I just joined and thought I'd throw my 2 cents in on a few of the characters...
Aaron - I have no sympathy for the guy. Sticking Luke with a criminal record, regardless of his home situation, shows a complete lack of character. Someone mentioned Luke not being able to get certain jobs. I hope Luke doesn't like to travel because most countries will deny him entry because of a record...
Alice - I keep wondering if there is anything going on in her head except looking for the slightest affront from anyone else. She can be as curt and rude as she wants but no one else better look at her funny or they'll suffer the rath of Alice. Why didn't she go down to smooth the transistion for Rory or have his Dad come up where she could force them bring things out into the open?
Rory - I think some people have been too hard on him. He's sixteen, just lost his Mom, found out he has a Dad, been moved across the country, plunked into a home with total strangers and has had every other character lying to him. If he's like most sixteen year olds the entire world revolves around them (it did for me at least ). Hopefully he'll start to get over his issues and see what an opportunity he has. I don't see what the attraction is with moving back with Alice, he hasn't made it seem like he has lost anything other than his Gran & a familiar setting.
Jase - I thought this guy was supposed to be a Psychiatrist? You think he might try to fix things instead of sitting on the sideline and watching the Titanic heading for the iceberg. You'd think he'd want them to talk about things or maybe at least try to have a little one-on-one with Rory to help him.