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>
Danielle Panabaker originally tried to get the part of Christina but was changed back and forth and eventually got the part of Phoebe.
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Goofs
Continuity:
After Helen and Frank fight about Frank's regimentation, they sleep in separate beds. Helen is in the master bedroom. Frank is attempting to sleep in the little boys' room, in the toybox/boat. At first, Frank is covered in plush toys, with only his head and shoulders visible. When the pig takes a pillow, there are no plush toys covering up Frank.
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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 »