Bay finds herself on the wrong end of Natalie's wrath, forcing Melody to take everyone on a Tolerance Retreat to help bridge the divide between them.Download Video Switched at Birth Duel of Two Women Episode On ABC Family Tv Online Tv Live Streaming Video. Online Watch Switched at Birth Full Episode Watch Stream HD Video on Internet TV.Meanwhile, Kathryn possibly hurts John's campaign during a radio interview. Regina gets bad news about her health. Toby and Lana bond.Tells the story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
As season 2 begins Monday at 8pm, the show is more comfortable and ready to move on to newer horizons. Season 1 ended with the trial against the hospital coming to a close as the Kennish won the trial but was only rewarded $1 by the jury while Angelo (Gilles Marini) got $5 million.
That reward (plus the arrival of a pregnant woman looking for Angelo) sets the stage for season 2's drama. Now free of the "switch" drama, Switched at Birth has an opportunity to look into new stories more focused on the characters.
Most promising is an expansion of the storylines set at Carlton, the school for the deaf that Daphne and Emmett attend. A new twist that pops up in the season 2 premiere will allow for more time spent at the school.
Switched at Birth's greatest asset is its insight into the deaf community. Not only does it allow terrific actors like Katie Leclarc, Sean Berdy, Ryan Lane and Marlee Matlin a chance to shine, but presents a community that rarely gets any attention on TV, and when it does it's typically for a single episode. Not since the Jin and Sun episodes of Lost has there been so much reading involved while watching TV, but it's well worth it.
Switched at Birth also benefits from a solid adult cast who get their own storylines, including a potential political move for an unexpected character.
The first season of Switched at Birth was an excellent family drama that proved you don't need salacious scandals or nonstop bed-hopping to make a teenage series interesting. The second season looks to hopefully continue that trend of good programming the entire family can enjoy together.
I rarely begin to follow a television show while it is in its first season for fear that it will be canceled. Yet this one drew me in and I cannot get enough of it. The idea of being switched at birth is so bizarre, and the dynamics of both families are so real. The raw emotion and feelings portrayed by these characters makes me feel sorry for and sometimes resent them all at the same time. The drama always keeps me eager to see what will happen on the next episode. The writers may have struck gold with this one.
Katie(Daphne)and Vanessa(Bay) play two very different girls that are connected by this event that happened to them so many years ago. Even though they have nothing in common, they have more in common than they realize.
Constance(Regina)is stubborn yet likable and plays it beautifully, as do the two actors who play the other set of parents. Each character has a way of making you care about them, a way of making you root for them to make the right decision. Great job ABC Family, keep up the good work and I'll be coming back for more every Monday night.