#COVID-19-BINGE-FEST - Party of Five

As I write this I have one remaining episode of the first and only season to go. Yes the 2020 reboot of Party of Five was given the boot after only ten episodes.

Airing in Australia on SBS on Demand where you can smash all ten episodes right now. In the USA it airs on the same network (Freeform) as the Josh Thomas series, Everything's Gonna Be Fine.


If you were a fan of the 90's version with the dreamy Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox and scream queen Neve Campbell this is completely different.

It takes on the a new family with a US/Mexico spin. It's not however the first spin off of the popular show. Before Jennifer Love-Hewitt was everyone's favourite 9-1-1 operate she starred in Party of Five, followed by Time of Your Life. This also only lasted one season with seven of it's nineteen episodes never airing. Wow that's a flop.

It did read this show may not have needed a second season once the finale aired, so I will soon find out if this is true.

I must say the second youngest Elle Paris Legaspi as Valentina Acosta is the type of character/person you would expect to be calling the cops on people not social distancing. Her character is extremely annoying to the point of me wanting to leave the room when she is on.

Brandon Larracuente as Emilio Acosta is the highlight for this ill fated series.

Look this is not perfect TV, but it's an easy watch. The USA has so many issues right now, this is just another one of them. Families torn apart, members of society falling through the cracks and families struggling to make ends meet. During this COVID-19 period, you may want something a little more uplifting.