Episode 65 of "Party of Five"
s03e21 Hitting Bottom
Title: Hitting Bottom
Original Air Date: 02/19/1997 on Fox
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: P.K. Simonds
Guest Stars: Robert Costanzo (Arnie Horn), Cyd Strittmatter (Nursery School Teacher), Diana-Maria Riva (Nurse)
Plot Outline:
Bailey is alone. The Salingers strategy to not speak to him doesn't seem to be working. Bailey keeps drinking and drinking, and he misses his game. Coach Petrocelli gets really disappointed at him. Bailey can't stay sober. He tries to have sex with Callie, but she tells him that he really has a problem. Claudia goes to Avery searching for answers for questions about her father. She blames Bailey problem on her father, but Charlie tells her that he got over his drinking problem, and became a wonderful father, as she knew him. Griffin comes back and Julia spends the night with him. Bailey picks Owen at the daycare and disappears with him. When he gets to the house, Charlie kicks him out, and Sarah goes after him. She tries to talk to him, but he doesn't want to. They get on the car, and Bailey crashes it, hurting Sarah. At the hospital, Bailey cries and asks Sarah for help.