List of Party of Five episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television show Party of Five. 142 original episodes were broadcast across six seasons.

The arrival of Charlie's old girlfriend, Pamela Rush, interrupts Kirsten and Charlie's wedding plans. She claims that Charlie fathered her four-year-old son, Spencer. Meanwhile, Will plays matchmaker for Bailey, who is still grieving over the death of Jill, by trying to set him up on a date with school friend Sarah Reeves. Justin returns from Europe and Julia learns that he was not alone. But she has yet to tell him that she spent her summer getting to know Jill's brother, Griffin.

Claudia breaks her arm while ice-skating, and Ross worries about her future as a violinist. Julia gets Griffin a job at Salinger's Restaurant, but she begins to see how immature and irresponsible Griffin is when he skips the first day and Charlie fires him immediately on the second day when Griffin slacks off and talks back to Charlie and almost gets into a fistfight with him. Meanwhile, Bailey and Sarah's relationship starts to get serious. A fortuneteller tells Kirsten that she would not marry Charlie. She convinces him to take dancing classes for their wedding, and they fight. Julia sees Justin with another girl, and he is mean to her after learning that she has been spending time with Griffin because of his bad guy reputation. Julia gets upset with Griffin for not being romantic.

Will surprises Bailey showing up at his place for a weekend visit. After seeing how frequently (and how much) Bailey drinks beer and hard liquor on a daily basis, Will thinks Bailey drinks too much. Will asks Sarah what is going on, but she does not want to talk about Bailey because of their recent breakup (and because of his drinking all the time). Before leaving town, Will tries to advise Bailey about cutting back on his excessive drinking, but Bailey convinces Will that it is no big deal. Callie asks Bailey to move into her room. Meanwhile, Grace's apartment burns down, so she moves into the Salinger house. Charlie does not want Julia to turn down Stanford. Julia, angry with Charlie, moves to Sam's so she would not have to listen to him. Charlie does not want her there, and they have a big fight. Upset over Julia invading his privacy, Sam tells Julia she should go back to the house. Seeing how drunk that Bailey frequently is, Claudia tries to get Bailey to stop drinking, but he ignores her.

The Salinger family tries to solve Bailey's drinking problem. Claudia calls him and tells a story about Owen falling down the stairs. Bailey rushes to the house, when Charlie, Julia, Claudia, Grace and Sarah confront him. One by one, they all try to show Bailey that he has a serious drinking problem. Still in denial, Bailey refuses to accept it and fights with everybody. Joe arrives later that day and tells Bailey and everyone else that his late father, Nick Salinger, also had a serious drinking problem for many years, but he stayed sober for 18 years until he died. Bailey does not believe Joe, but Charlie does and proves it to be true with stories from his childhood. They all try to get Bailey into an AA program, but he refuses claiming that alcoholism is a part of who he is, and he openly states he would rather die than seek treatment. After everybody has given up, Claudia tells Bailey that if he does not face his drinking problem and look for help to stop his self-destructive lifestyle, than he will no longer be a part of the family. Bailey leaves without saying a word.

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