I'm one of the few that always liked season 1. It pretty much matches the feel of Freshman Yr of college, and I knew sooooooo many like Denise. As soon as I got to college, I was like "welp, there goes Denise Huxtable" Of course, they didn't make it to Soph Year. Hell, some didn't make it to Spring Semester. In real time, I watched it faithfully, even when The Cosby Show was no longer must-see TV for me.
When I was younger, I never understood the Dwayne/Whitley pairing. As an adult, it makes even less sense now. They were horrible for each other. Ron/Kim and Jalisa/Walter were much more authentic...at least from pairing and chemistry. Hell, Ron continued the trend with driven intellectual opposites with Freddie