Switched at Birth season 2
| Switched at Birth | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC Family |
| Original release | January 7 – August 19, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012.[1] It premiered on January 7, 2013, in the United States[2] and consisted of 21 episodes.[3] The season is produced by ABC Family, Pirates' Cove Entertainment and Suzy B Productions, with Paul Stupin, Becky Hartman Edwards, John Ziffren, and series creator Lizzy Weiss serving as executive producers.[4]
The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments.[5] While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues.
The ninth episode of the season, entitled "Uprising", made television history by becoming the first episode of a national mainstream television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language.[4]
Cast
Main
- Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe
- Lucas Grabeel as Toby Kennish
- Katie Leclerc as Daphne Paloma Vasquez
- Vanessa Marano as Bay Madeleine Kennish
- Constance Marie as Regina Vasquez
- Gilles Marini as Angelo Sorrento
- D. W. Moffett as John Kennish
- Lea Thompson as Kathryn Kennish
Recurring
- Ryan Lane as Travis Barnes
- Cassi Thomson as Nikki Papagus
- Marlee Matlin as Melody Bledsoe
- Blair Redford as Tyler "Ty" Mendoza
- Stephanie Nogueras as Natalie Pierce
- Matt Kane as Jace
- Max Lloyd-Jones as Noah
- Matthew Risch as Chip Coto
- Ivonne Coll as Adrianna Vasquez
- Daniel Durant as Matthew
- B.K. Cannon as Mary Beth Tucker
- Annie Ilonzeh as Lana
- Morgan Krantz as Mac
- Brandon J. Sornberger as Mark
- Kari Coleman as Whitney
- Todd Williams as Zane
- Robert Curtis Brown as Ivan Ronan
- Brian Gutierrez as Cody
- Danielle Rayne as Patricia Sawyer
- Jerry Ferris as Coach Lubin
- Anthony Natale as Cameron Bledsoe
- Joey Lauren Adams as Jennice Papagus
- Laura Spencer as Parker Robinsan
- Carlease Burke as Ms. Rose
- Maiara Walsh as Simone Sinclair
- Justin Bruening as Jeff Reycraft
- Allison Scagliotti as Aida Adams
- Stephen Lunsford as Teo Hanahan
- Zoey Deutch as Elisa Sawyer
- Charlene Amoia as Diana Coto
- William Lucking as Bill Kennish
- Kim Rhodes as Tria
- Meeghan Holaway as Amanda Burke
- Karla Gutierrez as Amy
- Suanne Spoke as Karen Barnes
- Cass Kroener as Jane
- Larry Sullivan as Leo
- Laura Brown as Debbie
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "The Door to Freedom" | Steve Miner | Lizzy Weiss | January 7, 2013 | 1.70[6] |
| 32 | 2 | "The Awakening Conscience" | Fred Gerber | Joy Gregory & Bekah Brunstetter | January 14, 2013 | 1.65[7] |
| 33 | 3 | "Duel of Two Women" | John Behring | Anne Kenney | January 21, 2013 | 1.74[8] |
| 34 | 4 | "Dressing for the Charade" | Melanie Mayron | Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux | January 28, 2013 | 1.76[9] |
| 35 | 5 | "The Acquired Inability to Escape" | Zetna Fuentes | Joy Gregory & Henry Robles | February 4, 2013 | 1.79[10] |
| 36 | 6 | "Human/Need/Desire" | Norman Buckley | Lizzy Weiss & Bekah Brunstetter | February 11, 2013 | 1.65[11] |
| 37 | 7 | "Drive in the Knife" | Steve Miner | Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux | February 18, 2013 | 1.52[12] |
| 38 | 8 | "Tight Rope Walker" | Joanna Kerns | Anne Kenney & Henry Robles | February 25, 2013 | 1.69[13] |
| 39 | 9 | "Uprising" | Steve Miner | Lizzy Weiss | March 4, 2013 | 1.63[14] |
| 40 | 10 | "Introducing the Miracle" | Ron Lagomarsino | Becky Hartman Edwards & Lizzy Weiss | March 11, 2013 | 1.75[15] |
| 41 | 11 | "Mother and Child Divided" | Ron Lagomarsino | Lizzy Weiss | June 10, 2013 | 1.66[16] |
| 42 | 12 | "Distorted House" | Fred Gerber | Joy Gregory & Henry Robles | June 17, 2013 | 1.62[17] |
| 43 | 13 | "The Good Samaritan" | Zetna Fuentes | Becky Hartman Edwards & Bekah Brunstetter | June 24, 2013 | 1.76[18] |
| 44 | 14 | "He Did What He Wanted" | Steve Miner | Lizzy Weiss & Michael Ross | July 1, 2013 | 1.61[19] |
| 45 | 15 | "Ecce Mono" | David Paymer | Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux | July 8, 2013 | 2.02[20] |
| 46 | 16 | "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" | Melanie Mayron | Darla Lansu | July 15, 2013 | 1.75[21] |
| 47 | 17 | "Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger" | Lea Thompson | Terrence Coli & Becky Hartman Edwards | July 22, 2013 | 1.76[22] |
| 48 | 18 | "As the Shadows Deepen" | Wendey Stanzler | Joy Gregory & Henry Robles | July 29, 2013 | 1.76[23] |
| 49 | 19 | "What Goes Up Must Come Down" | Joanna Kerns | Bekah Brunstetter & Lizzy Weiss | August 5, 2013 | 1.68[24] |
| 50 | 20 | "The Merrymakers" | Zetna Fuentes | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | August 12, 2013 | 1.60[25] |
| 51 | 21 | "Departure of Summer" | Steve Miner | Becky Hartman Edwards & Lizzy Weiss | August 19, 2013 | 1.96[26] |
Production
"Uprising", the season's ninth episode, was the first episode of a national mainstream scripted television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with open captions for hearing viewers. Series creator Lizzy Weiss described the innovative concept, stating:
I've been wanting to do an all-ASL episode since the series began, and the storyline we've been focusing on this season gave us the perfect opportunity. It's an exciting, visual, empowering story of kids who are different fighting back, and it allows our audience to experience the world as our deaf characters do. We've been building to this for 39 episodes and we're all thrilled to be the first to try this.[4]
Reception
U.S. ratings
| No. | Episode | Original air date | Timeslot (EST) |
Viewers (million) |
Adults 18-49 rating |
Cable rank (18–49) | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timeslot | Night | |||||||
| 1 | "The Door to Freedom" | January 7, 2013 | Monday 8:00PM | 1.70 | 0.7 | #6 | #31 | [6] |
| 2 | "The Awakening Conscience" | January 14, 2013 | 1.65 | 0.7 | #4 | #22 | [7] | |
| 3 | "Duel of Two Women" | January 21, 2013 | 1.74 | 0.7 | #5 | #37 | [8] | |
| 4 | "Dressing for the Charade" | January 28, 2013 | 1.76 | 0.8 | #4 | #23 | [9] | |
| 5 | "The Acquired Inability to Escape" | February 4, 2013 | 1.79 | 0.8 | #3 | #18 | [10] | |
| 6 | "Human/Need/Desire" | February 11, 2013 | 1.65 | 0.7 | #3 | #22 | [11] | |
| 7 | "Drive in the Knife" | February 18, 2013 | 1.52 | 0.6 | #6 | #37 | [12] | |
| 8 | "Tight Rope Walker" | February 25, 2013 | 1.69 | 0.8 | #4 | #23 | [13] | |
| 9 | "Uprising" | March 4, 2013 | 1.63 | 0.7 | #4 | #30 | [14] | |
| 10 | "Introducing the Miracle" | March 11, 2013 | 1.75 | 0.8 | #3 | #22 | [15] | |
| 11 | "Mother and Child Divided" | June 10, 2013 | 1.66 | 0.7 | #3 | #25 | [16] | |
| 12 | "Distorted House" | June 17, 2013 | 1.62 | 0.7 | #4 | #19 | [17] | |
| 13 | "The Good Samaritan" | June 24, 2013 | 1.76 | 0.7 | #5 | #23 | [18] | |
| 14 | "He Did What He Wanted" | July 1, 2013 | 1.61 | 0.7 | #3 | #17 | [19] | |
| 15 | "Ecce Mono" | July 8, 2013 | 2.02 | 0.9 | #3 | #15 | [20] | |
| 16 | "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" | July 15, 2013 | 1.75 | 0.8 | #5 | #19 | [21] | |
| 17 | "Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger" | July 22, 2013 | 1.76 | 0.8 | #3 | #23 | [22] | |
| 18 | "As The Shadows Deepened" | July 29, 2013 | 1.76 | 0.7 | #4 | #22 | [23] | |
| 19 | "What Goes Up Must Come Down" | August 5, 2013 | 1.68 | 0.7 | #4 | #34 | [24] | |
| 20 | "Family Secrets in Plain View" | August 12, 2013 | 1.60 | 0.7 | #4 | #27 | [25] | |
| 21 | "Departure of Summer" | August 19, 2013 | 1.96 | 0.8 | #5 | #29 | [26] | |
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