Synopsis: In this spinoff from the series "Party of Five," Sarah Reeves leaves San Francisco to get away from her pampered life and start a new one for herself in New York City where her late biological mother lived as well as to find her biological father that she has never met. Changing her last name to Merrin (her birth mother's last name) Sarah settles in the same apartment where her mother lived which she shares with Romy Sullivan, a struggling actress and younger version of Sarah's mother, while she makes new friends who include struggling musician John Maguire, bar waitress Joss House, their freakish landlord Cecilia, and a friendly neighbor named J.B.

The Cast:
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sarah Reeves Merrin
Jennifer Garner as Romy Sullivan
Pauley Perrette as Cecilia Wiznarski
Gina Ravera as Jocelyn "Joss" House
Johnathon Schaech as John Maguire
Diego Serrano as Jesse Bayron (J.B.)
Patrick Fabian as Spencer Halloway
Denis Arndt as Archer Fitzwith

Production Credits:
Executive producer: Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman, Mark B. Perry, Ken Topolski

Co-executive producers: Michael Enger

Created by: Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman

Supervising producer: Ivan Menchell

Producers: Shelley Meals & Darin Goldberg, Ellen S. Pressman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Marks

Airdates:
12 60-minute episodes aired on Fox between October 25th, 1999 and June 21st, 2000.

The Episodes:
1-1 The Time She Came To New York--10/25/1999
Armed with courage and little information about her late birth mother, Sarah arrives in New York to find her father. After tracking her mother co-workers, she realizes that it will be very hard to find him. She finds her mother old apartment in the Village, and tries to move into it. But the apartment is occupied by Romy, an actress, and they agree on living together, since Romy can't afford the rent. She meets Maguire who owns the music store across the street, and gets a job as a waitress at the bar across the street with Joss.
Written by: Amy Lippman & Christopher Keyser
Directed by: Michael Engler
Guest stars: RuPaul Charles as William Landford; Rosie O'Donnell as Archer Fitzwith's receptionist (uncredited); Alan Fudge as Judge Kaliff; Michael Crider as Eddie; Tom Pardoe as Mike L; Scott Alan Smith as Lawyer; Laura Jane Saluato as Assistant D.A.; Niecy Nash as Clerk; Ajgie Kirkland as Security Guard; Adam Stradlin as Fan; Jodi Taffel as Receptionist; Ed Hyland as Transit Cop #1; Marc Damon Johnson as Transit Cop #2; Jesse Burch as Delivery Guy; Armin Armani as Guy in airport; Paul Whiteman as Sax Player.
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1-2 The Time Sarah Got Her Shit-Tzu Together--11/01/1999
Joss and Maguire have a deal that they sleep together when they want, but with no pressure, just sex. Later, he tells her that he is interested in someone else. Maguire and Sarah kiss outside the bar, but then she apologizes and tells him that she has a boyfriend in San Francisco. Maguire gets disappointed. Romy and J.B. try dating, realize they have little in common, but when they find out they're both lactose intolerant, they get together. Sarah gets a job as a decorator for one of Archer's rich friend, Mrs. Halloway, and is offered to live in their house. But she turns the job down, because she doesn't want anything handed to her as she had back in San Francisco. Sarah tells Bailey that she's decided to stay in New York.
Written by: Mark B. Perry
Directed by: Ellen S. Weissman
Guest stars: Janet Carroll as Georgia Halloway; Harriet Leider as Pawn Shop Clerk; Lyle Kanouse as Limo Driver; Kate Norby as Peggy; Phoebe Jonas as Phoebe and James Wallert as Michael.
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1-3 The Time They Threw That Party--11/08/1999
Sarah needs money to go to San Francisco and see Bailey, and Romy has just been fired. So they decide to throw a party to raise money at 20 bucks a head. In the middle of the party, Sarah finds a letter from Bailey telling her that he can't have a long-distance relationship. J.B. finds her drunk on the stairway, and asks her if she wants to go out and get more liquor with him. They go to a tattoo parlor and she gets a 'Go Yankees' tattoo, and when Spencer shows up in the party, she asks him to take her to his apartment. She goes to his place and start undressing, when she realizes what she's doing and runs away. Joss and Maguire are hanging out in a club with some guys in a band he knows. They all go to the party. Kenny is hitting on Joss, and Maguire tries to warn Joss not to go out with him, but she thinks he's just jealous. She gets into the singer's limo, and he tries to have sex with her in the limo. She opens the door and jumps out, scraping herself up on the street. When she goes to Maguire's to get the spare key, since she left her purse in the limo, she has to face Maguire's "I told you so". Women surround J.B., but he tells Romy that despite he sleeps with women all the time, it's more special when you're waiting for the right moment with someone you really like. Cecelia meets an orthodontist at the party when she's choking and he saves her life.
Written by: Mark B. Perry
Directed by: Ellen S. Weissman
Guest stars: Robb Derringer as Kenny; Eric Matheny as Andy Beam, the Orthodontist; Allan Steele as Mike #1; Joshua Preven as Brian, the Video Dating Jerk; Michael Yavnieli as Larry; Cece Tsou as Party Woman That Hits on Cecelia; Diane Robin as Woman Boss; Lee Shackelford as Sad Sack Man; Dan Cashman as Stu, the Elevator Guy; Gabrielle Wagner as Woman #1; Barrett Downing as Woman #2; Matthew Fauman as Fred; Heath Lourwood as Guest ; Sarah Danielle as Googly Girl #1; Sharon Brathwaite as Googly Girl #2; David Douglas as Patron #1; Hilaire Lockwood as Patron #2.

1-4 The Time She Got Mobbed--11/15/1999
J.B. has an older secret rich mistress, of whom he depends on money and emotional support. When Romy gets a role on a soap opera, she loses it to a woman who slept with the director, so she gets really depressed. Sarah's singing at the bar captivates Tony, a patron who has "connections" in the record industry, giving Sarah high hopes for her big break, but he's interested in more than that, so she gets Maguire to pretend to be her boyfriend.
Written by: Ivan Menchell
Directed by: Michael Engler
Guest stars: Faye Grant as Joan; Rino Romano as Tony; Robert Cicchini as Mitchell; Bruce Nozick as Director; Romy Rosemont as Mollie; Kim Oja as Dee Dee; Lou Casal as Vinnie; Marla Adams as Lauren; Jayne Taini as woman; April Winchell as Karen; Kevin Fabian as Billy; Craig Watkinson as P.A.; John Brantley Cole Jr. as customer; Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers as Themselves.
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1-5 The Time They All Came Over for Thanksgiving--11/22/1999
Sarah meets a homeless man who gives her a rock. She discovers that once he was a conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. Her recording deal falls through when the recording company is shut down for tax fraud. Tony is worried that this will mean that Sarah won't want anything else with him. Spencer comes back and embarrasses himself in the bar so he and Sarah are even. Maguire's place runs out of power, so he stays with Sarah until Romy comes back. Sarah ends up having Thanksgiving dinner at her place with the four men in her life: the homeless, Tony, Maguire and Spencer. Sarah tells Tony and Spencer that they'll just be friends to her, the homeless man leaves her, and she finally kisses Maguire.
Written by: Amy Lippman & Christopher Keyser
Directed by: Ellen S. Pressman
Guest stars: Rino Romano as Tony; John Billingsley as Jerome "Jerry" Hagan ; Robert Cicchini as Mitchell; Elizabeth Mitchell as Ashley; Allan Steele as Mike #1; Stephen Hornyak as Lawyer; Jody Wood as Guy #1; Steven M. Gagnon as Guy #2; Zorab Oysepyan as Twin #1; Zare Oysepyan as Twin #2.
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