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. Party of Five is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. Charlie realizes that if he and Kirsten had gotten married, they would be celebrating their first anniversary. Sarah is convinced that she'll die as a virgin, until Elliot comes out of the closet to Bailey. Later, she realizes how much she and Cooper do not have in common. Kirsten's parents, Ellie and Gene, arrive suddenly to spend some time with them. Kirsten and Charlie finally sleep together. Claudia, on the other hand, is a home-schooled violinist, having gone on various world tours in which she wants to quit her profession for a little rest. Bailey turns to Sarah for consolation and she confesses that she is in love with him. Meanwhile, Julia and Sarah travel to Whitmore University in. After finding her, he tries to persuade her to return to San Francisco. Elsewhere, Griffin Holbrook returns with a minor leg injury from a boating accident in the Merchant Marines, and Julia encourages him to sue so he can be financially stable for a while he looks for steady work. Bailey can be reckless a times which upsets Charliebut he also tries to help him out in any way. After an argument with the family, Charlie decides to move out and find his own apartment. Bailey and Sarah go to a restaurant, where a robber attacks them and steals some money and Sarah's necklace. She is getting married, and Sam realizes he still loves her. Meanwhile, Julia is having problems in her computer class and asks a student to be her tutor. Charlie and Kirsten's relationship grows as he moves into her apartment. Bailey goes to Jill's mother for help, but she does not care. Claudia receives her first period. Bailey joins Sarah at her grandmother's party. Meanwhile, Holly gets wind of Will's feelings and growing attraction to her, which leads her to think that Bailey's marriage plan was not a good idea after all. Her mother tells Bailey that she got into Brown University (Sarah's disapproving parents are trying to keep her away from Bailey). To reassure her, they decide to adopt Owen. I mean, that's part of the point, right? She tells him that she will marry Michael the next week. Julia accompanies Claudia on a trip to Yale University for a college tour and to visit Justin, where they meet his new girlfriend, Laura. Elsewhere, Bailey discovers that Annie has fallen off the wagon after he finds her drunk on the second anniversary of her sobriety. Owen is dissatisfied when all the attention goes to Daphne and Charlie's new baby, Diana. Romances 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. Charlie and Kirsten explore having their own baby. Bailey investigates and learns that Jake has another daughter from a second marriage, whom he also walked out on just like he did with the Salingers' mother. Justin already has another girlfriend and free-spirited Griffin tires of Julia's meddling in his life, like lies to both parties to make him take a waiter's job Bailey now enjoys dating Sarah, but his public affection and general spontaneity make her feel like a Jill substitute. On Charlie and Emily's second date, she says she thinks it is too soon to sleep with Charlie, so he betrays her when he has sex with Kathleen behind Emily's back. In San Francisco, Julia and Justin can not stop having sex, and she gets confused when he is cold to her. Charlie finds her pregnancy test in the trash and talks to her. After spending all summer in Europe, Julia has trouble adjusting to married life as she settles in with Griffin. Meanwhile, Clau 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. Claudia does not like Griffin, so he tries to win her heart. Still in denial, Bailey refuses to accept it and fights with everybody. But when Sarah ends up doing all the work and Bailey pays less attention to her, she tells Bailey how she really feels about him. Elsewhere, Claudia begins skipping school over being ignored by her siblings and because of Charlie's medical condition. When the phone rings in the morning, they find Claudia in the kitchen; she blames them for ignoring her and not knowing anything about her life. Charlie is not sure about the wedding and flips a coin to decide. 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. Tensions between Charlie and Joe over managing the restaurant come to a head when Charlie states that he does not trust Joe because of the embezzlement incident. Meanwhile, Julia and Griffin go to a marriage counselor after Julia announces that she has decided to enroll in college. Charlie collapses on a racquetball court, and he is diagnosed with having lymphoma. Julia has a miscarriage. Charlie has a hard time trying to be there for both Owen and Diana and gets little sleep. Meanwhile, Claudia's new clique of friends is criticized on a on-line web page, and Claudia suspects the See production, box office & company info, Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. Griffin reacts by angrily yelling back at Julia, claiming that he's always had a problem with authority stemming from the lifelong abuse and mistreatment by his abusive, military-minded father. Sarah suspects something's up with Will when he begins to act strangely. Bailey urgently travels to L.A. to find Jill, who is missing. She tells him that she does not like him in that way, and he gets mad, but apologizes and stays for Christmas dinner. They see Justin's father with another woman. Julia wants to get Bailey and Sarah back together, but she's still very mad at him and Bailey continues being rude and belligerent (due to being drunk all the time). Drama Family 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 gets to the house wearing her new waitress costume, and Claudia is missing, causing a very bad impression. He decided to get married in order not to lose her forever. Also, Charlie and Kirsten try to buy illegal hormones, but end up realizing they should get pregnant naturally. Greer also tries to help get Bailey over his breakup with Kate by fixing him up on a blind date. The insurance company refuses to give Charlie the money because they think he did it. Callie gets drunk and insults Bailey. Afterwards, Griffin finally accepts the fact that he is, and always will be, an immature loser and slacker with no ambition, so he decides to leave town to settle in San Diego with the Merchant Marines to move on with his life and give Julia some space, but he tells Julia that he may return for her some day. Afterwards, Bailey celebrates every victory with a few drinks, and every time he gets more and more drunk. Will asks Sarah what is going on, but she does not want to talk about Bailey because of their recent breakup because of Bailey drinking all the time. Also, Owen is rushed to the hospital with the flu. 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. The angry Bailey also pays Walter a visit and tells him he wants Walter to suffer like they have. Bailey steals expensive liquor from the house he was working on and gets fired. In the meantime, everyone is too occupied and self-absorbed with their own life problems to plan Claudia's 12th birthday. Bailey is very excited with wrestling and wants to tryout for All Stars. Griffin also decides that it is time for him to move out of the Salingers' shed and into a place of his own. Cody steals a gift for Valentine's day and gives it Claudia, who knows about it. After thinking about it all night, Bailey reluctantly decides to save the restaurant and stay in town to be close to Sarah. As the family takes in P.K., they soon worry that hiding him could get them in trouble with social services when P.K. Bailey fights with the opening of a new restaurant that begins taking away the business from Salingers. Walter Alcott wants to see the Salingers in person. However, their relationship develops to become more father-son like towards the end of the series, with Bailey even fighting Charlie to become Owen's legal guardian. Meanwhile, Julia and Claudia do not like Grace living at their house. He and his wife pick up Claudia, who is very disappointed at Bailey. After some incidents with the workers, Gus decides to let Charlie run the business all by himself. The troubled Julia turns her back on the family and household chores after a classmate named P.K. Also, Julia wins an award for her writing, but her siblings are humiliated by what she wrote about them. Also, Claudia tries to get back at Charlie for not letting her go to the conservatory. Charlie reveals that he's back at school, taking night classes at Berkley. Julia gets Bailey a job with Sam at another construction site after seeing how short on money that Bailey has. It is the wedding day, but the insecure Charlie is not sure and asks Kirsten to wait six more months. Griffin kidnaps Julia to convince her that Ned is dangerous while Ned searches for her. Sarah talks to Claudia about men. Claudia tells Charlie she would not forgive him because the restaurant was a piece of their parents. Julia and Griffin's relationship worsens over their separate work schedules and Griffin's continuing bad luck with running the garage. Later, Bailey talks to him and asks him not to disappear entirely. Someone opens an account in the name of Nick Salinger, and they think it was the exorcist, but actually it was Earl. Kirsten is very happy to see him, although Ellie is not. He worries about her safety because she lives in a dangerous neighborhood. Robin later tells Sarah that she's leaving in two days for an acting job in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Claudia is spending time with Avery, which makes his son jealous of her. Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman & Chris Levinson. In the series finale, Bailey, Julia and Claudia all announce their plans to leave town during the weekly family dinner at Salinger's Restaurant. Bailey spends all his money in drinking and can not afford a clown for Owen's third birthday party, so he dresses as a clown. In the hotel room, Bailey has nothing to do and he really wants to drink. At first, Julia is jealous, but they really get along. I love you, you know that. Meanwhile, Kirsten and Paul talk about adopting a baby after Kirsten accepts a volunteer position in a hospital. Claudia tries to slow down her new relationship with Cody. Meanwhile, Julia joins a photography class after Justin turns it down, and she meets a boy named Ian. A fire destroys the restaurant. Elsewhere, Rosalie continues to flirt with Griffin, and kisses him. After Julia leaves Ned, he starts to stalk her by following her everywhere. Julia starts to date him, and things get awkward between the three of them. Thurber, the family bulldog, is sick. 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. Elsewhere, Julia sees Justin with another girl, and he is openly mean to her after learning that she has been spending time with Griffin because of his bad guy reputation. Lisa Melamed & Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman. Bailey actually increases his drinking and vandalizes his father's gravestone, blaming his dead father for giving him this "disease." Emily finds out about Charlie's affair with Kathleen and they break up. 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) Julia, angry with Charlie, moves to Sam's so she would not have to listen to him. Meanwhile, Will asks Bailey if he can go out with Sarah, and he says 'yes', but later regrets and realizes he still likes her. At Bailey's first meeting, he bumps into Walter Alcott, the man that killed his parents. Griffin decides to buy the repair shop. Daphne lies to Charlie about finding a new job. First Appearance Claudia Salinger: If I were you, I'd marry her. 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