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.
Dennis Quaid
Rene Russo
Sean Faris
Danielle Panabaker
Miranda Cosgrove
Drake Bell
Katija Pevec
Dean Collins
Tyler Patrick Jones
Haley Ramm
Ty Panitz
Miki Ishikawa
Slade Pearce
Lil J.J.
Rip Torn
Linda Hunt
Jerry O'Connell
Beau Holden
Gian Franco Tordi
Mateo Arias
David Koechner
Jenica Bergere
Jennifer Habib
Jessica Habib
Lisa Waltz
Jaelin Palmer
Lisa Richman
Kirsten Gronfield
Diane Woods Carter
Donna Taylor
Ricky Fanté
Rueben Grundy