7.6/10193 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1994
Five children orphaned by their parent's fatal auto accident seek to make their way in San Francisco.
Director: Richard Pearce
Writer: Amy Lippman, Christopher Keyser
7.4/10147 votes#2 - Homework
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1994
Bailey develops a crush on Kirsten; Julia strives to be popular; Claudia searches for the Salinger's long lost grandfather.
Director: N/A
Writer: Amy Lippman
7.2/10132 votes#3 - Good Sports
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1994
Bailey's loyalty to his football teammates places him in jeopardy; Julia's generosity to some popular new friends causes problems for her siblings.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: W.K. Scott Meyer
7.8/10130 votes#4 - Worth Waiting For
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1994
Julia is tempted by sex; Kirsten gives Charlie another chance; Bailey falls in love.
Director: Stephen Cragg
Writer: Susannah Grant
7.7/10117 votes#5 - All's Fair
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1994
An old girlfriend tempts Charlie; Claudia and Julia both lie to get what they want.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
7.7/10111 votes#6 - Fathers and Sons
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1994
Bailey tries to impress Kate's father; Charlie balks at the constant comparisons with his own dad.
Director: Ellen S. Pressman
Writer: Amy Lippman
8.2/10109 votes#7 - Much Ado About Nothing
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1994
Charlie's infidelity jeopardizes his relationship with Kirsten; Bailey's preoccupation with Kate angers Claudia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10105 votes#8 - Kiss Me, Kate
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1994
Bailey and Kate disagree over sex; Charlie sets out to impress a potential employer; Claudia's success goes to her head; and Julia struggles in school.
Director: Richard Pearce
Writer: Susannah Grant
7.6/10140 votes#9 - Something Out of Nothing
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1994
The arrival of an old family friend disrupts the Salinger household.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: Susannah Grant
8.5/10127 votes#10 - Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1994
The release of the drunk driver who killed their parents divides the family.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Amy Lippman
7.9/10105 votes#11 - Private Lives
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1994
Keeping too many secrets from each other threatens the Salinger's future together.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: W.K. Scott Meyer
8.1/1094 votes#12 - Games People Play
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1994
Kristen and Charlie sleep together. Later, she is cold to him and tells him that she slept with him because she is sick and scared. Bailey plans a trip with Kate. Her father wants to send her to a boarding school in Connecticut, but Bailey finds out that she is wants to go. They fight and Kate tells him that she will have sex with him, but he refuses to because she doesn't mean that. Julia and Morgan go on a date. Nina tells her to be mysterious, surprising and make him jealous. Claudia overhears their conversation and do all that to get Arnie's attention. Charlie tells Kristen that he loves her and will be there for her. She tells him that she can't have babies.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Susannah Grant
8.0/1092 votes#13 - Grownups
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1994
Bailey meets Jill Holbrook, a pretty waitress who he falls for and ends up sleeping with her. Morgan begins to drink after his club is closed down and he is forced to pay a fine. Julia wants to help, but he doesn't accept her apology or her money to pay the fine. Claudia receives her first period. Kirsten's family wants her to return home to Chicago.
Director: Ellen S. Pressman
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
8.0/10102 votes#14 - Not Fade Away
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1995
Claudia spends time thinking about converting to Judaism. Julian finds her mother's old journal and finds that her mother planned to have an affair with another man. In the meantime, Kirsten moves into Charlie's room and gets under a fight with Julia.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Amy Lippman
8.0/1091 votes#15 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1995
Charlie tries out how Kirsten's relationship with Ben Atkins is. Julia is surprised to find out that Justin is dating Libby Dwyer, her friend. Claudia's relationship with Artie is in big question when she take over his role in ""Oliver"".
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Susannah Grant
8.3/1095 votes#16 - Aftershocks
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1995
After an earthquake, Claudia and Jill start acting weard, escpecially Jill. Charlie is suspicious about Jill's behaviour and he's convinced that the main problem are drugs. In the meantime, Julia's friendship with Libby is again shaken because Justin.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark B. Perry, Ann Lewis Hamilton
7.9/1090 votes#17 - In Loco Parentis
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1995
Jill has a car crash and Bailey thinks she might be on drugs. Julia and Justin tell his mom that they're going out. Justin gets mad at her for spending too much time with his mom, and she tells him how much she misses a mother to talk to. Arnie's parents are breaking up, and Claudia makes a plan to get them back together, but it fails. Charlie tries to be a better father for Owen, and the baby says ""dad"" to Charlie. Bailey goes to Jill's mom for help, but she doesn't care. Jill is missing and her mom goes to Bailey for help, apologizing for her previous rudeness.
Director: N/A
Writer: Amy Lippman
8.0/1086 votes#18 - Who Cares?
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1995
Bailey urgently travells to L.A. to find missing Jill. In the meantime, everyone is too occupied with Claudia's 12th birthday. Julia spends some time with Danny, a male who is HIV positive.
Director: Ellen S. Pressman
Writer: Susannah Grant
7.9/1091 votes#19 - Brother's Keeper
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1995
After receiving a opportunity to get a great job, which one person can get one in their live, Charlie needs to do some thinking, because if he would go, the whole family would have to move to Seattle. Bailey and Julian get stuck together on a math class.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1090 votes#20 - The Trouble with Charlie
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/1995
Bailey gets into big doubts, when Kate, who has returned back, and Jill both want to get back together with him and continue their relationship where it stopped. Charlie becomes troubled when he grounds Claudia and does not gives Bill a raise. In the meantime, Julia wins a award for her writing, but she's not in the bad mood, because she humiliated her siblings.
Director: N/A
Writer: Amy Lippman
7.9/1085 votes#21 - All-Nighters
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/1995
Bailey interferes in Jill's business when she decides to take over of preparations for a school dance marathon. Julia does not wants to rush into having sex with Justin. Charlie realizes that he needs his family now more than ever, so he's in doubts about leaving the house.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: Susannah Grant, Mark B. Perry
8.1/10107 votes#22 - The Ides of March
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/1995
After Jill dies because of overdosing, Bailey refuses to believe that she's dead. In the meantime, Griffin Holbrook; Jill's brother; comes in and does not wants to have any business with Julia, so he trie to avoid her. Finally, Charlie and Kirsten get engaged.
Director: Ellen S. Pressman
Writer: Amy Lippman
The Best Episodes of Party of Five Season 1
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Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.
Genre:Drama
Network:FOX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Party of Five" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 193 votes. Directed by Richard Pearce and written by Amy Lippman, Christopher Keyser, it aired on 9/12/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Homework".