Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Nicholas Roget-King originally auditioned for the part of Ethan. Slade Pearce also first auditioned for a part different to the one he ended up getting.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
In the party scene, they play the second verse of the song ("Bring 'em Out" by Hawk Nelson) before the first verse.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Frank Beardsley:
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Move it! Move it! Move it! Ethan:
Move it! Move it! Move it! Frank Beardsley:
That means you too, Ethan. Head ashore, Sailor. Ethan:
Aye-aye! Head ashore. See more »