Kirsten gets a job far away and they have to deal with the distance. "Hello, my name is Bailey Salinger, and I am an alcoholic." Sarah: Bailey, um, it's Alcoholics Anonymous. She is a main character and appears in all episodes. At the same time, Sarah dumped her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Bailey questions himself on how casual he wants to be with Holly when they spend almost every day together, which changes when she tells that it is all too much for her. They become friends, and she gets inspired to write. In the meantime, Kirsten moves into Charlie's room and gets into a fight with Julia over taking up space in the house, and becomes jealous over the attention and dependency Claudia is giving her. Elsewhere, Rosalie continues to flirt with Griffin, and kisses him. Meanwhile, Reed finally tells Claudia the hard truth to convince her that he is not her boyfriend and that he is not interested in her. Charlie enrolls Kirsten in an overseas program, but changes his mind when he finds out that she'll be gone for two years. Claudia's plans to make a special night for Kirsten fail. Claudia gets drunk at Grant High School's homecoming dance when no one reacts to Derek's problems. Bailey is mad at him, but when he finds out what happened, he says their parents would be proud of him. Meanwhile, Julia and Griffin go to a marriage counselor after Julia announces that she has decided to enroll in college. Meanwhile, Julia teams with a songwriter who wants to put her poetry into music. Back in San Francisco, Kirsten's mother, Ellie, is spending a few days living at the Salinger house with Charlie and Kirsten because her marriage is falling apart. Callie tells him that she wants someone like him. They each talk privately with Walter. Charlie meets a fellow cancer patient named Kevin, who inspires Charlie to live life to the fullest, and he changes his behavior. Jake tells Julia that he wants to be a part of the family, and so she accepts him, thinking that their mother would have done the same. A women's magazine offers Julia a column to write and a possible job opportunity while she rekindles and consummates her romance with Justin. Meanwhile, Bailey tells Will that he might love Sarah and she feels the same way, so Will decides to step out of the picture, letting them stay together. Bailey turns to Sarah for consolation and she confesses that she is in love with him. Charlie finds out his friend Kevin is in complete remission and is convinced that his cancer recovery made his chances to recover smaller. Meanwhile, Charlie. Charlie thinks it is all Sam's fault for influencing her. Everybody else is busy but Claudia, who misses him at home, and she shows up. Hey, look at her. At the end, Julia is surprised when she finds out that Jeanie left her husband. In response, Sarah tells Callie that she does not want to get back with Bailey because she's dating someone new. Later, Griffin shows up unannounced at an office building where Julia works as a receptionist wanting to hang out with her and refuses to leave. Claudia decides to not report Derek's attack in order to deal with it. Sarah ZamoraReeves-Merrin is a character that first introduced in the second season. They fight because she thinks he's controlling her too much. She lies to Justin and Charlie, and runs away to New Orleans to meet Griffin at his military academy. You're not supposed to give your last name. Meanwhile, Charlie is bothered by Daphne's stripping profession and that makes some trouble in their new-found romance. Before Julia and her boss, Morgan, go on a date, Nina tells Julia to be mysterious and surprising, and to make him jealous. Tired of hiding their romantic relationship to Natalie, Bailey and Annie decide to tell her the truth, but she does not take it too well. Julia's new editor has not answered her about her book, so she tries to find her and not just sit and wait. Sarah and Bailey go to check out the new loft apartment. Everybody is mad at Claudia for skipping school and soon after, Charlie, Bailey and Julia naturally begin to blame each other instead of blaming themselves for the predicament they are in. Upon receiving an incredible job opportunity with a very high salary, Charlie faces a dilemma when he realizes, in order to accept this position, the entire family would have to move to Seattle. I mean, that's part of the point, right? Bailey is looking for a new place and finds a cheap apartment with a good roommate, an older woman named Callie Martel, who Sarah really does not like, but Bailey tells her not to worry. Sarah: That sounds good. He wants someone to be there for him, but Callie is mad at him and wants him to move out. They promise to give it another try, but Bailey sleeps with Callie again. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Party_of_Five_episodes&oldid=1136691593. Claudia receives her first period. Bailey decides to pay Sarah a visit in New York with Griffin and Will, but does not get very far. Meanwhile, Bailey and Sarah's relationship starts to get serious. Claudia tries to slow down her new relationship with Cody. She is devastated, but after she finds out that her mother only chose music after college, she realizes that it is too soon to decide what to do for the rest of her life. Charlie and his foreman, Gun, clash on cost cutting for the new furniture line. In San Francisco, Julia and Justin can not stop having sex, and she gets confused when he is cold to her. Each one deals with the news in their own way with Claudia's worry, Bailey's insecurity and Julia's indifference, which leads Charlie to turn to Kirsten for emotional support. Julia is pregnant. Sarah convinces Julia that she needs to find a real job for herself, but Julia's new job as an office intern does almost nothing to help her and Griffin's financial woes. Meanwhile, Will has a new girlfriend named Gina, who is really talkative and annoying, and he breaks up with her because Bailey does not like her. Julia tries interacting with Josh while Griffin moves back to the Salingers' shed as he looks for a new place to live. Jake is missing during a business trip, and Bailey worries about him never returning. Owen is dissatisfied when all the attention goes to Daphne and Charlie's new baby, Diana. Bailey's love life takes yet another turn when he meets a young woman, named Evvie, at an AA meeting who asks him to be her sponsor. Kirsten prohibits Dudley to give Charlie a bachelor's party, so he asks Bailey if he would do it. All of Charlie's dates turn out to be a disaster. Charlie tells Kirsten that she is like her mother, and she says she's not. Justin already has another girlfriend and free-spirited Griffin tires o Bailey now enjoys dating Sarah, but his public affection and general spontaneity make her feel like a Jill substitute. Julia becomes intrigued by a writer, named Adam Matthews, in her writing class with no apparent writer's block, but later discovers that Adam is pretending to be a college student uses writing to channel his personal feelings. Premiered August 21, 1996 on FOX Runtime 45m Total Runtime 17h 30m (25 episodes) Country United States Language English Genres Drama Nothing could be worse than the sudden death of parents. Meanwhile, Julia starts skipping school in order to hang out with rebel Griffin, and she starts to get an 'F' in history. Now that he turned down the business offer, Bailey gets closer to Owen and is surprised to find out that he may have a learning disability. (177) 6.8 1999 13+. Elsewhere, Claudia gets Reed a job at Griffin's garage, but he continues to remain oblivious to her crush on him. To protect Sarah's feelings, Bailey tells her that the woman he met was not her mother, killing her hopes. He leaves the house. It is Christmas time and the Salinger's grandfather Jake Gordon comes back. Bailey at first refuses to believe Charlie's suspicions, but after confronting Jill, realizes it is true. He feels so guilty about his fling with Rosalie that he quits his job at the garage and finally confesses to Julia about his infidelity. She believes that she and Bailey are drifting apart, and she decides to sleep with him, but Bailey cannot do it. He used to be a rebellious teenager before his parents died. Victor rejects Claudia's matchmaking for him and Ross. Young Claudia pawns her violin and announces that she'd rather be a regular kid than a child prodigy. Ned finds out that Maggie has a new boyfriend. They have a fight, but Sarah loves him too much to stay mad at him forever. They find her in the phone book, and Bailey calls her behind Sarah's back and goes to meet her. Charlie is suspicious about Jill's behavior and he's convinced that the problem is drugs. Kirsten's parents, Gene and Ellie, come to town, but they are not supportive of the engagement because of Charlie and Kirsten's previously failed wedding in the past (from Season 2). Her father wants to send her to boarding school in Connecticut, and Bailey finds out that she wants to go. Meanwhile, Myra keeps turning to Charlie for help, but when he reports her to her principal, Myra's mother claims that he was involved with her sexually. He attempts to look out for Juliain any way he can because she is his little sister. Julia starts to date him, and things get awkward between the three of them. Bailey does not believe Joe, but Charlie does and proves it to be true with stories from his childhood. Julia and Griffin go to Social Services and offer to take care of Claudia and Owen and manage to get them released. As he's done before in the past (in Season 2), Justin tries to convince Julia that Griffin is a loser after he gets into a bar fight over frustration about his marital troubles. Griffin also decides that it is time for him to move out of the Salingers' shed and into a place of his own. Meanwhile, Julia's friendship with Libby is again shaken because of Julia's feelings for Justin. That Ends Well She tells Kirsten that Gene discovered about an old affair of hers, and Kirsten would not forgive her until she forgives Charlie. They try to search for a replacement for Owen's 65-year-old nanny, Mrs. Kelleher, who suddenly quits. Meanwhile, Owen's learning disability grows. He is waiting for her in the altar, but she never shows up. Also, Julia tries to pass for 21 to get a job waitressing in a nightclub. Julia decides to talk to Ned, but finds just how possessive he really is. Julia finally leaves Ned. Meanwhile, Claudia breaks up with Cody after she catches him cheating on her. (206) 6.8 1998 13+. Charlie and Kirsten's relationship grows as he moves into her apartment. As the Thanksgiving holiday draws near, the Salinger siblings finally meet Walter Alcott, the drunk driver who killed their parents whom was recently paroled from prison. Still in the hospital, Charlie asks Kirsten if he can leave Claudia and Owen to her if he dies. The angry Bailey also pays Walter a visit and tells him he wants Walter to suffer like they have. As a result, Social Services are called and they pick up Claudia and Owen after they find both of them alone and unsupervised at the house. Sarah meets a former friend of her birth mother who tells her that her natural birth father, whom was in fact briefly married to her mother, lives in New York City, which prompts the trouble Read allSarah meets a former friend of her birth mother who tells her that her natural birth father, whom was in fact briefly married to her mother, lives in New York City, which prompts the troubled Sarah to consider traveling to New York to find him, and leaving Bailey. After an argument with the family, Charlie decides to move out and find his own apartment. Sarah realizes that life's too short to spend it with a ruined relationship, so she decides to break up with Bailey, who takes it very hard and begins drinking even more. Claudia is convinced that no one really cares about her anymore and sends off some out-of-state school applications. Claudia is preparing to celebrate her 16th birthday and her only wish is that the whole family gets back together. Ross comes out of the closet and reveals to Claudia that he is gay. Meanwhile, Julia and Justin tell Justin's mother they're going out. Charlie Salinger: Okay. Meanwhile, Charlie drives Daphne crazy with his overprotectiveness. Back in San Francisco, Kirsten and Paul look after Claudia and Owen. Biographical Information They all try to get Julia to break up with him, but she refuses. Occupation A little later, Jake tells Bailey that he has to decide what to do with his college money: Jake can use Bailey's $40,000 scholarship money to save the restaurant by bribing the building owners not to sell the restaurant to Kathleen and her investment group, or send Bailey away to college. Griffin sees Daphne working at a strip club. They all convince Charlie that Bailey has a serious drinking problem. Elsewhere, Sam does not want anything with Julia and Claudia says she's pathetic, but Julia insists and Sam decides to return to the house. Charlie sees Julia at the club and assumes that she is there partying. [the family is in the ice skating rink, Claudia and Charlie are talking about the restaurant]. Bailey: Oh. After Sam gets fired for not covering the roof, Julia rehires him from her own money. Claudia realizes that she has a crush on Griffin. He eventually succeeds. After many arguments, Daphne decides to move out of the house and leave Charlie. He looks out for Claudia because she is his baby sister, and he listens to her questions and understands her better than her other older sibling Julia. Now that she knows the truth about their financial problems, Julia starts working on resolving the problem with Griffin after they are evicted from their apartment and move in the shed next to the Salinger house. Overview System Requirements Related Other seasons Bailey and Will have a fistfight because each blames the other for their predicament, but they realize that ten years of friendship is not worth a fight. Charlie realizes that Daphne is not really bonding with their daughter. Like Bailey, Claudia too blames their late father for Bailey's drinking problem. Julia is having problems with the roofers, Sam and his brother Alec. After being irritated by the family's interference in her wedding plans, Kirsten and Charlie decide to run off to Reno and elope. Daphne leaves. Jill shows up one night at the Salinger house after a minor car accident, and Bailey thinks she might be on drugs. Julia does not want to return to school following her miscarriage, and when she does, she feels awful and guilty. Sarah has problems with her boyfriend Elliot, who may be losing interest in her. Sarah is shocked to find out that her biological mother has died in a plane crash. Charlie goes to a lawyer to ask about parental rights, and Daphne returns to the Salinger house when her new living situation becomes unbearable. An old friend of Nick Salinger's named Earl arrives looking for a job, and Charlie gives him one because his father used to know him. Charlie has a change of heart and lets Owen live with Bailey. Her well-meaning interference causes problems for the Salinger siblings. In the season finale, Jill dies suddenly (off-camera) from a drug overdose. Elsewhere, Bailey discovers that Annie has fallen off the wagon after he finds her drunk on the second anniversary of her sobriety. Determined to get into an out-of-state college to escape from his unhappy life, Bailey only gets a 900 on the SAT and his teacher offers him private lessons. I love you, you know that. After Julia leaves Ned, he starts to stalk her by following her everywhere. When Bailey and Will try to look for a telephone to call for help, they return to the jeep only to find it gone, having been stolen by unknown locals because Bailey unwisely left the keys in the jeep's ignition system. Bailey has to choose between his family life with Owen and a new amazing business offer. If there's a heart in the man's chest, you will own it. Later, Jody angrily confronts Claudia for telling Charlie about her mother's boyfriend's advances and adding that Charlie told Jody's mother, who reacted by throwing her boyfriend out, and then fell off the wagon by getting drunk and is then arrested and jailed exactly as Jody feared would happen. Meanwhile, Bailey breaks up with Sarah because he does not want her to feel sorry for him as he plans to leave town after graduation for college (without saying goodbye to anyone) to start his life over. Claudia finds out that Cameron got back together with Alexa. Bailey is revealed to be living with Will and both of them work as roadies for a heavy metal band after Bailey dropped out of college and never stopped drinking or grew up. Friends Even Kirsten begins to suspect that Charlie started the fire, but she helps him and they get the insurance money, but it is only half of the agreed amount since there is no evidence that Charlie intentionally started the fire. Bailey goes to a bar and almost drinks, but meets a woman named Tracy, who turns out to be married. In Massachusetts, Claudia's former boyfriend, Jamie Burke, arrives at her school for a visit, but she wants to leave him in the past in order to fit in more with her new friends. Elsewhere, Justin shows up for a visit, and Julia paints a nice picture inspired by him. I can't, I've got Owen at home, and the restaurant. Also, Claudia is rightfully convinced that Grace is too self-absorbed with running for city council and does not care about her and Owen, so she makes up a story about a reporter wanting to meet her just to spend some time with Grace. 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