Nothing could be worse than the sudden death of parents. One day Nick
and Diana Salinger were killed in a terrible car crash, and left their five children all alone.
Charlie (Matthew Fox), the oldest, will have to step in and take care of the family, serving
both as father and brother. Bailey (Scott Wolf), the middle brother, tries to keep everything
under control but undergoes an alcoholism problem when he realizes he can't do it all.
Julia (Neve Campbell), a young girl who keeps jumping from one bad relationship to another.
Claudia (Lacey Chabert), the youngest girl that plays the violin, who has to enter adolescence
without any help of parents, and little baby Owen, who was only 6 months old when his parents
died and thus will never know how it feels like to have a mother and a father.
Together, they go through all sorts of problems, from handling their parents restaurant and
trying to keep it running to disastrous relationships and school problems.
Soon they realize that in order to survive, no one can be selfish and they all have
to help each other. They're a family and have to stick together.

I loved me some Party of Five. If I didn't, I wouldn't have become such a Neve Campbell, Matthew Fox, and Jennifer Love Hewitt fan.

I loved Party of Five! Bailey's intervention is the best primetime show I have ever seen

I thought it was a great primetime soap too and often goes overlooked when people list the best primetime soaps of all time.

I used to watch this religiously with a group of friends. And would swoon overy Jeremy (or was it Jason?) London's character with Julia.

I just bought the 3 seasons of the show that are out there and am discovering it from the very beginning. Saw the first two episodes and absolutely loved it. Can't wait to see more of this show (have seen some of the later episodes).

June 1996 Digest

March 1998 Update

Is this Matthew Fox in the Topps ad at the start?

 

 

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Is this Matthew Fox in the Topps ad at the start?

 

 

 Yes, it is. 

Thanks. It goes so fast I wasn't sure. 

 

There's also a "State Fair" MTV bumper in these that I wondered about Neve Campbell...

 

(it's at the end)

 

 

 

Ahh, that promo is from season three, Po5's best and most harrowing season.

All 6 seasons of Party of Five are on Netflix now! I loved the show so much when I was in high school. I wonder if it's dated now, considering a rewatch.

6 hours ago, GH_Girl said:

All 6 seasons of Party of Five are on Netflix now! I loved the show so much when I was in high school. I wonder if it's dated now, considering a rewatch.

 

I have also added this series to my list of series to watch on Netlfix. I just hope it does not disappear before I get to it!