Season 1 (1994-1995)
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Season # |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Richard Pearce | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | September 12, 1994 (1994-09-12) |
| 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. 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, 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 ripped off in a ill-conceived real estate investment. Joe Mangus, their father's partner in Salingers Restaurant, loans 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. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Homework" | Richard Pearce | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | September 19, 1994 (1994-09-19) |
| Bailey dreams about Kirsten. Claudia tries to find their lost grandfather. Julia is tired of her life and start going to parties and begins to fail at school. Charlie dumps his older mistress and flirts with Kirsten. Bailey makes up an imaginary friend to get Kirsten's attention and she accidentally tells everybody about it. Charlie and Kirsten kiss. Claudia finds a man who might be their grandfather, but he isn't. Charlie doesn't go out with Kirsten for Bailey's sake. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Good Sports" | Steve Robman | W.K. Scott Meyer | September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26) |
| Bailey witnesses a fight between one of his football teammates and some members of an opposing team. When he refuses to name the teammate who was involved in the incident, aware that the teammate will be unfairly punished, he is suspended from the football team. Meanwhile, Julia holds a party for Nina and her "new friends", but they quickly abuse her generosity by trashing the house. Kirsten starts dating a lawyer named George which makes Charlie jealous and regretting not making his move on Kirsten. Because he lied about his profession, Kirsten dumps George and but she still isn't interested in Charlie. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Worth Waiting For" | Stephen Cragg | Susannah Grant | October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03) |
| Sex seems to be the only thing on everyone's mind, but no one answers Claudia's questions about it. Julia decides that she's ready to go all the way with her friend, Justin Thompson, but backs off. Meanwhile, Charlie and Kirsten finally make a date, but just as their romance is heating up, she learns that he used one of his weak pick-up lines on her. Elsewhere, Bailey likes Kate Bishop, the pretty customer he meets at his after-school job at a local shoe store, but is sadden to learn that she has a boyfriend. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "All's Fair" | Peter O'Fallon | Ann Lewis Hamilton | October 10, 1994 (1994-10-10) |
| Charlie's ex-girlfriend, Rebecca, visits and turns to him for comfort, due to a failing marriage. They end up sleeping together and now Charlie begins lying to Kirsten and Rebecca. Meanwhile, Bailey finds out that Kate's boyfriend, Tom, is too nice and feels bad trying to win Kate over. He eventually succeeds. Also, Julia tries to pass for 21 to get a job waitressing in a club. Elsewhere, Claudia pretends to be younger so she can enter a violin competition. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Fathers and Sons" | Ellen S. Pressman | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17) |
| At work, Julia runs into P.K. and he later shows up on her doorstep sporting a black eye and seeking refuge from his abusive stepfather. As the family takes in P.K., they worry that hiding P.K. could get them in trouble with social services. Meanwhile, Joe promotes Charlie from bartender to night manager, but Charlie's not interested for he wants to find his own path in life. Also, Bailey tries to impress Kate's stern father. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Much Ado" | Ken Topolsky | Hollis Rich | October 24, 1994 (1994-10-24) |
| Kirsten finds out about Rebecca and breaks up with Charlie. Charlie sees Julia at the club and assumes that she is there partying. Meanwhile, Claudia becomes jealous of Bailey's new relationship with Kate and gives Kate the wrong message so that she'd miss a date with Bailey. Also, Owen is rushed to the hospital with the flu. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Kiss Me Kate" | Richard Pearce | Susannah Grant | November 2, 1994 (1994-11-02) |
| Bailey is shocked when Kate tells him that she plans to stay a virgin until she marries. When Bailey doesn't accept her decision and Kate doesn't change her mind, they break up. Meanwhile, Julia teams with a songwriter who wants to put her poetry into music. Claudia is named one of the Bay area's most gifted young musicians and lets her success go to her head as her self-absorbed attitude begins to alienate her other siblings. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Something Out of Nothing" | Steve Robman | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman & Susannah Grant | November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07) |
| A friend of the family by the name of Greer Erikson visits the Salingers. Her well-meaning interference causes problems for the Salinger siblings. Greer tries to boost Julia's confidence by sending her to a fashion photographer and Julia spends $800 on the photo session. Greer also tries to help get Bailey over his breakup with Kate by fixing him up on a blind date. Bailey soon develops an attraction for Greer instead. Ross comes out of the closet and reveals to Claudia that he is gay. Meanwhile, Charlie searches for a new nanny for Owen. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Thanksgiving" | Michael Engler | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | November 14, 1994 (1994-11-14) |
| The Salinger siblings finally meet the Walter Alcott, the drunk driver who killed their parents. Walter Alcott wants to see the Salingers in person. They all talk privately with Walter. Claudia visits Walter at a bookstore that he manages just to see him. The angry Bailey also pays Walter and visit and tells him that he wants him to suffer like they have. He later leaves and shows up at Kate's house, where they reconcile. Julia assures Walter that she can forgive him for his involvements with their parents death. Finally, Charlie visits Walter to have a casual talk about moving on. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Private Lives" | Peter O'Fallon | W.K. Scott Meyer | November 21, 1994 (1994-11-21) |
| Mrs. Gideon, the social worker, shows up without notice and finds a complete mess in the house. Julia gets to the house wearing her new waitress costume, and Claudia is missing, causing a very bad impression at her. They call the police and report Claudia. When the phone rings in the morning they find Claudia in the kitchen and she blames them for ignoring her and not knowing anything about her life. Charlie has a secret and won't tell, so they think he might be on drugs. Morgan fires all the waitresses, but later he tries to get Julia back, but she won't come back. Bailey and Julia play parents on Claudia's date, ruining it. Charlie reveals that he's back to school by taking night classes at Berkley. Bailey asks Kristen to help them when Mrs. Gideon visits again, and they all act as a perfect happy family to her. Bailey and Charlie agree to help each other. Claudia asks Mrs. Gideon not to split them up. Owen takes his first steps. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Games People Play" | Michael Engler | Susannah Grant | November 28, 1994 (1994-11-28) |
| Kristen and Charlie finally sleep together. Later, she is cold to him and tells him that she slept with him because she is sick and scared. Bailey plans a trip with Kate. Her father wants to send her to a Catholic boarding school in Connecticut, but Bailey finds out that she wants to go. They fight and Kate tells him that she will have sex with him, but he refuses to because she doesn't mean that. Before Julia and her boss, Morgan, go on a date, Nina tells Julia to be mysterious, surprising and to make him jealous. Claudia overhears their conversation and tries to do all that to get Arnie's attention. Charlie tells Kristen that he loves her and will be there for her. She tells him that she can't have children. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Grownups" | Ellen S. Pressman | Ann Lewis Hamilton | December 12, 1994 (1994-12-12) |
| Bailey meets Jill Holbrook, a pretty and outgoing coffee shop waitress he falls for and ends up sleeping with immediately after their first date. Meanwhile, Morgan begins to drink after his club is closed down and he is forced to pay a fine. Julia wants to help, but he doesn't accept her apology or her money to pay the fine. Claudia receives her first period. Also, Kirsten's family wants her to return home to Chicago. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Not Fade Away" | Peter O'Fallon | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | January 4, 1995 (1995-01-04) |
| Claudia spends time thinking about converting to Judaism to be close to her schoolfriend Arnie. Julia finds her mother's old journal and finds that her mother planned to have an affair with another man. In the meantime, Kirsten moves into Charlie's room and gets into a fight with Julia over taking up space in the house. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "It's Not Easy Being Green" | Michael Engler | Susannah Grant | January 11, 1995 (1995-01-11) |
| Jealousy plauges everyone as Charlie tries to figure out what Kirsten's relationship with Ben Atkins is. Julia is surprised to find out that Justin is dating her bookish friend Libby Dwyer. Also, Claudia's relationship with Artie is in question when she take over his role in the school play of "Oliver". | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Aftershocks" | Ken Topolsky | Ann Lewis Hamilton & Mark B. Perry | January 18, 1995 (1995-01-18) |
| After an earthquake, Claudia and Jill start acting weird, especially Jill. Charlie is suspicious about Jill's behavior and he's convinced that the problem is drugs. Bailey at first refuses to believe Charlie's suspicions, but after confronting Jill, realizes that it is true. Meanwhile, Julia's friendship with Libby is again shaken because of her feelings for Justin. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "In Loco Parentis" | Ken Topolsky | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | February 1, 1995 (1995-02-01) |
| Jill shows up one night at the Salinger house after getting into a minor car accident and Bailey thinks she might be on drugs. When Bailey tries talking to Jill's mother about her drug use, he learns that Jill (anticipating he would do just that) had already told her mom a false story about Bailey harassing her. Meanwhile, Julia and Justin tell his mom that they're going out. When Justin gets mad at Julia for spending too much time with his prudish mother whom he cannot stand, she explains that she misses having a mother to talk to. Arnie's parents are breaking up, and Claudia makes a plan to get them back together which fails. Elsewhere, Charlie tries to be a better father for Owen, and the baby says "dad" to Charlie. Bailey goes to Jill's mom for help, but she doesn't care. Jill is missing and her nurse mother goes to Bailey for help, apologizing for her previous rudeness. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Who Cares?" | Ellen S. Pressman | Susannah Grant | February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) |
| Bailey urgently travels to L.A. to find missing Jill where after finding her tires to persuade her to come back to San Francisco. In the meantime, everyone is too occupied and self-absorbed with their own life problems to plan Claudia's 12th birthday. Julia spends some time with Danny, a regular customer at the coffee shop who is HIV positive. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Brother's Keeper" | Richard Chamberlin | Mark B. Perry | February 22, 1995 (1995-02-22) |
| Upon receiving an incredible job opportunity with a very high salary, Charlie faces a dilemma when he realizes that in order to accept this position, the entire family would have to move to Seattle. His siblings immediately express their disapproval, and when Charlie attempts to make the decision for them, he risks losing his family for good. Meanwhile, as Bailey's math grades gradually slip, his teacher pairs him with Julia, but because Bailey is so jealous of his sister's blossoming relationship with Justin, these tutoring sessions flare into a nightmare for both of them. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Trouble With Charlie" | Ken Topolsky | Chrstopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | March 1, 1995 (1995-03-01) |
| Bailey has doubts, when Kate, who has returned back, and Jill both want to get back together with him and continue their relationship where it stopped. After thinking about it, Bailey chooses Jill. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes troubled when he grounds Claudia and does not gives Bill the nanny a raise. After an argument with Bailey, Charlie decides to move out and find his own apartment. Also, Julia wins an award for her writing, but her siblings are humiliated by what she wrote about them. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "All-Nighters" | Steve Robman | Susannah Grant & Mark B. Perry | March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08) |
| Bailey interferes in Jill's business when she decides to take over of preparations for a 36-hour school dance marathon. Julia does not wants to rush into having sex with Justin. Meanwhile, Charlie realizes that he needs his family now more than ever, so he's in doubts about leaving the house. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Ides of March" | Ellen S. Pressman | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | March 15, 1995 (1995-03-15) |
| In the season finale, Jill dies suddenly from a drug overdose. Bailey refuses to believe that she's dead and tries to bury his grief by going out with Will, getting drunk, and trying to act all reckless. In the meantime, Griffin Holbrook, Jill's moody older brother, shows up and does not wants to have any business with Julia, so he tries to avoid her. Finally, Charlie and Kirsten get engaged. |
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