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DVD
Sony
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Actors: Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, Jennifer Love Hewitt
The five-disc DVD set includes all 25 episodes from the third season which features guest stars Carroll O’Connor (TV’s All in the Family, Return to Me), Jeremy London (Mallrats, Gods and Generals), and Marla Sokoloff (Dude, Where’s My Car?).
This season presents a whole new set of life-changing and soul-searching moments. Some of the emotional roller-coaster issues include the unpleasant consequences of Kristin losing her Ph.D. after plagiarizing; Charlie’s realization that the good old days of high school might have been more old than good; and Julia dealing with her guilt after a friend’s suicide. In addition, Claudia authorizes a $3,000 plumbing repair, and the family bands together to help Bailey confront his drinking problem.
Lots of changes are in store for the Salinger family in Party of Five: The Complete Third Season. Over 25 episodes, the San Francisco-based siblings, survivors of parents who died at the series' beginning, confront some of the most difficult issues anyone has to deal with, from depression to alcoholism, breakups, dishonesty, separation and much more. The season kicks off with a bang as eldest brother and surrogate father Charlie (Matthew Fox) suddenly finds the mother of his girlfriend Kirsten (Paula Devicq) staying with them for several days due to marital problems. Given that their guest has never given--and still will not give--Charlie a break on anything, the fact that he is more empathetic about her plight than Kirsten is surprises even him. Meanwhile, Bailey (Scott Wolf) tries too hard to have a final adventure with his best friend before the two are separated by college plans. Traveling in Mexico with their girlfriends (including Bailey's longtime date, Sarah, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt), the old buddies have a series of disasters, culminating in the disappearance of Bailey's jeep. While that's going on, Julia (Neve Campbell) discovers her eccentric boyfriend, Griffin (Jeremy London), is back in town and hasn't contacted her for reasons unknown. Not to be outdone, little sister Claudia (Lacey Chabert) claims to have a boyfriend that no one has actually met--until, one day, he shows up at the door. During the rest of the season, Julia and Griffin will struggle to figure their relationship out, growing apart and then back together, leaving one another far too often, and finally deciding on a permanent solution that makes for a touching finale. Kirsten's career ambitions threaten to throw a wrench into her relationship with Charlie, until her new doctoral degree and teaching job at a Monterey college are undone by the discovery that she plagiarized part of her dissertation. Her ensuing depression makes for dark and lonely times, and ushers in more than one relationship drama for Charlie before season's end. Restless Bailey struggles to find his way as a college man, stooping to some ambiguous ethics and discovering, almost tragically, that he has a serious drinking problem that affects his romance with Sarah and his status as a promising wrestler on the school's team. Little Claudia chafes against the amount of adult responsibility being placed on her shoulders, and a new woman in Charlie's life brings a lot of promise and a lot of emotional confusion. All that, and people still ask the Salinger offspring if they're related to you-know-who: that famous author guy. --Tom Keogh
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| party of five season three |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Loved it couldnt stop watching neither could my daughter can't wait til the next season comes out im addicted
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| The Best Show Most People Never Watched! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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"Party Of Five": Quite simply one of the best television shows ever to air. The writing and the acting are first rate and the fact that it still holds up so well after 10+ years is testament to to the quality of this show. Hats off to Fox for sticking with this perpetually low rated show for six seasons. This is one for the ages.
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| ecxellent drama series |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is an incredible story of how these five siblings bind together dealing with life challenges as a team of undonditional love, but also what is in the best interest in each child. I sure hope they do not take as long to releases the next four episode as it has through the rest of these series, First taking almost two years and a year and a half for the other. It is a great series dealing with life issues together as a close sibling family. Plese don't keep making us wait so far in between season.
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| Party of Five 3rd |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Great season! Well written shows and very real story lines. The intervention episode was excellent! Looking forward to the release of season 4.
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| good old tv |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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whatever happened to good old tv? i loved this show in the 90s, and i still love it rewatching this dvd set. i hope they release seasons 4, 5, and 6 to dvd.
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