This is the first episode of the first season of Party of Five.
Plot[]
Six months after their parents were killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver, the five Salinger orphans are struggling to make ends meet and keep their family together to raise their 10-month old newest brother Owen. They try to search for a replacement for Owen's 65-year-old nanny, Mrs. Kelleher, who suddenly quits. Bailey assumes most of the responsibility for the family and develops a romantic crush on the attractive grad student Kirsten Bennett, whom he hires on the spot as Owen's new nanny. The troubled Julia turns her back on the family and household chores after a classmate named P.K. shows an interest in her. After her heart is broken when P.K. breaks up with her, she longs for her mother's advice and comfort. Meanwhile, the womanizing and immature Charlie loses $12,000 of the family's money after being scammed by the friend-of-a-friend in an ill-conceived real estate investment. Joe Mangus, their late father's business partner at Salinger's 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. Young Claudia pawns her violin and announces that she'd rather be a regular kid than a child prodigy. Her violin instructor, Ross Werkman, reminds her that she has a rare gift and encourages her to stick with it. When Charlie moves back into his parents house full-time to look after his siblings, Claudia is forced to make a camping tent in the family living room as her sleeping quarters, unwilling to share a room with Julia or Bailey or baby Owen.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Scott Wolf as Bailey Salinger
- Matthew Fox as Charlie Salinger
- Neve Campbell as Julia Salinger
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger
- Paula Devicq as Kirsten Bennett
Guest Starring[]
- Mitchell Anderson as Ross Werkman
- Johnny Whitworth as P.K. Strickler
and
- Tom Mason as Joe Mangus
Featuring[]
- Maxine Miller as Mrs. Kelleher
- Kevin McNulty as Plumber
- Byron Lucas as Doug
- Sandy Tucker as Mrs. Elleson
- Susan McLennan as Nanny
- Jay Brazeau as Pawnbroker
- Delores Drake as Mrs. Pick
- Suzy Joachim as Janet
- Alan Lysell as Teacher
Trivia[]
This is the first appearance of Charlie, Bailey, Julia, Claudia and Owen Salinger, Kirsten Bennett, Ross Werkman, P.K. Strickler and Joe Mangus in this pilot episode.