Perry Marks, Party of Five

Perry Marks (Olivia d’Abo)

Perry was introduced in Season 5 to play a love interest for main character Julia Salinger in a 3-episode May sweeps arc. The storyline culminated in a gimmicky “lesbian kiss episode” when Perry and Julia kissed, after Perry gave some Julia good news. After the kiss, Julia didn’t want to lose their friendship but Perry said she didn’t want Julia, who had just left an abusive relationship, to use her to work on her issues. Perry then disappeared of the show.

Appearances:

• 3 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell, bisexual, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? Yes

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.