Sarah is shocked when Bailey gives Hannah money for an abortion. Meanwhile, Julia is having problems in her computer class and asks a student to be her tutor. Julia packs her bags and leaves Griffin to go to Stanford, while Bailey has to leave to help move Claudia to Massachusetts for boarding school. An unusually moody Kirsten thinks she's going through withdrawal since she quit taking her anti-depressant pills, only to get an even bigger surprise that will change her life and Charlie's. Meanwhile, Charlie is very happy to find out that he is going to have a baby girl, but Daphne did not want to know the sex and is upset when it is blurted out in front of her. Thanksgiving Day at the Salingers' is anything but peaceful. The real shock comes when she admits to being pregnant from their first sexual encounter. Kirsten's mother, Ellie, tells Kirsten to pressure Charlie, and so she tells him that is now or never. Meanwhile, Charlie proposes to Kirsten and she accepts. Griffin resents Julia trying to change him and that he never asked for a job or her charity or being romantically involved with her. They fight because she thinks he's controlling her too much. Claudia spends time thinking about converting to Judaism to be close to her schoolfriend Artie. Daphne is still having hard time trying to take care of baby Diana. 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. Claudia realizes that Reed does not have the same romantic feelings that she does for him. Charlie Salinger: Okay. 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 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 troubled Sarah to consider traveling to New York to find him, and leaving Bailey. Julia is having problems with the roofers, Sam and his brother Alec. Charlie is suspicious about Jill's behavior and he's convinced that the problem is drugs. Read More Bailey and Sarah go to a restaurant, where a robber attacks them and steals some money and Sarah's necklace. Bailey spends time dating a lot of girls and gets interested in Holly, an attractive English immigrant and medical intern. She tells him to make decisions about his life. Bailey is spending so much money on drinking that he can not even afford rent. Will surprises Bailey showing up at his place for a weekend visit. Her death makes everybody wonder what they are doing with their lives as they find her journal, and by reading it, they realize that the pressure for Libby to study hard to enter college was too much for her to take. Meanwhile, Charlie drives Daphne crazy with his over-protectivness. 142 original episodes were broadcast across six seasons. He calls Charlie, but he is not at the restaurant or at home. At the end, Julia is surprised when she finds out that Jeanie left her husband. Also, Claudia is trying to get closer to her grandfather Jake, and she asks him to move into the house. Paul tells Kirsten that he suspects that she's still in love with Charlie. She's too afraid about moving way too fast, thinking that it will lead to sex, which she feels is not ready for. An old violinist colleague of Diana named Avery Baltus introduces himself to Claudia and tries to develop in her Diana's talent with the violin. Bailey is not doing so well in school due to his increasing drinking. 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. Bailey begins having romantic dreams about Kirsten. Kirsten feels threatened by her, while Charlie tries to explain Daphne that he's with Kirsten now. After spending all summer in Europe, Julia has trouble adjusting to married life as she settles in with Griffin. At the same time, Charlie continues to try to win back Kirsten by literally stalking her at her job, and later showing up at her pre-wedding party urging her to come back to him. One day Nick and Diana Salinger were killed in a terrible car crash, and left their five children all alone. Meanwhile, Charlie. She meets a boy who is the son of the hotel's owner and they kiss. She does not and marries Griffin in haste. After a tough year of his own, a newly-sober Bailey (Scott Wolf) regains his freedom and his confidence from running . Bailey Salinger: Hey, hey, no. The creators and cast of PARTY OF FIVE look back at the highlights of their first four seasons. Victor rejects Claudia's matchmaking for him and Ross. Claudia calls him and tells a story about Owen falling down the stairs. Charlie does not want Julia to turn down Stanford. She and Charlie are forced to decide between a premature birth or Daphne dying from liver failure. Joe responds that even if Bailey did inherit his father's alcoholism, he also inherited the will to stop drinking. Griffin continues to keep the truth about his financial problems from Julia and decides to borrow a lot of money from a "business associate" named Howie. Julia starts college at Stanford, and Bailey and Sarah take Claudia to her new school in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Claudia goes to Avery searching for answers for questions about her father. Julia seeks to cure her writer's block with frequent sex trysts with Adam as their relationship heats up, which unwittingly creates writer's block for him. A social worker named Grace Wilcox comes by the restaurant looking for support in her feed-the-homeless program. After finding out more about Ned's relationship with his abusive parents and his autistic brother Richie, Julia wants to get closer to Richie. 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. Claudia grows tired of Jody after she drags Claudia to a party where she is pressured to make out with a boy. At the end, Claudia's birthday wish comes true. breaks up with her, she longs for her mother's advice and comfort. Bailey decides to pay Sarah a visit in New York with Griffin and Will, but does not get very far. Bailey considers moving to Philadelphia to go back to college by attending the University of Pennsylvania following Joe's advice, but has some complications when Owen does not want to go with him and Charlie tells Bailey about keeping their parental responsibilities. Meanwhile, Bailey finds out that Kate's boyfriend, Tom, is too nice and feels badly trying to win Kate over. He later shows up on her doorstep sporting a black eye and seeking refuge from his abusive stepfather. Meanwhile, Claudia wants to be popular during her first day of high school, so she tries out for the cheerleading squad, but ends up with the humiliating job of being the mascot. They have another argument, and she says she has to be more on her own. Charlie quits his job after his boss says 'no' to his projects, but when they talk, he gets his job back. Meanwhile, Claudia has been missing school for several weeks, and the school calls for a meeting. Claudia is shocked when she finds out that Kirsten is dating someone else. After an argument with the family, Charlie decides to move out and find his own apartment. Alec offers her pot, and she turns it down. After many arguments, Daphne decides to move out of the house and leave Charlie. Meanwhile, Julia and Griffin finally realize they are investing money in a failed business after they scrap together money to produce a TV commercial for the garage which falls flat. Julia begins to resent Adam when he challenges criticism from his writing instructor and he responds frustrated at himself and everything. Meanwhile, as Bailey's math grades gradually slip, his teacher pairs him with Julia; because Bailey is so jealous of his sister's blossoming relationship with Justin, these tutoring sessions flare into a nightmare for both of them. Bailey, trying to protect his family, kicks Jake out of the house, which divides the family. Jill is missing and her nurse mother goes to Bailey for help, apologizing for her previous rudeness. Also, Bailey injures a teammate during football practice, which makes him afraid he's going to injure someone else. Claudia tries to slow down her new relationship with Cody. Meanwhile, Griffin discovers that he cannot fight with his growing attraction to Rosalie anymore. Sarah and Bailey host a Christmas party at their apartment, while Charlie decides to go on a long distance road trip with Kirsten. Julia starts to date him, and things get awkward between the three of them. Claudia privately celebrates her 17th birthday as she deals with a brief separation from Todd, who is going to New York for a violin concert. Sarah decides to build a miniature theater set as a college project with a little help from Charlie. He misses the good old days, but when the truth comes up about his friends troubled lives, Charlie realizes his high school life was not as good as he remembered. His effort to pay for in-vitro fertilization leads him to take a second job, and he no longer has time to tutor Myra. 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. They go and Claudia kicks him out of the rehearsals because he is distracting her. Claudia Salinger: If I were you, I'd marry her. Bailey and Charlie agree to help each other. Occupation Greer tries to boost Julia's confidence by sending her to a fashion photographer, and Julia spends $800 on the photo session. Sarah tries to become friends with Albert, the guy that mugged her. Meanwhile, Julia finds out that Sam was engaged, and she joins him in his dinner with his ex-fiance. Meanwhile, Daphne's irresponsible mother (guest star. Charlie finds her pregnancy test in the trash and talks to her. The next day Bailey goes to the cemetery and finds yellow roses by his mother's grave. Grace's friendly and liberal African American parents, Martin and Rose, are spending time with them, and Grace does not like it since they seem to try to give them advice, but Charlie does not seem to mind. Bailey feels threatened by his presence, and they have a fight. In the meantime, everyone is too occupied and self-absorbed with their own life problems to plan Claudia's 12th birthday. He gets better, but is too depressed to feel good. Charlie sulks about the restaurant being closed down for repairs. After they died, he decided to become a better person. Meanwhile, Bailey and Sarah decide to move in together, believing they will resolve their problems after she is cut off by her parents and he becomes blacklisted by the employment market due to his court plea bargain. Claudia does not like Griffin, so he tries to win her heart. Claudia tries to put the members of the band back together, so she tries to become friends with Cody, the guitarist. Charlie has to kick them out so his clients would not leave, and Grace prints in the newspaper a bias opinion what he did, giving him a hard time. Charlie dumps her, but when Emily gets back by giving Claudia a hard time in class, Jody asks her to reunite Charlie and Emily. Read all Director Ken Topolsky Writers When Justin gets angry with Julia for spending too much time with his prudish mother whom he cannot stand, she explains that she misses having a mother to talk to. She tells him that she does not like him in that way, and he gets mad, but apologizes and stays for Christmas dinner. Bailey tells Evvie that they should start living up their lives by going to a party and drinking, where Bailey drinks in moderation and Evvie ends up collapsing from alcohol poisoning and is rushed to the hospital. Party Of Five. Bailey asks her to make it simple, but Julia's news scares them. Meanwhile, a troubled Julia convinces everyone that everything is all right in her relationship with the abusive Ned, and it leads Griffin to madness. Elsewhere, Bailey likes Kate Bishop, the pretty customer he meets at his after-school job at a local shoe store, but is saddened to learn that she has a boyfriend. Unable to keep up with school, Bailey decides to quit some classes. The show only ran for 1 season, which only consists of 19episodes. Nick Salinger (late father)Diana Salinger (late mother)Joe Mangus (adoptive father)Charlie Salinger (older brother)Kirsten Salinger (sister-in-law)Julia Salinger (younger sister)Claudia Salinger (younger sister)Owen Salinger (younger brother)Diana Salinger II (niece)Nick Salinger II (nephew)Jake Gordon (maternal grandfather) Meanwhile, Cooper lets Bailey crash at his place. Elsewhere, a visiting prep school student rep named Jamie Burke makes a play for Claudia, until she learns that his parents have had a long-term rivalry with her late parents. She asks for his opinion, and he tells her that she's not good. Julia advises Allison not to run away from her problems. Meanwhile, Bailey realizes that Owen is losing his heritage by living away from the Salinger house. Julia is pregnant. Julia is upset because Justin is dating a new girl and tries to ruin everything, but regrets it and gets them back together. Charlie asks for help at home and the restaurant after he realizes he is unable to function due to radiation therapy. Bailey rushes to the house, when Charlie, Julia, Claudia, Grace and Sarah confront him. Bailey Salinger: You find what you're looking for, Sarah. Sarah is afraid that the robber will return, so she's in constant fear. Meanwhile, the prideful Charlie would not accept the help that his family is offering him after he begins radiation treatment. Griffin decides to not get back together with Julia, and he finally decides to sign their divorce papers. After leaving Paul, Kirsten goes back to Chicago to visit her parents. Her violin instructor, Ross Werkman, reminds her that she has a rare gift and encourages her to stick with it. When Charlie and everyone else is unsympathetic to Griffin's plight and refuses to help out, Julie approaches and begs Major Chase Holbrook to help Griffin and not abandon him. From Season 4 Episode 24, 'Fools Rush Out'. After her car is towed for being parked illegally, Julia has to use her weekly paycheck to get the car released. Elsewhere, Bailey has the chicken pox, and Sarah takes care of him, but he does not want to deal with his guilt over cheating on her. Sarah asks her to stay, and Robin gives Sarah her cat, promising that she will return. After a woman mistakes Sarah for someone else's daughter, she decides to try to find her birth mother. She invites the whole family to go to Hawaii for a vacation, and Charlie gets mad at her because he wants to keep their relationship casual. 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. Allison comes on to Julia, who later reveals her secret that she is gay. Robin Merin meets Sarah for the first time and introduces herself as Sarah's biological mother. Claudia Salinger: If you say so. When confronted by Justin, Mr. Peck tells the Principal that Julia is the one harassing him. Meanwhile, Charlie decides to find Daphne after reading her file. [the family is in the ice skating rink, Claudia and Charlie are talking about the restaurant]. After Kirsten's boss discovers that she copied her essay from a book, Charlie decides to help her and accidentally finds her anti-depressives prescription. Lisa Melamed & Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman. He is the sixteen-year-oldbrother of Charlie, Julia, Claudia and Owen Salinger. Meanwhile, Julia holds a party for Nina and her "new friends", but they quickly abuse her generosity by trashing the house. Sarah and Julia are writing about their family dramas and Justin decides to write about Julia's pregnancy, which makes her really furious. In response, Sarah tells Callie that she does not want to get back with Bailey because she's dating someone new. Charlie decides to throw a party to celebrate his cancer being in remission, but everyone has something else to do on the date he wants to throw the party. When Bailey does not accept her decision and Kate does not change her mind, they break up. Bailey invites Will to move in with him. 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