Season 1 premiered with "Pilot" on September 12, 1994 and finaled with "The Ideas of March" on March 15, 1995. It was originally thought that the show would be cancelled after season 1, but it was announced that it would return for a second season in fall of 1995 and finale in spring in 1996.
Season summary[]
Set in the city of San Francisco, the show centered on the five siblings of the Salinger family (the "party of five" referenced in the show's title), who become orphans after their parents were hit and killed by a drunk driver. Charlie (Matthew Fox) is the eldest, a 24-year-old, womanizing, immature manual laborer who struggles with the responsibility of being the new head of the family; 16-year-old Bailey (Scott Wolf) is the rebellious teen later-turned-substance abuser; 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is a sensitive teen facing adolescent issues of her own; 11-year old Claudia (Lacey Chabert) is a precocious child prodigy, and Owen is the baby, barely one year old.
Episode list (1994-1995)[]
| No. | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | September 12, 1994 |
| 2 | "Homework" | September 19,1994 |
| 3 | "Good Sports" | September 26, 1994 |
| 4 | "Worth Waiting For" | October 3, 1994 |
| 5 | "All's Fair" | October 10, 1994 |
| 6 | "Fathers and Sons" | October 17, 1994 |
| 7 | "Much Ado" | October 24, 1994 |
| 8 | "Kiss Me Kate" | November 2, 1994 |
| 9 | "Something Out of Nothing" | November 7, 1994 |
| 10 | "Thanksgiving" | November 14, 1994 |
| 11 | "Private Lives" | November 21, 1994 |
| 12 | "Games People Play" | November 28, 1994 |
| 13 | "Grownups" | December 12, 1994 |
| 14 | "Not Fade Away" | January 4, 1995 |
| 15 | "It's Not Easy Being Green" | January 11, 1995 |
| 16 | "Aftershocks" | January 18, 1995 |
| 17 | "In Loco Parentis" | February 1, 1995 |
| 18 | "Who Cares?" | February 15, 1995 |
| 19 | "Brother's Keeper" | February 22, 1995 |
| 20 | "The Trouble with Charlie" | March 1, 1995 |
| 21 | "All-Nighters" | March 8, 1995 |
| 22 | "The Ideas of March" | March 15, 1995 |