylor all wish to apply for adoption, but are told that they need to take more time to think it over. Professor Randolph and his wife decide to begin the process of adopting Alex; although Freddie's comments were out of line, the professor realized that she was right.