Party of One: Megan Ward

Last night, The Hubby made me watch a short marathon (2 episodes) of Party of Five while he had an ironing triathalon. Bless On Demand for giving us this gift. These episodes involved the short arc featuring Megan Ward as Jill – Bailey’s hard partying girlfriend, who will eventually meet her demise. She was channeled by Drew Barrymore in Mad Love, who was channeled by Kirsten Dunst in Crazy/ Beautiful (do you see a crazy girl theme?). It’s the age old story of drunk/ mentally unstable blonde girl meets nice boy who doesn’t realize he’s got his hands full until it’s too late. Boy tries to save girl, but it’s going to turn into in Aerosmith video at some point with Alicia Silverstone bungee jumping on the highway. Anyway, I enjoyed Megan Ward immensely on her pre-Po5 show, Class of ’96, which was a short year in the lives of freshmen (in ’93, natch) at an Ivy League school. It was my first year of college too, so I found the show very exciting, but it did not live to see another season. Luckily for Megan, she’s been on the righteous path of guest starring on serial dramas for the past 15 years, and is currently on General Hospital (she also did 7 episodes of Melrose Place!) And fun fact – she speaks Japanese and hosted a Japanese TV show at one point (due to her teen modeling there). I believe that earns her a spot in the Cold Sake Hall of Fame! Congrats, Megan!