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New Viewer...Starting W/ The 3rd Season


Bailey just spilled the beans to Sarah about Callie....she seems so lenient towards Bailey. Is that the kind of person she is? Like she just doesn't get mad at anyone? I mean you can see she's hurt but it's almost like she doesn't mind the fact that Bailey cheated. Like he was saying "hit me call me names throw things at me" and she just did nothing....maybe I should watch the earlier seasons cause I'm interested in her character beginnings.

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There is no backstory or prior appearance by Callie before season three. It's a shame that you aren't starting with season one because each of the first four seasons are superb and run in a beautifully serialized manner.

Anyway, you've missed a tragedy from season one which continued into season two which would have helped you ever-so-slightly with Bailey's feelings and makeup. That prior story arc is beautiful stuff (at least to me). Megan Ward was the actor in question from season one, she did a fantastic job as Jill. James Marsden even had a brief appearance at the end of season one (he was replaced by Jeremy London in season two onwards).

Most fans feel that season three is the best of the six (though some like others more). You won't totally ruin your viewing starting at season three but you are missing two wonderful seasons prior. Scott Wolf was nominated along with one special episode from season three, so prepare yourself for some of the best.

Sarah's a tough one since she was sort of the best girlfriend to have ever been born on planet Earth. We're dealing with six seasons so things do change along the way, to some extent. Keep in mind that Sarah had her own series spinoff in the sixth season of Party of Five so her character had a certain quality/attraction that is hard to put down in words.

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James Marsden even had a brief appearance at the end of season one (he was replaced by Jeremy London in season two onwards


Whoa! I was just skimming the backlog of IMDb threads on Party of Five and came across this factoid! It's completely disoriented me! I'm watching the series a little out of order. I basically am catching up on Season 2 right now after finishing all the others. This explains so much about why Griffin was always wearing that damn suede jacket!! I definitely remembered seeing James Marsden as Jill's brother in Season 1, but I didn't make the connection that the actor was changed.

There's something about Season 2 that I find not as appealing as the other seasons so it seems I've missed a few plot points. How did Griffin and Julia end up together (before he went to prison). From what I gathered Julia was dating Justin and then hooked up with Justin?

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An easy way to peek back at the series is read the episode synopsis at IMDB. It will give you the basics for every week. Just click the next "year" at the bottom of each page to scroll through the entire series from start to finish:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108894/episodes?year=1994&ref_=tt_eps _yr_1994

Here's one beginning for Griffin:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0670349/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

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Thanks so much for the tip!

:)

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Watch the show from the first season. You'll enjoy it :)

What You Feel Is What You Are - And What You Are Is Beautiful

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Best to watch from episode 1.

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