▁acres ▁of ▁far ml and , ▁Ned ▁must ▁keep ▁sight ▁of ▁his ▁family , ▁whose ▁lo fty ▁amb itions , ▁rom antic ▁ent ang lement s , ▁and ▁m isch iev ous ▁advent ures ▁ensure ▁the ▁Log ans ▁not or iety ▁within ▁social ▁circles . ▁ ▁E ld est ▁son ▁Se an ▁( G ray son ▁McC ouch ) ▁is ▁a ▁hand some , ▁char ism atic ▁young ▁man ▁with ▁a ▁prom ising ▁future ▁and ▁a ▁secret ▁love ▁that ▁could ▁threaten ▁his ▁dream s ; ▁Clay ▁( J er emy ▁Vincent ▁Gar rett ), ▁the ▁passion ate , ▁yet ▁hot - temper ed ▁son , ▁who ▁often ▁feels ▁that ▁his ▁father ' s ▁comp ass ion ▁for ▁others ▁does ▁not ▁extend ▁to ▁him ; ▁Alice ▁( Le a ▁Mor eno ), ▁an ▁u pr ight ▁and ▁conflic ted ▁te en ager ▁forced ▁by ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁death ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁mat ernal ▁role ▁in ▁ ▁the ▁family , ▁but ▁still ▁searching ▁for ▁her ▁own ▁identity ; ▁and ▁Lex y ▁( S ar ah ▁Ray ne ), ▁the ▁young est ▁and ▁most ▁will ful ▁of ▁the ▁off spring , ▁who ▁often ▁demonstr ates ▁wisdom ▁beyond ▁her ▁years . ▁ ▁Adding ▁drama ▁to ▁the ▁family ' s ▁already ▁del icate ▁balance ▁is ▁Jer emy ▁( R on ▁Mel ende z ), ▁a ▁street - wise ▁and ▁trouble d ▁ 1 7 ▁year - old ▁or phan ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁who ▁is ▁taken ▁in ▁by ▁Ned ▁Log an . ▁ ▁With ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁d