patricia and hayden jones are outwardly perfect, an image that they tried to keep up with their wonderful family home. patricia is the beautiful blonde housewife taking care of her two children, susie and samantha, and hayden is the breadwinner husband providing for the household.
underneath this veneer of perfection, though, is a dissatisfied couple at the brink of falling apart. at late nights when their kids aren't awake to hear anything, they argue. honestly, they're one Terrible incident away from a divorce. but they shouldn't worry about that. they have two kids to take care of, after all.
gabriel sr. and ellie lopez are a bunch of goofballs that have brought a lot of joy into their community. it is no wonder where their kids' mischievousness and love for practical jokes came from — if you go to a gathering with them, you'll always walk out with a story to tell.
there was a certain period of time, though, around gabrielle's birth where they focused more on her instead of their son. through that, they've learned a lot of lessons the hard way, especially after a certain incident that their son, gabriel jr, was involved in. they have grown closer as a family since then. they'll be more careful this time.
jonah and sarah williams are strict and traditional; perhaps not too surprising considering that both of them serve for the catholic church, with jonah even being a pastor. it also means that they're religious as well.
they wanted to protect jeremy and help him succeed — he has to do his homework, when he's out with friends he has to come back home at this time, he's not allowed to do this or that. all of it is done out of love for their son, but it did mean that jeremy feels restricted under them. even when he's just going to stay over at a friend's house, they still need to know when he's coming home. he always would, what is their problem?
abigail moore is a single mother with no other family but her son. she doesn't even know the name nor face of his father — she wasn't sober at the time. nonetheless, when she found out that she was pregnant, she decided to take on the responsibility of being a mom.
it's difficult to raise a kid by yourself, especially with the little support abby was given. while neighbors had helped by babysitting fritz when she's at work, abby is aware that her son longs for a father figure — it may be in the form of a yellow bear, but the need was obvious.
meilin may and jianyu shawn li fled from china during the cultural revolution, which has killed a lot of their relatives. while staying in hong kong, they've subscribed hard to the american dream and The Wonders Of Capitalism, which made them move to the US. they started a new life by having cassidy in there.
however, they had little time for her. it wasn't that cassidy was never the priority — she is always in their minds, actually. they worked hard and made her assimilate into the community because they wanted to give her a better life than they had. but it had impacted their daughter's self-worth.
