After seeing how frequently (and how much) Bailey drinks beer and hard liquor on a daily basis, Will thinks Bailey drinks too much after learning that he never appears to stop. The scorned and vindictive Kathleen is still hell-bent on taking and closing down the restaurant as part of her personal vendetta to make Charlie suffer for breaking up with her. She is a main character and appears in all episodes. Meanwhile, Julia holds a party for Nina and her "new friends", but they quickly abuse her generosity by trashing the house. Smile. Contents 1 Series overview 2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 (1994-95) 2.2 Season 2 (1995-96) 2.3 Season 3 (1996-97) 2.4 Season 4 (1997-98) 2.5 Season 5 (1998-99) 2.6 Season 6 (1999-2000) She claims that Charlie fathered her four-year-old son, Spencer. 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. "Hello, my name is Bailey Salinger, and I am an alcoholic." Sarah: Bailey, um, it's Alcoholics Anonymous. And when chemotherapy makes it difficult to care for his siblings and the restaurant, he's faced with having the two younger Salingers removed from their home. Sarah Reeves: I know it. Bailey finally gets his driver's license reinstated and also feels the same romantic feelings for Sarah. Joe Mangus, their late father's business partner at Salingers Restaurant, lends Charlie enough money to tide them over, on the condition that Charlie work at Salingers as a bartender, a job which Charlie accepts reluctantly. 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: That sounds good. 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. In the meantime, everyone is too occupied and self-absorbed with their own life problems to plan Claudia's 12th birthday. Claudia tells Charlie that Kirsten called. Sarah talks to Claudia about men. Sarah is shocked when Bailey gives Hannah money for an abortion. Ellie can not interfere or side with Charlie this time because she does not want to ruin her marriage again. He tells her that her parents love her, no matter what. Afterwards, Martin tells Charlie that Bailey might have a drinking problem, but Charlie still refuses to accept that idea, even though everybody else thinks so too. Overview System Requirements Related Other seasons Julia is accepted in Stanford, but is not sure she wants to go. They reunite and Bailey tries to like her for Will, despite the fact that Gina is still annoying. Bailey asks her to make it simple, but Julia's news scares them. 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. In a rare stroke of good luck, Griffin wins a free weekend trip to Los Angeles when he turns out to be the 1,000th customer at the local supermarket. Sarah and Bailey host a Christmas party at their apartment, while Charlie decides to go on a long distance road trip with Kirsten. Julia is surprised to find out that Justin is dating her bookish friend Libby Dwyer. He decides to make a will just in case. Jamie expresses a strong interest in Claudia despite her lack of interest towards him. In the meantime, Griffin Holbrook (guest star. He later shows up on her doorstep sporting a black eye and seeking refuge from his abusive stepfather. 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. 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. His siblings immediately express their disapproval, and when Charlie attempts to make the decision for them, he risks losing his family for good. Bailey refuses to believe she's dead and tries to bury his grief by going out with Will, getting drunk, and behaving recklessly. 12 1994 until May 3 2000 Epidosed Detail Mixed Signals Bailey finds himself. Bailey and Charlie agree to help each other. 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. Todd hears about Claudia's scholarship offer and tells her that he too wants her to leave, even though he does love her and it might risk ending their romance. But when his plans fail, he tells Charlie to plan his own wedding. You show that to your father. Jill is missing and her nurse mother goes to Bailey for help, apologizing for her previous rudeness. Justin tells Julia that he does not want to go through the same thing again. Callie tries to help Bailey, but he tells her that she's part of the reason for his drinking. 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. From Season 4 Episode 24, 'Fools Rush Out'. 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. He and his wife pick up Claudia, who is very disappointed at Bailey. Charlie has a hard time trying to be there for both Owen and Diana and gets little sleep. Julia tries to talk with Sarah about her pregnancy, but Sarah says that if her mother decided to have an abortion, she would not be there. Meanwhile, Griffin goes to Boston on a job task and finds Claudia there, where she asks him to take her back to California. Claudia is convinced that no one really cares about her anymore and sends off some out-of-state school applications. After thinking about it, Bailey chooses Jill. Her violin instructor, Ross Werkman, reminds her that she has a rare gift and encourages her to stick with it. Meanwhile, Claudia goes to Avery searching for answers for questions about her father. Still in denial, Bailey refuses to accept it and fights with everybody. On the way back home, Bailey and Claudia pass by an AA meeting at a local church, and Claudia tells Bailey to go and he does. Callie tells him that she wants someone like him. S5, Ep1 16 Sep. 1998 Moving On 8.3 (56) Rate Charlie's constant worrying about Daphne's pregnancy upsets her. Unfortunately, they never make it to Mexico when their jeep breaks down in the middle of an unfamiliar neighborhood in downtown San Diego. Seeing how drunk that Bailey frequently is, Claudia tries to get Bailey to stop drinking, but he ignores her. She reveals to Charlie and Kirsten about her difficulties and doubts about Luke, which Kirsten sees as a parallel to her own life with Charlie over his busy hours at the furniture factory. It is her birthday and Bailey takes her to have dinner and they fight. She tells him that she does not like him in that way, and he gets mad, but apologizes and stays for Christmas dinner. He and Julia are now debt free. Griffin realizes that something is wrong with Julia, and after following her to her place of work, finds Daniel flirting with her. Corey flirts with Justin, and Ian kisses Julia. They go up to her room and Bailey sees them. Meanwhile, Bailey tells Callie that the last time he had sex was two years ago. Bailey can be reckless a times which upsets Charliebut he also tries to help him out in any way. Taking advantage of Julia and Charlie's fight, Bailey gets Charlie to support him. Charlie also meets Kirsten's new husband, Paul Thomas, a resident intern at the hospital where Kirsten also works. She is scared of going out of the apartment, and Sarah tries to be her friend and wonders why she does not have many female friends. Meanwhile, Julia and Griffin are trapped in an elevator in a blackout. Bailey does not believe Joe, but Charlie does and proves it to be true with stories from his childhood. Last Appearance 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 resents Julia trying to change him and that he never asked for a job or her charity or being romantically involved with her. Meanwhile, a troubled Julia convinces everyone that everything is all right in her relationship with the abusive Ned, and it leads Griffin to madness. 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. At the end, Julia is surprised when she finds out that Jeanie left her husband. Meanwhile, Griffin gets $100,000 from his lawsuit settlement and decides to help his estranged father. Kirsten feels that she's ready to adopt a baby, but Paul is reckless. 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. Daphne and Griffin get drunk and end up together. 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. Meanwhile, Julia and Griffin go to a marriage counselor after Julia announces that she has decided to enroll in college. Meanwhile, Claudia's new clique of friends is criticized on a on-line web page, and Claudia suspects the Read all. Kate Bishop (ex-girlfriend/current friend). Will panics after a meeting with an INS agent asking about the authenticity of his and Holly's "marriage," while Bailey's discomfort grows after Will and Holly pretend to act intimate in public. All of them, nevertheless, come together for their parents' anniversary party at Salinger's Restaurant. Charlie tracks down Pamela. In Season 3, Episode 20, Claudia confesses to Bailey that she favors him more than her other siblings. Bailey asks Kirsten to help them when Mrs. Gideon visits again, and they all act as a perfect happy family to her. Claudia tells Jody she wants things to be the way they were, and not hanging out with boys all the time. Alec offers her pot, and she turns it down. Meanwhile, Julia and Sarah travel to Whitmore University in. Julia gets Griffin a job at Salinger's Restaurant as a busboy after seeing his poor financial status, but Griffin does not show up for work on his first day and Charlie fires him quickly on the second day when Griffin slacks off, talks back to Charlie and almost gets into a fistfight with him. She gets scared and tries to change classes, but Charlie convinces her to confront him. 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. They become friends, and she gets inspired to write. A factory foreman named Mitch opposes Charlie's assembly-line plan when production gets slowed down due to a shortage of labor. Claudia is hanging out with Jody, and they steal a bottle of rum from the bar and get drunk. The fight between Charlie and Bailey for the custody of Owen continues. But Charlie is forced to cut production after Mitch has an accident and is hospitalized for a heart condition. Julia is upset because Justin is dating a new girl and tries to ruin everything, but regrets it and gets them back together. Bailey Salinger Daphne lies to Charlie about finding a new job. Meanwhile, Sarah gets a credit card and begins to buy without bounds to at her parents for lying to her. As Sarah begins to recover from Bailey's car accident that has left her face physically scarred, he starts to go to AA meetings. 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. List of Party of Five episodes The following is a list of episodes for the television show Party of Five. Sarah and Bailey move back to the Salinger house. Julia gets to the house wearing her new waitress costume, and Claudia is missing, causing a very bad impression. Julia spends some time with Danny, a regular customer at the coffee shop who is HIV positive. The drunken Bailey even puts three-year-old Owen in danger by kidnapping him from day care and keeping him out all day. He regrets it and Bailey apologizes. Claudia walks on them making out, and she starts to smoke. Griffin realizes that something bad happened between Julia and Ned. The authorities find and return Bailey's jeep (but stripped of several parts including all four tires), and shortly afterwards, he decides to live in a dorm to meet people and move on with his life. Charlie enrolls himself to appear in a stage production in Daphne's musical. Sarah decides to build a miniature theater set as a college project with a little help from Charlie. Meanwhile, Justin is mean to Julia for rejecting him for Griffin, and they run into each other at a concert. Kirsten becomes more and more depressed, and not even a job as Salinger's hostess makes her feel better. Meanwhile, Clau. Meanwhile, Charlie has pneumonia and is back to the hospital. Griffin begins having financial problems at the garage but keeps them to himself to avoid troubling Julia. They all convince Charlie that Bailey has a serious drinking problem. During "Naming Names" Sarah later changes her name to Sarah Zamora Reeves-Merrin to honor the life of her biological mother. She convinces him to take dancing classes for their wedding, and they fight. Claudia has to find a plumber to fix the pipes and gets yelled at by Charlie because it costs $3,000, but she says she's only age 13 and that was not her job. She is a main character and appears in all episodes. Claudia does not like Griffin, so he tries to win her heart. Bailey goes to a wedding with Holly and all her relatives think they're married. 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