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"Blues for Nobody's Child"
Season 4, Episode #3
(#72) in series (144 episodes)
"A Different World" episode
Guest Star(s):
Recurring cast
Brandon Quinton Adams
T.J. Evans
Abner Mariri
Toy Newkirk
Roger Guenveur Smith
Laynard Williams
Network: NBC-TV
Production code: 404 (4x03)
Writer (s): Judi Ann Mason
Director (s) Debbie Allen
Original airdate October 4, 1990
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Blues for Nobody's Child was the third episode of A Different World's fourth season, the 72nd overall episode in the series. Written by Judi Ann Mason, the episode, which was directed by Debbie Allen, was first broadcasted on NBC-TV on October 4, 1990.

Summary[]

Freddie befriends an orphan and suggests the possibility of adopting the boy to Prof. Randolph.

Storyline[]

Freddie is moved by the difficulty of finding adoptive parents for older African-American children in the foster care system and makes it her mission to convince Prof. Randolph to adopt a child she has met through the community center.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast/Guest stars[]

  • Brandon Quinton Adams as Dion (as Brandon Adams)
  • T.J. Evans as Alex Webb
  • Abner Mariri as Kobie
  • Lou Myers as Vernon Gaines
  • Toy Newkirk as Bianca
  • George C. Simms as Ernie Miles
  • Roger Guenveur Smith as Professor Howard Randolph
  • Laynerd Wiliams as Man at Addoption Fair (as Laynard Williams)
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