Following his bout with Hodgkin’s disease, Charlie has given control of Salingers’ to Bailey and is looking forward to being a father when his girlfriend, Daphne, gives birth. After a tough year of his own, a newly-sober Bailey (Scott Wolf) regains his freedom and his confidence from running Salingers’ as his relationship with Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) moves from friendship into romance. After struggling in a less-than-ideal marriage, Julia (Neve Campbell) and Griffin tests their vows with a separation as she embarks on her first year of college. While Claudia’s (Lacey Chabert) determination not to waste her musical talent takes her far from home and Owen’s learning disability makes him a pawn in a custody battle between his older brothers, Charlie announces that he’s getting married.
