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‘Party of Five’ Episode Ten Recap: We Need More Time with the Acostas

Cristina EscobarMarch 3, 2020July 27, 2020

by Cristina EscobarMarch 3, 2020July 27, 202003259

There are real human costs to America’s immigration policy. Freeform’s Party of Five explored those consequences deftly as it followed the five Acosta children after their parents were deported. The first season ends with the heartbreaking tenth episode that found...

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‘Party of Five’ Episode Nine Recap: The Acosta Family Is Not Alright

Cristina EscobarFebruary 27, 2020July 23, 2020

by Cristina EscobarFebruary 27, 2020July 23, 202003442

There are lots of consequences when the parents of five kids get deported. There’s the baby who loses his experienced caretakers. The middle schooler who’s lost with no sense of safety or identity at home. There are the teenagers who...

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‘Party of Five’ Episode Eight Recap: Heartache Actually

Cristina EscobarFebruary 19, 2020July 23, 2020

by Cristina EscobarFebruary 19, 2020July 23, 202003280

“Do you have any poems on the subject?” “Poems about the border? Only about a thousand of them.” These words start the final sequence of Party of Five’s eighth episode, “Dos y Dos.” The remaining lines are Natalia reading her...

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‘Party of Five’ Episode Seven Recap: Crying Righteous Tears

Cristina EscobarFebruary 12, 2020July 22, 2020

by Cristina EscobarFebruary 12, 2020July 22, 202004208

I cried real tears during Lucia’s speech. Let me set the stage for you. Lucia is a 16-year-old American girl and her parents have been deported. She’s mad. And she’s already tried all the typical teenage stuff – she’s rebelled...

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‘Party of Five’ Season One, Episode Five Recap: Parenting is Hard

Cristina EscobarJanuary 29, 2020July 21, 2020

by Cristina EscobarJanuary 29, 2020July 21, 202003125

Babies are a lot of work. They’re helpless, relying on their caregivers for everything: food, love, entertainment — a clean butt. I know, I’ve got two. One is younger than the Party of Five’s baby Rafa. The older Acosta kids...

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‘Party of Five’ Season One, Episode Four Recap: Are We All Becoming Our Parents?

Cristina EscobarJanuary 22, 2020July 20, 2020

by Cristina EscobarJanuary 22, 2020July 20, 202002862

Imagine catching your reflection in a darkened window — you have a baby on your hip, another kid at your side, and an apron around your waist. Your hair is up because you’re cooking your mom’s menudo. You might freak...

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‘Party of Five’ Season One, Episode Three Recap: Amanda Arcuri is the New Jennifer Love Hewitt

Cristina EscobarJanuary 15, 2020July 18, 2020

by Cristina EscobarJanuary 15, 2020July 18, 202005995

At first glance, Party of Five’s third episode “Long Distance” seems like a boy’s affair. I mean, what even happens? Emilio tries to wrest control over the restaurant from his absent but somehow still ever-present dad. And Beto learns of...

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‘Party of Five’ Season One, Episode Two Recap, Margin of Error

Cristina EscobarJanuary 8, 2020July 20, 2020

by Cristina EscobarJanuary 8, 2020July 20, 202002637

Next time you need to explain to someone how racism works, point them to the second episode of Freeform’s Party of Five. It’s called “Margin of Error” and explores how people of color get far fewer chances than their white...

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‘Party of Five’ Season One, Episode One Recap: You’ll Be Rooting for the Acostas Too

Cristina EscobarJanuary 6, 2020July 20, 2020

by Cristina EscobarJanuary 6, 2020July 20, 202003144

Going in, I thought I was too cool for the Party of Five reboot. It’s on the rebranded ABC Family aka Freefrom and the original had that after-school-special reputation. But long before the end of the pilot, I was sucked...

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‘Party of Five’ Star Emily Tosta Says the Show Will Break Stereotypes About Latinx

Yvette MontoyaDecember 17, 2019July 9, 2020

by Yvette MontoyaDecember 17, 2019July 9, 202005141

The highly anticipated Party of Five reboot is coming to Freeform in 2020. Notably, this revival has a totally different storyline from the original. While the number of siblings and the part about missing parents are still the same, the...