Freudian Excuse: At first, Andrea seems like a typical party girl who has no interest in being a mother. However, she hides a lot of pain inside. When she was still in high school, Dan Rivers had an affair with her and abandoned her when she got pregnant, which devastated her.
I Just Want to Be Loved: Andrea practically says this trope word to word to Johnathan after she confesses to him what happened with her Baby-Daddy.
Jerkass: Dan Rivers is a sensationalist news reporters who drags Joyce's name through the mud in order to get higher ratings, not caring that it ends up putting the home in danger of shutting down. He is also the biological father of Andrea's baby, whom he abandoned when the latter got pregnant.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: Dan Rivers is accused of having had an affair with the underage Sandy and fathering her child. However, he is not the father of Sandy's child. He is the father of Andrea's child.
