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Character's who've exited the show with no explaination


1.Maggie
2.Millie (Ron's first girlfriend)
3.Terrence
4.Jalessa
5.Ernest(Freddie's boyfriend)
6.Ms. Lettie Bostic

Can anybody think of any others

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Matthew, Freddie's cousin.

"Lemme at 'em! I'll splat 'em!"

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Can be assumed your first three picks were still roaming the halls but just as Students/other. Can be assumed Maggie and Millie moved into other dorm areas (i.e. pledged a sorority or other). Just because they are not seen hanging w/ their old roomies doesn't mean they don't exist. Terrence could still have been living under his fathers roof just as Jalessa.

Unsure who Ernest is so can't explain him and I believe they did give an exit for Lettie but don't recall at this specific moment.

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My speculation has been that Maggie, Millie And Terrence all transferred to other schools (Terrence perhaps a school where he could be his own person away from his father)...Lettie, I would guess graduated, and Jaleesa (along with baby Iman) was probably still around, just off camera (just as Col Taylor and Mr Gaines were during the first season)

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Ernest was a minor character featured in season 3. He was light-skinned, tall, and athletic/slim. He was Dewayne and Ron's friend and Freddie's love interest for a minute.

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Stevie....the dorm mother the first season.

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I thought Stevie went away because she got married.

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I agree with the poster who mentioned Freddie's cousin/Kim's boyfriend, Matt. I am surprised that they did not keep him there to showcase a successful interracial relationship. I thought those two were cute together.

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Same here I liked Matt too.

Didn't Walter exit the show for no reason and later on Julissa.

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Walter actually had a going away episode. He left to run a community center I think.

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Yes, Stevie went away because she got married. That's why Lettie showed up.

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It would have been nice if some reference was made to characters of note. Like Maggie & Millie. A mere mention that they transferred and were missed would have been nice. They repeatedly reminded us of how Denise's departure affected Dwayne. I would have expected the show to at least allow Ron to make mention of Millie, since she was his girlfriend.

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In real life Loretta Devine was fired from the show. I liked Stevie better as the Dorm Mother. Lettie was interesting, but her character would have worked better as a professor.

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