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List Price: $29.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 5841
Released: March 25, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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.
Description of Party of Five: The Complete Third Season:
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
Party of Five: The Complete Third Season Reviews:
Season 4, Anyone know when this will be available?? 
2009-09-06 - I loved this show, and with each episode I love it even more now. Does anyone know when and if they will release the rest of the seasons??
BUY THIS DVD!
2009-08-14 - I just bought this dvd.I love party of five and really hope they get all the seasons out on dvd but for them to continue they need the fans to buy the seasons that are out.I think the biggest problem with this dvd is people that were fans in the 90's dont know its out their!.I use to watch this show right after 90210 and it was a perfect night
Party Of Five - Season 3 - DVD
2009-04-21 - I was thrilled to order and receive this set! The price was great and the shipping was super fast! A "must have" for the Party Of Five fans! Drama infused, yet wonderful!
Best show ever!
2009-02-28 - Party of Five is by far the best dramatic television show ever. Although I am a big fan of The Wonder Years, Party of Five takes the number one spot. I am hoping that they actually follow through and release the rest of the series. I have talked to people at wall mart and best buy and they said that they will never carry season 3 because the demand is not great enough. They said that they hardly made any money on seasons one and two. Thats a bad sign that stores refuse to carry it, although amazon.com has empty slots for the rest of the seasons but with no pictures. I hope that implies that they will soon be available.
One of the best seasons of US television!
2009-01-09 - Party Of Five really hit its stride in the third season- it was a show that addressed issues head on and the kind of show that was so depressing for the characters that it made your life seem so much better. It was so depressing on occasion in fact that you'd think it would make you switch off, but it somehow became even more addictive.
Season 3's main storyline and emotional highpoint happens during the last third of the season, revolving around Bailey's alcoholism. We are also introduced to Bailey's new roommate Callie (the beautiful Alexondra Lee), and Charlie's relationship storyline evolves beyond Kirsten. The emotional highs are instantly tearjerking and the few moments when all is well with the family of five are wonderfully comforting to see.
The DVD's only special features are some minisodes from other television series.
At time of writing, Season 4 is not intended to be released. This is highly disrespectful to the fans and I hope this is rectified and the rest of the series is released for the loyal fans soon.
