Lost Then Found

Switched at Birth

     Switched at Birth is a drama TV series that first premiered on June 6, 2011. It returned back to ABC Family with its second season on September 3, 2012. This show is about two girls who were accidently switched at birth in the hospital. The girls grew up in two completely different worlds.

Cast

Brief Overview

     The main characters are Bay Kennish (Vanessa Marano from Gilmore Girls) and Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc). Bay grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and an older brother. While Bay was living the high life, Daphne was growing up with a single mother and her grandma who struggled to make ends meet in a lower class neighborhood. Daphne also had a hard time growing up because she lost her hearing at the young age of 3 due to a bad case of meningitis. When the two families finally discovered that their children were switched at birth, the Kennish family welcomed the Vasquez’s into their home so that they could all get to know each other and try to make up for lost time.

Katie Leclerc

Recap of Last Season

            The last episode of season 1 left off where Bay found out that her boyfriend, Emmett Bledsoe (Sean Berdy from Sandlot 2) cheated on her with her brothers girlfriend, Simone (Maiara Walsh).

            Bay’s biological father, Angelo Sorento (Gilles Marini) just received word that he may be deported back to Italy because he is currently an illegal immigrant in America.

Premier of 2nd Season

            This stimulating show makes an astounding come back with new drama, relationship shockers, and makes me want to continue watching the rest of the upcoming shows!

           

This episode starts off with Bay returning from her trip to the Galapagos Islands. The surprising thing about her return home was that she brought back a new boyfriend, Alex. Her family was taken aback when they found out about him because Bay had just recently broken up with Emmett.  When Emmett found out about Alex he was devastated because he still wants to be with Bay. Throughout the episode he tries to prove himself worthy and win Bay’s respect back. Cheating is not an easy thing to forgive and Emmett is trying his best do the right thing. I think that he is doing the right thing to try and do his best to apologize to Bay but I completely understand why Bay wouldn’t want to forgive him.

Vanessa Marano

            While Bay and Emmett were working on their relationship problems, Daphne was desperately searching for a job at a restaurant. She was having trouble finding one because no one wanted to hire her after they found out that she is deaf. As much as she hated asking for help, she reluctantly went to her biological mother, Kathryn Kennish (Lea Thompson from Back to the Future and Caroline in the City) to see if somehow she could get her a job. Kathryn happened to know someone and was able to get Daphne a job as a cook at a restaurant. She tried her very best to prove to the chef that she is worthy of cooking in his kitchen but ended up preparing the wrong vegetable and bumped into another cook and made a mess all over the floor. The chef overreacted and demoted her to dish washer. This has made it ten times harder to prove to the chef what she can actually do and what her talents in the kitchen are.

            Daphne tries to get as many hours as she can at work so that she will not have to be at home with all of the madness that is going on. Her dad/ Bay’s biological father, Angelo, went to court and was denied citizenship in the U.S. and was told that he had to be deported to Italy. The girls’ mother, Regina Vasquez (Constance Marie from George Lopez) thought the only way to keep Angelo in America was to marry him; so they did. Regina and Angelo tied the knot and got married so that he could stay and be involved in the girls’ lives. This was hard on Daphne because when she was young, Angelo left her and her mother and had never been involved in her life when she was growing up and she never forgave him. Now since her mother and Angelo are married, he is moving into her home and she is having a hard time coping with this new change. I believe that Daphne should forgive him for what he did in the past and start a new chapter in her life with him.

 

            Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this premier and it left me wanting to watch more.  I can’t wait to find out what happens next! I recommend watching this show if you don’t already. I give two thumbs up to the writer of the show, Lizzy Weiss.