Party of Five
Going, Going, Gone
TV Flash files “Going, Going, Gone” as hour 46 of 142 in the TV Flash guide — Party of Five (1994–2000) on Fox, season 3, episode 2, aired 1996-08-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E02: listed hour 46 of 142 in the Party of Five guide, hour 2 of 25 in season 3. It aired 1996-08-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Summer Fun, Summer Not” (S03E01). Next is “Short Cuts” (S03E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Charlie stays behind when Kirsten accepts a new teaching job, Julia and Griffin resume dating, and Will leaves for college.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Going, Going, Gone sit in the Party of Five guide?
S03E02 is listed hour 46 of 142 — hour 2 of 25 in season 3, season 3 episode 2.
When did Party of Five S03E02 air?
Going, Going, Gone aired 1996-08-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
What is the premise?
Five siblings raise each other after their parents die in a crash caused by a drunk driver — grief, rent, and a family restaurant as the plot engine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Orphaned Salinger siblings keep a family and a restaurant alive — grief as weekly Fox prestige soap. Keyser and Lippman mix rent, addiction, and teen romance until attractive suffering becomes a brand. Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, later Jennifer Love Hewitt: a casting farm that launched film careers from a tissue-box hour.
The look is attractive suffering in a family restaurant that has to stay open. After their parents are killed by a drunk driver, the Salinger siblings raise each other through romance, addiction, rent, and the business that keeps them solvent. Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman's Fox drama premiered September 12, 1994 and ran six seasons through 2000. Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert became 1990s faces of the tissue-box hour; Jennifer Love Hewitt joined later. Issue arcs hit hard. Teen…
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- Neve Campbell as Julia Salinger
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- Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger
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- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sarah Reeves
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