The WORST episodes of Party of Five
Every episode of Party of Five ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Party of Five!
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, the oldest, Bailey, the middle brother, Julia, Claudia, and little baby Owen, who was only 6 months old when his parents died. Together, they go through all sorts of problems.
#1 - The Baby
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1998
Daphne collapses and is taken to the hospital. She and Charlie are forced to decide between a premature birth or dying from liver failure. Maggie catches Ned and Julie together. Griffin meets Ned at the hospital. Sarah and Bailey kick Will out of of their home and instead put up his pregnant friend Hannah. Sarah is shocked when Bailey gives Hannah money for an abortion.
#2 - Free and Clear (2)
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/1998
Sarah and Bailey spend time taking care of Annie's daughter and Sarah realizes she still has feelings for him. Julia and Griffin go to a marriage counselor and Julia announces she wants to go to college. Joe decides to sell the restaurant, so the family buys it, because Bailey is ready to manage it.
#3 - Opposites Distract
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/1998
Julia expects help from Justin to solve her marriage, but it all turns out differently. Sarah wants to make peace between Annie and Bailey, so she finally decides to get them together to resolves their problems. Charlie stars in Daphne's musical.
#4 - Fools Rush In
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/1998
Griffin wins a free trip to Los Angeles when he turns out to be the thousandth customer at the supermartket. He and Julia gets closer and ther relationship seems to filled with love again. Meanwhile, Charlie is bothered by Daphne's stripping and that makes some troubles in their relationship. The real shock comes when she admits being pregnant. Claudia is finally happy when Jamie asks her to go to his prom.
#5 - Fools Rush Out
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/1998
Sarah confesses to Bailey that she still loves him. They get back together and finish in bed together. Julia gets accepted at Stanford, making Griffin feel like he is holding her back from her college life. Charlie tells Daphne he will take full responsibility as the father of her baby if he has to. Claudia and Jamie end up dancing in the playing field by themselves.
#6 - Moving On
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1998
Julia packs her bags and leaves to Stanford, while Bailey has to take off Claudia away to Massachusetts to boarding school. Meanwhile, Charlie drives Daphne crazy with his over-protectiveness. Sarah and Bailey go to check out the new loft apartment. Daphne leaves.
#7 - Separation Anxiety
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1998
Sarah receives terrible news: her parents have separated. Claudia feels like a nerd in school, but as time passes she realizes that being smart is not a bad thing after all. Charlie goes to a lawyer to ask about securing custody of Daphne's unborn baby and learns he must first get a job. Julia realizes she has feelings for Josh.
#8 - Naming Names
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1998
Julia and Griffin both lie to each other about romantic relationships. Charlie is happy to find out the gender of his baby, but Daphne doesn't want to know. Sarah is shocked to find out that her biological mother died in a plane crash. Claudia tries to lead a normal life at school despite her new friends' desire to rebel.
#9 - A Mid-Semester's Night Dream
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1998
Charlie and Daphne make peace with each other and Daphne confides that she is scared. Julia tries to stay away from Ned after their recent kiss, but she ends up in his arms. Maggie suspects that something is happening to Will when he begins to act strangely.
#10 - Square One (1)
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1998
Charlie decides to throw up a party due to his remission, but everyone has something else to do on the date he wants to throw the party. He meets Daphne, a stripper, who makes him realize his life should change now when he is out of danger.
#11 - Forgive and/or Forget
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1998
Owen is not too satisfied when all the attention goes to Daphne and Charlie's baby Diana. Daphne is worried about how will she do with the baby and she suspects that everything will go wrong. Claudia comforts Owen. Bailey moves out of Sarah's apartment when he feels that the strong line of love between them broke. Julie is worried about the consequences of her relationship with Ned. However, they make love.
#12 - Tender Age
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1998
A Thanksgiving Day at the Salingers' is nothing but peaceful. Owen runs away from Charlie in the mall and the family must look for him. Julia invites Ned to the house for the Thanksgiving Day. Claudia tries to reach to her family, but Daphne keeps on dodging her phone calls until Claudia starts to be worried. Bailey and Sarah talk about their relationship.
#13 - Love and War
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1998
Charlie has some hard time trying to be there for both Owen and Diana and has some sleep. Bailey fights with the opening of a new restaurant. Julia finds out just how bad Ned's relationship with his parents is. Meanwhile, Claudia wants to go home immediately.
#14 - Gifts
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1998
After finding out more about Ned's relationship with his parents and his brother, Julia wants to get closer to Ned's brother. Griffin goes to Boston on a job task and finds Claudia there. Charlie realizes that Daphne isn't really bonding with their daughter.
#15 - One Christmas to Go
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1998
Ned does his best to keep Julia by himself during the holidays. Daphne's mother visits and Daphne realizes just how much she is like her mother - and that's why she has hard time taking care of her baby. Owen has a little fun of his own - stealing - and Bailey is there to teach him against it. Claudia wants to have just a normal Christmas with her family.
#16 - Rings of Saturn
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/1999
When Charlie can't take care of him, Bailey takes Owen on a camping trip and it turns out to be a total disaster. Kirsten and Paul talk about adopting a baby after Kirsten accepts to be a volunteer in a hospital. Daphne is still having hard time trying to take care of Diana. She goes to church after 15 years of absence and it makes her think about her life. Ned finds out that Maggie has a boyfriend. He convinces Julia to move into his room, but Maggie changes her mind. When Ned realizes it, he hits Julia.
#17 - Witness for the Persecution
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1999
Julia is still shocked by Ned's behavior and she won't talk to anyone about it. Griffin tries to get Claudia to join his band and play the violin, but he forgets about his other band members. Charlie has some hard time trying to cope with the fact that Daphne left. Bailey and Sarah go to a restaurant, where a robber attacks them and steals some money & Sarah's necklace. Sarah is afraid that the robber will return, so she's in constant danger. Julia decides to talk to Ned.
#18 - Fillmore Street
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/1999
Griffin realizes that something bad happened between Julia and Ned. He tries to help, but it leads to nowhere. Charlie becomes a woman-magnet now that he is a single-father and doesn't know about it. Claudia tries to put the member of the band back together, so she tries to become friends with Cody. Kirsten feels that she's ready to adopt a baby, but Paul is reckless. Sarah tries to become friends with Albert, the guy that mugged her.
#19 - Truth Be Told
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1997
Now when she knows the truth about their financial problem Julia starts working on resolving the problem with Griffin. Meanwhile, Charlie's relatives struggle to deal with the fact that Charlie is sick.
#20 - What a Drag
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1997
Julia has trouble adjusting to life as a married woman. Claudia wants to be popular in high school. Sarah's father files drunk driving charges against Bailey when he refuses to stop seeing Sarah.
#21 - Past Imperfect
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1997
Griffin is annoyed when his boring friend comes to a visit. Claudia gets busted while snooping inside Reed Isley's locker. Meanwhile, Charlie is bothered by the rumors about child abuse, so he decides to not let Owen go to pre-school.
#22 - Handicaps
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1997
Griffin holds back the truth about his financial problems to Julia. Bailey and Sarah decide to move in together, believing they will resolve their problems that way. All Charlie's dates turn out to be a disaster.
#23 - Zap
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1997
Julia's co-worker Daniel misreads her intentions and kisses her. He tells her she does not seems like a married woman. Meanwhile, Owen finds Charlie the perfect woman called Nina. Bailey and Sarah are plotting something against the woman in near apartment – until Bailey realizes that she it at the AA meeting.
#24 - Fight or Flight
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1997
Charlie and Nina's relationship gets slowed down when they realize they have different looks at the world. Bailey and Annie start bonding and talking about their addictions. Griffin realizes that something in wrong with Julia.
#25 - Immediate Family
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1997
Following Julia's advice, Griffin tries to bond with her brother Charlie, who confesses to Nina that he loves her. Bailey and Annie quit their short relationship. Charlie faces Kirsten.