Switched at Birth

2011

Seasons & Episodes

  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

7.7| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

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.

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BlazeLime Strong and Moving!
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
bearwise2010 there are not a lot of family shows that we enjoy watching, but Switched at Birth was one of those shows we looked forward to watching. We can't believe its over. How does Carlton do? There was so much more they could have accomplished in this series. Sad to see it go away. We love it, would love to see it come back.
kathleenecoon I recently started watching and I am really enjoying it, but I'm from Kansas City so I notice all the things that aren't accurate, like the name of the newspaper, the schools, "east Riverside" and it's WORLDS OF FUN, not WORLD OF FUN. It's just not that hard to research these things before a show airs.
chubbydave If you're tired of the same old same old unbearable sitcoms with jokes that were outdated in the 90s with not so subtle sexual humor, then this is for you. I don't remember any show that had a major deaf character, but in this show about half the characters are deaf, and a lot of the dialogue is in sign language. It's a gutsy move to do this, but they pull it off beautifully.Another thing about the show is that the actors are all like able. The actress who played the lovable Angie Lopez. Another actor with sentimental pull at least for me is Vanessa Marano who played Luke's long lost daughter on The Gilmore Girls. And then there's 80s/90s teen young adult star Lea Thompson. Relative unknown Katie Leclerc has adorable freckles and plays one of the deaf characters.One thing that they kind of overdo... kind of? No, they overdo this to the hilt, and that's how easily the characters are offended by the slightest little noting. Every show, in fact, almost every scene involves one of the characters being offended at something someone else said and then storming out. Then they spend the next half dozen scenes pouting. It's a little past too much, guys.But other than that it's a great show. A young actor Sean Berry plays a very cool and very wise for his age best friend to one girl and boyfriend to another. He's just really cool.
baconnivison This is a magnificent glimpse into a world the "normal" never see. There are wonderful aspects of this program which would require pages to cover, but... The unfortunate and over and over again repeated message passed on by the show justifies a retitling to "Stupid at Birth," I'm working my way through the forth season, and I've been watching one "I'm a complete imbecile" episode after another... Each time a character shows some sign of mature intelligence, they immediately do something so completely absurd that the whole show loses it's credibility. Nevertheless, it is marvelously entertaining, educational and reveals a new world (the handicapped) which is complete with its own prejudices, just as is every branch of humanity. It is marvelous, I only wish the stupidity level could be moderated. There is a self-centered focus which is very real since the only true reality for any of us is our own perception, however in real life it is this same self-centered focus which leads to the intelligent application of strategy which brings us nearer our goals. Here we have relationships forged in magnificence then urinated upon by absolute irrational stupidity. While I am not deaf, I am handicapped and although I really do like this series, I would be offended were those who share the handicap I live with, to be depicted as such self-centered, absurd fools as those we see in "Switched at Birth."